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After all the Arabs .-are , ini a majority in Palestine; they do not want more Jews to 1 come there; and the growing soli--: darity 1 of the Arabian world is . something world statesmen have - to reckon with.- Meantime the problem of world Jewry is still : distressing. ; . v Meyer - Levin, writing in - Nation on "What's Left of Jews," says: "Before the war there were sixteen million Jews in the world, Little ; more than half are left." ' His i report was based on his own observations after a tour of western Europe. Me aaas. "It has Deen estimated max there jare a million and a quarter jews ;anve in turope, ouisiae i Russia. This estimate may not stand, for the roles in renewea pogroms are uiii u hundred thousand who (Continued on editorial page) 140,000 Await Liberation iii Nippon Camps , MANILA, Aug. lg-K)-!1 Pris oner of war and internment camps scattered! from Manchuria to Sing apore and the Netherlands Indies ; as many as 140,000 Allied nation als may be awaiting liberation af ter completion of Japanese aur j render negotiations. war and iuUrn situation ileas- moyal of ration points on Ore J TW- Amrinin Pros I lamb, and of the -pressure here today said that of 200,000 VVA mfj - 'Allied nationals" confined, prob ably 50,000 died in camps or on torpedoed ships. Most of these i fatalities Involved prisoners of - wax. Approximately 10,000, roost ly civilians, have been repatriat ed or, liberated. More than 33.000 prisoners and Internees are Americans. Heading the list of imprisoned Allied nationals is Lt. Gen. Jona than I Wainwright, last reported held in Manchuria with 200 high ranking American officers and 1, 200 enlisted men. , They are be lieved held in one or two camps. Some! of them undoubtedly are survivors of the "march of death" ! from j Bataan. Production of if.. Film Resumed ROCHESTER, NY, Aug. 1&H7P) - Although production of film, pho- toeraphic paper and chemicals lor civilian use has been resumed it wCl be late this year before the civilian photographer can snap pictures with the happy abandon of pre-war days. Eastman Kodak company said today its Kodak Park plant "will continue t maximum speed and capacity producing film and pho tographic paper and chemicals for civilian needs instead of for war," but added, "it will be late- this year before supplies will be am ple for normal requirements." , Some government and military orders remain to be filled, the company said. ;' . i ' : Animal Crackers By WARREN GOODRICH . Hi tiice eh? SM$ a pin-up ifrom the National Ceogra ' ! jhic Wajaxine." NINZTT-nrTH YEAR Morse In Favor Of All! Senator Surveys Plant: Believes Work Mandatory By Wendell Webb (Managing Editor. The Statesman) For. the building and preserva tion of essential national' stock piles, if for no other reason, Sa lem's alumina-from-clay plant must be Dlaced in ODeration and main- mi ii a Tltained, Sen. Wayne L. Morse de- I r1ar1 her Ratnrrfav. Oregon's junior solon, on a one- day visit in Salem with Charles Ohling of Portland, said he was "greatly impressed" with the alumina plant at which he spent several hours Neede4 Employment Also Cited c-nntnr rniiv rm-rfnn and mv. seU are convinced there must be no cessation," he declared, adding that the. potentialities of a fer- by.product alone are vitai to every farmer in the valley, Operation Expected Soon The plant, if ammonium sul phate is available, is to be in operation sometime next month, with a projected original output of 50 tons of ammonia oxide (form which aluminum is made) each day, and a payroll approximating 175 Senator Morse said he had asked for data on the process, the po tentialities and the proven .need. lor presentation at ute proper time. The former dean of the Univers ity of Oregon Law school, who was the honor guest at a small luncheon for him in the Marion hotel, told the group considerable of the events which led to the called for and exercised, on the part of Oregon's senators, In ob taining that end. Bowles Declines to Act Refusal of the OPA's Chester Bowles to act, and a delay on the part of the secretary of agricul ture in intervening, resulted in Morse taking the case directly to the president, with undisputed facts and figures to show the need for quick action. It also resulted Mn n argument over free speech in the senate which Morse called "an even more important issue." The presidential intervention, plus a threat to inform the presi dent later while he was at Pots dam that his order was not car ried out in addition to the cha lenge to the senate to keep itself an open forum on factual argu ment finally effected the new OPA order. Talks at Champooeg Today But Morse, who not long ago 1 termed the OPA "a mess," still isn't satisfied. "In travelling out here, all the way irom Iowa on I ranches and in feed lots, I saw J livestock that should have been killed: a year ago to be in its prime, he commented. The; senator, who will speak at the Farmers Union picnic at Cham pooeg i today, said he would leave for Washington, D. C, August 25, for1 the new congressional session early in September. NEW HUDSON'S ROLLING DETROIT, Aug. 18 -UP)- Hud son Motor Car Co. announced to day its first 1946 model cars will roll off the assembly line within 10 days. President Truman Pledges Full Federal Aid in WASHINGTON, Aug. 18-(P-President Truman late today threw the whole weight of gov ernment behind America's rush ing drive into the peace-time fu ture. : Mr. Truman Issued a directive which, rounding up and formaliz ing all he had said during the week( told his department, and agency heads they must: , "Move as rapidly as possible 'without endangering the stability of the economy toward the re moval of price, wage, production and other controls and toward the restoration of colective bargaining and the free market. . This directive came some hours after one of the highest officials in government had said the sud den Japanese surrender found this nation caught "in the woods. 20 PAGES Satan, a sip InlLS. Version u "! ? I : . H -if Minister Says Nippon Beaten SAN FRANCISCO, Aug, 18 -(ff) The1 Dome! agency broadcast in English to America ' today that Foreign Minister Mamoni Shige- mitsu informed the i Japanese bluntly they were beaten and must face the facts. But Dome! later broadcast "the full text" ofl his i asserted "press conference statement" to the orient In Japa nese and it included no such statement. . I ! f . .J I; Ji . "Unfortunatly, we have to face the fact that twe have been de feated," he was quoted ! in the Fnglijgh language broadcast as in forming his f press l conference, There was no similar quotation in "the full text- beamed to the orient j ' . ; i Shigemitsu, said another broad cast quoting the newspaper Asahl, has been named liaison than be tween the imperial government and General MacArthur's occupa tion forces. . I . i In plain words, Shigemitsu rc- ognized defeat and said:!: "This fact should be admitted as it , is, and any over-optimistic View should be avoided. Every Japanese should repeatedly read, and realize, the terms of the Pots dam declaration and carry them out courageously. 1 1 , Shigemitsu "told the press "it goes Without saying ; tntt u is necessary to change speedily our way of thinking." He added that the (price which must be paid for this defeat in batUe is very high,: but as the consequence of such all-out war, that cannot be helped." -.; is y -. Occupation i Jitters I apparently had replaced: Invasion fears in Japanese minds as Dome! quoted an unidentified Tokyo newspaper urging that no attention be paid to rumors that American . troops and a Chungking army: already had landed in Nippon, tl ; Group Studies State Publicity Education pf Oregonians as to the tourist possibilities of the state! and provisions of accommo dations for the thousands of vac-tioners- loosed upon 1 Oregon's coast, mountains and rivers by the cessation of gasoline rationing are the two major problems facing the tourist industry today, mem bers! of the governor's committee on tourist promotion agreed at their meeting here Saturday. Arden X. Pangborn, Portland, Oregon Advertising clubs, chair man of the governors committee, with! Fred M. Brenne of Eugene, Frank Logan of Bend, Clyde p. Richey of Pendleton, Herk Gray of MedfordJ Malcolm Epley of Klamath Falls and Arch , Sanders of the Oregon Coast . association. in session with Governor Earl Snell asked that at least the edu cational portion of the selling job be undertaken by the highway commission's tourist j travel bu reau. (See story page 1). j s i n Reconversion I i i I r -. U 5 . ! This, In effect, is what Mr. Tru man said: 1 t y O ft "- V i 1. The whole government must do all it can to help the change over to peace.1 M w , - I 2. Prices must be controlled but, lust as In wartime, they can be eased to adjust cases of hard ship or inequalities. ? ' i I. The entire effort will be un der f the control of .reconversion director John W. Snyder; The war labor board will continue for time to handle labor disputes which interfere with reconversion just as it handled those blocking' the war effort. j I' 4. Bosses can give raises pro vided they do not lead to Increases in the prices of the commodities produced, j ! " - j ; . ' 1 See page 2 for complete recoil version summary. Or?oa, Sunday Mornlog. ; August 19. 1945 Defeated? Japanese Foreign Minister Ma- mora Shigemitsu who admitted . the defeat of the Japanese Em pire on an English langage broadcast His -defeat" state ment waa noticably absent in the Japanese language version. Tokyo's Guns? Fighters Attack Recon Planes OKINAWA, Aug. 18 -Wr- The guns of war still blazed today in the skies over the Tokyo Tares, where for the second straight day Japanese" fighters attacked Amer ican reconnaissance bombers while flak batteries thunder from below. This time two of the Liberators' big brothers, B-32s on a photo mission, were set upon by 14 Jap anese fighters which fatally wounded the aerial photographer in one plane' and wounded two crew members. Two of the attackers were "shot ssls .rss ably shot down yesterday, ithat made a toll of six enemy planes knocked out around tokyo since Thursday. n j f "If this is the Japs' idea of peace, then I got a few ideas about peace for them, asserted a top turrett gunner out of the flight of four B-32s which had been at tacked the day before. rnman Eyes labinetChange mgni w ue eunsiucxix. x- reaching reorganization of govern - SrlSr-Sf xeuuc. wuuiu uw, . 1. A new department of rwel- rare wiiq caomei suras. . i . M.-wi'M. urn. i q , : ::-:::J:.;:x:':;-:.;i-,.A..'.. .V . ' :. . . . : : . : . .-. ; - ' : v ifSi--1":';- - - 4 , ; : & . ' .-. - - . . -if A '. ::V.Vvi; .... . irf tsssMaaasMSWawasaiaWssssfc.-'- WI 16 A sssMasaatsesMal Z ' A t??yJTSltl WBfcB doliars'loWer than the sev bureau within the labor depart- gQal wiU five bU. ment. -, t ImlioMnal nnrvVnio. ' nnrl bor relations bureau was suggest ed by Secretary of Labor. Lewis B. Schwellenbach as part of his plan for; reorganizing his depart ment This proposal will be placed be fore the forthcoming labor-man- jore the lortnconung laDor-man- dS'SKb,.$ ed by it the administration will ask congress for enabling legis lation. :1 University of Oregon, OSC Schedule Picnics PORTLAND, Aug. la-ifiVThe University of Oregon and Oregon State college will entertain pros pective Students next week at an nual Portland picnics. ! The university's Jantzen Beach frolic, with entertainment and a dance, will be held Monday night Parents and alumnae are invited. A dance In downtown Portland wiU follow the Oregon State pic nic Thursday at Washington park. CUT IN AIK LINE FAKES i CHICAGO. Aut 18-MVUnited Air Lines announced today 4ft per cent cut in air passenger fares, bringing its total basic fare reductions to 24 per cent since Pearl Harbor. " T no China Tension Eases, Nips to oivn CHUNGKING, Aug. 18-CFV- Tension between the central gov ernment and the Chinese - com munists eased today as prepara tions were completed for the sur render of all Japanese forces in China on Tuesday. After two days of apparent de fiance of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek's government, commun ist leader Gen. Mao Tze-Tung was reported to have agreed to send a representative to Chungking to discuss outstanding issues with Gen. Kiang. The overall surrender of Japan ese' forces in China was scheduled to take place at Chihkiang in Hu nan province. The surrender meeting was originally planned for Monday, but the Japanese were given an extra day. The entry of Chinese troops into the great industrial metrop olis pf Canton and the surrender of Japanese forces in south China also was delayed. In London, a British foreign of fice spokesman said 6800 interned allied' .nationals, including 650 Americans, had been liberated by the Japanese in Shanghai. Refugees Given LONDON, Aug. , lS.-tfVOver- ridjng the dissent of Russia, Po land, Yugoslavia and Czechoslo vakia, the council of the United Nations relief and rehabilitation administration today sanctioned aid for war refugees who wish to remain In exile. The 28-to4 vote In an open plenary session was taken after sssrssass sows; ,!Jr; Delegates from Yugoslavia and Poland declared that If UNRRA cares for persons unwilling to be repatriated the organization would be: violating rule against mixing in the poli tides of member coun tries. 12 Billion Goal OfVictoryLoan will have a goal of S12.000.000.000 was tentatively agreed 1 . . fVlr ia. W Estate war bond chairmen and treasury officials, Including Sec L, t;. . m i 1. nnn nftn nnn hrn seven for corporations. Of the in dividual purchases, two billion Is to be in "E" bonds. LayD Amis Aid by UNRRA Errors in Enrolling Place Doubt on Legality - - -sra e CI . ' T TH Of Latv Providing for Short Income Tax Forms A simplified form for the 193 state insome tax, approved for in; a measure passed by the state legislative session, ; apparently Is in; jeopardy, it developed Satur day. -' - The state tax commission said serious enrolling errors had been discovered after the session laws were printed, and that court ac tion probably would be sought quickly to determine the status of the act before the commission starts the work of printing the In come tax planks. n It , was estimated the forms would require snore than 15 tons of paper, and that work of ad dressing and mailing, would take several months. " t The bin, as originally approved by the house, provided that the tax commission in computing the arbitrary deductions to be used in! the simplified tax form should I include federal taxes and seven No. 125 De U. Bases 111 Paci Fortress Isles Recommended By SiiLcommittee WASHINGTON, Aug. 18-(- Outright retention by the United States of a group of Pacific is lands. Including some now clamied by France, Australia and Great Britain, was recommended today by a house naval subcom mittee. : - i They must be kept as naval and military bases if the united States is to assume responsibility for keeping peace in the Pacific, the committee asserted in a report made public by Chairman ', Vin son (t-Ga.). .l It did not suggest how this na tion should go , about obtaining title to islands claimed by friend ly nations, but emphasized that it is essential that f the United States have free and unrestrained access to them. I Specifically, the committee rec ommended that: i 1. The United States should have at least dominating control over the former Japanese man dated islands of the Marshals, the Carolines, and the Mariana commonly known as "Miconesia" and over the outlying Japanese island of the Izus, Bomns, and Ryukus. I 2. The United States should be given specific and substantial rights to the sites where Ameri can bases nave been constructed on island terri tores of allied na tions, i . 3. With respect to Manus, Nou mea, Espiritu Santo, 'Guadalcanal and other sites of American bases on island mandated to, or claimed byv ther nations, iaJl ,titte j to those phases should be given f to the United States because "these other nations are not capable i of defending such islands and "as these bases are links in our chain of security we cannot permit any link to be in the hands of those who will not or cannot defend it." 4. The United States must fiot permit 5 its Pacific bases to lapse back into a state of j unprepared ness, as in the instances of Guam and Wakev prior to i the present war. Fete Planned For Ball Team i I The youth of Salem, ranging from the American Legion team, which recently battled its way In to the state tournament in Port land, to members of the 'A, B' and Peewee divisions of the city's junior baseball loops, will have their Innings at the American Legion meeting Monday night! at the Legion hall, with Oliver IB. Huston, the group's athletic direc tor. In charge. The program calls for presen tation of awards to all the win ning teams in Salem's leagues and to the Capital Post juniors. Coaches, sponsors, and dads of the youngsters have been invited. Bill Klepper, business manager of the Portland Beavers, . Is expected to be r on , hand as an Jhonor guest. (See sport page for: further de tails.) -.1 .: ' r per cent of the gross income: of the Individual flung the return. On incomes of more than $5000, this arbitrary deduction was tot be restricted to the federal tax plus $350. . ; When the bill reached the sen ate it was amended to provide for arbitrary deduction I of five, per cent in addition to the federal tax and limiting the arbitrary deduc tion on incomes above $5000: to the federal tax plus $250. rf The house concurred In these amendments but the enrolled bill as contained in the session laws provides for computation of al lowable deductions on the basis of six per cent of the gross income plus federal taxes with the ar bitrary deduction allowed' on 'in comes in excess of $3000 fixed at $350. ' ' j The measure as enrolled by the house committee and incorporated Plica 5c tnand IE SHIMA, Sunday, An. der envoys arrived by air from Tokyo at this tiny; island west of Okinawa this afternoon transferred to an American C-54 transport plane and took off for Manila to receive their orders from General Mac Arthur. . . ' :; 1:.-; . : The two Japanese surrender planes, white-painted with' green crosses and signalling i ordered, made the trip from minutes. The flight to Blanila so that the Tokyo party should ar rive there early tonight. . .j The surrender party numbered IS men,-mostly military, but evi dently including secretaries , and interpreters. Upon landing at the new B29 strip here at 1:43 pjn.,(8:45 pJXL, Saturday, Pacific war time), the Japanese planes taxied up along side two C-54s and the occupants lined up under a wing. There Lt Gen. Ennis C White head, commanding the VS. army MANILA, Sunday. Aug. 1 (Jf)- Japanese imperial head quarters radioed General Mae Arthur today that "some of your forces" had landed en Shlmnshu in the Kuril es, north of Japan, and Japanese forces "are oblig ed t resort to arms for self defense." . j The report, transmitted over the official , channel designated by MacArthur in English Morse, was made after Emporer Hlro hito was quoted by Japanese officials as having Issued an or der, Thursday for his forces ev erywhere toi cease hostilities. Fifth air force, and Brig. Gen. Frank Smith, commanding the Fifth fighter command, gave them brief instructions and they stepped into one of the waiting American transports. Several hundred American serv icemen, shouting happily, watched the arrival and departure from behind barbed-wire fences which had been erected 200 yards from the strip.; : . The Japanese, are not empower' ed to agree to terms of surrender. They will simply be getting their orders from MacArthur. on what Japan must do' to. carry the terms Into effect. .r The formal articles of surrender will be signed later; The Japanese messaged their plans and itinerary yesterday to MacArthur, who had grown im patient at their delays and had sent them a peremptory note to quit stalling and comply with his orders at once. Oregon 35 Mph Rule Revoked Oregon's 85-mile-per-hour war time speed limit is history today. Lifting of the highway regulation was announced Saturday by Gov. Earl Snell following receipt of a telegram from the office of de fense transportation declaring that the ODT had revoked its na tional speed limit. ' "Motorists should not forget," the governor warned, "that tires are worn and old and new ones are not Immediately available," as he urged continued caution and careful driving. A considerable percentage of the Oregon cars tested in recent extensive brake checkups- showed inadequate braking facilities, the governor added. ; 1 TOKYO COMMAND PLANNED ; GUAM, Sunday, Aug. 18- Ufi Admiral Nimitz will continue to maintain his headquarters on Guam for the- time being," his aides said today, although he con templates establishing headquar ters in the Tokyo area eventually. in the session laws contains pro visions which were not approved by either the house or the sen ate, tax commissioners said. The house and senate journals, giving the history of the measure, were correct according to Earl Fisher, in charge of the Income tax, division of the tax commis sion. , He explained that the er rors must have occurred in the house enrolling committee. The senate amendments were concur red in by the house on the day prior to adjournment and the measure was signed by the pre siding officers of the house and senate on the day of adjournment - Another act of the 1945 legisla ture, amending the so-called local budget law, recently was held in valid by the state supreme court on grounds similar to the conten tion that errors are contained in the short state income tax form bill. 19 (AP) Japan's surren and within 45 minutes weri the code word "Bataan," ks Tokyo in fi?e hours and 27. requires about six hours more. 25,000 Japs Surrender to LONDON, Aug.L 18.-CWapa nese" troops laid down their arm! in growing numbers in Manchuria, today while Soviet spearheads swept within 70 miles of Hsin- king, puppet capital of Tokyo'g stolen empire, and plowed out gains of 19 to 67 miles i toward Harbin. ' Moscow's war bulletin indicated that more, than 25,000 troops gave up the fight enemy during the day for a two-day surrender total of 45,000. . But thousands of other Japanese troops had not obeyed the "cease fire" order. The Russian army newspaper Red Star estimated there were more than 1,000,000 crack Japanese soldiers in Man churia, Korea,' inner Mongolia and southern Sakhalin island, j Slashing forward on three fronts Soviet columns narrowed; to 255 miles the closing pincers that threaten to split Manchuria in two, outflanked the old capital of Mukden ' and drove within 14S miles of Harbin, great central Man- churian arsenal city. ! Meanwhile at the headquarters of Soviet far eastern commander Marshal Alexander M. Vasilevskyi presumably at Khabarovsk con ferences were believed in progress! with a Japanese surrender emis sary ; who, was ; picked up by a Soviet-plane today at Harbin. . U.S. Demands Free Bulgaria Election Vote WASHINGTON, Aug. 19.-P The United States today warned the Bulgarian government a re time set up after the Russian army moved in to free its forthcoming elections from fear and intimida tion so that they may be truly democratic. I Otherwise, Secretary of State Byrnes made dear, this country will not consider signing ja peace1"' treaty with the former axis sateV lite nation. j Britain backed up the American position. A foreign office commen tator in London said the two na tions were presenting a "common front"; in the attitude that the pres ent regime does not represent all the democratic elements of Bul garia. He added, however; that so ar as he knew Britain had not given Bulgaria formal notice of its position. ,-j Franco 8 Radio Asks 'Enemies' toVisit Fpain MADRID, Aug. 18 -Up) -The) government - controlled I Spanish national radio said today that Generalissimo Franco's regim wanted only to be "left alone to execute its own1 political revolu tion in order and tranquility." V The broadcast beamed by short wave to America, included an invitation to "all, and. particular ly our outstanding enemies,' to) visit Spain and said the! govern ment would offer them "full hos pitality hoping only they! will tell the world the truth." j Jefferson Man Listed As Missing in Action JEFFERSON, Aug. 18 Floyd Ralph Wolfe,, gunner's mate 3c, is missing in action since the In dianapolis was sunk July 30. His parents, Mr. and Mrs, William Wolfe, have received word front the navy department He was one of three sons of the couple serving with the armed forces, He had been in the navy two and a half years and in the south ; Pacific two years.! Weather 1. Wax. Mbi. Rain M . JM . 4' "' . . CO jK T JM S3 M San rrancic Salem Portland Seattle Willamette river -as ru c FORECAST (from u. S. weather Bu reau. McNary field. Salem): Partly cloudy, morning, becoming warmer wlUi highest temperatures this alter nooo M desree. . , ... j , , ' - -!- '. Soviet Troop ii . ?a