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. Gm C Marshall
' Since Truman's succession to
the presidency, Secretary of Com
merce Wallace has adopted Gand
hi's "day dt silence" J) lan, except
he has made it the rule for every
day. Tuesday,? however, he did
..testify before arsenate .committee
to endorse the' Murray "full em
ployment' bill, lleiescribed it as
-Aa "conservative' way of attaining
full production and full employ
- ment and held out as alternatives
. . totalitarianism : or a control of
economy "which would mean the
end of the free enterprise sys
tem." He asserted that the Murray
bill does not call for, a "planned
economy. '
- .t Instinctively the fear arises af-
. ter reading this testimony of
"Greeks bearing gifts." But even
if , Mr. Wallace is perfectly sin
cere in devotion to the "free ea
terprise system" that does not
-make his reasoning sound. I hard
ly see how the government's ad
venture along lines proposed in
the Murray bill can end save in
a controlled economy or in state
socialism.
' The bill requires the president
to make a work budget for a year
ahead. ' It purports to encourage
, full employment through the chan
nels of the private enterprise sys
tern. But it clearly : obligates the
government to supply whatever
- deficiency in jobs may impend.
.Right there we find sponsors of
the measure becoming hazy or in
volved. For example. Senator
Wagner, chairman of the subcom
mittee considering the bill, in his
opening statement when hearings
began last July, said '
"If is misleading to talk about
the full employment bill as a gov-
' eminent (Continued on editorial
page)
DESIGN CONTROLS OFF
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29.-ff)-
Sweater manufacturers no longrr
have to worry about restrictions
as to belts, sashes, pocket design,
puffed sleeves, etc The war pro
duction board today revoked re
strictions for the knitting of sweat
ers, mufflers, gloves, headwear.
mittens and bathing trunks and
suits.
Animal Crachcrs
By WARREN GOODRICH
"Thi Icimdrus aren't put
ting in enough starch these
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CordeU HaU
Tsfeini
By HAROLD OLIVER
WASHINGTON,' Aug; .-KP-The veU on the "top secret"
Pearl Harbor reports was-lifted today, revealing that official
board of inquiry leveled criticism at such Washington leaders
as general of the army George C. Marshall and former Secretary
of State Cordell Hull
But President Truman, in making public the reports on the
8 Tortured UJS.
PUotsStillHeld
By Nip Guards
SHANGHAI, Aug. 2MJP)-Eight
American fliers who have been
tortured mercilessly by the Ja
panese still are held in jail in the
foreign YMCA here.
Japanese guards forcibly at
tempted to prevent American war
correspondents from Okinawa vis
iting them although the Japanese
consul had given his approval.
The guards held bayoneted ri
fles ready but finally admitted us.
One flier; his wrists tied behind
him, had been hung by his thumbs
while the Japanese grilled him as
to when American forces would
attempt to land in Japan.
All the fliers had been brutally
beaten and slapped.
The Japanese plainly consider
themselves still to be the rulers
of Shanghai, although an airplane'
from Chungking brought a dele
gation here today. Japanese and
Chinese officials went into confer
ence with the likelihood of some
action soon. ,
FIRE CASE URGED
PORTLAND, Aug. 29 -(JP)- Ore
gon has a chance of getting
through the rest of the fire sea
son without another serious con
flagration if citizens will be care
ful. State Forester Nels S. Rogers
said today. He reported all Ore
gon fires under control.
WAS FOOD ORDERS END
PORTLAND, Aug. 29 -)- End
of war food order affecting sale
of tea, chicken and poultry was
announced today by the U. S. de
partment of agriculture. '
Caution Urged In Driving Over
Coming 'Labor Day Holidays
Careful driving 4f motor ve
hicles- during .the Labor day holi
day period -in an effort to hold
Oregon's traffic accidents "at a
minimum was urged in a joint
statement Issued here Wednesday
by Secretary of State Robert S.
Farrell, Jr, Charles P. Pray,' su
perintendent of state police, and
R. H, Baldock, state highway en
gineer. - , v-
"Exposure to accidents is cer
tain to be greater during the Labor
day holiday period. this year as a
result of increased traffic, faster
driving and worn tires,, the of
ficials said. ' . - v
Figures released by Farrel show
ed that on Labor day in 1941 a
total of 12,095 cars passed one
state highway- commission record
er station on a major highway.
This was four times the normal
Salem, Oreqon, Thursday Morning, August 30, 1945
Admiral Harold K. Stark
to Ymh
nation's greatest military disaster.
went strongly to the defense of
Marshall So also did Secretary of
War Stimson who, in addition,
branded the criticism of Hull as
wrong and "uncalled for." '
An army board found that Mar
shall, U. S. chief of staff, failed
to keep the Hawaiian army 'com
mand fully informed of bitter U.
S.-Japanese friction.
It said that Hull, at a time
when the army and navy were
stalling for time because they were
unprepared, presented Japan a 10
point document which the Japa
nese regarded as an ultimatum.
Others taken to task included
Admiral Harold R. Stark, who
was chief of naval operations at
the time of the disaster that put
the United States into World War
II, Major General Leonard T.'Ge-j
row, inen cmei ox tne war depart
ments war plans division, and Rear
Admiral Husband E. Kimmel, ad
miral commanding the Pacific
fleet in 1941.
The army board concluded that
the "extent of the Pearl Harbor
disaster" was due primarily to
two causes failure of the com
manding general of the Hawaiian
department, Lieut Gen. Walter C.
Short, "adequately to alert- his
command for war," and failure
of the war department to direct
Short to "take an adequate alert"
and to inform him of all develop
ments in the United States-Japanese
negotiations.
In response to a question Tru
man said If court martials were
found necessary those charged
would be given a prompt and fair
trial. Neither army nor navy in
quiry boards recommended court
martials.
SUBS DOWN 19 SHIPS
BOSTON, Aug. 29.-W-Gnnan
submarines sank ten ships and
damaged three others in New Eng
land waters during the war, the
navy disclosed today.
days volume of around 3000 ve;
hides. During "the War the volume
dropped and on Labor day in
1944 the count at the same re
corder point was only 3534. This
year, the Labor day traffic was
expected to reach a near-peak,
Farrell declared. .
. The officials listed -five Tules
for safe ' drivmg and , suggested
their observance: , ' -
1. Drive at a speed safe in the
light of. traffic conditions.
2. Never pass on curves or at
hfll crests. ,-.'
3. Keep In line when caught in
a long line of cars. .
4. Avoid driving when drowsy.
Have an alternate driver or stop
at the side of the road and rest
5. Observe traffic regulations at
all times., '
Ma J. Gen. Leonard T. Gerow
Publicity
Is Asked
By Elliott
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29
Brig. Gen. Elliott Roosevelt was
told by a congressional committee
today, that it would decide wheth
er to reveal treasury findings in
his business affairs "as soon as
we complete our studies including
the matter of your tax liability."
The house ways and means
committee, after a closed tossiosv
telegraphed the second son of the
late president that federal. 'law
prohibits, at this time, granting
his request that the full report
involving reports of large loans
in 1939 be made public immed
iately. . .
The committee, indicated the
whole report might Wmade pub
lic later in a formal transmission
to congress. An informal poll in
dicated a majority of the com
mittee favored immediate publi
cation Deiore counsel was con
sulted.
Tongue Point
To Be Used As
Berthing Site
SEATTLE, Aug. 29-i)-Tongue
Point, near Astoria, Ore., on the
Columbia river, will be used as a
berthing site for portions of the
navy's postwar fleet, the 13th na
val district said today, in an
nouncing that Lake Washington
will not be used.'
ASTORIA, Ore., Aug. 29-P)-Selection
of Tongue Point naval
station here for berthing and
maintenance of 514 reserve naval
vessels climaxes a campaign As
toria and Oregon leaders have
championed almost 45 years.
War in the Pacific gave Ore
gon's only, pre-war naval base
$7,000,000 worth of installations
and brought 2000 officers and en
listed men to this Columbia rfver
community after Clatsop county
bought the site for $120,000 and
gave it to the federal government.
Nips Changing
Tone of Stories
By the Associated Press
A - Tokyo broadcast quoted the
Nippon Times as saying last night
that Gen. MacArthur's arrival in
Japan, like Commodore Perry's
visit 92 years ago, "May well
prove to be a blessing in disguise
which will open Japan once more
to newer and greater enlighten
ment of which the Japan of today
apparently stands in need." .
Recalling that Perry's visit was
resented by most of the Japanese
of that period, the broadcast said
that it proved to he the beginning
of a period of "enlightenment for
Japan which lasted until the un
fortunate events of the past few
years." v.
TRUCK BOARD TO END '
PORTLAND, Aug. 29-tfVThe
district OPA truck tire pnel will
close Sept 1, and all permits for
large truck tires win then be is
sued through local boards, OPA
announced today. -
Kear A dm. Htuband E. Klmmel
No License, No
Engine Number,
Police Baffled
State police officers are con
vinced that they were born 30
years too late. .
. Two of the officers recovered
a horse and buggy Wednesday
night hear the Fairview home,
reportedly stolen by some of the .'
boys of that institution. Due to'
the "inefficiency" of the horse
and buggy licensing system
these days, and the reluctance
of the boys to tell where they
got the pair, they were at a
loss to find the rightful owner.'
UV (fteck of the files did not
reveal any such conveyance as
missing.
Just air-they were about to
unhitch the animal and turn
him out to pasture, Dr. W. L.
Lidbeck, East Center st, drove
by to claim bis children's prop
erty. . :
POWsPlaced
Under Care
Of U. S. Doctors
TOKYO BAY, Thursday, Aug.
30 (JP) Five hundred prisoners
of. war were rescued today from
Japanese . confinement and the
navy commander in charge of the
merciful operation asserted "there
never has been a blacker hell hole
than the prisoner of war hospital
we are now evacuating."
The evacuees, nationality not
stated, but presumably Americans,
were transferred to the hospital
ships Benevolence suffering from
"fractures, open wounds, concus
sions and burns."
"In general, they were suffer
ing 'from the worst malnutrition
imaginable,' said the naval offi
cer; ' '
A message from the cruiser San
Juan said "bestial beatings were
-common, especially at Ofuna and
that "inquisitorial dens of-bruusm"
were maintained by the Japanese.
6 Survivors of
Wake Rescued
SHANGHAI, Aug. 2H)--SIx
American Wake island survivors
were rescued here by the newly
arrived U.S. military mission and
were under treatment today in St.
Luke's hospital for malnutrition
and injuries. V-.', '';"" 7
The six included: Edward Cook
of San. Francisco and, Amos J.
White of Rahway, NJ, civilians,
and Marine Cpl. Robert E. Lee of
TaylorvUle, HI.; PFC. Leroy Mor
lut of Sedro WooUey, Wash.; Sgt
William- D. Beck of South Gate,
Calif. ;. ;
(The name of the sixth survivor
apparently was omitted in ' radio
transmission.) - : '
HRE QUOTA STAYS LEVEL '
W A S H INGTON, Aug. 29 -F)
The office of price administration
announced tonight a September
rationing quota of 2,500,000 pass
enger car tires, the same as Aug
ust. FCC LIFTS WIRE BAN
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29.-)-Tbe
federal communications com
mission today lifted ifs restric
tions on construction of wire tele
phone and telegraph lines.' . i .
No. 134
IX Gen. Walter C. Short
Over-Age
Ships to be
Docked
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -iffy-
The government today began dip
ping into the seven seas to hasten
the change from war to peace here
at home. - . . ;
-The UJ5. maritime commission
says: SO to, 100 Liberty ship and
over-age vessels will be laid up
next month. Many others will
follow into retirement.
7 But otherwise this was the slow
est reconversion day since the Jap
anese surrendered Aug.' 1V J&re's
the news that came out of 'Wash
ington:
New Houses Price control on
houses - - the government's talk'
ing about slapping them on new
homes - - was protested by the
National Association of Home
Builders. This, they said. Would
discourage builders,, mean fewer
homes. I '
Alrforee New army airforce
plans call for: reduction from
present 2,300,000 to 600,000 or less
within a year.
Film Batches should reach the
stores by Oct. 1. So will photo
graphic paper and chemicals.
Cameras A pretty good supply
of the simple type by Christmas.
The more expensive and compli
cated ones will take longer.
Typewriters About 120,000 to
150,000 probably produced before
Jan. 1. These reportedly are
bought up by big firms.
Ford Gives Car
To President
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29-P)-
Henry Ford 2nd presented presi
dent Truman today with a 1946
two-door, grayish-cream deluxe
Ford sedan.
The presentation was made on
the White House grounds and the
president obviously was de
lighted.. .. . ,-'.v . '"' I- ,t
He was particularly pleased
with a spotlight, . telling photo
graphers "The sheriff wouldn't let
me have a spotlight before.
Examining the car with care be
remarked m at ' another point, "I
won't: have, any trouble getting
Margaret back heretiow."
He referred to his daughter who
has been spending the summer at
the. Truman home in Independ
ence,' Mo.
Price 5c
y ;
Contract Assures 841 POWs
For Weekend Work In Fields
A contract between the army
and the Canners committee, sign
ed Wednesday,, assures that 841
prisoners of war will work in the
valley bean harvest Friday, Sat
urday, Sunday and Monday.
" Thisw-development' highlighted
efforts toX. maintain harvest work
at levels necessary to prevent lost
but more help still is needed.
Mayor L M. Doughton of Salem
declared that "urgent appeals of
growers of beans, hops and peach
es - should meet with, a gen
erous response As good
neighbors and friends, these ap
peals from growers in Marion and
Polk counties form a challenge to
the community spirit of Salem.
Loyal A." Warner, president of
the Salem Chamber of Commerce,
Bj 3I0RRIE LANDSBERG
, YOKOSUKA, Thnrsdaj, Ant. 30 (AP) --Seaborn
American forces walked ashore at Japan's treat naval base
Yokoeuka, this morning, disarmed Japanese troops and ran
up the' American flag i .' ' ; '' ' . ! ''"'',. '
-" Meanwhile General MacArthor was expected hourly from
Okinawa. ; ' . ' . "
Shortly before noon, a Japanese Tict admiral formallr
snrrendered Yokosuka to Rear Adm. Robert B. Carney, chief
of staff to Admiral Halsey, in the presence of about SO
marines and allied naval officers. . ' i
. , Initial landings were made on Cape Futtsu, across a
narrow channel from Yokosuka. Two hours later, after the
marine had mad certain that i
Futtsu's big coastal, defense guns
were , breached, marines and
picked naval'personnel landed in
force at the big naval base, 30
miles southwest of Tokyo. . .
Ten thousand men, including
the Fourth marines (heroes, of
Bataan and Corregidor) Walked
ashore from the small landing
craft without a suspicion of hos
tility. - ;-
Admiral Nimitz watched the oc
cupation from his flagship, the
South Dakota; Admiral Halsey
from the Missouri, and British
Adm; Sir Bruce Fraser from the
Duke of York.
Rear Adm. Oscar C. - Badger's
flagship, the cruiser San Diego,
steamed in close to Yokosuka to
be the first American vessel to
dock at Japan. l
Following this small . initial
landing, other leathernecks to a
total of 9000, plus 1200 picked
naval- landing personnel and 450
British marines and jacktars went
ashore at Yokosuka, Japan's sec
ond largest and most secret naval
base and on three small islands
nearby.
Forsythe to be
to
an
WASHINGTON, - Aug. - 29.-JP)-r
An Oregonian will be among the
86 Red Cross men to land in Ja
pan with General MacArthur's
forces, the Red Cross said today.
Emmett C. For
sythe (1855 Com-
mercial st), Sa
lem, wUl tak e;
with him mes-t
sages from home,
clothing and sup-
plies for Ameri-j
can prisoners of
war and civilian
internees.
- Forsythe's wife
is now residing in Fersythe
Salem.
.. Mrs. Forsythe said her husband
had been engaged in Red Cross
work since last January. For four
years previously he was associated
with the chemical welfare service
of the United States army with
the rank of major. At one time he
was employed by the Borden Milk
company. .
Shanghai Hails
Allied Officers
SHANGHAI, Aug. 29
Shanghai cheered a small party
of Allied officers and newsmen
today, and eagerly awaited the
city's official release from nearly
eight years of. Japanese control.
While the Nipponese still nom
inally dominated the city which
they took over in December, 1937,
they plainly indicated they would
be glad. When the time comes for
them to surrender.
The Japanese 10th army held
the city, but today its members
stayed out of the International
settlement, where Allied flags
flew In profuse and open defiance
of Shanghai's former masters.
I said "no where in Oregon is there
a greater need for community re
sponsiveness to Governor SneU's
urgent appeal to save food crops
than in the Salem area - - -. There
is a critical need - especially
for Sunday and Monday -. Those
who can should Volunteer their
efforts at good pay by applying
at the farm labor office."
Some bean fields are as much
as three days behind with their
picking farm labor officials said
Wednesday. This will result in a
larger amount of beans to be culled
and will mean a major loss to most
growers.
A plea was also being made to
the soldiers of Camp Adair to
spend some of their spare time
helpingin the fields.'",
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24Nazis
For Trial
Goering, Hess
Top List of War
Criminals Named
' ' ' ? -
LONDON, Aug. 29. Two
dozen surviving chiefs of Hitler
nazi gang the men who plotted
world conquest and reaped misery
for their people instead were
listed officially today as defend
ants in a mass trial of arch war
criminals at Nurnberg. f
- Reichsmarshal Hermann Goer
ing,, whose once-vaunted air force
paced, the. aggression in the nans'
jerears of- ascendency, headed the
list of 24, military, leaders, diplo
mats -and politicians who will bi
brought before an international
military : tribunal at Nuernberg
early, in October.' " , ' v
s jhe ro4 caU included Rudolf
Hess, whose mystery flight to Eng
land earw in 1941 still has not
been explained and Martin "Bor
tnann, .Hitler's secretary whQjse
capture had not previously been
disclosed.-- I 1
The fuU 24 listed in the joint
statement of the war crimes prose
cutors of the United States, Brit
ain, France and Russia, were:
Goering, Hess, Bormann, Joach
im Von Ribbentrop, Franz Von
Pa pen, Admiral Karl Doenitz, Rob
ert Ley, Alfred Rosenberg, Hans
Frank, Wilhelm Frick, Julius
Stretcher, Dr. Walther Funk, Hjal
mar Schacht, Baldur Von Schirach,
Fritz Sauckel, Albert Speer, Alfred
Jodlj Constanin von Neurath, Dr.
Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Erich Raed-
er, Hans Fritzshe and Gustav von
Bohlen. The joint statement de
clared that "investigations are go
ing forward of the cases of other
war criminals who have not been
included in this list"
Wainwright on
Wax to Manila
CHUNGKING, Thursday, Aug.
30 Lt. Gen. Jonathan M.
Wainwright, the hero of Corregi
dor, left Chungking by plane to
day for Manila on the first leg of
his journey to join Gen. MacAr
thur in Japan's final capitulation
at Tokyo Sunday.
The man who surrendered the
fortress island guarding Manila
bay to overwhelming enemy forces
and then spent more than, three
years as a prisoner of the Japa
nese, took off from Chungking's
Seven Gragon Slope airfield at 9
ajn. (9 pjQL, eastern war time,
Wednesday).
Member of Houston's
Crew from Salem
f
News of the 300 members of the
crew of the old cruiser Houston,
reported to be prisoners of war
in Thailand, brought hope and
joy to the Nap Rocque family in
Salem. , .-:t -
Rocque's oldest son, George
Truman Rocque, 29, . gunners
mate 1c, was a member of the
crew and has not been heard from
since the Houston was lost in Feb
ruary 1942. The younger son, Nap
Rocque, jr, is home now on fur
lough after, duty with the moun
tain infantry in Italy.: Mrs. Ed
win Burke, 1025 Fir st, is a sister
and e younger sister, Mary Ce
celia, is at home .with the par
ents. ' " ' - .
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