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Second Big Task Force Strikes
Aldng With 1,000 Carrier Planes
Steel Mill Port Hit;
‘250 Miles From
Site of First Blow
hy the Associated Press.
GUAM, Sunday, July 15.—The
newest, most powerful battle
ships of the United States Navy
today shelled Japan’s second
ranking steel-producing port
city of Muroran on Hokkaido,
more than 250 miles north of
the scene of the fleet bombard
ment on Honshu yesterday.
Simultaneously more than 1,000
carrier plane? of the fleet were
striking Northern Japan for the
second day at as yet undisclosed
locations
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, an
nouncing this spectacular extension
of the air and sea bombardment of
the Japanese main islands, said the
great battleships Iowa, Missouri
and Wisconsin were participating
and that the action, which began
at 9:35 a.m.. Japanese time (8:35
p.m., Saturday, Eastern War Time),
w-as continuing.
Late radio flashes direct from the
fleet, however, said the bombard
ment had been concluded success
fully, with the target thoroughly
plastered. This did not necessarily
mean, however, that the fleet’s of
fensive operations were concluded.
Admiral Nimitz, issuing a special
communique after receiving a brief
flash from Admiral William F. Hal
sey, in command of the 3d Fleet,
named the destroyers McGowan,
Norman Scott and Remey as par
ticipating. Reports from the scene
said cruisers also shelled the vicin
ity, although Admiral Nimitz
named none.
Gunfire Notably Accurate.
Accuracy of the gunfire was
notable, with the Iowa's first 16-inch
ranging round striking only 100
yards off her chosen target, even
though it was over a hill, out of
Bight of observers in the ship.
Spotting planes overhead called
repeatedly “no change” as the broad
sides of high-explosive shells, 10
tons at a time from each ship's nine,
main guns, crashed into the mills
of the war-boomed enemy city of
more than 100,000 population.
No Report of Resistance.
Naming the three 45,000 - ton
battleships indicated that at least
two strong task forces of the 3d
Fleet were roaming practically at
will up and down the Japanese
coasts.
There was no report of Japanese
resistance.
Yesterday Admiral Nimitz an
nounced the bombardment of Ka
maishi on Honshu Island by the
Battleships Massachusetts, Indiana
and South Dakota, two heavy
cruisers and four destroyers.
Those ships and the carrier
planes of the fleet set Kamaishi
afire, destroyed or damaged 87 Jap
anese planes and destroyed or dam
aged 39 enemy ships plus destruc
tion of 27 locomotives and railway
facilities in yesterday’s strikes, Ad
miral Nimitz said, despite unfavor
able weather.
Bold Challenge to Japs.
Admiral Nimitz in an earlier com
munique, however, had said that
both the surface forces and the
planes were hitting the enemy
again.
Actually, he announced the shore
bombardment hours before it was
confirmed by reports from the fleet
—boldly telling the Japanese that
the United States fleet was going
to strike again—an unprecedented
action.
The bombardment then began at
Three additional men from
the District area have been re- J
ported killed in this war. See I
"On the Honor Roll,’’ Page A-2.
(See FLEET, Page A-4.)
Gen. Gamelin Gives
Inside View of Why
French Army Failed
On May 10, 1940, Maurice
Gustaye Gamelin was the
commander of France’s
“greatest army in the world.”
Nine days later Gamelin
was relieved, his armies in
dazed retreat. Dunkerque was
just ahead. France, adver
tised since World War I as the
greatest of all military pow
ers, actually was found un
prepared.
Much of the bickering dis
unity, the fifth columning and
the defeatism involved in one
of history’s greatest national
collapses is well known. But
not until now has Gen. Game
lin, head of the French Army
from 1935 to May 19, 1940,
spoken.
Now, in the first newspaper
articles he ever has written,
he discusses some of the im
mediate factors in France’s
downfall which have puzzled
both military and political
observers for years.
Gen. Gamelin has written
five chapters on an enthrall
ing period in history, exclu
sively for the Associated Press.
The Star will publish the first
tomorrow.
'Military Politics' Is Blamed
In Resignation of Chennault
General Relegated to Subordinate Position
After 8 Years' Unique Service in Far East
The following dispatch filed before the announcement yes
terday of the resignation of Maj. Gen. Claire Lee Chennault. reveals
many important and interesting facts behind the military situation
in China which apparently led to Gen. Chennault's far-reaching de
cision.
By CLYDE A. FARNSWORTH,
Associated Press Staff Correspondent.
KUNMING, China (Delayed).—The reorganization of the
American air effort in the China theater, just announced, is likely
to have a deep though politely cloaked effect on Chinese-Americari
relations as well as th6ir joint war potential.
In addition it may lead to the resignation of Maj. Gen. Claire
Lee Chennault from his unique dual position in the China theater
Gen. Chennault not only com-'
mands the 14th Air Force but is con
currently chief of staff of the Chi
nese Air Force.
It was learned unofficially that
Gen. Chennault. relegated by Wash
ington to a subordinate role after
eight years service as one American
closest to Generalissimo Chiang Kai
shek, probably will ask to go home
“on points.”
While his request may be granted
amid all sorts of official regrets and
compliments it will remain the
homegoing of a man sidetracked by
his own superiors yet discouraged
by military protocol from publicly
speaking his mind as to effects of
the new setup on the Chinese-Amer
ican war effort, let alone its bearing
on relations with Chungking or or
personal prestige.
For all immediate purposes mov
ing of additional air force person
nel and equipment into China from
the India-Burma theater is bound
to mean some dissipation of pres
ent potentiality in supplies which
for Gen. Chennault’s 14th alone
are so severely restricted. (Three
lines censored.)
It’s worth noting and no doubt
permissible under security restric
tion, since the fact has been nega
tively recorded in the 14th's own
published operations reports, that
Gen. Chennault’s strategical bom
bardment group of big gas-consum
(Continued on Page A-4, Column 2.)
Johnson Waives Right
To Judicial Pension,
Ending Investigation
Declines to Continue
Testimony; Impeachment
Move Weighed
By the Associated Press.
Albert W. Johnson yesterday
surrendered his rights as a for
mer Federal judge, abruptly
ending a congressional hearing
into his conduct.
A House Judiciary subcommit
tee will begin deliberation this week
to determine if impeachment ac
tion should be recommended against
him.
The five-day public hearing was
closed unexpectedly when the 72
year-old Lewisburg (Pa.) jurist
called quits to a prolonged cross
examination and renounced his
$10,000-a-year pension. He planned
to go home.
Judge Johnson had appeared
voluntarily as a witness before ju
diciary committee members inquir
ing into his conduct during 20 years
on the Federal bench.
Declines to Resume Stand.
After nearly four hours of in
tensive questioning Friday into his
sources of income and his handling
of receivership cases, Judge John
son declined to resume the stand
yesterday.
His letter waiving rights to the
pension under the Judicial Retire
ment Act came later.
“I have tendered my resignation
as United States district judge of
the Middle District of Pennsylvania
to the President of the United
States, which was accepted on July
3, 1945,” the letter to the committee
stated.
"I herewith now further renounce
and relinquish any right, including
financial benefits, that I may have
under the retirement provisions of
the act of Congress * * *”
Judge Johnson then cited the act
he had invoked in his letter of
resignation to Mr. Truman claim
ing the $10,000 pension allowed all
Federal judges 70 or over who re
(See JUDGE, Page A-10.)
28 in Wildcat Strike
At Dairies Lose Jobs
About 28 milk truck helpers, who
yesterday staged a short-lived wild
cat strike, have been fired from
their jobs and face expulsion from
their union, union officials said
last night.
Confirmation could not be ob
tained from the dairies involved.
Robert Lester, president of the
Teamster’s Joint Council, said the
union and company action had
come independently, following the
early morning strike of the work
ers. A wholesale strike was averted
by union officials, drivers of the
trucks and representatives of the
employers, and distribution of milk
continued normally.
Mr. Lester said the men would
have no union recourse over the
loss of their jobs because the strike
had been without backing or sanc
tion of the Milk Wagon Drivers
Union, Local 246. ,
The strike was caused, he said,
over discontent with a new con
tract recently signed between the
union and the dairies. The helpers
made no objection to their pay
scale at the time the contract was
signed, he said, but that since then
they had been "grumbling and ask
ing for more money."
Allied Troops Allowed
To Talk to Germans
In Public Places
Eisenhower, Montgomery
Lift Fraternization Ban;
'Dating' Still Barred
By the Associated Press.
LONDON. July 14.—The non
fraternization policy was relaxed
today to allow American, British
and Canadian occupation troops
in Germany and Austria to talk
with grownups in the streets
and in public places.
Up to now, they could speak only
to children. The penalty for viola
tion was a $65 fine.
Almost identical statements by
Gen. Eisenhower and Field Marshal
Montgomery disclosed the policy
change, which had been debated
on the highest levels in the last
month by American and British
leaders.
The action came as Gen. Eisen
hower’s headquarters announced
that 50,000 persons had been ar
rested in two months in Germany
I in a de-Naziflcation program by
I United States Army security ioices
operating in the American occupa
tion zone. The announcement said
the arrests were continuing at the
rate of 700 daily.
Dates Not Permitted.
Even before the fraternization
ban was officially modified, Ameri
can troops were smiling and hold
ing hands with frauleins in the
cafes of Berlin, where Russian ruies
control. The Russians never had
any regulation against talking with
Germans.
The new rules, however, do not
say soldiers can date frauleins.
One British senior staff officer,
agreeing that the wording of the
announcement seemed to give a
wide range fdr discretion, said he
would interpret the orders to mean
that soldiers could not walk arm
in arm with ffauleins, or take them
to public places to drink beer. If
they were sitting in a cafe with
a fraulein, he said, it would be
hard to prove who bought the
beer.
Presumably, too, British soldiers
could attend a public German
dance. There was a question,
though, whether they could hold
the frauleins in their arms and
$wing around the dance floor.
One British officer said the
change simply was to put soldiers
on “smiling and talking terms”
with the Germans.
Gen. Mark Clark, saying the
(See FRATERNIATION, Page A-5.)
Truman Leaves
Ship in Antwerp
This Morning
Simplest Ceremony
Decreed; Potsdam
Talks Open Monday
By ERNEST B. VACCARO,
Associated Press Staff Correspondent.
ABOARD CRUISER AUGUSTA
WITH PRESIDENT TRUMAN,
July 14.—President Truman, en
route to the historic Big Three
meeting at Potsdam, will arrive
at Antwerp, Belgium, at 10 a.m.
(British double summer time)
tomorrow at the end of a 3,800
mile voyage.
This was disclosed officially to
; night as the President’s two-ship
task force moved on throngn the
calm, but misty English Channel
under escort of the British cruiser
Birmingham and six destroyers, fly
ing the Stars and Stripes from their
j masthead and their own white en
| signs aft.
(Moscow dispatches said Pre
mier Stalin and Foreign Com
missar Molotov had left for the
Big Three meeting.)
Simple Ceremonies Ordered.
The President, finishing work on
United States proposals to be made
to Premier Stalin and Prime Min
ister Churchill at sessions starting
Monday, decreed the simplest of
ceremonies for tomorrow's debarka
tion.
He will be met by Charles Sawyer,
United States Ambassador to Bel
gHifli, and an honor guard from the
35th Division as he walks down the
gangplank with James F. Byrnes,
Secretary of State. The President
and Mr. Byrnes will be piped off to
gether, instead of separately, as dip
lomatic custom permits.
Upon leaving the ship two hours
after it lands, the President and his
official party will enter waiting auto
mobiles for a 45-to-60-minute drive
to Brussels where they will board
the Presidential C-54 plane for the
two and a half hour flight to Pots
dam, near Berlin. Mr. Sawver will
accompany the party as far as Brus
sels.
The route from Antwerp to Brus
sels will be guarded by American
soldiers. There will be no reception
by the Belgium government since
the area is included in the Allied
military zone.
Will Have 30-room Residence.
The British men-of-war formed
an escoit for the President’s ship
and the accompanying cruiser, the
Philadelphia, when they suddenly
appeared out of the mist that hung
over the English Channel at 7 a.m.
(Greenwich mean time) today. They
were to remain with the President’s
task force until it left English wa
ters tonight.
The President’s top-ranking par
ty will be quartered in a 30-room
residence only a 10-minute drive
from the former castle of ex-Kaiser
Wilhelm where the conferences will
be held.
It is understood Mr. Truman is
ready to offer the services of the
United States in helping Europe
get back on its feet. In return he
wants assurances of peaceful co
operation of European countries,
who twice in three decades have
seen the start of world wars on
their continent.
Security Forces Arrest
700 Nazis Daily
By the Associated Press.
PARIS, July 14.—Security forces
of the United States Army have
arrested nearly 50,000 Nazis in the
last two months and are continuing
the arrests at the rate of 700 a day,
headquarters said today. All the
group, including war criminals. Ges
tapo members and others deemed a
potential menace to security, have
been placed in Jails or detention
camps.
Radio Programs, Page C-9
Complete Index, Page A-2
Navy Shifts 29 High Admirals
In Prelude to JaD War SteDUD
By WILLIAM J. WHEATLEY.
Realignment of naval high
commanders in apparent prepa
ration for the final phases of the
Pacific war yesterday led to the
transfer of 29 flag officers to new
posts. All of the shifts will be in
effect within 30 days.
The changes were not a “shake
up,” Secretary of the Navy For
restal said in announcing the shifts.
They were made primarily to re
lieve certain officers whose combat
experience may be utilized in admin
istrative posts in directing the clos
ing phases of the conflict, he said
Secretary Forrestal said no other
changes in the high commands were
contemplated at this time. He ex
plained that a constant and careful
check is being kept on the physical
condition of fleet commanders, and]
■ ■
that cases where doctors find that
commanders have reached the point
where strain is telling they will be
relieved, no matter how good their
records.
Heading the list of changes in
the combat fleet is the relief of Vice
Admiral Marc A. Mitscher, com
mander of the 1st Carrier Task
Force which has been pounding the
Japanese homelands. Admiral
Mitscher is to become deputy chief
of naval operations for air. It is
understood that when he comes
here, he will be elevated to a four
star admiral.
Two outstanding air officers have
been assigned to the fast carrier
task forces. Rear Admiral Fred
erick C. Sherman, Oklahoma City,
Okla., now commander of a carrier
division in the Pacific, relieves Ad-:
miral Mitscher. Carrier Task Force
(SeeNAVY, Page A-12.) I
TWENTY-ONE MEMBERS OF THE
COMMUTE SAY ITS O.K., AND I
THINK WE CAN COUNT ON
SHIPSTEAD. BUT I CAN'T DO
\A THING WITH HIRAM ^
SENATE
FOREIGN RELATIONS
Committee
Truman Will Speed
Vinson's Nomination
For Treasury Post
Morgenthau Granted
Request for Prompt
Release From Office
Br tin Associated Press.
The White House disclosed yes
terday that President Truman is
speeding up his replacement of
Henry Morgenthau, jr., as Secre
tary of the Treasury.
The accelerated action, taken at
Mr. Morgenthau’s own request, a
Presidential letter said, will result
in the immediate transmission to
the Senate of War Mobilization Di
rector Fred M. Vinson’s nomination
for the post.
Previously, Mr. Thuman had
planned to wait until his return
from the Big Three conference in
Germany, which, from recent indi
cations, will be a protracted one.
The White House released an ex
change of letters between Secretary
Morgenthau and the Chief Execu
tive, the latter writing from the
ship on which he is enroute to the
Big Three meeting.
Mr. Morgenthau told the President
he thought “the delay we contem
plated is no longer necessary but,
on the contrary, may prove a handi
cap to Judge Vinson.” Mr. Truman
replied that he was inclined to
agree.
The text of Mr. Morgenthau’s
letter to the President, as released
by the White House, follows:
“When I wrote to you on July 5,
submitting my resignation as Secre
tary of the Treasury, I agreed, at
your request, to remain in office
until your return from Europe.
“I have been giving further
thought to this matter, and now
take the liberty of suggesting that
you may wish to reconsider this
arrangement. Since you have now
made your decision as to my suc
cessor, it seems to me that the
delay we contemplated is no longer
necessary but, on the contrary, may
prove a handicap to Judge Vinson,
for whom I have the highest ad
miration. It is my earnest desire to
be of every assistance to him in tak
(See MORGENTHAU, Page A-9.)
Belgian Leaders Return
From Seeing Leopold
By the AssocUted Pres*. «
BRUSSELS, July 14.—Premier
Achille van Acker returned tonight
from King Leopold’s mountain re
treat at St. Wolfgang, Austria, and
announced that. the monarch had
reached no decision on demands
that he abdicate.
(The Brussels radio said the
Senate was summoned into spe
cial session immediately after
Premier van Acker’s arrival.)
However, Premier van Acker said,
there are hopes that King Leopold
will have an announcement soon.
With Premier van Acker on his
arrival by plane was Minister of
Justice Charles du Bus de War
naffe. The Premier said King Leo
pold’s mother, Queen Elizabeth, and
his brother, Prince Regent Charles,
would return tomorrow. Both have
been conferring with him on the
question of abdication._
The People's
Clearing House
The little "Want Ads” in The
Star serve as a clearing house
for the wants of the people.
The results are evidently
prompt and satisfactory as
the number of advertisements
has increased 20 per cent and
more from last year.
These little “Ads" are
printed in the least possible
space at minimum cost to the
advertisers.
All of these advertisements
are voluntary with no annoy
ance to the general public
from solicitation.
U. S. Troops Returning
From Northern Canada
WINNIPEG. Manitoba, July 14
(Canadian Press).—The first United
States troops to be evacuated from
the United States Army’s northern
bases in Central Canada passed
through Winnipeg this week on the
way to the United States. Col. Jack
Hodgson, commanding officer, United
States Army Force in Central Can
ada, announced today.
* The men, stationed at Island Falls,
Saskatchewan, are forerunners of a
larger group due in early August.
Later next month personnel sta
tioned on wind-swept Southampton
Island in Northern Hudson Bay will
be flown here.
WLB Orders Panel
To Stop Handling
Cases for Printers
Action to Penalize
ITU for Refusing to
End Jersey Walkouts
By the Associated Press.
The War Labor Board yester
day ordered suspension of con
sideration by its Newspaper
Commission of all pending vol
untary agreements between pub
lishers and the International
Typographical Union (AFL) as
a penalty for the union’s refusal
to end walkouts at two New Jer
sey newspapers.
In an unusual decision following
a show-cause hearing, the board
said the union is violating public
policy in declining to end the stop
pages until the publishers of the
Jersey Journal, Jersey City and the
Bayonne (N. J.) Times accept the
union’s new by-laws as part of
the contract.
Union officers contended such is
sues are not subject to collective
bargaining or the board’s authority.
They said yesterday that they
would see every newspaper compos
ing room closed down before they
budged from their position.
30 Cases Pending.
Some 20 other cases, voluntary
agreements between publishers and
the printers, are pending before
the board's newspaper commission
in Chicago.
These cases will be held up pend
ing determination of whether they
were negotiated under' the ITU
policy, about whcih thi board com
plained.
If so found, the Board said it
would refuse to approve such agree
ments and would take on itself the
job of writing the terms of the con
tracts. It said it would regard such
cases as disputes rather than vol
untary agreements and decide them
by applying the same criteria it
normally uses in dispute cases. It
will take into consideration for ex
ample, in passing upon the ques
tion of retroactivity of any and all
wage adjustments, the “effects of
the strike and of the policy” the
board questions.
Under present board policy, it
will not order sick leave benefits
and the like in dispute cases, but
(See PRINTERS, Page A-3.)
Ration Value of Butter
Cut Down to 16 Points,
| —
Effective Immediately
OPA Moves to Raise
Consumption in Line
With Growing Supplies
By MALCOLM LAMBORNE, Jr.
The ration value of butter was
reduced last night by the Office
of Price Administration to 16
points a pound, effectively im
mediately, in a move to keep
consumption in line with sup
' plies. Butter has been 24 points
a pound since last December and
recently has been reported ac
cumulating in cold storage.
Value of farm or country butter
and of process butter will remain
unchanged at 12 points a pound,
OPA said.
The agency announced recently
that it was planning a “slight” re
duction in butter value on July
29, when the new ration period
begins. However, at the insistence
of the butter industry and appar
ently with the backing of Secre
tary of Agriculture Anderson, OPA
decided to act ahead of schedule.
No Change in Margarine.
OPA stressed, however, that if
| butter moves too rapidly at 16
points, the point value will be in
creased “in order to keep movement
in line with the quantity allocated
for civilians by the Department of
Agriculture ”
No change was made in the value
of margarine, which now costs 14
points, only two less than butter.
Price officials said the Agriculture
Department estimates that the in
crease in supply of butter as a
result of reduced procurement by
the armed forces will amount to
about 10,000,000 pounds during Au
gust alone.
“It is believed that with the set
aside reduced there will be enough
butter to permit the point reduc
tion, at the same time maintaining
the good distribution -that has en
abled consumers to find butter in
most stores throughout the country
in the last several months,” the
agency stated.
OPA also took the opportunity to
answer recent congressional criti
cism that butter was going bad for
lack of consumer demand. “Mem
bers of the industry say that to
their knowledge there has-been no
spoilage of butter in commercial
storage,” the agency observed.
Amends Distribution Order.
In a second action yesterday the
OPA amended its livestock slaugh
ter and distribution order to permit
slaughterers to adjust their distri
bution of meat temporarily so that
more may be shipped into areas
that have sharp seasonal influxes
of population.
This would benefit resort areas,
where population expands during
the summer months.
Meanwhile, the Feed Industry
Council, following a meeting with
Mr. Anderson and department of
ficials, declared yesterday that poor
com crop prospects this year pre
clude any expansion during the
(See BUTTER, Page A-13.)
Inventors Can Get No Patents
For First Time in 156 Years
For the first time in its 156-year
history, the patent office finds It
self In the position of being unable
to issue patents to inventors.
The situation stems from the res
ignation June 15 of Patent Com
missioner Conway P. Coe. Since
Mr. Coe’s resignation, Caspar Ooms
has been nominated to be Patent
Commissioner, but the Senate has
not yet confirmed the nomination.
That’s where the trouble eomes in.
First Assistant Commissioner Les
lie Frasier has been serving as act
ing commissioner, but the law
states that an acting commissioner
can only serve for 30 days.
Since no patents can be issued
without the signature of the patent
commissioner, patents will have to
be withheld beginning tomorrow,
pending Senate confirmation of Mr.
Ooms. About 800 patents are issued
a week.
A Patent Office official said Mr.
Coe notified the late President
Roosevelt as far back as March 2
of his intention to resign in June.
Mr. Ooms’ name was sent to the
Senate three days ago.
Officials said that should the
Senate delay action on confirming
Mr. Oooms the officials felt that the
Patent Office would have a difficult
time in ca,tching up on Issuance of
patents.
One more thing worries officials.
They fear the wrath of inventors.
“There’s no telling what an in
ventor might do when he is denied
his patent after we have promised
it to him," an official remarked, i
A
Johnson to Vote
Against Charter
Ratification
Millikin Decides
To Support Pact;
Connally Confident
By J. A. O’LEARY.
Senator Johnson. Republican,
of California, who opposed
American entry in the League of
Nations in 1919. yesterday again
voted “no” on the United Na
tions Charter, but Chairman
Connally of the Foreign Rela
tions Committee predicted not
more than six Senators will vote
against ratification when the
roll is called.
Senator Johnson's decision was
nullified last night by the announce
ment of Senator Millikin, Repub
lican, of Colorado, that he will vote
for the Charter without reservations.
He said he is taking that stand in
view of assurances, developed by his
questions during the hearings, that
this country will have an oppor
tunity to consider detailed safe
guards in separate enactments after
the world organization is set up.
When the Foreign Relations Com
mittee reported the Charter favora
bly Friday, 20 to 0, three members
were absent and unrecorded. Sena
tor Murray, Democrat, of Montana,
sent word yesterday he is voting
“yes.”
Shipstead Unrecorded.
The decision of California’s vet
eran isolationist, therefore, left the
committee vote at 21 to 1, with
Senator Shipstead, Republican, of
Minnesota, still unrecorded. He was
enroute to Washington yesterday
and had not communicated with the
committee.
After the last war, opposition was
strong enough to keep the United
States out of the League. However,
the Senate went on record 18
months ago, 85 to 5, in support of
the principle of world co-operation
for peace by adopting the Connally
resolution. Indication* are the
pending Charter will be ratified by
the same, or larger, vote.
Senator Connally has called an
other meeting of the Foreign Re
lations Committee for 2 pjn. to
morrow to approve the text of the
favorable report, after which the
| Charter issue will be deferred for
a week to enable the Senate to dis
pose of:
1. The Bretton Woods world
monetary agreement, which has
passed the House and is expected
to win Senate approval without
amendment.
Business lax Relief Bill.
2. The business tax relief bill, de
signed to aid corporations in re
conversion, by advancing the date
of postwar tax rebates, and liberal
izing the excess profits tax exemp
tion from $10,000 to $25,000 in 1946.
There also remains on the Senate
schedule the House-approved bill
increasing the lending powers of
the Export-Import Bank from $700,
000.000 to $3,500,000,000. The Senate
Banking Committee will start hear
ings on this Tuesday.
The House expects to complete
its summer work by this week end.
The Senate will start debate on the
Charter July 23. and probably will
ratify it by August 3, after which
both branches of Congress will re
cess until fall.
Bushfield Undecided.
There was a possibility last night
that no Senator would take advan
tage of the right to offer reserva
tions to the Charter on the floor.
Senator Bushfield, Republican, of
(See CHARTER. Page A-10.)
Italy Declares War
On Japan, Former Ally
By the Associated Press.
ROME, July 14. — The Foreign
Ministry announced tonight that
Italy had declared war on Japan—
her former Axis partner—effective
tomorrow.
The war declaration, a com
munique said, was “another proof
on the eve of the Potsdam Confer
ence of Italy’s resolute will to fight
regimes of aggression and mili
tarist imperialism wherever they
might be.”'
Declaring that Italian national
interests were not directly con
cerned in the Far East, the gov
ernment said that Italy neverthe
less would contribute to the war in
the Pacific with the “same cour
age and sacrifice” with which she
fought the Germans and Fascists
for nearly two years after her sur
render to the Allies.
Italian Ambassador Alberto Tar
ghiani hailed Italy’s declaration of
war against Japan yesterday as a
move to complete a “series of friend
ly acts” to restore traditional
friendship between Italy and the
United States.
WMAL to Broadcast
Part of Symphony
Earl Wild, guest pianist with
the National Symphony Or
chestra at the Water Gate to
night, will be heard during a
half-hour broadcast of the
concert over Station WMAL
beginning at 8:30 p.m.
The broadcast portion of
the all-Gershwin program will
include the “Piano Concerto
in F” and “Strike Up the
Band.” Alexander Smallens
will be guest conductor.