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U. S. Accepts Palestine Partition
And Agrees to Help U. N. Keep
Internal Order During Transition
Johnson Refrains
From Commitment
On Use of Army
(Text on Page Λ-2.)
By th· Associated Press
LAKE SUCCESS, Oct. 11.—The
United States today accepted in
principle a proposal for parti
tion of Palestine into Jewish and
Arab nations.
This country also agreed to help
the United Nations preserve "in
ternal law and order" during i rec-!
ommended two-year transition
period.
On the question of providing mili- j
tary forces to guard against possi- j
ble attacks from the outside thej
United States refrained from mak
ing any commitments.
In a lqng-awaited policy declara
tion before the 57-nation Palestine;
Committee of the General Assembly,
Herschel V. Johnson, American dele
gate, also:
1. Indorsed in principle a ma
jority recommendation by the United
Nations Special Committee on Pal
estine (UNSCOPj for admission of
150,000 Jewish immigrants into the
Holy Land /during the interim period.
2. Declared in effect that Britain
was obligated to continue ruling !
Palestine until the United Nations
undertakes "to assume responsibil
ity." ^
A spokesman for the American \
delegation said that,· in the opinion
of the American Government, Brit- i
ain was not free to carry out her i
announced plans of withdrawing j
from Palestine until the U. N. had ι
set up machinery to replace the
British administration.
ISO Keierence to AraD move.
Mr. Johnson made no direct
reference to the current Arab
League Council's move to send
troops to the borders of Palestine.
In outlining the part the United
States was ready to play in the im
plementation of the partition plan,
Mr. Johnson said:
"The United States is willing to
participate in a United Nations
program to assist the parties in
volved in the establishment of a
workable political settlement in Pal
estine.
"We refer to assistance through
the problem of internal law and
order during the transition period.
"The latter problem might require
the establishment of a special con
. stabulary or police force recruited
\ on a volunteer basis by the United
Nations. i
"My delegation believes that cer
tain geographical modifications ι
should be made. For example, Jaffa
should be included in the Arab state i
beer use it is predominantly an Arab
city."
He then proposed that "all the j
Inhabitants of Palestine, regardless
of citizenship or place of residence,
be guaranteed access to ports and
to water and power facilities on a
nondiscriminatory basis; that con
stitutional guarantees, including
guarantees regarding equal oppor
tunity. be provided for Arabs and
Jews alike, and that the powers of
the Joint Economic Board be'
strengthened.
Mandatory Now Responsible.
Turning to the question of imple
menting the Assembly's decisions on
Palestine, Mr. Johnson said:
"The General Assembly did not,
by admitting this item to its agenda,
undertake to assume responsibility
for the administration of Palestine
during the process of transition to
Independence. Responsibility for
the government of Palestine now
rests with the mandatory power.
"The General Assembly, however,
would not fully discharge its obliga
tion if it did not take carefully into
account the problem of implementa
tion."
The American delegation spokes
man, explaining this passage, said
that, while the U. N. was obliged to
consider the question of implement
ing its decisions, it might be many
months before any actual admin
istrative machinery could be ready
to function. For this reason, he
said, the United States wanted
Britain to remain in Palestine tu
(See PALESTINE, Page A-2.)
SOS Gives Position
01 Men on Lost Ships
(Picture on. Page Λ-2.)
By »h· Associated Press
PEARL HARBOR, Oct. 11.—A
faint distress call intercepted by a
Navy patrol pilot indicated today
that four minesweepers missing
ilnce September 24 with three men
* board had drifted to approximately
400 miles northeast of Palmyra Is
land.
The Hawaiian Sea Frontier said
the pilot reported the message ob
Tiously was sent on a small, hand
cranked emergency set. The radio
signal was the sixth heard in three
days, but it was the first loud
enough to give search planes a fix
on the minesweepers' position.
The four vessels, lashed together,
drifted away from Palmyra Island
when the tug taking them to Ma
nila put into that atoll 1,000 miles
south of Honolulu, for food and
fuel.
Sixteen planes, including two Army
Flying Fortresses and four Navy sea
planes, will resume the search at
dawn. The weather improved as a
tropical front moving eastward, car
ry Igk with it squalls which had
hampered the search.
?ε xol craft were standing by at
Paln^ra tc aid in the rescue. The
<srarf.W3 may be taken aboard a
»<a.p.ane hiWfver.
William £. Hopkins of Washington,
radio operator, is one of the three
men aboard the minesweepers.
A
t.
A. P. Writer Sees Only 4 Arabs
In Palestine Border Air Τ our
Not 1,000 Within 20 Miles of Frontier,
He Writes After Flight of 300 Miles
(See Map on Page A-2.)
% By Joseph C. Goodwin
Associated Press Foreign Correspondent
JERUSALEM, Oct. 11.—Unless
they are hiding in caves or cam
ouflaged as camels, there are not
1,000 troops within 20 miles of
the Palestine border from the
Mediterranean to the Dead Sea.
A 300-mile flight ranging along
each side of the Syrian, Lebanese
and Trans-Jordan frontiers, showed
only four—two Arab legionnaires
guarding the winter home of King
Abdullah of Trans-Jordan and two
at the Allenby Bridge across the
Jordan River.
A spokesman for Hagana said
the Jewish defense organization is
convinced that reports of Arab troop
movements on Palestine's borders
are part of a "war of nerves."
"The same goes for any news
about alleged movements of Ha
gana," he said.
The spokesman said that beyond
"normal security precautions," which
went into effect October 1, when
Hagana sent about a dozen special
ists to the large Jewish settlements
of the Eastern Galillee area no un
usual steps had been taken.
The informant said the reports
of Arab troop movements were de
signed as "psychological warfare,"
adding that "we are quite prepared
to handle anything that, arises.
Arabs Report Discussion
Of Further Military Step
BEIRUT, Lebanon. Oct. 11 (JP).—
Abdel Rahman Azzam Pasha, sec
retary general of the Arab League,
said the League Council would wind
up its Holy Land deliberations to
night with discussions of possible
(See ARABS, Page A-2.)
U. S., Britain Return
$28,000,000 in Gold
Taken by Nazis in Ital)
Will Provide Additional
Assets for Purchase of
Food, Fuel in Winter
By the Associated Press
Hard-pressed Italy is to re
ceive $28,000,000 worth of golc
taken from the Bank of Italj
by the Germans and later cap
tured by the American 5th Army
The decision to turn the gold ove:
to the non-Communist Italian gov
eminent was reached by the Unitec
States and Britain and announce<
last night by the State Department
The gold will provide Italy wit!
additional assets to continue fooc
md fuel purchases during the win
ter. It was found in May, 1945, ai
Fortezza, Italy, where the retreat
ing Germans had hidden it.
Immediate Transfer Ordered.
The State Department said Alliée
military authorities in Italy hav<
been instructed to transfer the golc
immediately.
The Italian government can usf
this gold either to furnish additiona
backing for its currency or to folio ν
Britain's example and sell it to th<
United States Government for $3i
an ounce.
The transfer agreement waf
signed in London by representative)
of Britain and the United State!
on one hand and Italy on the other
Italy to Get More Gold.
Italy stands to receive an addi
tional amount of gold estimated a
around $30,000,000 to $35,000,000 froir
the tri-partite gold commissioi
which sits in Brussels. This grouj
will divide the gold which the Nazi;
seized from conquered countries anc
took to Germany.
The first distribution is sched
uled to begin October 15 in responsi
to a plea from the United States fo]
speed in meeting claims from hard
pressed European governments.
Orville Wright Reported
Improved Atter Collapse
By the A:»ociated Pre»·
DANTON, Ohio, Oct. ,11·—'Thi
condition of Orville Wright, pionee
in aviation, was reported today a
"satisfactory and somewhat im·
proved" by his physician. Dr. Α. Β
Brower.
Dr. Brower refused to specily th<
nature of Mr. Wright's illness, al
though he described it as serious
He said Mr. Wright spent a com
fortable night at Miami Valley Hos·
pital, but "it may be a matter ο
days or weeks before he will be abli
to return home."
The 76-year-old aviation pioneei
was taken to the hospital after hi
fainted while running up the stepi
of the National Cash Register Build·
ing.
Although ah oxygen tent wa;
taken to his room, hospital attend·
ants said it was unused. An electro
cardiograph was made but result!
were not disclosed.
WhattheRussians
Are Saying of Us:
The Moscow radio, broadcasting in
French to Europe, said:
"American capitalist monopo
lies are playing a very active
part in a new war of propagan
da. * * * Two wars were extremely
profitable for them. While most
of the European nations went
through some of the most awful
calamities, while hundreds of
thousands and even millions of
simple people were war victims,
the Wall Street financial oligar
chy became richer every month.
"During the war, these same
monopolists did all they could to
prevent the opening of a second
front, thus regarding victory.
Military equipment was sold by
them at exorbitant prices, and
the longer they did this, the
wealthier they became.*%
V
AFL Awaits Charges
By Lewis of Betraying
i
Labor on Taft Act
Convention Faces Battle
Monday Over Move to
Drop Vice Presidents
By James Y. Newton
Star Staff Correspondent
J SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 11.—
The American Federation of
: Labor convention was >in recess
i today as delegates awaited the
attack John L. Lewis is expected
to make Tuesday on the Feder
ation's leaders.
M Mr. Lewis, It is understood will
I accuse President William Green and
other AFL leaders of "betraying all
who toil with their hands" for their
! surrender to the Taft-Hartley Act
j in the matter of filing non-Commu
| nist affidavits required of union
officers by the new law.
Just what further action he will,
take is known only to Mr. Lewis,,
j but there was no doubt as to his j
Lewis Is Good Actor,
Pidgeon and Arnold
Agree After Talk
■y the Associated Prui
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 11.—
A couple of pretty good actors
indorsed John L. Lewis today
as a pretty good actor himself.
Walter Pidgeon and Edward
Arnold, representatives of the
AFL Screen Actors' Guild, were
just as impressed as 150 other
citizens last night when Mr.
Lewis relaxed at an off-the
record dinner at the famed San
Francisco Press Club.
Mr. Lewis explained why he
opposed the Taft-Hartley Act
and why he—alone—refused to
sign the non-Communist af
fidavit.
Mr. Lewis' dramatics appealed
to the stars. "He's a great ac
tor," Mr. Pidgeon said. "His
timing is perfect and he knows
all the angles."
bitterness over the rebuffs he nas
received from the federation Exec
utive Council. He was smacked down
twice by overwhelming vote of the
council, on the affidavit and Holly
wood labor issues.
Heal Week Begins Monday.
\ After a week devoted largely to
speech-making and other prelimin
aries, the convention will get down
to serious business Monday. One of
; the major issues to ccme up for a
' vote is the Executive Council rec
ommendation, fought unsuccessfully
' by Mr. Lewis, for amendment of the
• constitution to abolish all but two
■ j elective offices.
I The present 13 vice presidential
posts would be eliminated. One is
! held by Mr, Lewis. The men who
1 are now vice presidents, together
with President Green and George
■ Meany, secretary-treasurer, would
: form the executive council, just as
ι they do now. There was talk among
the anti-Lewis forces of beating him
for the council if he gets too tough.
The constitutional change was
considered necessary in order to cir
cumvent Mr. Lewis' refusal as an
officer of AFL to file the non-Com
munist papers and thereby give pro
tection of law to nearly 300,000 mem
bers of small "Federal" unions which
are attached directly to the AFL
and its executive council.
Another hot topic to be aired next
(See AFL, Page A-3.)
Black Hills forest Fire
Sweeps 10,000 Acres
By th· Associated Prtss
DEADWOOD, S. Dak., Oct. 11—A
force of 700 men early today battled
a timber fire In the Black Hills wil
derness area 20 miles south of here.
The blaze, started by lightning,
had swept an estimated 10,000 acres
by midnight when observers said it
was close to the Wyoming State line.
A. E. Hoffman, Hearney National
Park superintendent, said that fire
fighters, aided by bulldozers, were
concentrating on firebreaks to halt
the flames in the tinder-dry tree
tops. Only a few settlers live in the
territory, he said.
4
Yugoslavs Break
Ties With Chile
On Ousting of 2
Reasons for Expulsion
Are Slanderous, Says
Belgrade Government
By the Associated . rest
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, Oct.
11.—Premier Marshal Tito's gov
ernment severed diplomatic re
lations with Chile today over th£
expulsion of two Yugoslav dip
lomats.
Yugoslavia described as fantastic
and slanderous the reasons given by
Chile for the banishment—that the
diplomats had engaged in a Com
munist-directed campaign against
Chile the United States and the
defense of the Western Hemisphere
by fomenting strikes and sabotage
in the South American nation.
The Yugoslav Foreign Ministry
said Chile's action was to further
"the interest of expansionist ten
dencies of certain powers who more
and more direct the home and for
eign policy of Chile."
The government's announcement
did not name these powers.
(Moscow, however, left no doubt
as to who was meant. The So
viet press and radio said the ex
pulsion was intended to "gratify
reactionary circles of the United
States." Pravda called it "a
lackeylike service to American
imperialism in Chile." The
Communist Party of Chile urged
a United Nations investigation.)
"No Need" of Relations.
Yugoslavia said "there is no longer
need to continue diplomatic rela
tions with a government which does
not regulate its relations with other
states independently."
The statement charged Chile with
"breaking the most basic principles
of international relations."
It said the Chilean action against
the two Yugoslavs—Dalibor Jakaska,
secretary of the legation at Buenos
Aires, a visitor in Santiago, and An
drej Cunja, former Charge d'Affaires
in Santiago—was "a part of a
planned campaign, not in the inter
ests of the people of Chile, but in the
interest of expansionistic tendencies
r\f nortoin nftWPfR * · »>»
(The Chilean government, In
expelling Cunja and Jakasa, ac
cused them of fomenting, on
orders from an international
Communist organization, a cam
paign against the United States
and against hemisphere defense
plans, through strikes and
sabotage.)
Slanderous Attacks Charged.
"This step of the Chilean govern
ment," the Yugoslav Foreign Office
statement said, "falls in a period of
sharp, slanderous attacks on the
Yugoslav government — attacks
whose initiators are the same pow
ers who are attempting to unsettle
friendly co-operation between the
nations."
The statement called the Chilean
action hostile and said: "Consider
ing there is no further necessity for
further diplomatic relations with a
government which can't decide in
dependently its relations with other
countries, the government of Yugo
slavia is deciding to break off diplo
matic relations."
Since there is no Chilean diplo
matic mission in Belgrade, a formal
break involves simply the announce
ment, which was made last night
out given to foreign correspondents
only this morning in an edition of
the Communist Party organ Borba.
Drastic Coal Rationing
Ordered in Mine Strike
SANTIAGO, Chile, Oct. 11 f/P).—
President Gabriel Gonzalez Videla
ordered drastic coal rationing today
as Chile dug into the armed forces'
fuel reserve in a strike crisis blamed
officially on a foreign-dictated Com
munist plan ".to paralyze any
Chilean action in defense of hemi
spheric security."
While the President reiterated his
'unbreakable intention to eliminate
Communist Party control over the
working masses," the Chilean Com
munist Party called for United Na
tions consideration of the situation
developing from Wednesday's expul
sion of two Yugoslav diplomats on
charges of "Communist agitation."
With a strike of 16,000 coal miners
in its eighth day, an official report
from Concepcion, in the center of
the coal fields, said only 50 had re
(See CHILE, Page A-3.)
Alert Cabbie Drives Suspect
In Robbery to Police Station
A taxicab driver, noticing irregu
lar proceedings in the rear of his
vehicle, drove a robbery suspect to
the door of the No. 13 precinct sta
tion early today—but required the
assistance of two fleet-footed police
men to get tl*e suspect inside.
Police reported the incident as
follows:
The driver, Walter A. Edmonds,
colored, 4827 Β street S.E.. picked up
two couples on Georgia avenue.
Glancing in his rear-view mirror
as he approached Florida avenue,
going south, Mr. Edmonds said he
noticed a wristwatch being slipped
from the wrist of Miss Helen Ford,
colored, a visitor from New York
staying at 3611 Warder street N.W.
Mr. Edmonds ran through two
red traffic signals hoping to attract
attention, but without success.
Ρ
SOCIETY
EX-VICE PRESIDENTS
Kti?
M 4,
Five Marines Killed
In Auto-Truck Crash
Near Fredericksburg
Four Die Instantly as Car
Skids in Front of Trailer
Heading Toward It
Five Marines were killed and
two other persons injured last
night when the automobile in
which the Marines were riding
skidded in front of a trailer
truck coming from the opposite
direction on Route 1 about 11
miles north of Fredericksburg,
Va.
State Policeman W. J. Townsley
said four of the Marines were killed
instantly. The fifth died about
three hours later at the Mary
Washington Hospital, Fredericks
burg. The accident occurred about
11:30 o'clock.
Hospital authorities identified the
Marine who died at Fredericksburg
as Sanford Herman, stationed #t
Camp Lejeune, N. C. Trooper
Townsley said bodies of the other
four Marines, all stationed at Camp
Lejeune, were taken to the Marine
base at Quantico.
Officials at the base said the
identity of the others is being with
held pending notification of next of
kin. They said all the dead have
not yet been identified.
Injured were William Bass, 28,
Robbins, Va., who, according to hos
pital authorities, was driving the
truck, and his assistant, Forrest
Hammett, 41, Charlotte, N. C. Hos
pital officials said both suffered
minor injuries and probably will be
discharged today.
Trooper Townsley said Bass has
been charged with reckless driving
and involuntary manslaughter. A
hearing will be held at 10 a.m.
Thursday at Stafford Courthouse,
near the spot where the accident
occurred.
Trooper Townsley said 10 or 12
Marines were driving north in two
cars. Those in the second car told
him the auto in front struck a con
crete abutment placed on the high
way to separate northbound and
southbound traffic lanes. Their ve
hicle skidded into the southbound
lane in the path of the heavy trans
port van.
lorn Price Kises Miarply;
Wheat Reaches New High
By th· Associated Press
CHICAGO, Oct. 11—General dis
appointment over the smaller than
expected increase in corn crop pros
pects over the last month caused a
substantial upturn in yellow cereal
prices on the Board of Trade today.
All of yesterday's loss was can
celed.
The strength of corn aided other
grains, and wheat gained some sup
port from continued dry weather
in the winter wheat belt. The
December wheat contract advanced
to a new seasonal high at $2.95
before meeting selling orders. This
was the highest price on record for
December wheat.
Wheat near the end of the first
hour was % -1% higher, December,
$2.93%; Corn was 3Ά to 4 cen^
higher, December, $2.28%, and Oats
were %-l% higher, December,
$1.20^4.
men, ne turned rignt on υ street
and came to a stop in front of No.
910—which is the precinct station.
One of the male passengers bolted
from the cab when it stopped.
Miss Ford noticing the loss of her
watch, set with 16 diamonds and
valued at $400, ran into the station
and told Pvt. Cullen M. Camper, on
desk duty. Pvts. William H. Dungee
and Donald D. Gregor started in
pursuit.
After a block-and-a-half chase
they arrested the man who was wi'h
Miss Ford. The watch was recov
ered.
Today, however, Miss Ford said
she did not wish to prosecute. In
Municipal Court, Judge Walter J.
Casey accepted a recommendation
of Assistant United States Attorney
Andrew J. Howard that no further
action be taken in the case.
I
Saturday Evening Post
Raises Price to 15 Cents
By the Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 11—Price
of the Saturday Evening Post will be
increased to 15 cents a copy with
corresponding increases in subscrip
tion rates, the Curtis Publishing Co.
announced today. The Post went
from 5 to 10 cents a copy in 1942.
A spokesman said the latest boost
was the result of "continued increase j
in production costs."
Rationing, Controls
Might Force Him to
Quit, Flanders Says
Senator Denies Urging
Return of Price Curbs
At Present Time
ly th« Associated Press
Housewives again may be
using ration coupons, says Sena
tor Flanders, Republican, of Ver
mont if other methods fail to
reduce food prices.
But he calls a return to price
control and rationing at all levels a
last-ditch resort.
Senator Flanders is head of a
joint congressional subcommittee
that has been investigating the high
cost of food and clothing in the
Eastern United States.
He called reporters to his office
here late yesterday to deny "that I
am urging return of price controls."
If conditions get so bad as to re
quire both rationing and price con
trols, the Senator said he "might
resign and go back to Vermont."
Offers Own Proposals.
Senator Flanders said his personal
ideas of bringing down food prices
arp these:
First, the voluntary food conserva
tion plan plus voluntary allocation
of grains by brewers and distillers
must be tried until Congress meets
in regular session next January.
If food costs are still high or
higher, Senator Flanders said Con
gress then must consider "alloca
tions" at the top levels for grains
and meats.
If prices stilil stay up, the Senator
said, rationing must be tried at the
consumer level "maybe only on meat,
poultry and eggs or possibly butter
and cheese also."
Senator Flanders said public price
hearings in the Eastern United
States to date show "no profiteering"
by retailers, wholesalers, distributors,
and processors of food.
Farmers Blamed.
"The high prices go back to the
farmers and they are all Republi
cans," Senator Flanders said, adding
that his view was "bad politically."
He exempted New England dairy
men and poultrymen from the high
farm profit group by noting that
they are forced to pay high prices
for grains and feed.
He added that Midwestern farm
ers and Western cattlemen do not
hope to continue receiving the rec
ord prices paid recently.
Senator Flanders said he and
other members of Congress are dis
turbed by testimony that "white
collar and low-income workers" in
New York City and other urban
centers now are "undernourished"
because of high food prices.
He said social workers and physi
cians had estimated that "one
quarter to one-third" of large city
dwellers now are in this group, and
added :
"We cannot escape questioning
ourselves as to whether we can
longer permit these prices to cripple
the living standards of our low
income groups, bankrupt the nations
abroad who seek to purchase food
and cripple ourselves in the en
deavor to furnish relief."
U. S. Liberty Ship Drifts
Helplessly Off Scotland
By th· Associated Pr#»»
CAMPBELTOWN, Scotland, Oct.
11.—The 7,191-ton American Liberty
ship Edward N. Hurley was reported
drifting without power 300 miles
southwest of Land's End early to
day. The rescue tug Bustler was
on her way to the scene.
Tug Capt. A. Leckie said the Hur
ley's SOS message was relayed to
him by a radio station at Valencia,
Spain. It said "both boilers and
tubes have gone and the vessel is
drifting." The vessel was reported
en route from New York to Le
Havre.
t
House Members Split
On Europe's Need for
Aid After 6-Week Trip
Majority in 6-Man Group
Studying Situation Abroad
Says People Are Hungry
By the Associated Press
Members of Congress return
ing from a six-week study of
economic conditions abroad, dis
agreed today on Western Eu
rope's need for emergency aid
this winter. *
Representative Nixon, Republican,
of California, expressed the views of
the majority when he told reporters :
"Europe generally is suffering
from lack of sufficient food, and
the situation today is worse than it
was before the war."
But Representative August Andre
sen, Republican, of Minnesota, said
this:
"Things are not as bad as they
have been portrayed to us by rep
resentatives of our own Government.
I think Europe can make it to spring
all right without too much suffer
ing." ,
Four Others on Committee.
Mr. Nixon and Mr. Andresen are
members of a special House com
mittee charged with investigating
Europe's economic conditions. Re
turning here with them were four
other members — Representatives
Case, Republican, of South Dakota;
Monroney, Republican, of Okla
homa; Mahon, Democrat, of Texas,
and Richards, Democrat, of South
Carolina.
Mr. Monroney cited the danger οι
communism as one reason he be
lieves this country should send help
this winter to Prance and Italy.
"If we do not give interim relief,"
he said, "Russia will step in at just
the right tme and send enough food
to put across the dea that she is
the only country interested in help
ing starving people."
Mr. Mahon agreed that continuing
relief, particularly to Italy, is need
ed "to prevent chaos and collapse."
Mr. Richards indorsed that idea,
but said the United States should
grant it only under "strong condi
tions" as to how the relief is to be
used.
Obligations Are Cited.
Mr. Case said this country already
is obligated to keep people of the
occupied territories from starving.
He is chairman of a subcommittee;
that covered Germany and Austria.
Several of the lawmakers said they
had heard no talk of war during
their trip.
"We are more hysterical about
communism than they are in those
countries," Mr. Richards said. "I
certainly didn't come back with any
feeling about another world war."
Mr. Case added that "everybody
there is too tired to even think
about it."
Mr. Richards said England "is the
only country we saw that is really
getting down and punishing itself
to solve its problems."
Sacrifice Is Impressive.
Mr. Monroney said he Was im
pressed by the "equality of sacrifice"
in England.
Mr. Case said Europe generally
feels that German industry must be
restored if Europe is to recover
economically. The only dissent, he
added, is that of France, which has
"a very natural feeling" that its
own industry should be given a head
start over German plants.
Another picture of conditions
came from Murray D. Van Wagoner,
former Governor of Michigan and
now United States military director
of Bavaria, who said almost all Ger
mans are hungry and are suffering
"slow starvation."
"You see people roaming along the
highways picking grass and herbs
to get enough to eat," Mr. Van Wag
oner told a news conference on his
return from a three-week visit to
Germany. "They do anything
to get a morsel of food."
"If we don't see that these people
have food to eat," he said, "it's aw
fully hard to sell them our form of
government." He added :
"We are always faced with the
possibility that these people may go·
Communistic * * * and that we may
have to go through this thing all
over again."
Strike Stops Paris Subways
PARIS, Oct. 11 (/P).—Thousands of
Parisians walked to work today as a
conductors' strike tied up 12 of the
city's 14 subway lines. The strikers
are seeking recognition of their in
dependent union and also want a
42-hour work week. 1
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More Distillers
Agree to Close
Despite Protest
Crop Report Held
Disappointing to Food
Conservation Drive
TUESDAY AND THURSDAY food
program to continue, Luckman
says. Page A-14
By the Associated Press
President Truman's Citizens*
Food Committee said today that
a clear majority of the Nation's
major distillers has agreed to a
60-day shutdown to save grain
for Europe despite some pro
tests.
Of 39 companies represented here
Wednesday when Committee Chair
man Charles Luckman proposed the
shutdown. 18 gave assent on the
spot. A spokesman for Mr. Luck
man reported today that five more
firms wired their agreement yester
day.
One of the messages came under
protest. J. A. Englehard, president
of the Distilled Spirits Institute, an
organization representing 60 per
cent of the industry, warned that
the whisky-making holiday will
bring "serious unemployment" as
well an cattle-feeding problems.
Grain Forecast Disappointing.
Biggest disappointment of the
emergency food campaign came
yesterday, when a Government crop
report showed only a 54,761,000
Representative Urges
Eating of More Meat,
Poultry to Save Grain
By the Associated Press
Eat more meat and poultry,
says Representative Andresen,
Republican, of Minnesota.
That is the only way grain
consumption can be cut down
on farms in this country, he
told a reporter.
"If we all eat more meat and
poultry," he explained, "farmers
will slaughter more cattle and
hogs and fowl and thus there
will be fewer of them to eat the
grain. President Truman and
Secretary Anderson have it
backwards."
bushel improvement in the forecast
for this year's short corn crop.
Secretary of Agriculture Ander
son pointed out that even this gain
over the September 1 forecast was
offset by a cut in the estimate of
old-crop corn on the farms, and
by a 2,000,000-bushel decline in the
prospective wheat yield.
Officials, encouraged by reports
from the Midwest, had hoped for a
100,000,000-bushel improvement over
the September prediction of 2,403,
913,000 bushels of corn. This might
have allowed some easing of the
voluntary meatless Tuesday and
poultryless Thursday diet prescribed
by the Luckman committee.
Instead, Mr. Luckman told re
porters:
"There is no lessening of the need
for food conservation."
Engelhard Gives Reasons.
Despite his protest of the dis
tilling holiday idea, Mr. Engelhard
said that his concern, Glenmore Dis
tilleries Co.. and its subsidiaries will
suspend operations if the shutdown
is ordered. He has stated the shut
down probably could start about Oc
tober 25.
Livestock now being fed on distil
lery by-products will "have to be fed
on whole grain," he said. Little
grain will be saved, therefore, he
said, and the problem of feeding the
large number of animals located in
feeding lots near distilleries will be
"a serious one."
"We also feel," Mr. Englehard
added, "that labor should be given
an opportunity to be heard before
any final decision is made." One
distillery workers' union official has
estimated that 100,000 workers would
be laid off.
At least 2,000 Baltimore distillery
workers would be thrown out of
work immediately by the proposed
shutdown, the Distillery, Rectify
ing and Wine Workers' Union there
estimated.
"A serious unemployment prob
(See POOD, Page A-3J
Gale Roars on Florida
After Crossing Cuba
By th· Associated Press
MIAMI, Fla., Oct. 11.—A small
tropical storm still below hurricane
velocity but loaded with rain began
moving into the Florida straits to
day after crossing Cuba during the
night.
The storm is expected to reach
the Florida Keys area this afternoon
with gale force winds of 50 to 60
miles an hour.
The Weather Bureau in an 8:30
a.m. advisory placed the storm about
50 to 60 miles west of Havana, on
the North Cuban coast.
Havana reported maximum winds
of -46 miles an hour and a 2-inch
rain in the last six hours. Batista
Field, 30 miles southwest of Havana,
recorded gusts up to 57 miles.
Northeast storm warnings flew
around the tip of the Florida penin
sula from Miami to Fort Myers, and
small craft were advised to remain
in port south of Tampa on the west
coast and Melbourne on the east.
Two planes, one a hurricane buster
and the other carrying observers,
were reported en route to Miami
from Schenectady, Ν. Y. After a
"briefing" on the storm they will
decide whether they Will attempt
to demonstrate the precipitation of
clouds by dropping pellets of dry
ice through them.
Scientists are interested only in
seeing and recording any effects the
technique will have.
Grady Norton, chief forecaster for
the Federal Storm Warning Service,
said the storm may pick up some
in intensity over open water, but
added that he believed that it did
not have sufficient strength to de
velop into a hurricane.
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