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Evening star., 1945-11-15
Present Is No Time
10 Settle on Wage
Raises, Ford Says
By the Associated Press.


DETROIT, Nov. 15.-The Ford
Motor Co. today informed the CIO
Automobile Workers Union that 1t
does not believe the present is the
proper time to settle on general
wage increases and asked the union
for guarantees of company security.
In a letter to the union, with
which 1t shortly will open negotia-
tions on demand for 30 per cent
wage rate increases. the company
asserted the union has had member
ship and financial security in its
contract with the company, but that
the company has had no COM
pensating security"
This has become so serious" the
letter said, that unless some pro-
vision can be arrived at In our nego-
tiations to require the union to
recognize full responsibility of its
own, the very future of the Ford
Motor Co. is at stake"
Accompanying the letter was a
statement of 81 proposals which the
company suggested be accepted FL
notifications of the present contract
between the company and the union.
With reference to company Sc
cufity clause, the statement said:
The company proposes that the
union present plan, to be incor-
porated in the agreement, which
will assure company security,
through exercise of union RESPONSE
bility, which the union shop and
checkoff plan have not provided;
further, that such plan provide ef-
fective guarantees against work
stoppages and for increased pro-
ductivity on the part of its mem-
bers."
Another proposal suggested "a
provision whereby the union under
takes to reimburse the company for
any damages it may suffer by reason
of violations of the provision pro-
hibiting strikes and other interfer-
ences with production"
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stood firm" on valuing the land at
its present day figure.
The Federal Government taking
over similar site on the open
market would have trouble getting
it at its cost 16 years ago. BY taking
credit for only half the present
value. the District seems to be as
Stunning a 100000 net loss on the
transaction because the Federal
Government will have the full title
to the land.
Even If the District were granted
fictional half title, 1t would have
nothing because 1t could not use the
land so long as the United States
wants to have the court building on
the site.
States Status Cited.
As it stands, the District is losing
s1,2l0,000 by not being credited with
the full value of the land, and the
actual credit is less than the tax
payers paid for it.
In the States. 1t also should be
pointed out, the Federal Govern
ment bears the entire cost Of con-
structing and operating court build
ings for Federal courts. The peculiar
status of the District, in not hav-
ing any higher courts of its own,
makes some participation by local
taxpayers equitable even though
they pay toward the courts through
their Federal taxes.
Operating expenses of District
Court are now shared 60-40 between
the District and the United States
with the District bearing the larger
share. The District carries 80 per
cent of the costs of the Court of
Appeals.
No Disagreement Over Need.
As negotiations got under way
between the Commissioners and a
committee of justices and judges
from the two courts to be housed
in the new building-the Court of
Appeals and District Court-there
was no disagreement over the need
for more room for these agencies.
But when it came to the financial
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United States-its resources, its
technilogical advancement and its
superbly trained manpower."
Adoption of the training measure
he asserted, will assure the Amer
lean soldier that he did not fight
in vain to bring about world peace
and "it will relieve them in the
shortest possible time of continuing
to bear the burden. as the current
trained civilian reserve, of defend
ing the peace"
The preservation of our way OF
life in a world which twice within
single generation has fought to
virtual exhaustion depends squarely
upon the national security" he
added.
Security Is Main Issue.
All arguments as to the disadvan-
tages OF benefits of training are for
eign to the main issue, which is
preservation of national security, he
said.
In modern war 1t is not possible
to win without training the men
and the trained combat soldier "fas
at least three times the chances OF
the unframed to live to become a
veteran" he asserted.
Gen. Eisenhower declared that his
three-and-a-half years overseas had
given him a picture of the pro-
gressive destruction of civilization
I shuddered particularly at the
thought how close our own beloved
country came to being afflicted
with the same devastation and our
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arrangements the two sides dis
agreed.
, The Commissioners were stand
Ing on plan drafted for them by
Corporation Counsel Vernon E.
West, under which the District
would be reimbursed for the full
value of the land and in addition
for another $425 600 for remodel
ing and repairing the present court
quarters. Except for these credits
the project cost was to be carried
on a $3.50 basis.
After conference with Mr.. West
the jurists, headed by Chief JUS
tice D. Lawrence Groner of the
Court of Appeals, met with the
Commissioners.
Commissioners Withdraw Credit.
They objected to the s425, 900 re-
modelling credit included in the bill
and the Commissioners agreed to
withdraw it. They brought up the
initial cost Of the land to the Dis
trict-sl 100 ,000-with the suggestion
that this figure be used in giving
credit to the District.
The Commissioners refused and
insisted on the full value as ap-
praised by both District and Federal
agencies. Then the judges agreed
but said In effect:
Lets make this a $3.50 PROPOSE
ton all the way down the line. Let
the District be credited with only
half the $2,420,000." They pointed
out that if they purchased another
site on the open market. the District
would have to pay half so why not
this way.
The Commissioners acceded to
this.
The justices left without COM
ment. Commissioner John Russell
Young, however. told the press the
Commissioners had stood firm" for
fun value. Nobody mentioned the
81 ,210,0 900 the city was losing.
Yesterday, the justices went to the
Capitol and conferred with Chair
man Lanham of the House Com
mittee on Buildings and Grounds
The bills representing the Federal
Governments financial victory over
the District are expected to be in
troduced in the near future.
It is of historical note that the
land in question-part of the Munic-
ipal Center tract-was bought by
the District at the request of the
Federal Government out of surplus
revenues and with the understand
ing that the United States would
take over and reimburse the present
District Building for about Sc, 900 900
in 1929.
Evening star., 1945-11-15
ISpaafz Tells Senator's
|Demobilizaiion Speed
lis Running Air Force
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Gen. Carl Spaatz told Senators
today this Nations powerful and
victorious air force Is "disintegrating
before our eyes"
I'VE see almost hysterical de-
mobilization" the general told the
Senate Military Committe as he
urged unif1cation of all armed forces
into a single postwar agency.
This demobilization action is dam
gerous, Gen. Spaatz testified, because
"in the atomic age the line OF dis
tinction between peacetime and
wartime organization for defense
will reach the vanishing point.
Might Hit Washington.
The air leader said, THE Pearl
Harbor of future war might well
be In Chicago, or Detroit, or Pitts
burgh, or even Washington.
A second four-star Army leader,
Gen. Omar N. Bradley, now head
OF the Veterans Administration, said
his experiences as a ground force
commander in both Africa and
Europe, convinced him a single
armed forces department is needed.
Meanwhile, Admiral Chester w.
Nimitz, who is en- route to Wash
ington, reiterated his opposition in
San Francisco. "I'm agin It," he
told newsmen. 1T I'm called to
testify I can elaborate on that" He
is expected to arrive at the National
Airport late today.
DOolittle Sees Navy Support.
In Chicago one of the Army's pro-
ponents of unification, 1t. Gen.
James H. Doolittle. declared last
night that "at least half the Navy"
favored merger under a single Sec
retary. He told the American Pc
troleum Institute:
1T is obvious, too, that we cannot
think in terms of battleships as the
first line of defense and that we
cannot think of winning wars by
personal contact. Air, because of
the speed and facility with which we
can travel through it, will be the
medium through which these weap-
ons will operate.
Evening star., 1945-11-15

unfair proportions of older men who
have already done their duty.
In either event, we would be with
out the services of trained technical
specialists who will only be found
among the younger men.
I have been privileged to repre-.
sent the United States in a respon.
sible position in the armed force.
of the United Nations. In this
capacity, I am intimately familiar
with the attitude of the leaders o1
the other nations to the armed
forces of the United States. This
familiarity assures me that in thei,
minds there exists no fear of oul
motives in keeping ourselves
strong. 1t is my personal opinion tha,
the greatest single motivating force
for world peace today is the organ.
lied military potential of the
United States-its resources, its
chronological advancement and its
superbly trained manpower.
This organization is being demo-
bilized at an unprecedented rate
but its potential for the mainte-
nance of peace will continue so long
as the world is convinced of our
Willingness and ability to vitalize
it in time to meet any threat of ag-
gression from any other power.
Urges Universal Training.
This is our greatest assurance OF
keeping the peace for which we
fought. Far from being contrary
to the purposes and intent of the
United Nations organization. I con-
slider 1t to be essential to the sue.
cess of that organization. I know
OF no better or more democratic
way to demonstrate our willingness
and ability than to adopt now q
program of universal military train
ing. 1t Is eminently fair to ou,
citizen army who fought and wor
this war in two ways: First, it is the
best way of assuring them tina,
they did not fight in vain; second
it will relieve them in the shortest
possible time of continuing to bea,
the burden, as the current trained
civilian reserve, of defending the
peace.
Gentlemen-I have heard many
arguments about the desirability OF
undesirability of universal military
service from a moral, educational
and religious standpoint. These
factors have always been of the
greatest concern to me in the dis
charge of my functions of command
There is no question but that the
sum-total of these values makes ur
the very essence Of the thing we
fought to preserve-our American
way of life. But the facts of today
must be faced. The preservation OF
our way of life in a world which
twice within single generation has
fought to virtual exhaustion depends
squarely upon the national security
That is truism. 1 sincerely believe
that the only practicable way to as
sure the national security is BY
peacetime military training and that
this must be universal.
No Practicable Alternative.
No practicable alternative, that ]
have heard of, has ever been sug.
gested. Therefore, believe argu.
ments as to the incidental disadyan.
tages or benefits to be foreign to the
main issue. I feel completely conf.
dent that the Congress can provide
Evening star., 1945-11-15

all the necessary safeguards to pre-
vent abuses of a method forced upon
us by necessity which must be
faced.
feel sure that no true American
would be willing to take on his own
shoulders the awful responsibility
for actively prohibiting all training
and thus leaving our country de-
fenseless and naked before future
enemy armed with the weapons OF
that day. But our fighting forces In
war are always made up Of civilians,
so a failure to provide for the train
ing of the civilian reserve amounts
to nothing less than condemning us
to such a state of helplessness. A
large standing Army would certain
ly be much more Objectionable on ali
Of those grounds even If 1t were not
economically impossible to maintain
one of sufficient size without i'm
poverishing the country.
An eSpect of this whole problem
that deeply concerns me is that OF
the rights and the best interests
of the young men destined to receive
the training. wonder whether
any honest opponent of peacetime
training has any clear conception
OF the difference between the
trained and unframed men on the
battlefield?
In terms of the larger issue of vic.
tory or defeat comparison is scarcely
possible. because in modern war II
is not possible to win without train.
ing. But in the more personal mat.
ter OF the individuals chances fol
survival should say that tn,
trained combat soldier has at least
three times the chances of the un.
trained to live to become a veteran
have sincerely searched my minc
on this whole problem! Through
the past three and half years the
picture of the progressive destruc.
tion of civilization which war brings
was constantly before me. I keenly
felt the burden of the terrible re.
sponsibility bore.
Shuddered particularly at the
thought of how close our own be.
loved country came to being afflicted
with the same devastation and ou,
own people with the same indescrib.
able sufferings that came to the
peoples Of Europe. know that If il
had not been for the time given US
by the almost superhuman efforts
of our Allies, we would not have beer
able to mobilize our resources or tc
train our men to avert disaster.
know that the nature of thu
weapons available to future az.
gressors make it ridiculous to hope
that We will somehow miraculousl,
be given this same time again. Oul
resources must be already available
our weapons must be second to none
IN speed and effectiveness. This
means that we must be pre- -eminen
In technical research and in indus.
trial mobilization, and we must have
trained force large enough t.
make our resources and weapons in.
stantly available for our needs.
Thus we will be potent power tt
preserve the peace, and in position
to act swiftly in our own preserya.
ton If the tragedy of war again ap.
pears. I do not see how we can es.
cape the inexorable logic of the fac
that If we are to attain and main.
tain this reasonable and necessar,
position we must have a trained re.
serve of citizens in being. Thi.
means that we must train them ir
Deacetime
Evening star., 1945-11-15
Bonus and Pension
For Medal Of Honor
Winners Proposed
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Congressional Medal of Honor
winners, Representative O'Toole,
Democrat, OF New York believes,
are entitled to more than they
get.
Specifically, in addition to the
medal, he thinks they should
receive q $500 cash gift. plus
$50 a month for as long as the
recipient lives.
Outlining the proposal in
identical letters to the Secre-
taries of the War and Navy.
Mr.. O'Toole said that. If they
approved the idea. he was pre-
pared to offer legislation to put
it into effect.
Evening star., 1945-11-15
Eisenhower Stresses
U. 5. Responsibility
In Victory Loan Plea

Gen. Eisenhower, in a radio
address to the Nation last night,
said success in the Victory Loan
will demonstrate to the world
that Americans have not lost
the feeling of responsibility
toward one another.
He warned that disregarding our
world responsibilities will lead to
friction and another war too horrible
to contemplate" :
Il have just returned from Europe,
land devastated by war, land of
hunger and despair Gen. Eisen-
hover declared. Now I am home
III America and the contrast is al
most unbelievable There is no
devastation here and no hunger, and
yet there is a bond between the
peoples of shattered Europe and you
and me-"
Cost in Lives Unrecoyerable.
The cost in lives paid for the
promise of peace, the general said,
can never be recovered, but other
heavy costs can be faced and con-
quered. 1--WE can do that in part, y
Gen. Eisenhower said, "by doing
our share in the Victory Loan"
Bond sales in the District in
creased 100000 in the past "a
hours, the War Finance Commit
tee announced, to total of $14,-
100000 sold to individuals, or 34.5
per cent of the $42 ,000, 900 individual
quota. Series E securities jumped
5000 900 to sS,5o0,oO. or 31.5 per cent
of the $27 600, 900 quota.
: Jessica Dragonette, the famous
soprano. and Lansing Hatfield
Metropolitan Opera baritone, have
drawn sellout crowd for tonight's S
Victory Loan concert, scheduled
at 8 pm. in Constitution Hall
John Charles Thomas was listed
originally to sing at the Central
Labor Unions concert, but bad fly
ing weather forced the substitution
of Miss Dragonette and Mr.. Hat
field.
Admission to the concert is by
purchase of a V-Bond. The Ma
tional Symphony Orchestra will
play, under the direction of DR.
Hans Kinder.
Two Jima Hero Speaks.
Pharmacists Mate &c John H
Bradley, one of the three living Two
Jima flag-raisers, addressed more
than 100 members of the Bright
wood Masonic Lodge No. 43 at the
Georgia avenue temple last night
In loan rally.
Washington shoe statesmen will
hold a rally at 8:15 o'clock tonight
In the Washington Gas Light Co.
auditorium, Eleventh and H streets
NV.
Employees of the eastern area
headquarters of the American Red
Gross have purchased SCI, 500 in
bonds, with a set quota of $68. .450.
Nelson T. Snyder, jr., chairman of
AleXandria's Victory Loan drive,
said today latest figures from the
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
credit the city with s176,284 in
bonds, or II per cent of the $780,
900 quota.
Evening star., 1945-11-15

own people with the same inde-
scribable sufferings that came to. the
peoples of Europe" he added.
Il know that If 1t had not been
for the time given us by the almost
superhuman efforts of Our Allies,
we would not have been able to
mobolize our resources or to train
our men to divert disaster he said.
Evening star., 1945-11-15

First bresged in Dublin in 1859!
This imported STOUT is interna-
tionally famous as a refreshing ap-
petizing beverage. Ithas long been
the worlds most popular brew.
With q clean, dry, vigorous
Jaoouv, Guinness is hearty, robust
brewed with unusually large
amounts Of barley-malt.
The naturaI benefits Of its
mineral content are retained !.
also the goodness Of its special,
active yeasts. so Guinness con-
tinues its long maturing IN bottlei
Evening star., 1945-11-15

= y . .f
Nothing else like it. Invigorating.
nourishing. Good if you're UNDER
weight /. but Guinness is not in
itself fattening, compared with
other foods. Relax with Guinness
at bedtime if you have little
difficulty going to sleep easily.
Enjoy C,sinness before or with
meals-at bedtime when you're
tired or thirsty. Drink it
straight ~. or as famous s'IIalf &
Half lbccr or ale with Guinness
added Pour gently, neverice cold.
Life is brighter after Guinness.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-10
Hungry Nozis Kill Germans

London, Feb. 10.-UP)-The Free Germany National Committee said in a Moscow broadcast today that hungry German civilians fought Nazi storm troops at food kitchen in Berlin recently.
 A number of civilians and troop CTS were killed and wounded, the broadcast said.
 The clash was touched off, the broadcast said, bby the refusal of the manager of kitchen in Andreas Square to serve a crowd of refugees on grounds that only SS men were being fed that day.
 One frontier dispatch said the German food situation was expected to become even more acute between March and June with Germany's final collapse coming in the "early summer at the latest"
 A Luxembourg broadcast heard by the London Daily Mail said that Adolf Hitler was in the shelter be- meath his ReichSchancellory during last Saturdays American air raid on Berlin. Unhurt, he fled by automo- bile for the country as soon as the raid had ended, the broadcast said,
 The German DNB agency, said the State Opera House and Berlin castle were destroyed in the raid.
 At Hamburg, a former Sommunist stronghold, posters have appeared proclaiming death to Hitler, the mass murderer and killer of the whole nation,' Moscow broadcast said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-10
Bombs Rock Tokyo Areo

Washington, Feb. 10.-(UP)--An earthquake and hundreds of tons of American bombs rocked the Tokyo Yokohama area of central Japan in quick successoin today.
 The earthquake shook northern as well as central Japan at 1;5O D. m. Tokyo time, a Japanese Domei dispatch recorded by the EGG said. Neither the intensity of the shock nor the extent of damage was indicated.
 At 2:3O D. III. Japanese supreme headquarters communique said, 90 superfortresses began an hour-long said on the Tokyo Yokohama area. Some damage was caused to ground installations" the conn., munique said.
 A brief War Department bulletin confirmed that Marianas-baSed B. 29s from Maj. Gen. Curtis Le Mays 21St bomber command attacked what it identified only as industrial targets" on the Japanese home island of Honshu. Tokyo lies on the south coast of Honshu.
 Domei said the SuperfortresSeS attacked the northern "Kanto dis trict," embracing Tokyo and Yoko- hama, in five formations, but "beat 8 nasty reatreat" in the face of
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-10
New England Storm Deoth Toll Mounts
ent, Bureau of Public Relations.

Boston Feb. 10. CUP)-The death toll mounted to "A today in New Englands worst blizzard in nearly 30 years and the weather bureau said that light snow could be eX- pected by the thousands still toil- ing to clear streets and highways of mountainous drifts.
 Though transportation had re- turned to near normal and most major highways were open, thou sands of automobiles were stalled in deep drifts and secondary roads were clogged by snow.
 The weather bureau promised light or intermittent snow over most of the Six-state area today and to- night but said that snow removal work would be somewhat aided by mild temperatures. Moderate tenn peratureS and gentle winds were ex- pected tomorrow.
 Not since a three-day blizzard that began March ', 1916, had Boston seen so much snow as during Thurs days storm when two official wealth CT stations in the city recorded mini mum depths of 14 and IT inches.
 Hundreds of home ill southeastern Massachusetts, Rhode Island and sections of Connecticut still were without lights as emergency crews labored to string power lines that were felled during the storm.
 Despite the yeoman service rem dered by snow removal crews aug mented by soldiers and coast guards men, fuel dealers were encountering trouble in delivering coal and oil to homes where supplies were run ming low.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-10
More Snow State

Hartford, Conn.,, Feb. 10 - (UPo Still groggy from the heavy storm of Wednesday, Connecticut was pelted with more snow today.
 The Weatherman, however, said the storm probably would end at midday and that the snowfall would not exceed two inches.
 Meanwhile, the death toll reached five as over -eXrtion claimed an- other three lives. Latest victims were Peter Fallo, 53, New Britain; Uthamar Nyland, 56, West Hartford, and Charles J. Wolfe, 56, Middle town.
 All state roads were reported paSsable today, and transportation schedules were back to normal.
 The fuel situation continued serl- ous, however, Governor Baldwin and State Fuel Administrator Seth w. Dariey offered the services of the state in obtaining emergency allotments and in opening up snow clogged private roads.