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Fox President Truman today launched a national food-con servation drive in what he de scribed as a stop-gap step to meet a “minimum foreign needs and at the same time relieve the upward pressure of prices at home.” Announcing the creation of a committee to direct the program headed by Charles Luckman, presi dent of Lever Bros., of Cambridge, Mass., Mr. Truman told a news con ference he was trying to work out a program to avoid an extra session of Congress. But he said his mind was not closed on the question of bringing Congress back before the January convening date if that was neces sary. He made it clear this whole field j of action to be taken would be sur-j veyed at the bipartisan congres sional confereiyjg he has called at the White House for Monday morn ing. Asks People to Waste Less. "Are you advocating that the American people eat less?” the President was asked. He responded that he was asking the people to waste less to meet what he empha sized in a statement is “a critical situation calling for immediate ac tion by every American.” The President took this action on the basis of a report from his Cabinet Food Committee—submitted earlier in the week—which said that ad' verse weather conditions, which have brought about a lowered corn crop and resulted in feeding grain to cattle, have cut the American export surplus more than 2,000,000 bushels below last year’s level. In his statement on food, the Pres- i ident said he1 was asking the new Citizens Food Committee to meet as quickly as possible to develop a new ! conservation program. Selective Buying Urged. “While waiting for detailed recom-! mendations from the citizens’ com-; mittee,” the President said, “there ■ is one immediate and personal thing each Cf us can do. We can start now to conserve by being more selective in foods we buy, particu larly livestock products whose pro duction require large quantities of grain. Such action on our part will do two things. We will save on our family budget and we will help others who , are in desperate need.” Asked, if there was any thought of a return to “gray bread” used last year during the grain shortage, meatless days or possible re-institu tion of the war-time rationing pro gram* the President said he would have “to await the recommendations of his new committee. He expressed confidence that the American people would co-operate. Gets Marshall Plan Report. Along with the food report, the President announced he had re ceived the official report of the Committee on European Economic Co-operation, prepared by the 16 nations meeting in Paris on the Marshall plan. He said these find ings also would be presented to nis conference with congressional lead ers Monday morning so they may "discuss plans for determining the action to be ‘taken by the United States to aid in preserving the sta bility and promote the recovery of the nations participating.” He said also that there will be further consultation with repre sentatives of the European com mittee for clarification of this ini tial report in which they asked that the United States finance their .economy to the extent of $19,330, 000,000 over the next four years while they themselves seek to bolster production. Other Committee Members. Other members of the ‘Citizens’ Pood Committee are: Mrs. J. L. Blair-Buck, president of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs; Harry A. Bullis, president, General Mills, Inc.; Chester C. Davis, president, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; Albert S. Goss, master of the National Grange; Lester B. Granger, executive secretary, National Urban League; William Green, president of the AFT; James S. Knowlson, president, Stewart-Warner Corp.; Herbert H. Lehman, G. R. Le Sau (See FOOD, Page A-6.) President Is Too Busy To Attend World Series President Truman would like to go to the World Series this year, but he can’t make it, he told a news conference questioner today. The President said there was too much to do here. • British Dressmakers Fight Paris Styles With 'Spiral Design' By the Associated Press LONDON, Sept. 25.—British dress designers, warring on Paris’ long dresses, came up today with a “spiral design.” The guild of creative de signers promised details later. Chairman Henry' Scott said the spiral gives the impression of length but by no means shields a shapely calf from the public eye. Some stylists said it ends about 14 inches from the ground. r Dorothy Thompson Called Him About Eisler, Messersmith Says Former State Department Official Asserts She First Brought Case to His Attention By J. A. O'Leary The House Committee on Un American Activities was told to day that Dorothy Thompson, newspaper columnist, got in touch with the State Department about the admission of Hanns Eisler to this country in the fall of 1938 before Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt had interceded in his case. Former Assistant Secretary of State George S. Messersmith testi fied the Eisler case first came to his attention when Miss Thompson com municated with him by telephone. The committee is seeking to find out how Eisler obtained admission to the United States as a non-quota immigrant in 1940 after he had al ready arrived earlier as a temporary visitor. The Hollywood composer, who ac knowledged yesterday that he was admitted to membership in the Com munist party in Germany many years ago, is a brother of Gerhard Eisler, who has *en described as a top rank Communist leader in this country. Hanns denied yesterday he is a Communist now or ever was in a real sense. Mr. Messersmith said he could not recall the details of Miss Thomp son's telephone conversation, but the committee placed in evidence a copy of a letter he sent her in reply,1 calling attention to the State De partment’s information, which in cluded the question whether Hanns Eisler was a Communist. Other high lights of today’s session included: 1. Representative Rankin, Demo crat, of Mississippi asserted Mrs. Roosevelt was not acting officially (See UN-AMERICAN, Page A-6.) Truman Names Bush To Head Research in New Defense Setup President Also Nominates Barrows, Zuckert and Whitney to Air Posts President Truman today com pleted the top leadership of the new national defense organiza-j tion by naming Dr. Vannevar Bush, noted ^scientist, as chair man of the Research and Devel opment Board. He also filled positions in the new Department of the Air Force with these appointments: Arthur S. Barrows, Chicago, to be Undersecretary of the Air Force, which is headed by Secretary W. Stuart Symington. Eugene M. Zuckert and Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney to be Assistant Secretaries lor Air. Spaatz Gets New Title. Mr. Zukert has been special as siAant to the Assistant Secretary of War for Air. Mr. Whitney, an pfficer in both World Wars, is pres ident of a lumbering company in Northern New York State and head of livestock properties in New York and Kentucky. Gen. Carl Spaatz was appointed chief of staff for the Air Depart ment. He has been chief of the Army Air Force. T£he board which Dr. Bush will head is designed to keep America in the forefront of scientific develop ments and in obtaining new weapons. Dr. Bush, one of the masterminds in the development of the atom bomb, now heads the temporary Research and Develop ment Board set up last year by the Army and Navy as a joint organ ization, He also is president of the Carnegie Institution, scientific re search organization, and a member of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. He is 57 and a resident of South Dennis, Mass. Truman Praises Bush. In a letter to Dr. Bush, Mr. Tru man praised his willingness to con tinue in public service. “The co-ordination of our scien tific effort,’' Mr. Truman said, "is one of the most important objec tives of the National Security Act. It is a fortunate circumstance that, in carrying out these objectives, the Research and Development Board will have the benefit of your guid ance.” Mr. Barrows, the new Undersec retary of the Air Force, was asso ciated with mail order companies for several years before retiring early this year. For the last six months he has been chairman of the American portion of the eco nomic control group in Germany and chairman of the economic panel dealing with the economic merger of the British and United States occupation zones. Cuba Joins UNESCO PARIS, Sept. 25 (^P).—Cuba today became the 32d full-fledged mem ber of the United Nations Educa tional, Scientific and cultural or ganization. Dr. Julian Huxley, di rector of UNESCO, announced that the Cuban government had de posited its ratification of the UNESCO constitution, thereby au tomatically assuming membership. Italian Reds Threaten To Seize Milan Plants If Owners Close Them « Total Shutdown Would Make 550,000 Idle in Textile Industry By the Associated Press ROME, Sept. 25.—The Commu nist newspaper L’Unita declared today that textile workers would seize plants by force if owners decided to close them completely because of a strike of approxi mately 40,000 administrative workers and technicians. Some owners in Milan stated they would be forced to close the plants to avoid damage to materials by workers lacking direction from the technicians. A complete shutdown would make all of the industry’s 960.000 workers idle. ' The textile strike, which began yesterday, was the third major la bor dispute in Italy in three weeks. The first, involving 1,000,000 farm hands in the rich Po Valley, lasted 12 days. While this was going on 850.000 metal workers staged a two day demonstration walkout. Drive on Government Seen. Leaders of the Christian Demo crat (Catholic) Party have at tributed the wave of labor unrest to an apparently co-ordinated left ist drive to topple Italy's Christian Democrat government. Union representatives said the textile strike, which has the sup port of the Communist-dominated General Confederation of Labor, V/aucu wj IdULUC Ui management to classify adminis trative workers as “employes,” rather than “laborers.” The tech nicians complained also of im proper classification. The strike was reported complete in some cities, but only partially successful in others. In the Rome area a strike of some 80,000 agricultural workers for higher pay went into its fourth day. No prospects for an agree ment were in sight. Trieste General Strike Is Ended by Agreement TRIESTE, Sept. 25 U/P).—A gen eral strike which paralyzed shipping in Trieste's port for 24 hours was brought to an end early today. The Allied Military Government of the new free territory announced that an agreement to call off the strike had been reached at a mid night conference attended by AMG officials; leaders of the Sindacati Unici, which ordered the work stoppage, ana of the moderate, non (See ITALY, Page 4-57) Sub Sent to Rescue Six on Rafts at Sea By the Associated Press TOKYO, Sept. 25.—United States Far East Air Forces announced to day that a submarine had been dis patched from Truk to rescue a six man crew which bailed out of an Army C-54 transport plane 430 miles south of Guam late yesterday . ’ The submarine was expected to reach the men, who are aboard four life rafts, sometime tonight. Addi tional rafts were dropped from a circling B-17. The plane was on a flight between Manus and Guam. Three British Flyers Rescued By Ronne Pilot in Antarctic By Comdr. Finn Konne Copyright, 1947, by North American Newspaper Alliance. Inc. RONNE ANTARCTIC RE SEARCH EXPEDITION BASE, Marguerite Bay, Antarctica, Sept. 23 (Delayed).—The three British flyers lost in the Ant arctic for nine days have been found. They were discovered by Capt. James Lassiter, pilot of the plane N.A.N.A., walking back to base—but still 30 miles (or about 10 days’ travel) away. Each man had lost about 20 pounds and was exhausted. But none was injured in the forced landing and crash of their light Auster plane. The men are now sleeping, after a light meat of bread, oatmeal and * i A V tea. They had been living on an emergency ration limited to .600 calories per man a day. They had had to struggle against blizzards through knee-deep slush a few miles a day, dragging their supplies in the belly tank of their plane. Their boots were frozen and as stiff as boards. The Britons had had no sleep the last several nights, since their sleeping bags were just chunks of ice. The intensive air and ground search in which both British and American expeditions participated despite snow-laden winds of up to 80 miles per hour began September 15, when the small British plane failed to make a rendezvous with the Norseman plane “NANA” of the Ronne expedition. They were to cache supplies at Cape Keeler, 120 (Sec RONNE, Page ,A-5.) 4 fa* Soviet Blackmail On Memberships In U. N. Charged Australia Says Reds Are Trying to Force In 3 Satellites BULLETIN LAKE SUCCESS