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rllKIIK are llloro lrawi In Ulc wind
loilay.
Moscow li iimkliiK llucalciilin
(mrg Hi Swcilrn mid Norway. Kid
Htnr mid Hcd Met I iltusilau unity
mid limy nciuirii charge Unit
:hr cuiiiumnilrr ul the Bwedlnh winy
l planning to build buses lor U. H
planes mid paratrooper In his couu
liy. .The Soviet government newspaper
' IJvrnllB lay Ilia Nurwcglau govern
L inriu l planning to lease army bancs
lo th United NltM mid III Hum.
lull AT duc Ihul mean?
" Wrll. It could be thr old trl:k of
rlimmnii mi opponent will) pliiiinlng
lo do iimielhlitg nirmi mid ornery
mid then using the rlinmo ml ex
cuse lo DO IT TO HIM r'UMT.
TIIK Fimu mid the Ruulmii me
mill negotiating tin Moscow) on
ItUftjtm't deinmid lor mi nil-out mil
itary treaty. Mololov lia liutued In
vitation for a reception tomorrow
lillilil (or Hie KlnnUIi nrgutiatura.
"Inlormed observers" In Moscow
think tint U a sign Hint the deal l
about concluded and that ltula I
going to gel what she want.
IKTH lurk back line lor a
moment to the Moscow new
paer talk about Sweden arid Nor
way. We don I pay much aliemlon
to newspaper "talk" In Una country,
lfa )ut somebody's opinion. We
mustn't forget thai In Kwuila the
newspaper are a pari of the GOV
KltNMKNT. and are used to put out
whatever the government want pul
out.
TN Korea, a resiKtiulblc American
correspondent reports, the Rus
alann are building a fortified line
between Kuiuiian North Korea and
American Houth Korea.
Maybe, the correspondent iAP'i
Koy Kobertai iayi, they're doing It to
prove to the North Korean that the
Americana III Houth Korea are gel
ting ready to attack.
Thai, you aee. could be the lame
principle they may be following in
Sweden and Norway that la, charg
ing u Willi planning lo do llirm dm
end then using tlm charge tan
excuse to do It to un flrL
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JN Washington Bernard Buiuch
iwhoae advice ha been right
much ofteuer than It ha.i been
wrong) ask congress for "action
now" approving universal military
training and a temorary draft.
lie iay: "The time for iludy li
over."
UE then often a itatemrnt that all
reasonably well-informed persons:
know to be true. He says:
"So terrible are the destructive
potentialities of modern Instrumen
talities of war Uiat It Is no longer
good enough to punish an aggressor
ArTKtl he ha begun a war. Pre
venting war mow ) requires buttress
ing our national security before the
crisis li UHin us. Never Again do we
dare permit our own Inck of pre
puretlness to encourage any poten
tial aggressor Into attacking this
country or Into over-running other
peaceful nations."
THAT Is to lay. the WAy to keep out
of WAr Is to make ourselves so
slicing that It won't be safe for
ANYBODY lo tackle us.
Unruoh thinks we can do that. He
ays:
"Although the liue for decision
has come, there Is no reason for
panic or even fright . . . The rc
aources, economic, military and
' aplrltuol. which the free peoples of
,the world hold, arc vastly superior
to those which the totalitarian can
command."
, , He adds:
"We hAve but lo mobilize enough
of these resources and to Apply them
Intelligently, vigorously And
PHOMPTLY to achieve the stability
irnlinnA n ls IS, ('Altitun At
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Violent' Storm Lowers Indiana Town
A Irw hadly damaged brick and atone bulldlnga are all that remain of the business district of the small
town nf nalrivlllr. Intl.. after a lornarin ripped through, killing at least 13 persons. New storms throughout
the Midwest during violent ti hours raised the nation's loaa to 5 dead and missing and more than 400
Injured. NEA telepholo i
Members To
Get Credit
To Account
WAMH1NGTON, March it lP
President Truman signed today a
bill under which each member or
the Klamath Indian tribe of Oregon
will receive $.100, or a total of over
(800.000.
The act authorized the distribu
tion from the tribe's capital reserve
fund. Kach tribesman will have (500
credited to his account, subject to it
Being spent for specified purpose. :
In addition, a cash payment of (200 '
. we to each war veteran
Mr. Truman said. In a letter to
Secretary of the Interior J. A. Krug,
that "as a general rule I question
the soundness of distributing Indian
capital fund In per capita pay
ments." He said he signed the bill
because of two "exceptional lac-
Young Frenchman Enjoys U. S.
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Pan-American
Confab Opens
BOOOTA. Colombia. Murch 29
'1 The top-ranking dlplomata of
2! nations Aa.-cmbled here today fur
tomorrow's ottculug of the ninth
Pan - American conference. Terrl
tcitat disputes threatened to Itwrn
high on the program.
Secretary of mate Oeorge C Mar
shall is slated to arrive about noon.
His plane left Washington last
I .If Mt
Chile. PariiKiiay and Cuba have
expressed An Interest In having On
confrrencit take . a stand . against
crmraiinl.it eiiertorhment In the
Americas but there wag no defines
Indication whether the topic would
be Uiken up.
Many of the nations are expected
In level their guns against Etiro
piun colonization In the western
Ivmlspher.
Provisional President nomulA
Betancourt. chief Venezuelan dele
e.nte, said he would demand an end
of inch colonialism.
US Stalls On Trusteeship
For Palestine Action
Worthwhile Lse
"Plri.1 It vllni,l., . t. . t
....,v, ,,iMti; (jiutiutra MIS I
; the funds credited to the account
of each member shall be used lor
i'tnllnncd en l(e IV, lilumn It
LAKE SUCCKSS. March 29 i,P
The United Stitter has decided not
t pres.s for 'mmedlate action on
l-usieeship lor Palestine, an Amer
ican delegation spokesmun said to
day. The spokesman suld Chief U. S
Delegate Warren R. Austin had
been Instructed by Washington to
concentrate on efforts to get a Jew-hh-Arab
truce and to cull a spe
cial Palestine session of the United
Minion assembly.
Austin wo reported ready to sub-
Meissner To
Continue Trip
CASCADE SUMMIT. March 29
J..ck Mrlssner Inienris to resume n.tiflc section, declared In
tils 300-tnile trip over the Cascades
tc Crater lake on Tuesday. March
30 if the good weather holds out.
Ke would have left Friday except
for a weather forecast warning of
A1 Impending slorm over the Wil
lamette area, which would have
kept CAP plane from contacting
him.
Today Jack will make a scouting
(ill. to Diamond peak accompanied
by lloberl Pfelffer for the purpose
of filming "he territory, then Pho
tographer Pfelffer will return to
Cuaradc ummll and Jack will con
tinue toward Crater lake on Tues
day morning.
At this point II 1 sllll doubtful
whether or not Clordnn Blssell and
Don Temple will finish the trip
with MelsMicr, however they may
f.o along lo Diamond peak and re
turn with Pfelffer. Temple nud BIs
cl were with Jack when thr!' were
stopped en route by tmusunl storm
eruditions In Wlndlgo buttc urea.
Mac Orders
Strike Ban
TOKYO. March 29 iTi Genera!
MAcArthur Invoked a general strike
bur today to halt rapidly spread
h.g walkouts by Japanese govern
ment workers.
He specifically Instructed Japa
nese officials to prevent A threaten
ed strike bv an estimated 400.000
C'lmmtnilcallons employes. They
sptarheaded A quit work movement
by nearly 1.000.000 government I
worker. !
MaJ. Oen. W. F. Marquot. chief
of MacArthur's economic and scl- '
nicm-
n.lt two resolution to the security
council tomorrow to formalize Uiese
two proposals.
The American spokesman said no
derision had been taken as to when
the trusteeship Idea would be
brought up. Some quarters believed
the V. S. might wait, and lay it be
frre the assembly Instead of ask
li.p the security council to mAke
recommendations.
The new truce proposal Is design
ed to carry out President Truman s
declaration of last Thursday. In
view of earlier big power failures
rto get such a trurer'howeveT, thar
wa uttie nope nere uiat Any con
crte results could be expected.
Introduction of the American pro-ix-snls
was ."xpectrd to be the signal
t: - a bitter Soviet blast against the
United States. '
The big powers have clashed on
almost every' other issue before the
U N. but both had supported the
Palestine partition plan until th
United States reversed Itself ten
days ago.
So far, Soviet delcgAte Andrei A.
Oromyko Iias remained silent on
th new U. S. plan for a special
session of the general assembly to
consider replacing partition with
I'. N. trusteeship.
New York Stock And Curb
Exchanges Hit By Strike
NEW YOHK. March 29 il'i A
strike hit the New York slock and
curb exchanges heart of the finan
cial center of the worldtoday,
but trading continued without Se
rtoli disruption,
Dignified exchange members and
brokers, many of them men who
hadn't been seen on the floor in
year, rolled up their sleeve and
did their clerks' work, For the
first time slnca the war women
nnd glii appeared on the floor of
the exchange.
Emit Schram, president of the
slock exchange, suld he had not
been able to find any serious effect
from tho walkout,
"I said we would function and
we are functioning," he told news
men, The Btiiko commlltco of llio
Financial Emplnyos union (AFM
aid "Aorvlco I completely knocked
out nnd can't possibly bo resumed."
Apparently tho union atntcment
referred to Inlernnl quotation serv
ice, but members of both ox
liinngc obtnlncd quotation from
the floor.
Outgoing quotation ticker service
were operating without nn ap
parent hitch.
The union said It member. ship
at. the slock exiiiiinge is HM) and
al, the curb exchange 220. It
claimed all were out.
Outside tho exchanges, pickets
cheered as tho Trinity church clock
rang I ho 10 n in. opening hour,
Tho ronr could bo heard a block
away.
Fifty uniformed police nnd tie
tectlves were on hand. Picket leaf
lets Included tho Injunction: "Re
member, no drinking; no drunks
on tho picket line."
In addition In tho striking United
Flnanclnl employes union, picket
Included tho Seafnrer Interna
tinnnl union and tho Sailors' Union
of llio Pacific. They shouted
"scab" nt. clerk nnd lunnris not
on strike who Joined the brokers
on the floor to keep trading open.
The union suld Its pay demands
Incliirio weekly lncrcncs of 9 nnd
$1(1 In different wngo brackets for
tho exchnngo workers, nnd "n sutls
fnctory union security clause." Tho
union said present wage In both
exchange rnuge from 27 to (102
a week,
oiandum the threatened nationwide
communication strike, set for
Wednesday, would hnve a "drastic
ally unfavorable Impact upon the
economic recovery and public wel
fare" of the nation.
The strike, said Mnrquat. Is sub
ject to provisions of MncArthur'i
Ji'iiuury 31. 1947 ban which pre
vented A similar planned general
strike.
Mnrqunt's memorandum did not
mention employes other than com
munications. Ml government work
ers have been demanding Increased
cost of living bonuses. Officials pre
dicted that If the communications
walkout folded, tho others would
stay on tho Job.
Blaze Levels
Harrison Home
BLY, Ore., March 29 The new
home of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Harrison
was burned to the ground uboul 6:30
Sunday morning.
Only recently constructed and oc
cupied for nbout a month, the home
Is reported to luivo had a value of
(29,000.
The loss wits virtually 100 per
cent. Members of the family were
awakened by the smoke and escaped
unhurt, bul lost mast of their per
sonal biiohalngii.
The volunteer fire department of
till Utile Eastern Kliilnnlh county
community was unable to cope with
tho blnzc, which had a long head
slurt on tho f li o fighters,
Ilnrrlson, who long operated retail
businesses nt Bly nnd Bentty, con
structed tho new home on ft site be
side tho Klnmnth Fnlls-Lnkevlew
highway Just cast of Bly.
K-9's Left Off
Bonus Pay List
ALBANY, N. Y March 29 Ml
Dogs thai served In World War II
with the army's, K-9 eorp nre not
eligible for nny of New York's $100,
000,000 veterans' bonus.
"Tho boiiu law doesn't cover
dogs," Leo V, LniinlnlSr, director of
the oonti burenti, snys,
Ho received nn application Satur
day In behnlf of a dog with two
fears' oversea service, .
Sun Aids Bird
Feeding Plan
Wnrm sunshine Easter Sunday
eased the condition slightly of starv
ing wild birds in the outlying coun
try around Klamath Falls, melting
the snow to some extent, it was re
ported today.
Several call to The Herald and
New for details of Dan Li.skey's ap
peal to feed the birds Indicated that
a number of people were com
ing to the rescue. Only one car,
however, slopped at the Liskey
ranch In Poe valley, for the grain
offered to feed the birds.
Wild pheasants, qunll and other
birds are finding It slim pickings
with the country blanketed In snow
In the Langell and Poe valleys nnd
the country out that way. The offer
to supply grain to those who will
spread It, ts still open word from
the Llskcy ranch advised this
morning.
Furnace Blast
Injures Six
SEATTLE. March 29 (PI Six men
were Injured, some seriously, last
night when an explosion destroyed
n scrap Iron smelting furnace at.
the Isaacson Iron Works plant
No. 2.
Battnllun Fire Chief William M.
Canty snld the blast wns caused by
"something foreign" Mint got Into
the electric furnace.
Dozens of windows were shatter
ed by the force of the explosion and
several spot fires broke out.
He snld report of an Investiga
tion will be withheld pending ap
proval by the commandant of the
13th nnvnl district.
CIO-PIRC To
Hold Confab
Here Tuesday
Representatives of the Interna
tional Woodworkers of America
(CIO) and Pine Industrial Rela
tions committee, employers' group,
are scheduled to meet tomorrow at
the PIRC office for further efforts
to rearh-s wage Hettlemenffor CIO
lumber and sawmill workers here.
The union's latest proposal was
for a 25-cent hourly pay Increase
for all CIO lumber workers, six paid
holidays yearly and study of health
and welfare set-ups by a Joint
union-management committee.
PIROJias offered a 7'j-cent wage
increase.
Results of a strike vote taken
throughout the Northwest with the
exception of IWA-CIO's Inland Em
pire district around Spokane were
to be tallied in Portland today, but
the IWA office there reported that
not all ballots were In and the
count moy take several days.
IWA-CIO membership was asked
to vote whether to allow its North
west regional negotiating committee
authority to strike.
Present work contracts with the
larger mills here come up for re
newal April 1. but contain a self
renewal clause which would pre
vent a work stoppage.
RC First Aid
Course Slated
A Red Cross first nld instructor's
course, taught at Klamath Union
high school th.ough last week, has
been completed by eight Klamath
people.
Dick Evans, Red Cross area first
aid field representative, directed
classes which were held for three
hours nightly each day last week.
The course was a refresher for in
structors. Completing the course were Mona
Dixon, Clarence Groves, Ella Red
key, Lillian Rcdkey, Max Ruge,
Frelda Ustick and Charles Wam
stcad of Klamath Falls and George
Fullerton of Bly. Fullerton nnd
Ruge will tench first aid classes be
ginning in early April at Weyer
haeuser camps 6 and 4, respectively.
Church Proves
Wrong Choice
BERKELEY, Calif., March 29 t.P) ! said.
Tho congregntlon at the Portuguese
Assembly of God church convinced
two strangers that an Easter service
was no place for a holdup.
Two men wnlked Into tho church
last night nnd announced, "Don't
nobody move. This Is a atlckup."
The Rev, Manuel Camera nnd his
parishioners began moving lownrd
I ho men. The pnlr fled.
US Consul
Fired Upon
WINDSOR. Out., March 29 t.4V
Ontario provincial police sought
clues today to the stealthy assail
ant who fired gunshots Inst night
at John Bankhead, American con
sul here.
Bankhead said the shots, appar
ently fired from behind n tree,
struck the rear door of his car as
he drove up to his Riverside drive
home. He was alone In the cnr.
Police found footprints between
a post nnd tree at the driveway
entrance.
It wns the third attempt on his
! life In recent weeks, Bankhead
He reported Uiat poisoned
liquor and enndy had been sent
to hi home. On another occasion
his car had been tampered with,
he said.
The American consul has come
to attention for his tight border
restriction policy. He hns attrib
uted this to an effort to keep com
munists from entering the United
States by way of Detroit.
Raymond Vereecke. youni Parisian who la In the V. S. A. as a
student under sponsorship of Or. F. C. Adam of Klamath Falls, here
ha a look at the control console of radio station KFLW. Gordon Lee,
technician. I explaining thing to him.
Raymond Vereecke, Protege
Of Dr. Adams, Finds The
US And Oregon Fascinating
A young man with a purpose is
Raymond Vereecke. 24 - year - old
Parisian who has Just arrived 'n
this country for three years of
study as a protege of Dr. F. Cecil
Adam of Klamath Falls.
Vereecke visited over the past
week-end In Klamath Falls as a
guest of the Adams family, coming
here from Forest Grove where he
Is attending Pacific university.
After a year at Pacific, he intend?
to attend Oregon State or some
other school where he can continue
his specialty agriculture, and the
coming summer he expects to get
some practical experience In that
line working for the Adamsdale
drtiry operations here.
Ultimately, he Intends to return
to Prance. There, he. says, if you
make a start on small scale farm
ing. It takes about three genera
tions to "get some place." and "that
doesn't do you any good." So. he
srys. he intends to go into business
for a few years so he will have the
nionev to make a large-scale start,
and then he will be a gentleman
farmer.
Vereerke's good fortune in ful
filling his imbition to come to the
V. S. to study reads like a story
book.
Last summer, he attended the
w orld Jamboree of Boy Scouts near
Psrls. There he met Dr. Adams,
who was attending with his son.
Barton. Dr. Adams asked the young
Parisian to conduct a group of
Scouts on a tour of Paris. Further
association with Vereecke convinc
ed Dr. Adams rf the youth's worth
iress. and when the boy said he
wanted to come to the U. S. to
studv. the doctor said he would try
to do something about it. The
Klamath physician then left for
the U. S.
Vereecke wasn't quite sure any
thing would come of the remark,
but soon he heard from Klamath
Fulls. Dr. Adams had arranged his
visa to come to this country as a
student, and brought him here un
der his SDonsorshlp.
The youth arrived in New York
on March 5. end Dr. Adams ar
ranged his trip west by airline. He
er. lolled In Pacific university to get
general education, before pursuing
his specialty, and is teaching
French there.
Reddish - haired, light-complex-icned
Raymond speaks English
quite fluently. He studied English
grammar for a while, but really
picked up the language from talk
Inir with American GI's. He served
as an Interpreter for the Americans
for obout a month.
The youth is ot Flemish descent.
and admits he doesn't look like a
Frenchman.
"I probably look like any Ameri
can you see on the streets." he said,
"tut In New York, people turned
around and looked twice at me.
That was because I had an ice
cream cone In one hand and a hot
doc In the other. Your milk shakes,
lot cream, hot dogs, and soft drinks
are wonderful!"
Raymond admits a tremendous
curiosity about everything Ameri
can. He and Barton Adams cover
ed Klamath Falls business district
completely Saturday, and Raymond
scent a lot of time looking over The
Herald and News office and KFLW.
The French youth was in an ag
ricultural school when the war
broke out In Europe. He remained
tr.ere through most of the German.
occupation. After the liberation, he
entered the French army, and was
assigned to a horse barn.
"You'll be amused by this," he
said, pulling out his discharge pa
pers. On the paper his military spe
cialty was noted as follows:
"Speciallste des pattes arrieres
des chevaux" specialist In the rear
legs of horses.
"You see. I did all right in taking
care of the horses." he said. "You
wih notice that It's the rear legs.
There is more danger there. It is a
more Important Job than being spe
cialist in the front legs of horses."
With that sense of humor. Ray
mond Vereecke ts expected by his
acquaintances here to get along
famously In the U. S. A.
ROADS NORMAL
SALEM. March 29 oPt The state
highway commission said today that
all roads are normal except for
one mile of packed snow at the
summit of the Willamette highway.
and four sections of one-way traf
fic on the Umpqua highway.
Mine Chief
Hurls Charge
Of Prejudice
WASHINGTON. March 29 MV
John L. Lewla Ignored a luhpoena to
appear thla afternoon for a presi
dential board hearing on the coal
strike.
Lewla was served with the formal ,
order today after refusing at board
invitation to teatify voluntarily.
The three-man board inquiring;
Into causes of the strike went ahead
without Lewis.
It next step, If Lewis continues
to hold out, Is expected to be a re
quest for federal district court to
order him to appear.
The formal order was Issued Im
mediately after Lewis had turned
down the board's invitation to ex
plain the walkout of his 400,000 soft
coal miner.
Subpoena Taken
Earlier two United States marshals
emerged grinning from United Mine
Worker headquarters and the
marshal' office said that Lewi had
accepted the aUbpocna. This oc
curred after the officers had ex
perienced difficulty getting an ele
vator to take them to Lewis' office.
The stairs were barred.
Shortly after the deputiea left,
Lewis emerged with an unac
customed smile. Asked by reporter
if he will appear before the board.
he answered "no comment"
Three minutes before a 7 a. m.
(PST) deadline set for his reply,
the United Mine Worker' leader
fired at the board a reply to its in
vitatlon. setting forth his "disin
clination" to testify.
Lewis said he based this on (1)
"law" and 2 "prejudice." He ex
plained :
1. Neither he nor the I'MW have
done anything falling under the
Taft-Hartley law, which Presi
dent Truman has Invoked fn the
dispute. He called this law an
2. Two of the three board mem
ben are "biased and prejudiced
and in honor should not serve" He
named Mark Ethridge, publisher
of the Louisville, Ky, Times and
Courier-Jonrna, and George W.
Taylor, who was chairman of the
old war labor board.
Lewis added that Cyrus W. Ching,
the government's top conciliator,
"sees through the eyes" of United
States Rubber. China formerly was
employed by that corporation.
About Ethridge, Lewis said: "Since
Catiaad Pace 19, Calamn
Election Set
ALTURAS. March 29 The June
I primary election will see contest
for three non-partisan seats on the
Modoc county hoard of supervisors,
and Alturas city election for coun
ciimen is called tor April 13.
Supervisor candidates Include:
First district Harvey Darst, In
cumbent; and Paul Robinson.
Third district George Perkins,
incumbent; Harry Grlval, Laurence
Smith and W. R. Thompson.
Fourth district Dr. E. F. Auble,
incumbent; Charles Fttzpatrkk and
John Cummings.
Peter J. Laxague of Ccdarville,
incumbent supervisor of the sec
ond district. Is running for U. 8.
congress.
The city election will be to choose
tlnee Alturas councilmen. Candi
dates are Leo Gloster and Phillip
Goulden, both present supervisor,
and Harry Pinneo and Joe Surmeir.
CRATER LAKE LODGE SOLD
After 27 rear of operating the rim lodge at Crater Lake national
park, R. . Trice ti selling out at his doctor's orders. The head of thu
Crater Lake national park disclosed on a visit here today that the new
purchasers are Mr. and Mrs. Michael E. Lee and son. Kenneth, of
Oakland, Calif.
The Lees arrived at the lodge last summer without reservations
and found there were no vacancies. "Guess I'll have to buy the lodge
to get In," said Lee. Price told him he could do that and negotiations
proceeded from that time. Lee reminded Price that they had met
42 years ago.
On January 10. 1948. all preliminary business matters were concluded
anrl nnnrnvM) hv th narlr mpvIp nrt tks T. trill ttilret niror nnnrollnn
of the lodge this summer with Kenneth Lee In charge. Letters requesting
reservations at the lodge on the rim of famous Crater lake are already
coming in for the ensuing season and the Klamath County chamber
of commerce is also receiving numerous requests for Information at
this early date.
Baruch Asks Congress For "Action Now"
Approving UMT-Temporary Draft Revival
WASHINGTON, March 29 tPt
Bernard M. Bnruch today asked
congress for "action now" approv
ing universal military training and
a temporary draft. He said "the
time for study Is over."
The white-haired adviser to pres
idents also urged a hold-in-reserve
law permitting revival of wage and
price controls if needed.
He told' the senate armed serv
ices committee the proposed pro
gram to make America strong mili
tarily would have a "tremendous
Impact" on the nation's economy.
He Raid It would "upset prices and
living conditions."
But the United States, Baruch
declared, must make itself strong
to bring about "the stability in the
world which lasting peace rc
rcuutrcs:" If it fnlls to muster nil Its
resources for peace, there will be
"no alternative but to mobilize for
war; In the future."
Senator Morse (R-Ore.) asked
Baruch how much this country
could spend on military prepared
tie "and still have a stable econ
omy." Morse estimated the program
ptobably will cost S,000,000,000.
"I think we have about reached
the limit," Baruch replied.
He said congress ought to set up
a "watchdog" committee to keep an
eye on spending and Its effect on
price and living costs.
Baruch also urged that congress
pas a law now setting up the ma
chinery for Industrial mobilization.
That la for ise of factories and
plant In time of emergency.
"If you wait, everybody hurries,
the crisis is upon us and you get
a pieoemeal 10b," Baruch said.
Before Baruch spoke. Chairman
Gurney (R-S. D.) declared that his
armed service committee must
conclude hearings on the military
phase of President Truman's stop
Kussla program by the end of the
week.
"We simply can't take any more
time," Gurney said. "By this week
end, we will have the complete
story and all shades of opinion."
Gurney' committee is consider
ing (1) temporary revival of the
war-time draft, 13) a permanent
program of universal military train
ing and t3) immediate expansion
of the peacetime strength of the
aimed forces at a cost of $3,448,
oor.000. Baruch told the committee;
"So terrible are the detructlvi
potentialities o' modern Instrumen
talities of war, it la no longer good
enough to punish an agrressor aftet
he haa begun a war. Preventing
wat require buttressing our nation
al security before the crisis la upon
us. Never again do we dare permit
out own lack of preparedness t
encourage -ny potential aggresnot
Into attacking this country or InU
overrunning other peaceful na
tions." He said that "in whatever we un
dertake, we must be guided by tin
netesslty of not wrecking ourselves
for that would defeat all we at
tempt." Baruch said that although "Ihl
lime for decision has come, then
i no reason for panle or eve
fright, xxx the resource, eco
nomic, military and spiritual, whlel
the free peoples of the world hold
are vastly auperlor to those whlel
thit tntalitarlana can command."