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Evening star., 1942-09-15
Stable Farm Prices
And Wages Vital,
Henderson Warns
Fear Of $2,o36, 900, 900
Rise in Cost Of Living
Voiced at Hearing
BY J. A. O'LEARY.

Price Administrator Leon Hen
derson told the Senate Banking
Committee today that stabiliza- =
ton Of farm prices, wages and
salaries was Immediately neces-
sary to avert "the disaster of in
hation" and to prevent a $2,036, :
100000 rise in the cost of farm
products for the rest of this year.
THE danger of such extreme in
fationary increases in the cost Of
living as to jeopardize our entire
war program" is at hand, Mr.. Hen
derson declared.
He appeared to urge quick action
on a resolution by Chairman Wag-
ner and Senator Brown, Democrat,
of Michigan which would direct
President Roosevelt to stabilize
wages, salaries and prices at the
general level of August Is.
Citing steep increases in the
prices OF certain uncontrolled food
products during recent months, Mr..
Henderson said the Governments
efforts to control the cost of living
have been inadequate.
I'VE have come to the point" he
said, where the uncontrolled items
are forcing the whole cost of living
upward"
Situation Summed Up.
Mr.. Henderson summed up the
farm price situa ton in these words:
Prices received by farmers have
risen IS per cent from August. 1899,
to August, 1912. Prices paid b.
farmers have risen only % per cent
in the same period. AS q result
the index of all farm prices has
gone up from 10 per cent of parity
to 107."
Mr.. Henderson said effective con-
troll of the cost OF living as requested
by the President required that farm
feed prices "be kept at or about the
present levels"
Even though meats are now
Continued on Page A-12, Column i
Evening star., 1942-09-15
GAR Will March Again
In indianapolis Tomorrow
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
> INDIANAPOLIS. Sept. 15.-The
Grand Army of the Republic will
march again-perhaps for the last
time.
Undaunted by the ravages of time
among their thinning ranks, about
half of the approximately 80 old
warrlers at the 18th National GAR
Encampment looked forward today
to marching on foot in tomorrow s
spectacle. The other half will ride
in automobiles.
All in their COS with a few past
the century mark, the veterans ap-
pear to resent too much solicitude
about their years. However. time
has taken its toll and reports were
current that this may be the last
national bivouac.
Three hundred persons attended a
banquet given last night by the
5 Wom< rs Relief Corps in honor of
George A. Gay of Nashua, N. H. ma
: tional GAR commander in chief.
Highlight of todays program is
the reception tonight by Gov. and
Mrs. Schricker in honor of Comdr.
Gay and his staff.
Evening star., 1942-09-15
Cab Drivers Prepare
To Strike Tonight in
New Zone Protest
Lack of Intervention
By PUG or ODT Cited
By Head of Union

In the absence Of efforts to
prevent the Capitals second
taxicab strike within less than
three months, Edward A. Glenn,
president of the United Taxicab
Drivers, Inc, reiterated at noon
today that his group intends to
carry out its plans to take their
cabs off the streets at one minute
after midnight tonight.
Some observers believed that the
strike could still be averted If the
Office of Defense Transportation in
tervened by submitting to Mr.. Glenn
reminder that cessation of taxi
service in the District would have
serious repercussions.
With the threatened strike less
than II hours away, it appeared,
however, that no Intervention would
be attempted by the ODT, the House
District Committee or the Public
Utilities Commission. Mr.. Glenn
served formal notice on the PUG
more than a week ago that the
strike would be called in the alb
sence Of any action by that body to
reconsider" the recent order es-
tablishing new set of zone rates.
Police Leaves Cancelled.
In the meantime, members OF the
Metropolitan police force were no.
titled that all leaves would be can
celed tonight and that all officers
would be expected to report for
duty.
How widespread the strike would
be was matter of conjecture. Mr..
Glenn contended the threatened
strike would tie up virtually all taxi
cabs in the city.
At the same time, officers of
Combined Cab Drivers, Inc, pointed
out that 5000 drivers out of the $500
licensed cab drivers in the city had
signed pledges to keep their We
h1cles In operation for the duration
of the war.
The PUG, which has been called |
(tSee TAXIS. Page A-I20
Evening star., 1942-09-15
Mail Is Fovorite
Topic of Men
In SoIomons

In the midst of the Solomon
Islands fighting the most i'm
portant subject of casual con-
versation is how long it takes
to get mail from home, Rear
Admiral w. H. P. Blandy told
a press conference today.
Admiral Blandy, recently re-
turned from an inspection trip
Of Navy ordnance in the Pacific,
said one marine On Guadal-
canal boasted that he had re-
ceived letter from Virginia In
four days, whereas most OF
them were weeks in transit.
Secretary Knox said that he
spent half the afternoon yes
terday in a conference with
Postmaster General Walker on
the subject of speeding up mail
to the fighting men.
Its very important to NOR
ale" Secretary Knox said.
Evening star., 1942-09-15
Contracts for Three
Suburban Hospitals
To Be LET in ; Weeks
All Sites Approved;
Studies Begun Of
CupituI Extensions

Chairman McCarran of the
Senate District Committee was
notified today that contracts for
additional facilities for $50 beds
in nearby Washington areas will
be awarded within three weeks
by the FWA administrator.
sites for Prince Georges and
Bethesda hospitals have been Sc
lected," Chairman McCarran said,
"and the Arlington site is already
owned by the hospital association.
There appears to be no further diff
ficulties."
Besides the 550-bed projects which
are to be placed under construction,
Baird Snyder, acting FWA admins
traitor, explained the program is to
recommend a new clinic for Chill
dren's Hospital, giving that institu-
ton Is additional beds. For George
town Hospital, he continued, the
nearby Threlkeld School at Thirty
sixth street and Prospect avenue
NV. is to be turned into a nurses
training school.
In addition, nurse and inferno
quarters are to be constructed on an
adjacent site at Prospect avenue.
This will give Georgetown Hospital
at least rs more beds, mentioned
last week as one of the goals of
Commissioner Guy Mason.
Provision for Columbia, Garfield
and Emergency Hospitals are also
being considered. FWA and hos
pital officials are working on con-
version plans for nurses homes, he
said, and the FWA is ready to act
as soon as the hospitals have COM
pleted their recommendations.
Included in the 550-bed allotment
are $50 beds at Gallinger, while the
remaining 400 will be divided be-
tween the hospitals in adjacent
counties,
Evening star., 1942-09-15
Another Chekiang Town
Recapfured by Chinese
Py the Associated Press

rF the Associated Press.
CHUNGKING, Sept 15.-Chinese
forces recaptured Wuyi about 20
miles southeast of Kinhwa in
Chekiang Province, yesterday, a
Chinese Army spokesman said to-
day.
The Chinese had forced the jap
anese out of the city August 81 in
their sweep north from Southern
Chekiang Province, but lost it the
next day, the spokesman said. Wuyi
is about 30 miles north of Lishui,
an important air base recently
Wrested from the Japanese.
At Lanchi, about IS miles north
west of Wuyi, the Chinese spokes-
man said large fires were raging
and 1t was unlikely that the Jap
anese there could hold out much
longer against the strong Chinese
pressure. He estimated that about
1000 japanese troops were holding
the city.
Evening star., 1942-09-15
B|andySaysU.S.
Has Edge0v
Japs in Pacific
Nays Equipment
Called Best of All
Nations at War
By CLAUDE MAHONEY.

Rear Admiral w. H. P. Blandy,
just back from a 26,0o0-mile Pa
cif1c inspection trip. declared to-
day that United States forces
now hold the balance of striking
power in the Western Pacific.
Admiral Blandy, who spoke at
Secretary Knox's press conference.
said he believed our forces would be
able to hold against anything the
Japs threw at them, but that We
can't hold our gains by remaining
static.
The best defense, as always. is
good offense," he said indicating he
favored attacks on additional hold
ings of the Japanese.
Talks Of Prospects.
Admiral Blandy spoke after some
thought when he answered a oues-
ton regarding prospects in the Pa
clflc. He said we are fighting an
enemy who seeks no quarter and
gives no quarter and added:
I'm not bold enough to do anv
forecasting, but for the present nv
answer Is Yes to the question about
the balance of power"
Admiral Blandy discussed the
difficulties in getting supplies to far
oil islands and landing them on
open beaches.
There can be no doubt about it,
he said. 1--WE have opened a real
second front down in the Pacific"
Admiral Blandy and Secretary
Knox both paid high tribute to new
anti-aircraft guns on ships and said
that by next year our ships will
have better equipment, even twice
as good as worldwide average
equipment.
Guns Ready for Ships.
Explaining that ordnance has
been a bottleneck in almost every
war, Secretary Knox said that Ad-
miral Blandy's trip was to reassure
Navy officials that ordnance in itself
was not holding up prosecution of
Evening star., 1942-09-15
Seven Naval Officers
Decorated for Service
BY the Associated Press.

6y tne associated Press.
SAN DIEGO, Calf, Sept. 15.-
Six officers received Navy Crosses
and seventh was awaaded gold
star yesterday for heroic and dis
tinguished service against japanese
forces in the Pacific.
Presented by Rear Admiral R. S.
Holmes, 18th Naval District COM
mandant, assisted by Rear Admiral
Charles A. Pownall, commander of
feet aircraft, West Coast, the dec
orations went to:
Comdr. NJ T. Seligman. Santa Fe.
N. Mex: 1t. Comdr. Weldon Lee
Hamilton, Central Falls, r. l.: 1t.
Comdr. Paul H. Ramsey, Spring
field, Ohio; 1t. Brainard T.
Macomber, Marblehead, Mass; 1t.
Paul j. Knapp, Mason City, Iowa;
1t. Ralph w. Cousins, Evanston,
Ill, and Ensign Joseph A. Riley,
Wahpeton, N. Oak.
All but Comdr. Hamilton received
crosses. He received a star in place
of second cross.
Evening star., 1942-09-15
Canada Announces $3.50
As Dieppe Casualties
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
OTTAWA, Sept. 15.-Canadian
casualties in the Allied raid on
Dieppe last month totaled $3.50
dead, wounded and missing, the De-
partment of National Defense an
nounced today.
A l34-page casualty list was issued.
Along with casualties previously
reported, the list brought the total
OF known dead to ITO, including 40
officers, the wounded to 633 includ-
Ing Al officers and the missing to
2,547 including 100 officers.
1t was announced that the new
list was complete for the Canadian
part in the Dieppe operation.
Dieppe thus became the costliest
Canadian military operation of the
war. At Hong Kong a Canadian
force f OF some 1900 was lest, most of
1t believed captured.
Evening star., 1942-09-15

the war. Mr.. Knox illustrated this
by reviewing the manner In which
merchant vessels were equipped
with guns, and said the guns were
ready before the ships could get in
to receive them.
Admiral Blandy added that with
few exceptions, the Navy's equip
ment was found to be functioning
as 1t was planned to be.
This equipment is better than
any other navy has on either side"
Admiral Blandy said.
He praised particularly the 5-inch
anti-aircraft gun, adding that the
20-mm. and 40-mm. guns now in
production made a firing team un-
equalled anywhere. One attack Of
27 torpedo planes in the Solomons
was frustrated by this fast shooting
and accurate anti-aircraft equip
ment, he said.
In this particular attack most of
the planes were shot down bv the
antl-aircraft guns, and others were
~ <hhlCI iSeit Il&I1UGIS. Of
the n planes that attempted direct
torpedo attacks on our transports
nearing the Solomons, not one plane
was able to hit transport. There
was one hit on destroyer, and Ad-
miral Blandy said he believed thi,
was surprise to the Japs.
Marines Praised.
The Admiral said he wanted tn
make 1t plain that he did not be-
lieve surface ships should be forced
to depend on their own guns for
aerial protection. The best defense
is to destroy the bases, he said. and
the next thing Is to have plenty of
fighters available.
Discussing the Marines who naade
landings in the Solomons, Admiral
Blandy said they are splendid fight
Ing men-efflcient and uncomplain~
Ing" Secretary Knox broke In at
his point to remind reporters that
he type of fighting In the iuneles
of the Solomon Islands was similar
70 Indian fighting in earlier days.
Evening star., 1942-09-15
WLB Receives First Proposal
To Maintain Union Shop

differs from most others before the
board IN that the company and its
workers previously had union shop
contract. 1t was terminated in
May, l94l, and there was a strike,
then truce which did not explicitly
include the union shop, further fu-
tile negotiations, short strike last
spring and, finally, certification to
the War Labor Board.
The panel split. to /, the industry
member supporting the company's
opposition to signing another union
shop contract. DR.. Harry Shulman,
Yale law professor and public MEM
Der Of the panel wrote the recon-
(See UNION S4fOP, Page A-55
Evening star., 1942-09-15
43 Million Will Paw
Tax Under Record Bill
o. K.'d by Senate Unit
Measure to Provide
25h Billions Annually
Praised and Attacked
El the Associated Press

Es the Associated Press
A record-shattering revenue
bill, dipping directly into the
pockets of more than a third ol
the Nations citizens for money
to help fight the war, went to the
technical craftsmen today with
mixed approval and criticism
from members of the Senate
Finance Committee.
About 100000 persons who pre-
viously paid no Federal income taxes
would join 100000 old taxpayers
and corporation to provide Treas
ury collections estimated unofficial
ly at more than $25 500 900 900 an
nually under terms of the measure
as it was approved by the commit
tee last night.
Summing up the groups work on
the bill since it passed the House
July 20, Majority Leader Barkley ex-
pressed a view which was concurred
in by several other members when
he told reporters:
Il think it's fair bill. 1t was the
best we could do under the circum-
stances"
Worst Ever" Says La Toilette.
Arrayed against this viewpoint
was the comment Of Senator La
Toilette, Progressive, of Wisconsin.
who called the measure "the worst
tax bill in history" and the admoni-
ton by Senator Vandenberg, Re-
publican, of Michigan that the
Democrats would have to accept re-
sponsibillty for operation of the
new victory" tax.
This levy, superimposed on the
regular income tax, would collect
5 per cent of earnings above 1924 a
year, the assessment being taken out
of the pay checks of wage-earners.
At the end of the year credits of
Is per cent of the tax would be
available for single persons and 40
per cent, plus 2 per cent for each
dependent. to married persons
These could be taken up in debt and
insurance deductions or made in the
form OF postwar rebates by the
Treasury.
This levy stayed in the bill despite
last-minute effort by Senator Byrd,
Democrat, of Virginia to force across
a sales tax, linked with increases in
income rates and lowering of ex-
emptions. Senator Byrd's motion
lost, 8 to II, and a companion motion
to junk the victory levy for higher
income taxes without the sales tax
lost by 9-to-10 vote.
Rate Set by House Cut.
The committee then proceeded to
lower to 40 per cent the House.
approved rate of As per cent on
normal and surtax earnings of large
corporations. n operation that re-
moved $127 100000 of the bills DO
tential revenue. The comparable
rate in the present law is 81 per
cent.
At the same time, however, the
committee ruled that proposed
postwar rebate for corporations
should be limited to 10 per cent of
the exvess profits taxes they paid,
instead of including also their sur
taxes.
Corporations thus were provided
with s70o,oOoOoO potential rebates,
accompanied by s1,10000O,O0 to be
repaid to individuals under the
victory tax. This represented
81 300, 900 900 annual loan that would
be collected by the Treasury in ad-
dition to the $23, TIA ,000, 900 estimated
(See TAXES, Page AID
Evening star., 1942-09-15
Jops at Milne Bay Killed Own Wounded Troops
To Avoid Capture, Allied Officer Relates

In the second phase the Japanese
struggled for possession of vital
airfleld strip from which Allied
planes took off to bomb and strafe
the invaders.
The tide of battle may have turned
there, for the officer gave the air
force a great share in the credit of
repelling the invasion.
The third and most vicious stage
was reached in the steaming jungles
of the north peninsula after the
Japanese had been backed up into a
position from which there was no
escape.
Maj. Gen. Cyril Cloves, veteran
Australian who commanded the Al
lied forces, faced the problem at the
outset OF determining whsse the
Japanese might land. He was later
Evening star., 1942-09-15
Great Allied Drive
Is Seen Impending
In North Africa
Washington Diplomatic
Circles Quoted as
Reporting Plans
Ey, c. bic to The Star.

LONDON, Sept. 15.-Astonishment
was caused in London this morning
by dispatch to the Daily Express,
from c. V. r. Thompson, its New
York correspondent, in which he
states that there is a growing feel
ing in diplomatic circles in Wash
lngton that North Africa will be the
scene of powerful United Nations
offensive against the Axis this year"
The present calm along the
Egyptian front is seen as the lull
before the storm and it is thought
that preparations are being made
at a rapid pace to give (Nazi Field
Marshal Erwin Rommel taste of
his own offensive tactics" the cor
respondent continues.
1T is expected that, this time
Brltaln's 9th Army will not provide
the only attack but that other
United Nations forces may strike
simultaneously at the Axis in North
Africa from other points. The
Fighting French are known to be
building up strong force in the
Chad region Central Africa .
When the big push comes, if it
comes, it is hoped that the Fighting
French will attack Rommel's rear"
Americans in Equatorial Africa.
Other dispatches printed in this
mornings newspapers report that
detachment of American troops
has arrived in French Equatorial
Africa.
Without affirming or questioning
the substance of such speculative
reports as that printed in the Daily
Express, people here wonder what
diplomatic circles" have been cir
culating the rumors, why nothing
Is being done to stop the spreading
OF such rumors at their source, and
finally, why they are being allowed
to see the light of day.
Such rumors NAV be nonsense. or
they may not be, and in any case
they may contain a few elements of
truth which, when put together with
other information in the hands of
the enemy, may form a complete
picture Of Allied plans. 1t is for
TINS reason that speculation regard
ing Allied moves is officially dis
couraged or absolutely prohibited,
1t is for this same reason that the
British have plastered their country
Tor the last three years with hand
some, four-color posters warning
the people that Careless talk costs
lives" and that Hitler is listen
ing"
Allied Plans Kept Secret.
There are good many CORE
spondents in London vino know far
more about Allied war plans than
they are willing to tell their best
friends and it has been a matter of
honor for them, since the plans first
took form and came to their knowl-
edge, not to attempt to reveal any,
thing regarding them.
This game has got to be played
on both sides of the Atlantic and.
according to the same rules, and un-
less 1t is correspondents will be
forced, by professional competition,
to engage in a free-for- all in which
security will be thrown to the winds
IN favor of series of the costliest
scoops" in the history of journal
ism. No censorship, however eff
cient and strictly enforced, can pre-
vent a correspondent from sneak
ing through information If he feels
like doing it.
Copyright, 1912. Chicago Daily News, Inc)
Evening star., 1942-09-15
Gary Steel Strikers
Won't Be DISCHARGED
By the Associated Press.

os tne Associated Press.
GARY, Ind, Sept 15.-Carnegie-
Illinois Steel Corp. announced today
that 40 men suspended for engaging
in a wildcat strike at the Gary steel
plate mill last week would not be
discharged.
A spokesman for the company said
the workmen, all cranemen, hookers
or leaders, would merely be sus-
pended for one week.
They will start returning to work
on the pm. shift Friday. The
strike started week ago at that
time and, because Of the key posi-
tions the men held, production was
halted for about 20 hours The
strike was not authorized by the
mems union, the CIO United StAe\
workers Of An3rica.
Evening star., 1942-09-15

handicapped by the lack of absolute
knowledge as to whether they were
landing reinforcements or taking off
wounded when warships entered the
bay during two or three nights of
the main engagement.
Landing under the cover of dark
ness and tropical rainstorm, the
japanese pushed west the first
night. They used small tanks to
cover their advance, their lights
searching out the defending forces.
The staff officer told me of these
incidents in the fighting:
The Australians made a stand at
their landing strip and not Japa-
nese was able to step across. The
Allies sent an outfit into the hills
to come behind the enemy. 1t met
(See MILNE BAY, Page A-5)
Evening star., 1942-09-15
BY the Associated Press

ny lne Associated Press.
GEN. MACARTHUR'S HEAD
QUARTERS, Australia, Sept. IS.
The japanese killed their own
badly wounded troops SO that no
prisoners were taken in the bat
tie for Milne Bay, where Allied
forces crushed a Japanese land
ing last month, a senior Allied
officer reported today.
The officer, who just returned from
the Southeastern New Guinea bat
tlefleld, described the fight as divided
into three phases, each growing in
fierceness until the climax.
In the first phase, the japanese
landed naval force on the north
shore in the early morning of August
26 from a convoy.
Evening star., 1942-09-15
BY the Associated press

BY the Associated Press.
The War Labor Board had before
1t today for decision the first panel
recommendation for a union shop
since maintenance of membership"
was nodded as the wartime formula
for settling union security disputes.
The case involves the Wilson Jones
Co. which employs $50 workers in
Chicago and $50 in Elizabeth. N. j.,
in the manufacture OF stationery
and other office supplies. The union
is the CIO United Paper, Novelty
a, and Toy Workers International
The union secdfity controversy