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i .: fhrpjMnf reports that Russian
' .4 T-cp-!" withdrawing from
Manchuria a Chinese troopi' ar-
- ". rive to take over occupation of
.the land, Thia is Jn compliance
with the .terms of the agreement
.between China , and Russia. The
' ' fulfillment is gratifying evidence
tha$ Russia is willing to abide by
.'its promise to China and that it
has no purpose to convert tern
porary occupation of Manchuria
into- nermanent occupation. Had
this ' been Its intention it could
'easily have trumped up excuses
tfor staying on and keeping the
Chinese out
i This situation was one of the
most delicate growing out of the
war, as far as the United States IS
' - ' concerned. We do not like Russian
r overlordshlp In Poland and the
L . tBalkans but do not feel directly
' affected. We "jvould be disturbed
t , if Russia pushed down the west-
i j vern Pacific to hold Manchuria
; . -- fnd Korea. Russia's withdrawal
from Manchuria,1 therefore, Is
?f 'pleasing to the American people
as well as the Chinese. It means
;that we have not fought to de-
,'stroy Japan's crip on the contin
; ! ent of Asia merely to see Russia
' : move In. ; - !i i . . "-
- f ' We will have to exercise pa
. v; Jtience In our dealings with Rus
sla. It would be a grave mistake
to let misunderstandings grow
Into causes of serious friction
' Russia has ample reason to be
, ; suspicious of western nations
. i which held that country outcast
for many years. We do not need
. to concede everything in order to
. ; appease Russia; but we must con
tinue to exert every effort in
maintaining amicable relations.
The peace of the world depends
largely on the continued coopera
tion of Russia, Britain and the
United States. No other power
can challenge these if they keep
, In ! accord. The : final ratification;
of the charter of the United Na
tions provides a document, which
the nations can stand on. On that;
' footing they should now go for-
- ward toward perfecting; the Inter
national organization which of
fers the immediate hope for co
.. operative endeavor In the cause
1 of world peace. j
Fuel Shortage
ut
.... i - i ;
Hardly Critical
; Heat-worried Sale mites can
: look forward to a winter, of defi
nite but not critical fuel short
ages, in the opinion of most of
the city's leading fuel suppliers.
Wood and sawdust stockpiles
range from a single month's sup
ply in some fuel yards to a year's
supply and over in others. Coke
" and coal, at the bottom of the de
mand list, Ifnot now In the acute
. stage. It was said. Suppliers of
fuel oil state that up to the pres
ent they ,;had experienced no
shortage at all in oil shipments.
I Too many people wait until
the last months of the fall season
to place their winter fuel orders,
thus expecting fuel suppliers to
- do a year's work in three months,"
- said one dealer. I
, Labor disputes In local timber
and lumber areas, it was stated,
have not greatly, affected the
over-all fuel problemr Dealers in
sawdust and hog; fuel were among
-those most affected by 'the mill
strikes; - -: .
' Most dealers did not expect to
see the situation back to normal
until next summer.
,:-! ' f.
; DISORDERS EXPECTED '
. . JERUSALEM,! Oct 25-jP)-All
police leaves were cancelled to
' day as authorities increased se-
curity; measures in Palestine to
,: prevent possible disorders and un
i authorized ' demonstrations. t j
I V i i ! 1
CANADA PLANS LOAN d
Yi UHAWA, ucx. za.-tA7-tnaaa
f has agreed to loan Belgium $25,-
OOO.OOd under the exports credit
; Insurance act, Trade Minister Mc-
JCinnoii said today in the house of
commons.
Animal! Crackers
I By WASKN GOODRICH
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NINETY-nrTH YEAH
Declaration of War
By Russell Brines '
TOKYO, Oct 25 -iJF)- Fleet
Admiral Osami Nagano, who
launced Japan's sneak attack on
Pearl Harbor, said today that if
Japanese naval and foreign of
fice plans had! not gone awry
ior some iunknown reason, ,
America wouldl have had warni "
Ing of the blow, . ,
- Defending the attack itself as
achieving "far greater success ':
than I had expected," he assert
ed in an exclusive interview
with the Associated Press 1 that
it was not a military blunder. ?
Emperor Hirohito, the navy
and, the foreign office, he assert-
ed, all wanted to give the United
States 30 minutes prior notifi
cation .of the attack, but he sig4
nilicantly omitted the Japanese
army from, this grouping. ' He ;
added that this correspondent
could determine by investigation
the "unknown reason for th
delay. ; , s
I replied that I already haq
interviewed ' wartime Premiet
Hideki Tojo, who within Japan
is considered the man princi-
pally responsible for the delay
in the Japanese declaration fl
war. ' T --'i . ;
Nagano said the final Japanese
plan was to , send notification to
the United States at 7:30 ajni
Honolulu time, Dec. 7 (Dec. 8,
Tokyo time), 1941, with ,the at-,
tack scheduled a half hour
later. ..!..., - -
Actually, of course, the neces-
sary ' time lapse betweendis4
Don't YoirKnow there
Isn't Any War On 1
. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct.. 25-tf)-Richard
D. Cook got an ex
tension on his leave after the
headquarters f the U. S, marl
time service graduate ' station
received this telegram from
Cook at Layton, Utah:
"Everybody fine. - Nobody
sick. Nobody dead. Not being
married. Duck hunting on, deer
season opens the 20th. Request
extension of leave to Oct. 29.
Wire answer collect"
Film Strike at
Peace Table
HOLLYWOOD, Oct 25-(p-All
pickets were ordered withdrawn
tonight from Hollywood studios
as union leaders and screejj? pro
ducers agreed to renew 'over a
peace table their efforts, to end
the 33-week-old walkout i
They called a conference f for
tomorrow in an effort to iron out
the- maze of controversies suffi
dently to enable several thous
and striking film workers to re
turn to their Jobs by next Moh-
;nay- ' .15-"
- Withdrawal of the pickets came
after another day of violence and
the institution of a court fight
that may take the strike issues
to the State supreme court, i
Despite Warner Brothers stu
dio's announcement that It would
;abide by the .Cincinnati agree
ment, more than 500 pickets
massed at the studio today, f
Pearl
araoir
Investigation Sought of Navy
Trials, Hawaii Black Market1
WASHINGTON, Oct 25.-GPr-
Testimony that nearly i ton i of
meat and butter was found In a
naval officer's locker In Hawaii
and that a penalty was imposed
on the man who reported it set
off senatorial demands today for
a shake down I inquiry Into the
whole system of navy courts mar
tlaL -;:r -....r-:
! A navy report on an alleged
black market in navy goods back
ed up the lawmakers insistence
that the inquiry also go Into meth
ods of selling supplies.
: The testimony was given to the
senate war Investigating commit
tee by naval officers who Ctid their
Inquiries had developed these
facts: -
I. A nary eommander was clean
ed by fellow officers at a court
martial Cf tharyes ef taking 1441
pounds ef meat and 520 pounds
of butter from navy supplies. '
i-2. This same- officer supplied
two pigs for a "luau (native par
ty) where other naval , officers
preparing charges against him
were guest
II. PAGES
Ordeir
'Delayed', in ToKyo
patch, of such a message, its de
coding by the Japanese embassy
rnd delivery to the state depart
ment would mean at best a no
tification virtually simultaneous
' with the attack. Furthermore,
Pearl Harbor: reports said the
attack; actually began! at 7:55
- iajn. rather ; than 8 aja.
Nagano, wartime chief of Ja
pan's navy staff, said, he accept
ed "full respOosibility'Mor mak
ing the decision to attack, after
PsWLs
'V
IK.
Admiral Naganoi
a bitter . internal disagreement
in which som admirals favored
striking first at Java and. Ma
laya because they believed . the
proposed strike at Hawaii was
"too dangerous."
NipsNeglertto
ur
(HTnitBust
TOKYO, Friday, Oct 28.-(P)-General
MacAthur, who urged
Japan's premicstwo weeks ago to
break up "rapUfly" the multi-mil
lion dollar family monopolies,
pointedly stated today the; Japan
esc government : has not commun
lcated with him on "any phase" of
the question. I !
A headquarters message said
"any statement jlo the effect that
SCAP (supreme, commander of
the allied powers) has accepted
or rejected any; communication on
this question isjxalse." ;
A Mitsui spokesman said Am
erican occupation authorities and
officials in Washington had been
advised fully on! the discussions.
MacArthur on Oct 11 laid down
a five-point program to Premier
Shidehara, one ef which was dras
tic revision of Zaibatsu. i
Prince Fumiinsro Koncye was
reported to be planning to relin
quish his noble title in an appar
ent bid for political preference in
a Japan newly stripped of her
diplomatic tentacles and writhing
in confusion under American oc
cupation. ' j
Postmortems ion loss of the war
continued, with: Konoye said to be
Intending voluntarily to assume
responsibility for a leading role in
the period of aggression. I
2. Evidence has been completed
on sale of from $506,000 to $1,000,-
000 of naval supplies in channels
that senators termed the Hawaiian
black market j
1 4. Admiral a" W.Nimitz, Pa
cific navy commander, had severe
ly criticized officers for thelnative
party snd variotis inquiries that
preceded and followed It K
8. The marine officer who- Initi
ated the entire probe was; given
a low rating and transferred until
senators and the secretary of the
navy learned of the facts out of
channels." i"
I Chairman l!-ad (D-NY) of the
senate commilee told admirals
that - navy enlisted man got a
deck eourt for having a 25 cent
nan of meat and noodles "while an
officer .who took " 1503 pounds of
rest and steaks goes free.
I; Unless this Is completely Inves
tigated and the "entire system
overhauled we cannot hope to
have the navy retain the place of
respect required ior its officers,'
Mead added. '- - - ; .
TeUMac
Arth
Salem, Qrecjo. Friday
Iriiman
To Reveal
Policy
iWageJPrice Plaii
To Be Told Oyer
. Radio Tuesday
WASHINGTON, Oct 25 -PV-1
President Truman today moved to
curb the postwar strike wave by
appointing a trouble shooter and
by arranging to boadcast a new
wage-price policy to the nation
next Tuesday at 7 pjn, Pacific
standard time. , ' -' '
Mr. Truman announced - at . a
news conference he had appointed
Dr. John R. Steelman as his spe
cial assistant to be used in any
capacity he saw fit Steelman, for
mer head of the UJS. conciliation
Service, has been widely regarded
as one of the most effective peace
makers on the labor-industry
front s
I The president also made public
a proposed agenda for the labor-
management conference beginning
Nov. 5. The agenda recommends
discussion of seven approaches to
labor disputes and throws the
parleywide open for debate on the
causes of strikes.
Further, the' president said re
conversion director John W. Sny
der, on whom he must chiefly de
pend for formulation of a wage-
price policy, was not resigning, as
had been rumored.
: Mr. Trumani also said hewould
talk with all 39 of the participants
In the labor-management confer
ence before it I opens November S
Three represent the public and
won't vote. There will be 18 vot
ing delegates from the ranks of
labor and 18 from management
Indonese Seek "
itration Via
V '
U. S. Embassy
BAT A VTA. Java. Friday. Oct
28 -V Following up their ex
pressed Intention of asking the
United States to arbitrate the In
donesian-Dutch dispute, President
Soekarno of the "Indonesian re
public, and bis foreign minister,
Soebardjo, called today at the U.
S. consulate, where they held an
informal preliminary . talk with
the American consul-feneraL '
!;.The outcome of the talk was
tot announced.
j'H. J. Van Mook, acting gover
nor of the Netherlands East In
dies, had asked members of Pres
ident Soekarno's cabinet to meet
with him In an attempt to bring
peace to the rich Dutch Pacific
colony. ,
pLast night Soekarno's minister
of information, "'in apparent reply,
Insisted on the presence of
fthird party' at the opening of
"informal discussions" looking to
ward a final conference. He de
clared the Indonesian question
Was "vital to a lasting peace7 in
the Pacific." -.
omic Control
Fight Looms
WASHINGTON, Oct 25 -VPf-A
bristling light to give congress
the right to say who shall have
the secrets of atomic energy shap
ed up in the house today,
i The military committee voted
down the idea but the sponsor,
Rep. FJston (R-Ohio) asserted he
will take his cause to the floor
next Week. ' -
. Elston may have plenty of sup
port Rep. Thomason (D-Tex),
ranking majority -member of the
military committee, has declared
in favor of a congressional veto.
As the bill before the commit
ted now stands, the proposed a
tocolc energy commission could
disseminate any Information it
chooses to foreign powers unless
the president, says no.
Vets on Last Leave
Eligible for Loans
SS--' .
' Veterans oa terminal leave are
eligible to receive educational and
farm and home loans from the
state, Attorney General George
Neuner ruled Thursday. The opin-H
k was requested by the state de
partment of veterans affairs -
Terminal leaves are granted to
men when they conclude their mil
itary or naval service to make up
for leave they were' not given
while on active service.
l-Zomiag, October SS; lfiS
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SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 25. Srt
Lew ' Ayres, former movie star
whe began his army career la
a conscientious bjectors' camp
fat Oregon, is shown here as he
arrived yesterday from Manila
with the statement "there Is
some modification in my views
on conscientious bjection." (AP
Wirephote)
Butter, Fats
Drop 4 Points
WASHINGTON, Oct 25.-p-
Butter, margarine, lard, shorten
ing and oils go down to eight
points a .nound Sunday.
- The OPA announcing this re
duction from 12 points, said also
tij-i- .til a. I.- ,
WcuJ , uiat currcni rauon vuun
will i be 'maintained through De
cember 1 on the better cuts of
beef, veal and lamb .and on all
lean ' pork.
All meats now ration-free will
continue so during November. The
only, revision of the meat point
chart is assignment of lower ra
tion values for six fat pork cuts
and barbecued pork. These cuts
range from two to four points
pound.
OPA Administrator Chester
Bowles said the point reductions
for butter and other fats and oils
are due to improved supply, -
. The agriculture department es
timates that butter supply will be
12 per cent greater in November.
Release of 80,000,000 pounds by
the army is given as the reason.
AFLto Urge
6-Hour Day;
CHICAGO,: Oct 25-CtfV-Winlam
Green,5' American federation of
labor president - said today the
AFX. 5yikely" would move for
six, hour working day,
"Because of the progress of sci
ence, which has made possible the
production of more by fewer men,"
Green ; said, "the . AIT. probably
will ask the shorter work day in
order to spread work." ;
Green, stopping off here between
trains, said the AFL would enter
the labor-management session in
Washington, star ting' Monday,
"with every determination" to
work a plan to minimize strikes.
The AFL chief asserted his or
ganization would make a sincere
effort ! to bring about true collec
tive bargaining.; -4 :' n
2 Cons Escape
State police today reported the
escape of two prisoners from the
Oregon state penitentiary Thurs
day afternoon. . . i I
The men, who were members of
a woodcutting gang, 1H miles east
of Woodburn, are Clyde Miles, 22,
OSP 17933, -who was committed
from Multnomah 'County for two
years for burglary not in dwell
ing; and LV, Craig, 30, OSP 17S7S.
who was' also .'committed, from
Mulnomah county for four years
for obtaining money under false
pretenses.
r Miles was described as being t
feet S Inches; weighing; 190 lb
and having brown eyes and hair.
Crai Is 5 feet Stt inches talL
weighs 153 IbaV and has' hazel
eyes and brown hair. Both men
were1 dressed in regulation poison
clothing. -
Kjiiana
Sunday
Petail
arLGar
trikes
!-:" - - .. . i .'li- v
Threaten
. I I"'1 "T. i
Final Count in
General Alotors
Vote Favors . 6-1
By the AsaocUted Press . -
The possibility of two more
strikes against General Motors
corporation and Montgomery
Ward and .company edged Into
the national labor picture yesterday.-
. I j . i ' ;
The CIO United Automobile
Workers voted nearly six to one
in favor' of authorizing a strike
at GM plants in a poll conducted
by the i national labor relations
board. I . ; ; :
While the auto workers voted,
the general executive board of the
United Retail, Wholesale and De
partment Store employes (CIO),
voted unanimously to call a na
tionwide ; strike against the mail
order house, "at the most oppor
tune time."
President Samuel L. Wolchok,
at a news conference in New York,
said the board had placed author
ity in his hands to caU the strike,
which he estimated would affect
75,000 workers.
In the auto situation, Walter P.
Reuther, UAW vice president In
Detroit termed the 70,853 to 12,
437 vote fa mandate" to fight the
wage case "to a successful con
clusion." j Some 325,000 persons
are employed by General Motors.
De Shazer to
Start Training
For Ministry
SEATTLE, Oct 25. -JPy- Sgt
Jacob D. De Shazer who says he
"found the Lord" in a Japanese
prison camp and wants to return
to Japan as a missionary, ' an
nounced tonight he had enrolled
in Seattle Pacific college to pre
pare himself for the assignment
"I hadi a long time to think,
there, and that's where the holy
spirit started talking. to me," said
the man who flew with Gen. Jim
my Doolittle's bombers In the first
air strike at Tokyo.
He made the ! announcement
while speaking at a "youth . for
Christ rally in the civic auditor
ium, which attracted 7000 Seattle
young people.
De Shazer's home is in Salem.
He recently received his discharge
from the air corps.
SHERIDAN EOLDDZE KILLED
Washington Oct 2i.-wt-
The war department tonight made
public Hhe names of a lieutenant
coloneL four other officers and 14
enlisted men killed in the crash
oran army transport near An
choraee. Alaska. Sunday. The
dead included PFC Ernest E. Da
vis, son of Mrs. Ellen Davis, route
2, Sheridan, Ore. ' ;;
Republicans, OPA TangleOvcr
Propaganda, 'Spies' Ceilings
WASHINGTON, Oct .25 -(ff)
Republican senators gave the of
fice - of i price administration a
working oyer today in the senate
banking, committee, Senator Taft
of Ohio leading the attack with
these accusations: ;
1. OPA Is improperly slipping
continue-price-control propagan
da In the envelopes containing al
lotment checks for wives of ser
vicemen, i '." .." f
3. OPA 'takes the stand that
"every businessman Is - a crook
until he proves otherwise;" it has
"spies" to harass business con
cerns.' f. j :- i :, V
t OPA Is delaying reconversion
by insisting . on i price . ceilings,
whkh discourage people wanting
to get back Into production.
Price Adninistrator Chester
Bowles, who was giving the com
mittee a periodic report ' on his
agency's i work, snapped right
back; - ' Xr? I?.'-';
- Of No. ij he said the envelope
slips Just say. that inflation is a
bad thing. "Is that debatable? he
asked the committee." -
He called No. 2 on the OPA
attitude toward business "an ab
solutely fantastic statement" '
As for No. 3, he asked for "au
thentic cases In which OPA prices
ever have kept down production."
1 i Prlc Se.
T Evade tiroaD
4 By GEORGE
NUERNBERG, Germany,
Ley, barrel-necked nazi libor
with a noose fashioned from strips
jail cell where he awaited trial as
ne was pronounced dead at
just 25 days before he and 22
Ends Life
Robert Ley, former nasi labor
boss, who yesterday hong him'
self with a torn towel rather
than face an allied crime court
November 20. j-
7
assage
Of Full Job BUI
WASHDGTON, Oct j 25.-(P)-President
Truman renewed and
emphasized his support! for the
"full employment" bill today af
ter hearing from two influential
congressmen that it would be hard
to pass the measure. j
He got his report from Chair
man Mansaco (D-Ala) and Rep.
Whittington (D-Miss) of the house
expenditures committee. !
At a news conference later, Mr.
Truman told reporters he is very
anxious that the measure be
brought out of committee and
passed as soon as possible. He said
he is for it with everything he has.
In response Jto a query, he said
the congressmen hadn't told him
it would be impossible to pass the
bill without amendments; they
told him it would be difficult
. After visiting the White House
Manasco and Whittington told
newsmen that there Is little chance
for passage of the measure request
ed by Mr. Truman, which states
that all able-bodied Americans
wanting work are entitled to an
opportunity for employment
He accented the word "authentic"
Chairman Wagner (D-NY) told
Eowles that "as far as I am con
cerned, I'm very glad" the anti
inflation , appeals went into the
envelopes. , , . i
But Senator, Millikin R-Colo)
interposed that "the law (creat
ing OPA) doesn't say to put
thro wa ways in military j envel
opes." " V j
At OPA offices later it was said
that the slips-in -envelopes 'pro
ject was Initiated by the offibe 4t
war information early in the war.
It was explained that one month
these slips might .carry messages
from OPA, another month from
the war manpower commission,
etc.--" : ::
Bowles commented at one point
that his agency follows the law
to keep prices at a point "gener
ally fair and equitable" to busi
ness. ; ,
"Yott - say r you - do, but you
don't," snapped Taft -" i
Another time- Taft was- quoting
from an Indiana business man's
complaint against OPA Jerome
M. Ney, deputy OPA administra
tor, asked foor the concern's
name. H:--.-'
,-Oh, no," replied Taft Youll
say that's a threat to OPA and
youll go to that fellow and beat
him down." "
Truman
Seeks
UUlClfcr
FORECAST (from VS. weather bW
rMU.'McKMT-fitM.Sttant): Prtr
Cloudy wHh crslonal Mfht rata. Cool
r temperatures, highest M degrees.:
No. 113,
TUCKER
Friday, Oct 26.P)-Dt. Robert
boss, hanged himself last night
of a GI towel in his Nuernberg:
a major war criminal. ' . "
8:10 p .m, (2:10 p. m. EST)
other high-rankinf nazi war
criminals were to go on trial for
their lives. " "
Ley, who had alternated be
tween tears and black periods of
depression " since his capture' last
May, bad ripped an American
army towel into "strips, tied the
strips together and soaked the
knots in water to keep them from
slipping. Then he tied one end
to the plumbing, stuffed bis throat
with bits of his own underwear
and after slipping the nooVe
around his heck, sat on the toilet
seat and strangled himself 1e
death. - 1 .-;!''-'
A guard who peeked into Ley's
cell every 30 seconds could f
only the prisoner's j knees as he
sat on the' toilet He became sus
picious when the nazi chief did net
move after two and a half minutes
and entered the cell.
! But it was too late. The 55-yenr
old Ley was cut down and artific
ial respiration administered by
prison - doctors who pronounced
Ley dead ater cardiazol failed lo
have the (desired effect, (Addi
tion details on page 2). .
U.S. Discussing
Japan Control;
Witlr Russia i
. i..-,t . - f
; WASHINGTON,-Oot25.H:r-Secretary
: of State i Byrnes dis
closed tonight that ! the . United
States is discussing j with Russia
the question of creating an allied
control council for the adminis
tration of Japan. ',
This was the first indication ct
a possible break in the deadlock
between Russia and the United
States on the Japanese question.
Russia has been" insisting on a
control council.
It was not clear whether such a
council, if finally agreed to, would
replace or subordinate Gen.
Douglas MacArthur. However, th
state department announcement
strongly indicated that the United
States would not agree with any
proposal which did not provide
that its policies should prevail in .
event of a disagreement among
the allies. j, . .'! :
Nips Plot Drive
For Citizenship
KLAMATH FALLS, Oct 25.-
iPy-A. legal effort to recover cit- ...
izenship may be made by a group
of Japanese at the Tulelake relo
cation center, the Klamath Falls
Herald and News said today. ' '.
The newspaper said large sums
had been transferred recently. '
from the colony to outside depos
itories, leading to a belief the
money might be used to finance
the enterprise. It said interested .
evacuees had contacted outside at
torneys, and one. lawyer told the
newspaper the matter was in the
"discussion stage." ? 'j. J.' ,
The Herald and News said about
4300 persons of Japanese ances
try at the WRA camp have re
n o u n c e d American citizenry -
permissable under an amendment
to the nationality act of 1940. But
many are dissatisfied with this
status, and, especially since Jap
an's defeat, have become anxious
to recover their citizenship, the "
newspaper said, j j . j: .
33 Killed in Ammo
Blast at Frends Village
ROUEN, France, Oct 25.--Thirty-lhree
persons, including sev
en American soldiers and 24 Ger
man prisoners, were killed today
In an explosion which nearly wip
ed out the small village of Asniers
en Bessin near here, the French
press agency said, tonight - -.
The French agency said tho
Americans, were- supervising tht
prisoners ' loadimi ammunitions
Idietity of the Americana was. not
disclosed. . ' - ;J'; )' r- -
VETS DOCK IN PORTLAND
- PORTLAND, Oct 25 ; HPf Th
USS Garrard, carrying 72fTacififf
war veterans from Tokyo bay, wa
in port hero today.
i r