a -.
fill
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' hi r
' China' situation Ir serious. The
'Japanese- forces are pressing hard
- in the' north and gaining impor
, tant cities and communication
lines. .Their adventure' into India,
white 'failing to reach objectives,
impedes allied progress ' and dia
t heartens the Chinese. ' There is
J r t ill i j- ;
-intrrat nnrii ih Inn trnirt tt
' Japanese occupation - and block-
, ade. ; tr.'V '
'I v Inflation la fantastic; supplies
of " essentials : are almost at the
. vanishing point save for a mini
mum of foodstuffs; there Is wide-
v tnrssii - riiwrairncrmpnt thnt not
? even the! optimism of , the ffw
I cial representatives of the Chinese
r government can discount It is
nearly a year since Madame
; Chiang Kai-Shek- made her. tri
'umphal tour of " America,' but it
f has broughtvlittle in the way of
: tangible aid to the weary Chinese
! people or to the Chinese armies.' ,
- No wonder then that Vice Pre
i ident Wallace is being dispatched
to Chungking.: No wonder mat ine
: three admirals: King, Nimitz and
Halsey met in San Francisco over
; the weekend to plan new and vital
blows at Japan.' Swift . action
clearly is needed to sustain China
in the fight : ;r. .. .
. The plan of action has been
made clear both by Adm." Nimitz
and by the direction of our, at
' tack. We are pointing toward the
Philippine islands from two direc
tions: across the central Pacific
v through the Marshall and Caro
line . islands, and up from the
southeast through New Guinea
and New Britain. Adm. Halsey
having completed his assignment
in the Solomons is being con
tinued on Editorial Page) ...
USO Club
To Close
Doors June 1
Salem's" downtown USO club
will be closed June 1, according
to official announcement . made
here ' Wednesday.- ; '-
Reduction in attendance at the
two Salem clubs and the serious
need ' for USO workers in' other
. locations to which .the military
load has been -shifted were given
as reasons . for' the closure when
C. Scott of San Francisco, repre-;
sen ting regional USO headquar
ters, : met with the Salem USO
- council - Wednesday afternoon at
the Chemeketa street club.
Adj. Bram Giaeser, Ma). Jessie
Miller and Capt. Lucy Upton, Sal
vation Army-USO staff in charge
of the downtown club, will be
transferred to new locations as
; soon after the closing date as pos
sible, it was said. R. R. Boardman
continues as director of the Unit
ed Service Organizations club for
servicemen at 693 Chemeketa
street,, with H. R. Anthony; and
Mrs. O. K. DeWitt as assistants.
Downtown USO club enlarged
quarters at Commercial and Court
streets were opened only a month
;go. ' ; ' , ' ' - ; .
ion
j Resumes
Contempt Fine
WASHINGTON, May 10 -B)
Trial .of 29 persons accused of
seditious conspiracy was resumed
after a defense lawyer was fined
$150 for contempt, j
"The attorney, James J. Laugh
lin, counsel for Defendants Ed
ward James Sraythe and Robert
Noble, was accused by govern
i ment prosecutors of acting in bad
faith in a petition for disqualifi
- cation of Justice Edward C. Elcher,
'and is asking that widely known
persons be summoned as witnes
ses. ,.- - c'
Laughlin's petition was based
: on an affidavit from Noble assert
" ing.; that President Roosevelt
' picked Judge Eicher for the sedi-
tion trial ' and promised him ap-
. pointment to a higher court if the
defendants were convicted.
Justice Jennings Bailey, who
heard the contempt case, ruled
that motions filed by Laughlin
amounted to an effort to embar
rass the court by causing delay
nd to affect prospective jurors'
opinions through publicity.': The
only verification offered for 'No-
blei affidavit, Judged Bailey said,
were reports "from parties f who
themselves had not access to the
i facts." '--'. ' V: ' i"?
; Laughlin gave notice of appeal.
Lyman Gris wold Dies i
- In Gty Yesterday
v PORTLAND, Ore May 10
Funeral services will be held here
; Friday for Lyman Griswold, , 64,
pioneer northwest engineer who
helped build the Columbia River
hiehway and other ; roads, , rail
routes, and dams.
Survivors include his ' widow,
here: mother, Mrs. Zura Griswold,
Seattle: brother, Lt James Gris
v.-di. in the army, and a sister,
JTrs. Laura Doolin, Walla Walla
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QUARTERS, Kandy, rt 4
Stilwell's land invasion -. rces
and allied air-borne comman
dos, or "Chindits," 'are' ; closing
a gigantic trap in northern Bur
ma on the crack Japanese 18th
division, it was disclosed today.
, , Already the veteran army j
unit which captured Singapore
early In the war is becoming
disorganized as' the allied ceils
constrict s about the - virtually
Isolated Japanese bases of Mo
taunt and Myltkyina, 240 miles
north ef -Mandalay, according
to advices reaching here. : .
' Fanning out from their origin-
al landing points behind the ene
my's lines, the, American, British
and Indian "ChindUs now hold
sway over a vasi territory south
of. Mogaung and have disrupted
Japanese ! supply lines ' both to
Mandalay and to Bhamo, the lat-1
ter 80 miles south of Myitkyina.
Today's . communiqae - - from
Admiral Lord Louis Mountbat
ten's headquarters reported the
-ChindlU- had inflicted heavy
casualties en the enemy both
south and . southwest of Me
gaung, in the vicinity of Mawln.
Yesterday's bulletin said the
Myltkyina'; - Bhamo road had
been so badly torn up by the
air-borne Jungle troops that the
Japanese probably could not re
pair it before the monsoon rains
' begin in about a week. .
From the north Stilwell's two
mixed columns of Chinese, Ameri
cans and Burmese Levies pressed
steadily down the Mogaung and
FDR Appoints
Forrestal New
Naval Chief
WASHINGTON,, May 10"" -(
Undersecretary of Navy James V.
Forrestal, a democrat and big navy
advocate, was nominated today by
President Roosevelt for the navy's
No. 1 job as secretary to succeed
the late Frank Knox.
Forrestal, one-time New York
investment banker and neighbor
of the president in Dutchess coun
ty, New York, has been under
secretary for four years and since
Knox's death on April 28 has
been acting secretary.
His appointment, urged by
many democratic and republican
congressmen, climaxes the Wash
ington career he started in 1940
when he gave up the presidency
of a Wall Street investment firm
to serve as a presidential assistant
As the navy's No. 2 man he was
Knox's right hand in building the
world's - biggest navy, goings fre
quently to Capitol Hill to testify
before committees considering
navy appropriations.
On many occasions he has urged
the maintenance of this giant fleet
in peacetime, declaring that peace
which is not backed by power "is
only a dream" . ;
At 52, 18 years Knox's junior.
he will be one of the youngest
men in the president's cabinet.
His appointment breaks up the
policy President Roosevelt .estab
lished In 1940 by naming repub
licans, Knox and Secretary of .War
Stimson, to head the navy 'and
war departments, a move interp
reted at the time as a gesture for
war unity. h I
Glosingt
Jap Trap
Roosevelt Backers Win
In West Virginia, Ohio
. By D. HAROLD OLIVER
Associated Press Staff Writer -
Candidates leaning toward a
fourth .term for President Roos
evelt won handily the democratic
governorship nominations in West
Virginia and 'Ohio In Tuesday's
primaries. l;'':-V'---?'uv'V-'1 '1-
The winners were Circuit Judge
Clarence W. Meadows of Beckley
in the mountain state and Mayor
Frank J. Lausche of Cleveland in
Ohio.. In November they will op
pose Mayor D. Boone Dawson of
Charleston and - Mayor - James
Garfield Stewart of Cincinnati,'
respectively, : ; '
As the returns were tabulated,
Sidney IlUlman, chairman cf the
CIO political . action committee,
drew cheers hi Cleveland when he
told the Steelworkers' convention
that President Roosevelt must be
w in
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f 2nd US Ace
I
Cv;
Capt. Robert S. Johnson of Lawton,
over Germany to boost his total
in the European theatre of "war
W .
it '
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Ilillillsi:"-
St..
World war L Captain Johnson Is pictured being carried aloft on his buddies' shoulders at his fighter
Station In England. Johnson is a former cabinet maker. Be tied the record set la the southwest Pacific
by MaJ. Richard L Bong, 23, of
Jap Atrocities Made
When 707
By MURLIN SPENCER
ADVANCED ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, New Guinea, Thurs
day, May lliT-Japanese atrocities, including nailing Chinese
to 'palm trees by driving iron spikes through their! foreheads,
were made public today simultaneously with the release of a
headquarters report that American invaders of Hollandia and
Aiipe freed 707 enemy prisoners. ., ;
Gen. Douglas MacArthur's communique said that ,462 "of the
7071 were Sikhs who are natives
of India. ;;
At the same time, the Austral
iae department ef ' Information
announced that the liberated
Sikhs strongly Indicted Japan
ese treatment of them.
JSpmerof thC;SikhiWefj quoted
by 'the department as saying: .
"On an 18 days march from
Singapore; to Kuala Lumpur (in
Malaya) we were herded along a
road like cattle. At one place we
saw' a number of Chinese who had
been: nailed to palm trees with
iron spikes driven through their
foreheads.-
f Fifteen Sikhs who had be
come 111 were put to death at
Rabaul (New Britain). I
"On a ship which took us to
the Admiralty islands, we were
herded below decks like cattle
2000 of us."
"fne men were frequently beat
en with sticks and rifle butts. '
"At Manus (in the Admiralty
islands since captured by MacAr
thuf), we. had to dig slit trenches
for the Japanese but were left en
tirely unprotected ourselves. ,
I witnessed the liberation of
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VSSLcinsdcde
Sunk by Nazis
Washington, May io
The US destroyer Lansdale was
sunk by a torpedo in the Medi
terranean last month and Lt. Ro
bert M. Morgenthau, 24-year-old
son I of the secretary of the trea
sury, was one of the last persons
to leave the broken vessel, the na
vy disclosed today. ?- ;
Morgenthau jumped over, the
side and landed on the tin-hatted
head of fellow officer who, how
ever was not hurt Both men sur
vived the ordeal including a leng
thy swim - in the Mediterranean.
ipe Lansdale, 1630 tons, was
successfully attacked by German
torpedo planes at dusk on April
9(1 ' i'f'aciialtla mm fniumta
the iuvy said.
renominated and reelected. He
added the rank and file of the
American Federation of . Labor
and; Independent Railroad Broth
erhoods are cooperating with his
Lcommittee. - , ;
Hlllman said an early victory, a
lasting peace and postwar home
security, depend on the president's
reelection. He spoke critically of
Gov Thomas E. Dewey , of New
VcrvVfv;;;.,,:l;:.
In; the; west "Virginia voting.
Judge Meadows, a New Deal sup
porter, beat 38-year-old Rush D.
Holt, former "baby , senator who
bitterly; opposed Roosevelt poll
ciesvwhile in Washington. ; . i
Mayor Lausche - of Cleveland,
while not openly advocating
fourth term, said in his campaign
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PCUNDDD J65
Solemn Oregon. Thundcrr Morning. May" U, 1944.
Beats Rick's Combat Record
s 4
OkUk, a Thunderbolt
to Z7 all shot down In
to break Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker's
Poplar. Wis. (International Soundpboto)
Prisoners
1 ; : ' '
Men
iway
Will Conduct
urvey
PORTLAND,' May 10-(P)- The
state highway commission today
agreed to make a survey to de
termine if a new bridge is need
ed across the Willamette river at
Salem. Cost of the survey will be
about $6000. " f
j Delegates from the Salem cham
ber of commerce also asked the
commission to take over the high
way between ; Niagara and I De
troit, which Marion; county : is
maintaining under a state con
tract I -'
Arrangements have already
been made for the US engineers
to build a new road when the
army engineering dam project on
the North Santiam river is built,
because it will flood out the pre
sent road. i
j Roseburg petitioners were as
sured by the commission that steps
will be taken to eliminate a traffic
bottleneck at the intersection of
the North Umpqua and Pacific
highway intersection.!
M. C Linininger & Sons of Sa
lem submitted low bid of $38,750
on a rock production project on
the " Klamath Falls 4 Lakeview
and Fremont highways, and the
Western Rock Co. received a $21,
983 contract for rock on the old
Oregon Trail in Umatilla and Un
ion counties. ' . " -
Low, bidder on construction of
an access road to the Lakeview
airfield in Lake county was' the
Portland firm of Babler & Conley
with an. $37,816 offer.!
FDR Slashes
WASHINGTON, May 10
President Roosevelt slashed over
$3,000,000,000 off preliminary
timates in submitting to congress
today a $49,283,916,500 budget for
the army in the fiscal year be
ginning next July V !
He asked $13,676,652,700 in
appropriations : and ' said $33,607,-
263,800 would, be availavle in un
obligated balances from 1944.
I "This "carryover of , 1944 ' funds
has largely been made possible,"
the White House said, fby the
duction in the. projected strength
of the army, substantial reduction
in unit costs resulting from vol
ume production, and reduction in
shipping losses.".
The new . budget figure com
pares with preliminary estimates
of $52,300,000,000 made last Janu
9,733,651 Bibles
Distributed in Year.
NEW; YORK, May l(P)-The
American Bible society, today re
ported a record breaking distribu
tion of 9,733,631 copies of the
Scriptures throurhout the world
during the past year. -4 , .
Bridgets
Army Budget
-
pilot, who barged two more enemy planes
the air and became the first American ace
combat record ef 2S kills in
Public
Freed
Special Units
In Britain Set
Go D-Day
LONDON, May 10-flV Emer
gency u nits are poised and ready
to go , into . action on . D-day to
evacuate and care for non-combatants
In British coastal towns,
it was disclosed today as the gird'
ine of Def might made the fourth
anniversary ,ot HItlef s" victorious
lunge against the low countries
one of somber, fear for Germans.
Details about the units were
kept secret, but all have been as
signed to their posts at coastal
invasion bases. Some coastar re
gions have already been closed to
civilians moved out to make room
for troops practising for the in
vasion.
The airways over, nazi Europe,
reverbrated to allied bombs and
nazi : propaganda broadcasts.
Germans throughout Europe
speculated as to the hour and place
of, the mighty attack,, while mes-
sages of hope and caution were
going out from the exiled gov
ernments of the little nations
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Japs Attacking
On Northwest
Of Rail Centen
CHUNGKING, Thursday, May
11-iJfy-A Japanese force from
Shansl province forced a cros
sing to the . south bank of the
Yellow rfver Tuesday night and
is attacking heavily northwest
of Loyangv in an apparent at
tempt te put a pincers on that
strategic railway city In Honan
province, the Chinese command
disclosed today. -'-' -;
Another Japanese forte al
ready was attackinr southeast
ef Loyang in the three weeks
eld: Honan provlaee campaign;
bet latest Chinese dispatches
said that army had been checked
east of the Tt river after hav
ing approached within six miles
of Loyang. , -
The new force coming down
from the north forced the riv
er crossing from the vicinity f
Taaneha province town 45 miles
northwest ef Leyang, and se
ere fighting new is In progress.
a Chinese cotnmen to.ee said.
Jersey Shows
On Schedule
v Meeting in . Salem Wednesday
afternoon, directors of the Oregon
state Jersey Cattle club formulat
ed plans for the spring Jersey
shows. ' - . .
; First of these, that for Clacka
mas county, will be held Satur
day, June 3, at Canby. 'Plans for
the. Tillamook show June 4 and
for - the June 5 show in Clatsop
county are incomplete.-
. Marion county's show will be
held Tuesday,'' June 6, at Salem:
the Linn-Benton show will be coo
ducted at Corvallis : on -June
Plans for the ; Washington county
show ; June Sand for the Coos
Curry show June 9 have not been
completed. ;
To
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Ayeryf
Ward tChief Says
Firm Deprived
Of Court Riding :
CHIC AG f, May KHTV
Board Chairman" Sewell Avery
came! .back to j his - Montgomery
Ward-; and "company headquar-r
ters today and aecUred the bas
ic issues in the controversy that
ed to government seizure of
the firm's r Chicago properties
"still must be determined in
the courts.' j I
' Twenty hours after federal
authorities had ( relinquished .
control of the plants and 13 days
aftef he was carried out by sol
diers, Avery returned to his of
fice jand Issued a 'statement.
He asserted the war labor board
has "thus far been successful in
depriving Ward's of a judicial de
termination of ithe legality of the
board's orders affecting the con
cern, j and because of the govern
ments action in turning back the
facilities to ithe management,
Ward's has once again been1 de
nied the right to a decision by the
courts," Avery added: r ', .s
"When Ward's refused to sur
render its plait and business en
April 28, 1944, because It be
lieved the demand to be illegal,
the attorney general ef the Unit
ed $tates did not submit: the
matter to the courts. Ward's; was
deprived ef j Its property by
force and bayonets! j 1
"When public opinion forced the
attorney general toi turn to the
courts he sought and obtained an
extraordinary order in the night
Without notice to Ward's and in a
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Men Over 30
May Be Safe
From Draft
WASHINGTON, May 10 HJt)-
Selective service was reported to
night! to have adopted a liberal
ized policy of deferments for men
over 30, with! employment in an
essential industry the only yard
stick. I v. " ' J - J'.'.
Draft officials, prepared to an
nounce details'of a broad new pro
gram j Thursday evening, declined
to discuss reports that, men; over
30 in preferred occupations will
be eligible for deferment regard
less of whether they are consid
ered actually ('necessary' men.
Fori the 26 through 29 age group.
it was understood the present pol
icy of defering necessary men in
essential activities Will be con
tinued. However. Maior General
Lewis B. ; Hebhey recently t said
that these men probably will not
be called before early fall, when
the pool of registrants under 26 is
expected to be exhausted. :
,. Liberalization along: the lines re
ported probably would halt calls
of men over 29 for the rest of this
year and possibly eliminate them
from consideration altogether, de
pending upon the course of the
war. : ' ''-' j" : ';'j '-a-Z
With the army already at. peak
strength and the navy expected
to reach that point iri September,
induction: calls thereafter will be
for replacement withj quotas de
termined by the number of 'cas
ualties.' : j r i .
Selective ' sendee estimates re
placements at about 150,000 men
a month after peak j strength is
attained. Of this number, approx
imately 60,000 a month are ex
pected , to 1 come front the ranks
of those becoming 18 years old. .
Still
aatisfied
Presbyterians to Open
Birthdatv JubileeTonish
1 -
7 Salem's First Presbyterian
church; and its friends itonight will
retrace the pathway through the
years to the May day in 1869 when
19 men and women of the pioneer
town gathered in an "upper room"
above the book store of J. K. Gill
at 354 State street toi welcome a
yout missionary and his bride
and td organize a United Presby
terian Home Mission church;
Tonights 75th' a n li i v e r s ary,
which ; opens at 70 o'clock, will
include music of praise and sup
plication; and will cettter around
a presentation of the history of
the church from its j missionary
fouadinj to date ' and - reminis-
ences by MrS. A. O. Condit and Dr.
Burt Brown! Barker, Mrs., Condit
has held one of the longest con
tinuous memberships. Dr. Barker,
, whose boyhood "and early youth
Price Sc
Rommel Studies
Field Marshal General Erwin
Rommel confers at his Atlantic
headquarters on German plans
to defeat the coming allied in
vasion of Europe, according te
the caption this, German photo
reaching New York via neutral
Portugal. (AP Wlrepboto). '
Nazis Retreat
Again on 8th
Front in Italy
-; : " : I ' .
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS,
Naples, May 10 -OPH The Ger
mans have retreated across the
Little Aventino river in a second
day of i withdrawal on the Bri
tish eighth army front and allied
forces moving up behind ihem
have occupied three villages and
are continuing to press the pur
suit, allied ' headquarters an
nounced today. '. I . i
- The German retreat has ranged
from seven- to 11 H miles from
their line as last announced sev
eral weeks ago, although some al
lied forces- have been t well be
yond it more recently. "
' In their advance behind the
withdrawing foe the eighth army
occupied Palena, Falascoso and
San Anegol and at last report was
moving directly toward the' im
portant German base of Sumona,
which is 11 miles beyond Palena
and aobut 33 miles from the Adri
atic coast. Allied troops also
seized high ground near the ham
let - of -1 Gamberale, two miles
northwest of San Angek on the
road to Palena. L 1 :
Competent - military quarters'
declared the nazi withdrawal ap-.
peared to be without significance
beyond the enemy's natural desire
to straighten his line, and elimin
ate a salient in the rugged moun
tains where lack of communica
tions made large-scale operations
impossible.-
The Germans, Whose radio late
ly has speculated on. the possibil
ity of a renewed allied offensive
in Italy,' also were digging in and
strengthening their defenses on
the west bank of the Rapido river
just south of the Cassino on the
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Harry-Jlopkini Leave.
Hospital Recovered
V ROCHESTER, Minn, May 1065s)
Harry ; Hopkins, confidante " i of
President Roosevelt left here to
day for his home, for further rest
before resuming his duties. Mayo
clinic physicians said that his re
covery . from abdominal surgery
was "excellent" and that a. nutri
tional ; disturbance has responded
"encouragingly to medical treat
ment.' A. '. clinic statement said
"physicians now feel that after an
additional short rest, Mr. Hopkins
will be able to return to his duties
at Washington.", ; i . ,
I
were tied in with the growth of
the church, has as ' a hobby the
history of this . section of the
country. - ' " ' V .:- , '
Glenn L. Adams, who probably
has more years of service on the
session, 1 ruling board v of the
church, than any other man, will
serve as general chairman for the
service, which will be followed, by
a public reception.
Tonight's service f marks ; the
opening of a weekend of celebra
tion of the church's diamond
jubilee, " ;
Sunday . morning, the church
will hold an assembly at 9:43 in
stead of the usual class periods.
From the junior department to
adult Bible classes, members will
participate in the program, with
Supt J. J; Fitsimons leadlr.r; the
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irr mm t "i ir "i " T 1
Wcailicr
'" " Max I hib temperature'
Wednesday SZ degrees; min
imam .25; precipitation: .81
Inch; river 3 ft.
. -Partly elendy Thursday "
and Friday with few UxM
scattered showers. Net much.
. .cluuige tm tenperatvre. "
No. 342
Relentless
Air War
British Out Last
Night After 3500
Plane Day Raids
- By W. W. HERCHER
' LONDON, Thursday, May; 11
(JFh More than 3500 allied war
planes from bases in I both Bri
tain 'and Italy loosed approxi-
terday on European targets and
the RAF followed up this as
sault' last night "with another .
slashing attack on western Eu
rope. 'J:AJ.:- - - I : ..r
There was ne Immediate in
dicaUon of the objective ef the
overnight raids, a preliminary .
British . announcement -r saying
merely that the RAF was "ever
occupied territory," but it pre- -sumably
was directed against
military ' faculties in France.
The daylight assault was spear
headed by American heavy bomb
ers based in .Italy with attacks
on Wiener Neustadt in old Austria
and Knin in Yugoslavia.
American and British med
ium, light and fighter-bombers
from Britain spent the day in .
methodical blows at rail centers
and an air field in France and
Belgium. . ' ,' I-;: " '
The continuing onslaught quick
ly followed overnight ; and pre
dawn, attacks by 750 RAF planes
on 10 high-priority ; targets that
included the channel coast and the
Paris and Berlin areas. German
installations along the 'French
coast received probably their
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Dewey Asked :
To Step In and
Stop Filibuster
WASHINGTON, May 10 -J (if5)
An 8ppeal to Gov. Thomas XL
Dewey of New York to use his
"strategic position"; to help break i
a f threatened senate filibuster
against the anti-poll tax bill was
made today by Waiter White, sec- ;
retary of the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored
People. ;''-"" "( ' tXl
As the senate debated the meas
ure,1 bitterly opposed by southern
democrats, White made public
telegram to Dewey asserting' that
23 republican senators have either
refused I to agree to vote for a
limitation of debate or declined to
mj uvw uicjr wiu vuic w itcii uw
test comes Monday on a cloture
petition. , .- i "v
? Saying that Dewey s voice
"would be decisive," he asked the
governor "to make .your voice 1
heard."- ; " '
Dewey'a views on poll - taxes
crept into the senate debate when
Senator Mead (D-NY) asserted
the governor had an anti-poll tax
plank in his gubernatorial cam- ,
paign two years ago. -i
Sen. Hatch - (D-NM) inquired
how that happened since New
York has no such levy. .
"I can't explain why it was
there, but It was there," Mead re
plied. . :A:: .: -vi-; -1'."' :;
Senator McKellar (D-Tenn.)
remarked that.usually candidates
for governor confine themselves -to
matters in their own states ,
Mr, Dewey was taking in a lot
of -territory ;;r:,;:,:'-i:. -H'-'Y' ;. v
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that the bill is unconstitutional
and that "left wing" labor lead- :
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British Heads
Work Secretly
LONDON, Wednesday, May 11
(P)- British Commonwealth prime
ministers - at the httl way mark
of their conference are hold
ing sectet sessions - but ' sideline
opinion is pretty well agreed that
they are doinf two things:
! 1. Devoting considerable ' time
to details of armistice terms to
be submitted to Germany.
2. Building a framework for a
new league of nations. 1
, The armistice terms are be
lieved to include--aside from un
conditional surrender personal
trrnrfr nt the chief of the Ger
man army; complete disarmament
de-industrialization of the reich in-
rearmament is - concerned, and
possibly a ban on tvea j civilian
aircraft.; . , , , ,;;; . ; -'.
. The, league of nations plan Is
understood to-be modeled along
the old . league,.- with the United
Nations as a core but with smal
ler nations and" eventually enemy,
countries to have a full voice. ' A
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