European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 21, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Stars and stripes my Csc pressure grows in a i a True n for Ito of my Itaev is bag leading papers urge treaty ties by Gustav Svensson Stockhov jul swed ish government is under grow ing internal pressure to abandon neutrality in favor of military co operation with two neighbouring Atlantic pact and the idea has been dismissed repeatedly by Cabinet Only to return again with stronger the demands Center on limited military without any political commitments among the three in amounts to a partial revival of the joint scandinavian defense the failure of which last Spring was followed by Norway and Denmark joining Atlantic demands for a rapprochement with Norway and Den in spite of their pact Mem have been gathering momentum with the hardening of swedish feelings toward the user and her satellites during the last the press the user is getting Here is a far cry from what she got four years when Sweden imports show gain Washington imports and fewer exports pushed foreign Trade closer toward a balance in the census Bureau reported january imports totalled a gain of Over de Cember and Over january exports totalled Only drop of from de Cember and from january As a the excess of exports Over Meas ures How far foreign sales Here toll Short of covering foreign the declined this Gap was Only in compared with in december and in january the Export figures include Bolar commercial and government Aid the Bureau had no separate data on figures on Trade with individual countries will be available in uie largest declines in january were in shipments of machinery end foods and nonfood vegetable and nonmetallic the import increase came largely from greater receipts of raw Pepper and Only appreciable import decrease was in Wood and1 the changes in swedish Public opinion Are of soviet moves outside the scandinavian one of the develop merits which appears to have affected swedish opinion particularly is the tightening of the soviet grip on the and other scandinavians to a lesser have Felt the effect directly in countless pinprick incidents such As the arrest of numerous swedes in soviet satellite coun Espe Emly military cooperation military Coop with swed ens scandinavian neighbors in spite their participation in the Atlantic pact has for Many months been advocated by some top swedish military leaders and some of the largest newspapers in the several prominent members of the including c o n s e r a t i v e party Leader Jarl joined the supporters of military rapprochement several swedish notably the  newspaper in scan Dina with a circulation of and Goteborg Mandela och also Are outright advocates of joining Atlantic with the commande Rinchley of Sweden armed Gen they Are at the spearhead of the growing number of and years March a spokesman for the jewish Agency says de Facto jewish state already la in existence in Palestine and will take office when the British relinquish their March a photograph of the Earth is taken from an Altitude of 100 Miles in a v2 rocket near White March representatives of the leading states of the United Security in new York set a meeting Date despite a soviet request for March Judith 27yearold for Mer government pleads not guilty to a charge that she took secret information from the files of the Justice department Israel doctors Tel Aviv medical association of Israel reported that this Little jewish state now has is one to about every 360 the association added that 700 of these Are not it explained that some doctors were not at tending new immigrant Settle ments because they were not assured reasonable working Condi the stars and skip is Vok j3s editor chief managing editor sports editor March it col William Summers Ken Zumwalt pal Taylor executive manager chief of distribution Maurice r Kirkwood Louis Brown news bureaus Fra Wurt i9fl 846681846680 e473so Bremerhaven 8hm441363 Munich 481520 the european Edison to published Day at for the occupation under the auspices of the armed forces information and education Frankfurt the stars and Darmstadt correspondence should be addressed to the stars and Apo mall to the new York office should be sent to 641 Washington this us not an official publication of the armed reentered As Eepoo Ocless matter sept at the to Stohle at new under the act of March especially with the main argument of the opposition to Sweden policy of neutrality is that Norway and swede n constitute a strategic and that military cooperation Between the two is vital to the defense of these were the conclusions drawn by the no defunct scandinavian defense committee investigating the prospects Brj joint scandinavian Ujj government spokesmen admit the strategic they retort that any military  now to Norway an4 de Rivenark might be viewed by the russians As Sweden entering the Atlantic pact through a Back they would Lessen Sweden chances of keeping of an other fears unfounded the opposition Points out that none of the russian coun Kenneas ures feared by Many swedes As a result of the Extension of the Western Security system to nor Way and Denmark Ever material nothing happened to Fin that was what the swedes had feared the press ban left no doubt it wants to keep Navia split advocates of the rapprochement idea have been under furious soviet attacks so War mongers and lackeys of West Ern j military link with Norway held vital scandinavian Atti tude toward the user is one of cold it is much colder than Sweden neutrality is not so flawless As it May appear from some government a of her extensive defense preparations Are being according to authoritative military spokes with a View to repelling a soviet while keeping Back door open w the West swede ii is a member of the Marshall flan and of the Council of in the United nations she has consistently voted with the Western Powers on All East West neither the swedes nor the norwegians have any current problems on a diplomatic level with the swedish foreign spokesmen say they have not seen a russian Diplomat with a political Mireion for the norwegians have not bad any diplomatic roubles russians since the abortive soviet offer of a Nona ression pact to Norway last and the Rou Tine soviet protest against nor ways participation in the Atlantic Hon Kong observers Ponder Lack of red air resistance bit Fred Ham son Hon Kong chinese whose Al Power Ful land armies overran China in one scant Are flitting targets for Tine nationalist air military experts Are becoming puzzled at the reds continued helplessness against a relatively air r to Bey have come to be that the reds position in Power May actually be threatened unless they can organize some air defences pretty it seems strange that after their past Success and great Dzuplay of the communists cannot even put a couple of fighter planes Over the largest City in it is True that planes Aiad Are none too plentiful in twi part of the and Trust the communists May not have much for eign Exchange to buy yet it still is incredible that government which could Organ die and manage a huge army of or men has to sit Supi Nely by while nationalist planer put Shanghai Power plants out of Force trains to run at wipe out coastal arid River shipping and keep foreign sibits out of every bed port except tientsin the communists have captured some a of of nationalist pilots deserted to taking their the communists have captured Ticoras of airfields with their ground equip the communists have had an air training Center in Manchuria for at least two j some say the communists Are secretly organizing their air Force for one big Surprise smash at yet this hardly seen is Why save it when irreplaceable sibits Are being lost and Power plants Are the the situation Dally grows More intolerable for the and what counts heavily in the reds aare losing face at a terrific i the latest word from is that factories Are almost wholly Idle because of the damage to Power we Fiji heretofore had for foreign Haa been attacked by the nationalist air that drove off two ship and companies now plan to stay out of that leave open Only tientsin port of Taku farther in All China the nationalists say they intend to bomb tientsin liquor Industry seeks reduction in excise taxes by Rex Chaney Washington men for the liquor Industry say business is bad and getting what the Industry they is Cut in excise taxes and a crackdown on the tax free operations of Boot the principal for the liquor Industry at the House ways and Means committees tax hearings was Thomas my of new chairman of the tax Council of the alcoholic beverage the committee is considering president Truman proposal for reducing some excise but not those on distilled wines and the present sex tax on distilled spirits is per proof Mccarthy said the liquor Industry is entitled to an excise tax Cut As much As any other in he asked specifically that Congress take off the last in which went into effect in product is the most heavily taxed of All commodities and services affected by wartime emergency tax of each Dollar spent for distilled spirits by the 42 cents is represented by Federal excise address All letters to b bag the Stan and include naive and address names Are deleted on due to space letters May be cat far provided such editing does not alter the meaning of the Sony for error on the front Page of the March is edition of the stars and i noted with interest and pleasure a picture that reminded me of my Long association with airborne having left the 82d Ai born div last it pained me to see toe picture titled screaming eagles jump in War those men shown jumping i operation fort Rex Are not screaming eagles but Mem Bers of the famous b2d lean Faul Lawrence editors note the Stan stripes copy Eoder who the misleading caption screaming eagles jump in War had just seen the movie and was still in a of course everyone on the stars and stripes and everyone the knows or should of conto 82d airborne to 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