Pacific Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 13, 1948, Tokyo, Japan Weather forecast thursday High in w conditions Tokyo 76 60 Scatterer showers Kyoto .75 55 scattered showers Seoul 60 45 fair Sapporo 55 45 Cloudy volume 4, number 240 stripes Cit edition 1948 share this paper up Apins Apps wire services Bevin Speaks?1?"s\ r r return to jobs on far East stresses re problem by D. Mcmillan London oct. 13 up Australia and new Zea land repeated their demands for full voice in the Japa Nese peace conference army prepared to seize Paris if revolt hits As the British Commonweal to prime minister conference continued a Broad Survey of problems facing the British dominions. Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin As yesterdays principal speaker touched Sonly briefly on relations with Japan and the Down under dominions confined their comments to expressions of interest in the Japan settlement. Bevin warned the Dominion statesmen of weak links in. The anti communist defense Chain in 4he far East and mid Ille East. he stressed the Gravity of the communist problem in the far East. The fore Gri Secretary was expected to give a detailed explanation of the Berlin situation but this was deferred until next week when Cana Dian Deputy Premier l. S. St. A aurent will be present sub As front cracks ers third annual meeting by Joseph w. Grig Paris oct. 13 up confidential reports said that the French government has organized a detailed plan to seize Paris within one hour in Case of an armed revolt forestalling any. Rebel Effort to take the capital. A Force of 100,000 Loyal troops arid police has been especially briefed and. Trained for this emergency by Jules Moch hard boiled socialist minister of the Interior who has a dislike for the communists arid the de gaullist reports was reported that the plan would be put into effect the St Tuting for. Kenzie King. Spokesmen Premier Mac for the dominions explained their attitude towards general defense prob lems but a detailed study. Was shelved until a later Date when the military experts will get together to draw up a close knit plan of strategy. Speakers at tuesday s ses Sion included Malcolm Mac Donald commissioner general for the United kingdom in Southeast Asia who gave an up to Date report on conditions in Malaya. Pandit Nehru outlined in Dia s problems in what a spokesman described As a Brilliant he stressed ius country s difficulties in View of the unrest in Burma. American Cruiser Hon Kong oct. 13 a the american Cruiser St. Paul was slightly damaged by fire in Hon Kong Harbor " at noon coolies two of them women Ina junk tied along Side fee ship s Fantail where the fire broke out were hospitalized with Burns. Their junk was badly damaged and one motor launch was reported sunk. a. Fire was attributed to Gaso line spilled Over the Sid while refuelling one of St. Paul s seaplanes. The gasoline was. Sub Sejo gently ignited by the junk s open cooking stove. Prompt arrival of Hon Kong fireboat had the Blaze under control in half an fire was preceded by a big puff of smoke in the Stern. Three British fire tugs immediately on the scene Start ther a threat to the French government came from the extreme left or the. Extreme right.". It was understood the plan has been polished since the communist led strikes of last november and that now the authorities. Are fully prepared to meet the threat of the cur rent strike wave developing into a National traditionally have started in Paris and the purpose of the plan reportedly is to. Get. Troops to strategic Points i before they can be seized a any rebel Force. " the troops would remain out Side Paris during the pre re Volt crisis As they did during the emergency of last novem Ber. They would be highly motorized and could sweep into the City from Versailles St. Remain and other Garrison towns within 30 a Jules. Police would be. Held in readiness within the City. Within one hour of the out break of rebellion reports said this Force could secure such strategic Points As the Prefec-ture., of police the Elysee Palace which is the Home of the president the ministry of the Interior and the City Hall As Well a the radio station the War ministry the main rail Road stations and the centers. " with these nerve centers under control the government believes it could swiftly crush any outbreak particularly if the enemy was lightly armed the troops picked for the Job of breaking any revolt were said to consist of veterans of the French 2nd armoured do Sion As Well As North african and senegalese Sharp shooters. Paris oct. 13 up Railroad Iron and steel strik revolted against their communist leadership and began a general Back to work movement in response to pleas by Premier Henri quest Ille s right of Center govern ment. As the strike front cracked wide open the communist-., dominated general confederation of labor Cut demanded that the government Back atomic control proposals in the United nations or get out of office. I Railroad workers through out Alsace and parts of Lor Raine and other Eastern districts voted to end their week old strike. The Railroad strike continued in the Northern and. Western bed belts but at Strasbourg the walkout was scheduled to end at Midnight. Strikers at Colmar and Mulhouse returned to work. At bar Leduc and be Rouville traffic already was Back to Normal. The country wide interruption of train schedules was less serious than yester Day Acme telephoto shown in Washington at the third annual meeting of the Board of governors of the International Bank and monetary fund september 27, Are left to right sir Stafford Cripps British Chancellor of the exchequer Wang Yunwu chinese finance minister and chairman of the Board and Secretary of the Treasury John w. Snyder. Allies seek speedy action by Council f. -1 a 7 rearm newspaper Hedges on blockade Ujj. Of a -._. A. Off by waiter Rundle be " Berlin oct. 13 up the soviet army newspaper Taeg Liche Mundschau authoritative German outlet for Moscow said the Berlin blockade would continue until the illegal West Mark is declared invalid. The declaration Obi Yousely was an answer to the the Coal strike continued for the ninth straight Day with no immediate end in sight. Union leaders were organizing special funds to keep the walkout going. However resumption of most rail schedules minimized chances of a general strike such As crippled. French Industry last report to the annual Cut Congress by Secretary Gen. Alain be leap denounced the Marshall plan As a plan for War and charged the United states with seeking War. Be leap said the French representatives at the in must henceforth support the Vishin sky soviet proposals be cause that is the people s will otherwise there will be no course open to the govern ment but to get out. That is de pumping ship which water into is bearing the the Flag of rear adm. R. F. Good and under the command of l. F. Field. Of Lincold War seen Washington oct. 13 up sen Ralph e. Flanders r., it said today that the United states has lost a major and perhaps decisive Battle in the cold War with told a. News conference that the soviets Are succeed ing in diverting the Multi Bil lion Dollar Marshall plan from its goal of european recovery to one of rearmament. In addition he said soviet propaganda has Militar izing us succeeded in As we have Yak stunts around British transport Berlin oct. 13 a the British military government said a russian Yak fighter flew dangerously close to a British transport plane on a Berlin Airlift fight announcement said tie fighter stunted near the British transport near Perleberg about75 Miles Northwest of Berlin. The Yak looped and rolled around the British Craft polishing off the acrobatics by diving beneath the transport s nose the British said. Verbal protest was made to russian authorities. Previous never been militarized Flanders predicted that Russia won t Start a War Forat least three years because it is gaining its ends by forcing an enormous and expensive expansion of armed forces in the United states and Western Europe. The Vermont senator is a member of the special joint congressional economic com Mittee and the former presi Dent of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. Big steel runs new shipbuilding f v. I Houston tex., oct. 13 a the managing director of the american association of Small business today charged that major steel companies Are dominating tie shipbuilding d. Henderson new Orleans testifying before Public hearing of the congressional Small business commit tee said the August bulletin of the american Bureau of ship Ping lists 11 vessels under construction As being built for foreign interests a but neither the maritime commission nor the National Security Council seems to know or to care to divulge who these foreign interests Are Henderson said the weakest link in the nation s defense and postwar Economy is an in adequate steel Supply. If this weakness has no alarmed the Secretary of National defense and his Collea gues he said it probably is due to the fact that opinion were accepted by our military leaders at face value from those in the steel Industry who Are anxious to keep the steel Industry under control so they can regulate prices in Supply ing demand.". Clay foreign capital l it Essen Germany oct. 13 a Gen. Lucius. D. Clay . Military governor said yesterday private Loreign invest ment in German Industry May soon be permitted again. We Are considering lifting the moratorium Clay told a news conference. Simultaneously the Amer ican and British military governors disclosed they1 Are pre paring plans to return Ger Man Coal mines owned technically by the military governments to some form of non nazi ownership on a temporary basis. The. Two com Manders had come to the Ruhr in an Effort to boost Coal production. Clay said one reason for the postwar moratorium on for eign investments was to protect Germany from exploitation at a time its currency was unsound. He added that with the introduction of the new Western dutch Mark the possibility permitting foreign investments is being considered. Clay reminded the germans the Ruhr was crippled b hunger and distress when the Allied armies arrived in 1945 statement by Western occupy Ion Powers on monday that no negotiations would be held n the Berlin crisis until the blockade was Taeg Liche Mundschau Aid actually there is no dockage but As to lifting the Raffic restrictions that can easily be arranged if the Ille ally inaugurated Western Mark is simultaneously de flared the summer Neotia ions in Moscow and Berlin ailed to result in a formulator accepting the East or soviet Mark As currency for Berlin. Thus the latest rus Sian statement Only pointed up he completeness of the dead Ock Between Russia and the Western Powers. Berlin City finances Are crippled by the blockade and the soviet cur Rency restrictions were cause or grave concern on the Parton the Berlin administration. Treasurer Fritsche Haas re ported that the financial Situa Tion was As Sembly president Otto Suh called for a discussion on an emergency budget at the next Assembly meeting octo Ber 21. And that mantling now despite of factories. Dis Ger Many is Well on her Way to recovery. He said 62 per Cen of the dismantled plants in thin american zone Are Back action making non War pro ducts. He said that when he and Genii. Sir Brian Robertson British military governor toured the Ruhr Coal Minin area the question of food was not mentioned. He Pointec out Industry has climbed t 67 per cent of the 1936 level japanese to get schooling in . By monday protested to the British had the soviets that their air. Activities in the Wes Tern corridors particularly gunnery drills Are in violation of four Power safety agree trained red captured by Indus Batavia oct. 13 a the capture of a Moscow trained communist named Ali min and four comrades was reported today by the indonesian Republican defense ministry in Jogjakarta. Ali min is the first important rebel Leader to fall into the indonesian government s hands since the communists stirred up a revolt last month. Death of chinese general explained Shanghai oct. 13 up the soviet embassy in China came up with still another version of How Christian Gen. Feng Yuh Siang died according to the official news Agency said that according to information received by the embassy Feng did not die aboard the russian ship Pobeda due to a fire but that he died in a Lifeboat from a heart the original official version had contended that Feng burned in a fire resulting from careless handling of movie by United Pressa 24-year old japanes University graduate who has never been abroad and Neve been in an air plane will Tak off in a Northwest airline plane this afternoon for year s education in the United states. The trip is the result of enact of kindness on the part o an american Friend who on recently met him in Tokyo. Bruce Aitchison attorney from Washington d.c., her on private business explain that it just seemed like a he said he was inspired take the step by a desire t improve International understanding. My own background a been predominantly in the education Field he youth Koichiro Kondo Aitchison said was recommended to him by Japan s former Davis cup player. Zenz films aboard the ship the Shimizu. Aitchison and Shim Black sea. Were prewar friends. In debates human right Paris oct.jl3 a heated debate Over human rights and self government in Coloni Al territories marked commit tee sessions of the United nations Assembly yesterday. Brig. Gen. Carlos p. Romu Loof the Philippines told the As Sembly s trusteeship commit tee that colonial Powers Are morally bound to Foster Independence in overseas territories. Soviet Delegate Alexei Pav Loc charged during social com Mittee debate on human right that Indian minorities Are be ing oppressed in South Africa and there is discrimination against natives in British col onial spoke at a meeting in which Yugoslavia and so Viet Ukraine delegates charged that colonial Powers Are exploiting native populations in overseas territories. These delegates supported a russian Resolution saying colonial pow ers Are bound by in charter to provide political information on measures taken to promote self government in dependent territories Belgium an France replied that the charter never intended such As compulsory for colonial Powers. Romulo said in charter concern for colonial territories was a vague formulation of principles which Are fast be coming reality and he said the colonial Powers should assist the peaceful and orderly conversion of the colonial system into a system of free nations living under the ban Ner of Lussia plans Eastern Union to match West Korea wreck an Accident Board Korea announces rules for press Seoul oct. 13 up the government announced the following measures with re Gard to Korea press new Agency 1. The Korea press will allowed to resume Limite operation immediately for the Seoul oct. 13 a a train crash that killed 36american soldiers september 14, resulted from a failure of trainmen to comply with three operating regulations an investigating Board of american officers reported today. Home minister t. Y. Ypon recently attributed the rear end collision which occurred 75 Miles South of Here to a communist said the reds believed an Accident on the govern ment operated line would Dis credit the government. He added 20 persons had been arrested for . Gen. John b. Coul Ter american army com Mander Here said in his state ment announcing the Board s findings a motive if any for fail ure to comply with rules of operation was beyond the scope of the Board and is a matter pertaining to the korean distribution to its member newspapers of world news re ports of the United pres associations of America and Central news Agency of China. Resumption of the other activities of the Korea press will depend on subsequent decisions.2. Acting editors of Korea press will take Steps regarding organization of the company in conformance with the Laws of the Republic. It was under stood that responsible officers of the company will remain i Korea at All times and actually carry out the duties As operating officials of the Agency. A government spokesman said the government has no intention of interfering in the Freedom of press. He said the government does insist How Ever that news reports be accurate factual and unbiased. He said the government Obi Tion of subversive propaganda Ousby cannot permit Publica of any kind. The government will enforce rigorously Law designed to protect the government against subversive plots. By Helen Fisher Prague oct. 13 up reliable sources said today that Russia has decided cosponsor an Eastern Union to offset the Western Europe s Western Union. The decision to form federation of Eastern Europe s Peoples democracies was believed to have been taken atthe conference of top Eastern political leaders in Crimea la month. It is expected to be announced said the federa Tion would include Poland Czechoslovakia Hungary bul Garia and planners were reported hoping also to bring in Yugoslavia despite its expulsion from the co inform. The russian zone of was also reported under consideration for membership participation of Eastern Ger Many however was believe left for later the exact form of the pro posed organization was not revealed. But it was Learned that Over score of expert from the participating countries were called together in Prague this week handed a mimeographed outline plan and Tol to work out the technical de federation is expected to be based largely on economic operation probably starting with a customs Union and the coordination of the Long rang economic plans of the states. It will be under russian control but will not be annexed to Russia or form a new state rather it probably will follow the lines of the Benelux customs Union. Each member would retain its own government and Diplo Matic representation abroad. Coordination of foreign policy already a practical reality is certain to be increase greatly under the propose federation. Marshall in Paris again of / by Louis Nevin \ Paris oct. 13 a " the United states Britain and prance joined yesterday n a move to Speed up Security Council action on the Berlin crisis. This coincided with . Secretary of state George Marshall s return by air from Washington talks with presi Dent Truman. Marshall was accompanied by Walter Bedell Smith . Moscow and ambassador to Paul Hoffman Admiral tells of Navy Airlift role Chicago oct. 13 up adm. Louis e. Denfeld chief of naval operations today told newspaper publishers that the Berlin Airlift would be impossible without the uninterrupted use of Atlantic sea , addressing the 64th annual meeting of the Inland daily press association said the Navy s primary function is to keep the seas open to United states shipping. He said that in any future War enemy submarines could be expected to try to strangle United states Supply lie said that United Sta. Naval task forces Are physicist says bomb can eliminate War los Angeles oct. 13 up a o b e 1 prize Winner physicist or. Robert a. Mil Likan believes the atom bomb can remove forever the threat of War but does not thin atomic Energy can yet solve Man s problems of Power and heat. The Tost efficient in the world-1 tons. _ i i,f_i_fc__izitfy1 pc a Norma in fade out tropical storm Norma has dissipated. The typhoon warning network of the 2043rd air weather Wing dropped the storm last night when she was entered approximately 150 Miles North East of iwo Jima. The potential trouble maker died before reaching the intensity of a full grown typhoon and has now become just another of the hundreds of extra tropical storms which occur in the Pacific each year. Norma is not considered to be of any Dan Ger to occupation install. Ump adopts pay increase policy Cincinnati oct. 13 up the United mine workers 40th convention adopted a fourth round wage increase policy calling for general pay boosts Shorter work week in creased Royalty fund and other convention s wage scale committee did not spell out in detail its wage demands but it referred to ump president John l. Lewis and the National policy committee resolutions which would reduce the workweek to 30 hours increase the Royalty payment to the welfare fund from 20 to 40 cents per ton boost annual vacation pay from $100 to $200, lengthen the vacation from one to two weeks extend the paid lunch period from 30 minutes to on hour and require Coal opera tors to pay for All supplies and equipment and much mining work not now compensated. Pak paid Saboteur say South koreans Seoul oct. 13 ins the South korean regime denounced the foreign minister of the soviet supported North Korea government yesterday As a paid saboteur.". The denunciation made by an official spokesman was brought on by a russian news dispatch which stated that foreign minister Pak Heun Yung requested Trygve lie Secretary general of unite nations for permission for North korean representatives to take part in the United nations discussions in Korea. A South korean government official charged that Pak was responsible for the deaths of Many koreans in the Days when he was the communist party Leader in America occupied South Korea. European recovery program administrator. The big three Western Powers despairing of Media Tion efforts by the so called Little six on the United nations Security Council Are drafting a Resolution for firm action to lift the Berlin Block Ade Western sources said. Marshall did not appear at the in Assembly Headquarters immediately on his arrival in Paris but he took Over again As the behind the scenes director of american policy in the Berlin dispute. Western sources said the Little six attempts to Patch up the East West differences Over Berlin remained fruitless after almost a week of go Between work. There was still no reply from the Kremlin to questions put Forward saturday by Juan Ramuglia of Argentina spokesman for the Little six and president pro tempore of the Council. These informants said Brit Ain France and the United states would prefer that a re solution on the Berlin blockade come from the mediating Powers. But if nothing turns up in the next 24 hours they Are ready to take the initiative themselves. The Western Powers according to the informants re main pretty certain that so Viet Delegate Andrei Vishinsky will veto any positive Security Council Resolution which suggests either that Russia is in the wrong or that a blockade in fact exists around Berlin. A British spokesman told re porters yesterday the Western Powers feel certain the course they Are following in the end will make Russia re orientate her policies in Germany. He said the Western Power s offensive in the Security coun cil has kept Vishinsky fairly Russia he explained has been put on the de asserted it is a mis Conception to suppose that differing systems cannot live Side by Side in peace under the Basic rules of International conduct prescribed by the charter of the United nations but to said the United nations must teach the rus sians what is possible and what is impossible in the relationship Between the Soyie Union and the world at Austin repeatedly called on Visti Insky to deny declarations of soviet and other communist leaders that peace Between the soviet Union and the capitalist world is impossible. As Austin began quoting from Lenin and other communist sources Vishinsky and ukrainian Delegate Diri Itri Manuil sky took copious notes. Reuther murder try charged to official -1ljl _ tt.-1 Detroit oct. 13 up Carl b Olton 3d, once a minor official of the Cio United autoworkers Union faces arraign ment today on a charge of attempting to kill Law presi Dent Walter Reuther. B Olton who has been under accused in a warrant Fileo last week by prosecutor James n. will be arraigned Here be fore recorder s judge Christo Pher Steintl. Wiiilie officers seek to Clear up the six month old shooting mystery Reuther s doctors re ported today he is recovering steadily from wounds in t Arm
