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TRUMAN REPORTS ATOMIC BUST IN RUSSIA
______:--- 4
Top U.S. Officials Conclude Reds
Have Knowhow' to Make Bombs
Time Necessary
To Produce Supply
Of War Missiles
By Garnett D. Horner
President Truman announced
today that “we have evidence
that within recent weeks an
atomic explosion occurred in the
U. S. S. R.”
His statement indicated that
the Russians have made an atomic
bomb, although did not say so
specifically.
The President gave no details
about the effect of the explosion,
or exactly when or where it oc
curred, and officials familiar with
the “evidence” refused for security
reasons to amplify his statement.
Quickly after the White House
announcement, the British gov
ernment announced it also has
evidence of an atomic explosion
in Russia.
Mr. Truman emphasized that
the United States always has
taken into account the probability
of the development of atomic en
ergy by other nations.
No Military Changes.
Secretary of Defense Johnson
told reporters there has been no
change in the disposition of Amer
ican military forces as a result of
the development in Russia. To re
porters who asked him about the
significance of the development,
he said: “Don’t overplay it.”
Another official said there is no
particular reason to suppose that
the atomic explosion in Russia will
materially make the prospect of
war greater or more immediate.
It w'as pointed out that one
atomic explosion by the Russians
did not serve to give them an
overriding military superiority.
The United States has been build
ing up a stockpile of atomic bombs
since the war.
Held for Effective Controls.
Mr. Truman said the Russian
development does emphasise again j
the necessity for “truly effective
enforceable international control
of atomic energy.” Soviet opposi
tion to international controls and
Inspection has blocked agreement
on such proposals in the United
Nations.
The President’s statement was
released to reporters at the White
House as he was going over the
situation with his cabinet. The
text follows:
"I believe the American people,
to the fullest extent consistent j
with national security * are en
titled to be informed of all de- j
velopments in the field of atomic
energy. That is my reason for
making public the following in
formation.
“We have evidence that within
recent weeks an atomic explosion
occurred in the U. S. S. R.
Developments Expected. . j
“Ever since atomic energy was
first released by man the eventual
development of this new force by
other nations was to be expected.
This probability has always been
taken into account by us.
“Nearly four years ago I pointed
out that ‘scientific opinion seems
to be practically unanimous that
the essential theoretical knowledge
upon which the discovery is based
is already widely known. There is
also substantial agreement that
foreign research can come abreast
of our theoretical knowledge in
time.’
“And in the three-nation decla
ration of the President of the
(Continued on Page A-4, Col. 6.)
Truman Planning Trip
To Fort Bragg Oct. 4
President Truman plans to fly
to Port Bragg, N. C., on October
4 to see a demonstration of drop
ping both soldiers and heavy
equipment from the air, the White
House announced today.
The parachute air-drop demon
stration will be put on by the 82d
Airborne Division. Mr. Truman
will review other troops at Port
Bragg and be the luncheon guest
of Lt. Gen. John R. Hodge, the
post commander.
White House Press Secretary
Charles G. Ross said that if bad
weather should interfere with the
plans for October 4, the trip would
be made the following day, if pos
sible. The President plans to leave
here by air at 8:45 a.m., arriving
at Port Bragg at 10 am., and re
turning to Washington about 5:45
p.m. the same day.
Secretary of the Army Gray and
Gen. J. Lawton Collins, Army
Chief of Staff, have been invited
to accompany him.
Approximately 20,000 Third
Army troops stationed at Fort
Bragg will be reviewed by the
President before lunch. Following
lunch, the 82d will demonstrate
the latest techniques in dropping
artillery and heavy equipment by
parachute, Mr. Ross said. Then a
mass parachute drop of one bat
talion of infantry is planned.
McMahon Urged Atom Parley
Before Truman Made Statement
Senator Repeats Call for Meeting With Stalin;
U. N. Meeting Is Jolted by Announcement
Senator McMahon, Democrat, of
Connecticut, chairman of the
Joint Congressional Atomic Ener
gy Committee, today repeated a
suggestion he made with prophe
tic foresight in the Senate yes
terday that President Truman in
vite Soviet Prime Minister Stalin
to a meeting on the question of
atomic controls in behalf of
peace.
Senator McMahon talked with
reporters after the President an
nounced that he has evidence
that an atomic explosion occurred
in Russia.
At the same time, Trygve Lie,
secretary-general of the United
Nations, said in New York that
“if it is true that they (the Rus
sians) have the atomic bomb it
shows how indispensable interna
tional agreement is.”
The announcement by Presi
dent Truman created a stir in the
59-nation assembly.
Senator McMahon told report
ers after a hurriedly-called meet
ing of his committee that his sug
gestion for a Truman-Stalin
meeting is as good today as it
was yesterday.”
Senator McMahon revealed that
he knew nothing about the in
formation made public by Mr.
Truman today when he addressed
the Senate yesterday afternoon,
but was called to the White House
and told of it later in the day.
He added that no other Sena
tors had the information when
they began voting on military aid
for Western Europe kt 6 p.m. yes
terday. Senator McMahop, how
ever, sent out notices for today’s
joint committee session imme
diately after the vote.
Closeted with the committee
today were Acting Chairman Pike
of the Atomic Energy Commission.
Dr. Robert Oppenhemier, one of
(See McMAHON~Page~A-4.)
Attlee's Government
Decides to Stake Life
On Vote in Commons
General Election Certain
Immediately if Laborites
Are Beaten on Devaluation
ty th# Auociattd Pf»«
LONDON. Sept. 23.—The Labor
government decided today to stake
its life on a vote of confidence in
the House of Commons.
Parliament meets in special ses
sion Tuesday for a three-day de
bate on the cheapening of the
pound.
A source close to the cabinet dis
closed the decision by the govern
ment to force a vote of confidence.
If the government loses, it must
resign. That would mean a new
general election immediately.
Because of the Labor Party’s
top-heavy majority in Commons
such a setback is unlikely.
Grumbling From Unions..
Labor has 393 of the 640 seats
in the House of Commons, the
Conservatives, 189. The remain
der are held by Liberals and
splinter parties.
But there has been loud
grumbling from its huge trade
union wing over the prospect of a
rise in the cost of living as a re
sult of devaluation. There also
is a big bloc of left wingers in
Commons who have been increas
ingly discontent with party policy.
To forestall defeat by a stay
away strike of unhappy party
members in Parliament, the party
leaders are sending out a “three
line whip.”
Form of Motion Uncertain.
This is the most urgent of &U
party orders to attend debate and
support the government in any
|vote. The penalty for ignoring
such a whip can be expulsion
from the party.
The form of the government
motion, the informant said, has
not yet been decided. It may be
a straight motion that the de
valuation move by the cabinet be
approved.
Whatever its wording, it will
in effect be a motion of confidence
in the government.
The government’s main speak
ers in the debate will be Prime
Minister Attlee, Sir Stafford
Cripps, Chancellor of the Ex
chequer; Harold Wilson, president
(See BRITISH, frage A-2.)
Vishinsky Expected
To Reply Today to
China's Accusation
Soviet Foreign Minister
Puts Name on List of
Assembly Speakers
|y **>• AuacistMj Prm
N*W YORK, Sept. 33.—Russia’s
Andrei Vishinsky gets a chance to
reply today to charges in the
tJnited Nations Assembly that the
Soviet Union is aiding and direct
ing the Communist drive in China.
The Soviet foreign minister put
his name on the list of Assembly
spifckfcrs after Dr. T. F. Tsiang,
delegate for the Chinese Nation
alist Regime, called on the U. N.
yesterday to help check the spread
of Communism in Asia.
Mr. Vishinsky reserved a choice
afternoon spot for his statement
outlining Russian policy. He may
speak about 3 p.m.
Nine delegations, including
France, were listed ahead of him
on the Assembly roster but they
don’t necessarily speak in order.
Schuman May Discuss Plea.
French Foreign Minister Robert
Schuman was expected to touch
\ on China’s appeal for help.
France’s Indo-Chinese colonies
are in the path of the Red tide.
Mr. Schuman’s stand was given
point by disclosure that the Can
ton government would file next
Tuesday formal charges in the
I Assembly that Moscow gave out
and-out aid to the Chinese com
munists who have swept over half
of China.
There was no answer yesterday
from Mr. Vishinsky to Dr. Tsiang’s
charges that Russia not only di
rected Chinese Communist cam
paigns but helped their troops and
took much of Manchuria as Soviet
territory.
The Canton government's ap
peal did not catch the Western
powers unawares but some signifi
cance attached to the fact that
British and French Foreign Min
isters and the American Secretary
of State were absent from the
Assembly yesterday.
Their recent Washington con
ferences on the subject of Com
munism’s spread supported a belief
they were continuing those talks
here.
Mr. Vishinsky turned up at the
fefternoon session, leading an un
(See P. N., Page A-3.)
Techniquesof Atomic Detection
Are Closely Guarded Secrets
By Thomas R. Henry
Scianca Editor of The Star.
There have been recent great
advances in techniques for de*
tec ting an atomic bomb explosion
anywhere in the world.
The entire field is highly re*
stricted. Washington scientists
can only say that they know a
great deal that they can’t talk
about.
There are various methods of
detecting such an explosion.
First, an atomic explosion sets
up earthquake waves which are
easily detected on some of the
extremely sensitive seismographs
nqw available. Such waves set up
by the Bikini explosions, according
to a report recently published by
the American Geophysical Union,
were detected by seismographs In
California.
All details ot the techniques aye
top secret, however.
Another obvious method of de
tecting an atomic bomb . blast
would be by measuring the radio
activity of the atmosphere. But in
general several days would be ex
pected to pass before a "hot cloud”
would drift beyond the borders of
Russia.
All information on this also is
highly classified. There have
been several reports of premature
atomic bomb explosions in Russia
during the past few years. The
great Russian atomic bomb plant
is believed to be at the new city
of Alma Ata, capital of the Soviet
province of Kavakstan in Central
Asia.
It was widely rumored that this
was the scene of a tremendous ex
plosion about a year ago in which
some of Russia’s foremost nuclear
physicists and their German col
laborators were wiped out.A
This report, however, never has
been verified.
Senate Calls Up
Military Pay
Boost Measure
Byrd Opposes Bill,
But Won't Lead
Fight Against It
A bill to boost the pay of most
j members of the armed forces from
j the rank of private up was called
up in the Senate today, and only
scattered opposition was expected.
The measure provides total pay
increases costing about $348 000,
1000 a year.
Senate Majority Leader Lucas
made the bill the first order of
business. Senator Byrd, Demo
crat, of Virginia, who has led the
fight to save Federal money, said
he would make a short statement
against the bill but will not lead
a battle against it.
However, an estimated 30 Sen
ators lined up behind a move to
slice the pay increases being pro
posed for cabinet members and
civilian workers who get more
than $5,000 a year from the Gov
ernment. These bills will be
brought up as soon as the Senate
acts on the military measure.
Senators McFarland, Democrat,
of Arizona and Cain, Republican,
of Washington led a bipartisan
move to send one of these, rais
ing the salaries of cabinet mem
bers and other executives, to the!
Senate Expenditures Committee
for a check on how it conforms to
the pattern laid down by the
Hoover Commission on Govern
ment Reorganization.
That would mean no pay boosts
for the Cabinet in this session of
Congress. Chairman McClellan
said the expenditures group can't
possibly complete any such study
before Congress quits for the year.
Senator Taft, Republican, of
Ohio told a reporter be will oppose
'boosts in cabinet pay because of
! unsettled economic conditions and
; the effect such increases might
have on industrial wage negotia
tions.
May CaU for Limit.
If the move to send the bill to
committee fails. Senator Cain said
| economy pleaders will propose an
amendment under which no execu
tive could get more than a 50 per
cent boost in pay.
As it stands, the bill boosts
cabinet members from $15,000 a
year to $25,000. The amendment
i would put the top at $22,500.
I What may be more important
to some Senators is that under
the amendment heads of some
agencies who now draw less
pay than members of Congress
coiildn’t be boosted above the
$15,000 the lawmakers receive, of
which $2,500 is expense allowance.
As examples, the assistant to
the Attorney General, who now
draws $10,330, would get $20,000
as the bill stands. A long list of
assistant secretaries, also drawing
around $10,000, would be boosted
to $16,00.
Dr. Meitner Receives
Reich Physics Award
•y the Associated Profs
BONN, Germany, Sept. 23.—
The Max . Planck medal for scien
tific achievement was awarded
jointly today to Prof. Lise Meit
ner, German refugee who helped
develop the atomic bomb in the
United States, and Pro/. Otto
Hahn.
Prof. Hahn, who won the Nobel
Prize for 1944, is regarded as the
discoverer of nuclear fission, the
key to the atomic bomb. He is a
professor at Goettingen Uni
versity.
The medal, highest award of
the German Society of Physicists,
was presented at Bonn University
in a ceremony attended by Ger
man Federal President Theodor
Heuss.
Dn Meitner taught nuclear
physics at Catholic University
following her appointment as a
visiting professor in February,
1946. At the end of the term,
during which she conducted
classes in the Graduate School of
Arts and Sciences, she returned
to the Royal Swedish Academy of
Sciences in Stockholm.
Dr. Meitner is the sister of Mrs.
Rudolph Allers, whose husband is
a professor of psychology at
Georgetown University.
Dr. Meitner was named the
“woman of the year" in 1946 by
the Women’s National Press Club
at its annual dinner. The award
was made because “her research
contributed notably to the release
of atomic energy."
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Balancing of Budget Every Year
Unsound, Economists Declare
Would Bring Big Fluctuations in Expenditures
Or Severe Changes in Tax Rates, They Say
By th« Associated Press
A group of university economists
told Congress today the idea of
a balanced Federal budget every
year is an unsound principle.
If the Government’s spending
and income balances each other
in good years as well as bad. they
said, “there would have to be
either big fluctuations in expendi
ture programs'or severe and per
verse changes in tax rates.
“To vary expenditures in this
manner,” they continued, “would
disrupt the essential services pro
vided by the government.
“Applied to military expendi
tures, it would mean a large de
fense program in boom years and
a small defense program in de
pression years.”
The 13 economists, representing
Hie National Planning Association,
expressed their views in two re
ports to a Senate-House Economic
Subcommittee.
The association had been asked
by Senator Douglas, Democrat, of
Illinois, head of the subcommittee,
to survey Government fiscal,
credit and monetary policies.
The planning group, which is
headed by H. Christian Sonne,
describes itself as a “nonprofit,
<8ee ECONOMIC, Page A-3.)
Veterans Reported
Dropping School Plans
Due to New Curbs
Education Council Official
Charges Policy Changes
Spirit of GI Bill
By George Beveridge
Reports of veterans giving up!
GI education plans in disgust and
apparent widespread misinter
pretations by Veterans Adminis
tration officials were made today
in the wake of VA’s controversial
new restrictions on GI Bill train
ing programs.
At the same time, Dr. Francis
J. Brown of the American Council
on Education charged fundamen
tal differences in the new policies
“completely change the whole
spirit of the GI Bill.”
The new policies force large
j numbers of veterans who have fin
! ished or quit previous GI Bill
training to show that any new
courses they want to take are not
“avocational or recreational” in
nature, even if the courses have
been accepted without question by
VA before. ,
Face Tuition Payment.
Furthermore, many of these
veterans face the prospect of los
ing portions of their subsistence
pay and having to pay part of
their own tuition in GI programs,
even if their training is approved.
According to reports reaching
the American Council on Educa
tion by telephone late yesterday.
Dr. Brown said, here is what is
happening in some areas:
One college at the University of
Minnesota is not accepting some
veterans because local VA officials
have said they will not pay for
tuition or subsistence until they
' (See VETERANS, Page A-3.)
Britain Demands Recall
Of Romanian Diplomat
ly th« AiiocloUd Prau
LONDON, Sept. 23.—The Brit
ish Foreign Office announced to
day that it has asked Romania to
recall its commercial counsellor in
London, Jacques Berman.
A spokesman said the action
was taken as a reprisal for Ro
mania's recent expulsion of a
British diplomat from Bucharest.
Arthur R. Sarrell, who had been
accused of “complicity with black
market gangs.”
Mr. Sarrell was first secretary
of the British Legation in Bucha
rest. As Romania demanded, he
was withdrawn from his post last
month.
6.0. P. Farm Parley
Opens With Attack
On Brannan Plan
Republicans Will Stick
To Price Support Policy,
Hope Says in Sioux City
By Gould Lincoln
Star Staff Cor/msponeJcnt
SIOUX CITY, Iowa, Sept. 23.—
In an effort to persuade the
American farmer that his best
chance of a successful long-range
farm program lies in a Repub
lican * controlled Congress, the
GOP today opened its na
tional farm conference sponsored
by the Republican National Com
mittee.
Delivering the keynote address.
Representative Hope of Kansas,
ranking Republican member of
the House Agriculture Committee
and co-author of the Hope-Aiken
Farm Act—the present law—as
sured the conference that the
Republicans will stick to a pro
gram of price supports for the
fanner—until a better program
can be developed which will re
sult in fair prices to the farmer.
Says Supports Are Accepted.
“We do not regard price sup
ports as a controversial question,’’
said Mr. Hope. "They have been
accepted by our party, by the
Democratic Party and by the
American public for many y^ars."
Mr. Hope, however, launched
a bitter attack on the Brannan
plan, supported by the Truman
administration, which the Demo
crats sought to sell to the farmers
at a farm conference of thier own
(See REPUBLICANS, Page A-4.)
Senate Victory, 55-24,
Sends Foreign Arms
Aid Bill to Conferees
I
Supporters Surprised
By Own Strength in
Defeating Economy Bloc
By J. A. O'Leary
The $1,314,010,000 foreign mil
itary aid bill today headed for
conference with the House, where
administration leaders will try to
sustain the victory they won when
the Senate passed it late yester
day, 55 to 24, without further cuts.
It is more than likely, however,
they will have to agree on a
smaller compromise figure, since
the House approved a total of
only $819,505,000 when it passed
the measure a month ago.
Senate supporters of the bill
were surprised at their own
strength late yesterday when they
defeated, 46 to 32, the drive of a
strong economy bloc to slash the
allotment for Western Europe be
low the $1,000,000,000 set jointly
by the Senate Committees on
Foreign Relations and Armed
Services.
A few hours before the roll call,
friends of the bill said they would
beat the economizers by four
votes. They actually had a mar
gin of 14.
Throughout the long battle, the
main point of controversy has
been over how much the United
States should spend this year in
Western Europe to implement the
North Atlantic treaty.
The administration started out
with a figure of $1,160,990,000 for
that area. The House cut it in
half, to $580,495,000. Then the
two Senate committees handling
the bill jointly agreed on $1,000,
000,000, but said only half of it
would be cash and the balance
contract authority, which would
not have to be paid out until the
fiscal year starting next July.
When conferees from the two
houses meet in the next tew days,
the main controversy will be be
tween $580,495,000 in cash for
i Europe, or $500,000,000 of cash
i (See ARMS. Page A-4.)
Bulletin
Red Trial Testimony Ends
NEW YORK (VP).—The Gov
ernment and the . defense
rested today in the conspiracy
trial against 11 top members
of the Communist Party in the
United States. The trial is in
its 36th week. Federal Judge
Harold R. Medina excused the
jury until October 4, when ar
guments and summations will
start.
(Earlier Story on Page A-13.)
Forrestal's Diary in Custody
Of White House, Ross Reveals
The White House disclosed to
day that it has custody of private
papers of the late Secretary of
Defense Forrestal. including a
diary sought by a House committee
investigating the B-36 bomber
controversy.
The material is being held for
safekeeping in a locked cabinet
and has not been read by anyone
at the White House, Presidential
Secretary Charles O. Ross said. It
is regarded as the property of the
executors of Mr. Forrestal's estate
and will be'turned over to them
whenever they wish, he explained.
Shortly after he resigned from
the defense post last March Mr.
Forrestal left the papers in* Presi
dent Truman's custody, Mr. Ross
said. He told the President he did
not want to leave them in his
own house while he was away
from Washington.
Mr Forrestal leaped to his death
from a Bethesda Naval Hospital
tower window last May 22. His
widow visited the White House
yesterday and told reporters later
that A$r. Forrestal had kept a
diary.
Reports that such a diary ex
isted came up last month at the
House Armed Services Commit
tee’s investigation of the Air Force
B-36 program and other phases
of military aircraft procurement
and policies. Committee aides
said they hoped to locate the diary
for whatever light it might shed
on Air. Forrestal’s opinion of the
B-36 and related matters.
Steel Pact Talks
Resumed Under
Extended Truce
Union and Industry
Have Another Week to
Settle Differences
LONG COAL STRIKE Feared as
Negotiations Recess. Page A-11,
By the Associated Press
PITTSBURGH. Sept. 23.—
Agreement of Big Steel and the
CIO-United Steelworkers to renew
contract talks today lightened
strike clouds hovering over the in
dustry since July.
Philip Murray, union president,
and John A. Stephens, vice presi
dent, of United Sates Steel Corp.
arranged a hotel conference at
1:30 p.m. <EST) to resume ne
gotiations under a third Presi
dential strike truce.
Mr. Murray had proposed a 9:30
a.m. session, but shortly before
that hour came announcement
both sides had agreed on the
afternoon date. Conferences with
other steel companies are being
arranged by the union.
Meanwhile, about 2,400 union
members at two Pittsburgh dis
trict steel mills continued un
authorized walkouts which union
and company officials blamed on
the tension and uncertainty of the
steel situation. Closed are the
Universal-Cyclop6 Steel Co. plant
in Bridgeville, and the Superior
Steel Co. plant in suburban Car
negie.
Have Week for Talks.
Contract negotiators have one
week in which to thrash out pen
sion and insurance difficulties that
three times have brought the Na
tion to the brink of a paralyzing
steel strike.
Talks with the United State*
Steel are expected to set the pat
tern of the conferences with other
steel producers. Big Steel and the
union usually determine the course
taken by the entire industry.
The union also arranged for new
| conferences with Crucible Steel
| Co., Allegheny-Ludlum Steel
Corp., Sharon Steel Corp., Shenan
j go-Penn Mould, Jones & Laughlin
Steel Corp., Youngstown Sheet &
Tube Co. at Youngstown, Ohio:
Rustless Steel Co. at Baltimore and
Republic Steel Co. at Cleveland.
| Bethlehem steel and the union
will open negotiations at 1 p.m.
today in New York.
The million-member steel union
has delayed its strike deadline
from midnight tomorrow to 12:01
a.m. October 1. That was in re
sponse to a plea by President Tru
man to extend the steel truce six
more days. The industry had
earlier agreed to the extension
and said it was ready to bargain.
Union Sets Time and Place.
The steel workers’ union, which
set the time and place of the Big
Steel talks, also told 52 qther
steel companies it is ready to
negotiate.
The basis for the talks will be
the recommendations of President
Truman’s steel fact-finding board.
The board vetoed a wage increase
but recommended a company-paid
pension and insurance program
equal to 10 cents hourly per
worker.
The steel workers accepted the
board’s recommendations and in
sisted that steel companies do
likewise as a condition of further
bargaining.
United States Steel balked at
accepting the recommendations
without bargaining. The firm par
ticularly objected to pensions and
insurance financed wholly by the
company. That began a week of
feuding by telegram between
Benjamin F. Fairless, Big Steel
president, and Philip Murray,
president of the steel workers.
Cyrus Ching, head of the
United States Mediation Board,
called both sides to Washington
to talk things over. A strike fcas
a strong possibility for this week
end until the President sought
another truce.
Mr. Truman told a press con
ference yesterday the outlook ap
(See STEEL. Page A-3.)
Local Advertising
Record Established
By The Star
The 39,500 lines of advertis
ing space used by a local de
partment store and run in a
separate 16-page section of to
day’s Star represents the larg
est amount of advertising ever
placed by an advertiser in a
Washington newspaper in one
day.
This local advertising record
established by The Star is a
further indication of where the
local advertiser turns when he
has a message of importance
to carry to the Washington
buying public.
The Star continues to carry
more department store and
specialty store advertising
than any other Washington
newspaper.
Washington shoppers save
time and money when they
shop first in THE STAR.