Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-15

Other reports to the contrary, the Army says
definitely that it Is not getting enough 18-year-
old one-year enlistees. BY law it may enlist
$4,000 in this special class by September l. From
then until June go 1s4e, 1t hopes to get 10000
1s-year-olds each month. But the current rate
Of one-year enlistments, in spite OF the fact the
program has been going on for only few
weeks, is far less than that. The Army is espe-
cially eager to get its full quota of one-year
men. 1t says the one-year enlistment program
comes as close to universal military training as
it is possible to get under the law. 1t is sure
thing the Army will need to draft men under
the new selective service act. Even If voluntary
enlistments were to keep up with the July level
$4,000 from now on, it would still leave q gap
between authorized and actual strength. July
was the record voluntary enlistment month for
a period in which selective service was not in
operation. But Army nanpower experts say
July is additionally good" enlistment month,
well above the average.
Hyderabad
<BOMBAY.-The Indian Socialist Party's
"Hyderabad Struggle Committee" Is preparing
to organize guerrilla warfare inside that state.
The committee says it is running camps In
Indian districts bordering Hyderabad to train
Hyderabad youths in guerrilla tactics. Hydera-
bad is predominantly Hindu but its ruler, the
Nizam, is Moslem. India wants the state to
accede to India, but the Nizam disagrees. So
cialists often have condemned the Indian gov
eminent as being too soft toward him. The
party committee has asked Indian youths to
enter Hyderabad and Organize workers and
peasants for the clash with the totalitarian
gangsters-leavng the task OF liberating state
territory to Indian troops"
In the Bag
Want cinch bet9 Then bet that the
Eightieth Congress win meet again after the
election. 1t has to meet on December 81 under
terms Of the resolution adopted when 1t quit
August Z. At that time the Eghtieth will 90
through the motions of adjournins sine die,
making ready for the first meeting Of the
Eighty first, the following Monday, January 3.
CIuck-CIack
If chicken trucker stops at your filling
station and wants to talk little politics, be
nice to him He may be one of President Tru-
mans best friends. Leslie L. Bifne, Secretary
of the Senate Democratic Policy Committee, is
of on q political sounding-ou junket dis
guised as a chicken trucker He will cover
such States as Ohio, Kentucky, Illinois and
Indiana, return about September !.
Healthy Summer
With the exception Of infantile paralysis.
the picture on communicable diseases indicates
this summer will be listed as q pretty healthy
one. Polio, while epidemic only In parts OF
three States, struck 1899 persons throughout
the Nation-through August land 1913 may
rank as a major polio year. Other important
reportable communicable diseases such as
measles, diphtheria and spotted fever-haVe
been either below or approximately at "median
expectancy" says the Public Health Service.
European Briefs
RoME-Premier de Gasperis Office says his
government has program which Will attempt
to defend the value of the Ira, keep prices and
wages stabilized, economic on government
costs and enforce tax laws.
WARSAW-Poland and Czechoslovakia are
studying how to broaden their economic collab-
Grafton. They already have agreed to integrate
some industries and to operate power plants IN
Southern Poland jointly.
ATHENS.-Informed persons say the q. N
special committee on the Balkans will report
for the third time that Greek Communist in
sursents are getting help from Albania, Yugo-
slavia and Bulgaria.
Blockade TO u. ~?
If the Moscow talks fail to lift the Berlin
blockade the problem will be taken to the
United Nations Assembly meeting in Paris on
September 81 u N. could do little more than
focus world opinion, but this would lay the
basis for any further steps the United States.
France and Britain might feel necessary II the
Russians cut of Berlin entirely this winter.
Food for Japan
During the year ending next June 30 the
Japanese people are expected to consume about
100000 tons Of food. The United states Army
expects It win have to supply about 100000