Tucson Daily Citizen (Newspaper) - November 16, 1945, Tucson, Arizona WEATHER Generally cooler tonight Clear tomorrow except scattered after- noon clouds Temperature at p in LATE NEWS EDITION VOL NO 275 Entered matter Post Tucson TUCSON ARIZONA FRIDAY EVENING NOVEMBER 16 1945 FIVE PAGES AWAIT TO ATOM PLAN UA To Have Aviation Building Aeronautical Courses Will Be Organized President Atkinson Makes Announcement At Air Meeting BREAKFAST IS HELD Delegates Are Welcomed At Conference By Publisher Aviation Leaders Meet In Tucson By BOB BROOKS The construction of an aero- nautical building on the Uni- versity of Arizona campus as soon as building conditions permit and establishment of aeronautical engineering and agement courses was forecast day by Dr Alfred A Atkinson university president during the mayor's breakfast of the first an- Arizona aviation conference at the Santa Rita hotel Dr Atkinson said later that the cost of the building would ably be between 000 Preliminary plans have been drawn showing it be a two- building in front and a one- story at the rear where the wind tunnels and other equipment will be located he caid There will probably be four or five centers of aviation develop ment in the Dr Atkin son commented an we hope son will be the one in the inter- mountain area We hope to be one institution to contribute to training men and women in aviation re- No flight training is planned the president continued since this is considered a commercial phase of the work Presiding over the breakfast was Monte Mansfield president of the Chamber of Commerce sponsor of the conference Publisher Is Heard Immediately before Dr Atkinson spoke William H Johnson lisher Tucson Daily Citizen welcomed about 75 representatives to the breakfast and observed that if America would operate on the theory of jet it had a little jet propulsion in Its boot to make everyone would be much better off We need a quick Johnson declared to get to work on our problems Dr Atkinson said that the aero- nautical building will be the first See AERONAUTICAL on Page 11 Transports To Be Driven By Jets Forecast Speed Of Miles Per Hour Seen For Future Freight By ED DOUGHERTY transports ble of traveling miles an hour were predicted for the future by vey Stowers assistant to the president of Aircraft Industries sociation of America in an address before the first annual aviation conference at a luncheon session In the Santa Rita hotel today His speech entitled The Air Frontier for was delivered with force by the aviation leader He revealed that an investigation into German de- disclosed that the Allies came dangerously near defeat if Germany had been able to last a few months longer There scientific development was far ahead the cording to Stowers It was ered that they had near the stage of completion rockets that would have been capable of pin point accuracy for a distance of miles could have traveled miles an hour and crossed the At in 17 minutes We'd better riot have a third he warned or there will never be a fourth one for there will be nobody left to fight We can never again bury our heads in he said Stowers made the point that America heretofore a nation on will become a nation on wings and he warned that we must retain our air power in peace as well as in war or must face the prospect of extermination at the hands of a new Hitler armed with paralyzing weapons The cities of the east coast and See TRANSPORTS on Page 11 i Four of the more prominent leaders in the aviation world discuss a matter of mutual to entering the banquet hall last night at the Pioneer hotel where O M Mosier addressed over 200 delegates on lems of aviation Pictured left to right William T Piper president of Piper Aircraft Corp O M Mosier vice- president of American Airlines David P Davis inventor of the Davis lift used on heavy bombers to facilitate and Fred Landgraf president Landgraf Helicopter Co Photo by Reggie Russell Auto Wage Dispute Grows More Bitter Union Head Charges Conspiracy To Break Union By UNITED PRESS A costly and terrible strike against the nation's auto manufacturers appeared imminent today and dealers warned the public not to ex- a flood of 1946 cars in the near future because of walkouts ening in the automotive and steel industries United Automobile Workers CIO officials charged a clique with forcing a out and warned that many locals already hart designated pickets for a strike call at any hour against General Motors Corp largest of the industry's Big Three Negotiations with G-M came to a halt last night when union leaders turned down a company offer of a 10 per cent wage increase plus a guaranteed week The union has claims the company can 30 per cent increase for production workers Thomas Attacks Big Three UAW President R J Thomas that the Ford Chrysler and General Motors managements were banding together in a ing and conspiracy to perpetuate present starvation wages and open the gates to unjustified price in- Airports Seen As Keystone In Use Of Planes Speakers At Conference Stress Need Of Good Fields Admiral Says Demobilization Cripples Fleet King Testifies About Youth Training Proposal By MAX HA LI WASHINGTON Nov 16 Ernest J King informed congress today that the Navy no longer is pre- pared to fight a major battle He said the pace of tion had more or less grated the sea arm Gen Dwight D Eisenhower called for a unified Republicans questioned whether an American cruiser sighted the Japanese which struck Pearl Harbor but didn't report it because of orders for radio silence Rep Gearhart and Rep guson members of a con- gressional investigating committee asked a naval officer to report back on operations of the cruiser Boise Those were big developments in congress today Generals and ad- additional ideas on- Pearl Harbor Admiral T B Inglis put into the records of a investigation a order for convoying of merchant ships in the Pacific 12 days before Japan struck Pearl Harbor Universal Ernest J King the Navy's top officer urged it before a house committee He The fleet must be capable of prompt expansion from peace strength to and that be abne only by having a trained reserve in its present stage the atom bomb can't prevent fleets from Gen Dwight D Eisenhower stood up in a ate military committee meeting and called for one team not three to defend America Without a single department of armed forces he said there might be ruinous competition between air land and sea power and we might go into some future emergency as we did at Pearl Harbor A civilian Director General bert Lehman of UNRRA backed a bid for another for United Nations relief and tation by telling a tee Italians have malaria and many thousands more have tuberculosis Europe and the Far East face perhaps the worst ter in modern history he said Inglis and Col Bernard Thielen were the first witnesses when the Pearl Harbor investigating tee started its hearings A Republican member of the committee Sen Ferguson of gan let fly at Inglis and with a steady stream of questions yesterday Both officers turned aside questions as to why things happened the way they did They said they didn't know the answers job was only to open the hearings with a factual picture Questions Are Put Here are of the questions ing The two-day session by Ferguson and other com- members and left hanging Concentration Camp Head Found Guilty Of Mass Slaughter Germany Nov 10 A British military tribunal today found Joseph Kramer commandant of the camp guilty of war crimes Kramer known as the beast of was the chief de- fendant of the 45 on trial be- fore the military tribunal He was found guilty on both counts of the indictment brought against mass cruelty and killing of inmates of Belsen and also of in mates of the equally notorious Auschwitz camp Sentence was expected to be imposed upon him tomorrow There was no doubt that it would be the death penalty Dr Fritz Klein 58 Rumanian anil graduate of the Budapest medical school also was found guilty on both charges Altogether 30 defendants were convicted and 14 others ing five women were found in- Blonde Irma year-old guard was among those convicted Offer For International Control To Fail Unless Russia Accepts View Congressmen Angry About Atomic Policy Legion Resents Star Editorial On Armistice Post By ED DOUGHERTY leaders of national prominence private fliers and aviation enthusiasts ing 200 persons let down their hair and aired the various problems and advantages facing aviation in the years ahead at the first annual Arizona aviation meet tion with creases In the midst of threats of work stoppages in the industry the path seemed clear for ending a old strike in the Ford Motor Windsor Ont plant Striking Windsor workers agreed last night to permit reopening of the company's powerhouse in der to resume negotiations on union security and other demands No answer was immediately ing from the company Manufacturers fears that the UAW would carry out threats to call system-wide walkouts in port of wage demands were ed yesterday in congress For W L Mallon president of the National Automobile Dealers told the house small ness committee that the American public should not expect a flood of 1946 model cars in view of the un- certainty of the labor situation Mallon said that almost as as a strike in the automotive plants would be one halting the production of steel essential in the manufacture of cars CIO seeking a day pay boost will participate in a strike vote later this month closes today The wide scope of aviation de- velopment and its varied vises was brought out by Forrest E Watson president of the Flying Farmers of Oklahoma He related that his organization members have used the airplane to profit and tage on the farm He pointed to the various farm uses for which the airplane has been used Farm Use Spraying of crops and flying to town when the roads were covered with when speed is tial wore cited as examples tion is destined to play a prominent part in farm life of the future son predicted In yesterday's afternoon session Joseph S Bergin director of the Utah state aeronautics commission Salt Lake City gave an analysis of the Utah law creating that state's aeronautics commission and its operation One of the most prominent of the aviation leaders who spoke afternoon was William T Piper president of the Piper craft corporation He spoke of the early history in the development of the airplane After the last war the people were not prepared for the airplane he said they were afraid of it a natural reaction to everything new and different They were used to wheels by that time but the idea of traveling up in the air over sands of miles scared them Importance Stressed He stressed the importance of recognizing that the airplane is an improved means of transportation and not a form of entertainment He said that the limiting factor to the growth of the industry is determined by the lack of sufficient airports He urged his audience to work toward the goal of ringing See AIRPORTS on Page 11 in air for later Why did the U S Navy on Nov 25 1941 order American ships o stop using the northern or route in the Exactly how many Japanese planes took part in the Why were there no guns on a Etroup of bombers which left California on the night of Dec 6 and arrived at Hawaii during the Why were three naval sance planes more than an hour late taking off on a routine flight early in the morning of Dec Supports Letter Taking Exception To Mockery William R Mathews editor of the Arizona Daily Star last night in a meeting of Morgan McDermott post American Legion was of criticism for an editorial in that paper last Monday A letter of protest signed by S A Desporte commander of the post was approved unanimously by the membership There were no dis- votes R M Riddel tant said today The letter was as The Meaning of Armistice the title of an editorial appearing in editorial column of the Arizona Daily Star Nov 12 I like thousands of other including the President of the United States and his distinguished guest the prime minister of Great Britain was preparing to honor my comrades buried in soil hallowed by their blood My reaction to that editorial was a mixed feeling of indignation and sorrow T could hardly believe that such an sion of ill-considered criticism of a class of men and a day that can never be forgotten by those men who survived World War I could be voiced by one who calls himself a veteran Regardless of who wrote that editorial it appeared in the column of the editor unsigned and I may reasonably assume that he Is re- sponsible Why Mr Mathews do you con- sider honoring the dead and the survivors of World War I shallow and The thousands of patriotic citizens who lined the streets of Tucson and marched in one of the city's greatest and most colorful parades should be suffi Armistice day Read column 1 page 1 of your newspaper Tuesday Nov 13th headline Few dry-eyed as Armistice day observed Unquote Then read further Mr Dry eyes were in the mi v i i v 1 I I t V I IV will never march again while Sgt Ernie A Navarro sounded Taps from the reviewing at Con See LEGION on Page 11 Some Want Secret Given Away Now Others Want It Kept By ALLEN DRURY WASHINGTON Nov 16 newly adopted er policy on ultimate disposal of atomic bomb secrets ran into resentment and criticism today on Capitol Hill In their public statements most congressmen gave vague endorsement to the decision not to reveal the bomb know-how until the world devises effective en- forceable safeguards against its use for destructive purposes a far different attitude was reflected in their off-the-record comments Senators who want the secret kept under any circumstances de- the plan to reveal It even at some indeterminate future date And those who favor immediate In- of the secret as a means of stimulating world operation were equally angry that there would delay Both groups however shared re- at President Truman's decision to commit this ment to a definite policy before congress had formulated its A special senate com- on atomic energy has only started its study of the problem Sen Brien McMahon chairman of the committee and a champion of prompt of the secret was under- stood to be displeased at the worked out by Mr Truman Prime Minister Attlee of Great Britain and Prime Minister Mackenzie King of Canada For the record however Me Mahon made only the terse ment that he was pleased to see the definite recognition that the United Nations organizations must be used to assure international con trol Sen Tom Connally who wants the secret to be withheld permanently declined any comment whatever Chairman Sol Bloom D of the house foreign affairs committee said the agreement to keep the bomb a secret until adequate world safeguards are devised is the only thing we can do under the circum stances The substance of the policy is The United States Britain and Canada of the bomb agree to share their secret with other nations when and if they in turn share their own scientific secrets fully supported 11.1 J j y cient proof to satisfy anyone that the United Nations organization there is plenty of enthusiasm for and agree to outlaw the atomic bomb as an instrument of war Until that time the three powers will keep the secret in trust Meanwhile the U S Britain and Canada are proposing formation of a United Nations commission to propose specific means for Speaker By JOHN M WASHINGTON Nov 16 holds the key day to success or failure of the Anglo-American atomic con- trol program American officials say the next move is up to Moscow v Hence the immediate future is viewed as an extremely critical period by those who regard the existence of the atomic bomb as probably the foremost problem of diplomacy in the world During this period the ability of the great powers to work together in the United Nations for the pre- vention of war is bound to under- go a severe test The outcome of the test may well determine er the United Nations will be a strong and effective organization in the years ahead This in turn may have much to do with whether the world wakes up some morning to find itself in an atomic war with several of its major cities already blasted out of existence President Truman Prime ter Attlee of Britain and Prime Minister Mackenzie King of ada laid the groundwork for the test yesterday with their proposal that the United Nations tion create a special commission on atomic energy Russia's reaction may either be made known quickly or withheld until the United Nations holds its organization meeting at London during the first week at That is where the issue will have to come to a head Byrnes Tonight The world probably will learn something more about American thinking on the subject tonight from Secretary of State Byrnes The state department said he would Joseph 8 Bergin director of Utah aeronautics who spoke yesterday afternoon in tho hotel at a session of the first annual aviation ference He gave an analysis of the Utah aviation law and its operation Landgraf Says Helicopter To Be Developed Easy Means Of Steering And Lower Cost Both To Be Attained i v iii vi i v f ts 11 J IUJ as the procession stopped ing exchange of scientific informa jj for the hallowed minute devoted tion controlling atomic energy to to the memory of the men who insure its use for peaceful poses eliminating atomic bombs as weapons of war and setting terns of inspection to prevent violation of the safeguards Most Striking Peace Offer In Says Writer By DEWITT MACKENZIE v AP Foreign Affairs Analyst The atomic energy proposal of the only three months ago hut doubts are like grow fast Of course the proposal is directed mm m v mwm UA HC I U IS United States Britain and Canada is the ly toward Russia It's the old question of most striking peace offer of history Had Hitler even after defeat was ing on his heels acquired this knowledge and been able to produce atomic bombs he still could have conquered the world And yet the United States England and Canada being first in possession of this terrific weapon are asking other nations to join with them in rendering it innocuous Will this offer be 1 think a good deal depends on how much suspicion or has been developed abroad since the first atomic bomb to be used in war was dropped on Hiroshima That's Big Three solidarity again If Moscow agrees then we can feel assured that the world is rolling along the broad highway of lasting peace For as the all-powerful Big Three go so will go the rest of mankind as things now stand This is so because as so often said the Big Three have the physical strength to en- force peace against all odds There in its essence we have the real defense against the atomic prevention of war ident Truman and Prime Minister Attlee and Mackenzie King recognized this ciple in their See PEACE on Page 9 By BOB BROOKS Fred Landgraf president of the Landgraf Helicopter com- pany exploded tions of the use of helicopters in the reasonable future ing his address before the morning session of the first annual state aviation conference at the Legion auditorium today First it's not in a picture of the rosy postwar world of the diate future Second it's not ing to supplement any other form of aviation development It ing to supplant any other form ment Third the cost and skill needed for its operation is still be- yond the ordinary pocketbook and average pilot In short Landgraf declared it is still in the mental stage although very nite progress is being made toward solving the technical problems in- Suggests Purchase Of Laud In fact the helicopter president declared cities would do well to acquire now three or four acres close to the center of town for future use as a helicopter landing field It will never cost less to get the land than it will right now while the land is being used by buildings which are of no great value The newest and most successful development Is the use of two rotars and placing the center of See HELICOPTER or Page 11 General Says Separate Control Proved Costly WILLIAMS FIELD Ariz Nov 16 Gen Robert C Oliver chief of staff of the Western ing training command believes that unified control of the armed forces would have reduced the nation's for World War II by But even apart from the savings in money the officer told a group of press representatives here the protection and vation of security for our nation depends upon team play between our air ground and sea forces Such a system Oliver added necessarily demands a central de- of the armed forces under the unified control and direction of a single head devote part of his speech to the declaration he appears at a testimonial dinner in Charleston S C The job for the United presumably will be proposed for- mally by the United States as soon as the security council is While no details have been dis- closed it is expected by officials here that the proposed atomic com- mission will be set up under the security council and that ft will include as members America Brit- ain Russia France and China Those are the five permanent bers of the council The Job will be to make recommendations for a step- exchange of scientific in- formation including atomic energy data and for creation of controls for atomic energy uses The lem involving all member tries is one for the United Nations but there is little expectation here that the United Nations can solve it unless Russia cooperates to the hilt Russia is the only great power which does not have atomic energy and atomic explosives now sia on the other hand has a de- gree of secrecy about what she does possess and about her plans and activities which no other tion possesses Also Russia has a veto in Nations security council by means of which she could block any plan she disliked even though all other members backed it Charities And Lodges To Get Eber Bequests Small bequests from the estate of Saly Eber a pioneer son merchant and landowner who died yesterday in a local hospital will go to Masonic bodies the Odd Fellows St Joseph's orphanage the Arizona Children's home Brith Jewish here and organized charities Gerald Jones his attorney said today The major portion of the erty which includes business ings in the J00 block on West Con- gress street is in trust for relatives in Germany he added The will when filed in superior court will disclose the amounts bequests Was Old Eber was about 90 years old and was ill only a short time A few days ago he was engaged in his usual afternoon recreation of sitting in the sun in front of the Arizona Home Supply Co which is housed in one of the Eber buildings He was a well-known resident of the Old Pueblo having arrived here in the as a peddler as did many of the pioneer businessmen of the West In a short time he was operating a business and with the city attaining con- wealth In real estate His first store was a dry goods emporium on South Meyer street After his retirement about 20 years ago Eber became a familiar See EBER on Page
