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6$e&UR& NGwUgVlgW. ft6SE8Uft6, dPCR, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1945
Dixie Democrats,
Truman in Split
Over FEPC Plan
WASHINGTON, Pee. 21 ((.Pi)
President Truman's relations
with Congress took on a new air
01 tension today, particularly
among Southern Democrats.
One of the latter. Rep. Gibson
of Georoia, declared "an ooen
break" now exists with the Chief
Executive. Others, who preferred
not to be Quoted directly, echoed
his remarks. Some of these
sources also said thev saw little
hope for Improvement in the sit
uation when legislative work is
resumed next year.
The note of discord was
tirompted hv these thrw White
House developments yesterday as
members began heading home
lor the holidays:
1. Mr. Truman's news confer
ence assertion that he would ex
press himself forcibly soon on
legislation calline for returning
of the U. S. Emolovment Service
(USES) to the slates within 100
davs. Several Congressmen Inter
preted this as meaning either a
veto or another verbal blast nt
Congress Is In the offing.
2. Release of letters to key law
makers in which the President
termed "unacceptable" n House
substitute for the so-called "full
employment" bill the Senate has
passed.
3. Issuance of an order autho
rizing the Fair Employment prae.
tices in private industry until
next June 30.
Mr. Truman's actions were
termed "a political blunder" by
Gibson.
Talking to a reporter Gibson
added:
"It was lust like waving n red
flag in our faces. He should have
left well enough alone. Now we
have an open break, lust like
with the FEPC directive. Thev
have been constant critics of the
fleency and forced o cut in its
funds last spring. Thev said the
President's move to extend
FEPC's wartime authority might
prompt a new effort to abolish it.
Bills' are pending In both cham
bers to establish the agency on a
permanent basis.
Large numbers of both Repub
licans and Democrats disagree
with Mr. Truman about the em
ployment service, which has been
under Federal control since early
In the war. The President first
asked Congress to keen It under
povernment supervision until
July, 1M7. but later let It be
known that July, 19-16, would be
acceptable.
Many Congressmen fought for
an immediate return of the
agency's administration to the
states, hut a compromise finally
was included in a $52,000,000,000
"cutback" anronriatlons bill spe
cifying the 100-dav grace period.
The President maintained that
too earlv a return of I'SES to the
states would upset the govern
ment's reemployment program
for veterans and former war
plant workers.
The frigate Constitution got
her nickname during her victor
ious battle with the British fri
gate Guerrlere in the War of
1812. American sailors seeing
shot bounding off her solid oak
sides dubbed her "QUI Trontldes "
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I of the public health and welfare
j section, said Japanese govern-
mcnt oflicials had misrepre
! sented the country's food prob
lems in an attempt to obtain
American supplies.
I Sams asserted the danger of
starvation In Japan during this
i winter "does not now exist."
I Meanwhile, U. S. Sixth Army
headquarters said 24th division
; patrols on the Southern Island of
! Shikoku havs "discovered fur
I Iher evidence that Japanese mill
I tary equipment Is being con
' cealed in spite of repeated de
mands that it be reported.
Hugh concrete pillboxes, pre
viously unreported, were found
along the coast together with
I cleverly concealed gun emplace-
ments and stores of war
I materiel.
NEW TO Ol.f I mm Eufrnc. present capital of the American lumber Industry, to Chlcaso, the
former capital, went Herbert J. Cox, (left) president of the fcutene chamber of commerce and secretary
of the Willamette Valley Lumbermen's assoriation, t o present a Douglas fir seedling from Lane county
to Robert J. Dunham (right), president of the Chlraito park district. Congressman Harris Ellsworth, cen
ter, looks oil approvingly. (Chicago Sun photo, Wiltshire engraving).
Truman's Remarks
Bear on CYA Plan
WASHINGTON, Pre. 21
Si:KKstions made bv Pnsidint
Truman arc fm bodied in the pro
posed Columbia Valley Authority
asked in identical bills introduced
vesterdav. Senator Mitchell and
Hep. Jackson, Washington State
lHmocrats, said today.
"This measure," their state
ment said, "incorporates sugges
tions made by the President to us
in our discussions with him. It
provides for a sound and orderly
development on a unified basis
rather than under piecemeal ar
rangements now prevailing."
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west, the authority would have
such powers as irrigating arid
lands, generating and distribut
ing hydro-electricit" conserving
soil, improving navigation facili
ties, preventing floods and pro
tecting forests and wildlife.
"Congress must soon adopt
some kind of a policy regarding
widely scattered functions in the
Columbia Valley," thev said.
"There is much confusion. The
handling of power facilities alone
is on a confused basis with differ
ernt agencies o)crating the
dams."
Three-Year Cancer Toll
Exceeds War Casualties
WASHINGTON, Pec. 21
The Census Bureau said today
nearly twice as manv persons
died of enncer in this counlrv
during' 19-12-41-44 as the armed
services lost by enemy action in
World War II
Cancer deaths In the period to
taled 501.419. the bureau said,
while recent Armv and Navv fig
ures placed combat losses at
273,000.
Turkev Prices
POHTI.ANI). Ore., Dec. 21
Pressed tui kevs - Packers
selling mice to retnilers: hens,
l.'M.'l'e lb.: tnms, 3941c.
Other .produce unchanged.
MacArthur Hits Story
Of Split With Russia
Continued From Page 1
cast report, "purported to have
hen made hv Iirry Tighe of the
American Rnxlacasting Corpora
tion, has absolutely no basis in
fact."
It concluded:
"If Tighe made the statement
he is alleged to have broadcast
from Tokvo, someone must have
Iw-cn feeding him a funny type of
'hooch' being peddled around
Tokvo on the black market."
Tighe Sticks to Story
(Taking to the air after Issu
ance of ttie statement. Tighe said
"I reaffirm the i,nv which I 1
previously broadcast that the ex
press desire of the commander
of this area Is that the Russian
troops not be allowed to take
over the Japanese island of Hok
kaido." (Tithe's reply, monitored In
San Francisco by AHC, added:
("Further, the supreme com
mander's claim that if I made
such statements I must have been
full of Tokyo black market hooch
is inaccurate in the first place
but and this is more important
hardly fitting In a discussion of
a subject that concerns the very
life of the United Nations organ
ization." Tighe said he received
his Information "from a reliable
and honest source and I still con
sider it both reliable and hon
est.") Tighe. In the broadcast which
drew the headquarters denial
statement, set forth these re
ports: 1. Russia wanted to send In
an armv of occupation to Japan:
MacArthur insisted on only a
division.
2. Russia wanted to occupy the
Northern island of Hokkaido,
which Is nearest Siberia; Mac
Arthur suggested Klushu. leav
ing American forces on Honshu
and Hokkaido in between the
Russians and Siberia.
3. MacArthur reportedly told
the I'. S. State IVpartmcnt he
would resign rather than allnw
Russia any further participation
on occupation alfaits.
No Word at Washington
Yesterday In Washington,
Tithes' broadcast rejMirt as
called to the attention of Presi
dent Truman, who told bis news
conference neither he nor the
War Department hail received
any such word from MacArthur.
The Slate IVpartmcnt said it had
not heard of reported dllferem-es
between MacArthur and the Rus
sians. M.icArthur's officers imple
menting his occupation program
came up today wilh two charges
of deception against the Japa
nese. Cot Crawford F Sams chief
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GMC, Union Still Try
To Reach Agreement
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pany's stand. In the oil industry's
panel, company spokesmen also
have threatened to withdraw if
issues of profits and prices are
introduced.
President Truman's statement,
which did not mention any single
industry, said that "ability to pay
is always one of the facts rele
vant to the issue to an increase
in wages."
Ford Dispute Stymied
In Detroit, the UAW-CIO held
little hope for early settlement
ot its wage dispute with the Ford
Motor Company as negotiations
were In recess until Jan. 8. The
company's proposal of a 12.4 per
cent wage rate increase as
against the union's demand for
a 30 per cent pay hike for the
automotive industry, was for
mally rejected at vesterday's con
ference. The union termed the
offer "completely unacceptable,"
and "totally inadequate."
Secretary of Lalxir Schwellen
hach's proposal to name a fact
finding panel to consider issues
in the seven-weeks-old strike of
4.000 employes of Greyhound Bus
lines was studied today by union
offials.
A Greyhound corporation of
ficial said the Pennsylvania and
Central Greyhound Lines had
accepted conditions for ending
the strike in 18 eastern states.
The panel would consider issues
In the wage dispute after both
parties agree to end the walkout
and abide by other conditions.
Borq-Warner Ups Wage
The eight-weeks-old strike by
1.800 CIO-UAW workers in the
Borg-W a r n e r Corporation in
Muncie, Ind.. has been settled,
says union President R. J.
Thomas. He said the agreement
includi wage increases of 13
cents an hour to non-incentive
workers and boosting of earnings
for production workers to an
average of approximately $1.50
an hour.
The strike at the plant, which
manufactures transmissions, seri
ously affected auto production.
In South Gate, Calif.. CIO
United Rubber Workers at the
Firestone Tire and Rubber Co.
voted 599 to 55 to strike in sup
port of demands for 30 cents an
hour pay boosts.
cept In emergency cases.
Tire rationing began Jan. 5.
1942. Inventpries have been froz
en from the day after Pearl Har
bor. Civilian Production Adminis
trator John P. Small advised
Howies that current weekly pro
duction of passenger tires will ap
proximate 4.000.000 this month.
Small estimated that oG.OOO.OiX)
passenger tires will be made In
1916.
Supply Still Limited
Bowles warned that termina
tion of rationing do-s not mean
there is an ample supply of tires
to meet all requests.
"For many months," he added,
"It will remain important that
motorists continue to do every
thing possible to avoid excessive
wear and tear on tires. There will
be manv who wilt have to wait
to get tires."
The OPA chief urged all motor
ists who can wait for a new tire
until rationing ends to do so.
AKRON, O., Dee. 21. 1
Lifting of tire rationing by the
OPA Jan. 1 will result in "more
confusion" but not more tires,
predicts a spokesman for one of
Akron's huge ruhlx-r companies.
"Freeing the tire market is not
going to make any more tires,"
the sjiokesman said.
"It will be late next year be-
I fore vnu pet the kind of tire von
want when you want It," he pre
dicted. Tire warehousemen and deal
ere reported th:t tiieir nimlics
were nearly depleted here and
said It had ben virtually impos
sible to obtain adequate stocks
o tires tinner existni" "hortar
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Tire Rationing Will
Come to End January 1
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for new cars will be continued,
along with restrictions on white
side wall tires and tire exports.
The prohibition on spare tires
sales begin.
Price Control Continues
OPA said price control over
tires also would be continued and
would be "closely checked."
After today, no additional ra
tion certificates will be issued ex-
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