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C. V.R. THOMPSON'S NEW YORK LETTER

They'll hardly

T first glance the American scene Lodny is completely dominated by the wide open road, the baseball diamond and the sun- flecked surf. It is the biggest American holiday

eyer,

A holiday from reading, so that book pub- *lishers are losing money again. A holiday from: the national pastime of movie-going, so that the cinemas must now tempt customers with raffles. of brand new motor-cars.

A

worry- The

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Santa!

Republicans, roughly

→

Truman Years

Wallace's threats

at-

Stassen, Robert

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holiday from ing, except occasionally, about equivalent to our Tories, are to form a third party will the Russians, and all the extremely allergic to the deficit tract the vast Labour vote and there

Harold Dewey, time about the high cost of meat spending policies that the late give the Republicans, with Tom (which is so tight that under Lord Keynes presented, to Taft or Joe Doakes a runaway vle- Britain's rationing system every Washington. They want to cut tory. American would get a quarter debts, reduce the colossal costs. And so he vetoed the Taft-Hari of a pound of lamb a week), of government, bring down in- ley Act, I think that may have cost

him his precious election. Net be-- But that is not really the come tax. American scene. It is just the

That is their best programme, cause it was wrong to veto the Bill It was hot a very good Bill, anyway. audience.1 The real American they think, to win both branches Dut because of the way he vetoed. scene is Washington, and the of the Government, the Presi actors are chewing it up for dency as well as Congress, the benefit of their. audience which they already control. even though the audience per- sist in sitting with their backs. towards the stage.

In other words, Amorien's politicians are once more head- ing for election..

My bot THIS election the first for the Presidency and all that bringe with it, since F.D.R. died Is what really dominates the American scene today.

Polling day is sull 18 months away, but it is my bet that everything everyone, from Pre- sident to dog-catcher, does be- tween now and then will be assessed either for its political value or its political cost,

Dollars for Britain, the Mar- shall Plan, strikes, Palestine, lower income tax, the policy to wards Russia-everything.

You have probably noticed

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One day he had not read it. Next day he gave out a velo Message of 6,500 words, and overy one of thươm sounding exactly like those organis- ed Labour had been using about it. His Message won Labour back to SOME of President Truman's

smaller-minded nides are, his side, but it cost him many In- dependents who had supported him therefore, afraid of the Mar- before largely for his sincerity. shall Plan-or at least part

With his veto overridden, the Aet▼ ESTERDAY, at the Belve-rolfishly closes her eyes to it... 15 wat his

YESTERDAY, it which involves American bounty-and they

It was supposed to stop are breaking There will be want to put it on the ice till out on the hour.

probably plenty more. They will after the election.

of

that

So Marshall, who cannot be continue right up to election time. leuning far away from his oed Oh, I say, look here!

no bust in

entirely convinced that politics are more important than states- manship, is building up popular support for his programme. Until his outspoken attack re buom. "Predictions or even a teeny-down for the count.

Women's weeny bust for this year or next asking how Joe Louls would counter cently before the

have faded into the back-such extraordinary tactics.. National Press Club, he had

Starlight and Slime` beeh working quietly.

How has he been doing it? By inviting school-teachers, ministers and local worthies to meet him and listen to his cold,

factual reasoning.

st knocked out the Korean heavy- news of the deal. Treason packs. his bag... Lynette gives up all weight Shol in the first round. hope of a reprieve... The wed-

Son adopted his pecullar stance, ding day dawns... and slightly sideways, Shol vigorously at once, but Trivett dived Still booming sideways to the floor, sprang up, run The first Woman eper lo act as

round behind Shol, and came in on

Chairman of a, House of Commons: better be in his other side: Shol, who was look- Standing Committee..

ing for his man in the other direc-

(News item.) TRUMAN is on a

something else he is banking onion, caught the double-fisted blows

the great American on the lids of his head, and went.THINK with what pride, what Joy, Experts are what mad excitement those sim-

been ple words must have

read by women. Here, at last is the cumax of their long struggle for mancipation, the smashing victory No in the war agains: serfdom.

be described as longer can they position to marry, and there chattels, the playthings of an hour, was Staunton Farragoe willing for to be discarded like old gloves. And

there was Paul Treason in a

one M.P., with tears of delight in the result of the deal that would

there

was Chairman," Why not Mr wedding day at hand, make or break him. And, with the his eyes, addressed her as "Madam

woman? Lady Stadpole buying rubbish on credit. And there

was Lynette nerving herself for the ordeal of Good cheer becoming Mrs Farragon to save her

year

ground.

Business, which had been talking

itself back into good times again, itself into a recession, is now talking perhaps even better than those that have just gone before. If bad times

are just around the corner, it is a

"

Chalk-

that America always has an citizen these days is that man. A few days ago, the 14-year-oldther, from lodging-houses, Time TIERE is the menu for a banquet

election whenever there is some thing inportant to be decided. That is cause America is al- ways having an election...

wedding.

No

One day to the. Il of the futura..

news

at the

Le intake of calories Les starch units

The smuggest American very big corner. Henry Wallace. First, because son of a friend of mine got a Job he can claim that the Marshall digging ditches for the holiday, and CTCs on Plan is something like his plan his pay is £2 55. a day. Such con- deal. Treason plans to come to for Europe-minus whole ditions give Truman his chief und, London and tell Lynetle his good Le carbohydrate allocation

How terrific seems the Le riboflavin capsule quota string of thoughts. But, more perbups, only hope of besting the news.

wmes: Nyassaland Claret, British of the moment suspense when one uses these little important, because he cah see American fashion

dots,

Con Lynette go through. Frotho, Balkan Burgundy (Clos de The result is that a President that Fresident Truman is afraid for Bightism. After all, you do not

with it?

Lady Stadpole sces Sezpz). Welsh Brandy, Islington her daughter's turnioll of spirit, but Port, can give a positive "yes" in- of him. stead of a "maybe" in answer to any vital-international ques- tion-for-about six months out of every two years. And then only with a thumping victory

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Russians think they're democratising Germany

talk DEMOCRACY can be taught liquid its monopolistic trusts in

AND so not even the Marshall Plan can escape this elec- 'That is tion that is coming.. why there is far about The Plan in Britain and in the rest of Europe than America. In recent weeks the Washington actors have been doing their best to keep that part of the drama behind the scene as much as possible.

That accounts for part of the political double-talk you have heard, and will hear, about The Plan. It also accounts for the extreme.shyness with which The Plan's author, George Mar- shall, usually the most forth- right of people, has till now discussed his plan with the American Press.

j

The Soviet's two-year experience

to the Germans if proper preparation for turning them over in Germany has demonstrated, le to the German state when surk is, wrote, that if Yaitu nd Potsdami measures are used, the Soviet anally established,

are consistently carried out, the road 3. Coniscation of the property of of democratic development is not authorities have decided after

war criminals and active Nazis. closed for wide sections of the Ger-! two years of occupation.

and that this Their experience has confirmed, This process also is near completion mar people." they say, the correctness of the line in the Soviet zone, according to local With success in these three essen- til fields the Soviet occupation authorities, according to an article

down by Stalin only a few reperts.

months after the Get the Hitler of Soviet Russia that elique and not the German people was responsible for the war.

By their standards, their success at 'demberatisation" of the Eastern fleged failure of this process in the zone places in a sinister light the Western.

EVIL SCHEME

If Germanns

in the Moscow Bolshevik newspapi

By WALTER CRONKITE

(United Press Moscow

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Germany ran through all the Soviet dence in the democratic future of proposals at the Moscow conference. REACTIONARY GROUPS The Soviet experience has

reactionary "the felly and posed nature" of what Lyadov wrote was a theory often expressed by "cerin Anglo-Saxon birelos," that the "very spirit of democracy

not in.

12. Broken ares. (4) with the character of the

13 Most likely found in the alrf.

arry, 13) This theory was been put forward by those groups which need to-dis--

crder lo rupt democratisation

was

in

can be taught -de- mocracy, then failure to teach it to by one L. Lyndov, have been able keep Germany split, ni prerequisite them must be part of an evil scheme to hand over to the German people to maintaining their control over. Its occupation key positions in the German trusts and monopolies, according to of the Anglo-American authorities to preserve in political economy"

and economic power the leaders of "If the Soviot zone bli successes German big business, according to have also been achieved in the de- the Soviet reasoning?

mocratisation of the apparatus of local self-government. School re fondov, continued. form, has been carried out

Soviet commentators.

"It is

only to be expected ``that these gentlemen from the camp of German reaction, who financed, and In the Soviet view, there are three

supported the Nazi adventurers und basic stops. In the process of de

who with the connivance of the American-British occupation authori In the districts of the Soviet zone ties have crept into the lending 1. Land reform. In their zona

drawn up political, economic and administra they say that about 500,000 pestants constitutions have been have been apportioned land-from the by the Landtags and Kreistags which five posts, should sabotage measures are,"permeated with anu desire for the democratisation and de- confiscated estates of the Junkers.

2. Decartelitsation of industry. that Germany should be a single, militarisation of Germany," Lyndav

said. The Suviet 'zono clolma." to have democratic, republican state.".

There are dollars involved in The Plan, perhaps fifteen thou sand million of them (£3,750-mocratisation: ,000,000), and in any election that amount of dollars is heavy, ammunition. In this election particularly so.

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