The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-06-21

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By Hazel Bronnon Smith


has usurped the powers of the
Congress of the United States -
this time by multiplying the act of
Congress in the KEN bill passed
in May as an amendment to an
appropriations bill.
The KEN amendment as passed
by Congress would cut off all aid
to countries which ship war-use-
full goods to Russia or its satellites
"a sane and just act in the best
interest of this country and its
people.
The Security Council of the
United States was authorized in
the KEN amendment to make ex-
ceptions in the interest of national
security. The U. S. Security
Council is composed OF the Pre-
sident, Vice President, the Sec
retary Of State and Secretary of
Defense Marshall.
This last provision was taken
advantage of by President Tru-
man to nullify the wishes of Con-
gress. Mr. Truman decreed a
ninety-day suspension of the bans
application stating that the "in-
terests Of the United States
could be better served by wait
ing while and using cooperation
rather than cosscion on the aided
countries. Literal application of
the ban would do the United
Ststes more 1arm thsm good"
/, for one. want to 60 on re-
cord as violently opposing any
further usurpation Of the powers
Of Congress by the president or
anyone else. It Is a dangerous
road we are travelling in Amen
ca today when = president az the
United States orders troops 10
war withsut the consent Of the
Congress. as President Truman
did in Korea, in direct conflict
with constitutional government
The ucast Of the korean war in
American blood and money will
never be told in our time.
Now President Truman dekber-
ately nnllifies the will Of Con-
gress - the legal representatives
Of the people of the United States
- by holding up for ninety days
the law Congress has passed
It leads us to wonder wheth
or not 3here is another Alger Hiss
in the government to whom Mr.,
Truman Is listening.
In ninety days time Russia and ,
her satellite countries may obtain
all the strategic material and
goods she wants from the Europ-
can countries-within the bounds
of what they have. European
black markets can obtain the ma
terials from the European Aations
we ship to and send them on to
Russia.
Meanwhile bear in mind that
practically everything we send to
Europe and the Atlantic Pact ma
tons to use in their defense is
being produced by American
sweat and being paid for by the
American taxpayers - which in
cludes every person living In the
United States.
l, for one, am in favor of get
ting tough and staying tough.
The simple truth about the
matter is Europe is completely
dependent upon the United States.
There is no earthly power to pre-
vent Russia from rolling today al
over Europe if she should choose
to do so. She could within few
days time get complete control At
Europe and all its industry and
manufacturing potential. The
only thing that deters her is the
fact that she knows the u. S. will
defend Europe to the last drop of
American blood, if necessary. Two
World Wars and Korea have
taught her that. Europe needs
America more than we need her
she is the party that should be
most concerned with "cooperat-
ing" - not us.
II European nations continue 10
trade precious war materials with
Russia or her satellites they de-
serve no further help from the
United States. What good does
it do to send Europe weapons of
defense if they are going to turn |
around and sell them or trade
them to the enemy whether for
other materials needed in their
economy or not.
We were able after SO long to
temporarily stop the English from
trading with Red China only
after all previous trade records
between the two nations had been
broken within the short period
before the trade ceased. In other
words after England sold Red
China everything she wanted En-
gland acceded to American wish
es and broke off trade relations.
During the next ninety days,
thanks to Mr.. Truman and his