Pacific Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 14, 1948, Tokyo, Japan                              Ship strip end sighted Gonfa Ismay Settle Issue if and run red led strike France ebbs san Francisco oct. 14 \ a top level exploratory talks Between National Lead ers of the Congress of Industrial organizations and i the head of the american t president lines was seen yesterday As a possible opening wedge for settlement of the Pacific coast maritime strike / that has choked off traffic tothe far East for six weeks. V Allan s. Haywood and r. J. Thomas Ace Cio trouble shooters conferred tuesday with Al president George million and described the conference As  the two Union men were sent Here by Cio president. Philip Murray to help Settle the crippling strike by having the National Cio guarantee the contract if necessary. Shipowners have demanded guarantee of contract Observance before they will negotiate. They also insist that. Maritime Union leaders sign non communist affidavits / the principal Snag to peace overshadowing even the wage and hiring Hall issues. Optimistic Over Killion s talk Menzies seeks Early japanese peace treaty by Hamilton Faron Washington oct. 14 a a speedy agreement on a peace treaty with Japan was urged yesterday by Robert Grodon Menzies Leader of the opposition in the australian parliament. If we Are going to have a responsible government in Japan Menzies told a news conference we have to bring the state of War to an end by a peace treaty. It is very natural that Al this peace treaty has been Hung up because of unsettled conditions in Europe where the same Powers Are  Menzies. Disagreed with the recommendation for a Long occupation made by an australian delegation which visited Japan recently. Long occupations just d not work out Menzies said. The occupied nation get tired and the occupying nation with the Union leaders some gets tired. We should have observers said yesterday a major break in the strike appeared  the strike has been costing the employers $4,000,000 a Day by their own estimate. Only military cargoes have been moving those handled by Cio longshoremen through con tracts negotiated Between the army and Steve doring firms which Are not members negotiated Between the army and Steve doring firms which Are not members of the water front employers association peace treaty and under it terms there might be a provi Sion for some occupation o continued  asked about British foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin s state ment tuesday that communism is the greatest threat i Southeast Asia Menzies re plied the menace of communist in Southeast Asia is very Gre abut i do not know i woul want to fix the order of priority. So Long As Europe remain unsettled just so Long Wicio. Longshoremen from communistic threats continue Seattle set up picket lines at Tacoma on the Contention that Many of the ships in Tacoma have been diverted from strike closed ports. But longshoremen of the rival Amer ican federation of labor marched in Masse through the Cio lines tuesday and worked three ships. There was. No violence. William Gettings of Seattle regional Cio longshore direct or said that As a result of the Al action his Union was listing 22 ships at Tacoma As  he said  unions in foreign countries had pledged not to work the ships at their destinations. Gettings added that Al to nips in Seattle would not tie allowed to work at ship repair and maintenance jobs there. In other parts of the  Menzies declined to express any personal opinion on general Macarthur s policies in Japan. But he did say the general australian opinion is that he is doing a very Good Job / Paris oct. 14 up there Ere signs last night that the communist hit and run strike Campaign was ebbing. The nation s Coal mines were till Idle for the. 10th Day How ver and France s ports were red up for a 24-hour dockers Trike. Throughout the nation rail workers were going Back to work after sporadic walkouts hey had won some minor wage concessions but were aced by a government threat o fire men who kept others rom  Lorraine 40,000 non min hrs and Metal workers were due to go Back to work today after a three week strike Aris May get its taxis Back today after a week Long strike. Major ports such As mar Seille be Havre and Calais were Idle As a result of the  , France opened War yesterday on food Specula tors Rin an attempt to drive Down High prices strongest argument of communist led unions in fomenting the cur rent strike wave. Public prosecutors through out the nation received a Cir Cular from Justice minister Andre Marie reminding them of the government s determination to prosecute profiteers without  tie up of ports followed the now familiar strike Pat Tern which the government has blamed on the co inform and the French communist party. The strategy consist of Short strikes in key Indus tries and Commerce Points. Communist Leader Benoit Franchon has told his follow ers in the powerful general confederation of labor Cut that this method is More effective than a general strike. The major strike still is the nationwide Coal mine tie up. The walkout already has Cost the nation More than 1,000,000 tons of fuel and no end is in get. Orean reds in Sendai subdued us my Viva Al 19 j Acme Tele Lioto peruvian army troops such As those shown above at Callao Peru crushed a rebellion recently when sailors and armed civilians revolted in Callao an important seaport. The government blamed the uprising on the powerful left Wing but non communist people s party. Taiyuan Garrison holds against reds x by Fred Hampson Shanghai oct. 14 a Taiyuan isolated nationalist s stronghold in Shansi province is tense but determined today. Quentin Roosevelt director of canc who returned to Shanghai from the embattled City said. Reds were within seven Miles of the South Gate of the City but nationalists were defending there any first exams in career diet slated to pick head How. Roosevelt who is a grand son of Theodore Roosevelt and a Distant Cousin of f. D. Greatest defeat of reds observed chaplain chief expected in Tokyo maj. Gen. Luther d. Miller chief of chaplains depart ment of the army is expected to arrive in Tokyo october 18, to inspect chaplain activities in the far East command  h. Parker chief chaplain. General. Headquarters Fec announced today. Colonel Parker will Fly to also in Seattle the Alaska Guam october 14, to meet steamship company declined a second suggestion from gov. Fenest Gruening of Alaska that the company and the Union get together and move cargo to the territory. ,-1""" of. A. Zeusler a compan3 j executive cited the we a stand that contracts will be made Only with responsible Union  general Miller when he arrives there october 16 and will accompany him to Tokyo. The tour of inspection will include Guam Japan Korea and the philippine islands. Continuing studies of personnel made Brig. Gen. W. A. Beiderlinden assistant chief of staff g 1, general Headquarters announced today that in conformance with the procedure established Over two years ago a continuing study of Mission Sand the personnel necessary to perform those missions is be ing conducted in general Headquarters of Scap and Pec with adjustments made from time to time in authorized strength of civilian and military personnel a recent emphasis has been. Placed upon this study by a curtailment of appropriated funds for the pay of civilian personnel which requires some further adjustments in order to be Able to stay within Bud get allowances. Such adjust ments of strength will follow civilian personnel procedures. General Beiderlinden further stated that from a percentage standpoint the number of individuals to be separated in the Fec will not be Large. An estimate As to a number can. Not be made As there Are vacancies within the far East command for Many types of. Personnel. General Miller a Veteran of 30 years service served As chaplain Headquarters sixth army during world War ii and returned to Washington d.c., in 1945 to assume the duty of chief of chaplains. General Miller wears the legion of Merit and the Bronze Star medal. Stock report new York. Oct. 14 a the Stock Market made its biggest and Vance in six months climbing Toa new High for five years. Steels and motors led the Advance. Hail and selected oils were also pro  were 830,000 shares. 3 substantial pick up in Marke  business remained largely professional. Foreign news seemed to have lost its influence. Earning and dividend news continued the More than satisfactory. The mar Ket was also buoyed by statement of business and government Lead ers that economic affairs will continue at a High rate of a Tivit for some time to come. Dougl aircraft closed 4 Points higher a 58 a after a $5 dividend was vote double last year s Paymen Superior Oil of California gaine5l/a at 185%. Rubbers were lower Dow Jones averages Stock 68.65. Industrials 183.84. Rails 60.4c utilities 35.15. Japan to gel sugar Shanghai oct. 14 up shipment of 20,000 tons of Taiwan sugar to Japan is be ginning soon and is scheduled to be completed by the end of november the Central press Tempo rect today. Closing Baldwin prices Anaconda Bethlehem 361, 37vcanadian Pacific 15 is. Chrysler 6 Dupont 172%. General motor 624, Kennicott 59 Montgomer 57. Shell 39%, Socony 18�/4. Steel 8194. There was Good Trade deman for nearby Cotton deliveries for mind Export accounts. Futures closed 35 lower to 30 higher octobe31.73, december 31.27, March 31.1 May 30.81, july 29.51, Middlin spot 32.09  Chicago grains Slid lower i reaction in monday s crop Reposy the . Department of agr culture forecasting the Large Over All Grain production in Amer ican history wheat closed14 lower. December 2.24 i a 2.17% a july 2.02.closing foreign Exchange rate Britain France 4.03%. Canada 93.3710.32, Italy fixed a 0.01739, Sweden 27.85, switzerlan25,82, Argentina 20.g3, Brazil 5.5 Mexico 14.47. Roosevelt said reds dropped half dozen of shells into the City on the night of october 11, causing some casualties and greatly raising tension but there was no penetration by reds into Taiyuan s  canc cat airlines have been supplying Taiyuan by air using the North Airfield which is cat s Field the South Field is subject to red fire but the North Field is still firmly in nationalist s hands. Roosevelt said the military authorities of Taiyuan were confident and additional de sense positions were. Being erected. He said when he flew out from Taiyuan he could see Long lines of fire in the South of the City apparently incendiary  the fighting was brisk in the South sector but the City de lenses of North East and West appeared to be too Strong and reds were making no serious Effort to attack them. The South sector seemed to be the softest spot but Many new de lenses were sector later. Erected in this Detroit oct. 14 a Murray d. Van Wagoner Mili Ary governor of Bavaria de ares americans on the front be in Germany have Given communism the greatest lick no of its  former governor of Michigan said Russia s failure o blockade Berlin has been he Western democracies greatest  they the russians thought he blockade would be the end f us Van Wagoner said. But the american and Bri ish answer was the Airlift hat has been a great prestige builder for us. Russian pro Uganda has backfired. Declaring that War is not eminent Van Wagoner said Russia does not want a hot War just a cold War which we Are recognizing for exactly what it  want to win a War without fighting it he added. By Ian muts up correspondent american military police fired on korean communists in Japan and broke up a two Day Celebration marking the foundation of the North Korea people s Republic which rus Sia alone this week took the Lead in awarding official re cognition. The incident occurred i Sendai City about 200 Miles Northeast of Tokyo monday and tuesday. The shooting occurred when korean demonstrators repeatedly defied a ruling from general Mac Arthur Banning the display anywhere in Japan of the Emblem of the korean communist regime. A member of the Kiyage military government team under it. Col. J. H. Boling told the United press last night that the situation was now Well under control. A statement from the Mili tary government team said one korean was injured by police fire and that two korean attackers were being held in custody pending an investigation of the Case. The demonstration took . Air Force to winterize i in a Oberlin Airlift place at the Sendai athletic Field. Koreans from the to fire ravages Hankow banking oct 14 a fire driven by a Strong wind destroyed 700 Homes leaving in thousand people homeless n Hankow yesterday Central Trews reported. No neutrals in present struggle new York oct. 14 up Gen. Dwight d. Eisenhower said thursday that no free Man could be Neutral in the present struggle Between democracies and police  to the crowd assembled in front of Low memorial Library for his installation As 13th president of Columbia University Eisenhower pointed out that men of widely different views live peaceably together in America because they share certain common  but democracy and the police states have no common purposes methods or aspirations Eisenhower said. In today s struggle no free Man no free institution can be Neutral. All must be joined in common profession that of democratic citizenship every institution within our National Structure must contribute to the advancement of this pro  the department of the army recently announced that the first scheduled round of Job proficiency examinations in the career guidance pro ram will be Given on the 16, 17, 18 and 19 of november 1948, to eligible personnel classified into the food service career Field. These examinations will de Termine eligibility of applicants for one time Grade adjustments to grades three and two As Well As regular pro motions to the first four grades in the following military occupational specialities 060 Cook 824 mess Steward 1824 food service technician 037 meat Cutter 1037 master meat Cutter 017 bread Baker 1017 pastry Baker and 2017 Mas Ter  example in accordance with current directives a mess Steward who has held the military occupational special Ity of 824 for at least 12 months and who is now in pay Grade four May make application for one time Grade adjustment to pay Grade three and at the same time apply for regular promotion to pay Grade two. His eligibility will be determined As a result of the one examination As stated  for examination in the food service Field must be submitted on or before 30 october 1948. Full particulars concerning eligibility for participation in these examinations May be obtained from either company commanders or unit personnel officers. This is the initial step in the promulgation of the army career guidance program which will provide the army with a highly qualified non commissioned officer corps. Chinese airmen executed Shanghai oct. 14 a two chinese air Force g men were executed tuesday evening for transmitting com Mercial messages Over Caf radio stations for Persona Hoku area and As far norths hokkaido Island had assembled to take part in the event. Between 300 and 400 koreans were present when the incident occurred Accord ing to the military govern ment  states military police were called out when the Loca japanese police were Power Ess to Deal with the situation. No other japanese were involved in any Way in the incident the military govern ment team said. Profit and disturbing National Economy. Yoshida Tor contender Berlin oct. 14 a he . Air Force announced plans tuesday to winterize he Berlin Airlift. Several hundreds of Reserve officers who Volunteer will be Iven special training at great organize tails Mont in visual and instrument flying and assigned of the Airlift the announce ment said. These pilots Copi ots and engineers can revert o inactive duty next Spring. Another announcement said Douglas Globe master trans ports will be put into regular shuttle service Over the at lactic carrying special High priority cargo from Westover base in Massachusetts to Frankfurt to the Airlift. The service will Speed up the movement of critical supplies. Maj. Gen. William h. Tun Ner. Commander of the . Airlift task Force who flew troops and supplies Over the Hump from Burma to China declares the Airlift not Only can continue through the win Ter but can even expand its operations Over the summer. Through radar the radio Eye the army has perfected a system of ground controlled approach Goa which can bring a plane to a Safe land in even when the Pilot can of see the ground. Special deicing equipment by Leslie Nakashima up correspondent Japan s sixth prime minister since a a Day was most Likely to be selected by the diet this afternoon. Prediction in Well informed political circles late yesterday was that conservative sex Premier Shigeru Yoshida is almost certain to win the premiership and that he would conservative famed character actor diet 73 Pasadena calif., oct. 14 up Samuel s. Hinds 73, onetime millionaire attorney who became a character actor Well known for his dignified roles in the films died today a a private Sanatorium after a Brief  he lost his Fortune during the 1929 crash Hinds deserted the Law and took up a career As a professional actor. Ironically his first Job in the films in 1933 was in the Pic Ture if i had a  for that role he was Given $20, but in later years he earned As much As $1,250 a week. He worked in More than 100 pictures playing such dignified and polished parts As admirals generals millionaire fathers. His latest pictures included weekend at the Wal Dorf the strange affair of Uncle Harry and notorious  being installed on Airlift lanes. The army estimates from study of weather records lat Airlift planes would be rounded Only 20 per cent of in time in the worst weather Ermany has to offer. With these preparations be no made the army figures it an Fly in enough planes Hen the weather permits to make up for lost time. To make the most of Good Ying time the Airlift is being converted completely to four engined c-54 sky masters hich carry 10 tons. The two engined c-47 Dakotas which Arry three tons Are being re  i Berlin oct. 14 a the russians proposed yesterday hat 15 nations having military missions Little embassies in Berlin close them and with raw from the City the offi Ial soviet press reported to Day.  official is accepted the Hague oct. 14 a dutch government sources said today the Cabinet has accepted Tho resignation of or. Hubertus j. Van mock As act ing governor general of the East  mock s resignation was submitted from Batavia. Authoritative sources said the Cabinet decided. Monday night to accept it. Starvation poverty disease hover Over besieged Mukden Mukden oct. 14 ins hundreds of deaths due to malnutrition and concomitant diseases Are already reported among the majority of the 950,000 civilians in this communist blockaded manchurian City who Are today near Star vation on a diet of Little More than Low Grade cattle  Ordinary people of this once great Industrial Center Are attempting to subsist on pressed soya bean cakes As their Staple food. Previously pressed into cakes commercially to extract the soya bean Oil the dried rinds must be smashed with some Sharp instrument into Small pieces so they can be boiled to make them even barely edible. Prior to the siege the soya bean cakes were used As Low Grade cattle fodder or fertilizer. What the diet does to humans is seen in the in creasing number of emaciated dead found on the streets who Are among the hundreds dying due to starvation Anc diseases of malnutrition., food airlifted into the City Over the chinese communist lines by approximately fifty to sixty daily c-46 flights of three chinese licensed commercial in a  airlines is earmarked for sup ply of the government Gar Rison and key civilians. Flour allotted under the american Eca program is flown in to provide 70,000 essential work ers with one meal a Day. A smaller supplementary air shuttle operated by the Chi Nese air Force also supplies the government Garrison. Approximately 150,000 nationalist troops including some of the government s finest units Are defending the Muk Den perimeter which radiates out from the City to about an average distance of fifty Miles. The government defense Posi Tion resembles a giant Wagon wheel with spokes projecting out to tie Ling on the North Lis Oyang to the South Fushun on the cast and Hsinmin or. The West. Communist forces in Man Churia which Are estimated to number up to 500,000 troops have Shewn no intention of attacking the Well defended Mukden area. The red strategy seems to be to maintain a steady pressure and blockade of the Mukden Island to let it die on the Vine instead of sacrificing troops and material the nationalist manchurian commander Gen. We i Huang believes he can hold the Mukden perimeter As Long As the Airlift continues to pour in supplies. Essential civilians and the military can be sufficiently supplied by the latter Means but it is pointed out that the heaviest Burden of the communist blockade will rest on the Ordinary population who cannot be adequately fed. Winter will bring additional hardships for the population who Are without enough urgently required Coal to meet temperatures that dip Down to the Vicinity of 35 degrees fahrenheit below Zero. The vegetation will soon disappear from the Countryside within the perimeter to further re  the food  Blac Market in commodities and the recently introduced Gold Yuan currency is nourishing. A 100-Pound bag of flour which would Cost about in the United states will bring $120 in Mukden. Prices have gyrated crazily in the last week with Coal going from . $6 to . $40 per  who can afford to flee the City Are leaving at the average rate of 2,000 persons per Day As paying passengers on the plumes. Bringing in sup plies to the City. Fighting South of Mukden has largely halted the Overland move ment of refugees. Many of the five to six Hund red russian emigres resident in the City who hold Sovie passports Are suffering under the same conditions As the Ordinary chinese. The russian government has Given them no help. Some Are Selling every thing to buy air passage from the City. Practically All other foreign ers have left Mukden with the notable exception of about ten British missionaries and forty French Catholic priests. Three consulates remain the French British and Amer ican. The . Consult which has a staff of about 2 americans is Well supplied a american embassy planes. . Consular officials hav expressed their i Determinatio to maintain Mukden consulate Ever if the communist should take the City. The French and British consulate who Are largely dependent upon the americans for trans port would probably do like Wise in that event. 15 missions asked 0 leave Berlin China and India Are among he 15 nations. The missions Are accredited o the four Power Allied con Rol Council. They look after he interests of their countries n Berlin. Marshal Vassily Sokolovsky he soviet commar Lder con ended that because the Allied control Council no longer exists the missions should be abandoned. The control Council has not met since March 20, when the Western Powers have not re Western Powers Cave not cognized their act As dissolving the Council. Coalition government. It was believed unlikely however that Yoshida will poll the necessary majority during the first vote in the House of representatives for the premiership. In the event of no Clear Cut decision on the first vote there will be one or several run off elections to determine the Premier among the candidates supported by various parties. It was predicted last night at least one run off election might be necessary and that it would be a contest Between. Yoshida and Takeshi Yama Zaki Secretary general of Yoshida s own democratic Libe ral party. Although Yamazaki himself has renounced any intention of running As candidate for the premiership in the diet Many quarters both in Yoshida s and his own party and in other groups were known to support him. The diet s steering com Mittee met almost continuously Between 11 . And 6.45 . Yesterday and finally decided to postpone the election until the time of the opening of the plenary session of the House of representatives today at 1 . Diet circles estimated that Between 410 and 420 members of the 466-seat lower House will be present to take part in the important event. Eighteen seats Are vacant at present and other members have been absent due to illness. Those unable to attend personally cannot vote by proxy under the new Constitution. The texture and composition of the next administration succeeding that of Premier Hitoshi Ashida remained comparatively Little known although it was generally predicted that Yoshida would form a Cabinet whose key ministers would be extracted from his own party and supplemented by others from other conservative groups. Observers predicted that these groups would include the National cooperative party which controls 30 diet seats and pos Sibly a bloc from Ashida s democratic party. The chances for Tetsu Kata Yama Christian president of the second ranking social democratic party were considered virtually nil although party members reportedly medics suggest new kiss London oct. 14 up a medical Magazine suggested Oday that britons Cut Down on the incidence of colds by adopting the French custom of Tissing on both Cheeks instead of the lips. Were pledged to vote for him on the first ballot. The Ultra conservative democratic Liberal party headed by the combination of Yoshida and sex Premier Kijuro Shide Hara has 151 diet seats not enough for a majority hence the one week delay in the selection of the new Premier since Ashida s resignation last thursday due to conversations in private among representatives of the five major political parties. Lend lease payment made Washington oct. 14 up the state department today announced that China had paid the second annual instalment of $2,824,930.75 on its debt for lend lease goods received after a a Day. The payment covering both principal and interest was due on july 1. The debt is to be paid off in 30 years. Colin Kelly comes Home for burial in Florida Madison fla., oct. 14 up capt. Colin Kelly came Home today nearly seven years after his flight to death in the  body of the famed flier whose exploits made him a Symbol of american courage in the first frantic Days after Pearl Harbor ended its Long journey from the Pacific last night. Today with an Honor guard of bombers droning overhead in the peaceful Florida sky Kelly will be Laid to rest among the Shady Oaks and scrub Pines of his Home. The Captain s widow and his son who was just a year old when his heroic father gave America the lift it needed in the dark Days of 1941, came Here for the  Rev. B. M. Montgomery Madison methodist minister will officiate at the burial ser vice at the Century old Ceme Tery Here. There will be no funeral since rites have Al ready been held for Kelly in the Pacific theater. A color guard of 25 men and a bugler came Here from my Dill Field Tampa for the ser vices. Four Light bombers from Mcdill will Circle above the cemetery during the burial. An Honor guard of War veterans met the train bearing Kelly s coffin and escorted the body to the Madison court House. Today the coffin Lay in state until burial time with the veterans standing by. Just outside the courthouse is the Kelly memorial to the four freedoms bearing the inscription greater love hath no Man than that he would Lay Down his life for his