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Evening star., 1945-12-14
Nazi Figures Showing
6 Million Jews Killed
Presented 10 Court
Estimate Is Attributed
To Chief Jew Catcher
Of German Secret Police
By the Associated Press.

ASsOCldtSC fisSS.
NUREMBERG, Dec. 14.-Si,
million European Jews wer,
slaughtered in the Nazi cam.
paign of determination, accord.
ing to German secret police es.
Inmates placed today before the
international military tribuna
trying 81 of Hitler's top leaders
on war crimes charges.
American prosecutors filed an affi.
davit by DR.. Wilhelm Hoettl, right.
hand man to Ernst Kaltenbrunnel
in the secret police, giving the esti.
mate.
Approximately 4,000, 900 Jews fae
been killed In the various extermina.
ton camps while an additional
100000 met death in other ways
the major part of which were shot
by operational squads of security
police during the campaign against
Russia" Hoettl said in his affidavit
Hoettl attributed his figure tc
Adolf Eichman, chief Jew catcher
in the secret police. He said Eich.
man confessed it to him in August
1914, in expressing the conviction
that he would have to pay for "the
millions of Jewish lives on his con-
science"
Himmler Uncertain.
Gestapo Chief Heinrich Himmler
thought Eichman's total was too low
Hoettl's affidavit revealed. But
Hoettl added that Eichman was the
best informed official on Jewish ex-
ecutions.
Thousands were killed when SIS
troops wiped out the Warsaw Ghetto
in 29-day massacre in 1943, &C
cording to records submitted by
Maj. Frank Walsh of New York
City, assistant American prosecutor
Details of the mass murder ir
Warsaw were read from the reports
of the SIS police chief of the city
who wrote that he ordered troops
TO destroy the entire Jewish resi-
dental area by setting every block
on fire"
Boasts Of Killings.
The reports showed that the SIS
chief, Maj. Gen. Stroop, directed
the annihilation campaign from
April II to May Is, 1943, and tina,
he boasted he had killed 1000 Jew.
in battle, 5000 to 5000 by explosions
and fires and collected $4,000 other.
whose determination in camps car
be proved" The cost to the Ger.
mans was Is dead.
No attempt by Allied officials tt
write an account of the mass murde,
in the ghetto has yet equaled ths
shocking clarity of the SIS report.
themselves.
Established at German insistance
and over the protests of Polish city
officials, the ghetto housed 100000
ICao NTTEPNpEpC Douo A1Ql
Evening star., 1945-12-14
Murray Calls Truman
Fact-Finding Proposal
Futile and Deceivinq'
CIO Chief Asks House
To Move With Caution;
Senute to Halt Hearing
By JAMES Y. NEWTON,

C1O President Philip Murray
today described President Tru-
mans plan to establish fact
finding commissions in labor
disputes as futile and deceiving,
an idea born either of a COM
plete lack of understanding or a
complete hypocrisy"
Testifying before the House Labor
Committee on a bill to enact into
law the Presidents ideas, Mr.. Muir
ray repeated an earlier charge that
the purpose back of this bill is to
destroy labor. That is my under
standing. That is what I think"
Following Mr.. Murray's testimony
the committee recessed until to-
morrow morning when it will decide
whether to hold further hearings.
Acting Chairman Ramspeck said
he believed the committee should
act one way or another on this bill
very promptly" without hearing any
more witnesses.
Senate to Suspend Hearings.
Meanwhile, the Senate Labor
Committee decided to suspend hear
ings on its fact-finding labor dis
putes bill after today and not to
resume until after the first of the
year. This means Mr.. Truman will
not get his wish that such legisla-
ton be passed before the Christmas
holidays.
The CIO leader warned that "the
entire national industrial picture is
explosive" and urged the House
committee not to act in haste on
any type of legislation.
THE situation is so thoroughly
fraught with danger for our future
we'll being that we cannot afford
now to tolerate the kind of stupidity
and bungling that characterized the
rush to enact such bills as the
Smith Connally law of 1943," Mr..
Murray said.
He accused the administration of
doing nothing to encourage the big
corporations to turn loose their
huge" profits in the form of wage
increases to their workers. In this
line, he said that corporate profits
after taxes this year will run nearly
three times as great as the prewar
average and that estimates of profits
for 1916 exceed wartime levels.
"The only action of the Govern
ment has been in the face of dan
gerously spiralling profits to repeal
the excess profits tax for 1916 so
that profits may rise still higher" !"
he said.
Charges Lack of Courage.
He asserted the Government is
guilty of lack of fortnight and
courageous action" and that instead
of attempting to put its finger on
the source of current wage disputes
I'VE have the futility, the deception,
the pitiful aimlessness of the bill
now before you"
Mr.. Murray said there was no
need for establishing commissions
to bring out the facts behind such
major disputes as are taking place
Evening star., 1945-12-14
Breton Woods Pact
PassesCommonsSoon
After Loan Approval
| House Votes 345 to SO
To Borrow a. Billions
After Churchill Attack
By the Associated Press.

oS the hsSoCldteG fIeSs.
LONDON, Dec. 14.-The House
Of Commons today gave final
ratification to the Breton Woods
monetary stabilization pact,
approval of which was one of the
conditions laid down by the
United States for loan of
81, 400, 600, 900 to Britain.
The measure was passed without
dissent on its third and last reading
and went at once to the House of
Lords. The action came barely IA
hours after Commons had approved
the terms of the loan by a vote of
345 to 98
In Paris the French cabinet
decided today to ask for i'm
mediate ratification of the Bret
ton Woods. plan by the Con-
stituent Assembly,
Sharp Debate Precedes Vote.
The Breton Woods bill was
rushed through its second reading
last night by a vote of 314 to so.
Under British parliamentary pro-
cedure the second reading generally
determines whether a bill will pass.
The third reading is committed to
the consideration of possible amend
ments preparatory to sending the
measure to the Lords.
A sharp debate, punctuated by
personal clashes between Labor and
Conservative leaders, preceded the
vote on the loan terms.
The bill was rushed to the House
of Lotds for a first reading in hope
of its clearance in time for royal
assent before Parliament's Christ
mas recess December 20.
An opposition amendment by
Conservative Robert Boothby, seek
ing to limit Britain's liability to the
world stabilization fund in the event
of devaluation of sterling. was with
drawn when the government refused
to accept it.
Lord Beaverbrook, whose news
papers have been among the loudest
critics of the Anglo-American finan-
cial agreement, and who was a
member of Winston Churchill's war;
time and caretaker governments, will
seek to block approval of both the
loan and the Breton Woods plan
in the House of Lords on Monday.
Many Abstain From Voting.
Led by Mr.. Churchill, many Con-
servatives abstained from voting
and drew caustic criticism from
Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin, who
headed the governments fight for
loan approval.
Mr.. Bevin and Mr.. Churchill
dueIed on the Commons floor in
debate over acceptance of the loar
terms. The wartime Prime Minister
declared:
II certainly am of the opinion We
(the Conservatives) could have goi
better terms"
Mr.. Bevin termed Mr.. Churchill's
assertion a libel on the administra.
ton of the United States"
Mr.. Churchill asked his Conserva-
tive adherents to refrain from vot-
ing, warning that a heavy opposition
vote would injure British interests
in the United States. Answering Mr.
Churchill's absention instructions to
Conservatives, Mr.. Bevin remarked
''The eOism of it, the actual
boastfulness of my right honorable
friend, the horrible ASSUMPTION that
| (See BRETON WOODS. Pe. A-18J )
Evening star., 1945-12-14
Unidentified Man
Killed by Sireeicar

An unidentified white man be-
tween IS and 10 years old was in
stantly killed shortly after noon
today when he stepped in front of
q streetcar in the H street tunnel
just east of First street NE, ac-
cording to police.
The streetcar was operated by A.
Fred Pohlman, 81, Of 800 Fourteenth
street NE, police said. He has had
Is years experience as a motorman.
The dead mans body was taken
to District Morgue.
Evening star., 1945-12-14
Senators Reject Item
Providing $500
| A Year for Expenses

The Senate today voted down.
47-24, an item which would
have allowed each member
$2S00 per year for expenses.
The expense item was con-
tanned in an amendment to the
deficiency bill placed before the
Senate by. its appropriations
committee. 1t would have ne
cessitated a half-year outlay of
$4,000.
The House some time ago
drafted and passed legislation
giving the same amount for ex-
penses to its members.
Evening star., 1945-12-14
jap Transit Strikers
Operate Trains, Let
Passengers Ride Free
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TOKYO, Dec. 14.-Japanese
transit workers have introduced
a new technique in transporta-
tion strikes, exercising the pres
sure of strike while retaining
public sympathies.
Workers on one of Tokyo's
electric train systems struck for
higher wages, but continued to
operate the lines while allow
ing passengers to ride free.
Evening star., 1945-12-14
Byrnes Arrives in Moscow
After Two Stops in Reich
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, Dec. 14.-Secretary of
State Byrnes arrived in Moscow by
plane today to meet with the Foreign
Secretaries of Britain and Russia.
British Foreign Secretary Ernest
Bevin took off from Northold Air
drome today for Moscow, dis
patch from London said, and in
Rome Premier Alcide de Casper
voiced hope that the conference
would recognize the need of scrap
ping armistice restrictions imposed
on Italy so that her people may "re-
gain their sense of dignity and re-
sponsibility.
Evening star., 1945-12-14

not be as generous as the original
provisions of the Downey bill, which
provides for fiat 20 per cent basic
wage increases for Government en-
ployes.
However, administration leaders
are expected to muster all available
strength in an attempt to beat
down Republican attempts to re-
commit the bill.
Byrd Offers III Per Cent.
Shortly before the Senate recessed
last night, Senator Byrd offered his
amendment to grant Federal en-
ployes an overall wage increase of
about IL per cent. The percentage
increases would be on a graded
scale, with the boosts ranging from
1873 per cent for workers in the low
est brackets down to 6.68 for top
flight Government officials.
When the 20 per cent wage in
crease proposal was withdrawn,
Senators Taft of Ohio and Reed of
Kansas, both Republicans, declared
the situation was one of hopeless
confusion" and demanded that the
bill be recommitted to the commit
tee for further study.
Senator Taft stressed that if the
chairman of the committee on his
own initiative withdrew the bill and
substituted new one, it would be
wise to refer the new proposal to
members of the committee before
the Senate acted on it.
| Acting to meet this objection, Sem
ator Downey. after q hurried con-
ference with Senator Mead, Demo-
crat, of New York, one of the bills
supporters and a member of the
committee, announced he would
withdraw his 17.3 proposal and
would resubmit his fiat 20 per cent
basic increase bill.
Mead Announces Stand.
Senator Mead told his colleagues
that the bill should be considered
on the 20 per cent basis and if they
thought the figure was too low or
too high, amendments could be
added to it. Several Senators had
complained that Senator Downey's
new proposal should be studied
further.
Under Senator Byrd's amend
ment, the pay increases granted
Federal employees last July would be
repealed and the combination of
wage increases would be based on
Federal scales existing in June,
1945. A 36 per cent increase would
(See Paw RTTI, page A-1Q9
Evening star., 1945-12-14

and aided their fight against Gen.
eralissimo Chiang's forces.
But the Communists were only
guerrilla fighters and could do little
(See BROWN, Page AID
Evening star., 1945-12-14
Charles Town Results

Continued on Page A-4, Column
Evening star., 1945-12-14

(See PATTON, Page A-l80
Evening star., 1945-12-14

tSee PAY BILL, Page A-18.)
Evening star., 1945-12-14

(See LABOR, Page AID
Evening star., 1945-12-14
GIN Legal Moves
Widen Breach
.WithAutoUnion
Picketing Bon Asked;
Kaiser to Offer New
Union Security Plan
BULLETIN.

CLEVELAND R).-Picketing
by UAW members at the Cen
eral Motors Fisher Body Plant
today was limited to 55 per-
sons by order of Common
Pleas Judge Frank S. Day.
Judge Day said he had not
ordered removal of all pickets
because no evidence was pre-
sented to support a company
charge of molestation of per-
sons attempting to enter the
plant.
Evening star., 1945-12-14

(See GENERAL MOTORS, Pg. ALB
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-01
Stimson Denies
Any Plan for
Army Discharges

WASHINGTON, March l. CUP)-
Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson
said late Wednesday that state
ment that 250,000 U. S. soldiers
would be discharged monthly after
the war in Europe ends was both
unauthorized and without founda-
ton"
The statement was made by Brig.
Gen. Frank T. Hines. veterans ad-
ministrator, in testimony before the
house appropriations committee.
The testimony was given February
9 and released by the committee
yesterday.
When hostilities cease in Europe,
Stimson said, the war department
intends to marshal against the Jap
anese every soldier and every item
of equipment that can be used ef-
fectively 10 speed our final victory
"All speed, consistent with the
military situation, will be applied in
returning men who can be released
from the army from overseas"
Stimson said. But any suggestion
that large numbers will be coming
home for discharge Immediately aft
er the fighting stops in Europe can
only lead to cruel disappointment.
Our big job now is to win the
war in Europe and to follow up our
victory there with an all-out assault
on Japan. There can be no relaxing
until the military JOB Of crushing
Germany and Japan is carried TO a
final and successful conclusion"
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-01

WASHINGTON, March l. CUP
The navy's Elk Hills oil operations,
now three months ahead of produc-
ton schedules, will be drawing 65,-
600 barrels per day from the South
ern California oil reserve by April
|, Representative Jack Anderson
(R.', California, said Thursday.
"A back log of under production
during the initial period of navy
operation has been completely wiped
out Anderson told the house.
He said the navy department was
preparing q plan for full eXplora-
ton of the Elk Hills reserves and
urgec congressional support Tor the
plan
Money should be appropriated
to drill wells to provide knowledge
OF our military oil resources In this
largely unexplored reserve and to
keep wells in readiness for the ma
ton in any future emergency" An
derson sai6.
The congressman was memoer
# the house naval affairs sub-com-
mittee which recently toured Elk
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-01
Krug Cites Need
To Boost War
Output in Nation

SEATTLE, March l. (UP)-War
Production Board Chief j. A. Krug
disclosed Wednesday that stiffening
of resistance in the Pacific has
boosted estimates of war output
necessary to whip Japan to at least
80 per cent of Americas capacity
production.
Previously, Krug said, it was be-
lieved only 60 per cent of the ma
tions capacity for making NUM-
tions would be employed against
Japan.
Here to inspect B-29 production,
the 36-year-old boss of United
States war production revealed that
the desperate manpower shortage
is becoming even more critical.
Methods of supplying manpower
have been hopelessly inadequate,
he said.
Emphasis in west coast war plants
this year will be placed on ship re-
pair and production of battle
proven new units, such as B-29s and
iet-propulsion planes, he said.
."Shipbuilding activities will be
released on the coast" he said,
but ship repair work will hit the
line even harder.
And the toughest fight still is
ahead. We must increase our war
production 65 per cent by July.
which means an average increase CT
IN nor cent each month"
After touring Seattle plants, Krug
will travel to Los Angeles Friday
to confer with aircraft and war pro-
duction officials. He also will stop
at Denver on his return trip to the
nations capital.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-01
Dewey, Stassen
Agree to End
Of IsoIationisn1

ALBANY, March l. (UP)-GoV-
ernor Thomas E. Dewey and Gem
mander Harold E. Stassen, both
possible candidates for the 1940 Re-
publican presidential nomination,
agree that iSolationism is thing OF
the past.
Dewey and Stassen conferred sew
eral hours on international affairs
at the executive mansion and re-
portedly reached a common under
standing on the role that this coun-
try must play in bringing "a just
and durable peace"
COP VIEWS
Stassen said he did not believe
the three Republican delegates
chosen by President Roosevelt TO
attend the San Francisco peace
meeting could speak for the COP
but added:
II realize that the President did
not select me because I am a ccm-
mander in the navy"
Stassen declined to state specific
ally whether he took the same po-
sition on the international question
as Dewey did in the 1944 presiden-
tial campaign. He said he had not
been completely informed OF what
issues had been raised during the
campaign.
is LEFT BEHIND
"Isolationism as far as this ccun-
try IS concerned has been left be-
hind" he said. This country must
work with other countries in formu-
lating future peace plan. hope
that the San Francisco meeting will
agree en- a plan for just and dura-
BILE peace which the overwhelming
ma ajority of the people of America
of all parties-will support"
The former Minnesota governor
said he would be more specific IN
a speech at Minneapolis March 7.
Dewey indicated that he would dis
cuss the big three" conference after
President Roosevelt has made his
report TO the nation.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-01
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Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-01
Mexico City Plies Trade;
No War Short ages There

conference now in session here
found:
Unlimited supplies of popular
brands of cigarets at 25 cents tU.
S. a package; Mexican cigarets at
l2 cents.
SteakS-T- bone, Sirlcin, filet mig
nons-at SIPS and up. A one-pound
Sirloin, three inches thick, in a top
quality restaurant brings eight
pesos (about Sl65).
Automobiles-ShoU windows are
filled with new cars and the used
car lots have a big stock-a l94a
middle-Sized car costs about $500.
The streets are filled with automo-
biles and most of them are rela-
lively new.
Gaoline-There is no rationing.
Mexico produces her own but there
is no attempt to limit its use TO es-
sential driving.
Liouor-The cnly question is
What brand do you want?" john
ME Walker Black Label and Vat 60
Scotch are plentiful with prices
running from 40 to 60 pesos (S8
to S12).
Night life-It' booming even in
non-conference days with American
tourists and European refugees.
Cirs, the night club in the ultra
mcdernistic hotel Reforma, de-
mands and gets Sc minimum on
Saturday nights and packs them in.
Drinks at such places cost six
pesos (sl25).
gum companies produce their own
gum companie produce their own
brand here and all the old U. s.
favorites are available by the car
ton. Chocolates and candy bars are
plentiful and cheap.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-01
HOLLYWOOD
By ERSKINE JOHNSON

HOLLY WOOD. - Behind the
screen: Bing Crosby telephoned Leo
McCarey at RKO the other day and
asked how things were coming along
on The Bells of st. Mary" which
will practically be sequel to Go
ing My Way"
Things are great-great," Nc
Carey said. I'VE start rolling some
time in March"
Who's going to steal the picture
from me this time?" asked Bing.
"Ingrid Bergman-I think" re-
piled McCarey.
We'll, that's good enough for
me-" said Crosby.
Two days later McCarey an
nounced that Ingrid will co-star
with Bing.
Students of Santa Barbara High
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-01
DeGauIIe 0kehs
Attendance at
5. T. Peace Meet

PARIS. March l. UP)-French
participation in the forthcoming
United Nations security conference
at San Francisco on an equal foot
ing with the United States, Britain,
Russia and China was approved by
General Charles de Gaulle's cabi-
net at a special meeting Wednesday.
De Gaulle called the meeting to
hear a report on Foreign Minister
Georges Bidaults recent series of
conferences with British govern
ment leaders in London.
At the close of the meeting, it
was announced that France would
take part in the San Francisco con-
ference as one of the inviting
powers"
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-01
PRODUCTION TO BE CUT.

LOS ANGELES, Mar. l. UP)-
Production of refrigerators, electric
ranges, irons and bicycles will be
cut orastically in the next three
months, the War Production Board
said Thursday.
Louis NJ Dreves, southern Cali
fornia WPB director, said the cuts
will oe caused by dwindling supplies
of metals.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-01

MEXICO CITY, March l. CUP)-
The costs are high by Mexican
standards, but there are no war
time shortages of necessities or lux
uries in this capital.
The city is filled with American
tourists eating big, juicy steaks,
drinking bonded bourbon an d
Scotch. sightseeing in automobiles
without concern about gasoline ra-
ticning, and paying stiff bills at
dozens of night clubs.
They are joined by a few rich
Mexicans, but the living standard
for the masses is low. The contrast
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-01
PROGNOsTICATOR

Looking backward: Jack Haley
likes to remember when he was the
star of the Broadway musical,
Follow Through" There was a
little girl in the cast who did a
speciality number in overalls and
practiced intricate steps during her
lunch hour. Jack predicted great
things would come Of her tireless
work. They did. Her name is Eleanor
Powell.
Psychic: The Warner research IL
brary has a book written in 17l5,
authored by a very far-seeing young
lady and titled, "A Sound and
Pleasant Proof that respectable
woman May, without damage to her
good name. treat herself to a Pipe
of Tobacco"
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-01
MORE LIKE 1T

An eastern manufacturer will soon
bring out cigaret holders designed to
go with different shades OF lipstick.
But it would be better, says Al
Pearce, if he would just bring out
cigaretS.
Religious creeds are forgotten
among fighting men overse S.
Protestant, Catholic and Jewish
leathernecks celebrated when Navy
Lieut.. Samuel Sandmel, Jewish
chaplain of the Second Marine Di-
vision, conducted community
program to observe opening of the
Jewish holiday, Hanukkah, some
where in the South Pacific" Then
everybody saw a movie-"When
Irish Eyes Are Smiling"
Kay Kyser, touring army hospi-
tails in the south. reports some
miraculous things with rehabilita-
ton. "One. kid" writes Kay, took
a cigaret out Of his pocket, lit it
and offered it to Georgia MRS. K0
and it was some time before we
realized he had no arms"
Irony: In Along Came Jones'"
Gary Cooper plays a cowboy who
can't shoot straight and Dan Dur
yea plays a straight-shooting never
missing desperate. In real life
Cooper is an ace marksman and
Duryea admits he's such poor
shot he couldn't hit his foot with
a shotgun.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-01
smacks the visitor sharply.


smacks the visitor sharply.
FIVE TO ONE
The exchange rate is favorable
five Mexican to one United States
dollar. But initiation has taken
away much of that advantage, Liv-
ing costs are estimated at two times
prewar levels.
American tourists are loaded with
money to spend in either the most
expensive places or in the typical
Mexican markets where prices, by
U. S. standards, are low.
HOW PRICES RUN
Delegates to the international