NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURG. OREGON THURSDAY, JULY 29, 1948
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Display of Force in Berlin Could
Easily Mushroom Into War
By JAMES THRASHER
There li something disturbing about the number of newspaper
stories on the Berlin crisis datellned Berlin, Franklurt, Parii and
London, and the few stories on the same subject datellned Wasit
Ington. There is also something disturbing about the abundance
of statements by high Army brass in Germany, and the scarcity of
statements by President Truman and Secretary Marshall.
With the dispatch or the first
notes to Moscow by the western
powers, the Berlin situation ceas
ed to be a local Issue and be
came one of top government poli
cywhich It always had been in
fact. If not in appearance. Yet
one would sometimes gather that
Washington considered its im
portance as limited as the area
In which this struggle Is taking
place.
Such an Impression is undoubt
. edly wrong. Yet the Army news
paper Stars and Stripes quoted
unidentified American officials
the other day as saying that
"the only way to determine Sov
iet Intentions is to test Russia
and the only test Is a 'show of
force.' A show of force could be
. simple an armed convoy sent
to Berlin on the autobahn or an
armored train over the Berlin
Helmstedt railway."
A show of force might be sim-
file, but it is quite plain that
t could also be dangerous. All
it would take would be one
trigger-happy soldier on either
side, and we might find ourselves
at war.
One shot might wash out the
comfortable assumption that Rus
sia won't be- able to fight a war
for four or five years, or that
she is having too much trouble
in restless Yugoslavia and
Czechoslovakia to want to take
on any more. Russia today is
almost on a wartime footing so
far as mobilized strength and
reported war production are con
cerned. This country Is totally un
prepared for war except on pap
er. Our Army is a third below
its "Irreducible minimum."
Nor is it safe to bank on in
ternal tioubles within the Com
munist empire as peace insur
ance. It is not Impossible that
Stalin might decide that war and
the threat of common danger are
just what his reluctant satellites
need to whip them into line and
make them forget their com
plaints and aspirations.
Worst Crisis In Thrra Years
Against this background, our
talk of a show of force has an
ominous sound. And when such
talk comes from a responsible.
Army publication, it cannot be
dismissed lightly.
It is not true, as some have
loosely charged, that our govern
ment policy is being dictated oy
military men. But when most
statements ol that policy in con
nection with Berlin come from
Army spokesmen, with few
words from higher authority, the
result is not too different.
The Berlin crisis cannot be
neglected for politics or any
thing else. It is the most danger
ous crisis that has confronted
the western governments in
three vears. Russia is usine meth
ods just short of war to force a
snow aown.
The American people have a
right to demand the assurance
that every possible step is being
taKen to preserve peace wimoui
capitulation, mis means tne pool
ing of our best statesmen's wis
dom. It means the careful weigh
ing of every decision, and an
equally careful weighing of every
statement that announces those
decisions. It does not mean leav
ing the making and announcing
of a great deal of policy to men
who, able and valuable though
they may be, are professional
military men who think and act
in military terms.
Drowning Deaths
In U.S. Average
7,000 Annually
Every 30 minutes this summer
someone in American will drown. I
Whether they are at the beach, j
a quiet lake or private swimming
pool, when autumn's cooler winds
drive others indoors, more than
5,000 persons will have lost their
lives because of tragedy in the1
water. This grim estimate is pre-;
dieted by the Accident Preven
tion Department, Association of
Casualty and Surety Companies, 1
. based on the fact that over 7,000
persons drown every year in this
. country and most of them meet i
death during the summer
months. '
Why? The Association's safety
experts say the answer to that
one is easy: People take chances. I
The age group most affected
by accidental drownings Is the
group of children from 5 to 14
years of age. The Importance1
of drowning as a cause of death
among youngsters is further em-,
phasized by the fact that is ac
counts for one-fifth of all acci-;
dental deaths in this age group, j
Safety 'Tips Offered I
To avoid tragedy, here are a
few safety rules to remember
the next time you are at the!
beach or a pool: I
1. Select a safe swimming place
free from obstructions, under
tows and dangerous currents.
2. Look for and obey warning
signs. Swim parallel to shore and
stay within roped areas,
3. Wait an hour after eating
before swimming. If you are hot,
wait until body has cooled off
before exerting yourself in wat
er. 4. Know your limitations. Your
swimming ability should deter
mine the distance from shore
you may go.
5. Swim with others. It's safer
and far more fun.
6. Be alert when children are
with you. They are accident
prone.
7. Before diving, make certain
water Is deep enough and free
of underwater obstructions.
8. Stay out of the water if you
are tired.
9. Stay out of the water during
a thunderstorm.
10. When swimming in lakes or
at beaches where boats are used
he careful to avoid colliding with
them. Never swim into areas
where motor-boats are used.
11. Don't be reckless. The
chances you take endanger oth
ers as well as you.
Chinese Pirates
Blamed for Crash
Of Flying Boat
MACAO, July 29. Jv Police
Commissioner Luis A. M. Pal-
lettl today blamed China Coast
pirates, who bungled their job,
for the crash of a Catalina fly
ing boat here July 16 that claim
ed 25 lives, nine of them North
Americans.
The commissioner declined to
elaborate but at a press confer
ence he said he was "definitely
sure" piracy caused the crack
up four miles off shore as the
big plane rose for Its short hop
to Hong Kong, 40 miles away.
The Macao Dally News said
Portuguese colony police were
working on the following evi
dence: Four armed pirates boarded
the Cathay Pacific flying boat
with the intention of taking over
the plane and holding the rich
Chinese passengers for ransom.
The Chinese pirates did not
mean to destroy the plane. They
brought along their own pilot
who was to take over and fly
the plane to their hideout.
The newspaper said after the
plane reached an altitude of 500
feet, one of the pirates pressed
a pistol against American Pilot
Dale Cramer's back and ordered
him to hand over the plane's
controls to the pirate pilot.
One of the white passengers,
the Daily News added, tried to
take a gun from another of the
pirates. In the confusion, the
pirate with the gun at Cramer's
back turned .and Cramer slam
med him with a wrench.
A third pirate, the newspaper
said, fired several shots into
Cramer's back and the pilot
slumped over the controls. The
Catalina went Into a dive as
the frantic passengers ran
screaming down the aisle.
The pirate pilot could not reach
the controls and the plane hit
the water and exploded.
Portland Stks Short Of
Income Tax Surplus
PORTLAND, July 28 CP
Portland moved formally today
to get some of the state Income
tax surplus.
The city council directed Its
attorney to find some way if
there is any by which a claim
may be made for part of the
money with which to reduce lo
cal property taxes.
The surplus was made avail
able to the general fund by a 4-3
Supreme Court decision, on
which a rehearing has been
asked.
POLIO ABOVE AVERAGE
PORTLAND, July 29 W
Seven cases of infantile paralysis
were reported In Oregon last
week, bringing the year's total so
far to 33, the State Board ot
Health said.
That is far higher than the
average of 10 cases -vl h oc
curred during the corresponding
period of the last five ysara. The
nation as a whole is reporting an
increase In polio.
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