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Family Councils

There have been changes cer- tainly in the scope and posibly in the form of the consultations with Dominion Premiers 'now

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Truman's Mistakes

by ARTHUR WEBB, "Daily Herald" Washington Correspondent

In this camry, which places a premium on the average they are uiscovering just how, for an aver- age man can lead them took When Truman

vilice he to Roosevelt's pledged himself pollcies, and no one donies that he seeks to carry Roosevelt's ideas But his kind of effort forward.

not be. has not been, and will enough.

Pressure Groups At Work

even

pation must be counted major

the provosals he specifically oppaar.

loas of Gallup polls showed that in the achievements; and Grat months of his Presidency, Secretary of the Interior Ickes Truman reached heights of popu-through a few careless words at Jarily greater

than Roo- n Press conference was the big-

gest single blunder of the year. sovelt

Although most обвсгусти клет

The proposed appointment of this popularity was a close cousin to pure sympathy, they thought it Pauley despite Ickes' opposition was symptomatic of the Presid- would have a conercto effect in unifying the nation and carrying ent's tendency to appoint personal reconversion forward. Everyone genociates to major posts which accepted the motto Truman him- has been his most criticised weak- theness, and led to the charge. that suggested: "Don't self

this is a "Government by crony," doing

his best." pianist--he's

While his personal popularity

Certainly the

marked most is undiminished, his

change at the White House has declines. For various prestige

the old-time Missourians or pali- reasons there is little doubt he been in the faces and manners of will beronominated as Democra-

tical acquaintances the President keeps around him. Here obser- tie candidate in 1948, but most ob-

vers sco Truman's greatest dan- like Stassen could defeat him.

ger. few widely criticised After down conscientiously, and his per holiday excursions he has solled sonal bearing and modesty, Ain- cerity and industry win praise from all sides.

The result has been increasing organisation and pressure from itself felt, making the people. not through the White House, but In independent roups. A dozen

from mage now organisations Leagues for World Government to the Political

anions. People are rallying to

to get the Roosevelt-Tru- Artice announced a month, ago!

When Congress for months had that they must be "staggered a measures through Congress, and would "ebietly be concerned failed to vote yen or may on his Truman made un with the Pacific. Discussions programme with the Prime Minister of Aus- urgent radio plea to voters to force their representatives to act. tralia and the Finance Minister This gesture faded, and it is not of New Zealand are well ad-likely he will try it again. vanced and the consultations have] broadened with the arrival of Field-Marshal Srauts. Mr. Mac- kenzie, King is expected any day so that there is hope of individual consultations becoming a full Imperial Conference.

going on in London since Mr. the C.1.0ction Commities of servers believe that a strong man

pretty The

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His attitude now seems to be arrow legalistic approach to the President's responsibilities, and one does not expect him in the future to rise above them to true loadership.

These cronies are men who by their nature ad experience can know little and perhaps caro little of for the tremendus complexftics

foreign policy, reconversion, atomic energy, food crises or the and one ques- other thousand tions which Harry Truman says make each week more hectic than the last

need for a general meeting of the laime politics, Truman has relied Secretary Vinson of the Trea- whisky and tap water-and the

on the mere entement of his case or on personal contact.

Empire's leaders has become much more urgent. The original

Ten Measures Succced. American desire for topic of

the Ives it the Pacific is on agenda and is, no doubt, being

15 come as discnsrd today; but it pletely overshadowed by others.

•AUTY

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BY THE WAY

By BEACHCOMBER.'

Hearing A business man talk of the poor matches his daughters had made, I remembered the re mark of the rich merchant of Marseilles. Clary

Joseph Bonaparte had married bis daughter Julle, and the young Napoleon, kicking his heels in Paris, was more than half in clined to marry his other daugh

"Onʊ Desiree.

poor Bons ter, parte in my family is enough, said the merchant, little dreaming that both girls would became queens,

JAVANICIN. THE

GIANT-KILLER?

At the New Year I prophesied able to destroy most of the dan- that during 1946 a very great ad-gerous bacteria which cause dis- vance in the war against tuber- ease: pneumonia, syphilis, gonorr-

hoen, malaria, blood and culosis might be announced.

others, but they have many, proved useless against the tuber- ouloals germ.

I return to the subject because I have had so many letters from aufforers from the disease asking how things are going.

poisoning,

All over the world medical scien- tists are testing substances, many

like penicillin,

ал or that Desiree might ed, but it would be crueller still attack the

have been an empress, if she had to suggest that anything has been married Napoleon Instead of Ber-discovered which may in a week or two miraculously cure the aver- nge patient.

nadotte.

Love Comes Too Late The hostess was chatting

erectly.

come

gorm an

Naturally they thluk In terms of which, of their own ende, and it seems from moulis, in the hope that

tuberculosis effectively penicillin attacks cruel to say that patience is need-some substance will be found to

They have discovered several many other germs.

one is called Buch aubstances; streptomycin. another javaniein.

Streptomycin, investigated in the United States chiefly, kills the T.B. germ in the test-tube, but that is a long way from our know- ing how to kill it in the human lung with this drug.

There never has been any likeli hood that something will be found die.walch, put into a bottle and taken by a patient, can cure the disease,

Neither doctor

medicine tuberculosis, but only nature plus perfect co-operation on the part of the patient.

And hor doy lay asleep on the

mat..

When she noticed a guest in

the foreground A-fanning hie to with his hat. Then, rigid with cold disu

proval. She cries "Mason" Two butlers

appear. "Get

rid of this cad," says their mistreen;

As the quest is flung out on

his car.

Time passed, and that hostens

grew gentler,

And sprawled like a dog-on the

mat; "While the ghost of a guest long

Bince vanished Sat Januing his tea with hia

Jl.

Constructive Thought

Dear Sir.

cures

nor

In the lungs of a consumptive a battle is being waged between a skilfully entrenched germ and the resources of the human body.

Rest, peace of mind, and first- dass nutrition give the body the for a counter- extra resources attack. The enemy either gives ground or makes no further ad- vances.

Some patients have not got the natural resources required to keep the enemy at bay. But in any case, rest, sleep, food, sun, and air will always be the first needs.

Great Advances

Of course, the best way to root out tuberculosis is to prevent the disease before it has begun. Very great advances have come in the

five years. vast

The inculty is that the TB. germ knows how to entrench itself more successfully than any other and the real problem will be whether atreptomycin can be infiltrated into the skilfully hidden

geran,

trenches.

Streptomycin has also AUD- eradicatod, pressed though not T.B. in mice and guinea-pige, and

By John Langdon-Davies

in one or two American hospitals it has reached the stage of human tests.

It is at present very difficult to manufacture, and that is holding 13p more general experiments. Supplles will shortly reach this country for experimental purposes only

His official family seems wel settled. Of the Cabinet, only two Roosevelt men remain-Secretary of the Navy Forrestal and Secre

Certain ones like Stimson would tary' of Commerce Wallace,

anyway, but the

Their Politics, Poker, have retired

Whisky, Water changes here and elsewhero in- dicate that while Truman's spec- Lacking the drama and elo-ches are consistently Left of con-

Those men like to talk State politics, play poker and have an quener of his predecessor, but tre, his sympathies will be centre

often dead-centre.

of gloss

Bourhan occasional schooled in small-time and big-

His appointments vary widely

President, does, too. is an extremely capable man and

Failure to appreciate the hous- a close adviser. Esteemed also

We know that London has been by Roosevelt, Vinson is a politician ing problem aurely also must be and speaks the President's lan- laid at the White House door as n

ex-re-planned, and is to be re-built.

T.B. is an infectious disease. Of twenty-five major measure! guage, but he understands larger major raistake. Americans

it from cura- recommended-sume of

issues ard-for example-haspect he will make others. Ferhaps, lero, then, is an excellent site for

the Mammoth World Fair. Why People can catch пай

Meanwhile, workers at the fin as one national magazine anys, then Beyond Roosevelt in meeting been a forceful advocate

niest American think of Truman not employ ten millien Germans panions who have not the slightest

of LOA- iden

that they are infectious.

College of Science, South demands of progressive New Dea interpreter of the British Loan-

to destroy what remains

By mass-radiography of hun- Kensington, have found that their The President's leadership in "as a mediocre man doing his best

don, after which preliminary clear- The question of Pacific basesters--only ten have been approved.

Bretton Woods and UNO partici- in a job too big for him”

work we should have a vas: dreds of thousands of apparently si ance is itself only a part of the larger of these, five were amended by

The man who did not want to open spaco on which to house the healthy people, the small percent-new anti-bacterial substance, ja- of lampérial question

be President and sometimes in the exhibition? When the Exhibition age of unknown dangerous people vanicin, can also destroy human-

in test-tubes.. Whatever the Mother Country

was over. London could be re- can be found out and helped in type tubercle bacilli, but as yet first few weeks forgot that he was

the earlier stages, both to fight

and to rounds for hope in these ex- themselves President is devoted to learning built on the same site. may do in the future and, the

the disease Yrs. faithfully,

periments. his job.

their giving it to Government not having finally

(Mrs.) Utta Wretch, M.P. avoid

panions. decided its defence policy, it is

The Strabismus Expedition All this will remain a necessary nut yet possible to say precisely

part of the war against T.B. what what it will do, the different

ever is discovered.

But there is one new thing and widely scattered parts of the Empire must undoubtedly cach

ved that

which may soon be added, and is a substance which will

This is very important, because acquire greater focal strength than

directly attack the germ itself.

it suggests that the same effects before the war. Whether they!

A great deal of work is being may be ultimately produced in the do so under the aegis of the Unit-

done in this direction, and it was human body as have been pro- to this that I referred In my preduced in a test-tube. is nothing

Defence.

ed Nations or on their own re-

Coutac,

HOW ARE THE RUSSIANS EATING?

FROM JOHN EVANS

& more

Moscow, Sunday. Totul rations monthly-191b. In a scarcity-stricken world, of meat, including fish and mains to be seen. Strength is, of let us turn the spotlight for a eggs, Slb, of fats, 63 two- term relative to pre-moment and see how Russia's pound loaves of bread, 7lbs. of of cereals-other sugar, 191b, hungry masses are managing.

potatoes, matches two outstanding items like There are yailing conditions, and the degree

or less the Russian and tea on Firstly, of intrinsic strength must there-facts. iore depend largely on the exis-standard of living has gone up commensurate scale.

per cent. since. About 2,000 roubles are left tence or non-existence of really at least 100 whole-hearted collaboration be-1942; secondly, it is still inuch over monthly to make purchasea on the open market, to buy tween the great Powers. That is lower than in pre-war days.

entertainments, But nevertheless Russians clothing,, pay why, apart from their interest as

better off than in etc. contributors to victory, the Do- today are

The price of black bread is minions are so keenly concerned many European countries.

10 roubles for 2-1/4 lb. The luxury price of cigarettes always available rises from 7 roubles for 25.

with the Peace Treaties that are causing such difficulties at the Paris Conference, and particular-

extent,

spare,

I am

Eggs Plentiful

Eggs cost eight roubles and roubles each on publie markets,

a

com-

only

There are

For example. Javaniein com- pares well in strength with any of the other experimental drugs that are being tried out, and it still stopa the germs growing when human serum is added to the mixture,

At times he is brilliant in dele. in taking gating authority and advice from better thinkers than himself and on special occasions

That foolish sailor, thinking to he has wisely been swayed by such

amuse the two old men in the diverse and capable men as Henry cave, bared his breast and showed Wallace and George C. Marshall, (the axed

tattoo mark--n heart

with an arrow

and who has done a great job for

under it the legend, "Wilfred old men. America in China.

two loves Amy." The Observers

he note that

thinking the marks were some growing in atature, but you no

a far-fetched sort of magie, at once jumped un vious article. There longer hear such

and began

strange words.secret about this work. to chant comment as in the early days. They then

crowned Professor

Now Drugs Tosted when men recalled that America's

Slapper

a wreath with

a few careful I experiments instinct for the average man once

This is what can be said sa

If those experiments prove hope- up a country, politician

their long knives.

and he sulfona-ful the next stage is to find ways turned

which gets us any further." re- far. Penicillin

of nass-producing the useful named Abraliam Lincoln

(Whom ride drugs revolutionised medicine Harry Trumari is not going to marked Dr. Strabismus

because between them they are drugs, and we can feel quite sure God Preserve) of Utrecht.

that once streptomycin or javani- be any Lincoln.

ein, or the two or three other hopeful substances prove that ther can de the job we all want done, their manufacture will be a No. 1 priority.

TODAY IN EUROPE

of

weeds.

and danced round him, waving of "Nene

By RANDOLPH

CHURCHILL

THE TRUTH ABOUT TITO

This family's standard' of living is high, but not the the highest in Russia today.

true that Tito wa

about him.

and

baaid upon ter

t

We must remember that at this early stage only tiny quantities of drug ke javaniein have ever been manufactured, sufficient for

Hope For Patients

So that is the situation today. Positive hope for the future; hope based on scientific research deas openly and followed with care by everybody responsible for fighting tuberculosis.

Don't imagine a secret remedy round the corner. Don't. Imagine there will ever be a time when the

TET

Car Prices Ralsed

The position 15 regardi ly with the Treaty with Italy, meat. fats and tobacco in the which has such a bearing on the city centres is in all probability now better than in England

would mind if the there that they felt, unfe from lines of communication with so and the supply of eggs is cer-

It is widely. believed that! British

sent mission to the attacks of the Partisans. much of the Empire.

tainly considerably better,

British Government's de- Russians

Eden replied It is also certain that the pre- The Russians

There was little concealment have always

at the beginning of Mikhailovitch, cision,

thel sup-that the British Government about this collaboration. I my cent discussions must air views spent more of their budget on

A manual worker generally 1944, to withdraw

to withdraw self, while in Jugoslavia, saw port

Draja had just decided from General gets more of everything. and, if possible, find general food than the people in Britain

of and less on clothes,

from Mikhailo- in their missions forces - lumber Mikhailovitch's Take for example a upon the future

concentrate their scores of identity cards found tubercular patient will be relloved agreement

of curing They have no

switch it en- vitch hesitation in

captured Chetniks. They of the 011 jack who is in the same cate-Jugoslavia and

strengthen- Empire trade. They will at least

of roubles

ware always stamped on one himself да heavy work gory of

a tirely to the forces of Marshal support entirely on Tito. In be preliminary to the further Con-spending hundreds

due to a desire to these circumstances, Eden Bug-side with the royal arms of the ing his natural resistances.

Don't imagine that anyone will preferences, fore-at the Commercial Food Store foundryman. He gets 21h, of Tito, was ference, on

gested it would be more appro-House of Karageorgavitch and, when they have money to bread daily nearly much shadowed by Mr.

ao appease the Russians. Morrison,

priate if the Russians sent an the other, with the German ever get rid of tuberculosis as if it, were a bad tooth, but natients the light manual worker.

There is no basis whatever mission to Tito. This, a few swastika and eagle.

take

courage

from the fact which is itself intended to deal

not translating these But the trees which he cuts

It is, of months later, they did. with the Empire side of the con-rouble sums into pounds, shil-down grow not near cities with for this belief.

In general, the British de- that a new corner has been turn-

ed. sequences of the American loan lings and pence because, at the all their shops and amenities course,

line with the bacillus itself has been found, and 4 weapon against the tubercle The British decision to with-cision was in Moscow for five and the Anierican desire for free official rate of exchange of but in the "wild" districts of trained in

their support from pronouncement of Prime Minis- there are plenty of people work- the strange fact draw

favour Churchill in multilateral trade. Lastly, these about 20 to the £ this would Engbern Russia where shops years. But

Ing to flud out how that weapon on Inaccurate Im-

Is that the Russians never did Mikhailovitch was

helping anyone who are few.

would discussions will disclose and de- give you

can be used to help them. of remarkably high

Even Inside the lumber In- much to help him in Jugoslavia. the following considerations: cide the Empire's contribution to pression

were too busy fighting dustry, which is one of the They

1. The Tito movement had at "fight the Hun" There is no Dwn battles the battle against famine, whose wages and prices.

to worry least twice The external rate of exchange largest in Russia, it would be their

the popular back doubt that, from the point of assault threatens parts of it such

bears little relation to the pur-hard to find an average,

ing that was enjoyed by view of winning the way na quickly as possible and with a

Washington, May 2, és India and, to some

minimum loss of life, the d

The Office of Price Ad-. South Africa. There is, indeed, side Russin.

abound in game and

And it correct. fish a mission at Tito's headquarters 2. To continue to support clsion was

ministration

the has raised a full and potentially fruitful

To give oven an approximate possible supplementa

was established eleven months both movements would only yielded amplo military divid-retail price coflings for General agenda, At the moment it is idea of how the Russians are fumberman's diet, but other before the Arat

Russian have meant ensuring a major ends at the time.

Motors automobiles by $10 to only necessary to say that both living now we would have to timber districts yield little élse

officers appeared in April, civil war, once the Germans It is true it has yielded none $60 to compensate for wage in- the attitude of the Dominions write down in detail the bud- but mosquitoes.

1944. By this time, there, were driven out,

since the war ended. Tito bes creases in the industry, Effec and the personalities of their regrets and diets of at least fifty from widely

Lito Is Grim

were more than twenty British

American railitary min and

Partisans 3. Tito's

had manifested as astonishing in- tive immediately, the increases presentatives guarantee that these families taken discussions will be in cyery sense separated points of this, vast

various shown themselves capable of gratitude to those who helped range from $16 to $80 on Now take two railway signal.elons serving with

army, and fighting in tho units of Tito's

most determ-him most. But, as Sir Robert Pontiac, Oldsmobile, $18- to 888 $60 on family councils, and that in con-country, then try to puzzle out

men. Thoy both got the same

of ined fashion against the Gor-Walpole once said, "Gratitudo on Bulcks, $24 to sequence the Empire will speak average.

of future Cadillacs. a lively детве As regarda

peasants; rations, but one of them is many hundreds

British and American food, màn occupiers and were, in is

Though in the past An $18 increase was ordered with a united and decided voice.

such a survey would have to fortunate enough to live in a clothing and military equip-fact, holding down as many as favour

Tito has owed more to Britain for the only Chevrolet model taka in the various agricultural good agricultural district..

ment were being dropped or 14 German divisions. own He has hia BOMBS EXPLODE IN

altuations following the Inst

vegetable

4. Though there was no and America than he has to which had been priced prior to harvest and the prospects of garden and poultry, perhaps landed every week. Subsequen MADRID

that Mikhallovitch Soviet Russia, it is plain that, the 18 cent pay increase the forthcoming farming even a cow or couple of to the arrival of the Russian evidenco

small mission,

quantities of personally

evor had

col for the future, he expects these recently, granted by General

Motors after a long strike. the Germans, roles to be reversed,

On othor oc-laborated with

Chevrolet modely, food and weapons were

priced for the first time, retail Black Market--

The other one' lives up near casionally dropped from De-88 there was overwhelming evid- the Arctic Circle or in a desert which had becon supplied to the once that nearly all his im-

collings.ranged from $51 to $68 subordinato are peasants of Central Aala or in one of Rysalons under lond-lease. The mediately,

above 1942 prices, OPA' said· I know thero

some time ago that It expected In Russin who can afford to the most bridly devastated food that was dropped by the manders had done so.

Rusalans

Invariably of These, officers did not col-

factory price increases could be Later the pollon arrested fivo, poi, orgs into their mouths as areas, young men god from 18 to 21. though they were cheatguts.

fully absorbed by dealers, but in

the new schedule,·

Madrid, May 2. Two home made bombs explod od early today in two : 270DCTY phops In Cuatro, Camiños, an out. lying quarter of Madrid No casualties were caused.

chasing power of the rouble in- Some timber districts The first British military Mikhailovitch,

Acason.

the

2.

to

the

WDS

of tons

сот-

FASCISTS NABBED

London, May 2. He depends largely on trans- American origin.

Inburato out of love of the The Rome Radig gives a com- Two of them are reported to have There are others who are hay ported food and his life remains

Far from the Russians hav- Germans, but out of fear of munique Issued today by the Ita announcing bad Isquierda Republicans (Left|ing to start all over again from grim and sparse. Wing Republican party) member-scratch.

So that when estimating the ing urged the British Govern- Tito's, Partisans. One glance lian inister of the Interior; an-it sald that factory prices In- persons in greater than anticipated." OPA ahle cande

This morning's explosions Here is the budget and diet Soviet food, situation you must ment to abaddon Mikhailovitch at a military situation map of nounelps that the Italian police creases "have proven somewhat

qualified secretárial remember that the U.SS,R: in favour of Tito, Foreign Jugoslavia was enough to tell have arrested four

of pamphlets, leaflets and other followed bomb explosions, otelde worker living with his wife, stretches over the continens Commissar Molotov, late in the story. The Chetnik bands concation with the distribution reiterated that any further in- the Datelot Office of the Falangist daughter "ándz mother-in-law. I and conditions vary: throughout f1048, actually maked“ Anthony | wore always oncamped as close demonstratively, pro-Fascini ole. -creases in factory prices will bo Dacovalent Institution in

Associated Press:- Bernardo Square late last night. Total carnings of the family that vast spans from the Eden, who was then British possible to the main Germali ments during the last 24 hours passed on to the public

£3,000 roubles monthly,

Baltic to the Pacific

stary, whether the military contree. It was only Benter.

Ban.