Evening star., 1945-09-24
Macarthur Ban!
Jap Research
On Atom Bomb
Also Directs Rigid
Control of Nations
Economic Life
q the Associated Press.


TOKYO, Sept. 24.-Gen. Mac
Arthur today blocked any atomi,
bomb research in Japan, directed
rigid control of japanese eco
nomic life, including wages
prices and all traffic in curren.
cies and negotiable assets, ant
moved toward free Japanes,
press.
The news order directed the i'm
perial government to remove itsel
completely from direct or indirec
control of newspapers and new
agencies. Heretofore the ruling Jap
aneSe clique has almost completely
controlled and directed news pol.
icies.
Gen. MacArthur's order threw thu
field wide open to all foreign new.
services and to any Japanese selv.
ice wanting to compete with DomeJ
which at present is the only one in
Japan.
Two other far-reac ching directives
aimed at freezing traffic in curren-
cies and other negotiable assets, to
facilitate the task Of "fingerprint-
ing" Japan's assets at home and
abroad.
Prohibited are export or import
of gold or silver coin, gold, silver
and platinum bullion or currency,
and securities, checks, bank drafts,
bills of exchange, powers of attor-
ney, proxies and any evidence of in
debtedness of property ownership
not specifically exempted.
Roosevelt Plea Mentioned.
Meanwhile, one of Emperor Hi
rohito's closest advisers disclosed
that in his opinion the Emperor re-
ceived President Roosevelt's peace
plea and the State Department s
peace memorandum of November
26, 1941, but ignored both when
Hideki TOTO and other advisers
told him it was useless to resist the
rising war tide in Japan.
The close adviser, Marquis Koichi
KIDD, lord keeper of the privy seal
also said he believed the Emperor
had no advance knowledge of the
Pearl Harbor attack
KIDD said that he himself had ad-
vlsed war in the belief that the ma
tion could fight long enough for a
"50-50 break" through a favorable
compromise peace.
Other well-informed japanese
sources said Gen. Macarthur cracked
the whip for the first time on Jap
anese government appointments
from among members of formerly
privileged classes. He vetoed the
appointment of Seihin Ikeda, for
mer Finance Minister, as president
Of the Central Liaison Board, these
sources said. They said Vice Premier
Prince Fuminaro Kanoye had NOM
mated Ikeda.
Ikeda is a former manager of the
vast Mitsui interests.
Philippine Puppet Arrested.
United States 9th Army headquar-
ters announced that Camille Osias,
Minister of Education in the Philip
pine puppet government, was taken
into custody today and was placed
in the Yokohama prefectural prison,
where former puppet President Jose
Laurel and other suspected coll
iaborationists or war criminals are
held.
Control of laboratories that might
develop atomic weapons in Japan
will be both close and continual AL
lied headquarters made clear.
Gen. MacArthurs newest direc-
tive specifically prohibits "all re-
search or development work which
has as its object effecting mass
separation of uranium 235 from
uranium or effecting mass separa-
tion of any radioactively unstable
substance" Uranium 235 is the
basis of the atom bomb.
The directive also ordered the
Japanese to provide complete data
on all laboratories and chronological
organizations and dem d d
monthly reports on each.
The "no-atom" edict high Lighted
day in which:
Gen. Macarthur reported that
trials of suspected war criminals
would begin soon in special military
tribunals.
The japanese Home Ministry re-
ported the toll in Hiroshima pre-
lecture in last weeks typhoon was
t,068 killed, 1,276 injured and 981
missing.
Army Broadcasts Are Begun.
American armed forces began
oroadcasting news and music for
occupation troops over the japanese
Broadcasting Corps No. 2 network
md will expand to 10 stations cover
ng rs cities in Japan and Korea.
The Nippon Times said the COM
nerce ministry would order all
major mining and manufacturing
companies to make financial reports
Is step toward stripping the en-
oire OF its war industries.
Gen. Kenji Diohara, japanese
military intelligence figure named
commander of the 1st Army only
asst week, surrendered and was
lailed at Yokohama for questioning
lbout war crimes.
Gen. MacArthur's economic direc-
live ordered the imperial govern
nent to institute rationing of es-
Iential commodities which are short,
Ind said, you are responsible for
initiating and maintaining firm
sontrol over wages and prices Of es-
.ential commodities. Equitable dis
tribution Of such commodities among
the populace was ordered.
The Government also was in
structed to encourage resumption of
maximum production of ali essen
tial consumer goods, Priorities will
be granted by United States author
tiles for materials necessary to pro-
auce food, clothing and housing
facilities.
The directive issued list of pro-
aibited items of manufacture. Where
conversion of plants producing
banned material is contemplated,
Individual applications for convert
Ing must be submitted.