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Evening star., 1945-12-19
Dutch 'WobbIinq
|ndonesians Told
BY the Associated Dress.

~ I1lc AsoOCldIeu -ICoS.
SOERAKARTA, Java, Dec. l.
OelayeO .-Indonesian Nationals
leaders, opening their "unity tour
OF Java, told 5000 persons at mas.
meeting here today that the oil:
rich island would remain always in.
dependent"
President Soekarno of the unrec
ognized Indonesian republic, Vic,
President Mohammed Hatta ant
Prime Minister Sutan Sjahrir wer,
among those who addressed tn.
cheering throng. Prince Mong.
koenegara Of Soerakarta ATTENDED
the meeting, thus lending his pres.
tige to the Republican movement.
Soekarno said the Dutch vert
beginning to wobble," and asserted
that their promises Of freedom II
1918 and 1941 had proved they were
unreliable.
Dutch imperialism must fall
even though the Dutch have said
independent Indoncsia means bank.
ruptcy for Holland" he-Added.
A spokesman for the Republican
movement in Sumatra, acting Gov.
ernor. Amir. said "Sumatra's TO-.
600, 600 are ready to help you. Don't
think Sumatra is selling Java oui
because we are not fshting rtghl
now"
Evening star., 1945-12-19
Churchill Plans Resi-
In u. 5. in January

Former Prime Minister Churchill
Is coming to the Unitec. States fol
months rest in late winter and
will speak on March S at Westmin-
lister College, Fulton, Mo-, where he
will be introduced by President Tru-
man, it was announced at the White
House today.
A statement said:
Mr.. Winston Churchill has &C.
cepted the invitation of Westmin.
lister College, Fulton, Mo-, to deliver
an address on World Affairs or
March 5, 1916. This invitation was
indorsed by the President OF the
United States who will himself In
trodpce Mr. Churchill to members
OF the college.
"Mr. Churchill will leave England
by sea for New York about the
middle Of January. He has been
recommended by Lord Moran, his
medical adviser, to. spend month
or more In warm climate and to
have q couplete rest. He has ac-
cepted the invitation Of Col. Frank
Clarke Of Quebec to stay at his
house Ia Florida during February.
Mr.. Churchill does not contemplate
any other public engagement In the
United States at the present time.
He win be accompanied On his visit
to Florida by Mrs. Churchill and
his daughter, Mrs. Sarah Oliver"
Evening star., 1945-12-19
Car|an Baby's Death
Laid 10 Asphyxiation
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHELSEA, Mass, Dec. 19.-Med-
ical Examiner william j. Brickley
reported today that Baby Ronald
Carlan died of "asphyxiation and
acute general respiratory infection. u
DR.. Brickley in preliminary re-
port on an autopsy on the 6-month-
old infant whose kidnapping" be-
came one of New England's great
est hoaxes Of recent years, told Dis
trict Attorney William j. Foley that
asphyxiation could have been caused
when the baby turned over face
down in his crib.
The baby was reported kidnapped
on November % by his mother, Mrs
Rose Carlan, %, wife of a Navy en-
listed man. She told police later
the baby actually had died four days
previously and that she had hidden
the body under the drawer of a
china closet in her bedroom dining
room.
DR.. Brickley said the baby had
suffered four separate attacks OF
pneumonia and on each occasion
had inhaled food.
Mrs. Carlan now is under arrest,
charged with murder and is under
going mental observation for a 10
day period at Boston Psychopathic
Hospital.
DR.. Brinckley said, "The baby was
dead when placed in the spot where
it was found by the police. There Is
no evidence of any act of violence
thus far. The baby was placed where
1t was found shortly after death"
Evening star., 1945-12-19
Fact-Finding Board
Sets First Session
In GIN Case Today
Ruling on Price-Woee
Link Held Necessary
Before Action Is Token
BY the Associated Press.

oS tLc ASSOClhleQ fEeSS.
A Government fact-finding
board moved into the General
Motors strike today, but its exact
role appeared tied to an eventual
White House decision on whether
car prices should be considered.
The price question already has
been raised by the CIO-Oil Workers
Union, whose wage dispute also is
under study by fact-finding panel.
But the Oil Board yesterday ad-
journed until Friday to permit the
administration - President Truman
in the final analysis-to decide
whether this factor should be taken
into account in any recommended
wage increase.
Public Hearings Tomorrow.
The General Motors panel called
the CIO-U United Auto Workers and
GIN officials to . 3 pm. meeting to
discuss procedure. Public hearings
are scheduled to begin tomorrow.
Since the price issue has been
raised in this dispute, too, q quick
decision by the Government ap-
pears to be essential to getting
started.
The GIN panel consists of Lloyd
K. Garrison, chairman Of the Re-
firing War Labor Board; Chief JUS
tice Walter P. Stacy of the North
Carolina Supreme Court, chairman
of the recent Labor Management
Conference, and Milton Eisenhower,
president of Kansas State College
and brother of Gen. Eisenhower.
Ask 800 Raise.
The oil workers and the striking
auto workers are demanding 80 per
cent higher pay. The auto union
however, has said it won't take q
penny" if the arithmetic shows that
car prices would have to be hiked
All of the CIO unions which cur
rently are engaged in efforts to get
a 30 per cent increase, or its equiva-
lent, contend that industry can ab-
sorb the raise out of profits.
The oil companies asked the fact
finding board looking into their dis
pute to rule on whether profits are
to be considered. The panel, how
ever, announced no decision on this
point, either.
Mr.. Truman has asked for legis-
lation to give fact finding boards
subpoena powers as well as to make
strikes illegal during the 30-day
fact finding procedures were oper-
ating. Congress decided to defer
action on his request until after its
holiday recess.
Without waiting for this decision,
however, Mr.. Truman named the
General Motors board and said he
would appoint a similar body, to in
vestigate the dispute between CIO-
Steelworkers and the United States
Steel Corp.
Secretary Of Labor Schwellen-
Evening star., 1945-12-19
Senate Vote Baked on Bill
10 Halt Drafting Fathers
Ra the Associat.d r,resa.

By the Associated Press.
Senator Lucas, Democrat, Of Illi-
nois yesterday blocked an effort by
Senator Revercomb, Republican, OF
West Virginia to bring before the
Senate a bill to halt the drafting
Of all fathers.
Senator Lucas objected when Sen.
ator Revercomb attempted to gel
consent to take up motion to dis
charge the Military Affairs Com
mittee from consideration of the
bill. The committee voted to :
December 4 against recommending
passage Of the measure.
However, the West Virginia Sen
ator filed q motion to discharge the
committee, which he said he will
argue today.
He told a reporter that "the ad-
ministration leaders are attempting
to block the bill"
Besides ha1ting Immediately the
drafting OF all fathers, the measure
would make parenthood one of the
factors to be considered in the dis
charge Of men from the armed
forces, except those men who have
enlisted Voluntarily since October 8
Evening star., 1945-12-19
Wasp, Damaged by Gale,
In Plymouth for Repairs
By the Associated Press.


PLYMOUTH, England, Dec. 49,
The American aircraft carrier Wasp
now in troop redeployment service
put in at Plymouth today to repair
damage caused by 40-foot waves In
a North Atlantic gale while she
was en- route to Southampton.
Two seamen were injured in the
storm.
Comdr. w. j. King, q ships off,
Ger, said, ''The seas were heavier
than those we met In a Pacific
typhoon which stove in our bow
but we were never in any real
trouble.
Steel curtains protecting the
hangar deck where troops are
housed were stove In and 4-inch
steel plates were buckled by the
force Of the waves.
The British troopship Duchess OF
Richmond put into Gibraltar with
storm damage, robbing MANY sol
diers Of the chance Of spending
Christmas at home Many small
boats have been sunk and Channel
shipping has been paralyzed.
A floating mine exploded ct Bex-
hill, In Sussex. causing considerable
damage.
Evening star., 1945-12-19
Ey the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
Striving for adjournment to-
morrow, Congress paved the way
today for action on an amended
CT Bill of Rights.
Result of compromise after
weeks of bitter Senate-H House con-
troversy, the veterans legislation
held top priority on today's business
calendar.
But 1t faced one more fight In
the House-where it comes up first
over the subject of future bonus
payments, If any.
Rankin Hits Compromise.
Chairman Rankin of the House
Veterans Committee attached a
compromise recommendation that
no payments under either the orig
inal or the amended CT bill be de-
ductibie from any future bonuses
The original CT bill set down
as a future deduction all tuition
Evening star., 1945-12-19
Truman Message to Congress
Proposes Army-Novy Merger
Along War Department Line
Declares Unificution
Will Give Strength
To Muintuin Peace
(Tert on Page A-6.)
By ]. A. FOX.

President Truman today called
for enactment of legislation
combining the War and Navy
Departments into a single De-
partment of National Defense
that SHOULD be charged with
full responsibility for national
security"
In a 6,000-word message to a Con-
gress which has served as a sound
ing board for a long and bitter
struggle between the Army and Navy
over uniflcation of the armed
forces, the President declared that
consolidation will give this Nation
the military strength which offers
"the best means of keeping the
peace"
Follows War Department Plan.
Mr.. Truman followed in virtually
every detail the official War Depart
ment plan for uniflcation. which
the Navy has vigorously opposed.
He outlined these major bases for
the establishment of the suggested
command:
l. The head of the new depart
ment should be a civilian, and
member of the Presidents Cabinet,
who should have as his aides an
undersecretary and several assistant
secretaries.
2. Creation of three co-ordinated
branches of the department-"one
for the land forces, one for the
naval forces, and one for the air
: forces, each under an assistant sec
retary." On the latter point, it
was added:
The Navy should, of course, retain
its own carrier, ship and water-based
aviation which has proved so neces-
sary for feet operation. And, of
course, the Marine Corps should be
continued as an integral part of the
Navy"
3. Appointment of a single Chief
of Staff for the unified department,
with a commander for the three
component branches-Army, Navy
and Air.
Rotating Chief of Staff.
Amplifying here, the message said:
THE key staff positions in the
department should be fllled with
officers drawn from all the services,
so that the thinking of the depart
ment would not be dominated by |
any one or two of the services. AS
an additional preeaution, it would
Evening star., 1945-12-19
Amended GI Bill Is Scheduled
For Final Congress Vote Today
Measure Moy Face House Fight on Plan
To Exempt Future Bonus From Deductions

unemployment compensation or de-
faults on loans, but not the loans
themselves. The House left this
provision in the proposed new law,
but the Senate removed it and the
conferees followed the Senate.
Calling this proposal "a vast dis
elimination against the man who
comes back and goes right to work
without drawing unemployment
benefits" Mr.. Rankin said In an in
terview he might try to get it re-
jected.
May Not Act Now.
He added, however, that the nee
essity of completing congressional
action Immediately II the bill Is to
become law this year might lead
him to change his mind and Offer
separate legislation next year.
On other compromise provisions
fCoa CT pYTT poOo ~
Evening star., 1945-12-19
Guide for Readers
House Shouts Aye
On Recess Extension
Until January ID
ny the Associated Press.

BY the Associated FreSS.
The House today shouted
through a resolution to convene
the second session of the
Seventy ninth Congress on jan
uary IA instead of the customary
January 3.
Only a few "noes'-led by
Representative Rankin, Demo-
crat. of Mississippi-were heard
as the resolution was sent to
the Senate for consideration.
The current session is due to
close tomorrow.
Mr.. Rankin complained that
the long holiday would delay
consideration of legislation
dealing with armed service
discharges.
Evening star., 1945-12-19
Chinese OfficiuI Gets
Jail Term in Gold Case
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated PreSS.
CHUNGKING, Dec. ia Chi.
nese government ofhcial was SEN
fenced to eight years imprison-
ment today in the gold scandal
case which developed through an
alleged leak of information or
China's plans-to hike the price oi
6-month gold futures March q
about rs per cent.
Convicted was Wang Shao-chai
department chief in the Ministry
Of Finance. Eight other defen-
dants were acquitted. Wang im-
mediately announced he would ap-
peal the verdict. The prosecution
alleged he made a fortune through
foreknowledge Of the sosernment'i
plan.
Evening star., 1945-12-19
BY ]. A. O'LEARY and
CARTER BROOKE JONES

The War Department ordered
a war alert in Hawaii and Pan
anna in June. 1910, because Ger
many had crushed France and
was threatening to overwhelm
England, and because the United
States feared an Axis plot to
blow up the Panama Canal and
a diversionary Japanese attack
on Hawaii, the Pearl Harbor In
vestigating Committee learned
today.
AS the reasons back of the much
discussed 1910 alert were disclosed
in detail for the first time, Repre-
sentative Keefe, Republican, of Wis
consin introduced in the record a
letter from Maj. Gen. George v.
Strong, head of the War Plans Di-
vision, to Gen. George C. Marshall,
then Chief of Staff, recommending
the alert.
It was feared at the time. Gen.
Evening star., 1945-12-19

be wise if the post of Chief of Staff
were rotated among the several serv-
ices, whenever practicable and ad-
visable, at least during the period of
evolution of the unified department.
A two or three year term for the
Chief of Staff was suggested.
Answering one of the major argu-
ments advanced by merger oppon-
ents, notably Admiral Ernest J.
King, former Chief of Naval Opera
tions, that unif1cation was a step
toward military dictatorship, Presi-
dent Truman said:
There is no basis for the fear
that such an organization would
lodge too much power in single
ndividual-that the concentration
of SO much military power would
lead to nilitarism. There is no
basis for such fear as long as the
traditional policy of the United
States is followed that a civilian,
subject to the President, the Con-
gress and the will of the people, be
placed at the head of the depart
ment."
Universal Training Incorporated.
Mr.. Truman described his unifi-
cation proposal as part of a long
range security program" in which
is incorporated also the universal
training plan.
Referring to this latter item, which
has been held up in Congress for
weeks after the President advocated
adoption, the message said that "a
grave responsibility will rest upon
the Congress if it continues to de-
lay this most important and urgent
measure"
The President said I'VE certainly
paid high price" for not having
unified direction of land, sea and al,
forces when attacked four years ago
and that the Joint Chiefs of STAFF
unit which was set up as an emerg-
ency co-ordinating agency was In
no sense, a unified command"
However great was the need fol
coordination and unified command
in World War II, it Is sure to be
greater If there is any future ag.
gression against world peace" Presi.
dent Truman said. He added:
I'VE must assume further that
another war would strike much
Evening star., 1945-12-19
Another Overseas Star
Is Avoiioble Today

The latest Overseas Edition
Of The Star Is available to-
day at both The Star Office
and the Victory Bond booth
in Lansburgh's Department
Store.
Copies are free, with en-
velopes for mailing, but the
edition is strictly limited.
Please do not waste a single
copy.
Evening star., 1945-12-19
Last Heavy Snowfall
Was 1lH Inches on
March 2o, 1912

The last heavy snowfall In
the District occurred on Palm
Sunday, March 20, 1912, when
111a inches fell. A year earlier,
on March Z and 8, there was q
total of 101a inches.
The record for District snow
falls is officially listed as Is
inches on January ~ and %,
1922
December has had two heavy
snowfalls in the last 13 years.
On December II and 18, 1882,
a total of IL inches blanketed
Washington, while one of 6.3
inches came down on December
20, 1885.
Evening star., 1945-12-19
Army Reveals Report of Plot
To Blow Up Canal in 1910
Alert Ordered in Ponomo and Hawai-
Explained in Letter to Pearl HorDor Probers

Strong wrote in a memorandum
drafted last week in reply to Mr..
Keefe's request for information,
that Japan was about to conclude a
pact with Russia, which would leave
the Japanese Navy free for any ad-
venture"
The new disclosures came with
Vice Admiral T. S. Wilkinson, chief
of Naval Intelligence in 1941, on the
witness stand, after Chairman Bark
ley announced a closed meeting of
the committee will be held at pm.
to consider a joint resolution ex-
tending the investigation, which
otherwise would end January 3.
When Gen. Marshall testified, he
was unable to recall detailed rea-
sons for the alert, except that they
pertained to the world situation at
the time. Gen. Strong, in the memo
randum written at the request of
Mr.. Keefe, said he was responsible
for recommending the alert.
At the time, Gen. Strong said, the
ICoo DEADT HAnpOD 49, On =
Evening star., 1945-12-19
19 Pct. U. 5. Payment
To D. T.. Is Winninu
Support in Congress
Formula Would Provide
For Minimum Increase
OF $3,835,000
(Tert OF Fiscal Report on Pg. A-3.)
By DON S. WARREN.

General Endorsements came
today from several members o1
Congress for the proposed adop-
ton Of a fixed formula, related
to the extent of tax-free Fed
eral land holdings here, to deter
mine the annual United States
share of District Government
costs.
Chairman OMahoney OF the Sem
ate District Appropriations Sub
committee explained that under the
proposed legislation, the present
Federal land ownership would call
for q payment equal to 10 per cent
Of the city's tax reyenues-all OF
them, or only the general fund
revenues, depending on which OF
two suggested bills may be adopted
Municipal experts calculated that
the application Of this 10 per cent
factor to the total tax revenues the
District now expects to collect this
fiscal year would result in an ST.
100000 Federal payment in the year
beginning July l.
If it were applied only to the
general fund revenues - excluding
the special highway and water
funds-it would call for a Federal
payment Of 1885 900.
Strong Support by Coffee.
In other words, if adopted, the
proposals outlined to the O'Mahoney
subcommittee by three staff investi-
gators yesterday would mean an in
crease in the next fiscal year of q
maximum of $500 900 or a mini
mum Of $3,835, 900 over the present
lump sum payment of 5000, 900
The present payment amounts te
less than 10 per cent Of District
costs.
Only few hours after Senator
O'Mahoney, Democrat, of Wyoming
had released the proposals and a
detailed survey report drafted by the
investigators, strong support was
voiced by Representative Coffee
Democrat, Of Washington, who
heads the District Subcommittee OF
the House which writes the annual
District supply bills.
II want to congratulate Senator
O'Mahoney for bringing out this
plan," said Mr.. Coffee. Il am
heartily in accord with its general
provisions. My only criticism is that
maybe it doesn't go far enough in
doing justice to the District. But
lit is headed in the right direction
IA $12,000,000 payment is certainly
better than $6,000,000 Personally
II think the Federal share should be
more, in view of the many extra
costs placed on the District because
Of the wide range of things that
60 along with the fact it is the seat
Of the Federal Government"
Senator McCarran, Democrat, Of
Nevada, member of the Senate
Appropriations Committee, former
/
Evening star., 1945-12-19
IS Synagogues Ra1ed
In 7 Days by 5A Unit,
Nuremberg Court Told
Storm Troopers Are Third
Group to Come Under
Prosecutions Fire
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
NUREMBERG, Dec. 10. One
brigade of Hitler's brown shirted
Storm Troopers alone blew up
or burned IS sypagogues in a
two-day outbreak of anti-Jewish
terrorism, American prosecutors
told the international Military
Tribunal today.
Evidence OF violence and terror
from the Storm Troopers own rec
ords was presented to the tribunal
in the prosecutions effort to place
war crimes convictions against thou
sands of lesser Nazis, as well as the
score of Hitler's top henchmen sit
ting in the courtroom prisoners box
Col. Robert G. Storey, assistant
American prosecutor, said the brown
shirted storm troopers, also known
as the SA, were organized before
Hitlers rise to power ito beat up
and terrorize all political oppon-
ents."
The SA is the third Nazi organ
ization to have its secrets laid bare
before the court. The prosecution
led by Justice Robert H. Jackson OF
the United States Supreme Court
contends that six organizations
should be convicted as criminal
groups and that their members
should automatically be held guilty
Of war crimes in varying degrees.
Evidence already has been pre-
sented against the Nazi leadership
corps and the Reich cabinet. Still
remaining to have their day in court
are the Elite Guard (SS), the Ger
man high command and the Gestapo
Col. Storey said German records
proved that the SA, with the knowl-
edge and consent Of its members
was used: l, to spread Nazi fanat-
icisn; 2, to beat down political op-
position by force; 3, to lead the cam
paign against the church, trade
unions and Jews, andx4, to build up
the armed forces Of Germany in
violation of the Versailles Treaty.
The prosecutions contention that
hundreds of thousands of minor
Nazis should be automatically con-
victed Of war crimes at the Nuern-
(See NUREMBERG, Page A-22.)
Evening star., 1945-12-19
Navy Gags Officers
To Prevent Voicinq
Views on Merqer

The Navy today clamped an
official gag on Naval and Ma
rine. Corps officers to preclude
their expressing opposition in
public to the Presidents recon-
mendation for a department of
national defense.
The muzzling order, sent out
Immediately after the release
of the merger message, permits
officers to express their views
if called as witnesses before
congressional committees.
Evening star., 1945-12-19
Southern Railway Wreck
In Georgia Reported
By the Associated Press.

ATLANTA, Dec. 19.-Southern
Railway offices today received a
report that passenger train and
a freight were involved in an ac-
cident near Lulu, Ga, about l:
miles north of Gainesville. First
reports did not indicate whether
there were any casualties.
The Hubert Vickers funeral home
at Gainesville said it had sent am
balances to the scene Of the wreck
The Piedmont Limited left At
lantk at 1904 am.
Evening star., 1945-12-19

bus trips were running somewhat
late but continued to operate.
Many Washingtonians were late
for work today as Capital Transit
Co. buses and streetcars were un-
able to maintain schedules. Buses
were forced to reroute around steep
hills and treacherous streets caused
all motor traffic to operate at a
slow pace.
The Capital Transit Co. kept q
sweepers and % sand trucks busy
during the night until the snow
stopped falling about / am. The
sand trucks and about half the
sweepers were pulled in at that time
but the resumption of the snowfall
at am. sent them all out again.
When volume traffic started at Z
am, about half the sweepers were
brought in but all the sand trucks
we're kept working. E. Cleveland
Giddings, assistant to the president
OF the company, said that more than
100 tons of sand were sent out and
that 400 men were busy this morn
ing spreading the sand and keeping
switches open.
Snow Plows Busy.
William A. Xanten, superintend-
ent Of the District Refuse Depart
ment, called out 1900 workmen with
120 snow plows to clear the streets.
Transit company and Park Service