Salt Lake Tribune, The (Newspaper) - March 15, 1946, Salt Lake City, Utah WORLD NEWS Associated Press United Press X Times Foreign Service alt f WEATHER Cloudy Snow Details on FaRO 17 VOL 153 NO 152 SALT LAKE CITY UTAH FRIDAY MORNING MARCH 15 1946 PRICE FIVE CENTS Warriors of Red Army on March Again upper picture red army troops near Iran border before that country In that brought protests from Iranian as well an from Britain and United States Lower shows troops with wagons armed with machine guns ONLY ONE BALLOTED NO House For Temporary Vet Homes WASHINGTON March 14 The house Thursday passed 347 to 1 a authorizing of to provide at least temporary housing units for war veterans and their families The senate already has approved a similar measure However be cause of a slight difference in wording final congressional action en the legislation was delayed un til the house version gets the other chambers Would Hike Total Congress already has for a similar number of units so if todays action goes through a total ot at least dwellings will be provided The now Is to be used chiefly to move temporary war housos to sites where they will be mon imd to sut partitions in bar acks so they can be used as Thursdays move followed a re quest by Pres Truman day for such action It was in sharp to the trimming the house Mr Trumans pro al on housing last week At hut time members rejected over a request tobe used in subsidy pay ments to speed production of building materials The house also refused then to BULLETINS March 14 Ahmed id Amir minister of said Thursday the wai ready to fight to nmn if Russian troops move toward Teheran from 20 miles northwest of I here where he said trainloads lof troops nnd ammunition are arriving nightly March 14 UP slim of a middleaged woman prospector was the object of n widespread hunt Thursday night her mother reported her kidnaped by four men In an automobile bearing Ohio license put price ceilings on existing dwellings Pres Truman had called these two proposals the heart of his program That legislation is now before the committee R 1 Thomas president of the United Automobile Workers is sued a statement Thursday de claring the most vicious and pow lobby everto put pressure on congress is fighting the ad ministration proposals Thomas continued Wilson Wyatt needs the help and support of every member of OTTAWA Friday March 15 was reported by Authority Friday that Royal Ca mounted police have taken n member of the Canadian Into custody in con with the current royal investigation of es activities in Canada Gambler Out in One Dice Roll RENO Reno gamblers wondered at a gambling man from Kansas City who early Thursday wound up a 36hour dice playing session at a gambling hall here with a roll for take all The Kansas City man who was unidentified attracted huge crowds all day Wednesday and far into the night by betting a play at famed Harolds club gam bling steadily and calling only for water and hot coffee Behind Witnesses reported that finally behind approximately the City man asked the clubs owner was willing to roll one dice for ing to add to his losses if he lost The club owner reportedly The man from Kansas City ob servers said rubbed the lone dice in his hands then rolled an ace The club owner rolled an ace The man from Kansas City said witnesses again rubbed his and rolled another ace Owner Gets The club owner took his time reported spectators and threw a Witnesses reported the loser paid his bet shrugged his shoul ders and walked out of the club Harolds club officials admit ting the game had been held re fused to reveal officially the amount of money involved They disclosed however that on one series of throws in which the player retains possession of the dice as long as he that the man from Kansas City won the CIO and every veteran If the plan to build new homes by the end of 1947 is to succeed The most vicious and most powerful lobby ever to put pressure on congress spearheaded national association of real estate boards and producers coun cil effectively scuttled the very heart of Wyatts veterans housing program when a coalition of re publicans and southern Democrats overwhelmingly voted down price ceilings on old houses and premium payments Leaves Only Shell The house shamefully and bra zenly voted out the with the necessary provisions omitted leaving only a shell which will do nothing to cither stop inflation in estate or late the production of more houses I therefore urge all the UAW and particularly our veterans to write wire or telephone their senators demanding that they vote the peoples interest rather than of reaction monopoly and party Army Releases Refute Tales WASHINGTON March 14 Tho army acted Thursday to speed the release of some wartime officers underscoring its denial of rumors that reservists are being alerted for recall All commands have been given new Instructions the war depart ment announced whereby most of with two years service as of August 31 who desire discharges will be released or en route home by that date regardless of point score Left on active duty will be an estimated officers suffi cient by the armys usual ratio for the total ground and air forces expected to remain next summer after tho demobilization since VE day Detailing this reshuffling the war department announced that 2400 reserve and national guard officers will be returned to active duty to meet a need for certain technical special ists Some officials suspected this recall might have contributed to Operators in Mine Mishaps WASHINGTON March 14 John L Lewis and a leader coal operators clashed Thursday over the pro charge that the miners were wasting time in negotia tions on a new wage contract Charles ONeill chairman of the bituminous coal operators negotiating committee touched off the exchange at a negotiating conference with a complaint about what he termed repetitious ar gument on the part of the United Mine Workers spokesmen Lewis retorted that if the op dont want to stay here they can The first between the UMW boss and the management representatives since the negotia tions began two days ago came after Lewis and other union had spent most of the day establishment of a miners health and welfare fund and Improvement of safety rules in mines Mine Mishap Blame In support of these demands Lewis at one point accused the operators of having made dead miners in the last 14 years through cupidity stupidity and wanton For the same reason he said have been injured The UMW leader stood within a few feet of thun You dare not leave the con ference You dare not leave the record unanswered If you could muster up the courage to leave youd be back Who would you get to operate your mines Who would patronize your company stores and your company doctors What corpses would you practice on Surely you know nobody else would enter your mines No other group of Americana would have the cour Truman Sees Crisis In Iran as Solvable Russia Brands Iran Charges Untrue LONDON March 11 had accused Iranian reaction official Russian news agency Tass I aries of stir up trouble declared Thursday night it was j between Russia and other world authorized to state that a report i powers from the U S state department In commons Foreign Secy Ern of soviet troop movements in Iran absolutely does not correspond to This development In the troubled Iranian situation came as new re ports were received from Teheran of Russian troops moving toward the borders of Turkey and Iraq and Moscow dispatches said the government newspaper Izvestia FRIENDLY VISIT Russ Troops In Iran Near Turk Border By JOSEPH C GOODWIN TEHERAN March 14 mier Ahmed es Thursday banned all public politi cal meetings and demonstrations as the Russians continued to move troops across northern Iran toward the Turkish border A Russian column which left Tabriz capital of Azerbaijan prov ince moving northward was re ported to have swung toward the west at Marand and to bo moving toward Khol north of Lake Urmia and near the Turkish border RUM Leader In Iran Foreign military observers said occupation army in Azerbaijan estimated at two months ago was now estimat ed to be much Marshal Ivan Bagramian Rus sian export on tank warfare has Tabriz two or three weeks It was disclosed Wednesday night Bagramian made reputation an commander on the Baltic front in the war with Germany in New York said a picture taken probably Monday of the registry of delegates to the supreme soviet in Moscow showed the names of Bagramian and sev eral other soviet Garrison Doubled Two other columns marching mostly at night were reported Wednesday at and Miyan daub is located on the route around the southern tip of Lake Urmia to the borders of Tur key and Iraq is the northern terminus of the railroad to Teheran Khoi is 80 miles south and slight ly east of Mt Ararat Turkish landmark which stands just be Sce Pago 4 Column 6 cst Bevin declared that the British government would regret any settlement ex under duress of red army occupation troops but added it was difficult to believe Russia would abandon promises to respect Iranian independence The Tass statement broadcast by the Moscow radio and recorded by the soviet monitor in London said In the American press there is published a report of the state department of the U S A that in Iran there is taking place a movement of soviet military units through Tabriz to Teheran and to the western frontiers of Iran Russ Denies Report Tass is authorized to state that this report absolutely does not cor respond to The U S state department an Tuesday night that it had received reports to the effect that during the last week additional soviet armed forces and heavy military equipment have been mov ing southward from the direction of the soviet frontier through Ta briz toward Teheran and toward the western borders ot The state department added that the United States had in quired of the soviet government whether such movements have taken place and If so the reasons Pres Truman at his Washing ton press conference Wednesday declared he was not alarmed over International developments He ex pressed confidence difficulties be tween the former allies would be worked out Expect Leftist Coup Washington dispatches said American officials believe that the leftist party leaders may be planning n coup at SO miles north of Teheran aimed at installing a prosoviet government Russian troops are garrisoned at Karaj There was speculation in Wash ington that a major Russian ob may be the launching of an uprising of Kurdish tribesmen that would involve Turkey Iran and Iraq A delayed dispatch from Istan bul dated Wednesday said that Turkey received in silence reports of the Russian troop movements Turkish diplomats said such Rus sian activity might be a maneuver to bring pressure on Turkey for the provinces of Kars and Arda han for which the Russians have made demands There was no im mediate official Turkish reaction statement to the house Sec 4 Column 4 Gives Byrnes Support Quieting Rift Rumor WASHINGTON March 11 a critical point in Russo relations Pres Truman Thursday threw his unqualified support to his foreign policy chief Secy of State Byrnes and simultaneously predicted that the world will work out of its present predicament successfully At his news conference the president authorized the following direct quotations about the I am not alarmed about it Im sure we will work out of About the same time Russia apparently laid the ground work for a reply to the American inquiry as to what soviet troops arc up to in Iran Dy authorizing the Tass news agency to say that rumors alerted that and celed all of reserves have been demobilization can which the war de has denied Similar rumors with regard to the navy brought a denial Thurs day from Adm Chester W Nimitz chief of naval operations Blasts Absent Owners Lewis contended that only a handful of operators were attend ing the negotiations while some members of the miners policy committee were there in force He asserted that other coal op were at a meeting in Cleveland making merry and ONeill insisted that the op came here to negotiate a wage agreement and likened the talks of the last two days to a Furthermore he said that of the matters discussed were the business of state legislatures and not of a national wage conference We are gathered here for a j wage agreement that will assure the country a supply of I ONeill said U S Protest to UNO Seen If Iran Evades Dispute By JAMES B 11ESTON Exclusive N Times Salt Lake Tribune WASHINGTON March 14 The United States government will bring the case of the soviet unions activities in Iran before the se curity council of the united na tions when It meets in New York later this month if the Iranian government docs not do so it was learned Thursday A state department official said this evening that the was now under study but that unless differences were settled between Moscow nnd Teheran without pros Public Lands Goes to Senate WASHINGTON March 14 T to transfer title to certain public lands within the boundaries of 13 western states from the fed eral to state governments was in Thursday by Sen Robert son Wyoming Wyoming Washington Mon tana North Dakota South Dako ta Oregon Idaho Nevada Utah Colorado Arizona and New Mexi co would be affected by the meas ure The would grant the states 1 all unappropriated and unre served public lands 2 all lands withdrawn or reserved on account of minerals 3 all lands restored to the public domain through can of homestead rights 4 certain lands to be eliminated from national forests and other pre serves sure from Moscow the United States would definitely bring the case up for discussion The main question under dis cussion here now in not whether the case should be brought before the security council but the man ner in which it should be brought If it is brought to the attention of the council as a dispute and the council upholds our conten tion that it is a dispute then neither the United States nor the soviet union would be able to vote on the question Face Veto by Rues If however it is brought be fore the council as a situation which is likely to lead to inter national friction then the soviet union would be able to veto even j any resolution of censure which the council might propose to pass j against the actions of Moscow in the case There is some hesitation here about how to proceed on the ques tion before the security council because of the uncertainty of the political situation in Teheran While the new Iranian premier Ahmed Ghavam es has held out so far against soviet demands he is now restricted by the Iranian parliament which has been disbanded and he is not noted for taking a strong line against the Russians Byrnes Hits Coercion Consequently while the United States and Britain are both pre pared to bring the case before the council they must face the possibility that the Iranian pre mier will take a neutral line or See Page S Column 1 BYRNES TOLD TO FIRE WASHINGTON March 14 UP of the house military committee said Thursday that employes forced out of the war department have landed in state department jobs where they may have access to military secrets and that Secy been asked to get rid of them The state department denied that Chairman May Ken tucky or any other member of the subcommittee that looked into state department intelli gence operations had made any such request of the secretary who asked to remain anonymous however stuck by the report that the matter had been taken up with Byrnes They did not say who presented it to him The committee said strong representations had been made with the suggestion that individuals stayed where they are steps might be taken to keep army intelligence reports away from tho state depart ment They said Byrnes had tak en no action so far Shun Exclusive N T Times Salt Lake Tribune NEW YORK March Acheson undersecretary of state who has been designated by Secy James F Byrnes to speak in his stead at New York Citys welcom ing dinner to Winston Churchill Friday night Thursday abruptly canceled his plans to attend the function The undersecretary wired Grov cr A Whalen chairman of Mayor William committee in charge of the reception to the war time prime minister of Great Brit ain that urgent matters it imperative for him to remain in Washington Friday and Saturday and that consequently he would be unable to be present Enoughs Enough So far as could be learned Thurs day night no official representa tive of the United States govern ment will speak at the dinner at which it has already been made known Churchill expects to deliver a address that he is confident will be a subject of worldwide interest This marked contrast with Pres Trumans personal appearance at Churchills speech last weekin Fulton in which he pleaded for the fraternal association of the United States and Great Britain and bluntly criticized soviet Rus sia led to speculation that pos sibly the administration was re to be linked with any fur ther proposals by the British statesman The announcement that Ache son would not attend the dinner was in Washington by a state department press officer Soviets Not Going Speculation about Churchills address Friday night was further heightened Thursday by the extra ordinary secrecy with which he surrounded it Members of his staff said that no advance copies would be released to anyone The only copy of the speech in existence will be the one which Churchill will use in its actual delivery from to 9 p m Salt Lake City Numerous other developments Thursday attested the intense in terest that has been built up in the speech The embassy of the soviet union in Washington re that so far as it is known no representative of the soviet government will a t te n d the j Churchill American reports on troop move ments there do not accord with the The latest reports at the state department however continued to show three soviet columns in Iran in position to menace Tehe ran and the Turkish frontier Russ May Stir Revolt Highly placed diplomatic predicted that the Soviets may stir up a revolt of the Kurd ish tribes occupying a region around the junction of Turkey Iraq and Iran and possibly spon sor tho creation of a new Kurdish republic By claiming territory from Iran Iraq and Turkey and disrupting their political stability such a new republic might accom things the Russians wane done but could not do for them selves without open aggression Against this background Pres Truman at his volunteered a declaration that ho wanted to it strong and em phatic that there is no foundation to continuing rumors of n rilt between himself and Secy of State Byrnes He added that there never has been such a rift and he hoped there never will be one After a reporter used the phrase spontaneous combustion to de scribe the origin ot the Byrnes Truman dispute stories that havo been floating around town for months Mr Truman that rumors cither came from spon combustion or just wants to tell a big lie Airs Foreign Then the questions began and the president was led by reporters into a general discussion of for eign affairs He skirted the row between former prime minis ter Winston Churchill and Gen Stalin by saying that he only knew what he had seen in the papers and had nothing to say about it Asked at another point whether he considered the international situation as fraught with dan ger as many people Mr Truman first said I do not think it then elaborated on his lack of apprehension As the news conference came to a close the question of the status of Byrnes was brought up again nnd the president again the unqualified statement that never had uny inten tion of resigning nnd that he is not going to resign cither or by request Diplomats privately welcomed the presidents strong support of his secretary of state as strength ening Byrnes hand in foreign deal ings There had been suggestions in recent weeks that the secre tarys position may have been hurt internationally by recurrent rc See Pago 4 Column 3 British Select Escort Ships ATLANTIC CITY N March i Authoritative British quarters said Thursday night pow units of the British Mediter ranean were ready to join tho U S battleship Missouri on her coming cruise to Turkey to deliver home the body of the Turkish nm who died in the United The report coming from sources who declined to be identified for publication lent new emphasis to he apparent determination of 3reat Britain and America to their friendship for Turkey The state department already ins announced that the Missouri the battle wagon aboard which Japans surrender was would steam into the Mediter ranean with a single destroyer the U S S Power as escort However the British sources jaid the Missouri and the Power would be joined by several units of the British Mediterranean fleet probably including some aircraft This source added that it would be unfitting for the British to per mit the big Missouri to proceed on icr way without the honor of a similar British escort and that it was highly probable that one of Britains biggest battleships would be included in the fleet
