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China Reds Put Peace
Up to Chiang Alter
He Flies to Mukden
By the Associated Press
NANKING, May 24.—A high
Kuomintang official today said
the government’s recapture of
Changchun opened the way for
resumption of peace negotia
tions but a Communist spokes
man countered “that compli
cates the situation.”
“Now we can begin to talk with
the Communists" regarding peace
in Manchuria, said the Kuomintang
(national party) official, who de
manded anonymity.
Tung Pi-wu, a Nanking Com
munist leader, said the party's peace
negotiator, Gen. Chouen-lai, had
delivered to Gen. George C. Mar
shall Communist Chairman Mao
Tse-tung's acceptance “in principle”
of the minority Democratic League’s
three-point truce proposal, but
added significantly:
“The key is not now in our hands.
We shall see what President Chiang
Kai-shek will do.”
Chiang Flies to Mukden.
Tung’s statement came in the
midst of otherwise optimistic de
velopments as the troubled Man
churian situation reached a climax.
Gen. Chiang made a surprise flight
to Mukden, possibly on a peace mis
sion, and Secretary General Chi
Yien-ming of the Communist party
in Nanking flew to Shanghai to dis
cuss the Democratic League’s truce
plan with league and youth party
officials.
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developments after the General
issimo returns from Mukden.
The Kuomintang official said the
capture of Changchun was necessary
to break the negotiations stale
mate which had existed since the j
government made return of the
Manchurian capital a prerequisite
to further talks.
The main premise of the Demo- j
cratic League’s proposal was that
the Communists withdraw from!
Changchun and the government |
refrain from entering during peace
negotiation.
Tung described as “entirely fan
tastic” insistent, government as
sertions that Communist troops
were massed for an attack on
Tsinan, capital of Shantung prov
ince.
Meanwhile. Communist headquar
ters here said it had sent a formal ;
“no” to the government reply to a
three-point proposal for cessation of
the propaganda war that Gen.
Marshall Monday demanded both;
factions cease.
This is the “cease propaganda”
proposal, drawn up after a meeting
of Minister of Information Peng
Hsueh-pei with Communists Chou
and Lu Ting-yi:
1— All news reports concerning
conflicts and armed clashes in North
China and Manchuria should be re
ported only by executive (Sino
American truce) headquarters in
Peiping.
2— End immediately all slander
ous and abusive language against
each other.
3— Editorials must deal only in
theoretical criticism of each other
and must avoid “demagogic accusa
tions.”
The generalissimo’s trip, on which
he was accompanied by Mme.
Chiang and Gen. Pai Chung-hsi,
new Minister of National Defense,
was made, significantly, in the
personal plane of Gen. Marshall,
who is trying to effect a truce.
Although the official Central News
Agency reported Gen. Chiang was
on an inspection tour, there was
speculation that his trip was a pre
lude to peace.
Gen. Chiang conferred in Mukden
with Gen. Hsung Hsih-hui, director
of his Manchurian headquarters;
Gen. Tu Li-ming, commander in
chief of the Manchurian garrison,
and Hsu-chen, governor of Liaoning
Province.
In Mukden, meanwhile, govern
ment sources reported that National
troops captured Tungfen, 70 miles
east of Szepingkai, yesterday, and
also seized Liaoyuan (Chengchia
tun>, a strategic point 45 miles j
northwest of Szepingkai.
D. C. Supplies
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of trucks might be used in emer
gency, under municipal leadership if
necessary, to import necessary sup
plies.
Hoarding already has begun, the
Commissioners were told, and they
were urged to do everything possible
to prevent runs on scarce commodi
ties.
A co-ordinating committee was
expected to be named this afternoon
by the Board of Trade to keep close
touch on developments.
The Commissioners planned to
Issue a proclamation within a few
hours.
In a nutshell, here was the situa
tion as briefed for the Commission
ers:
Food—Two and a half to three
weeks’ supply of perishables in cold
storage. Large grocery chain ware
houses stocked with three weeks’ to
a month’s supply of staples based
on normal buying. Exhaustion of
meat supply by 1 p.m. today, but
adequate poultry available. Fresh
vegetables mostly trucked in. Fruits
scarce, coming mainly from the
West Coast. Milk adequate if elec
tric power is maintained. Bread off
35 per cent, but sufficient flour in
stock to keep this rate up to July 1,
barring other interruptions.
Fuel—Gasoline and oil adequate
and not likely to be affected by
rail strike. Most of it comes to the
city by barge or truck in containers
which cannot be used for anything
else and are not likely to be di
verted.
Utilities—Except for electricity,
not likely to be much affected. Po
tomac Electric Power Co. has a 28
day supply of coal under its present
program: 109 carloads of Pepco coal
somewhere in vicinity of District
and several hundred more stopped
somewhere in transit.
Drugs and medical supplies—Two
weeks to 60 days in stock of drugs,
medicines and cosmetics. Seven out
of ten local hospitals adequately
supplied for two weeks and the Dis
trict Health Department for a
month. Health Department in a
pinch can help out private hospitals.
Shortage of medicine bottles and
importation of drugs such as peni
cillin by air may be necessary later.
Emergency transportation—Prob
ably adequate trucking facilities on
hand to meet emergencies.
Similar conditions generally were
reflected in municipal institutions.
The group at the District Build
ing heard Dr. G. Lloyd Wilson of
the Office of Defense Transporta
tion outline steps taken by that
office to assure movement of es
sential supplies.
Although Dr. Wilson described
the situation as the gravest this
District Moves
To Clear Pier
For Food Boats
The District moved today to clear
700 feet of docking space at pier
No. 5 at 550 Maine avenue S.W. for
any small food-bearing vessels that
might wish to supply the Washing
ton market during the rail crisis.
Porter M. Lumpkins, chief of the
District’s Wharf Committee, said he
hoped to attract Eastern and West
ern Shore farmers to the Washing
ton Channel facilities during the
emergency.
Until recently pier 5 was used by
the Coast Guard and some space is
now rented to private boat owners.
Mr. Lumpkins notified these boat
owners to be ready to vacate their
space on an hour’s notice should
it become necessary.
Officials said the customary fee
for using the wharf would be waived
for the first three days It is in use
for food shipments.
country has ever met, the city busi
nessmen and those representing
large consuming groups such as res
taurants and hotels left the ses
sion on a note of optimism at the
District’s situation.
The city Commissioners were gen
ially urged to do everything they
can to avoid “hoarding and runs”
an stocks of essential supplies which,
it was indicated, have already be
;un.
Joseph c. Mcuarragny, president
of the Board of Trade, said a co
ordinating committee representing
ousinessmen and consumers would
be named this afternoon to keep
;lose touch on the situation.
Frank Perrin, executive assistant
to ODT Director J. Monroe Johnson,
told the group every effort would be
made to move essential stuffs re
quiring rail transportation and all
types of transportation. Several
reports to the meeting of loaded
sox cars in District and nearby rail
^ards were referred by the ODT
representatives to the Association
Df American Railroads for emer
gency handling.
Carload of Beef on Way.
A carload of beef destined for
District consumption was reported
it Brunswick, Md., by Thomas T.
Keane, vice president of Southern
Hotel Supply Co., and Health Officer
Deorge C. Ruhland said he had been
informed 168 freight cars’ were
standing by unloaded in Benning
rail yard.
According to his information, Dr.
Ruhland said the cars at Benning
were lined up so close together that
trucks could not get in between
them to unload. He suggested im
mediate drafting of necessary
switching engines to move these cars
into unloading positions.
Both Mack L. Langford, division
manager of Safeway Stores, and
Paul D. Kerman, president of the
District Grocery Stores, said they
were doing their best to limit quan
tities of essential foods going to
their retail outlets to the normal de
mand. They said they were en
couraging voluntary restrictions on
purchases within these retail outlets,
but that as a practical matter vol
untary rationing is impossible.
“When we try to limit the quan
tity,” Mr. Kerman said, “the cus
tomer always develops a lot of
children and additional relatives
for which he says he has to buy.”
Both agreed that as long as per
sons could shop from one store to
another, limitation of sales at the
retail outlets could not defeat
hoarding.
School Cafeterias May Close.
Superintendent of Schools Hobart
Corning said the public schools were
in pretty good condition except for
a coal shortage at two high schools.
Should the food situation take a
turn for the worse, he indicated,
school cafeterias might be shut
down and the children directed to
bring their lunches from home.
L. Gardner Moore, speaking for
Washington Hotels, sounded the
general optimistic feeling of the as
sembly when he told the Commis
sioners he was taking from the ses
sion a hopeful and optimistic pic
ture of the city situation.
“This thing can't go very long,’
he observed.
ine press and radio were urged
by all present to get the optimistic
picture over to the public to prevent
the runs and hoarding.
Meat, which has been short for
some time, threatens to disappear
first. A spokesman for Swift & Co.
said that without new rail ship
ments his supplies would last only
three or four days. Deliveries to re
tailers here are usually on a day-to
day basis, while some stores receive
meat only twice a week. In Chicago,
George A. Eastwood, president of
Armour & Co. said the strike "will
just about paralyze the meat in
dustry.”
Joseph B. Danzansky, counsel for
the wholesale food division of the
Merchants & Manufacturers’ Asso
ciation, also placed meat on the
worst list here.
Supply Dwindling Fast.
“What little there was is fast
dwindling, ’ he said. “It is extremely
short.”
“Poultry and eggs, however,” he
assured, "are coming into the city
mostly by truck, with only a small
amount of dressed fowl usually
reaching the city by rail from the
west” Most of the Capital’s supply
of poultry and eggs, he said, was be
ing trucked in from Delaware and
the Shenandoah Valley.
"Produce, including potatoes
green vegetables and fruits, is mostly
carried in here by truck,” Mr. Dan
zansky said, “and there is not a ter
rific shortage.”
Regarding staple grocery supplies
he predicted there would be enough
to last severl weeks unless there was
a rush on the retail stores by hoard
ers.
Sugar, which still is rationed, also
is short among wholesale supply
houses, it was learned.
From Safeway Stores came an ap
peal earnestly suggesting "an avoid
ance of hysterical buying.’’
In a statement from an official,
the condition of supplies of the
chain was described as follows:
"Nonperishable items: Two to
three weeks’ supply under normal
conditions (store buying).
“Fresh fruits and vegetables:
Three days’ supply which can and
will be supplemented by supplies
from nearby agricultural areas and
trucked to our warehouses, provided
gasoline is available.
"Meats: Three days normal sup
ply.
“Poultry: Nearby supplies, are
available provided trucking is not
curtailed by possible gas situation.
“Milk: Expect normal supplies if
trucking is not curtailed.”
One cheerful note came from the
fish industry, which now has swung
into th^ spring supply from Chesa
peake Bay and its tributary rivers.
Fish Supplies Arriving Daily.
While shipments by rail from
Boston no longer bring in the widely
sold fillet of haddock and mackerel,
local supplies of rock fish, trout and
croakers are arriving daily now by
ship and truck.
Heavy shipments of fish from the
Chesapeake Bay area are reaching
the Capital each morning on the
Norfolk & Washington boat from
Norfolk, fish dealers reported.'Many
small boats also are coming up the
Potomac with catches.
"It’s just the right time of year
for the local fish supply,” one dealer
remarked.
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hit hard by the meat shortage, ac
cording to Robert J. Wilson of the
Washington Restaurant Association.
Eating places could not expect to
serve meat after a week, he said,
because the bulk is received by
rail.
Medical supplies will not be af
fected by the railroad strike unless
it lasts an unusually long time, John
E. Donaldson, retiring president of
the District of Columbia Pharma
ceutical Association, said. The as
sociation represents most of the
wholesale firms and druggists in the
area.
“Most of the wholesale dealers
who serve the hospitals, doctors and
the public are well stocked,” Mr.
Donaldson said. ‘ However, if the
strike lasts too long—say a month—
things will become critical.”
Mr. Donaldson, who is laboratory
director for Peoples Drug Stores,
said his firm had a laboratory in
Baltimore and shipped entirely by
truck. He estimated about 50 per
cent of the District drug supplies
were shipped by railroad.
Others to Feel Shortage.
He said a number of firms which
do not keep large stocks on hand
probably will begin to feel a short
age immediately but the District as
a whole would not be seriously hit.
Samuel Lichtenstein, president of
the District Wholesale Drug Corp.,
at 52 O street N.W., said his firm
came in the group which would be
Ihurt by the strike.
“We never carry more than a
week’s supply of anything and the
situation will be pathetic shortly,”
he said. He added that his firm
made daily deliveries to most of the
hospitals in the city and a large
number of druggists.
Military
(Continued From First Page.)
nearest Marine recruiting station
or Marine Corps activity.”
The Marine Corps said the names
and qualifications of the volunteers
would be forwarded to headquarters
and “if their services are required
to meet the present transportation
emergency, they may be called to
active duty.”
The Navy Department suspended
the movement of all naval personnel
except in connection with the emer
gency or for overland transport of
less than 15 miles.
The Navy’s order permitted only
emergency leave beyond the 15-mile
limit, banned leave for recruits and
directed personnel now on leave to
report in person or by wire to the
nearest naval activity.
The leave period of naval per
sonnel now on leave was automat
ically extended for five days after
the end of the strike unless those
on leave get specific orders to report
earlier.
Navy Transfers Halted.
The Navy’s order stopped the
transfer of recruits except by naval
ships, and commanders were told to
withhold all change-of-duty orders
except for personnel required in the
transport emergency.
According to a War Department
spokesman, Army personnel delayed
by the railroad strike in returning
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The War Department said it was
now working out arangements to
provide food and clothing for men
in camps by a system of truck
transportation between service com
mands.
Army and Navy station com
manders throughout the country
were ordered to assist stranded
service personnel by providing
emergency housing.
At nearby Fort Meade, Md., all
leaves and furloughs were canceled
for trips further than Washington
and Baltimore for those not having
private transportation. The order
banned use of buses or planes by
soldiers going on leave. Similar
orders were in effect at Fort Myer,
Va„ and at Camp Lee, Va., all ship
ments of troops were halted. All
but essential vehicles were being
held in reserve at Camp Lee for
emergency use.
Potomac Yards
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He added that the bananas, which
are being iced by the Mutual Ice
Co. at the yards, can last cnly
7 to 10 days. The balance of the
perishables include six cars of stored
meats and the remainder were po
tatoes and various other vegetables,
and watermelons, which were not
being iced.
Mr. Shepherd said 95 per cent
of all the bananas this time of
year coming to the Eastern Seaboard
are iced at the Potomac Yard. About
100 cars of coal also arc -in there,
he said. The yard was keeping up
steam on all engines in the hope
of an early end to the strike.
Willing to Furnish Crews.
Union officials in Alexandria
denied any livestock had come into
Potomac Yard prior to the walkout
at 4 p.m. yesterday. They said,
however, they were willing to fur
nish crews to move the livestock
if asked to do so by the manage
ment. Agriculture Department offi
cials said they are investigating.
The Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals in Washington,
when informed by The Star of the
livestock in the cars, said it would
send one of its field workers to the
yard.
Meanwhile, the Pennsylvania De
partment of Agriculture reported
350 carloads of livestock consigned
to meat-hungry Eastern cities were
being held up in Pittsburgh by the
strike, the Associated Press said.
Rail Strike Cancels
DAR Bell Dedication
At Valley Forge
By Gretchen Smith
Slor Staff Correspondent
ATLANTIC CITY, May 24.—The
railroad strike forced the Daughters
of the American Revolution to
cancel services which had been
scheduled today at the Washington
Memorial Chapel at Valley Forge,
Pa.
Several hundred of the daughters
had planned to attend the dedica
tion of the Oklahoma State bell and
13 stars on the great birthday bell
of the national carillon.
The 55th Continental Congress of
the organization was formally
brought to a close last night with a
banquet at the Chelsea Hotel, which
was attended by 1,500 persons.
Mrs. Siegfried Roebling was chair
man of the dinner, assisted by Mrs.
| Albert C. Abbot as co-chairman.
Controversy Continues.
Orlo M. Brees, member of the
New York State Legislature and
guest speaker for the evening, spoke
extemporaneously. Mrs. Julia Y.
Talmadge, president general, pre
sided.
Despite withdrawal of the contro
versial ‘‘racial discrimination” reso
lution by its sponsor, Mrs. E. C.
Denny Vann of the Polly Wyckofl
Chapter, Leonia, N. J„ Constitution
Hall's rental contracts still were
causing heated discussion among the
daughters.
Mrs. Talmadge said after the con
vention closed that Representative
Clare Booth Luce must disband her
committee which seeks deletion of a
“white artists only” clause in the
hall’s rental contracts.
Answering Mrs. Luce’s notice that
she would not dissolve the commit
tee as ordered by the convention,
Mrs. Talmadge said: “If Mrs. Luce
remains in the society she must
abide by the rules.”
Telegram to Mrs. Luce.
Mrs. Talmadge sent the following
telegram to Mrs. Luce:
“Your purported telegram to me
as published in the morning news
papers again raised the question, ‘Is
this loyalty to the DAR?’ The ac
tion of the DAR congress in dis
j solving your unconstitutional com
mittee will be enforced if necessary.”
Resolutions Adopted.
Mrs. Vann expressed confidence
that the specially appointed commit
tee to investigate the Constitution
j Hall contracts will solve the issue.
Resolutions adopted yesterday fol
' lowing the final report of the Reso
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