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TWELVE IRONWOOD DAILY GLOBE, IRONWOOD, MICH. FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1946. The National Whirligig By RAY TUCKER Two colliding policies or ideologies settlement of the Palestine problem account lor the Truman Administration's on-again off-again handling of this dangerous and explosive controversy. The duel has also provoked a sharp clash between two- factions here which are headed, respectively, by Secretary of State Byrnes and Secretary of Commerce Wallace. Mr.

Byrnes has the unanimous backing of army, navy and economic experts. Mr. Wallace a the powerful support Justice Samuel I. Rosenman, FDR's leg- el adviser, and White House Secretary David K. Niles, as well as certain political and human 1 itarian groups.

President Truman a not been able to decide between these two pressure groups inside and outside his cabinet. That is why he seqks to wash his hands of the question at the same time that he gives unofficial support to the British program for appeasing the Arabs at the expense of antagonizing Zionist elements in the United States and elsewhere. It explains why, in an effort to please all parties, he may ask congress io lower the immigration barriers so as to admit 50,000 displaced persons annually-a request which will have hard Sledding on Capitol Hill. The Palestine problem, with its related issues, is an extremely tangled and delicate matter. But here is an attempt to simplify as some diplomatic informants admit to "oversimplify" the background of a controversy that contains the slow-growing seeds of a possible World War III.

When the Axis and Allies were striving for the support of gov- Contract Bridge Miss Sheraian A AKJ A 9 A 9 8 7 4 A 3 5 4 8 6 2 QJ10 Q35 7J Dealer Von Zvdtwitz 1 0 9 6 3 632 A A 7 4 A 7 2 10 7 4 3 5 vul. South West North East Pass Pass 5 4 Pass 5 Pass 6 4k Pass Pass Opening--V 3. 23 ernments and individuals in the oil-rich Middle East, -FDR gave a written promise to Ion Saud, King of Saudi Arabia, that his interests would be considered in any final disposition of the Palestine question. Belated revelation of this pledge angered Zionist leaders here and abroad. President Truman reiterated this promise soon after he took office.

He sent the note in a rather casual manner as an assurance that he meant what he said when he swore to carry out his predecessor's foreign a domestic program. Mr. Byrnes had not yet become secretary of state. "Jimmie," however, has discovered at Paris and London that the Middle East problem affects world peace and security rather than only 800,000 dwellers in the Holy Land. Should Ibn-Saud and other rulers in that area, in resentment against Anglo American interference in their affairs, turn toward Moscow, their reorientation might be fatal to the western powers.

A Russo Arabian alliance would smash the British Empire, already a shell of its prewar self. It would deprive our armies, navies and air fleets of vital supplies of oil, as state department spokesmen recently explained in a surprise coup engineered by Mr. Byrnes in an attempt to awaken the American people to the significance of the issues at stake. A Saud Stalin tie-up would give Russia control of the Dardanelles, the Suez Canal and the eastern Mediterranean. Britain would become a negligible island off the northern coast of a Russia-dominated Europe.

The U. S. would become only a hemispheric power on the outside looking in. With these dangers staring him in the face, Secretary Byrnes feels inclined to stand with the British. Although susceptible to human appeals from Palestine and elsewhere, he is in a position to see the broader canvas of world events and the more sinister implications of what strikes others as a regional issue.

By WtLLlAM E. McKENNEY Psychic bidding has many variations, sucr. as psychic preemptive bids, "psycluc cue-bids, or true cue-bids showing control. Today's hand if, unusual because everybody the table, with the exception of North, bid clubs. South's opening bid of three clubs was purely E.

psychic bid, as he did not havi- a true pre-emptive bid. Miss Ruth Sherman (West) bid four to show no losers in that suit. However, Waldemar von Zediwitz in the East took up the slack on that when he bid five ciubs. The six spade contract they Arrived at was a difficult one for most of the other contestarts to reach. Von Zsdtwitz played low from dummy on iae first heart, North won with the king and returned a club, von Zedtwitz winning with the ace.

He led a small spade to dummy's jack cashed the ace and jack of hearts and discarded two Next he cashed the ace of diamonds and ruffed a diamond with the nine of spades. Dummy's nire of hearts was discarded on the club king and a small spt.de led to dummy's king. Another diamond was ruffed with the ten cf spades, a small spade played to dummy's ace, and the two losing clubs were discarded on th: two long diamonds. This is a simple example of making the the master hand. Surprisingly enough, several declarer; who received a club opening won the first trick with the ace of clubs and then ruffed a club in dummy, instead of immediately returning the queen of hearts and giving up a heart trick.

PRESS ARGUMENTS The Wallace-Rosenman Niles faction, meanwhile, has bombarded President Truman with cogent arguments to win him to their demand for a Palestine settlement favorable to the Zionist program. In view of Secretary Byrnes's current absence, they have created such doubt in the Presidential mind that neither Washington nor London knows exactly where he stands. First, the Wallace group recalls FDR's many pledges for a Jewish homeland, forgetting his subsequent communication to Ibn-Saud, and they argue a Mr. Truman should carry out the original Roosevelt promises. The late president allowed no reservations to creep into his pro-homeland statement when, in the campaign year of 1944, he backed the Zionist demands in a letter to Senator Robert F.

Wagner of New York. The pro-Palestine palace guards also stress, and in this argument Mr. Byrnes concurs, the humanitarian desire for helping men and women now without a country or even a thatched roof over their heads. Lastly, they warn that the administration cannot afford to slight the millions of voters whose blood or sentimental relationship with the war's victims in Europe has stirred their deepest emotions. So, torn between these two sets of advisers, President Truman's principal affirmative program boils down to the vague suggestion that 50,000 homeless be admitted annually to the United States--a suggestion that a not received a kindly reaction from some of his most loyal friends inside and outside congress.

In Hollywood By GENE HANDSAKER Hollywood--Won't her fellow students at the University of California at Los Angeles be surprised, when "The Late George Apley is release a few months from now, to learn that Smylla Brind is Movie Actress Vanessa Brown! Only a few best friends know it now, this lovely, 18-year-old brunette told me over a late-afternoon cup in the 20th Century-Fox coffee shop. Previous, less important roles didn't disclose generally the co-ed's double-life as a screen actress, but "Apley," in CARNIVAL-By Dick Turner "I wonder if I couldn't get a refund on this? It never occurred to my wife the whole day that it was her birthday!" AL FRESCO SHOPPING IN BERLIN--Many Berlin merchants, bombed out of their stores and unable to rebuild since the war ended, have set up shop on the sidewalks. In photo above, potential customers look over the stock of a sidewalk hardware "store." which she marries Ronald Colman's son (Richard Ney is sure to spill the beans. Vanessa is a fascinating beauty with brains. She's 5 feet 5 inches tall, with a graceful figure, clear blue eyes that testify to glowing health, and a broad smile that plays about her lips while she talks.

I suggested that there is a faint facial resemblance to Ingrid Bergman, and Vanessa said others have remarked on it. Her favorite actress is. however, Vivien Leigh. It was surprising to hear one so pretty say she has never been interested in clothes or making herself beautiful. She is, rather, the studious type--got straight A's in high school and made five guest appearances with the Quiz Kids.

As a freshman at UCLA she wore her wavy, chestnut hair in pigtails (under the guidance of studio stylists, it falls now to her shoulders in a soft, wavy bob). Sorority overtures she politely turned down. "Sororities are fine for those who go to college for the social life." Vanessa was there to study. I asked why. "Because I think a well-rounded education will help me to be a better actress." FUNNY BUSINESS-By Hershberger "With this home you can walk around in circles when the mortgage worries you!" THIS CURIOUS WORlD-By William Ferguson Mi.

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NEXT: How doec a icrecch owl sound? Former C. C. Head Answer Prevtomv Pimte HORIZONTAL 1,5 Pictured president of IT. S. Chamber ot Commerce 13 Fortification 15 Intersticed 16 Every one 17 Ahead 19 Encore 20 Speak 21 Live 22 Drunkard 23 Diminutive suffix 24 Thus 25 Chairs Meaner 32 Meadow 33 Fruit drink 34 He four years in office 36 Flower part 39 Preposition 40 Pronoun 41 Consumed 43 Forms '49Footlike part' 50 Spread 51 Texas city 52 Art (Latin) 53 Etches 55 Spear 57 Sheerest 58 Brain passage VEKHCAIi 1 Expunges 2 Narrate 3 Uselessly 4 Call (Scot.) 5 Mouth parts 6 Indian town 7 Flock 8 Knot 9 South latitude (ab.) 10 Flaps SOPoem 11 indolent 31 Moist 12 King of Pylus 34 Avers 14 Neither 35 Powerful 18 Compass point 37 Mulct 26 Beverage 38 Minor 27 Number 42 Rim 28 Rested 43 Strike 29 Fold 44 Own 45 War god 46 Nuisance 47 Diminutive of Edgar 48 Sun 49 Gasp 54Anent 56 Three-toed sloth Vanessa or Smylla Brind, was born in Vienna.

The name Smylla, pronounced "smee- la," was invented by her Russian father, Nah Brind, a language teacher. Vanessa and hey'parents came to New York eight years ago. From school dramatics she stepped into the road company of "Watch on the Rhine." She speaks English with seldom a hint of an accent. The Brinds occupy an apartment so tiny that Vanessa must sleep on a davenport. She rises daily at 5:30 a.

regardless of whether she has an early call at the studio. She has resolved to marry when she is 23 and as yet has no steady boy friend. Her favorite study is English literature, though trigonometry was a breeze. As Smylla Brind, she a feature writer and movie critic for the Daily Bruin, campus newspaper, and she hardly can wait to review "The Late George Apley." A dirigible 950 feet long and 142 feet in diameter could carry 122 first-class passengers, or 288 tourist class. One airline is already looking forward to using dirigibles for freight on five different world routes.

The Chinese were using coal and gas for heating purposes in the sixth century. Your Gl RightS BYDOUGIASURSEN By DOUGLAS LARSEN Washington Here are more Questions regarding the recent change in National Service Life Insurance: Q--When I was in the service I didn't take out any government insurance. I had plenty of commercial insurance, I thought. Now I would like to get some GI insurance. Can now that I am out of service? What are the qualifications for eligibility? A--If you served in any one of the services between Oct.

8, 1940, and Sept. 2, 1945, you can still apply for NSLI. If you apply for it before 1950, you can't be denied it on the basis of any disability suffered while you were in service. Q--When I first got into the service I applied for GI insurance and was turned down. They said something was wrong with my health.

But I served on regular duty for more than a year before I was discharged. Is it true that I can now apply for the insurance and get it? A--Yes. Q--Two years ago I was dis- I abled for a long time. I applied to the Veterans' Administration for a waiver of premiums. They wrote me and said that the conditions of my case didn't justify a waiver.

Under the new law, however, I would have been able to get that waiver. Is there any way I can get the money back? A--It is possible that VA would consider such a claim. If you apply for that waiver now, under the new act, there is a good change that those premiums will be refunded. Q--I am a veteran with a total disability. Would it be possible for me, under the new law, to convert my insurance to one of the endowment types? A--A totally-disabled veteran may convert his temporary term- insurance to permanent insurance.

However, the NSLI amendments do not permit him to convert to any of the endowment policies, or to obtain total-disability-benefit insurance. Q--My step-son named me as beneficiary in his government insurance. When he died, the government refused to pay me this insurance. They said I wasn't eli- gible. Now, however, I understand all that has been changed, and that I am eligible.

What should I do? A--You are now entitled to the benefits of your step-son's insurance. Payments will start after a claim has been filed two months with VA. Questions, Answers Q--Of what ntaion do the Guarani Indians lorm the largest percentage of population? A--Paraguay. Q--What is the U. S.

Army motto? Honor, Country." Q--Who made the first motorcycle with carburetor type internal combustion engine? A--Gottlieu Daimler, a German engineer. He gave it a public demonstration in 1886. Q--When were aircraft first used in warfare? A--Battle of Fleurus (Belgium) in 1794. Balloons were used. is the plural of biceps? A--Bicapses.

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