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Loans to Tide Over
Europe Suggested
By th« Ai«ocict*d Pr«»i
The Government’s Export-Im
port Bank, with some $800,000,000
in its till, took on new import
ance today in the hunt for
emergency aid to Europe short
of a special session of Congress.
Perhaps significantly there was
increasing talk both within the ad
, ministration and on Capitol Hill of
; making use of the multi-billion
• dollar lending agency set up 13 years
4go for the express purpose of stim
ulating American commerce.
" While emphasizing that a de
cision is yet to be reached, some
top level administration officials
said the idea may be broached for
mally at the conference President
Truman has arranged with Repub
lican and Democratic congressional
leaders’ next Monday.
Food Only Answer to Crisis.
? Mr. Truman told reporters yes
terday he would prefer to find a way
of helping friendly European coun
tries meet their dollar crisis without
calling the lawmakers back into ses
sion this fall. But he added that
he still is open minded on the sub
ject.
The Chief Executive offered his
comment in connection with his
call for, Americans to “waste less"
food in order to help meet “the ex
tremely erave food situation ahrond ”
But the President left no doubt
that he considers food alone the only
answer to the crisis confronting
parts of Europe before the 16-nation
Marshall recovery program can be
put in effect sometime next year.
In a separate statement taking
note of the initial report drafted at
Paris by the Marshall plan confer
ence, Mr. Truman said he called
the Monday meeting because “cer
tain problems have arisen * * * that
are of such an urgent nature that
their solution cannot await” a deci
sion on the long-range self-help
program.
Marshall Praises Work.
Meanwhile Secretary of State
Marshall praised the European
“Marshall plan” nations today for
their "intensive work” and co
operation in drafting the joint
economic recovery program.
The cabinet officer avoided any
comment on the merit of the pro
posals which call for $22,400,000,000
in outside aid but said:
“The fact that 16 nations have
worked in such close co-operation
to produce the report is an im
portant accomplishment."
Gen. Marshall added that the
United States expects to consult
with representatives of the various
governments to obtain whatever
supplementary information may be
necessary.
The Secretary made these re
marks in a letter to the Commit
tee ot European Economic Co-oper
ation which sat in Paris for more
than two months to draw up the
“self-help" plan he envisioned in
his June 5 speech at Harvard Uni
versity.
Martin Adheres to Policy.
The Export-Import Bank has
loaned some $2,700,000,000 to Euro
pean, Latin-American and Asiatic
countries, but 18 months ago laid
down a policy that henceforth it
would extend no more credits unless
they were tied directly with aiding
American commerce.
Bank President William McChes
ney Martin outlined that policy
during a congressional committee
appearance last year and has ad
hered to it rigidly. Prior to that
appearance the bank, with informal
congressional assent, had stretched
its charter terms in making a num
ber of "recovery” loans.
Those in the administration who
see the export-import institution
as a short cut in the current crisis
say they believe that if Mr. Truman
could win "permission” of the con
gressional leaders for a return to
that policy, Mr. Martin would relent
in his firm stand against stopgap
credits. Mr. Martin currently is on
a European inspection trip and is
not scheduled to return to Wash
ington until early November.
Senator Brewster, Republican, of
Maine, although he is not among
those invited to the Monday confer
ence, took a position similar to that
of the administration advisers in a
• rrt t r\ i n t nvi'imv
Brewster Mentions Bank Loan.
Predicting that the leaders will
turn a cold shoulder to the idea of
a special session, Senator Brewster
said he thinks Europe's immediate
needs might be met through such
"temporary measures” as an Export
Import Bank loan.
“Such action would not be a vio
lation of the law, but a change of
policy,” the Maine Republican
added. “It might be close to the
line of congressional intent.”
Several other lawmakers also have
mentioned the bank in recent weeks.
There were fresh indications,
meanwhile, of the seriousness with
which Paris and Rome view the
situation.
A French Foreign Ministry
spokesman said last night his coun
try's dollar resources will be ex
hausted within a month and unless
American aid is forthcoming in
October France will have to halt
her vitally important imports of
wheat, coal and fats from the
Upited States.
At the same time Italy was dis
closed to have made its fourth ap
peal for help in 17 days with a
call by Ambassador Alberto Tar
chiani on Assistant Secretary of
State Norman Armour two days ago.
Lack of Details a Handicap.
xu ouu niiuuK.i ucvuufii iiciil, a
spokesman for President Truman's
- 19-man Foreign Aid Committee un
derscored the difficulties confront
ing the administration in relating
the Paris Marshall plan report to
a concrete aid proposal for Con
gress.
Discussing the document which
puts Western Europe’s outside help
requirements at $22,400,000,000 over
the next four years, the spokesman
said lack of detail presents "serious
limitations" on the committee in its
analysis task.
The spokesman emphasized none
theless that the committee has set
a November 1 deadline lor submit
ting its report to Mr. Truman, add
ing that it will be “good enough to
stand up in congressional debate.”
Douglas and Clayton Sail
From England for U. S.
SOUTHAMPTON, England. Sept.
86 (/P).—American Ambassador Lewis
Douglas and Undersecretary of State
Will L. Clayton sailed for the United
States aboard the liner Queen Eliza
beth today to report to President
Truman on the economic situation
In 3main and Europe.
Mr. Douglas motored to Southamp
A
Text of British Statement
ly th« Associated Pros*
LAKE SUCCESS, Sept. 26 —
The text of Britain’s policy
speech delivered to the United
Nations Assembly’s Extraordi
nary Committee on Palestine to
day by Colonial Secretary Arthur
Creech-Jones:
1. It will be for the convenience
of this committee if I, on behalf ol
his majesty’s government in the
United Kingdom, make a statement
at the beginning of our delibera
tions, I appreciate the opportunity
afforded me and I shall be brief
His majesty’s government is in a
special position as the mandatory
power at present administering
Palestine. We have before us a
proposal involving certain assump
tions concerning the future attitude
of my government. You are there
fore entitled to know before you
proceed very far in your discussions
to what extent those assumptions
are Justified.
2. I congratulate the Special Cotfi
mittee on the way in which they
have carried through their difficult
task and the expedition they have
shown in presenting their report in
time for consideration by this As
sembly. The Special Committee havo
made recommendations to the As
sembly of two kinds. There are 12
recommendations of a general char
acter, 11 of which are put forward
unanimously and the 12th by a sub
stantial majority of the committee
These are followed by two detailed
proposals for the future government
of Palestine, one supported by *
majority of seven members and the
other by a minority of three.
3. I can sav at once that th«
United Kingdom government are in
substantial agreement with the 12
general recommendations. In par
ticular, they indorse and emphasize
three of these statements of prin
ciple. The first, recommending that
the mandate for Palestine shall be
:erminated at the earliest practicable
date, and the second, recommending
that independence shall be granted
in Palestine at the earliest practi
cable date, are an exact expression
of the guiding principle of British
policy in Palestine. The record of
our various attempts to secure agree
ment on a final settlement of the
problem—which I will not delay the
committee by repeating—is sufficient
and obvious proof of this fact.
Aims Declared Identical.
Nevertheless, I take the oppor
tunity of reaffirming that in this
fundamental matter the aims of my
government and of the special
committee are identical. The third
general recomendation to which my
government directs attention is the
sixth. This is to the effect that the
General Assembly should immedi
ately undertake the initiation and
execution of an international ar
rangement to deal with the problem
of distressed European Jews as a
matter of extreme urgency. It is the
nnininn nf the TTr»4t-oH V i »*» rrA
government that the entire problem
of displaced persons in Europe, Jew
ish and non-Jewish alike, is an in
ternational responsibility and one
which demands urgent action. We
shall make proposals to this end on
a more appropriate occasion.
4. I would therefore only reiterate
on the subject of the special com
mittee's general recommendations
that there is no conflict between
their general conclusions and the
broad objectives of British policy.
We approach the subject of Pales
tine and its related problems in the
same spirit.
5. I come now to the question of
the future government of Palestine,
I desire on behalf of his majesty’s
government to state that they in
dorse, without reservation, the view
that the mandate should now be
terminated. It was the original In
tention of the League of Nations
that the mandatory regime in Pales
tine should lead towards inde
pendence. The situation which has
Un-American
(Continued From First Page.l
titled to come in as a professor of
music.
Mr. Savoretti testified from Im
migration Service records that
Eisler was asked at Calexico if he
had ever been affiliated with the
Communist Party in any manner.
The witness said his answer was
“no.”
When Eisler testified two days
ago he admitted applying for mem
bership in the Communist Party in
Germany in 1926, that it was ap
proved, but that he never was a
member in the real sense. He
testified that he had since taken
out first papers to become an
American citizen.
Pointing to Eisler's conflicting
testimony, Mr. Thomas told news
men he believes "this is a true case
for the Justice Department.”
Discretion of Consuls.
A suggestion that Congress itself
paved the way for the controversy
over whether Eisler was entitled
to admission by vesting too much
discretion in hundreds of American
consuls throughout the world was
advanced last night by Norman Lit
tell, counsel for two former high
.Qtato rf m»rit Afflniolc
As counsel for Sumner Welles,
former Undersecretary of State, and
George S. Messersmith, former
Assistant Secretary, Mr. Littell said,
in a statement, that the com
mittee's use of correspondence be
tween those officials and Mrs. Elea
nor Roosevelt “constitutes a mis
leading account of the admission
of Hanns Eisler for permanent resi
dence in the United States.” Early
in the hearings it w'as brought out
Mrs. Roosevelt seht a note to Mr.
Welles in January, 1939, asking him
to review' the Eisler case.
Counsel Authorised Entry.
Although much of yesterday's
testimony dealt with correspondence
among various State Department
officials following receipt of Mrs.
Roosevelt’s note, Mr. Littell con
tended that, when Eisler finally
obtained admittance through the
consulate at Mexicali, none of the
top officials in the State Depart
ment was aware of it.
."However,” Mr. Littell continued,
“even though Eisler did. for the
moment, make a successful left
end run through the State Depart
ment line at Mexicali, he was im
mediately tackled at Calexico. Calif.,
by the Immigration Service. A board
of special inquiry of the United
States Immigration Service re
examined the case, reviewed Eisler’s
personal history and heard his
testimony that he was a refugee
from Hitler's Germany; that he
hated Hitler and 'hated Stalin in
■ ' 'I II Ml.
ton from London during the night
and was met here by William H
Beck, American 'Consul General. He
said he expected to be gene two or
! three weeks.
i
since developed clearly necessitates
the termination of the mandate.
We accept this necessity and shall
willingly lay down the obligations
imposed upon us so that the goal of
independence may be brought within
realization.
6. It was made clear by Sir Alex
ander Cadogan at the special ses
sion of the Assembly held earlier
this year that the United Kingdom
government would be in the highest
degree reluctant to oppose the As
sembly's wishes in/regard to the fu
ture of Palestine At the same time
he drew' a distinction between ac
cepting a recommendation, in the
sense of not impeding its execu
tion by others, and accepting respon
sibility for carrying it out by means
| of a British administration and
British forces.
Ready to Co-operate.
T. The attitude of my government
remains as then stated. It is hard
ly necessary for me to emphasize
our readiness to co-operate with the
| Assembly to the fullest possible ex
tent, and I cannot easily imagine
circumstances in which we should
wish to prevent the application of
a settlement recommended by the
i Assembly. The crucial question for
: his majesty's government is its en
forcement. About that I must say
a few words.
8. First, the United Kingdom gov
ernment are ready to assume the re
sponsibility for giving effect to any
plan on which agreement is reached
' between the Arabs and the Jews
Second, if the Assembly should rec
ommend a policy which is not ac
ceptable to the Jews and the Arabs
the United Kingdom government
would not feel able to implement it
Then it would be necessary to pro
vide for some alternative authority
jto implement it.
9. His majesty’s government are
not themselves prepared to under
In Palestine by force of arms. Like
wise, In considering any proposal tc
the effect that his majesty’s govern
ment should participate with others
in the enforcement of a settlement
they must take into account both
the inherent justice of the settle
ment and the extent to which force
would be required to give effect to it
Settlement Is Common Aim.
10. I repeat again, that his ma
jesty’s government have determined
to base their policy on the assumo
tion that they must lay down the
mandate, under which they have
sought for 25 years to discharge theft
obligations to facilitate the growth
of the Jewish national home and
to protect the interests of the Aral:
populatiop. In order that there may
be no misunderstanding of the atti
tude and policy of Britain, I have
been instructed by his majesty’s gov
ernment to announce with all
solemnity that they have conse
quently decided that in the absence
of a settlement they must plan for
an early withdrawal of British forces
and of the British administration
from Palestine.
11. In conclusion, I may perhaps
be allowed to make one or two ob
servations on the task which now
confronts this committee. Our com
mon aim is to bring about a settle
ment in Palestine which is likely tc
endurp hpransp it. is fminHoH rm
j consent of the peoples concerned. I
earnestly hope that the United Na
tions may have more success than
the United Kingdom has had in per
suading tne two peoples to co-op
erate in attaining their independ
ence. The United Kingdom delega
tion will place at the disposal of the
committee any experience or knowl
edge they have which may help it
in its task. It is also my hope that
the statement I have just made will
contribute to this end. May I ven
ture to add that if, however, no
basis of consent for a settlement can
be found, it seems to me of the
highest importance that any recom
mendations made by the General
Assembly should be accompanied by
a clear definition of the means by
: which they are to be carried out.
I the same way.’ The board obvi
iously believed Eisler. for on Sep
tember 26, 1940, it denied him a
visa only on the ground that he
was not a ‘professor’ entitled to a
nonquota status.
Decision Reversed on Appeal.
"Eisler appealed to the Board of
Immigration Appeals in Washington,
D. C., which again examined the
Eisler case and on October 16, 1940,
reversed the Board of Special In
quiry and held that Eisler’s teaching
experience qualified him as a 'pro
fessor' within the meaning of the
law, entitling him to admission as
a nonquota immigrant.”
Committee Counsel Stripling
brought out by yesterday s tes
timony that a number of other
prominent persons besides Mrs.
Roosevelt communicated with the
State Department at different times
in behalf of Eisler, including
Dorothy Thompson, newspaper col
umnist; Russell Davenport, maga
zine editor; Raymond Gram Swing,
commentator, and others.
"If all of these people were mis
taken, if the Board of Immigration
Appeals was mistaken,” continued
Mr. Llttell, "there is still nothing
irrevocable about such a mistake.
It provides' for preliminatiy screen
ing of immigrants by consular offi
cers throughout the world and for
further phprlrintr nn oHmfecinn hv
; the Immigration Service, but it
| still provides lor deportation in
| cases where evidence is subsequently
I discovered showing that the immi
! grant was really not entitled to
enter in the first place * * *.
i “If the committee has the proof
that Hanns Eisler is now a Com
munist, then that proof need only
be presented to the Department of
Justice and deportation proceedings
1 will follow.
"Certainly, the remedy does not
lie in summoning and castigating
high public officials and faithful
public servants, such as Sumner
Welles and George Messersmith, in
a burst of hindsight seven years after
the immigrant has been admitted,
just because he slipped through a
loophole which Congress itself left
wide open.”
College Freshman Killed
In Pregame Celebration
By the Associated Press
HOLLAND, Mich., Sept. 26 —
: Charles Robin, 19-year-old Hope
College freshman from Detroit was
fatally injured last night when cele
brating students accidently pulled
down a lamppost on his head.
Police said that in a pep meeting
: preceding tonight’s football game
! with Grand Rapids Junior College, a
! group of Hope students were staging
a snake dance in downtown Holland
when the rope to which they were
clinging caught on the lamppost and
toppled it over.
; Young Robin died several hours
i later.
A
Secret Farben Files
Burned Before U. 5.
i Troops Took Offices
lS ! By tht Asiociated Pr»»«
if ! NUERNBERG, Sept. 26.—A weel
11 j before American troops burst intt
_ | Frankfurt, I. G. FarbenindustrU
. j burned a mound of secret flies, in
;r | eluding records of its dealings ir
n the United States, the war crime!
| tribunal trying 23 of the Farber
. [ combine’s directorate was told to
ie j day.
> ] Tire prosecution submitted docu
iej ments compiled by American inter
.; rogators from employes who' workec
. I in Frankfurt's Farben headquarters
,s! Karl von Heider, a sort of offief
d manager, said in an affidavit thai
Farben’s own intelligence unit
ordered the burning of records which
t covered dealings affecting the re
armament of Germany. Among
!e these documents were minutes ol
'e Farben meetings in which workings
of the huge combine were discussec
^ frankly, the affidavit said,
d Foreign Dealings Shown.
Von Heider said the burned docu
ie ments included statistics showing
ir Farben’s dealings abroad, political
- contributions, records of plants usee
y ' for poison gas manufacture, record:
j of transactions involving Farber
: rubber plants, correspondence or
!-j German-Swiss cartel agreements
yj copies of international agreement!
d i on sodium sulphide and zinc chlo
ride, quarterly reports on personne
abroad, correspondence wit£ th
Gestapo and “secret plans regardin;
the contemplated distribution of th
production of European chemica
producers after the war.”
He said the reports also includei
confidential correspondence witl
agent firms abroad.
Secret files relating to dealing
with Japan and the Far East, re
ports on visits to the United State
and South America, record o
chlorine cartel agreements tc b
made atfer the war, and correspond
ence relating to construction of i
chlorate plant in the United State,
also were included in the order
Von Hsider said.
Bombing Error Cited.
Earlier, a statement by America)
strategic bombing experts that th
end of the war could have beej
hastened by selecting certain am
monia and explosives plants in Ger
many as primary aerial targets wa
written into the records of the courl
The opinion was expressed in j
i survey by United States Air Force
headquarters in Washington, sub
mitted during the trial.
"It is believed that a serious mis
take was made in not selectini
ammonia and explosive plants a
primary targets," the survey saic
“Elimination of either of them a
earlier stages of the war would un
doubtedly have meant an earlier de
feat of Germany. It is difficult fe
understand why these targets wen
neglected.”
The survey added that destructioi
of two Farben hydrogen peroxid
plants—the only two of their kind ii
Germany—would have "seriousl:
affected” her capacity to launci
V-bomb attacks on Britain.
Troops Battle Moslems
Attacking Indian Village
By th# Associated Press
NEW DELHI, India, Sept. 26.—/
battle between troops and a mob o:
1,000 in the United Provinces, thi
firing by police on a mob at Ambalt
in East Punjao and three fata
stabbings in Delhi were reported bj
military authorities yesterday.
The military spokesman said 1,C0(
Moslems attacked the village o:
Sari in the United Provinces am
killed nine villagers before • troop:
dispersed the rioters. The soldien
killed 16 of the attackers.
Four persons were killed and tw<
i injured when police opened fire a
) Ambala on a mob.
i The spokesman said cholera hac
broken out in the first two column:
of hundreds of thousands of non
Moslem refugees marching in Wesl
I Punjab under military escort anc
that a doctor and eight medica
students had been sent by air witt
vaccines.
Weather Report
District of Columbia—Clear anc
cool with northerly winds about II
miles per hour this afternoon
Highest in middle 60. Clear tonight
Lowest 46 in city, and 38 in th<
suburbs. Sunny tomorrow wit!
highest about 68. Outlook for Sun
day fair and somewhat warmer.
Virginia—Clear and a little coolei
tonight, w'ith somp frost, in
mountains of northwest portion
Saturday fair and somewha
warmer.
Maryland—Clear and a little
cooler with some frost in mountain/
tonight. Tomorrow fair and some
what warmer.
Wind velocity. 15 m,p,h,; direc
tion, north northwest.
District Medical Society ragweed
pollen count for 24 hours ending
9:30 a.m., September 26, 4 grains pei
cubic yard of air.
River Report.
(From United States Engineers.)
Potomac River clear at Harpers Ferr:
and at Great Falls; Shenandoah clear a
Harpers Ferry.
Humidity.
Yesterday. Per cent. Today. Per cent
Noon _ PO Midnight _ __ 7!
4 p.m.-58 8 a.m. _ 74
8 p.m. __T-77 1:30p.m. _ 6:
High and Low for Yesterday.
High. HP. at 4:36 p.m.
Low. 50. at 7:04 a.m.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest. 9ft. on August 14.
Lowest. 6. on February 5.
Tide Tables.
(Furnished by United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey.)
! ■ Today Tomorrow
High —T-- o:5oa.m. 6:45 a.m
Low - 1:00 a.m. 1:15 a.m
High - 6:20 p m. 7:16 p.m
Low- - 1:45 p.m
The Sun and Moon.
Rises. Sets.
Sun, today •» 6:59 6:5P
Sun. tomorrow 7:00 6:58
Moon, today 5:43 p.m. 3:02 a.m
Automobile lights must be turned oi
one-half hour after sunset.
Precipitation.
Monthly precipitation in inches in thi
Capital (current month to date):
Month 1947 Average. Record.
January _ 3.18
February _ 1.27
Marco _ 1.0*
April _ 2.48
May - 444
-.une _ 6.86
July _ 347
August _ 1.81
September_4.10
October _ . .
November _ _
December
Temperatures in V
High. Low. High. Low
Alb'q'que 84 62 Miami 82 1:
Atlanta 80 59 Milwaukee 51 3.
Atlantic City 64 46 New Orleans 84 7;
Rismarck 65 30 New' York Hi 4
Boston _ 59 42 Norfolk _ 13 Hi
Buffalo ___ 56 36 Okla. City 77 5:
Chicago 55 38 Omaha . _ HP 4
Cincinnati _ HH 43 Phoenix .107 7i
Detroit _ 55 35 Pittsburgh 66 3:
El Paso __ 87 M Portland. Me. 57 2
Galveston _ 80 65 St. Louis 68 41
Harrisburg HH 40 Salt Lake C. 89 6;
Indianapolis 61 42 San Antonio 8P 5!
Kansas City_ 69 55 San Fran.. 66 4:
Los Angeles. 87 69 Seattle_ 68 6:
Louisville 7Q __ Tampa-85 0
Twenty oil pipelines were laic
across the English Channel during
World War II.
k
Turkey Sells at 53c
While Hot Dogs Cost
62c in Pittsburgh
By Associated Presi
PITTSBURGH, Sept. 26.—
Turkey, regal adornment of
many a holiday table, was ad
: vertised at one downtown mar
> ket today for 53 cents a pound.
> Lo.wly "hot dogs" in the same
store cost 62 cents a pound.
U.N.
1 (Continued From First Page.)
jmendatlons then as to whether it
■ should be a permanent body.
• j Mr. Dulles hinted that the first
I case before the interim group might
. be the Austrian peace treaty.
Prospective Functions.
The resolutions would assign the
' interim Assembly these duties and
i functions:
1. To consider, as it may deter
■; mine, such situations as may come
; to its attention within Article 14
[ (whereby the Assembly may recom
mend measures for peaceful settle
ment of any dispute likely to impair
friendly relations) or such questions
j as are brought before the Assembly
j by the Security Council.
■ 2. To make recommendations to
j the Assembly on general principles
’ of co-operation in the maintenance
‘ j of international peace and security
and to intiate studies and make
; recommendations for the purpose
’ of promoting international co-oper
! ation in the political field.
, 3. To consider calling special ses
' sions of the regular Assembly.
* 4. To r.nnrinc.t. invpst.iaal inn* anrl
: appoint commissions of inquiry
within the scope of its duties and
, functions as it may deem useful
1 and necessary.
1 5. To study and report to the 1948
Assembly on the possibility of mak
’ ing itself permanent.
’ 6. To handle any other functions
’ and duties assigned by the full 55
[ Nation Assembly.
Assembly May Use Force.
Meanwhile, United Nations debate
( on Greece and Palestine strongly in
’ dicated that the world organization
’ is beginning to run up against prob
lems which eventually may require
use of some sort of police force for
* their solution.
Although the organization and di
rection of any such force is supposed
to be a task of the veto-blocked Se
curity Council, several delegations
are reported studying the possibility
that the General Assembly might
be able in emergency to provide a
substitute arrangement.
This would be in line with the
policy of the western nations—being
developed against Russian opposi
tion—to have the Assembly use its
wide powers of recommendation
and moral pressure to make up for
the generally admitted failures of
the Security Council.
One possibility that is known to
1 have received study by some west
: ern delegations—reportedly includ
ing the American—would be for the
J assembly to invite member nations
'■ willing and able to do so to con
1 tribute forces to help carry out
United Nations policies expressly in
1; the interest of international peace
and security.
Vishinsky Summons Press.
Both the Greek case and the Pal
estine problem continued as head
line items on the U. N. schedule for
today. They shared major atten
tion among the 55 national dele
gations here, however, with the fact
that Mr. Vishinsky called a press
conference at 2 p.m., probably to
: expound further Russia’s charges of
“warmongering” in the United
States.
The press conference was an
nounced late yesterday amid flying
[ rumors around U. N. headquarters
that Mr. Vishinsky would make a
1 sensational move soon to try to re
: capture the initiative in the Assem
;; bly from Secretary of State Mar
shall But Soviet informants said
1 the conference was arranged be
cause Mr. Vishinsky had received
numerous inquiries from reporters
and thought that would be the best
j way to reply to them.
The Greek-Balkans dispute is now
before the Assembly’s Political Com
mittee with the United States de
manding action on a resolution
which would fix the blame for much
of Greece’s trouble on Yugoslavia,
Bulgaria and Albania and create a
spcial committee of the Assembly to
keep watch on the Greek border.
Britain Proposes Cut
In U. N. Budget lor '48
By the Associated Press
LAKE SUCCESS, Sept. 26.—Great
Britain proposed yesterday what it
described as "perhaps drastic” re
ductions in the United Nations
i hllriffpt fnr 1Q4A—hilt thr» TTnitoH
States cautioned against any “penny
wise and pound foolish” economies,
j One of the major targets of Brit
ain's budget-slashing suggestions
was the U. N. world-wide informa
tion program, which Kenneth W.
. Younger of Britain said was "ad
mirably conceived, but its expendi
tures now have become alarming.”
| Adlai E. Stevenson, American rep
resentative on the Assembly’s Budg
etary Committee, countered that the
United States would oppose “any
attempts to cripple the program of
the organization by denying suffi
cient funds for the effective conduct
of its work.”
Mr. Stevenson said the American
delegation would recommend to
Congress that it continue payment
“as a temporary measure for one
more year” by the United States wf
39.89 per cent of total contributions
j by all members for support of the
world organization.
Mr. Younger called for a 1948
budget “not to exceed^ $30,000,009.”
Iranian Prince Is Returned
After 2-Day Stay on Coast
Prince Hamid-Reza Pahlevi, 15
vear-old youngest brother of the
Shah of Iran, is back in Washing
ton today after a two-day visit with
one of his five brothers, a student
at the University of California at
i: Los Angeles.
The prince, who ran away from a
I boarding school in Rhode Island this
summer and flew to Paris, has been
in a Bethesda boarding school for
| two months, Col.' Abbas Farzan
egan. Assistant Military Attache at
;the Iranian Legation, said today.
jHe became “homesick" again, how
ever, and took a train to California.
The colonel brought him back by
j plane yesterday. He stayed with
| his brother on the coast and did
not go near a movie studio, the
colonel said.
Col. Farzanegan said the prince
probably will be sent back to Iran
to finish his schooling and end his
homesickness.
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U. S. Money Held Responsible
For Violence in Palestine
By Eugene C. Pulliam
Publisher, Indianapolis Star
JERUSALEM, Sept. 26 (NANA).
About the only thing on which you'l
get a unanimous opinion in thi;
strife-torn land is the assertion—bi
leaders of the warring factions ai
well as by sideline neutrals—tha'
American money is largely responsi
ble for the violence that has devel
oped here.
“Well, after all. you know, voi
Americans are to blame for the vio
j lence in Palestine,” I have been tolc
Itime and time again. The Britisl
I almost shout it. at you^ The Arab!
I say it with a courteous but deadlj
smile. There is frustration and con
1 fusion on the faces of Jews wher
i they try to explain that the Ameri
cans are to blame. The men of re
ligion. Roman Catholics. Creel
Catholics, Armenians. Orthodox
Protestants, sorrowfully denounce
the desecration of the Holy City anc
tell you it would not have happenec
except for the stimulus of Ameri
can money.
“What Americans and wha
money?” I wanted to know.
“Ben Hecht’s money and Presi
dent Truman's statement,” to nami
two outstanding examples of Amer
ican "intervention in Palestine," w'a,
the quick reply.
Truman Criticized.
President Truman's statement tell
ing the British off and demandini
that refugee Jews be admitted t<
Palestine created a sensation here
The Jews were elated because the]
Wakeman to Manage
Coosa Newsprint Mill
By th* Associated Press
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept. 26
President Edward L. Norton of the
j Coosa River Newsprint Co. an
Inounced today the appointment ol
A. G. Wakeman of Appleton, Wis.
as vice president and general man
ager of the firm.
Mr. Norton said Mr. Wakemar
will be in charge of design and con
struction of the company's $30,000,
jOOO newsprint mill at Childersburg
Ala., and will' direct operations
when building is completed.
The new official was director ol
the pulp and paper division of thf
War Production Board during th<
war and spent the winter of 1944 ir
London with an economic mission.
Mr. Norton also announced the
appointment of William E. Horn
beck of Neenah, Wis., as residenl
manager of the company, and How
ard Nuebauer, also of Neenah, as
office manager. Both were formerlj
employed by the Kimberly-Clark
Corp. of Neenah, whose manage
jment of the Coosa River project was
announced recently.
J. E. Sirrine & Co. of Greenville
S. C., are engineers and designers
for the new mill. Construction is
now in progress.
Windsor's Aide Denies
Reports of Robbery
By the Associated Press
PARIS, Sept. 26.—“Maybe a blazei
'■ and a pair of shoes are missing,’
| the Duke of Windsor s secretary re
plied today when asked whether he
could confirm reports of a robbery
at the duke’s bathing hut at Antibes
on the French Riviera.
“This is only a small hut in the
rocks, where a few personal belong
ings are always left," the secretary
said. "People come and go around
the place, and maybe they took an
old blazer or a pair of tennis shoes
as souvenirs, but you cannot call
that either robbery or a raid.”
Maori Birthrate Soars
The Maori people of New Zealand
numbered only about 40,000 at th«
end of the last century, but a high
1 Birth rate has brought the total up
to nearly 100,000.
regarded it as a definite indication
the United States would come intc
the picture on the side of the Jewish
( state in Palestine. The Arabs, whc
. have lived here for 1,000 years and
’ who outnumber the Jews, were
furious. Tension between the two
races tightened hour by hour.
Ben Hecht got into the game and
violence broke out anew. Mr, Hecht
was quite the hero among Palestine
Jews for several weeks. Now he is
almost as bitterly hated by the Jews
themselves as he is by the Arabs.
And President Truman—well the
Jews don't like to talk about him.
He let them down They learned
that his statement was purely for
local consumption in New York,
where an election was on, and that
he didn't much intend to do any
thing officially about the problems
of Palestine.
Everybody here expected Mr.
Hecht would fly to Palestine and be
come an active leader in the “under
ground,'’ but when he chose to re
main in the safety of his New York
apartment, his stock dropped to
, minus zero.
j This is not a two-sided affair It
is three-sided. The Jews and the
j Arabs are the aggressive contenders,
|but the Christian world with its
great spiritual stake in the Holy
City is taking a tremendous interest
in the situation.
The British are in the exact
i middle of all the turmoil. Beset by
sporadic outbursts of underground
warfare, hated by the Jews and
thoroughly distrusted by the Arabs,
the stolid British police carry on
with cool heads. British diplomats
tell you tho British must stay in
Palestine to protect the Suez Canal
but everybody out here knows thai
I oil is the reason why the British
are staying on in the Near East.
[They were deeply angry over Presi
dent Truman's outbursts on Pales
tine and the bluntly declare that
American money has financed the
underground violence.
"You won’t accept any responsi
bility but you keep on butting in
and balling up our job here," a
British officer told me. "Why can't
you keep your bally noses out of
Palestine or come in and take the
blasted baby. She is your for the
;asking, I assure you!”
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