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" .... ...... . ...... .. : IM : , - AT TWO secret conclaves within the past fortnight, the British Labor Party has agreed on a policy of trimming its " socialist . cails to winds that veered sharply to the conservatives in the last election. i This decision, dictated by ' hard . political necessity, is said on reliable authority to mean easing off on na tionalization . of industry) and soft pedaling .. the concept of a welfare " state. " ( . Public ownership of the iron , and steel industry, already approved by Parliament, will go off as scheduled ' ' next year. ' .; 1 " Party chieftains have laid aside, however plans for state ownership or ' direction of such industries as iship- building, chemicals, cement making nd sugar refining. f I j 'I British 'Fair Deal' j Instead, the government will j,con eentrate on raising the efficiency of itate-owned industries in order to turn out more goods at ' lower cost. Prices of coal, gas, electricity and transport have gone up since the 'gov ernment took over these industries. Laborites are said to be planning their own version of President Tru man's Fair Deal program. This will Include lower prices for fruit, vege tables and fish, now largely freed, of price control. I r One of the major efforis of the sud : denly vote-consCious Labor! Party j is i to show that Socialism I can mean a : shilling irrthe purse for the little man s well as a grandiose plan for public ownership of industry, j j Plans once formulated for state control of food distribution have been ditched, however. In its place will come a shakeup of the distribution system in an effort to reduce the spread between farm and store prices. A system of municipal markets, based on close grower-consumer, relation ship, is in the works, f . Rationing Relaxed . j Another step with voter appeal, was the removal of milk and gasoline from rationing last week. Gasoline ration ing, in particular, was a hot' political Issue. ; Conservatives, led by Winston Churchill himself, argued during last winter's campaign that it should be freed from control. S V III Labor chieftains are almost as eager to hold a new election as the Conser vatives. All Labor strategists want is a sign of a shift in the grass roots! of sentiment 1 away from the Conserva tives. The strain of keeping in power by a precarious margin is wearing ion Labor politicians. I i BELGIUM: The Soggy Controversy j j Belgians are to go to the polls this Sunday to vote on whether to recall King , Leopold from exile. It's the fourth time up for the royalty question since the war and " this time the people seemed sick and tired of it The poverty of po- , litical party treas uries : and lack of popular enthusiasm kept interest in the Issue to a minimum. The campaign: ended without ever, without ever really LEOPOLD getting started. according to one prominent Socialist 4 leader. No one was interested, he said, neither those who spoke-or wrote,! nor those who listened or read. . j : The controversy goes back to World War II when King Leopold surren dered his armies to the Nazis land refused to follow his government-in- exile to London. The first act of the postwar. Parliament was to bar Leo pold ' Iromthe., country. The fcinjg is -.now in exile in Switzerland. , j The Social Christian Party cam paigned for election of its candidates to House and Senate so it could bring Leopold back to the throne. Opposed to them are the Socialists, led by for mer Premier Paul Henri Spaak, the Liberals and Belgian Communists, all antuLeopold. s-, - As the lackluster campaign droned CONGRESS: Status of Major Legislation THE House does' not' return from its informal 10-day re cess over the Memorial Day holi day until Monday but the , Senate is working against a logjam of legislation piled up by the filibuster which shunted aside consideration of the Fair Employment Practices Com mission (FEPC) bill. President Truman has refused at tempts by Democratic Senate leaders to compromise on the compulsory aspects of FEPC and the"civil rights measure is expected to be one of the primary Fair Deal planks in the Con gressional election campaign this fall. This is the status of other major legislation as Congress enters the home stretch, with early adjournment scheduled for midsummer so that law makers can return "home to campaign: FOREIGN AID: Legislation author- izing $3,120,550,000 for economic as sistance to non-communist countries passed by both chambers, awaiting the President's signature. DRAFT: Two-year extension of Se lective Service, without inductions until Congress declares an emergency, passed by House and ready for Senate action. TAX REVISION: Bill Cutting excise taxes and making other adjustments, being readied by House Wa"ys and Means Committee; no action in either chamber. .DISPLACED PERSONS: Bill passed by both chambers, now in conference. RENT CONTROLS: Bill extending Quotes Bernard M. Baruch, in a wire to Congress on proposed draft legislation: "Why restrict atten tion to the human aspect of pre paredness? To me there is some thing immoral in offering human sacrifice on the altar of patriot ism and interfering with the lives of our youth without first setting up complete plans for the mobilization of industry, capital." Col. Robert R. McCormick, pub lisher of The Chicapo Tribune: "Anyone who speaks up for the United Nations is obviously either a Communist or uninformed." Gen. Douglas MacArthur: "1 think it foolish to assume the Russians wish to start an aggres sive war now." Royal Question on, Socialists and Liberals tried to win votes by balancingthe royal issue with programs of social and tax re forms. The people are to choose 212 repre sentatives, 106 senators and 696 pro vincial council members. The provin cial councils then will choose 69 senators. . The election this weekend comes almost exactly a year after the Social Christians won 105 seats in the House (two short of a majority) and 92 seats in the Senate (a majority of nine). Unable to govern alone, the Social Christians had to depend on a coali tion government which agreed on eco nomic policies but could not agree on the throne. A national referendum was held March 12 in which 57.68 per cent of the people voted -for return of the king but the coalition government re fused to authorize his recall. Oppo nents said a monarch supported by little more than half his people could never be a symbol of national unity. .On April 30, the king's brother. Regent Prince Charles dissolved Par liament and set June 4 for the new elections. l Whatever the,, ballots show, the royal question cannot be -settled di rectly by the 5,635,000 voters. Only Parliament can decide whether King Leopold, should - be recalled. Only King Leopold, can decide whether he should accept an invitation should the ' Social Christians win 'the parliamen tary majority and form a pro-Leopold government -J- s ' Cmmmck, ChariM Sunk Monirar IN MORE THAN ONE BASKET . federal control until December 31 is scheduled for House vote June 12; no Senate action. NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDA TION: Enacted into law. GOVERNMENT REFORM: 16 pro posals embodying suggestions of the non-partisan Hoover Commission for" streamlining Executive agencies be RED PUTSCH: Hymn of Hate The ballyhooed Whitsuntide putsch in Berlin turned out to be just a Com munist parade which eulogized Stalin, mocked and caricatured the west and spread the propaganda of-bate as in another day whenv Hitler's massed brigades goose-stepped down the same Unter den Linden. The biggest hand was accorded 10,000 grim-faced,' jackbooted troopers of the East German People's police, which the West calls an army. The deeply tanned, precision drilled corps marched in dark blue uniforms and red ties, carrying regular field kits, but without arms. : Along the East-West border just past the Brandenburg Gate were sta tioned 13,000 ; West German police. equipped with hose lines and tear gas. vautcu up VJr o,w uuicu ureu- pation troops. Overhead droned heU - .... v.. o nnA : 1 ... copters with American officers ready to order reinforcements at the first sign of trouble! : ; Threats of the Free German Youth (FDJ) leaders to storm West Berlin never developed. : . GRAND DAME On her 83rd birthday. Queen Mary attends a party at Buckingham Patace. - ' rnn i I r. : ; - j , k Mf . i - . v I - 11,1 mmmmmmtmqmmmmmmmmmmmmmmml0tm came effective May 24; five others were killed by the Senate. i APPROPRIATIONS: 29 billion dol lar omnibus bill passed by the House, pending in Senate committee. ELECTORAL REFORM: Proposed constitutional" amendment abolishing the Electoral College and apportion ing the Presidential vote in propor A Berlin Bust About all the putsch proved was that the West would not be pushed out of Berlin by idle threats. The demonstration showed clearly, how ever, that Russia is seeking to interest East Germany youth in future careers as soldiers and already has laid the foundation for an automaton state American occupation officials ex pect other challenges to the West's position in Berlin, They say they will not be caught napping. . Embezzlers Composite Picture A study has been made of the case histories of 845 men and 156 women who embezzled funds from their em ployers since 1947. The men were re- sponsible for losses totaling $3,544,222, ,C JTiiiniie the women stole $140,418. The survey was made by a bond- ing firm in aa effort to determine who embezzles are and what makes them tick. A similar study was made by the same company in 1937. The study establishes that postwar absconders usually are white collar workers managers of a branch bank or store, salesmen, collectors, cashiers, union officials, even ship captains. Their . troubles stem mostly from dreaming too mnch of the fleshpots. The postwar man or woman who dips into the company till is younger, earns more money, is less often mar ried and has fewer dependents than his prewar counterpart. He also is less -likely to commit suicide. The survey describes the 950 em- , bezzler like this: "As a rule he succumbs to the same temptations under -the same general circumstances. Loss of sav ings, reduction in income, accumulat ed or foolishly acquired debts, living beyond his means, the 'other woman, excessive drinking or gambling, an ill, nagging or extravagant, wife, sick children, any or all of these may lead him to be false to the trust reposed in him. i ! The survey showed - postwar em bezzlers lived anywhere, everywhere. Every state in the Union and all types of business were represented. The company concluded there was no reason to change a statement made in its earlier study that embezzlement is "proof it is impossible to predict with certainty the future actions of any man. r "j (AU Right Rcnd. AP NiMfttrcsl Svmmmt, Bumlm 1 lw Nawa BUSTING OUT ALL OVER tion to actual vote cast in each state has been approved by the Senate; plan rejected by House rules com mittee but may be reconsidered. J HEALTH INSURANCE: No action in either chamber, none expected. STATEHOOD: Bills to admit Alas ka and Hawaii voted by House; no Senate action. In Short Spotted: By Mt Palomar's 48-inch observatory camera, a second comet, invisible to the naked eye, about 03 million miles away from the earth. Eecalled: By Moscow, Gen. Kuzma Derevyanko and his 50-man mission from Tokyo, leaving only junior Soviet officers in the Japanese capital. Ordered: By the U.S., closing of the Czech consulate in New York, in re taliation for a Prague demand for reduction of American diplomatic per sonnel from 26 to 12. Abandoned: By Chinese National ists, the Wanshan Islands, 40 miles from Hongkong, to Chinese Com munists, after having claimed the Red invaders had been routed. Charged: By the U.N. International Refugee Organization (IRO) that Communists are trying to embitter re lations between refugees and the democratic world which offers them haven. Announced: By Australian Prime Minister Robert Menzies, that all Aussie troops in Japan will be with drawn before December 1, leaving Americans the only occupation force. LET'S ALL WITHDRAW AND S-fi3f THERE.; Jlfp'C'. K S. Will Pact Military Pool US. Secretary of State Dean Acheson returned from Europe in an optimistic frame of mind. In a report to Congress and tht people, he declared that foreign of the North Atlantic Pact had arrived at a formula of balanced collective forces" to meet the growing, aggressiye power of Soviet Dates Monday, June 5 Iowa primary. House reconvenes after holiday recess. ' Tuesday, Jane 6 Anniversary (sixth), D-Day in Normandy. , Primaries in Calif., N. M. and I. D. State Republican convention in Ark. Anniversary (10 6th), Young lien's Christian Association. Saturday, Jane 10 Belmont Stakes, Belmont Race Race Track, N. Y. U.N. A 'Calculated Risk' - Trygve Lie, secretary general of the United Nations, is convinced "some thing must happen" this month or next if the Security Council is to complete anything worthwhile be-. fore opening of the U.N. General As sembly in September. That "something" in Lie's mind is a solution to the China deadlock which has brought about a boycott of all U.N. functions by Soviet Russia and her satellites. On his own initiative and against the advice of some of his "cabinet, Lie set out to work for recognition of Chinese Communists in place of the Formosa-based remnant of the Chinese Nationalist government Lie bases this on his own "common sense" and on a legal opinion drawn up by U.N. lawyers. He challenged the Chiang Kai-shek delegates to take it to the Hague Court for a test and re portedly is convinced that history - will prove him right. Lie's personal mission to the four major capitals Washington, London, Paris and Moscow is another "calcu lated risk" in a diplomatic sense. He sought by face-to-face talks to bring about a solution of the China ques tion in order to reopen big power dis cussion of such vital international problems as atomic controls. In Washington, the State Depart ment is receptive but hardly optimis tic about Lie's efforts to negotiate an end to the cold war. In the words of Undersecretary of State James Webb, what America hopes for from Russia is not words but action in the inter ests of world peace. HAVE A FREE ELECTION? Backstop ministers of the 12 member nations Kussia. le put it this $vay: "None of the 12 foreign mi minister said anything jto indicate they believe war is imminent, but that is not the 1 problem. The problem is to meet a threat which, in view of the known program of the Kremlin, will exist unless we act now to prepare our de fenses against aggression." i The balanced collective force to which Acheson referred is the strategy of a grand military pool to which each of the 12 member nations will contribute. Under this plan, the Al liance would -rely on the !' U.S. pri marily for air power, the U.S. and Britain for sea power, and France and the Low Countries for ground forces. Major Financial Effort Acheson said this country is also prepared to make a major, economic and -financial contribution to bring about achievement of this goal of a master defense plan. He declared: "The task of defense is so large, its cost in labor and material resources so high, and the problem of feecurity 'so indivisible that only a combined effort will be adequate "The Atlantic Alliance is on the right road. We have gone some dis tance down it and we know where we are going." .r New Test Another chapter in the ship versus air power story left unfinished by the last war will be written soon when the U.S. Navy tests one of its new superweapons the guided missile against a capital ship. Nearly 30 years ago the first test was set up when the late Brig. Gen. Billy Mitchell demonstrated a capital ship could be sunk by aerial bombs. That time the target was a battle ship.' This time it will be an aircraft carrier which has superseded tht dreadnaught as queen of the fleet The weapon, this time, will be a robot rocket, either preset or remotely con trolledV flying faster than sound. Naval experts disputed Mitchell's views for years after that first test. It took World War II to bear out hit theories. No such opposition is ex pected after this test, however. The deadly effectiveness of the guided missile was demonstrated by the Nazi V-bombs which American scientist have further perfected. The experiment may alter naval tactics radically, both by showing how much damage a powerful rocket can inflict on a vessel, and by leading to possible new defenses against such weapons. The exact explosive force in the rocket warhead is a secret. So is the precise time and place where the test -will be held. A likely target probably is the 13,-000-ton carrier Independence, one of the guinea pigs in the Bikini atomic bomb tests. Sidelights i In Hutchinson, Kas two next door neighbors discovered they Had been living in the' wrong houses for six years, promptly switched ' with each other. In Stillwater, Okla., a veteran, who admits he married a year ago to in crease his GI educational benefits, is -about to graduate and seeks advice on how to get his marriage "abolished." In Los Angeles, Harry Zelinka, 14, concocted a new formula in his base ment chemistry lab, put i it in his pocket to take to school The mixture exploded leaving him pantsless with painful burns! Sighed his mother, "Harry is always the butt of his owW ingenuity. Last time, it was chlorine .gas." I'"''- . In New York City, a wife who haled her husband into court for beat- .ing her,' repented and told the judge., "No matter . what be did to me, it wasnt enough. I kept after him for more money,. 1 was wrong. I drove - him crazy." ' '- r .u - t2 eLJtalueWMBsei l 1 I ii ; v. 1 a ; v Krf ii ...i -4 fur -t V "i t1 1 v : I , iln: