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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1951
Page
3
President Truman opened the State of the Union by declaring the country healthy and urged unity to confront Communist aggression. He signaled willingness to drop the Fair Deal for now to bolster free world resolve, while remaining firm on military cooperation with Western Europe.
President Truman proposes a ten point plan to Congress touching on armed forces funding and draft expansion, global defense aid, controls on wages and prices, farm price support, labor relations, defense housing and manpower, medical personnel, school aid, and a major tax increase.
Gordon Dean announced at a news conference that the Russians possess the atomic bomb. He said U S peacetime atomic energy programs may be cut due to the international situation. The Korea war outlook worsened with a steady retreat toward the Pusan beachhead and renewed offensives as UN forces struggle to hold a line. The government eased wheat and corn production controls for 1951 to boost reserves and future supply, with some crops still under limits. Meat availability remains high with analysts forecasting a three pound per person increase from expanded corn acreage.
At the United Nations Sir Gladwyn Jebb said Britain is not yet ready for a final decision on U S calls to condemn Red China as an aggressor in Korea. He urged caution yet hinted Britain might eventually join the American position as sentiment shifts toward Peiping’s aims in the Far East.
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