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By FRANK JENKINS
TT In generally agreed that tlio
homing ncnrclty hnd a 'large
place nmunK lh Irritant rc
sponsible for tho upheaval In
the Hrltliili election, To under-
atand 1 1 1 ci housing nhortniia In
X London, you simply havo to see
the situation In net on. No mere
word put on puper can picture
ii lor yon.
TN tho background there In ill
A ways the million homes de
frayed by tho nearly five year
of bomblini blllt, fly-bomb nnd
rocket of which not more than
a fourth have beon repaired and
made habitable, Even In thin
lireatriit city In the world you
can I Jut wash out tlireo-qunri.
era of a million houav and for
get about them.
Then there nro tho troop
quartered hero lor vurlou nun
poses American In hoal and
Canadian. AuHtrallnni, New
Zcalnndrr and South African
In lower number, with a con
siderable fringe of Norwegian,
Pole. Dutch, Czechnlovaklan,
Tree French, etc. You can nee
almost every kind of uniform on
rnrth here except, of course,
German and Jap. Trying to
Identify uniform I in ltelf a
fascinating pastime. To the
foreign troop you mul natural
ly add the British ervlce. which
are legion.
A to the American, Brltih
and Empire troop, leave and re
deployment account for the moM
of them. The mixed fringe I
largely tuck here for one reaon
or another. There are hundred
of thousand of Poles (nobody
seem to know the exact num
ber) and what to do with them
1 a Hritlh' problem. They and
tin Czech, the French, the Nor
wegians, the Dutch, etc., were
i WELCOMED In the dav when
inybody who could pull trig
rger wu an iet If the German
should decide to Invade, but they
tako up housing space and eat
food. All but the Poles have a
place of some sort to go back to,
and are being repatriated slow
ly. At the moment, the Poles
look like men without a country
and are lit tho way of being a
British headache, for If they arc
absorbed they will come, after
the war, Into competition with
British labor which Isn't going
to be liked.
Yet, headache or no headache,
the Poles are treated with the
utmost courtesy and considera
tion, and a long as they ure In
uniform are paid out of the Brit
ish treasury paid, housed and
fed. Nobody has yet caught the
British welshing on an obliga
tion. npO these thousand upon thou
sands upon thousands of
troops In uniform you must
add the civilian employes
of the various govern
ments having large war estab
lishments here quite a total In
iUelf.
Tho troops, and to some ex
tent tho war-service civilians, are
housed chiefly in billets and fed
In messes. Tho number of these
establishments is literally
LEGION. Walking through the
streets of London, or riding in
cabs or busses, you seem to see
one in every block and MANY In
some blocks. To get even a glim
i '. mcrlng of the housing situation,
you must remember that all of
theso billets and messes occupy
k and consume food that Lon-
T doners would otherwise get,
VET, amazingly, In tho face of
this staggering foreign In
vasion, Londoners are uniformly
courteous, and when you break
through the outer shell that Is
their peculiarly British armor
they are uniformly friendly and
helpful. One can't help wonder
ing, for example, If our own San
Francisco, now the No. 1 U. S.
port of embarkation, could take
on a foreign invasion such as
London's and stand up under the
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KF Has Jitters Waiting
For News Of Jap Surrender
An air of tense expectancy has
pervaded Klamath Falls along
with the rest of tho nation as
news of the Japaneso surrender
was expected at any timo during
tho weekend.
Only a few minor prematura
i celebrations were sot off here
! Sunday afternoon ns a result of
' tho United Press flash which
" wns broadcast over tho radios.
In downtown slrooto several cars
started honking as news was
flashed over car radios but tho
noise stopped as soon as the cor-
r c c 1 1 o n caino through loud
speakers. City police reported no dls
v turbanco, but a largo number
of drunks made their appear
i anccs in police court Monday
morning. Otherwise there was
-tho Indication of-early-- celebrations.
KLAMATH
BULL HALSEY
Third Fleet , Alerted
For Predicted
Jap Attack
GUAM, Aug. 13 !) Admlrul
llluxry tlliiu llcul ullmtvu lnu
lOKouuma clucks and suoniurinu
pens In a resumption of thu tin
miult on Jnpuu today and stood
aiuri tor one nisi, despi'iulo aer
ial bunzul chardti w u i c h lnu
iokyo radio implied already had
begun,
Lloinel ugency declared Japa
nese plane hud launched an at
tack on tho great nuvul torcc,
wulch had planned to hurl lis air
power at 'lokyo targets but was
balked by heavy weuther.
There was no confirmation of
this report, but Associated Press
Correspondent It I c h a r d K.
O'Mallcy with the fleet said such
a blow was expected and that six
enemy planes attempting sneak
attacks already hud been shot
down.
Admit Damage
A Tokyo broadcast, recorded
by the FCC, admitted "some
damage" was caused by 800 carrier-based
planes attacking the
Kanto district of East Central
Honshu. The attack, tho Japa
nese suld, lasted 12 hours and 17
planes were shot down and 23
damaged.
Possibility of a Japanese aer
ial banzai assault against the
fleet was voiced by some of
ficers, O'Malley said, because of
persistent , attempts by recon
naissance plane to locate the
American force. i
Turned back by heavy weath
er at Tokyo tne carrier planes
picked targets of opportunity.
The Yokohama docks and sub
marines in pens at Shlmoda to
the south along Sagami bay
were hit hard.
Airfields Hit
Numerous merchant vessels
and luggers were attacked, Re
turning fliers sold the only two
airfields Inland on Honshu not
shrouded by fog were Klryu and
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War Bulletin
JAPS GET REPLY
. Br The Associated Pre
The Tokyo radio broadcait a
Domol dlipatch today laying
that the official text of the allied
reply to the Jaoane govern
ment meuage olforlna surren-
dtr wu received today In Tokyo
tnrougn the &wm legation.
MIANTUHO TAKEN
LONDON, Aug. 13 (P) Mar
shal Rodlon MaUnovky's tranc
Baikal army driving through
th great Khingan range Into
Manchuria from th northwest
ha captured Miantuho, on the
Chin tastern railway 350
milt from Harbin In another
strong advance, the soviet com
munlqu announced tonight.
' ISLANDS BLASTED
MANILA, Tuesday. Aug. 14
(IP) Fighters and bombers of
the Far Eaat air force unloaded
hundreds of ton of high x
ploitvo and Incendlarla Sun
dav on Kvuihu and Shlkokl 1'
land In the non-ttop aerial of
fensive against Japan, General
MacArthur a communique re
ported today.
LASKI'S VIEWS
LONDON, Aug. 13 (P) A
foreign office commentator said
today Prof. Harold Laskl repre
sented only limself when ho
said that a socialist electoral
victory was needed In France to
bind Britain and Franca moro
closely together.
Reports from the Oregon stale
liquor stored showed that tho
local store has been crowded to
capacity slnco first reports of tho
approaching Japaneso surrender
began coming over news wires
Friday. All burs and establish,
ments soiling liquor will bo
closed on V-J Day.
Tho local radio station wns
bombarded Sunday with cnlls
from people wanting to know
Intcst news reports.
In Dorrls. cars started form
ing a parade down tho main
street when tho false surrender
notice como, but excitement
quickly died down when tho cor
rection was made.
Meanwhile, Klamathltos re
mained glued to radios for thn
latest reports .that aro expected
at any time.
BLASTS DOCKS
AT YOKOHJUM
Telephone 8111
FALLS, OREGON, MONDAY,
Awaiting Anno' s tn
mi . wins f'wrg'irv" rtmvy yMiiw W ,Y p snxn-iw v sr. . m-m- ? i
. f li'i l Ii'- VI s i Y'?A-
rjj W P M
Crowds gathered early today
awaiting announcements that the
4-CAR SMASH PUTS
Four cars were Involved In a
traffic smash-up near Henley
last night about 0:30 o'clock and
three people are In Hillside hos
pital today as the result of the
accident.
Mrs. Roy L a P r a r 1 e was
thought to have a broken pelvis
bone and Mrs. Lawrence Birk
suffered back Injuries and se
verely uiccratod legs, uotli live
on the Merrill road. Another
woman Is also In the hospital as
a result of the accident, but her
name was withheld by hospital
officials.
Lawrence Blrk. driver of one
car, Roy LoPrarie and Mr. and
Mrs. wuuam stone, passengers
in the car. were also rushed to
the hospital by tho Klamath
merchants' police ambulance,
but were released after treat
ment. The automobile driven by
Blrk was turning left Into the
LaPrarie drlvcwoy when the
collision occurred.
Kenneth Snarr, operator of a
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Federal Court
Jurors Due Here
Trial Jurors are to report here
from Jackson, Josephine and
Klamath counties on Tuesday,
August 21, at 10 a. m. for a fed
eral district court term, accord
ing to word received from the
district attorney's office this
morning.
It is not yet known which
judge will preside or what cases
will be tried at that time.
Police Hold Man
On Rape Charge ,
Lavcrne James Brown is being
held in the Klamath county jail
in lieu of $2000 bail charged
with rape. The complaint was is
sued by T. W. Chotbum, Justice
of tho pcao at Merrill.
Brown was arrested at Al
turas, Calif., after a complaint
had been signed by Marvel
Brown, of Merrill, charging that
Brown raped her 15-year-old sis
ter on August 4.
It was alleged that Brown
raped the girl while she was at
homo taking care of her sister's
baby. When her two sister's ar
rived' home they found the girl
crying and upon questioning
she slated sho had boon raped.
Marvel Brown is tho husband
of tho defendant.
EAST COAST
ARRIVALS
By The Associated Pre
Walter E. Drlicoll, SSgt.,
Bonanza. Arrived on Mont
clalr Victory due in Boston
August 0.
Blaine A. Brattaln, T4,
Fort Klamath, Arrived on
Marine Fox, due In New York
August 10.
Ruiaell Whltehoue, PFC,
Yrckn. Arrived on Mt. Ver
non, duo in Hampton Roads,
Va August 11.
Phillip Q. Maupin. TS.
Merrill, Arrived on Mt. Ver
non, duo in Hampton Roads,
Va., August 11.
William E. Sweat, Lt 1340
Wilford, Klamath Falls. Ar
rives on Marcchnl Joffrc, duo
at -New - York, -August-13.
$
AUGUST 13, 194S
in front of .the Whit Hou in Wahlngton,
Pacific war was over. (NEA telephoto).
False Flash Sweeps Nation
Into Premature Celebrations
NEW YORK, Aug: 13 fP)
Premature victory celebrations,
springins from radio broadcast
of an erroneous United Press
news flash that Japan had ac
cepted allied surrender terms,
swept across the United' States
and Canada - last night- and
awoke briefly Jubilant echoes in
central America and ' faraway
Surlno'v Australia
. The Canadian cilc'b'ra'tlon' was
Intensified by premature re
lease, of .a recorded, "victory
broadcast by Prime Minister
MacKenzie King from Ottawa.
The United Press association
(United Press) said the . flash
moved over one of its wires at
9:34 P. M. (EWT). The flash was
ordered .withheld from publica
tion -at 9:36 p. m. and was
"killed" at 9:40 p. m.
The UP described the flash as
"of mysterious origin" and said
that while it moved under a
Washington dateline, it "was
not transmitted by the Wash
ington bureau of the United
Press." ' ...
, Hugh ' Baillie, United : Press
president, offered $5000 reward
tor information leading to the
identification and conviction of
the person who transmitted the
false flash.
The UP told its subscribers
that . the federal bureau of in-
Portland Woman
Held In Shooting
I PORTLAND,' Ore., Aug. 13 (P)
The mother of two girls was
charged -with second-degree
murder today, accused of fatally
shooting her ex-husband in a
quarrel last night in her apart
ment. The woman, Mrs.' Louise
Flournoy, 41, was released on
$5000 ball. Detectives, who
found her in a dazed condition
her face bruised and patches
of hair missing, said she told
them Robert W. Flournoy, 44,
had beaten her. '
City Building
Admits
Ball was raised this' morning
by Justice J. A. Mahoney from
$2500 to $5000 cash ball on A.
W. Downs, city building in
spector, held In the county Jail
on a charge of arson. The ball
wns raised upon a motion irom
the district attorney's office.
Downs is charged with setting
fire to a dwelling owned by D.
L. Mosler, 324 Old Fort road,
on July 18. District Attorney
Clarence Humble said Downs
signed a statement allegedly ad
mitting entering the Mosicr
house sometime before - the fire
was set and taking a three or
four-burner oil stove.
Ho admitted forcing open 'the
side door of the house by using
a smnll pinch bar and taking
the stove on tho back of , his
truck to the South 6th street ex
change where he sold It for $8,
according to the quoted state
ment. On July 18," said' the re
ported statement, he again en
tered the house and took two
rolls of linoleum and a can from
the premises and then set fire
to tho house by striking a match
and setting some straw on fire
that was on .the floor -in one
.room, " ' .
He sold-the linoleum' for -$5
4? -
Number. 10591
D. C, anxiously
vestigation and the federal com
munications commission had
been asked to ascertain who had
"cut in on the UP's wire to dis
seminate false. Information."
Although the long-awaited re
port of the war's end Was killed
quickly by UP and the major
radio, networks -which had cut
into their .regular programs to
carry It, tne message: nasn--Washfngton-J'apari
accepts sur
render terms of allies" -inaugu
rated hilarious celebrations that
lasted for an -hour or-more in
some cities. ' ' -.
A White House denial that a
Japanese surrender had been
received, following the UP's kill
by about an hour, finally dim
med the enthusiasm of victory
greeters. In the short Interval between
the false flash and its final de
nial, bedlam ' had its hey-day.
The hfgh 'squeak and baritone
roar of ship whistles, and horns
sent up thunderous fanfares at
New York City's East River,
and in the harbors of Los Angeles,-
San . Francisco, Portland,
Me., Honolulu and. San Diego.
Big,' good-humored . crowds
gathered in the city hall court
yard at Philadelphia, at Port
land, Ore., Baltimore,- Boston
and other cities. In Washington,
D. C. a cheering throng surged
around the White House, - but
dispersed quietly upon denial of
the surrender report.
A philanthropic bar-kecper in
Battle Creek, Mich, had poured
out $32 worth of drinks "on the
house". before he learned there
was no occasion for it. " '
Searchlights flashed ' across
the skies at Miami and Charles
ton, S. C. The Waterbury, Conn.
"Democrat" and the Vancouver,
B. C. "Sun" issued extras. Revel
ers snake-danced, exploded fire
works and built bonfires in the
streets of several American
cities. There were short, excited
demonstrations in Havana, Cuba,
and Caracas, Venezuela. Thea
tres emptied in Ft. Worth, Texas,
and Portland, Ore.
Inspector
4 Fire Settings
and, also sold a pair of rubbers
and a pair of overshoes for $2.50,
he said in a statement to Keith
Ambrose, Klamath Falls fire
chief. . -
. The district attorney assert
ed Downs admitted setting fire
on June 11 to a dwelling at 922
Fulton owned- by Justin H.
Lageson by putting a lighted
match to some ticking in the
attic.
The statement was quoted to
the effect that he set a fire to a
garage at 1327 Oregon, owned
by Gordon H. Smith on June
20. He also, took a large tank
from the garage and traded it to
Shorty's Welding shop for a 179
gallon oil storage tank, accord
ing to Humble.
On the same date, June 20,
he set firp to an' old, dwelling at
511 Roosevelt , and then went
back and assisted city police to
direct traffic at the scene of the
garage fire, Humble said, He
added that Downs took a toilet
bowl from 511 Roosevelt the day
before he set the house afire and
sold it to the Wonder Second
Hand store for $4.50.
Downs 'is being represented
by U. S. Balentlne and waived
preliminary hearing 'in justice
court-Saturday. -
B-29s Hit Tokvo
Nips Ponder Terms
By JOHN M. H IGHTOWER
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 (AP) Americon bombers hammered at Tokyo's front door to
day while the Japanese dallied over a decision whether to surrender now on allied terms or
continue a suicidal war.
The White House announced that no reply had been received at 10:45 a. m., today to
Saturday's four-power dictate that Japan could keep an emperor who would take his orders'
from the victors' supreme commander.
Presidential Secretary Charles C. Ross told a news conference "It is safe to say the war
is going on" while negotiations continue.
More than four hours later there had been no further word from the White House on
the subject.
No time limit was set by the allies for a Japanese response, Ross said. Nor did he know,
he asserted, whether there might be another ultimatum.
A Tokyo broodcast said that the formal reply to Japan's conditional surrender offer of
SOVIET THRUST
SPLITS FORCES
By The Auoclated Pre
LONDON, Aug. 13 Tokyo
reported today a vast new soviet
offensive in Manchuria which
threatened to cut off possibly a
half million Japanese troops in
China and split an estimated
1,300,000 enemy forces on the
Asiatic mainland into two mas
sive pockets. . '
There was no immediate soviet
confirmation of the Tokyo re
port, which originated at com
mand headquarters of the Jap
anese Kwantung army in Man
churia. A Moscow communique,
fourth- of the soviet-Japanese
war, told of soviet gains of nine
to 22 miles toward the central
Manchurian arsenal city of
Harbin.
The soviet bulletin also an
nounced that Russian marines
bombarded bases and red army
planes cascaded tons of explos
ives on wharves and harbors in
a three-day aerial pounding.
Sea-Born Troops -
(The Tokyo radio, heard by
the FCC, reported sea-borne
soviet troops had begun 'Th
ings on the southern part: of
disputed Sakhalin island. 'i'oko
previously has reported an in
vasion of the territory, known
1o-the;Japanose--Kftrro?-"-
une uomet dispatcn saia tne
landings were under way at
Anbetsu and Esutoru, the latter
about 60 miles south of the
border on the west coast. An
betsu is just across the soviet
Japanese border.
(A Domei dispatch recorded
by the FCC, said the Russians
also had penetrated 20 miles in
to the Japanese half of the island
in their land invasion from the
border and had reached the vil
lage of Keton.)
Rashin, a great Japanese
naval base, just 35 miles from
the Russian naval anchorage of
Poset, south of Vladivostok, was
the best enemy port in Korea.
From Rashin and Yuki, 10 miles
farther northeast, the Japanese
had shipped the vast war pro
duction of " Manchuria's . indus
tries to the homeland..
The Russians, who had
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Boze Destroys
Local Wood Yard
Heilbronner's wood yard on
the Kesterson mill road was al
most completely destroyed by
fire Sunday evening and more
than 100 cords of wood were
burned by the blaze.
It is not known how the fire
. I l. . . . 1
v : -; -
the first to notice the fire and
start combatting it. Equipment
from KFPA, the county shops,
and Southern Pacific was
brought to the scene, but the
blaze had gained too much head-
way.
Bulletin
FATAL CRASH
Official from Klamath naval
nir station reported in crash of
a plane Monday morning into
Goot lake near Lakeview. The
pilot was killed. Crews irom the
air itation went to the cent of
the crash thi morning but had
not returned by mid-afternoon.
INDIAN KILLED
Eugene Mecume, Coos Bay In
dian who ha lived teveral years
on the Klamath recrvation, wa
fatally wounded by a gunhot at
1 p. m. today at Chiloquin. -
Police Chief Henry Johnion,
of Chiloquin, arrested Ralph
Tice, well-known Klamath In
dian and veteran of thi war. a
Mecume' aoailant. Officer aid
the two drove into Weit Chilo
quin, got out, and Tic then shot
Mecume with a rifle. Mecume
died en routs io a hoipltal.
Ties wa placed in the Jail at
Chiloquin. Indian Officer John
Arkell laid Tlce was drunk, and
"passed out" In the jail to he
could not answer question.
WEATHER
Augutt 13
Max. (Auguit 12) B Min 48
Precipitation lat 24 hour . 00
Stream year to date 13.28
normal.... 12.2B Last yar....iu.6g
Forecasti Clear Tutiday.
P
"rridoy was not received until
nirohito Sees Togo .
Emperor Hirohito received Japanese Foreign Minister Togo
at the imperial palace, another enemy broadcast said, but no
details as to its purpose were given.
Still another broadcast indicated the Japanese were suffer
ing invasion jitters.- Domei, Japanese news agency, quoted
"military observers" os viewing renewed American carrier
plane attacks and fleet operations off the coast as presaging
a possible enemy landing.
Ross told his news conference at the White House:
"I'm sorry. I have only the negative report to make that
no word hds been received from Japan. It was carried by the
Tokyo radio that. the allied reply hod only been delivered to
day, Monday. If that is true, Japan has had our terms only a
little over, 1 2 hours. Perhaps that accounts for the delay."
"Might there be another atomic bomb?" he was asked.
"I do not know," Ross replied. "If I did I wouldn'.t say."
.' His remark on continuation of the war was in reply, to an
inquiry whether it wos safe to assume "there had been no in
terruption or letup in the war during the negotiations."
.Carrier planes, of task force 33 hammered today at Japa
nese ' coastal targets, including the docks of Yokohama,
Tokyo's chief port.
Prolonged delay on the part of. Tokyo appears certain to
bring a resumption of American atomic bomb attacks.
VYei" Or "No" Answer Wonted
. There seems' to be no disposition among officials here to
Aengaee in further exchanges re
BIG LAKES WOODS
. Big Lakes .Box company's
woods operations were halted
today by the CIO strike, bring
ing to approximately 1900 the
number of men and women out
on strike in the lumber industry
here... -'
,-i-The- Big -Lakes-.mill,: an AFL
operation, was running as usual
today, sawing logs already In the
pond.
Chiloquin Lumber company's
mill was down today, due to a
log shortage,., but other depart
ments of the Chiloquin plant
were running. The log shortage
resulted from the strike of CIO
unionists in the company's log
ging operations, down since early
last week.
. Those were the main develop
ments in the work stoppage, and
virtually no results were ap
parent in attempts to settle the
strike, which began in the Wey
erhaeuser operations, and has
shut down three major Klamath
mills.
. Legality Discussed
Two army officers who were
here Saturday to investigate the
stoppage of production of war-
critical lumber, left Sunday with
out making any statement. They
conferred while here with both
management and labor officials.
Attention centered today on
questions as to whether the CIO
strike here is illegal under the
war labor disputes act, and
whether it is in violation of
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Detroit Blast,
Fire Kill 74
V Detroit, Aug. 13 m
-At
least 14 persons were killed, a
score or more others were in
jured and an undetermined num
ber were trapped in a two-story
building occupied by the Export
Box & Sealer company follow
ing an explosion and fire this
afternoon.
The bodies of six victims were
found' on the sidewalk outside
the building, blown there by the
explosion. A seventh was seen
hanging on a second story win
dow sill.
Nineteen women and five
men were taken to receiving
hospital where emergency wards
were set up.
:. Plant officials said 180 per
sons were employed in the build
ing at the time of the explosion.
V-J To Give Green Light
To Reconversion Plans
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 (IF)
With the end of the war in sight,
President Truman canvassed
postwar labor and wage stabil
ization problems today with six
top advisors.
Meeting with Mr. Truman
were Secretary of Labor
Schwellenbach, War Mobilizer
John W. Snyder, Economic Sta
bilizer William H. Davis, Price
Administrator Chester Bowles,
war labor board Chairman
George W. Taylor and John R,
Steelman, former director of the
TJ. S. conciliation service and
now an advisor to Schwcllen-.
bach.
Their emergency plans ready,
government agencies awaited
the White House signal to start
the American economy toward a
As
todoy.
garding the meaning of uncondi-
tinnal .viirranripr What in want
ed now is a "yes" or "no" reply.
President Truman and Secre
tary of State Byrnes were on
the job early and late, and an
air of tense expectancy was re
flected by their associates. The
White House perfected plans for
the actual signing of surrender
terms.
Ross . said the arrangements
might take two or three days
after the enerpy accepts. But If
a Japanese agreement to surren
der is forthcoming promptly, V-J
Day still rmgljt be proclaimed in,
mid-week. . '. , . , . ..'
-'- Presumably the fate of the
mikado continues to be the cen
tral point of a- situation which
fcogan developing Friday morn
ing. Then the Japanese govern
ment sent word that it would
like to surrender on the basis of
the Potsdam ultimatum but
with the understanding that the
emperor would retain his pre
rogatives as a sovereign ruler.
Truman's Reply
Mr. Truman, acting on behalf
of the United States, Russia,
China and Britain, replied in a
note given to the Swiss legation
for transmission to Tokyo at
10:30 a. m. Saturday. It said:
1. That after surrender the
authority of the emperor is to
be subject to the supreme com
mander of the allied powers
who will tell the emperor what
to .do. (The white House said
later this commander will be an
American, and speculation is
that it will be Gen. Douglas
MacArthur).
2. That the emperor must in
sure Japan's signing of the sur
render terms' and the actual sur
render of all Japanese land,, sea
and air forces, now scattered
from Manchuria to the Dutch
East Indies.
3. That the ultimate form of
the Japanese government will
be determined by the people
themselves at some future time.
Although neither Mr. Truman
nor Secretary Byrnes interpret
ed this reply, some of those
close to the president construed
it as acknowledging indirectly
Japan's acceptance of the Pots
dam terms but' refusing the con
dition about the emperor re
maining as sovereign ruler.
The Potsdam ultimatum pro
vides for disarmament of Japan,
breaking up of its empire, oc
cupation of the country and the
liberation of its people from
warlord control. The terms did
not mention the emperor, and it
was considered logical that the
Japanese government should try
to make a deal for him if it
could.
goal of unprecedented civilian
production.
The signal, due when Japan
quits,- also will serve to unveil
programs lor pulling mimuns ui
released war workers in peace
time jobs as rapldlv as possible
and for gradual lifting of ration
ing and other wartime restric
tions. Hornet ront View
In the meantime, this Is th
homefront outlook as tho wai
appears to be nearing the end:
Rationing-elimination of gasc
line, fuel oil and tire programl
within a few days to six week)
after V-J Day; gasoline may bl
released withm a week. Shoe ra
tioning is due to go in two oi
three months. Food, csneclallj
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