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Evening star., 1945-04-07
Cabinet
Continued From First Page

and originally co-premler in the
cabinet of Premier Gen. Kuniaki
Koiso which fell last week under
increasing demands for strong
war government.
The German news agency DNB
quoting the Singapore radio, said
yesterday that Suzuki had formed a
cabinet which included Gen. Hideki
TOTO, who headed the government
at the time of Pearl Harbor To-
days cabinet list from Tokyo made
no mention of Toto.
Justice Minister Retained.
Tokyo already had announced
Hiromasa Hatsuzaka, justice min
lister in the fallen Koiso cabinet
would be retained in his post.
Others were listed by Domei as
follows:
Toyosaku Hirose, finance minister
Teijiro Toyoda. minister of NUM-
tionS and concurrently minister OF
transportation and communications:
Kozo Ota, education minister; Genki
Abe, home affairs minister; Take
shige IshigWo, minister of agricul-
ture and commerce; Hiroshi Shimo-
mura, state minister and concur
rently president of the Board OF
Information; Seizo Sakonji and
Hyogoro Sakurai, state ministers
HisatSune Sakomizu, chief cabinet
secretary; Shokkyo Murase, chief OF
the Legislative Bureau, and Tada-
hiko Okada, welfare minister.
Admiral Suzuki was commanded
Thursday evening by Emperor Hiro-
hito tC form new cabinet after
Koiso and his cabinet had resigned
en- maSse.
Only Two Holdovers.
Gen. Anami, the new war min
iSter, was vice minister of war be-
fore the Japanese attack on Pearl
Harbor.
Navy Minister Yonai and Matsu-
zaka, the justice minister, are the
only two holdovers from the Koiso
cabinet.
Earlier Domei reported that Ad-
miral Suzuki's efforts to form a new
cabinet had been delayed" when
Tokyo and Nagoya were raided by
fighter escorted B-29s.
A previous dispatch said the raid
on Tokyo lasted about an hour and
half. A large part of the criti-
cism which led to the fall of the
KOiSo cabinet Stemmed from the
devastating attacks by the American
bombers on the principal cities OF
Japan.
Jap Situation Critical"
The Tokyo newspaper Yomiuri
was quoted by the japanese radio
yesterday as calling editorially fol
"a thoroughly decisive wartime
cabinet and a powerful cabinet,
and as saying that in order to be-
come powerful, its members must
be willing to serve by sacrificing
their lives in these days"
Yomiuri said the steady progress
of the Americans in their invasion
of Okinawa Islands and the "oper-
ational situation" made the picture
more critical day by day, and added
graphically, "the more the war sit
uation becomes urgent, the more
there will be less chance for COM
promise with matters that ever need
reformation.
The newspaper declared, Now is
the time that the system for the de-
cisive battle should be thoroughly
reorganized."
Evening star., 1945-04-07
Admiral
Continued From First Page

a
than 200 people because they
wouldn't tell where we had taken
Koga"
Col Gushing paused a moment,
then told how the 58-year-old enemy
admiral was given every medical at
tention possible by the under
equipped guerrillas.
Finally" Col. Cushing related,
II could see it was hopeless. The
longer We held out the more inno-
cent people the Japs killed Besides
Koga was very sick man and it
would do us no good if he died on
our hands.
SO I sent note to the Jap COM
mander of the Cebu garrison. !
told him l would release Koga to
him if he would promise to stop
numbering Filipino civilians and if
he would return to Cebu City and
leave the country people in peace
Il suppose you wonder why I even
considered trusting the Jap COM
mander to keep his word not to
molest our people. 1t seemed to
me it was the only logical thing for
me to do. Koga was our only talk
ing point and 1 hoped the Japs
would figure the face-saving value
Of his rescue would make such a
concession worthy of fulfllment.
We'll, word came back almost i'm
mediately from the Jap commander
agreeing to my terms and specifying
the means of transfer. So we told
koga. but he was so weak 1 doubt
if he understood very much.
Two days after the Japs had him
Koga died. But the Jap commander
carried out his part of the deal. He
took his forces back to their base.
And for at least six months there
after l don't think there was a
single case-at least a fragrant one
of mistreatment of our people"
Evening star., 1945-04-07
Enlisted Correspondent
OF Fleet Killed in Action
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Navy yesterday announced
the death in action of the first fleet
enlisted correspondent.
Donald Walter Forsyth, yeoman
first class, of Pensacola, Fla, was
killed aboard his ship at sea March
10.
The Navy's enlisted fleet cor
respondent program was inaugu-
rated only recently with the first
group of 100 men with newspaper
experience being sent to Pearl
Harbor for training and indoctrina-
ton
They are being assigned aboard
ships of the feet to write stories
about Navy men for hometown
newspapers, to assist civilian war
correspondents, and to prepare his
torical narratives of their vessels
part in the war.
Evening star., 1945-04-07
Fleets
Continued From First Page !

others and damaging about IS more
by Strafing.
9. Liberators of the 7th Army Air
Force bombed dock installations and
buildings at Truk in the Carolines
on April 5.
10. Neutralizing raids on enemy
bases in the Marshalls were con-
tinued on April 5 by planes of the
4th Marine Aircraft Wing.
Earlier, Admiral Nimitz announced
In special communique that
japanese planes launched a con-
certed attack on the British Pacific
Fleet, operating as self-con-
tanned group in support of the
OkinaWa campaign, as it shelled
and bombed the southern Ryukyus
March 81 through April 2.
Some major units" we're slightly
damaged, Admiral Nimitz reported.
Britain's 35000-ton battleship
King George V was the target for
five japanese aircraft, which one
British naval observer said were
uIlVeQ OH. lie bIlLlSll tdSk lOTCe,
which also includes the 230Oo-ton
aircraft carrier Illustrious, de-
stroyed OF damaged 81 enemy planes
in the three-day strike against the
Ryukyus.
Concerning the newest American
action Tokyo radio reported, as usual,
that japanese flyers already have
succeeded in either sinking or dam
aging several enemy warships, in
cluding battleships, cruisers and
other types" The enemy broad
caster claimed three United States
aircraft carriers had been sunk or
damaged.
Admiral Mitscher reported to the
Navy in Washington yesterday that
his flyers and supporting forces de-
Stroyed, or damaged 1912 japanese
planes since the start of the Oki-
nawa campaign.
A recapitulation showed the task
force accounted for 954, and sup
porting forces 258 of the total.
Evening star., 1945-04-07
Vinson Takes Over 0WMR;
Russell Stays as Deputy

Fred M. Vinson today was sworn
In as director of the Office of War
Mobilization and Reconversion, sue
ceeding James F. ByrneS, whose
resignation was announced Monday.
The oath was administered by
Chief Justice D. Lawrence Groner
of the United States Court of Ap-
pealS, of which Mr.. Vinson formerly
was member.
The ceremony took place in the
OWMR Offices in the east wing of
the White House.
At the same time it was announced
that Donald Russell, who had served
AS Mr.. Byrnes' deputy, would con-
tinue in that capacity, and that Ed
ward Pritchard, who had been
principal attorney for Mr.. Vinson
when he was director of economic
stabilization. would be the general
counsel for OWMR. Mr.. Pritchard
succeeds Ben Cohen, one of the
original presidential brain trusters, "
who resigned yesterday.
Evening star., 1945-04-07
White House Says Hopkins
Is Paid $4,000 a Year

Harry Hopkins, special assistant
to President Roosevelt. draws $4,000
year-the same salary paid cabi-
net officer, it was disclosed at the
White House today.
Publication of a news story relat-
ing to Mr.. Hopkins compensation
brought an explanation from Jona-
than Daniels, White House press
secretary, who said that Mr.. Hop
kins' salary was raised from $4,000
on July II, 1914.
HE is, as you know, handling
most important matters for the
President and the salary seems COM
mensurate with his duties" Mr..
Daniels said
Mr.. Hopkins is paid out Of the
Presidents special emergency fund.
The Presidents administrative as
sistants and his secretaries are paid
$4,000
Evening star., 1945-04-07
.WPBChairman0rders
Contracts in Canada
Cut Back al j. ). RATE

BY the Associated Press.
WPB Chairman J. A. Krug has
directed that United States war con-
tracts in Canada be cut back after
Germanys fall at the same rate as
contracts with domestic producers.
The policy is intended to prevent
criticism and confusion" which Mr..
Krug said would result if Canada
went into Civilian goods manufac-
ture ahead OF this country and to
head off dislocation and unemploy-
ment in the Dominion which might
result if Canadian plants were shut
down before peacetime materials
and parts became available from the
United States.
Canada willingly accepts the
principle of equality in sacrifice and
seeks no advantage in the return to
civilian production" the WPB chair
man said in a memorandum to all
WPB officers.
Aluminium Hearing.
The action followed discussions
among British, Canadian and United
states O1ncla4S represented on the
Combined Production and Resources
Board. Canadian authorities had
expressed worry over the impact of
sudden contract cancellations in the
Dominion.
Canada is doing about go per cent
of her war work on American con-
tracts, with the rest being about
equally divided between Canadian
and English contracts.
Meanwhile the Senate Small Busi-
ness Committee announced that
State Department, RFC and WPB
officials will be called to a new
hearing Tuesday on the Govern
ment's Shipshaw contract with the
Aluminium Co. of Canada.
Sensational charges of negligence
in Office and exceptionally favor
able terms granted the Canadian
company by Reconstruction Finance
Corp. officials have been made in
testimony offered the committee, :"
the announcement said, adding that
these charges will be thoroughly
examined"
Evening star., 1945-04-07
Cartel Plans Will Fade
# j. ). Stands Firm,
Attorney General Says
BY the Associated Press.

Aos tiiC ASoOSldltu f~EeSS.
PHILADELPHIA. April 7.-At-
torney General Biddle predicted to-
day that world cartels will disappear
If the United States retains a firm
stand against the private trade
agreements.
Mr. Biddle asserted in an address
at luncheon meeting of Philadel-
phia's Foreign Policy Association
that today there is a well-recog-
nized movement to get this country
to adopt the cartel system" which,
he said, would curtail necessary
postwar industrial expansion.
Minimizing suggestions that cartels
may become entrenched in other
nations and place restrictions
against trade with this country
unless business firms here join up,
the Attorney General said the United
States was too vast producer and
consumer for that to happen.
The problem, for while at least
will not be that Europe will be
excluding our goods, but whether we
will be ready to accept hers" Mr..
Biddle said. The talk of Europe
excluding American trade, unless we
agree to cartel restrictions, just
doesn't make sense"
For some years to come, he de-
clared, European nations will be
clamoring for our goods
II sometimes doubt if the cartel
advocates are doing Europe justice" "
he said why should continent
which was held in the grip of a
giant monopolistic system be as
sumed to be an advocate OF that
system in the years to come?
of course some of the monopolistS
have not changed their minds. But
we have not yet heard from the
people, from the ordinary business
man, from the men of vision who
will reconstruct Europe with hope
ip peu oDNOrtIlnitiec
Evening star., 1945-04-07
Eden Sees Liberation
OF Danes, Norweqiuns
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, April 7.-Foreign Secre-
tary Anthony Eden told Danes and
Norwegians on the fifth anniversary
of the German invasion of their
countries yesterday that their hour
OF liberation is near" and praised
their long struggle against Nazi
occupation.
Mr.. Eden described the under
ground warfare in both countries as
a valuable contribution to the
Allied cause" and said sabotage had
had remarkable results"
Evening star., 1945-04-07
5th Army Captures
Monte Fo|gorito in
Western Italy Drive
BY the Associated Press.


ROME, April 7.-American 5th
Army troops, continuing their attack
near the Ligurian coast in Western
Italy, have captured the dominating
30O0-foot Monte Folgorito and are
driving forward against scattered
resistance, Allied headquarters an
nounced today.
Monte Folgorito is Az miles from
the seacoast and 1912 miles south
east of La Spezia.
North of Strettoia, halfway be-
tween Monte Folgorito and the sea,
the Americans we're compelled to
withdraw slightly from newly won
positions. The enemy put up a
heavy fire in that sector. A small
German counterattack northwest Of
the town was repulsed.
Two Destroyers Join Attack.
Two British destroyers, the Marne
and Lookout, and swarms of Amer
ican fighter -bombers effectively sup
ported the 5th Army operations in
the Monte Folgorito area. The de-
stroyers, lying off shore, pumped
shells into the German artillery posi-
tons The Allied communique re-
ported that some enemy guns were
silenced and others were compelled
to move.
On the eastern coastal sector
British 9th Army troops, in what
was described officially as a local
attack" drove across the Reno River
northwest of San Alberto and near
the southwest corner of Lake Co.
macchio. They took so prisoners.
Eighth Army headquarters dis
closed that the recent successful
clearing of the enemy from the spit
of land separating Lake Comacchio
from the Adriatic was carried out by
the British I'd Commando Brigade,
which captured nearly 1000 pris-
OnerS
Evening star., 1945-04-07
Special Board to Study
Missouri Pacific Dispute

President Roosevelt today ap-
pointed an emergency board to in
vestigate the dispute between the
Missouri Pacific Railroad and the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
and Enginemen in eight Middle
West and Southern States.
Members of the board include
Robert w. Woolley, Washington at
torneys Left Erickson, Helena, Mont,
and H. Nathan Swain, Indianapolis.
Evening star., 1945-04-07

BOOKER T. WASHINGTON BOOKS PREsENTED-Mss Gloria
DAVIDSON washington right) granddaughter of
washington presents several books written about the
late pioneer in Negro education Mary Bethune
OF the National Council of Negro Women councils
library The presentation made in
educators birthday tomorrow The volumes
up From Slavery Mr. Washngtons autobiography selected
Speeches OF Booker Washington and Quotations
Washington edited by Miss Washngons father late E.
Davidson Washington Star Staff Photo
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-21
Certainty and Elasticity
By Ravmo nd Molev

that case, the waiver" may assume
great Importance.
Why did We make such q generous
deal? In the nrst place, American opin-
ion, despite its occasional British
sentiment, thoroughly suhscribes to the
view that we need q vital British EN-.
pire. In many parts Of the world, It Is
still the framework into which can
be built international arrangements in
behalf Of liberty and civilization. We
have no good reason to be jealous of
brisk trade among the parts of the em-
pire We know, for example, that the
British dominions will not get all they
need within the empire, and that means
markets for us.
In part, British doubts arise from their
feeling that We may use pressure to de-
stroy empire preferences. Britons have
profound conviction that these agree
ments within the empire, adopted over
Is years ago, really rescued them from
the depression. And they also harbor
the feeling that they did better in get
ting out of the depression than we did.
Ofdcial Britain is not saying 1t openly,
but 1t feels that Americans are not safe
guides in telling the world how to avoid
economic disaster, since we did SO poorly
ourselves.
But for better or worse, the commit
ment has been made. The outcome is
in the mysterious processes which we
still call economic law.
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/. This Changing World
By Constantine Bro,vn

Gen. Macarthur has fatty denied the
report of radio broadcaster for the
American Broadcasting Corp. regard
ing a difference between the Allied
supreme commander and the Russians
over how many Russian troops should
be sent to Japan and what part Of ia
pan they should occupy.
Nevertheless, 1t is known here that
the question Of whether the Russians
are granted permission to occupy Hok-
kaido has been subject Of discussion
between the American'and Russian gov
ernments for some time.
At Potsdam Premier Stain agreed with
the American point OF view that the
Pacific area Is Of vital interest to the
United States, which has made the
major contribution in the defeat Of
Japan. After having obtained an inn
portant concession in the form of the
outright annexation Of the Kurile Islands,
which had been earmarked for trustee
ship under the UNO, the Russian leader
agreed that Gen. Macarthur should be
made supreme commander of the Allies
in the Pacific area and should have the
final say-so in any military and political
matter so long as Japan remains under
military control.
When the foreign ministers Of the Big
Five met in London, Conmissar Molotov
argued that war conditions in Japan no
longer existed and consequently q COM
mission of the four Pacific powers
America, Britain, China and Russia
should govern the defeated enemy's ter
ritory with equal rights, particularly the
right Of veto" Moreover, since it had
been agreed at Potsdam that the IL Pa
ciflc nations which were our war asso-
ciates should be entitled to send token
force to Japan after January l, 1916, the
Soviet government insisted at the London
parley that the Red army contingent be
allowed to have complete control of Hok-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-21
Still Unanswered

Whatever the nnal decision OF the
Navy Department may be with re-
gard to findings of the McVay court
martial, the extraordinary proceed
tings have left unanswered a vital
squestion in connection with the loss
!of the U. S. S. Indianapolis, viz, why
five days elapsed before the first
!rescue operations began. Testimony
lat the trial of Captain Charles B.
sMcVay III was restricted, properly
enough, to circumstances attending
1.-THE actual torpedoing and sinking of
the cruiser. That was because Cap
tain McVay was being tried on only
1.-TWO charges: First, that he culpably
.nazarded his ship by failing to zig
gag her in dangerous waters. and,
jsecond, that he hazarded his men by
failing to give orders to abandon
ship. The court announced his &C
quittal on the latter charge, but re-
fused to make public its verdict on
!! the first charge-a procedure in
variably followed by Navy courts
J when conviction is voted. The secrecy
/! policy in the case of guilty verdicts
arises from the fact that the find
ings of a court are subject to review
! by the Judge advocate general of
the Navy and by the Secretary Of
the Navy.
None of the evidence presented at
the trial threw any light whatever
on the mystery of the belated search
: for survivors of the stricken ship.
The testimony showed that of the
1,196 men aboard the cruiser, from
300 to 900 got of the ship as she
went down. OF these only 31e were
still alive when the first rescue
planes and ships arrived, in response
to a call from a reconnaissance
plane which had accidentally dis
7, covered them in the water. In the
five terrible days that followed the
sinking some 500 men had died ais
: they struggled to keep afioat. Dur
ing all Of this time. apparently, no
one in the fleet had moved to in
augurate a search Tor the ship, al
though it was long overdue at its
destination and no information had
been received to account for its
absence. How long this strange state
of inaction would have continued
had not a Navy plane CHANGED to
spot some of the survivors founder
ing in the sea Is a matter for con-
lecture. The Navy says it Is still
investigating these angles and that
other trials may follow. Certainly
the trial of Captain Mcvay does not
close what undoubtedly will go down
In naval annals as one of the wars
most tragic episodes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-21

$500 salaried man with an income
Of $4,000, movie actor with income
Of 5000, 000-would also pay $l44.
In private medicine, completely apart
from the many cooperative nonprofit
group insurance schemes in operation.
physicians daily perform millions Of
dollars worth OF free services. Their
wealthy patients help finance the in
digent. This is not proper situation,
but 1t is more just than the Govern
ment bill.
II the cost Of the services offered In
return for 4 per cent Of annual income
is compared with those offered by the
many cooperative schemes In existence,
the price is exorbitant - as well as
compulsory. Mutual nonprofit schemes
cover, for instance, some "a, 000, 900 in
dustrial workers. One Of these, under
which $500 companies are insured,
provides, for $50 per year, medical care
Tor all workers plus their dependents,
in home sickness. accident, hospital
ization. surgical services-up to a fee
OF $l50-laboratory fees up to $50 per
year-and physicians care up to 50
visits.
I myself am In a group insurance
which provides disqualification for my
whole family for s24 per year.
&Sk
Cooperative medical schemes are
voluntary, efficient, cheap of admins.
tration and cheap for the participants
and could be standardized on q high
level. State schemes are bureaucratic,
heartlesss and open to danaerous ;collu.
sion between assembly line physicians
and patients at the public coste-as
those know who have lived under them,
The novelists are the best reporters.
Those who think this proposal is prog
ress" should. read "How Green Is Ny,
Valley Little Man, What Now?" and
Karl and the Twentieth Century for
light.
Self-employed farmers, for Instance
are to pay per cent of their incomes.
On $500 that is $3.50 per year, or
nearly so cents a day!
Ordinary bouts of sickness In the
average family can be dealt with; the
real crises are those that require hos
pitalization and surgical services, and
these usually occur only a few times
in ones life. Even as an individual,
without benefit Of group insurance, one
can provide for q limited amount of
miscellaneous services, operation costs,
and 70 days Of disqualification for as
low as SIT per year-depending on age
and state Of health-through private
Insurance companies.
Barnum said that b sucker Is born
every minute. Along with the sucker
is born q politician, and nowadays q
progressive" to beat his drums for
every measure that extends the power
OF the state, even into the most init.
mate parts of life.
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