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VIOLENT revolution Harca
nvrr the weekend In La Vut,
hlKh-ln-lhe-lunuiitalua capital of
Hollvla (Smith America.)
Dlcliilor-I'ivsldcnl Villarroi'l In
shot (apparently only wounded)
In il lieuvlly fortified palace.
Ho wan then thrown through a
window to Hie mob ouudde ami
hanged to a lump t. after
which hl llfelesa and nuked body
was paruded throtiKh the alrceta
on an army lank. After the
puradc, the body wan brought
back and hanued nil" In tu the
lamp pout In front of the palace.
IT aounda strangely like Mu
soliiii'a end which reminds
ua thul throughout hlatory'a hum
alory MANY, MANY dlclatora
have died like that.
I ET ua puuae hern for a aecond
to recall the hlatoric pattern
C of dlctatorahlp.
It arlura iiorimilly brcauso the
PKOI'LE become too lazy ortoo
Indlffrrent to curry the burdena
of aclf-government. In thnlr
lazlneas, or tlielr Indifference,
ihnv auv:
"Let ua liuve a superman, who
will UO IT ALL FOR US. aa
that wo ahull not hnvo to bolhur
our hcuda with auch problema.
THAT la how dlctatorahlp hi
torlcully begin.
It procecda hmlnrleally to the
AUUSKS that follow Inevitably
when TOO MUCH POWKIl la
placed III ONt act of handa.
It emla (not alwnya, but F11E
OUKNTLY) In outburala of un
restrained hutred audi aa we are
witncaalitK In llollvla.
THE thing for ua to remember
la thul down through the
crnturlca dictatorship (in one
form and another) have tended
to arise WHENEVER the people
become too lazy, too Indifferent,
too aelf-centercd to face the
rcaponalbllltU-a of governing
thcmaclvca wlaely and well
THERE la another explosion In
A Jerusalem where "terror
lata" bomb the King David hotel,
in which Urlllah army head'
qunrtora are located.
This niornlmi'a dispatches 111'
dlcute kiiiio SO dentin.
I'uleatlne la an explosive apot
because of a project to move
Jews there from Europe
where, becuuae of man a Inlolcr
ance to man. they arc a head'
ache. The Idea of the power
thai be In Europe is to move tne
Jews bodily to Palestine, now
heavily populated by Arabs.
The A rubs rexl.il the colonlza
Hon of Palestine by Jewa. The
Jews (already desperate because
of Injustices In Europe) RESENT
the unwillingness of the Arabs
to receive them.
Hence the disorders that are
making Palestine a powder keg,
THE power that be In Europe
(we, the British, the French,
the Ruaaluna, etc.) are unwilling
to face the problem of absorp
tion of the unwanted Jews
AMONG US. So. In effect, we
say: "Let's force them onto the
Arabs In Palestine" (which Is
the ancestral home of the Jews.)
(If you are familiar with your
Old Testament, you will recall
that the Jews took Palestine
FROM SOMKUOUY ELSE.)
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THE curtain Is rising on civil
iviir In PMnii.
As usual, we net no clear pic
turo of what Is happening. We
have to liidae from CONFLICT
1NG PROPAGANDA claims. The
communists say they have won
a resounding victory in which
they captured 12.0UU government
trooDS.
The nationalists retort that
after the buttle they have al
reudy HUHIEO 20.000 COMMU'
NIST DEAD, and aren't through
jet.
ME SUN YATSEN, widow
1 of Chin a's revolutionary
hero (who seems by some freak
to have been unselfishly devoted
to improvement of the lot of tho
Chinese PEOPLE) Hives out
statement In Shanghai today to
the effect that REACTIONARIES
in tho Nationalist (Chiang Kal-
ahek) government arc fostering
a civil war In the hone of bring'
lng tho United States and Rus-
sin into the struggle and thul
crushing Chinese communism.
She says we ought to GET
our Of china . . . mat we
should make loans only to
reorganized and truly repre
sentative Chinese government
. . . that wo should make it
plain that wo will supply neither
munitions nor military assistance
to EITHER SIDE.
PROBABLY tho outcome of that
policy would be that the
communlsls, with Russian assist
ance, would win. Still, it is a
little odd to hear ANYBODY
assert that America should tay
out of ANYWHERE.
THE world, you sec, is in
mess.
It is n nllv.
The principle of the Golden
Rule. If honestly followed by
everybody, would bring order
and hnnnlness out of tne mess,
It Is doubtful if anything else
will.
TYPHOON TOLL UP
MANILA, July 22 (!) The
army today relayed a radio dls-
natch from Bamilo. northern
Luzon, raising last week's
i typhoon death toll to 16 with tho
( discovery of tlirco more bodies,
PRICE riVE CENTS
Pair
Presiden t Told
New OPA Draft
Has Some Merit
WASHINGTON. July 22 (IV
OPA Administrator Paul A.
Porter told President Truman
today tho compromise bill to
revive OPA is an Improvement
over the measure ho recently
vetoed.
Leaving a White House con
ference with Mr. Truman, Por
ter told newsmen ho withheld
a recommendation on whether
tho preaident ahould sign or
veto tho new compromise.
Ho preferred to withhold a
recommendation, Porter ex
plained, until congresa has com
pleted Its action and the men-
Bolivians Kill
President,
Seize Power
LA PAZ. Bolivia. July 22 ()
Student and labor rcvolutioniala
took over (he government of
Bolivia today after aaaaasinating
Preaident Guarberto Vlllarrocl,
who was thrown bodily from
the preaidential palace, hunged
to a lumppoat and then paraded
lifelesa and naked through the
atreeta on an army tank.
After tho macabre parade In
this highest capital In the world,
the slant president'! body again
was hanged from a lamiipoat bo-
fore thu palace. The four days
of bloody street righting In
which 2000 persons were report
ed killed or wounded ended
Sunday with victory for the reb
els. Many of the president's
close collaborators died with
him.
Nestor Guillen, dean of the
superior court, assumed office
as acting president but vowed to
relinquish the office when
Thomas Monie, court president.
was well enough to take his
place. He called the regime "a
provisional government to call
elections and then turn over
power to a government chosen
by the people."
Liberties Promiitd
The revolutionary leaders
promised that suppressed civil
liberties would be restored im
mediately. The rebels reported that par
tially burned bodies of political
prisoners of the Villarroel re-
(Canllaaaa an rata t, Cat. S)
Memorial Held
For Bikini Goats
NORTH HOLLYWOOD,
Calif., July 22 A' Four hun
dred goat owners paid silent
tribute yesterday "to the little
goats that (lied and arc dying
in uic iiHoic oi alienee ana rc'
search."
Plans to half-staff tho Ameri
can flag and sound taps in
honor of tho atomic -bombed
goats of Bikini were cancelled
after war veterans had protest
ed. Only sound to break the min
ute of silence during the San
Fernando Valley Goat society
came from tho goats.
Madame Sun
inciting u.
SHANGHAI, July 22 (!')
Chinese communists and the
government mutually claimed
victories north of tho Yangtze
river today as Madame Sun Ynt
sen accused government party
reactionaries of striving to in
cite war between the United
Slntes and Russia In tho hope
of thus crushing the commu
nists, Madamo Sun, highly-respected
widow of China's revolution
ary hero and sister-in-law of
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek,
declared in a raro statement
that China was heading down
the road to disaster and that
American reactionaries were
abetting Chinese reactionaries.
As steps toward solution, she
urged formation of a coalition
government, withdrawal of all
American troops from China,
and cancellation ot all war ma
terials and other military as
sistance from tho United States.
Even as her statement was
issued, however, the commu
nists claimed a resounding vic
tory and capture of 12,000 gov
ernment soldiers on the Import
KLAMATH
Feared Lost In
ure reaches the president's
desk.
However, Porter said he told
Mr. Truman:
"This bill Is better In many
Important und material respects
than the one he vetoed."
Porter would not elaborate
on this brief sentence.
Ceilings Deferred
' WASHINGTON. July 22 M")
A house-senate conference com
mittee decided today that, in
the revival of OPA. price ceil
ings can not be restored be
fore August 20 un meat, poul
try, eggs, milk and a list of
other basic foods.
Whether these foods can be
controlled at alt again will be
left to the determination of a
three-man board with higher
authority than OPA,
The conference committee
completed the writing of the
compromise OPA measure and
tossed the Issue again directly
to the house and senate for a
showdown tomorrow.
Earlier Senate Democratic
Leader Barkley of Kentucky,
predicted at the White House
that the house and senate would
approve the compromise
promptly and expressed hope
Mr. Truman will sign it. I
The compromise bill was ap-i
proved by 11 of tho 14 senate
and house conferees who wrote
it. The three declining to sign
It were Senators Milllkcn (R
Colo.), Rep. Wolcott (R-Mich.)
and Smith (R-Ohio).
Council Faces
Major Issues
Parking meters, a proposal for
a modified manager system for
city government, and proposed
recreation financing are three
major matters slated to come
before the city council tonight.
The retail trade bureau will
be represented in connection
with parking meters. Nick Long,
president, issued the following
statement:
"It being apparent that the city
council favors the idea of in
stalling parking meters despite
the strong opposition against
them, a committee of tho retail
trade will attend the council
meeting Monday night, July 22,
to ask that the parking meter
question be put up to the city
voters for their approval or dis
approval on the November elec
tion ballot. It is felt by retail
merchants that parking meters
are a form of taxation or rental
of public streets' and people of
Klamath Falls should have the
privilege of voting for or against
them."
Councilmen tonight will prob
ably consider a ballot proposal
for charter amendment to author
ize the city to hire a manager,
or superintendent, as a modified
form of city manager. If the
ballot measure is approved, this
will be up for vote in the fall.
Also considered tonight will
be the matter of increased rccrea
tion financing. One proposal for
the ballot is an increase of the
regular recreation maintenance
(Uaatlaaaa aa r-aaa S, Cal. a)
Yai - sen Says Reactionists
S.-Russian War Over China
ant coastal plain only 60 miles
northeast ot Nanking.
Government quarters count
ered with assertions they had
buried 20,000 communist dead
after a long and bitter battle in
the same area.
- Madame Sun said that Kuo
mlntang reactionaries were fos
tering a civil war they can't
win "because they hope civil
conflict In China will Incite
war between America and the
USbH and thus at last crush
Chinese communists."
"The American people, who
are allies and long friends of
China, must bo clearly told of
this road to disaster," she said.
"They must be told that
American reactionaries are
teaming up with Chinese re
actionaries, each encouraging
the other. They must be told
that tho presence of United
States armed forces on Chinese
soil Is not strengthening peace
and order among the Chinese
people.
"They must bo warned that
loans should be given only to
a reorganized ana truly repre-
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FALLS, OREGON. MONDAY,
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May Enjoys Life
Rep. Andrew J. May (D-Ky.), chairman of the House Military
Affaira committee (left), being hugged by Mrs. Muriel Garraon
Herman, a daughter of Murray Garraon, while Garraon'a aecond
wife aita at May a left during reception at Hotel Pierre ia New
York City, Jan. 2., 1(44. after wedding of Garraon'a daughter,
Natalie, to Maj. Louia K. Klebenov. Garraon, now reported in
Cuba, ia one of two brothera who formed aeveral Illinois war
material firma now being lnreatigatad by the senate committee
headed by Sen. Jamas Mead (D-N. Y.).
CIO-PAC Backs
Slaughter's Foe
JEFFERSON CITY. Mo., July
22 (Pi Official CIO-PAC sup
port for Enos.A. Axtell, presi
dent Truman's choice to beat
Rep. Roger C.- Slaughter In the
fifth district democratic pri
mary, was announced today by
the organization s steering com
mittee. At the same lime the politi
cal action committee leaders
said they welcomed an investi
gation of the congressional cam
paign asked by Slaughter in the
Kansas City fight and urged
that the Inquiry also include the
sources
backing,
. . , V., . . i
eE . Slaughter s financial
"It is reported that various
Individuals or firms have alleg
edly raised a 'slush fund' of pro
portions reaching a halt million
dollars to promote the re-election
of Slaughter so that his
services as the spokesman ot cor
porate interests be uninterrupt
ed," a PAC resolution said.
Chinese Reds
Warn Marines
TIENTSIN, July 22 (IP) The
communist radio at Yonan to
day warned United States ma
rines that a search of communist-held
territory for seven ma
rines seized in north China July
13 was a violation of Chinese
sovereignty.
The warning was made at a
time when there were indica
tions, not confirmed by the ma
rine corps', that the seven have
been found in a village 50 miles
southwest of the port city of
Chinwangtao.
Yenan radio said that unless
the leathernecks called off the
hunt, they must assume full re
sponsibility for any clashes be
tween marines and communists.
scntativc Chinese government.
They must be told that if Amer
ica makes it plain that the
won t supply munitions or mili
tary assistance there will bo
no spreading of the Chinese
civil war."
Madame Sun's statement,
which some observers thought
might mark her active reentry
into Chinese politics, ' empha
sized: "We are threatened by civil
war into which .reactionaries
hope to draw America, thus in
volving the whole world. Such
a civil war, thought undeclared,
has already begun. This calam
ity must be stopped in its be
ginning. "The present crisis is not a
question of who wins Kuomin
tang or communist. It is a
question of the Chinese people,
their unity, liberty and liveli
hood. It cannot be settled by
balancing armed forces or bar
gaining for this city and that
territory. No party rights but
human rights hang in the balance."
JULY 22, IMS
(Telephone till)
Freight Train
Kills Itinerant
An itinerant fruit nicker, iden-
1 tifiedf as Henrjr"fl. -Smith of
Phoenix, Arii , was fatally injured
as he attempted to hook a ride
on an incoming Southern Pacific
freight train about half a mile
from the SP depot west of the
west end yard office early last
night.
Assistant Coroner Marvin Al-
bce said that Smith was struck
by the 26th boxcar in the freight
and he apparently fell under the
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nand was badly crushed, his chest
was crushed and he had a bad
head injury.
Smith's shoe and foot were
found about 21 feet from where
his body had fallen between the
rails. He was found by Louis
Arnold, Great Northern car in
spector, at 7:56 p. m a few min.
utes alter the tram had passed
by. and died at 8 o'clock.
The man, believed to be about
60 years old. was conscious when
Arnold found him, and was able
to talk a little. He asked Arnold
to look after his two bundles of
personal belongings, and men
tioned something about being
from Arizona before he died.
A social security card gave his
name as Henry Smith, and his
address as Phoenix, Ariz., but
Phoenix police informed local
officials that he was a transient
fruit picker and had no known
relatives there.
Smith was dressed In overalls
and an overall jumper, and car
ried two bundles containing other
clothing and a Bible.
There were no witnesses to
(Cantinaii aa rasa t, Cal. 1)
Howard Hughes
Said Improved
LOS ANGELES, July 22 W
Plane and movie maker Howard
Hughes was "resting comfort
ably" today at Good Samaritan
hospital following removal of a
second quart of fluid last night
from his left lung, battered when
Hughes crashed in an experi
mental plane July 7. His physi
cian yesterday reported "notice
able improvement.
Roseburg JP Pleads
Innocent To Charges
ROSEBURG, Ore., July 22
(t) Justice of the Peace
Thomas C. Hartflel of . Deer
Creek precinct, embracing the
city of Roseburg, today entered
a plea of innocence to the two
counts in a recent grand Jury
indictment charging him with
larceny of public money and
malfeasance and negligence in
public office.
The larceny charge alleged
that he failed to turn over to
the county on the date due $4,
377.51 in fines, costs and fees
collected over a two-year pe
riod. Circuit Judge Carl E. Wlm
berly, before whom Hartflel en
tered plea, disqualified himself
and turned the case over to Cir
cuit Judge Dal M. King of Coos
county, for trial in Roseburg.
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Lake
Flyer Spots
Empty Boat
On Surface
No trace had been found late
today of two men, Keith Gor
don, 56, and John A. (Jack)
Henry, 43, who disappeared In
Upper Klamath lake yesterday.
although their capsized speed
boat was found about a mile
off the west shore of the lake
this -morning.
The two men. both of whom
live at 2834 Altamont, put the
small red boat into Geary canal
about H a. m. yesterday, und
were planning to go through
the canal into the lake and on
up past Rocky Point, through
Crystal creek and come ashore
at Malone springs.
Their wives took the car
from the canal and were to
meet the men at Malone springs
about noon, but Henry and Gor
don never arrived. Mrs. Gordon
and Mrs. Henry waited at the
springs all afternoon and all
night.
This moraine Cliff Hoeue
flew a Cessna plane low over
the lake and spotted the boat,
drifting upside down, with the
outboard motor still on it. The
boat was seen about two miles
southwest of Eagle ridge,
Hogue said,- and was drifting
toward the west shore.
He said that he believed the
boat might have overturned
three or four miles from where
it was located.
Dragging Difficult
Sheriff Lloyd Low, Deputy
Jack Franey and R. C. Wood
ruff are on the lake this after
noon with a drag, but Sheriff
Low said that the area in which
the men might have disappeared
is too large to have much hope
of locating them.
He said that he had received
a report that two men in a
small boat, apparently having
motor trouble, were seen near
Bear island about noon yester
day, and another report that
two men having motor trouble
about 4 o'clock yesterdav after-
(Caaliaacd aa Iaca i. Cal. )
Educators Ask
MB 'Freezing'
SALEM, July 22 Uf) The
state board of education voted
today to join with the state board
of higher education in a request
that the war assets administra
tion freeze the Klamath Marine
Barracks until October 1.
The board said the freezing of
the barracks would give the state
time to obtain more information
on possible use of the barracks
as an educational institution.
The barracks could be used as
a permanent vocational school at
a cost of $200,000 a year, plus
an additional initial payment pt
$200,000 for paying instructors
Kind remodeling of the barracks
for living quarters, State Voca
tional Director O. I. Paulson re
ported today to the state board
of education.
Paulson told the board that 400
students could be enrolled the
first year, 800 the second year,
and 1200 the third year. He em
phasized that the entire plant
should be considered, rather than
a part of it.
Paulson said classes in auto
mechanics, body and fender
work, auto servicing, machine
shop, mill and cabinet work, car
pentry, refrigeration, cooks and
bakers, electricity, and painting
could be started immediately
when the school would be
opened. Other classes could be
added when the demand for them
developed.
Even if the board wants the
barracks, a big stumbling bloc
would be to find the money to
operate and remodel it.
Last week, Senator Cordon (R
Ore.) telegraphed that the WAA
was freezing the barracks until
the state determined whether it
wished to use it.
12-Year-Old Injured
In Accident At Lake
Angus Stewart, 12-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Ncal Stew
art, suffered painful and serious
laccratisns to his foot in an ac
cident at Lake o' the Woods
Sunday.
His foot was badly cut as he
struck a sharp object as he ran
to dive off a dock. First aid was
given at the lake, and the boy
was brought to Hillside hospital
here, suffering from loss of
blood. His condition was report
ed improved this afternoon.
The Stewart family was on
vacation at the lake. when the
mishap occurred.
Terrorist
Shatters Hotel
In Jerusalem
JERUSALEM, July 22 W) Terrorists bombed and shattered
part of the huge King David hotel, headquarters of the British
army and the secretariat ot the Palestine government, today kill
ing at least 50 persons in a terrifying blast that shook the mod
ern part of this ancient city.
The attack came 23 days after the British army occupied tha
Jewish agency and arrested 2000 Jews and leaders. A police
communique gave the estimate of dead. Among the 60 reported
unoiiiciauy as injured was an American, Correspondent Richard
Mowrer of the New York Post, who was reported to have suf
fered a broken leg while walking past the hotel.
A curfew was damned on. '
pedestrians and traffic vanished
from streets in Jewish quarters
of Jerusalem. Tight cordons
barred access to the King Da
vid hotel, one of the finest in
eastern Mediterranean coun
tries, - while soldiers dug into
the rubble for more bodies and
for wounded.
Postmaster Killed
Postmaster General G. D.
Kennedy, a veteran of 25 years
of government service in Pales
tine, was known to have been
killed.
The explosion was likened by
British army officer to the
detonation of a 500 pound
bomb. It shattered the uneasy
calm ot Jerusalem, torn by Jew
ish demands for more immigra
tion and Arab opposition, at
12:30 p. m.
The curfew was imposed soon
afterwards .while flames were
licking parts of the wreckage
of the right wing of the hotel.
The secretariat appeared to
have suffered more heavily than
army headquarters. The military-
offices were on the upper
floors. The secretariat occupied
nine rooms. Pedestrians were
permitted to move in certain
areas, but no traffic was allowed
on the streets except vehicles
ot troops and police. . -
Hundreds of truckloads of
troops and Bren carriers moved
through the city.
A military officer, who saw
the attack, said a small bomb
first exploded a block from the
hotel, breaking windows. This
was evidently a diversion.
Tommygun Fire,
Seconds later, a burst from
a tommygun ripped out win
dows of, the secretariat. A few
minutes later, a tremendous ex
plosion blew the corner of the
hotel largest in Palestine
into, rubble. -z.-,
awi. dead men lying on
the streets," one eyewitness
said. "There were several ATS
(British army women's aux
iliary) girls covered with blood
from head to foot. One man
was blown clear across the
street and his body hit the side
of the YMCA building." .
The YMCA building, approxi
mately 100 yards from the ho
tel, was blotched with a blood
stain one foot wide, but appar
ently was undamaged.
The telephone operator at the
hotel said that 15 minutes be
fore the explosion, she received
an anonymous call saying the
hotel was to be blown up. She
was advised to flee.
Reserve Officers
Pension Approved
WASHINGTON, July 22 (JP)
The house military committee to
day approved legislation setting
up for the first time a retirement
system for army reserve and na
tional guard offices.
The bill stipulates that an of
ficer must be at least 60 years
of age before being retired and
must have a minimum of 20
years of satisfactory service
either in the active or -reserve
components of the army.
Officers meeting those and
other conditions would receive
retired pay at the rate of two
and one-half per cent for each
year of active service plus one
half of one per cent for each
year of inactive service, with a
maximum of 75 per cent of an
nual base and longevity pay of
the highest rank served.
Senators To Hold Inquiry
On Delay In Strengthening
Defenses At Pearl Harbor
WASHINGTON, July 22 (fl)
A new but pin-pointed Pearl
Harbor investigation hove into
view today.
The senate war investigating
committee taking its cue from
the voluminous report assessing
responsibility for the Dec. 7,
1941, military debacle decided
to reopen its own inquiry into
pre-war delays in fortifying the
Pacific bastion.
Senator Brewster (R-Me) said
a similar effort two years ago
was blocked by refusal of the
house military committee head
ed by Rep. May (D-Ky) to release
a key witness to the senate
group.
Brewster Is a member ot both
the senate-house committee
which delved Into the blame be
hind Pearl Harbor and of the
senate's special war investigat
ing committee, now engrossed in
an attempt to summon May for
testimony concerning his rela
tions with a midwestern muni
tions combine.
Central figure In the project
ed new Inquiry is Col. Theodore
Blow
I(F Suffers
Hottest Day
In 18 Years
Today's 2:30 p. m. temperature
was 91. t
Sunday's temperature ' at
Klamath tails zoomed to 102,
an 16-year record.
It was the hottest day since
July, 1928, when the same tem
perature was recorded. There
tiadn't been a hotter day since
July, 1911, when an all-time rec
ord of 105 was set. '
The weekend heat wavfe was
general over Oregon, bringing a
record of 115 degrees at Med
ford Saturday. Medford's Sun-
day temperature dropped to 102,
the same as Klamath s.
Unofficial thermometers ' in
the Klamath .region Sunday
showed readings as high as 105.
That was the recording of a
good thermometer on the front
porch of a store at Beatty at
about 2:30 p. m.
The high temperatures brought
a dangerous fire threat to this
region. Blazes broke out on Bly
mountain, near the Lakeview
highway, and at Jenny creek,
but alert crews quickly checked,
them.
Sawmills Destroyed
Two southern Oregon saw
mills were destroyed in fires at
Central Point Saturday night,
while near Dallas foresters to
day were organizing crews to
control the last of three Polls
county timber tracts still burn
ing. -. All 'national, and most state
forests in - the state were still
closed to the public and State.
Forester Nels Rogers - reported
humidity in- many areas contin
ued low and timbered areas re
mained in danger.
One man was killed and an
other burned and injured at
Lebanon yesterday (Sunday)
(Caalliaca aa Paa t, Cal. )
Mexico Claims
Pacific Isles
MEXICO CITY, July 22 &h
Mexico's claim to nine islands
off the United Slates' Pacific
coast is being prepared for pres
entation to Washington.
Replying to the International
League of Mexicans abroad, the
foreign office reported that a
commission appointed December.
9, 1944, is completing its work:
so that the claim may be filed
before a century of U. S. occupa
tion might seem to settle title.
The nine islands include the
Farallones, off San Francisco,
Santa Rosa, Santa Cruz, Santa .
Catalina, famous resort off San
Pedro; Santa Barbara, San Nich
olas and San Clemente.
It is Mexico's contention that
Spain owned all these, called the
archipelago of the north, and
that they became Mexican when
Spain, December 28, 1836, recog
nized this country's indepen
dence. Under the February 2, 1848
treaty settling the war with the
United States, it is asserted that
only continental territory was
ceded, and not any of the islands.
Wyman Jr., army district engi
neer in the Hawaiian depart
ment when the Japanese struck
Pearl Harbor. Five months later
Wyman was assigned to the
Canol oil project in Canada,
That was an undertaking which
the senate committee, then
headed by President Truman as
a senator, declared in a Dec 23,
1943, report never should have
been started.
Referring specifically to "the
Wyman matter," the Pearl Har
bor committee in its final report
Saturday called for appropriate
senate or house committees to
make a separate inquiry into de
lays In constructing Hawaiian
defenses before the Japanese at
tack. Brewster said Chairman Mead
(D-NY) readily agreed to have
the war investigating commit
tee pick up the thread of its In
quiry which the Maine senator
said was "stymied" before by
what he termed the "un-cooper-ative
attitude" of the May committee.