Pacific Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 15, 1949, Tokyo, Japan A No Yen Devaluation SCAP WEATHER October 16 Slowly rising pressure over Tokyo on becoming Maximum tempera 72 Outlook for STARS AND STRIPES Denfeld Ouster Seen By Johnsons Aides STORY ON PAGE FOUR VOLUME NUMBER 246 SHARE THIS PAPER October 1949 SHARE THIS PAPER WIRE SERVICES Cantons Fate Veiled in Silen Money Voted For A rins WASHINGTON down payment of on a global antiCommunist defense program won over whelming House approval The House also voted a fund for new military construction in Alaska and key points guarding the approaches to Americas Pacific The arms measure now goes to the Senate where swift ap proval is It is to provide the actual cash for the vast new foreign military aid program which Congress recently One billion dollars of the total is to finance shipment of arms and equipment to Atlantic pact The re mainder is earmarked for military aid to the Philippines and the China The House approved the money shortly after the Appropriations Committee had cleared it for a The committee made public some secret testimony it had received from high govern ment One of these was Under secretary of State James who had this to say of Russia Specious professions of love for peace no longer de the civilized Ac tions speak louder than For for the nations of Western and even for such of the Soviet Unions more recent allies as Yugo stand forth in stark reality from the record of broken threatened and sus fifth column activities on every continent and in every Collins fells Of Recall General Collins issued the statement on his reported return to the United States Because of hearings be fore Congress vitally affect ing unification of the Arm ed the Tracy Acting Secre tary of the has re quested that I return im mediately from Japan to There was no indication when General Collins will depart from His in tour had taken him as far as Chitose when he received news of his Work Speeded On Labor Plan To Meet Crisis LONDON Prime Minister Clement Attlee under bitter attack by Conser for refusing an immed iate Friday drove his advisers at top speed to com plete plans for coping with the problems before reconvenes nex Alters Titles Using USAF System Far East Air Forces has adopted the directorate system in its organization and functions to coincide with redesignation procedures adopted by Head Air Wa The directorate system in became effective Satur The title of commanding general remains the but the chief of staff has been de signed vice The numerical assistant chiefs of A3 and have been dropped and the new titles are deputies for Ope rations and Materiel There also is a deputy for Comp Congress Split On Size of AF row over 400 airplanes was deadlocked so tight Friday that the Senate voted to give the Defense De emergency spending powers until The emergency was rush ed through the Senate to make sure the Navy and Air Force can meet their payrolls if Congress should adjourn this session without settling the air plane purchase It was reported in that the House would turn down the maneuver and insist on a settlement of the airplane issue once and for The planes represent the dif ference between a 48group Air as advocated by Presi dent Truman and the and the 58groups insisted upon by the Truman announced his ap proval of the pared down figure at his weekly press Asked for comment on the he told reporters that he had informed the Senate conferees that he was still for the Hershey Says Draft May Be Resumed BOSTON Maj Lewis Hershey has said that there may be another call in the near The director of Selective in Boston on an inspection said he had not received any orders for a draft call but based his belief on Defense Department He said the draft ended when ground forces were men while they are now under Sentence Approved by Appeals Court BUDAPEST A Hungarian court of appeals has confirmed the death sentence imposed on Laszlo former foreign minister convicted of spying for Marshal Tito and the Western The court confirmed the sentences of five codefendants and approved the death for Tibor socalled American and Andras Lazar former Yugoslav diplomat and Paul Justus got jail for Rejects Plan for Abomb Census LAKE SUCCESS The United States rejected Russias offer to include the atomic bomb in a proposed world arms census and told the Soviet Union that we refuse to set devaluation Parliament The policy committee of the Cabinet met twice fourth time this desperate search for govern ment economies which not touch social service The government activity which has been at a standstill since the devaluation suddenly spurted into high gear with officials busy as bees in the Whitehall The Conservatives are sched uled to end their 70th annual conference Friday night with a fighting speech by Winston Anthony Deputy Lea der of the de the governments re to hold an immediate election as utterly deplorable because he said the country is faced with a crisis of extreme Wartime Prime Minister Winston whose chal lenge for the autumn election was demanded Fri day that the Labor government at least set the month for gen eral elections to avoid an economic In a speech prepared for delivery to the mammoth poli tical rally following the 70th annual conference of the Con servative he said there was need for a new Churchill said the present Parliament is not only dead but Gordon Sails Into San Francisco SAN FRANCISCO The American President Lines General first ship to enter Shanghai since the Communists took has docked here with a capacity load of Included in the passenger list were more than 800 per sons who preferred to return to United States to liv ing in Communistdominated Also aboard were 180 dis placed who are going to prearranged homes in Ca or to Israel or their European Passengers included the Ho Canadian Ambassador to China Afghanistan Ambassador Max chan cellor to the Swiss consulate general Leon sec to the Mexican embassy in China se cretary with the Swedish lega tion at Nanking and Frederick American returning to Washington for out upon a blind alley them to achieve Ambassador Warren chief delegate to the United told the Security Council that Russias atomic bomb proposal was worthless because it made no provision for of data that would be submitted by all the UNs member Taber Accuses Truman of Dollar Cut Plan WASHINGTON John Taber has declared that President Truman is increase the price of gold and devalue the Taber is the Republican member of the House Appropriations He told the House I understand the Truman Adminis tration is working on a scheme to increase the price of and devalue the This will make suckers foreign gold humors Touch Off Wave Of Bombay Shop Looting BOMBAY of shortages of sugar and matches has touched off a wave of shop looting in Bom Two persons were slain and five others injured by police The government denied there was a shortage of salt but the denial apparently had little Some observers be the rumors were started by Communists to creat inci dents while Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru is visiting the United BAD group of called a bad gamble with national security by Admiral Arthur Radford in testimony before the House Armed Services Committee shown lined up on the parking apron at the Carswell AFB at Fort Acme Photo Must Act In Asian CANTON firmed reports circulated Friday that arrangements have been made for a peace ful turnover of this South China city to the Communists this It was also reported that the Communists had cap tured White Cloud air No Yen Cut Savs WASHINGTON Prime Minister Nehru of India said Friday that whether India wants to or not she must play a part in the development of He made the statement in a talk to crowd of more than 500 news and government at the National Press It was the biggest audi ence in the clubs Nehru dees not want any kindof leader ship over Asia or anybody But because of her pivotal position India can not go into her shell and concen trate on her own development and not look He said Indias historic ties with other parts of Asia are being renewed now and India will have to play her part in Asia and the rest of the She can not help As an example Nehru said India is intensely interested m affairs in China and the border De in all these areas the progress of NEW YORK Minister Nehru of India will receive an honorary doctor of aws degree from Columbia Monday Trie similar to he one held in 1946 to honor Winston will be at the Low Memoria Library before 640 General Dwight Eisen president of the uni the degree Guests will include Indian the Indian to the United led by Sir Rau the permanent anc trustees and officials of Colum Also invited to be presen are about 100 Indian students at Turn Down For Tribal Rehabilitation Navajo tribal council has turn ed down the re now before President Truman by a vote of 26 to Norman tribal coun cil termed the vote perfectly United Mine Workers Presi dent John Lewis has the AFL to join the UMW in pooling their resources to back the CIO United Steelworkers battle for a welfare program whose own union is locked in 26day strike against the soft proposed a a week contribution to the this great the UMW and unions of the AFL sharing In his greatest bid for labor unity in 13 mine chief wrote AFL President William proposing that the fund be administered by the Lewis said he hoped the AFL would agree to nate every other considera tion and rise to melt in this fashion the giant adversaries which would decimate one by one the major units of organiz ed Murray was at his office He had no immediate UNs Role Changing To Peace Makers LAKE SUCCESS is consider Mass Arrest Talk Denied MONTREAL Czechoslovak consul described reports of mass arrests in his country as and said he ex his government would shortly deny arlos President if the United Nations Assemb y said Friday the UN is chang ng from the role of peace maintainer to that of peace His statement is published in a special issue of the United Cations official bi weekly magazine of the issue is dedicated to United Nations 24 President Truman comes o New York to lay the of the new building in East midtown New It has often been Ro mulo wrote the United Na tions was not intended to make the peace but only to maintain have all but erased that ne he add Romulo said the record of I the UN in its first four years It might have been better if there had been a little more good less suspicion and more cooperation and unity of purpose among the member the big powers who have the strength to make the peace and the if they should will to harness even the mighty atom to the services of Romulo said the peoples of the in the of success or should ask themselves what they have done and what they have failed to do for the as the United Na tions enters its fifth the member states should make a supreme effort to overcome the inertia created by long stand ing A fresh start must be made in the solution of the problems and conflicts that block the road to under agreement and co operation among the TOKYO General Mac Arthur Saturday announced unequivocally that no devalua tion of the Japanese yen is a result of detailed studies of the devaluation problem within his Headquarters the Supreme Commander has de termined that there is no basis for changing the Authoritative sources in GHQ state that the decision to clarify the yen devaluation issue was made by General MacArthur to terminate the uncertainty inhibit ed foreign commercial tions since the announcement of revaluation of sterling and other Competent observers believe PRAGUE Communistdominated National Assembly passed unanimously two new bills to damp rigid state controls on the Roman Catholic The government trotted out its biggest antiCatholic figure Minister of Justice Alexej Cepicka and excommunicated Priest Josef advo cate the bills and criticize the church before the No opposition vote was cast just as no prochurch speech was made in the The new laws are part oi the government campaign to stamp out once and for ali church resistance to Commun It would firstly reduce the clergy to the civilian ser vants and put all church affairs under control of a government The laws will go into effect and informed observers said their passage meant that crisis has come in the long and bitter The new bills will give the Government To stop any Church appointed from arch from assuming office if he was considered politically 2 To run seminaries where priests are 3 To control all property and monies of the 4 To punish and imprison who disobey the that Saturdays announcement will permit the prompt full scale resumption of trade be tween Japan and its normal Adjustments in ex port prices required for specific commodities now quoted at above world market levels will be accomplished through the rationalization program and other measures now in pro gress without requiring any change in currency Exploratory n Japanese Taxation TOKYO president hamber of of the American Commerce in has announced that ex conversations on matters are being held jy foreign businessmen and of the Japanese Finance Hayato Japanese has indicated hat careful consideration will be given any suggestions pres to him and has promised his utmost cooperation in working out a fair tax struc Aurell gave no details of items discussed thus ar but said that any conclu ions reached will be made public at a later LAKE SUCCESS United Nations General As Economic Committee voted unanimously on cal assistance to the worlds backward The East and West voted to gether without dissent to hold a general conference that will launch a program of aid for hundreds of millions of per sons along the lines of Presi dent Trumans The Assembly will be asked to confirm the committees ac tion as quickly as possible and Trygve Lie will be given discretion to con vene a meeting when he deems it Consensus in the 59nation economic committee was that the conference should be called as soon as The will work out details of the UN technical assistance program and estab lish contributions to be made to it by all Preliminary estimates placed the cost of the UN aid program at approximately for the first two the civilian airport seven miles to the HONGKONG communications with Canton failed late Friday rais ing the possibility of the Com may have taken over the defenseless Last dispatches said however Red troops were resting just outside the former Chinese Nationalist capital while city officials arranged for a peace ful possibly Satur If the seizures of Shanghai and Nanking last spring any the Communists will enter at their brushing aside city negotiators and welcoming committees The police and a handful of provincial left Behind by the fleeing maintain were reported to have begun withdrawing to ward the As they a street of the Com munist underground sprang to assume Except for a few the Nationalist garrison cleared out Thursday mostly to the There was no expectation of and thus far been on a very minor After the first panicky reaction of some opened for business Cantons million population was described as now mainly fearing that the Nationalist air force would bomb the city after the Communists take The Nationalists were busy setting up their refugee gov in Acting President Li Tsung jen arrived there by planer Fri day and the government was scheduled to start operat ing formally African Jews Reedy To leave for Israel PARIS American joint distribution committee director in North said tens of thous ands of North African Jews are prepared to emigrate to Addressing the an country directors con Laub said north Africas Jews were far from being a hopelessly He said they showed rich potentialities for being useful citizens and excellent emi grants to Helen Gazes also a North African told the conference that ex has shown the Jews of the Moslem world could make valuable contributions to Indo Asks Remedy For Java Situation BATAVIA Secretary warn ed that the military situation in East Java needs urgent remedy if we want to prevent the shooting from starting all over Wongsonegoro warning when he here from Jogjakarta with the Sultan of Sul tan came Batavia in t his capacity of Republic Defense Secretary and discuss the military situation in East sources said he would meet the representa tive of the Dutch to seek an immediate joint action to avert further trouble in East Broaden Security Danish Politician Urges COPENHAGEN servative Leader Ole Bjoern Kraft called for a broadening of Denmarks system alliances because of a shift in the balance of power created by the Russia touched off an atomic He said the security alliance should be broadened to include which is not a mem ber of the Atlantic Announced or FEC Meeting WASHINGTON next regular meeting of the ar Eastern Commission will be held This weeks session of the ar Eastern body was devoted wholly to routine procedural such as minutes of the ast meeting and confirmation f the next regular meeting Germans Offer Plan To Halt Dismantling BONN in offered a sweeping plan to the Western Allies Friday in an effort to halt further dismantlement of Ruhr Valley industries and end the unemployment they claim has they made available their skill and productive re sources to no cost to the parts of a gigantic steel plant any where in the world provided that dismantling is This would be carried out by German production of ne pessary parts of vital machin ery at their own which then would be shipped to whatever site they renewed an informal plan put for ward last June under which the Ruhr industries would be ceded to international control by the Western An unimpeachable source disclosed the offer to Interna tional News He add ed that the in a memorandum submitted to High Commissioner John suggested construc tion of a replica of the huge Fritz Thyssen plant which pro much of the material for Nazi Germany in the Sec ond World The offer was said to be con tingent upon Allied willingness to leave the present Thyssen works Security guarantees connect ed with the reported arrange ment would include cession of Ruhr Valley the Western forestalling their removal and eliminating the threat of mass unemploy
