.
1
• Reporters l>r;ih hor I rum an Pear! I larbor Reports
A id ramble Is on in tfte White House a report g vb copies of a report of the Jap attack on Pearl Harbor
ju ' released by President I runian. Army and iMavj n vestigations : the disastei i at plunged the nation inf
v. ' War II brought forth reports that criticized iigh Washington officials along with the Pearl Harbor
ro ni,i dels. (International Soundphuto.)
Transition To Peace Moving
Fast, But With Rough Spots
t ngton, Aug. ill. — (AP) A
mii |>111:,giiig into n < pi- ,o tme In
to,. p.i .(1 lbe.se signposts today:
It:,, coal and sugar outlook \\ as
cia. 1;
There brighter news on in at
and gasoline.
1 loll: * \\ es would help the OPA
fight high pri -e
fin- VVPB issued a ehe-rlul report
,,i: reconversion ot industry.
It looked bad lor the unemploy
ment compensation bill a proposal
t,. band out more money to jobhe
people.
The Federal budget was slashed uy
si!) billions.
To be specific:
('• >. il See . I;.* v l'l tie' 1IV 1 ! \
Ii-l,. - .••aid .l.ipan's suiT' iiiln i : ■■ rut
industry ' ni'ul: \ erv lilt le. I 1- s uu
it vouid br ha 1 "it not po U
lor thr mini's t ■ produce . nn.udi -i.it
ci 1 tn s.Ui-ly I tie i . mi ii re s r• 11 ii.i
i!n-ii'is this wint1 r. He a.idl'd that lie
\\ ant - tut I'I'I' I'linsm. I'-1. Ill "la I.-." Ii; i
tiniiMi." c.i srd liy A :ay talon .nt
tibiiut cnal.
Sum;.!' Apr culture Sn rrtary An
ia i'i. vaeationih.t; in New Mexico,
predicted siiear v. ill m- i at rent'd
thinUMl'eut 1:14(5.
Meat- Tie* 1.. bin Irt:i ent .-aid
meat n inters n aft i , . ii - •- are bet
if'r stocked tban a' any lie" since
M ii'ch. Als. -. tlie p- . .-.ii a at i-'h wi ll
t>*■ helped ?vl*mtlay wh'Mt the military I
in * longoi .’ill got automatically a
certain pcrcentaia ul pork (.ins and]
shoulder. I' 1 1 w • • to Ihiv in eon:
petition with (a\ i 1 .li.'-.
CSa "Inc The (>!*.\ -aid ceiling
pric v. "li t chan:; v. in-ti the licit a
(pialily : a 1 e, Hies in. You'll pay the !
same foi higher octane gasoline a>
you pa\ ilow h.r I"'. 'T quality, and
it won't i :e k mg Tin < * 1 ’.\. ill it oat
tie against nll.ition. soon will eiiuio
thousands ol liuiisewive- with "anti
ill! lat ion shopi am* li -1 s. ' They v. .11
keep a record of t|;,- led they buy
and Imw much t!n v pay. The 04’A
intends to prosecute stores that "'ll
above ceiling jpriccs.
OWIToldBvi
Truinan To
Quit Sept. 151
\V.i ii ngton, Aug. 31. (AP '
T’i-i 111• i t 'i nun.m i•"lav ordered tin
I if| H . .War Inf. 'rmal imi l" 3" 1,111
I I, lilt s.s by September la. and ,
t!.,; ici ml the foreign inlnrm.il mu j
Ui ■ oil "I C AVI and tin <M1
II lie, - A111'Ticau A lairs to lb" Stale
1 )ep;il'tlll"ut.
Hv e\i"’oiive order, Mr. Truman:
I (h , atn| an interim international
nl i n m service in Itie Slate lie
I III.,-lit to take over foreign until i
ti. t )W I and the Inti r American
olfjc,. I,, tween now and the end ol
this year.
■> c;.,,. .■ owl's duties of review ol
1 , |eriil publications to the Bureau ol
11,i- P.udgi *. a ot todiiy.
:: Directed abolition of ()WI - re
mum; hmcli"le on Si pfember he
when 1 tir. etor Kliner Davis will staff
liquid"! mi III the ngetici This mum
l, , ci,i ]111-1*■ d bv December 31.
With the etui of the war in '!>"
pacific. OW1 Director Da\ i- -
n , iiii'd liquidation of his agency.
S' of its f).0110 I'lliployrs Will hr * * 11
1 , nlisoi'hed by the Slat" Department.
In a statement I'd'' ^ paining .m
cM'ditive order, the President said lie
had asked Urn State Department t ■
St. 1(1 v foreign information needs and
1n foi-nuilat" during the remainder of
thi calendar year the foreign inf 11 ■
m. ilii.n program which he con-saw !'•'<
should be conducted on ti continuing
basis.
____■ >
Ask Truman
To Explain
Draft Calls
Washington, Aug. 31 -(Al 1 A
plan developed in Congress today
to ask President Truman to get the
la - -makers off a verv It 0 -eat.
Tf'c plan, advanced hv memhe-;
of the Ho "sc Militarv Committee, m
that Mr. Truman address Congrs"'
iir tiie ration to explain:
1. W> v he mid the Army want
tlm d-att continued.
3. Whv discharges from die armed
f.. aren’t occurring faster.
These two ouestions ha"" emi
gre*, men in hotter water, thev >*>■
than r»»iv iss"c in months I Vloy t's
urc if the President will do some
f.v,i.,;n:nn it may take the pressure
off them.
"Several of us on the committee
are considering asking tbe f ' ’"1 ■ ( 11
111 di-e 'ss the issue with the neo
pie." Ri nre-enP.to e A I' ''ends toM
vf'norte*' “Wo think if invlo.
ft-M-l tho Armv mn«t have snnr
fir lfto^s to ho aiH bpve rn '
mon for o^riiP'iCnn d ’1,os Mr ’•
voolnromoots 1ho,? won t object
to d i a a 11
Wiimwrijjlit Meets
General MacArtluir1
After Three \ ears
New York. Aug. 151 — (AIM— I
CBS distributed the following
from Correspondent William 1.
Dunn under a Tokyo dateline:
One of the most impressive
meetings of ',hc Pacific war took
place here just a icyy minute'
ago y\ lien Lt. Gen. Jonathan M.
Wainw right, for three and a half
years a prisoner ot war ol the i
Japanese, sat down yyith Gen- !
era! Douglas Mac Arthur, whom
lie succeeded in command of
the American forces in Cor
regidur.
The meeting took place in a i
private dining room ol the
(fraud hotel and members of his
staff awaited General ’Yain
w right's arrival I here yeas no
ovation. Mae.Arthur just wrung
Wainw i igiil s hand and said
simply:
“Well. I ni glad to see you!"
AA'ainw right. obviously in fine
spirits, appeared to swallow
momentarily before he answer
ed:
“I'm glad to see you. too,"
Transition
Exceeding
Expectation
Washington. Aug. 31. - - < API
] \\'l'U Chairman .1. \. K rug thinks
ieconversion is "going al mg_ much
better than vve had expected.
Me release 1 a report, no Urst m
a monthly scries mi "the piogie-s
| of ivr .liversmm" wilicii covered j
major industries, representing 3. mO
manufacturer-. Here is w nut
showed: , ,
Actual civ i 1 i.in product .on m Ji 0
was 46 percent, emp’ioymeu! al l»c:
cent ol a normal prewar year.
Tiie product inn estimate lor An
gus! is 48 percent, empi •yment m
percent. _ . ,
for December, 194:>, product >n
112 percent, employment u9t> per
cent.
For June. 1941). pr a.liirt m lm
percent, employment 133 pevent.
All production .uo
i,| nil dollar volume, and 11c- del.
Krug -ai a. largely explains r. ivy t tt>
I production increase- are -uos.an
tiaiiy larger than employ ment in
, , ses.. H( -m i the next three or
| tnUr months will be a "time "1
economic concern, with millions
I leaving war pr aiuction jobs and the
I Army and Navy.
____ ____
VET SERVING SENTENCE
HONORED EOI1 Bit AM KA
Charlotte. Aug. 31 (AP) U.ther
\V. Mvriek of Pineville. lor. cr -l'll
sergeant in the :i* ny now -.tv • 3 1
ltl-year ■ entene - on ei.a
vaulting a female, h be • , ■ •'• a' >
the Bronze Star Medal or heroism
in action.
A member of the a: >ed ' ' - a
the time of Us teal. Myra", -i.u
has been discharged Horn tno army
In service since ! 9 t''. he u'l'v",
eve:icas with an in;antiy - n-e
Showdown
On Franco
Is [Nearer
i
\\ ; -hinglon. Au;.:. .'i I. (AI * > — Gov
*• i'llm,■ ■ 111 oli.ri.i!; enuredod today tli.al |
events taking place m Mexico City1
could cad the v. ay to a big four!
showdown on Spain’s l-’i anco govern I
incut. I
A Spanish government in exile, j
leaded la.- Fencer Premier Jose I
(I; el. ha: been established ill Mexico
.-tie a series of moves which, at least
on the snrlace, united various Span-]
i.- h republican fact ions.
Manuel Tello. acting foreign min-|
ster o| Alev I - id ill Mexico City
ye terda.v his c verm: enl had recus
ed the icw exiled regime. No oili
oi; I word ni 1 hat action tins reached j
Washington, but it was not uriex- j
peeled here i It lie. I .at ill countries
w..Y follow Mi Men’s lead. That might
cause coned n aoo.it hemisphere
unity.
I, t v. !..it :• nst eonci riis American
. ,fI iei.11 is this: Will Russia, which
gsie tiu a ei and lo Spani oi repub
lican- during the civil war. and
v. Inch lo wer recognized Franco, give
in I jcnl ides - ing to the Sp;t isll
gov re11a at in exile’.’ If s >. tile major
allies m Kurope would hire a ticklish
siuailion. Amer.ean and Britisii poie.v
toward Franei) is negative: neither
gove: nmcnl likes him: neither will
nermit hi.- regime to join the United
Nations. But t'c s- believe it is up to
(][.. So; oi h In -iple t il e |1' s i ! \ e - to get
rid of Franco, and the hope is that
they (io i- wit!: .-ill- Is. not bullets.
Neither lii.s eomitry nor Kngland
will take anv ... that might
plunge Spain into another civil war.
Hence, neither will help an exile Roy
eminent to try to take oxer trom
Franco by force.
OCCUPATION EXPANDED
wwwwwwww X K K « « « « «
Sop To Idlers Appears Dead
House Hotly
J
Opposed To
Jobless Bill
Doughton Declares
Truman’s Proposal
Premium On Loafing
Washington, Aug. 21.— (AP)
—Termed by critics a “premium
on loafing." President Tru
man’s proposal for greater un
employment benefits appeared
today to have died a-borning in
the House Ways and Means
Committee.
One of the bill's staunchest
supporters conceded privately
that probably no more than
of the 2-1 members would vote
for it.
TO ' pi if oppo-ition broke ov» r
the I- : i 1 tin: as Ways and Mean
Commit!ee Chairman Doughton. o|
North (Y, Oil i:told Arthur ,1. Alt
mi'ii r, S*ii-;a! Seeui itv Board ehn'i -
in;;n: "it |.i- i premium on loalns
And Representative Knudsen. "i
Minnesota. -t-nior eon.oi.ltit- Ke|Uib
liean. i.dii- (i: "You an- proposing to
raise tin- i.<tun'\ on idleness. t ant
vi,ii sci von are encouraging unem
ployment? Haven't you any mercy or.
the Aim rican taxpayci "
The nie; sure socks, among other
things, a, establish a national stand
ard of S23 a week for 2(i weeks for
unemployment compensation, I lie
Fedora! govermi ' nt would pay the
difference1 betwen present state
rates, most ot them considerably be
low the suggested standard. There
was si.ni" indication the committee
might sab ago one section of the
measure blanketing some 900.000
Federal workers under the jobless
program. Again the government
would defray the cost of these uncov
ered workers.
The Senate Finance Committee is
considering similar legislation, and
the administration received better
treatment there. There was little
pi-osnect. however, of the bill becom
ing law without the Ways and Means
Committee's blessing.
Some Stocks Hit
KiHit-N ear Peak;
Others Hesitant
New York, Aug 31.—(AP) The
!-. eo\ erv swing ol the stock market
generally -was extended bv fractions
to a point or .-•> 1 > "ay. although de
mand was in (t’c timid side and Iterc
and there selling proved a | andi tap
Ahead most of the time, some at
e'ght-year peaks. were Lockheed.
Do. da- A : er ift, Boeing. Great
Nor'hern. American Telephone and
U. s. I!, bber A boosted divi -
bm wed Electric Autolite. Hesitant
won- Santa Ke and Owens Illinois
Rye future-' again exhibited
strength. Bond.- were steady.
VHfUFR
I OK XOKT1I CAKOUX V.
Fair weather with little
change in temperatures tonight
ami Saturilaa ■
HIGHLIGHTS IN PACIFIC AREA
fi [
AS THE OCCUPATION <ii‘ th» Tokyo area £ot well under way, other events
cs. I their shadow. on many sections of the Far Fast. The above map
provides Id.-dd .ii1, on severed important developments. As indicated,
the Kus.-.ans ln.ve e< \\ ,ed all of Sakhalin and virtually al! of the
Kuriles. Gen. St ilwell has cracked down on the Japanese in the Hyukyus
and early settlement awaits all of the unfinished surrender business in
the Carul.nes and Marianas. (International t
If Courlmartials Denied,
Congress Plans Inquiry
I “ “
Wain wright
To Sec japs
In Surrender i
---
Manila, Aug. 31 (AP) Lt. Gen.
J.in;U :i.ia M. Wiiin.v! y:it, acclaimed
on i y nd as a hero he c. >
close ay Con egidn: v .lore he had
tn ,.| ,ti iiji':' to t; 10 .1. ki : ic-e ill
May. 15)42. will lt \ italic : -
d.*y a. Japan to v. the sur
etider Sunday >: . be ten coun
try.
The gi ner il and >. > . of fel
low i a cer- wl » hen ■ ii
Chung 1. .J:er the ( ( 1 :
least 11.i.’i a pr.s.m ,tt -a me!i r:.i,
have had .a Manila a -ample ot
what i.- -ti tore lor them in the
future. With e ■ uplete m 'de.-ty, the;.'
! ;•; 111 a re unable to re..! r.e t.. y a re
! rogarded as iieroe-.
Their >o a\'e been 1 ' a..,
with people mto the earl, hours ot
the mum ng. Supiily f ers 1
brought them new mile a-, si, ids
and jackets. |'he> ! tv been given
eq an .cut a impleteiy new to them.
It awes them.
A e" i moil s’ a i - 1 i, a i icor- to
bo following one of them around
1 idur stands 11 ying to a . -1 a new
I pair oi trou-ers. Telephones ring
[ constantly.
Both Parties Are
Demanding Speedy
Pearl Harbor Probe
Washington, Aug. 31.— CAP) —
Capitol Hill resounded today with
clamor for further official investi
g; tion ol Pearl 11 irbur.
Legislative leaders of both party
faiths declared flatly that if couri
nuirt.als are not ordered for those
censured m Army-Navy findings,
Congress will conduct own hear
ings .
Those leadcs, speaking privately
for the most tart, tid the ;teo| c
want and should be given to "re facts
titan were made public on docu
ments released by Pre-idcnt Tt ..man
Wi Inesday No con t tittee cha r t 1
would promise tin inquiry initiated
by hr- own group, but several told
a repoftt r there was no doubt Con
gee- . would insi I on the full story.
Meanwhile, the State Department
released a let!er written by font
Secretary Hull September 8. 11144. in
wtuch Hull staunchly denied that
hi- ;,Vc- wa r euUfltei > • ml- to
.Japan constituted an ulii • com tin*
pro coked the Japanese sues!, attack
on Pear! Harbor
The Army hoard's report on the
dTaster ha 1 .-aid H a! "tone ted the
button" that started the war.
Typical of today's congressional
as t uns w; s this t* >t nent i le
: v Ho -e Republican Wh u Arend-t
"The people are entitled to Ike t .!’
stoi-v. If they don't get it ttorn tue
a: ru’d fortes, t key'll a -r. u to da
ft )ut. Natu liy, ivc at the
j public wants."
Another I housand
Prisoners, Almost
Starved, Are Free
'hoard the* 1 . S \neon. Off
Yokosuka. Aim. HI.— (API —
I'm’incirnted and starving. 1.000
more Mli'd prisoners of war
reached this rescue shin todav.
Some ' iid thc\ h id spent months
in solil u’v confinement under
cr^tant threat • i death.
Thus far. 1.100 prisoners have
hot'ii from seven camps.
Many of the gallant survivors of
Make and Bataan were among
I them.
i l’yery one resetied w as star' -
j jnn /x«- m suff,,Hner from mal
! i»««4rjt:o*i Yav v * omnian'b*»- Har
I old Stas'sen. former Michigan
governor, renorted. pml er’ht\
?'« reont of them showed "serious
I : ”
'Vlv' m • f'-t 's“s Avero ■» t S’**"'
... p- i -’• .. .n ;«
II il :i hellhole. The
fi!Hh ’v-’s inH<'-"rihaul'*.”
\ f--.« ,<|' th». hart
s--—1 finwis. <■. i-i-ntlv the re
I suit of Japanese torture.
\a»ks l ake
Additional
Territory
J
Every Precaution
Taken To Prevent
Nippon Treachery
Tokyo. Any. '! 1.— ( A P) —
American .Marine- t<■ • >k over the
Tateyama naval huso and air
station jrnardinjr the mouth of
Tokyo bay toda\ as tile occupa
tion forces hourly increased
their holdings preparatory to
Sunday's (Saturday nijrht U. S.
tinv. historic surrender of the
Japanese empire.
In contrast to the clear, beau
tiful weather which marked yes
terday'.- airborne landinjr at
Atsujri and occupation ol Yoku
soka tuna! base up and across
the bay from Tateyama. the
leathernecks took possession of
the vital na\al installation in a
drivinjr rainstorm.
The (Marines, muter the com
mand ol Major Wallace ( raw
ford of Wilmette. FII. ''ill re
connoiter the beaches and de
fenses. and in jrer.eral prepare
for the Arms occupation to fol
low .
Already \vi ir pirn:., .or the final
surrende tva nmuc -i.M were un
der w ;.v, nu ...•.•npation I ureas at
y. ko-.uUo had -'-arted development
rvl ' ■ i P I'M 1 : i -' ■ I the u ,-e of
Allied shipping.
The time for the Sunday
i ceremonies still was not an
nounced, and it was uncertain
whether Admiral Halsey's flag
ship Missouri, aboard which the
formal capitulation will he
made, will remain at its present
anchorage several miles off
Yukosuku.. or will move in
closer to give the population
of the Tokyo-Yokohama area a
close-up look at the mighty 45.
(HiO-ton symbol of American
seapow er.
TP, Pie .f \ eriean mili
tary p er r • e t in ay air in a
S’.v:,.: t ' 1 Pule at least
iUHt i-Se on a half
n: i 1! i ia tis, : ■ - v. i. 1 an hilleted in
this conquered enun'ry.
To bolster the first forces of
more than 1 K.000. the I nited
Stales Sill army, under I.t. Gen.
Robert 1.. liisheltierger. was due
to start landing tomorrow at
Yokohama and Tateyamahojo.
guardian of Tokyo liay. A new
unidentified division was snhe
duled to land Sunday at Tokyo's
Atsugi airfield.
s nithly, the A n at Yoko
is'.ika naval ii.ee. a* : 1 A'.-ugi field
and a'. Yokohama linked tip and
th ougl • t . trea of morn
than 20P miles, wild n >re territory
p, lie take:', n f] .iy Fr uu Tokyo
,!1 aver Pte lar- e. eli.e.g Fast Asian
t ,:it tie •.> T" .; 'ill Indo-China,
Ja anes ■ a ender grew with
out a single reported hitch.
Gene: •! M a AC liar. Allied su
preme n di r f n Japan estab
: ; . t, ,rary headquarters
n ■-v G. .a i h 'el in Yoko
...... T • ■' po: : e • v. The Am
e: Par a. . , rotyo, its roof
(C nt'.nuoil ou Page Three.1
iFdda Mussolini
! Held On Charges
Of Fascist Crime
n,m a Aug. 31. 1 \p1 * nontesa
F.dda Ciano. p,\. - to child ol Mussn
lii i. was in . ' 'dv ,,f ihe Italian
Minis' v o; lip- o',- today, to lace P'>S
Mbh eh: egos , Fascist cr imes.
Allied pe.aiij .... iimouneed that
•, . w id<'V oi Pa'int (ialea/.zu Ciano,
,in . . 3d s wits received
•,,. Swiss itl i ties at CPiasso
yesti rd iv. ltd turned over \ Italian
lUthoritiev l-v i ’.a \lliee in l>.mie.
The e i lit' ss. w ho sought refuge
S'- i .'iliioi in the dor s of eollaps
j Mg F..seise a patient
,1 a l erve liosiut.il there, was driven
o Mdan m the pre dawn hours, and
• • .in there f|,.\vn !•> Cresseto ariport
rear Ron'.
Th, Mi': -I v of the Inferior said
... ■ add bt int . on an island
r \:,rp's m- .>': S.-ily pending de
siotl ol her Inti. -e.
Tlv on ••• in a'C p:t F.dda anil the
:i lung Count Ci mo are credited
•ith har ing played an imoortnnt be
rind-the ei ni 1- in Fal^y, p»H*
lies and diplomacy.
GENERALISSIMO'S WIFE VISITS THE PRESIDENT
PRESIDENT TRUMAN SMILES as he talks to Madame Chinng Kai-shek during her informal visit to the White
! House The wife of the Chinese generalissimo is spending a long period in this countiy while item, mn„ fio.n
•n illness lot which site is being treated bv United Stales specialists. *-iuUruuuo“al ^“'‘^'tolo)