Truman Proposes Five - Point National Health Program
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Rear Adm. Husband E. Klmmel, naval commander at Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked (left), and
MaJ. Qen. Walter C. Short, the Hawaiian Army commander or 1941, listen as special congressional Pearl Har
bor committee begins the first public inquiry into the Pearl Harbor disaster. Both are listed as key witnesses
among the 30 tentative witnesses to appear before the committee.
Who Ordered Battleships Massed at Pearl?
Investigatory Seek to Fix Responsibility
Washington, Nov. 1 9 U.R)
Pearl Harbor investigators
sought today to determine who
ordered most of the battleships
of the Pacific fleet to be an
chored in a close formation in
Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941,
where they proved to be an easy
target for Japanese planes.
Rear Adm. T. B. Inglis, chief
of U. S. navy intelligence, said
that "presumably" Rear Adm.
Husband E. Kimmel, who was
commander in chief of the Paci
fic fleet at the time, issued the
order governing disposition of
the ships in the harbor.
Heavy Loss Result
Inglis had testified previously
D'GAULLE VOTED
ANOTHER CHANCE
10 SOLVE CRISIS
Paris, Nov. 19 (U.R) The
French assembly by a vote of
358 to 39 decided today to give
Gen. Charles DeGaulle another
chance to solve the critical gov
ernment crisis caused by the
split between DeGaulle and the
communists.
The vote came after a bitter
attack upon DeGaulle by Jacques
Duclos, communist party secre
tary. The communists largest
party in the assembly abstained
from voting on whether De
Gaulle should have another
chance.
The decision to let DeGa-.ille
try once more to organize a
coalition government of social
ists, communists and popular re
publicans came largely through
the plea of the socialists tnat
France not drop her war time
leader without giving him one
more opportunity to put a gov
ernment together.
The decision, in effect, gives
DeGaulle a breathing spell to
attempt to work out a solution
but there was no indication in
the fiery speech of Duclos that
the communists were prepdied
to back down on their demand
for a major cabinet post for
eign affairs, war or interior.
This demand, rejected by De
Gaulle, caused the crisis.
SEEK ENEMY NO. 1
Wewoka. Okla., Nov. 19 (U.R)
FBI and Oklahoma state offic
ials today pressed a search for
Matt Kimcs. notorious bank rob
ber and killer, identified by at
least five persons as the bandit
who last night robbed a theatre
manager of SI. 025. Kimes, want
ed for a S17.000 Morton, Tex.,
bank robbery last Sept. 5. had
been unofficially des i g n a t e d
America's public enemy No. 1.
Victory Loan Drive
"E" Quota $525,000
"E" Sales to Dite
$130,644
Remainder to sell S394.356
Med
United Press
that a large part of the Pacific
fleet was anchored opposite
Ford island in the harbor the
morning the Japanese struck.
He said the Japanese sank four
battleships, a medium cruiser
and an auxiliary vessel, heavily
damaged one battleship, two
cruisers and three destroyers,
and lightly damaged two battle
ships and a light .cruiser.
Rep. Bertrand W. Geaihart,
R Calif., asked Inglis about the
battleship orders as the hearing
went into its fourth day.
It was announced that former
Secretary of State Cordell Hull
previously listed as a probable
witness would be called as a
witness later this week if his
health permits. It was presumed
that Hull would be asked to tes
tify about this government's in
terpretatfon of intercepted Japa
nese diplomatic messages. Ing
lis said he had no knowledge of
the interpretation of the mes
sages. Turn Back Provided
Earlier examination of Inw'.is
by Sen. Owen Brewster, R., Me.,
brought out that the Japanese
force which struck Pearl Harbor
had instructions as late as Dec.
2 to turn back if diplomatic ne
gotiations were successful in
gaining Japanese ends.
In testimony Saturday, Inglis
referred to the "turn back" pro
vision in connection with an
order issued Nov. 25, 1941 the
day before the Jap striking force
steamed out of Hittokapu bay
toward Hawaiian waters.
Order Coded
On Dec. 5 the Japanese force
SIX MEET DEATH
Tooele, Utah. Nov. 1 9 OI.R)
Civilian and military authorities
today sought clues to the iden
tity of two servicemen and a
civilian whose charred bodies
were recovered yesterday from
the twisted wreckage of a Paci
fic Greyhound bus.
Three other victims, a soldier
and two sailors, were identified
last night by scotched bits of
paper in their wallets. The
names were withheld, however,
pending notification of next of
kin.
The victims charred beyond
recognition were pinned in the
blackened wreckage and burned
to death when the diescl-motor-ed
vehicle careened off the
highway and completely over
turned, witnesses said.
The driver said he had been
traveling east at 42 miles an
front jre i
hour when the left
blew, throwing the bus out of
control on
the ice-coated high
way.
SAIL FOR U. S.
Tokyo. Nov. 19 U.Pi The
eighth army announced yester
day that the ships General Ernst.
carrving 221 officers and 3.098 .
enlisted men of the Americal di-cst rangers who broke through
vision, and the Ernie Pyle carry- on snowshoes to the party last
ing 214 officers and 3.075 en-1 night; ran out of gas before con
listed men. had drparted from ! tact with the snowplow was
, Yokohama for the United Stales, i made.
FORD
Full Leased Wire
MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1945.
received a wirelessed code order
to "climb Mt. Niitaka," meaning
to go ahead and attack at dawn
of the 7th.
Inglis said examination this
week-end of data from Gen.
Douglas MacArthur's headquart
ers showed the turn-back provi
sion was included in Dec. 2 in
structions to the striking force
as well as in the Nov. 25 sailing
instructions.
The sneak attack on Pearl
Harbor, according to documents
submitted to the committee by
Inglis, were not included in
Japan's general psewar plans.
TAKEN TO PRISON
Robert Ben Merrill, convicted
by a circuit court jury last week
of assault and robbery, was
sentenced to the maximum term
of not to exceed 20 years in
state prison by Judge Herbert
K. Hanna Saturday. With Eddie
Gunger, navy sailor, sentenced
to a year in state prison on an
auto theft charge, Merrill was
taken to the state intsitution
Saturday afternoon.
Merrill, possessor of a long
criminal record, showed no
emotion when sentenced but ac
cording to authorities was deep
ly depressed. Before sentence
was passed Merrill told the
court his wife had nothing to
do with his escape from the
county jail last August, a few
weeks after his arrest on the
robbery charge. He was arrest
ed in Los Angeles in September
and returned. He was sentenced
to a year in the county jail on
the jail break charge.
Merrill, testimony in his trial
showed, assaulted Dave Hicklin,
with a beer bottle, after a tour
of local taverns. Hicklin was in
the hospital with head injuries
for a time after the attack. Mer
rill for a number of years did
orchard work in this section.
Gunger, stationed at Camp
White, stole an auto here and
later was arrested. He entered
a plea of guilty.
RESCUERS BATTLE
THROUGH DRIFTS
Walla Walla, Wash., Nov. 19
(U.R) Rescue parties attempting
to bring out 58 stranded hunters
from the mountain wild 15 miles
south of Pomeroy. Wash., bat-
tied with shovels today to open
up iwu nines ui ruau iiiukuu
under 18 feet of snow after a
rotary snowplow stalled beyond
its depth, rangers said.
Rescue of the group of hun
gry, chilled hunters, snowbound
for 10 days, was further delay
ed when a tractor used by a
small group of soldiers and for-
LEGION'S HELP
MAY BE OFFERED
Investigating Committee
Talked For Study of Na
tion's Armed Force Unity
Chicago. Nov. 19 U.R The
American Legion may offer its
services in making an unbiased
investigation of the proposal to
merge the nation s armed forces
The resolution committee of
the Legion's 27th annual conven
tion, was reported today to be
considering urging the forma
tion of an investigating com
mittee to report on the merger
question before the next session
of congress.
Adm. King Heard
The Legion, divided within
its own ranks on the controver
sial unification of command
issue, last night heard one of the
foremost opponents against a
single department of national
defense.
Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King,
commander in chief of the U. S.
fleet, sounded the navy s opposi
tion to the proposed merger yes
terday, when he recommended
that a presidential commission
investigate the plan.
King, speaking before the
opening session of the Legion's
27th annual national convention,
declared that before any action
is taken the problem should be
studied by a special board of
civilian and military leaders
Favor Training Plan
In addition to the unified
command argument, the Legion
naires favored action on I
recommendation to en d o r s e
President Truman's request for
one-vcar universal training. i.
' "The narade of high army and'
navv officers will continue
throughout the convention with
General of the Army Dwight D.
Eisenhower scheduled to appear
tomorrow. Lt. Gen. James H.
Doolittle "of the army air forces
and Brig. Gen. Kenneth C.
Royall, undersecretary "of wa,
will address the convention on
Wednesday.
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SEATTLEPAPERS
Seattle, Nov. 19 (U.R) Seattle
residents were without news
todav as a result of a
strike of members of the Seattle
unit of the International Typo
frranhira 1 union (AFL). who left
their jobs in support of demands
for wage increases.
The Hearst morning daily the
Post-Intelligencer, and two eve
ning publications the Star and
the Daily Times -r all were af
fected by the action.
Representatives of the pub
lishers issued a statement that
they "stood ready to resume ne
gotiations with the union at any
time.
"The union demanded an in
crease in pay from $10.35 a day
of seven hours to $13.30 a day,
an increase of $2.95 or 28 per
cent. In addition, the proposal
demanded conditions which
would greatly increase the cost
of operations."
Viifian Lindquist
Latest Entry In
Bond Queen Race
Latest entry in the Victory
Queen contest is the Junior
Chamber of Commerce's can
didate Vivian Lindquist,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A.
C. Lindquist, of route 2, box
18 B.
At present employed as sec
retary to L. A. McCormick,
manager of the Big Y, the at
tractive, brown-haired Miss
Lindquist is a graduate of
Medford high school in the
class of 1944. With the back
ing of the Junior Chamber of
Commerce, she is expected to
be among the leaders in the
final judging.
Clubs and organizations
may still submit names of
candidates and any girl de
sirous of entering the contest
may secure application blanks
at the Chamber of Commerce
or Craterian theater. Ballots
and ballot boxes have been
placed at both banks. Jackson
County Federal Savings and
Ixian Assn., Grocrrteria No. 1,
Postoffice and at Camp White.
EAS
'42
Ford Up 2, Studebaker 9
Per Cent G.M. Products
2.5 Lower; Chrysler up 1
ii.u i ....... vH.. la (llD
The car-hungry public was told
A t ,n,a
louay iiiai new jp-iu muuvi
automobiles will sell for about
the same average retail prices
that prevailed In January of
1942.
The OPA, after a series of de
lays, finally announced its "anti
inflation" reconversion pricing
formula but included specific
dollars and cents ceilings for
only two companies. Ford and
Studebaker. On other makes,
however, it gave the public
definite information on what to
expect.
In general, Fords will sell at
two per cent higher than in
1942; Studebaker, nine per cent
higher; General Motors products
(Chevrolet, Pontiac, Oldsmobile.
Buick and Cadillac) 2.5 per cent
lower; and Chrysler products
(Plymouth, Dodge, DeSoto and
Chrysler) about one per cent
higher.
Some Unpriced
Information still is being pre
pared on Packard, Nash and
Hudson prices.
The OPA did not explain
cnnrifinnllv whv average Gen
eral Motors prices would be
lowered while others were in
creased. It said only that the
move was Indicated by Informa
tion submitted by GM itself.
Price Chief Chester Bowles
ecirl that Bvnrnitp. faptorv DriCCS,
apart from extra costs for speci
fication changes, would be 3.5
per cent higher than in 1942.
But to the buying public he gave
this assurance:
"Thl. inprense In factory
prices will not be passed through
to the car buyer.
"Dealers normal pre-war ini
tial mnruins will be uniformly
reduced by 2.5 per centage
points, which will assure me
1942 retail prices on the average
for all pars. necnuse of the
elimination or reduction In the
losses which they formerly were
forced to take on used cars, deal-
prc are hnwever. assured mar
gins considerably above those
actually realized before the
war."
Rnwles did not close the door
entirely on General Motors price
increases. He ruled that in the
pase nf GMC and other com
panies whose specific prices
have not been fixed, slight in
prpasps will he allowed to cover
the cost of improvements in
structure and design.
Saratoga Heading
Returnee Parade
San Francisco, Nov. 19 U.R)
T;ie aircraft carrier Saratoga
with 3370 Dasscnecrs aboard was
secheduled to arrive here today.
heading a parade of 10 ships re
turning a total of 12,577 veter
ans home from the Pacific.
Other ships due: Gen. John
Pope, 5.312: Sibley, 1,977; Hen
dry, 1.743; Mahimahi, 14; Lark,
54; APC No. 1, five; Longvicw
Victory. 20; Millicoma, 63; and
Pecos, 19.
T
Jap Colonel Boasts Order
To "Kill Americans Crueiy
Manila, Nov. 19 (U.R) A
Japanese colonel boasted In
court today that he ordered his
troops to '"kill Americans cruel
ly" and to slaughter Filipino
women and children If neces
sary. Col. Masatoshi Fujishige, a
prisoner of war who command
ed 6,000 Japanese soldiers in the
Batangas area south of Manila,
was brought Into court as one
of the final prosecution wit
nesses in the atrocity trial of
Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita.
Squinting sullenly at his
American interrogators, the
shabby little colonrl bragged
that he had ordered his men to
fight without mercy In the final
days of the Luzon campaign.
"I issued an order to kill the
Americans cruelly and not with
one stroke," he said. "Also to
shoot guerrillas, including wom
en and children.
Maj. Robert M. Kerr, Port
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United Press F
CHINA COMMUNISTS WIN
IN RACE FOR MANCHURIA
Chungking, Nov. 19 U.R
China's communists have won
the race for Manchuria and are
deploying 500.000 well-equipped
troops to hold the vast northern
territory against the central
government armies, informed
sources said today.
Changchun, capital of Man
churia, and virtually every other
kev city in the territory were
HELLO GIRLS IN
ILLINOIS STRIKE
(By United Press)
An operators' strike disrupted
telephone service In Illinois to
day, and the nation's labor
troubles grew as representatives
of 350,000 automobile workers
met in Detroit to consider call
ing a strike.
About 308.000 workers were
Idled throughout the nation in
strikes and shutdowns.
In New York, the United Re
tail, Wholesale and Department
Store Employes union (CIO) de
livered what it termed a "final
message" to the Montgomery
Ward & Co. The union oftered
to withdraw demands for union
shop and dues checkoff if the
mail-order firm consented to ar
bitration of other disputed 1s-
Gen. Eisenhower At
III Wife's Bedside
Boone, la., Nov. 19 U.R
General of the Army Dwight D.
Rlspnhnivpr tndnv maintained a
vloil heslrie the bedside of his
wife, under treatment at the
Bnone County Hospital for bron
ohial pneumonia. .
Mrs. Elsenhower, 49, ' was
stricken Saturday night and
taken to the hospital Just two
hours after arriving here for a
visit with her aunt and uncle,
Mr. and Mrs. Joel E. Carlson.
X-ray plates showed some con
gestion In both lungs.
Prowler Leaves
Telltale Prints
Portland, Ore., Nov. 19 U.R)
Jack Parker, 29, today was
charged with prowling his em
ployer's store alter he was ar
rested at his nearby room.
Parker had stepped Into a
pile of plaster, lending the police
direct to his room via large and
clear white footprints.
Parker confessed the burglary-
BLAST-INJURED MAN
IN FAIR CONDITION
The condition of Joseph Proc
tor, about 45, who was Injured
shortly after noon Sunday when
25 dynamite caps exploded, was
described as fair by today by of
ficials at Community Hospital.
Proctor was working for
Guerrin Brothers, contractors,
at Union Creek, when the caps
with which he was preparing to
set off a blast exploded, accord
ing to George Davis, who
brought the injured man to the
hospital in the Perl ambulance.
The Irish language must be
taught in every national school
in the Irish Free State.
land, Ore., the chief prosecutor,
prefaced Fujishigc's oral testi
mony with a mass of documen
tary testimony gleaned from
captured Japanese diaries and
other sources to supplement the
charges of wholesale atrocities
committed by Yamasliita's
troops in the Philippines.
The diaries told of the mass
execution of allied prisoners of
war on Palawan in December,
1944, before the American In
vasion of that island.
Kerr also introduced as evi
dence an affidavit from MaJ.
Robert E. Conn, Geneva, Minn.,
recounting the transfer of 1,600
American prisoners of war to
Manila from Olongapo in the
same month. The prisoners,
Conn's statement said, were pub
licly humilated, beaten and ex
posed to gunfire.
Kerr was expected to close
the prosecution's case tonight
with a showing of atrocity films
to the tribunal.
JNE
ued Wlr
NO. 205.
reported In communist hands
after an almost bloodless coup
that nationalist sources tacitly
blamed on Russia's "passive in
tervention." Government spokesmen ad
mitted the lnss nf Chanffchun.
but they were silent on the re
ported communist seizure of
Mukden, Chinchow and Antung
in southern Manchuria and Har
bin and Lung Kiang in the north.
If confirmed, the communist
triumph appeared to signal the
end of the protracted peace
negotiations in Chungking that
so far have limited China's civil
war to a series of relatively
small skirmishes along the Man
churlan border. ,
Three powerful nationalist
columns already were on the
march against the communists.
One was inside Manchuria and
moving slowly northward to
ward Mukden after breaching
the great wall at Shanhaikwan,
on tlie eastern coast.
EVE OF
Nuernberg, Nov. 19 4U.R1
Ernst Knltcnbrunner, number
one hatchet man of the Nazi
gcslapo, suffered a cranial hem
orrhage In his cell last night
that will prevent his appearing
In court if the war crimes trials
open on schedule tomorrow.
Kaltenbrunncr, who has been
charged with ordering the
deaths of thousands of concen
tration camp inmBtcs, showed
some Improvement this morning
after doctors nan worn uv
Lin-, IVirnuffhntlt the nicht.
Kaltenbrunner's sudden ill
ness Injected a new complica
tion Into the allied prosecution
rtv unset bv Russian
and French threats to walk out
of the trial unless some repre
sentative nf German big indus
try Is added to the roster or de
fendants.
Legion Honor To
Late President
ri,ipaip. Nnv. 19 U.R) The
Roosevelt family todny added
the American Legions nignesi
award, the distinguished ser
vice medal, to the late presi
dent's many tributes.
Cmdr. Franklin D. Roosevelt,
Jr., accepted the medal yester
day for Ills father before thous
ands of Lcgionnires at the open
ing session of the annual con
vention. SHIPPER DIES'
Portland, Ore., Nov. 19 (U.R)
Hector M. Hunt, 56, shipping
executive on the west coast and
in the Orient, died today in a
Portlnnd hospital. Funeral serv
ices will be held Wednesday.
Stingeroo!
(Acme Trlephoto)
Whole hive of stingers made a bee
line for Jlmmie Allison. 2, 8An Ber
nardino, Calif., when he stumbled
Into their honey home while play
ing. Now, swollen but wiser about
the waya of bees, he is recovering
from critical rase of poisoning and
shock after he wus given adrenalin.
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INSURANCE PLAN
TO PAY MEDICAL
COSM PHASE
Federal Aid For Hospital,
Health Center Construc
tion Recommendations
Washington, Nov. 18 (U.R)
President Truman today propos
ed a broad five-point national
health program, recommending
that congress adopt a compul
sory national health Insurance
system for the prepayment of
medical costs.
Stressing that what he wmi
recommending was "not social
ized medicine," the president
set forth his program in a
lengthy message to the house
and senate.
Federal Aid Advocated
Mr. Truman's basic recom
mendations for legislative action
were:
1. Federal aid for construc
tion of hospitals, health centers
and other facilities where they
are needed.
2. Increased use of federal
funds to expand cooperative
state-federal public health, ma
ternal and child health service.
3. Federal aid to support
more adequate professional edu
cation and the advancement of
research on the cause, preven
tion and cure of cancer and men
tal illnesses.
4. A compulsory national
health Insurance system to as
sure prepayment of medical
costs under a plan which would
leave patients free to choose
their own doctors and hospitals.
5. Disability insurance for pro
tection against loss of wages be
cause of sickness and disability.
Early Action Asked
The president urged congress
to give careful consideration to
his program now. The nation's
economic productivity, he said,
will Increase In direct ratio to
Improvement In the national
health.
"Appreciation of modern
achievements in medicine and
public health has created wide
spread demand that they be
fully applied and universally
available," the president told
congress.
"By meeting that demand we
shall strengthen the nation to
meet future economic and social
problems; and we shall make a
most Important contribution to
ward freedom from want In our
land."
The president, saying that all
American citizens should have
ready access to all necessary
medical and hospital services,
recommended that the basic
problem involved be solved by
distributing the costs through
expansion of the existing com
pulsory social security Insurance
system.
Mr. Truman proposed compul
sory health Insurance which
would cover medical, hospital,
nursing and laboratory services,
and dental care.
His plan would call for estab
lishment of a national health
fund which he said would as
sure adequate support for doc
tors and hospitals everywhere.
Local Administration
He proposed that the nation
wide system be highly decentral
ized in its administration with
local administrative units adapt
ing local services to local needs
and conditions.
Repeatedly emphasizing that
his plan would not amount to
socialized medicine, the presi
dent said the people should re
main free to choose their own
doctors and hospitals. Removal
of financial barriers between
the patient and the doctor, he
asserted; "would enlarge the
present freedom of choice."
At the same time, he added,
the people would remain free
to obtain and pay for medical
services outside the health in
surance system.
COL. LUKE LEA DIES
Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 19
(U.R) Funeral arran g e m e n 1 1
were being made today for Col.
Luke Lea, former U. S. senator
and newspaper publisher who
made a sensational attempt to
capture tlu; German kaiser at
the end of World War I. Lea,
68. died at Vanderbilt hospital
yesterday after a brief illness.
SIDE GLANCES
By
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
J. C. (Mairzy Doats) Dcaver
bemoaning the fact that his vocal
aspirations were completely
overlooked this year by both the
press and officials for the Ar
mistice day celebration.
Sgt. Dan Hull wishing he wa
home for 53 years instead of a
mere 53 days.
U. S. National bank book
keepers carrying on business by
candlelight this morning.