The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-12-28
Truman Declares
Emergency; Cause
Soviet Leaders

Washington (LPA) - A grim
President Truman declared a ma.
tional emergency the morning OF
Dec. 16 after warning the Ameri-
can people the night before that
the nation was in grave danger
"created by the rulers of the So
Wet Union"
"The future of civilization de-
pends on what we do-on what we
do now and in the months ahead
the President told the people. And
then he outlined the action he pro-
posed.
First: continue to uphold the
principles of the United Nations.
Second: work with other free ma
tions to build our defenses. Third:
strengthen our own Army, Navy
and Air Force. Fourth: expand our
economy. These steps are necess-
airy, he declared, because already
there is "actual warfare" in the
Far East while Europe is seriously
menaced.
Among the Presidents specific
and immediate targets are: a mill
tary force of 100000 men (pre-
sent strength is 2,500,000); an air
plane production rate five times
the present rate; combat vehicle
production rate four times the pre-
sent rate; an electronics equipment
production rate four and a half
times the present rate.
There will have to be economic
cutbacks for civilians, the Pres
ident said. But" he continued, 1--WE
cafinot build up and expand our
armed might, and the industrial
strength underlying it, simply by
cutting back civilian production.
We must produce more-more
steel, more copper, more aluminium,
more electric power, more cotton,
more of many other things"
The defense program will take
an all-out effort, he declared.
Workers will be called upon to
work more hours. More women, and
more young people, and older
workers will be needed in our
plants and factories. Farmers will
have to set higher production goals.
Business men will have to put all
their know-how to work to in
crease production
You can expect more taxes too,
the President said, even after Con-
gress enacts the excess profits tax
labor and the administration want.
"We cannot escape paying the cost
of our military program. The more
we pay by taxes now, the better
we can hold prices down. | have
directed that recommendations be
prepared for early submission to
the Congress, to put the increased
cost of defense as nearly as pos
sible on a pay as you go basis"
There would be price controls
Immediately in areas where they
are required, the President said,
and fair standards for both wages
and prices would be announced. In
addition, he outlined the overall
responsibilities to be borne by
Charles +. Wilson as director of
the newly created Office of De-
fense Mobilization. Wilson would
be in charge Of production, procure
ment, manpower, transportation
and economic stabilization, he ex-
planned.
In his emergency declaration the
next morning, Truman summoned
"all citizens to make a united eff
fort for the security and well-be-
ing of our beloved country and to
place its needs foremost in thought
and action that the full moral and
strength of the nation may
be readied for the dangers which
threaten u.s.
In general, the proclamation was
a formalized statement of what
he'd said in his nationwide ad-
dress the preceding evening. Its
effect was partly psychological in
that it was designed to alter the
nations state of mind. But the ef-
feet was also legal, for it gave the
President vast emergency powers.
Many of these powers can be ap-|
piled to labor. Included are powersl
to lengthen the work week on gov-l
ernment contracts and other gov-l
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