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...fact that, as in most postwar Congresses, the spotlight of world news was elsewhere-on Moscow, Seoul and Panmunjom. This was partly the luck of the news. (Congress could hardly compete with Stalin's death, Beria's arrest, Rhee's stubborn stand, or the Korean truce.) But partly it was due to the fact that the initiative in world politics is still not in the hands of the U.S. The first great steps in getting it there are not up to Congress, but to the Executive. In foreign affairs, Eisenhower has been trying to turn the Government...
Article I. "A Military Demarcation Line shall be fixed and both sides shall withdraw two .kilometers from this line so as to establish a Demilitarized Zone between the opposing forces." A truce line .and buffer zone were fixed once before, in November 1951. They had to be redrawn last week, after the ground-gaining Communist attacks of last fortnight. At truce time, 2,350 square miles of former North Korean territory are still left in U.N. hands, while the Communists get 850 square miles south of the 38th parallel-a net gain of 1,500 for the allies...
...zone. Within ten days allied forces withdraw from islands north of the 38th parallel. Rotation of 35,000 troops a month is permitted each side, but the level of existing forces must not be raised. Aircraft, tanks, artillery pieces, etc. which are worn out, damaged or destroyed during the truce may be replaced piece-by-piece...
...prisoners). The text provides that: "No force or threat of force shall be used . . . and no violence to their persons or affront to their dignity or self-respect shall be permitted ..." The fate of anti-Communist prisoners who refuse to go home will be discussed by a post-truce political conference; if the conference fails to agree on their disposition within 30 days, the prisoners will be transferred to civilian status and helped to go to "neutral nations"-which the U.N. understands to mean any destination of their choice...
...signs indicated that the index will rise some more, despite the Korean truce. Any cuts in defense spending were expected to be slight and gradual, and defense officials estimated that only about $1 billion might be trimmed from the current fiscal year's arms spending. Commodity prices, which hit a low point six weeks ago, have bounced up, indicating higher retail prices ahead. Meat prices have steadily climbed. At Chicago, the wholesale price of cattle has gone up 25%, the price of hogs has also increased. But the biggest increase will come in rents, following the dropping of federal...