European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 25, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May 25r 1948 the stars and stripes Page 7 1 Hia in we aes Matei us i a was rid ged no the the no the in i not she item the Denfeld warns shipping at critical Low new May 24 chief of naval said american shipping is dangerously inadequate unless we choose to fight the next War on our own in a speech before the propeller Denfeld revealed the merchant Marine has shrunk until we now have less than half the number of transports and tankers that would be required to wage a military Campaign the size of the last of the merchant ships amassed by the end of the less than Are Active today Al though Are in he if we have another in the next year or the we Are not going to be Given notice As we were in the last two he i believe that one minute we will be As much at peace As we Are and the next minute Well be in War up to our maybe our but any foreseeable no matter How suddenly it will a Long can Well Dis miss anything you have heard about a 24hour Capehart urges reasonable financing of Fleet i May 24 Homer Capehart yesterday urged a reasonable govern ment subsidization of the Mer chant Marine to assure America of a High place in world he spoke at an Observance of National he said that a Fleet is vital to defense and added that the people of America must realize the import Ance of a efficient Mer chant Marine to our peacetime Lent Goodwill reaches new May 24 Der a cover of combat planes and blimps the Goodwill task Force steamed into new York har Bor on the Hext thelast leg of its world circling tour v thousands of new yorkers lined the docks As shrieking sirens and boat whistles joined in a Welcome to the aircraft Carrier Valley forge and two destroyer is scores of Small boats sprayed of water and surrounded the tooting their whistles and waving flags As the ship eased the the Valley forge and the two the Lawe and the Loyd were stationed in the Medl Terrane during the turbulent italian elections and also visit k de works for toss Euphemia Mickey Tel typist for russian Tass whose John re signed his Job in the department of Commerce after a congressman revealed Bis daughters Job and demanded Virden Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer has asked Virden to re main at his democrats score Bill to extend term of atom members May 24 five democratic members of the joint congressional atomic com Mittee today denounced As unwise and dangerous the Compromise Bill to extend the of atomic com Mission members for two the minority credited Robert Taft gop policy with originating the idea that of chair Man David Lilienthal and his colleagues terms would mean a bitter political fight in a report to the minority members Public letters of three scientist members of the atomic advisory committee urging confirmation and accepting the Compromise Bill Only As a Ond to avoid a disruptive the scientists expressed Shock that a fight was even a the minority report was signed by Brien Mcmahon and Lyndon Johnson d Carl Durham Chet Holifield Melvin Price they rejected As specious and doubly the majority finding that the program of the atomic commission is still in formative stage guard to reorganize r May 24 the executive Dis closed last night Alfred Driscoll had signed a Bill to reorganize the command Jersey National guard Baptist meet condemns assails spiritual opponents May 24 up the 91st annual meeting of the Southern Baptist convention cleaned up its last formal business and adjourned yesterday with an outdoor evangelistic the nearly messengers representing churches with members took these last minute actions a stepped up prohibition drive against the liquor a Resolution that political dec  and antisemitism Are utterly contrary to our Baptist concept of Freedom and spirit Ual against sending an observer to the world Council of churches meeting in Amsterdam this the session also heard an address by presi Dent of Baylor in which he the of liquor is the of the Church and he adding that the nations liquor Bill in was nearly the convention also voted to seek personal pledges by the Southern baptists not to sell or serve alcoholic Sun May 30 was formally set As commitment Day for the Taft charges loses respect with wobbling foreign policy cd Ca deny talk o a May 24 Republican presidential candidates Thomas Dewey and Earl talked for about three hours Here at rens but both said emphatically there had been no Dis Cussion of convention at separate press conferences held in Warrens both governors naturally there had been talk of politics Between but denied specific mention of convention both were asked if they thought Dewey defeat of Harold Stassen in the Oregon primary had eliminated Stassen from the race for the gop Dewey refused to but Warren said he thought Stassen was in the and added i dont think anyone is eliminated until the last Roll is Warren said he thought the Philadelphia convention still a wide open fight the California governor said had happened to change his mind on the in not he Dewey said the question not been discussed by on the question of convention War Ren said after Tom i Are for different for Dewey arid in for senator bks big Flattop for b29 flights 24 leading Senate Economy advocate has endorsed Navy plans for a 000ton said he is very much in favor of the proposed Flattop that would be big enough to accommodate the giant atom bomb carrying b29 for take also could smaller loaded with bombs within Carrie Range of any i think it is keeping up with modern Byrd con has not yet received specific legislation for the super which would top by tons the biggest Flattop now in the but the Way would be cleared in a pending Bill to let the Navy Stop on 13 other vessels and spend the same Money for newer pro although defense Secretary James told the House com Mittee the Supe Carrier was approved by the joint chiefs of staff at their recent key Confer Many ranking air Force officers Are known to oppose leading Eirp Lane makers told a House armed services subcommittee that unless the government footed the they could develop no new transport in event they the nation would be left in a dangerously weak position if transport production fell German owned arten route to Europe May 24 the department of the army has announced that 54 German owned paintings packed in Asbestos and Wood were shipped to last a guard of one officer and two enlisted will be maintained continuously until the pictures reach their destination at wies transported under military escort from the National gallery of Art in Washington to the new York port of the paintings were packed in heavy wooden boxes covered with Waterproof banded with steel tape and army builds wind Tunnel May 24 the first wind Tunnel in the world which can provide a continuous v i n d b1 a s t of times the Speed of been completed at for testing guided Wallace campaigns in Congress meeting mayj24 number of congressmen said they received letters from Henry Wallace urging them to Spur presi Dent Truman into negotiating with the letters said Truman should act in Good Faith by accepting soviet minister Molotov proposal for a con Ference to Settle outstanding Dif Charles Kersten in a of a Wallace of aiding and abet Ting a conspiracy to world Power in the capital of the soviet Union f other weekend political develop ments connect cuts 19maii delegation to the gop convention voted to support Raymond Baldwin for presidential nomination until he releases Nevada democrats instructed their 10 delegates to vote for president Truman on the first three utahs delegates will go uninstructed and a pledged to the Republican convention and Are not bound to vote As a Maneu vers to end career of Cruiser san May 24 Navy Cruiser Salt Lake eran of world War ii engagements and the Bikini atom will end its career tomorrow As a target ship in Pacific Fleet l Twentyfive ships and 400 planes will participate in drills to be held 100 Miles off the California the Salt Lake City will tacked by cruisers and with submarines scheduled to deliver the fatal f Many new weapons will be tried but no attempt will be made to sink the Salt City rear com Mander of the first task will direct noted negro author Dies at 52 in Chicago May negro author and poet who once worked in London on the women suffrage paper the dread nought with Sylvia died Here today after a Long a native of had been doing special research work for a Catholic organization before his in the Early Days of the russian revolution he met Lenin and Trotsky in he became a Catholic in May 24 Robert Taft Ohio claimed yesterday Only a firm foreign policy would gain the respect of the that he has been lost by what he the Truman administrations failure to keep in a major political Bard Taft proposed four Point foreign policy emphasizing a crusade for democracy throughout the but a determination to preserve peace consistent wobbling Zion policy the candidate for the Republican presidential nomination accused the administration of tearing up the Atlantic wobbling on the Palestine and changing its mind about the threat of russian he said there seems to be no underlying principle by which we can judge what our future policy shall have talked about Justice but we have shown no inter est in either in the United nations or in the drawing of boundaries and the assignment Taft outlined the following pro Gram a determination to preserve peace if consistent with the free Dom of the american consistent opposition to the spread of communism in this country and throughout the a strengthening of the United nations by Basing it on principles of Justice and willing Ness to abide by and enforce the decisions of an impartial tribunal based on International Cio purges 10 Gong Ressnier May 24 Therio said yesterday 10 anti lab rite congressmen on its list have already been from the next the Cio news listed seven con Gressmen beaten in primary elections and three who did not run for five were dem five the Cio publication said the congressmen had voted wrong four to 11 times on 12 crucial issues according to the Cio news 1947 the was Phi blushed in August and listed 38s who had voted wrong on the tar Hartley rent and 10 other Domestic and foreign Congress May reconvene after gop convention May 24 House speaker Joseph indicated today that Congress will have to reconvene after the National convention to clean up legislation now jamming both Martin said chances of quit Ting by june 18 or 19 depend upon passage of appropriation French show thanks Send de luxe gifts May 24 Good turn deserves frenchmen have de grateful for Friendship trains of goods and clothing from France is going to Send one of its own to the packaged for each of the 48 states will be leather Fine wine and the train is being organized by the organization of a servicemen of the state