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Island Of Formosa Again Seat Of Troubles In East By DEWITT MACKENZIE ' AP Foreign Affairs Analyst As Jar back as annals run, the strategic island o( Formosa off the southeast coast of China has been a seat of trouble at frequent Intervals and history Is repeating Itself in disconcerting fashion. Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek having chosen this big, clam shaped isle for his last-ditch stand against the conquering Com munists, the question arises as to how far the United States should go in defending this position against the Reds. Loss of Formosa to the Communists would create a dangerous position In the American chain of air bases at key points from Alaska to the Philippines. Opinions differ (and In high quarters) regarding what action Uncle Sam should take. Starting at the top, President Truman is said to have reaffirmed an Am erican policy which would bar any use of U.S. troops to try to firevent the island from falling nto Communist hancK. However, this reported decision would per mit a continuance of economic help, political support and advis ory aid for general Chiang. Will Help, If Apropos of this policy, well in formed sources in Formosa said that American aid, both econom ic and in military materials, would arrive on the Island if the Nationalists could hold the posi tion for another six to eight weeks. This aid, It was added, would be closely supervised by American advisers. From Tokyo comes word that General MacArthur and his top military planners believe the United States should make every practicable effort to prevent the capture of Formosa by the Chi nese Communists. The private opinion of many field officers at American advanced bases is that, the Chinese Nationalists, with ad equate aircraft, could stand off an amphibious assault by the Chinese Reds. There doesn't appear to be any clash between MacArthur's view and the policy promulgated in Washington. Both provide for material aid, but not or active military assistance by American forces. Hoover Backs Aid However, there is a school which would go much further, as witness the statements by former President Herbert Hoover and Senator Robert Taft of Ohio. Both of them advocate the use of Am erican armed forces if necessary to keep Formosa out of the hands of Chinese Communists. They maintain that such a policy is necessary to safe-guard Ameri ca's own security. Meantime Britain Is worried about the American policy. Sev eral leading British newspapers have expressed fear that it might strain Anglo-American coopera tion in foreign relations. John Bull is preparing to recognize the Chinese Communist regime, while Washington is standing pat. Well, where does all this argu ment leave us? It seems clear that armed Intervention by the United States on the side of the Nationalists against the Commu nist would mean war for Ameri ca. Could that be confined to war against the Chinese Commu nists?. Might Involve Soviet The answer to that is In grave doubt. It might mean war with Russia, which already is power fully installed in Asia. There may have been a time early in the world war when the complexion of the Chinese civil war might have been changed t Nationalist operations had been placed under the close supervi sion of American military ex perts. That time is past. Genralisslmo Chiang Kai-shek believes that if he can hang on in Formosa, and wage guerrilla warefare against the Commu nists on the continent, he can in time retrieve his position. He be lieves the bad economic situa tion will help him beat the Reds. All he asks is material (not mil itary) aid. That's the position pending the projected conference between General MacArthur and the Am erican joint chiefs of staff in Ja pan next month. The whole ques tion of Formosa is expected to be gone Into at that time. Mean, time as Teddy Roosevelt advis ed: "Speak softly and carry a big stick you will go far." Communist Says Harry Bridges At Party Meeting SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 5.-VP) A newspaperman who said he was a long-time Communist testi fied Wednesday he attended a Communist party meeting with Harry Bridges in Fresno In 1934. The new government witness was Lawrence Ross, 46, who iden tified himself in his testimony as presently managing editor of a trade paper in Mempnis, lenn. He didn t Identify the paper. He was a communist, he said, from early 1932 until 1937. Bridges, head of the CIO Long shore union, is on trial in federal court here, charged with perjury, The government said he lied when, in his 1945 naturalization hearing, he swore he was not a Communist. He was born In Australia. On trial with him, charged with conspircy, are Henrv Schmidt and J. R. Robert son, both high Longshore union officers. Ross testified that the Fresno meeting was "near the end of 1934." The witness said he was notl fied of the Fresno meeting by timer nanon, wnom ne taenti' fied as then organizational secre tary of the Communist party for the district. " ' - He said the first time he heard Bridges speak was in a meeting in San Francisco in 1935. He went there with Hanoff, he testified, The meeting, as he understood it, was for a discussion of the mari time situation as it affected the Communists. He told the jury that everyone there was known to him to be a Communist. Ross said he heard Bridges speak, couldn't remember what PLANNING ON SERVING 1 A Is I I . U '9 toofsf o mm THkYU tOVI 0 BAKED lining This rcip ftrvs 24. Cut In half for 12 Doublo for 48 . . I nyclmwctwktaf 1 lilvp.Mli It. grouB! brtt Yi of M ) elm f rttr, ntMtJ I qt. i cup tWMj anhraMM tk tf. JIM I y. chopped ctkrr 2 Pi Cook f ghfti k beAVtf Md ctWwv. Draw H. Hm ! ty SifMftM 0VI IR TOOTl ipOQholtij MSMt, MXfeifctt Vffljsf ) CfcsMsss) ffW tiff). sssYpsMt loTyfV tJtrAQ pM dam Ukt I (MO J w IS Santa M. 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He added he also ran for Congress while in San Francisco, in 1936 always under his own name and as a Communist. Boyle Cautions Scientists To Not Go Too Fast With Their Marvels By HAL BOYLE NEW YORK, W) "The Joneses have a country place on the moon why can't we?" That well may be the plaint of your wife In the year 2,000 If science does as well In the second half of the century as it has in the first. And sooner or later she will badger you into making a down payment on a five-acre plot 'a some lunar suburb with he idea you will retire there and raise chickens. But who wants to be the man In Ihe moon? Not me and prob ably not you. I look with a jaundiced eye on all the marvels promised by sci ence for the next 50 years. This suspicion comes from an ac quaintance with some of the eerie wonders of the 20th century up till now automobiles, airplanes, radio, television, the atom bomb, falsies, psychiatry, and vitamin pills. Ought To Stop It seems to me the Bunsen burner brigade ought to stop for a while and ask themselves, "Whither are we trending?" So far their laboratory miracles have enabled man to go faster, smell nicer and live a bit longer. They've showed the world how to be sanitary. They put man on wheels and then gave him wings They've presented him all man ner of complicated gadgets that should make life better but don't. And the real task of scientific social engineering has hardlv been touched how to make man get along with his fellow man. They have learned to Jet-propel bodies, but they haven't taken the first step in Jet-propelling the human spirit. What good would It do If some laboratory Ponce de Leon found the secret of eternal lite and gave it to mankind? At present it would be only a curse. As people grew older and older and older they would start biting each oth er to death from sheer ennui at seeing the same old faces. Look At Other Things The real problems of life can't be solved with chromium-plated gadgets. What science should concentrate on is how to enable a man to marry the girl he wants and get the Job he wants and s'ay happy with both after he has them. It should come up with a gen eral, all-purpose, happiness and kindness pill. If everybody took three H. and K. pills a day, di vorces would end, boredom van Thuri,, Jon. 5, 1950 Thu Ntwi-Rtviaw, Koieburf, Ort. f lsh and we would all look fair to one another. ' That's the real challenge of the next 50 years for science to In vent something that will enable the human race to enjoy life In a sensible way. So far It has only given toys that tire. Trips to the moon are no an swer. The space ships will b crowded, the driver will be argu ing with the passengers and the voyage will be no more exciting than a subway ride to Brooklyn. Alas, castles in Spain don't have central heating and the moon up close Isn't the moon anymore it's just some more real estate. No, sir, science is going to have to quit annoying Innocent mi crobes and start eradicating the bad germs of the mind. The need isn't for more new and strange vehicles to cause more traffic jams in the world but for some thing that will get the world out of the jam it's in. DIZZY KITTY LONDON. Jan. 5. (JP) A lit tle kitten with a whopping dizzy spell wound up in Peggy Bloom's cat clinic. A truck driver who helped the woozy kitten stagger in said she had done 5,000 loops through the streets of London. She had whirled an estimated 12 miles wedged between the double wheels of the driver's truck. It took about an hour to unwind her. Railroads Want Pay Increase For Carrying Mails WASHINGTON, Jan. 5UP)--The nation's major railroads Wednesday asked the government to nearly double their pay for carrying the mails compared with levels at the start of 1947. The petition was filed with the Interstate Commerce commission. The rail carriers have been press ing the ICC for higher mall pay for the last two years. They con tend that mounting operating costs over the last several years make a permanent adjustment in mail pay rates necessary. Railroad sources estimated that if today's revised petition is ap proved it will yield the carriers more than $100,000,000 In excess of what they now get for hauling mall. The original rate boost petition was filed In February, 1947. That requested a 45 percent hike In rates. The ICC temoorarlly grant ed a 25 percent Increase while studying the matter. The original plea has been amended several time! to ask even hlghe,- rates. Wednesday's amendment asks that compensation be fixed at 95 percent above the January, 1947, rates. Roseburg, Oregon Phone 95 r LU nT: IP iffllil BUY HOW . . . SAVE Check these BARGAINS... Whit Sol-Pricd Unbleached Muslin Sheeting, (jyi. Many Othtr Uses! 81-ln. 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