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Detroit evening times., 1946-01-20
Exclude Iran Question

When the line of craftsmanship and its
drectives of one country are based on take
and those of another on give sophisticated
Europeans, behind whom there Is the tradition
of 1000 years have no difficulty III picking the
eventual winner.
That Stain and Molotov were able in the
Moscow conference to exclude the revolt in
Azberbadjian against the legitimate government
of Iran PERSIA and the charges of the latter
that the revolution had been instigated and was
being supported by Moscow was taken as fur
ther evidence of predominancy of Soviet deter
mnation and diplomatic skill and of weakness
in Americas world leadership.
That Secretary of state ByrneS, at
present IN London, IS WOrking to help Mos
cow keep the charges made by the Irdaion
government out of the assembly Of the
United Nations at this time instead Of
throWing Americas support to small,
,ceok and potCerlesS nation claiming to be
suffering from scarcely disguised oggres-
sion by major poWer, IS not calculated
to add belief in the Ideals and high prin-
ciples profeSsed, or confidence l1 the
strength and lCiSdOm Of Americas worLd
leadership and protection Of the Weak
00dinSt the StrOn1.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-20
Timid Hands Since V-Day

Those hands, since V.Day, haze
been Weak, tin,id, faitering, indecisiUe,
certainly most ineff ffectual.
Our soldiers Who Uon that leader
ship for America are being forced to
Watch it slip from the hands into Which
they laid it.
Why stay in the Far East and in Europe
when what they fought for and won-Amer-
ca's paramount position in the worlds being
given away by the statesmen and diplomats, is
a natural question. Had there been vigilance,
spirit, frmness, vision and clarity of aims in
American policy instead of phrases, wordy for
muas, Weddings to and appeasement of totali-
tartan Communist Soviet Russia on almost every
question in Europe and Asia, there might not
have come what is now called the revolt in the
American army"
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-20
Won Wiegand Calls u. S.
Blind to Lost Prestige
BY KARL II. Won WIEGAND
Dean OF American Foreign Correspondents
Written Especially for the Hearst Newspaper

ship and traditional diplomacy but no longer
belief In British power In popular opinion
there are now only two world powers with
emphasis on POWER-America and Com
munist Soviet Russia.
In Washington there does not seen,
to be true realization of the loss OF
American prestige and moral influence
since V-Day.
The yielding Of Secretary OF State
James F. Byrnes to Stain and MototoD
in MoscoW, killed the hopes raised at
the London conference of the Big FiDs
foreign ministers, of a strong Anglo
American policy henceforth. The Pendu.
ium of predominant poWer srDung back
to Soviet Russia.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-20

Investigation. indicated he had
not seen the navy dispatch.
Rep. Murphy CD of PennSyl-
vania, noted that the Hawaiian
army commander also previously
testified that he made a mis-
take in not putting his forces
on an all-out alert, and that the
army was alerted only against
sabotage.
Murphy asked if Kimmel be-
lieved he. too. had made a mis-
take by not having his fleet in
Pearl Harbor on an all-out alert
basis.
'Tn view of what happened,
yes, of course" Kimmel replied.
Kimmel added he could not un.
derStand why Short, in acknowl-
edging his own instructions 10
Washington, contended that he
meant to imply that he considered
the navy to be making regular
air reconnaissance
The admiral said Short knew
he planned reconnaissance only
when it was apparent that an at
tack could be expected within a
narrow limit of time.
Kimmel criticized the 1912
Roberts commission for refusing
10 let-him- Correct -SteneFFapi4ie
inaccuracies in his original testi-
mony. He said they finally at
tached his corrected version. plus
an opening statement they had
omitted entirely. 10 the original
transcript
Under questioning by Sen. Brew.
ster (R of Maine. Kimmel dis
counted reports that a Jap midget
submarine captured off Bellows
Field ever had entered Pearl Har
Dor the morning of the attack anC
charted the locations of ships.
He said he believed that a char
of the submarines course anC
ship locations within the harbor
found in the grounded craft, wa!
made out in advance.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-20
Truman Eases
GI Punishment i:

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 CUP)
Acting Secretary of War Royal
today announced he had ordered
all overseas commanders to refer
90 the war department all court
martial cases involving the death
sentence or dismissal of officers
from the service.
Sentences of death, after being
reviewed by the war department,
will be forwarded to the President
for final action, he said.
Royals statement followed by
a few hours a White House an
.nouncement that President Tru-
man had issued an executive order
removing the death sentence for
army personnel guilty of desertion,
aiding or advising another to de-
'sert and misbehavior on sentinel
duty, except in occupied enemy
territory.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-20
JAW Dues Hike
Urged by Farley

A 80 per cent dues increase will
be asked for all UAW-CIO mem.
bers at the unions next inter.
national convention.
The decision TO seek the raise
in dues from 81 10 $50 was
made Saturday in UAW-CIO
Educational Conference for the
Detroit area in the Hotel De-
troiter.
That clerical and other workers
in local JAW Offices must be paid
whatever increase the plant work
ers get was given as one OF the
reasons for the need TO raise dues.
Some of the 100 delegates 10
the conference favored increases
of from 81 10 50. but were voted
down.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-20
Steel Workers Jump Gun;
Strikes to Idle 100000
Continued from Page One)

the Pittsburgh, Cal plant of the
Columbia Steel Co.
The White House showed no
signs of ordering government seiz-
ure of the industry or taking any
further step beyond Mr., Truman's
appeal to the industry to recon-
slider its decision on the COM
promise wage ofTer.
The Civilian Production Adj
ministration announced that steel
warehouses had given their as
surance that they would volun-
tarily ration steel if the strike
occurs.
CPA planned TO suspend all
outstanding priority ratings on
steel during the impending walk
out and TO restrict distribution
of existing stocks. Steel would
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-20
CLARK's ORDER DEFENDED

WASHINGTON, Jan. "a lAP)
"A war department spokesman
said today that the Allied soldiers
who fell in the battle of the
Rapido River helped make sue
cessful landing on Italys An1io
beachhead in January, 1914.
The spokesman. designated To
answer reporters questions about
a demand for a congressional in
veStigation of the engagement,
said one purpose Of the Rapido
assault was 10 keep German pres
sure off the initial beach opera
tionS at Anzio.
The spokesman said the men
who fell in the three-day battle
'did not die in vain" !" About 1000
casualties occurred in the opera
tions, he said. with approximately
half Of these killed or wounded
and half taken prisoners.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-20
Clark AssdiIed
For Rdpido0rder
Vets Say Division
Died ct Crossing

BROWNWOOD, Ten, Jan. 19
ONS1 1t Gen. Mark Clark,
commander .of the Fifth Army,
today was condemned for order
ing the Rapido River ltalyl
crossing which resulted IN mass
murder" of the 36th Division,
He was criticized IN a rcSOlu-
tion passed by remnants OF tho
famed Texas fighting unit al a
reunion in Brownwood There was
ONLY one dissenting vote.
The resolution was offered by
Col. Carl Phinncy of Dallas and
was seconded by Mai Gen. Claude
V Birkhead, san Antonio. former
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-20
Transit Strike =
Set in New York

NEW YORK, Jan. 10 (UP)-
Complete arrangements" have
been made for strike of all New
York City transit workers who
are members of the Transport
Workers Union of America
(CIO), Michael Quill, union pres
dent, announced today.
A TWU strike would tie up
virtually all subway. bus. trolley
and elevated railway lines In the
city. 1t would involve about 5000
workers.
The time of the strike may be
decided Monday night.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-20

be limited for use in emergency
repairs and maintenance required
by institutions and services -uch
as hospitals, railroads, public
utilities and police and fire de-
partments.
Murray said "the entire basic
steel industry will go down and
% 600 iron workers viii walk eft
later.
The CIO chief planned to leave
Washington for Pittsburgh. where
the union will maintain its ma
tional strike headquarters. The
strike will be directed throughout
the country by the 80 members
of the unions board of directors.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-20
M Arthur Mum on Kuries

TOKYO, Jan. 19 CINS) -- A
spokesman for Gen. Macarthur
said today that the Allied com
mander's headquarters has no
knowledge of reported Russian re-
Inducements in the Kuriles.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-20
Adm. Kimmel Admits
He Made a Mistake

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 (INS)-Adm Kmme conceded to-
day that he made mistake in not placing his Pacific fleet
Pearl Harber aout alert before Jap
of Dec. Z 1941.
The former fleet commander insisted however that
sderng the lack of information he had from Washington
not guilty of Of Judgment derecton duty
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-20
Awarded High Honor
For Corregidor Duty

CHICAGO, Jan. 10 QNS) -
Worden S. Clark Sr. of Milwaukee
today wore the war department
exceptional service award for "ex-
performance and devo-
tion TO duty" in the Japanese
besfeged Malinta tunnel hospital
at COrrepidOr.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-20

He told the Peal Harbor inves-
tigatng committee there was no
question but that the war warn
ing he received from Washington
on Nov. u, 1871, or a para
phrase of il" also was delivered
TO Gen. Shorts army headquarters
on the evening Of Nov. u.
Short. at one nOint in a nrevinlIS
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-20

ClIlClll
LEAD or give up pretensions
Stop giving away the world and
your own country.
Spiritual moral economic and material
world leadership was won for America and
thrust into the hands of American states
men by the victories and sacrifices of our
boys on land, sea and in theCa in the great
war.
That leadership is in gravest danger
from external rivalry and pressure and in
ternaf weakness, vacillation and undermin-
ing.
Ny few days in Washington after ID
months in a Europe, which has turned to
Communism and Socialism, not to true de-
for which we fought, have i'm
pressed me still more with the gravity of
the danger of losing that leadership and
with the possible consequences to ourselves
and to the world.
The victory and leadership in shaping a
new and better world that American fighting
men won on the battlefelds was placed in hands
that in craftsmanship and diplomacy should
have been strong, firm, decisive and far
sighted and with foreign policy ir which the
interests of the American people and Americas
ideals and principles had first place.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-20
CONGRESS- URGED TO ACT

Division Chaplain Herbert Nc
Combie, Boston Mass, urged r
congressional investigation
Other speakers also bitterly
condemned Clark'S order 10 cross
the river in the Italian campaign
The resolution blamed Clark
for issuing the crossing order in
the face of protests by Mai Gen
Frank Walker, the divisions com
manding officer.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-20

potency of acting general man.
ager hard A. Sullivan, at
whose recommendation the in
crease was adopted.
Sullivan commented:
al am amazed at the charges
OF OPA relative to my alleged
incompetency.
CALLED UNMITIGATED GALL
81 am equally amazed by the
nnmitigated gall shown by OPA
in attempting 10 take all the
credit for the lowering of other
utility rates In Detroit.
"OPA seems TO forget that the
City Of Detroit-not OPA-was
the spesrhead of that fight and
that was the city's only wit
ness.
There was no question of my
competency al that time. Now
the shoe Is on the other foot"
LOSSES DENIED
The OPA branded as untrue
the statement OF Sullivan that
the whole DSR system has been
operating at loss
II added that the l0-cent fare
is likely 10 produce many million
dollars annually more than the
deficit which would be shown II
the boards calculations were ac-
Cepted.
This II true" said Booth.
despite the fact that the un-
reasonable and unjust chsrac-
ter of the fare structure will
greatly discourage the use OF
street cars even assuming
that a bona fide deficit II pres
entity being incurred. the exist
.ence Of a large surplus earned
In other years precludes the
need for an immediate fare
Increase.
at must be apparent" the
report added, that the new
iares will increase the cost of
living 20 thousands Of people
In the Detroit metropolitan
area.
MONTHLY FARE 81
Assuming family where
only one person uses the serN-
ic6 so times per month going 10
and from work, and 20 times
, per month for recreation. shop
ping and other personal uses,
the monthly fare In Detroit
would be 81.
For other cities the total
eutiay without considering the
advantages of a weekly pass,
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-20
CIO Halls REPORT

Greater Detroit and Wayne
County Industrial Union Council
tCIO) hailed" the OPA report
IN statement by secretary Sam
Sage:
1T completely substantiates
our charge that the four-cent
raise puts needless and unfair
burden upon the workers who
regularly ride the streetcars,
and at the very moment when
they can least afford II.
1T takes an average of one
quart Of milk day out of the
pocketbOok of needy families.
THE Go will continue to
fight until fares are reduced 10
just level"
In Saturdays report, the OPA
did not question the authority OF
the city TO make final decision in
tho matter, but explained that It's
Interest arises out Of the grave
responsibilities and powers i'm.
posed on II by Congress 10 pre-.
vent initiation and keep down the
cost Of living
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-20
Then came the crash, eUerything lOent bIdck and
everybody broke from, paying taxes on property
uuhch still assessed heaUily but had deprecated
because of the depression

SO the in 1882 adopted constitutional amendment
which placed ceiling the assessment Of property 1t pre-
evyng of than SIS $1,000 worth OF
property for school, library and county
limit of per of assessed valuation placed by Detroit
charter on taxes for other city purposes.
When the so-caled 5-mi limitation adopted property
the entire assessed $500 100000 but the depes
slump reduced that value 35 about
The state realizing that its income from property tax had
melted like butter decided would let the cities get all they
could from property tax
Then the state thought up the sales tax in 1888.
The sales tax proved gold mine, netting about
Sl00,000000 year And il is expected that sales aX
will much higher during the postwar business
BOOM Of that total income DETROITERS CONTRIBUTE
3S PER CENT DETROIT AND WAYNE COUNTY To-
GETHER PAY 48 PER CENT.
So while the rETROIT AREA HAS BEEN PAYING As
PER CENT of the freight the sales the city Of Detroit
is still stuck with Its property tax.
Assessed property values in the saeeven considering the
ndustryare still $1,000 000 900 below their 1880 values
To derive much income possible its property
Detroit has ASSESSED PROPERTY AT loo PER CENT Of
its value and is collecting the full possible levy.
Public officials anxious levy than
to pay them but the cities demand
least cent of their sales contributions
bills.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-20
Meat Hearing Set
For Chicago

CHICAGO, Jan. 19 QNS)-
With more than half of the ma
tion's total meat supply shut off
by a strike of 263,0 packing
house workers and butchers.
fact-finding panel today scheduled
hearings for Chicago beginning
Tuesday.
Hearings by the panel were an
nounced after efforts of federal
officials in Washington TO settle
the walkout broke down.
(Swift & Co. meat packing
plant workers at Kansas City
today entered the plant without
interference from CIO union
pickets from three other strike
bound plants.
RESTRAINING ORDER
A restraining order issued
last night prohibited CIO
picketing al the Swift plant.
Swift employees are members of
a nonstriking in d pendent
union)
The walkout was called by the
CIO and the AFL after break
down in negotiations over tho
wage demands of the two unions.
The AEL is demanding a wagau
boost of l5 cents an hour, {
CIO asks 1717 cents.
Officials said that the countrys'
supply of federally inspected meat
had been cut 10 per cent.
DWINDLING STOCKS
Despite the dwindling stocks
livestock receipts at the Chicago
stockyards were off only % pei
cent.
OPA Investigators struck at an
anticipated black market by re.
cording at the stockyards all sales
of cattle TO indepen nt
slaughterers.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-20
Why Cities Need
State Tax Help
BY RHYS JONES
Detroit Times Lansing Bureau

LANSING, Jan. 4-Reyenue Commissioner
Louis NJ Minis today outlined the ABCs of state
taxesa primer on the problems of the poor cities.
In an interview, Minis explained the history of
state and city taxes in such way that the man who
pays the taxes can know why he is paying
His analysis shows that Detroit and other mun
cpalites are still suffering from depresSionborn
law. This, according to Minis, is what happened:
Up until 1929 everything rosy-the cities had
been able to get along their tax revenues ana had
of aid from the Their main source OF income
the property tax and they shared that income with
the The state got about $29OOOOOO year from this
tax.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-20
RECOVERY BY MAY
FRANCO ACTION SLOW

On the question of a united
Anglo-French-American front to-
ward Frances government in
Spain, progress was expected TO
be more slow. =
The resolution of the French
constituent assembly calling on
the government to break relations
with Franco was not taken seri-
ously in official quarters. AS in
terpreted in Washington. the
resolution only expresses the Senti-
ment Of the constituent assembly.
1t approXimates a congressional
resolution in this country. which
does not bind the government to
any course of action.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-20
.OPA Denounces DSR
Fare Raise as Burden
CONTINUED from Page One)

which at 20 rides would be still
lower, would be:
LOS Angeles, $500; Philadel-
phia, S5.25; Cleveland, S5.S3:
New York, $3.50; ST. Louis,
S6.12; Chicago, $500; Pitts
burgh, $3.50; Washington, ID. C.,
S5.SS; San Francisco, $3.50;
Mil kee, S5.8S; Buffalo.
$500; New Orleans, S4.90.
a Go suit seeking 10 restrain
the DSR from continuing the 10.
cent rate is to be heard Feb. q by
Circuit Judge Clyde /. Webster.
petition of the OPA for leave tC
intervene in the suit will also bt
heard al that time.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-20
French Prestige
Shows Upswing

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 (INS)
Diplomatic observers today an
ticipated an im.proVe ment of
French relations with the other
major powers as the result OF re-
cent developments in the interna-
tional field.
The peace conference. TO be held
in Paris in May for the drafting
of treaties with Italy Romania,
Hungary bulgaria and Finland is
expected 20 do much 10 assuaCe
French prestige II will recognize
that France, though defeated, gave
strongly TO the Allied cause.
RECOVERY BY MAY
1t is hoped that by May France
may also be on her way TO re-
CoVery.
The holding Of the peace con-
ference i'm Paris was attributed
largely 10 the influence of Secre-
tary OF State ByrneS. Before he
left for the Moscow meeting of
foreign ministers, ByrneS made
clear that no decisions would be
agreed to by him affecting French
interest on which Paris was not
consulted.
Thereafter Byrnes did Commu-
nicate all questions affecting
France 10 Paris
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-20

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19-Amer-
lea, look to your leadership in world
affairs.
LEAD or give up pretensions
Stop giving away the world and
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-20

refined gambling palace, and snubbed and ostra
czed the brothers and their club though later they
became good friends. The mlonaires took their
lead from Flagler and were wary of the two out
slders Before the season half over, the
Bradleys decided TO quit.
At this iuncture a party of men and women
dropped in for dinner-Bradley then, always
served the finest foods prepared by European
Chefs running his kitchens and wine cellars at a
loss-and the evening whiled on, one of the
women asked whether she might try her luck at
roulette
Ed bradley was profoundly shocked. For all Of
having been a steel puddler, Indian fighter, COW
puncher and professional gambler, he was also an
oldfashioned gentleman. Women at the gaming
tables something unheard of in the United
States. He was about to deliver emphatic No"
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-20

when his brother John said half in disgust-"Oh
well, why not? What's the difference? We're
closing up at the end of the week anyhow"
The women were admitted The next night the
place half filled. the night after it was packed,
and thereafter it stayed packed, during the season.
for more than 40 years.
\Y/OMEN! Where they objected strenuously TO
w their husbands sweethearts frequenting a
gambling joint without them, if THEY could share
the glamour, excitement and quondam profits, that
was something else again. Bradleys made
Would you expect the owne- Of a gambling
casino to return 100000 to patron who bleated
about his loss? In his next instalment, Mr.. Calico
tells that story and other fabulous tales that have
made T. X. Bradley almost legendary figure.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-20

J million dollar industry.
In 1898, Ed Bradley and
bis brother, John, who had
been operating a gambling
salon in St. Augustine,
Fla, moved down, 10 Palm
Beach in the wake of the
fabulous wealth OF the fam.
|lies who had drifted fur
! her south 10 occupy the
huge, barnlike Royal Poinci-
|lna Hotel that Henry VI.
lagler had built at Palm
Beach.
They built, sta fife d,
|tocked and opened the
Beach Club and found
themselves with a colossal
|lop on their hands. For
10y Flagler was implac.
opposed 10 the Brad.
- and their idea of a
The Beach Club at Palm
Beach in That Old-Fash-
Oned ClapbOard House a
Billion Dollars Changed
Hands at the Whim
of Chance.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-20

l926. But If il hadn't been for women
Do you remember what put Rickard over? He
went 10 New York with Western reputation as
ght promoter, but was meeting with only ordinary
success when he imported prizefighter from
France with sex appeal Georges Carpenter. and
patched him with Jack Dempsey And having
|nterested women, he reorganiZed details OF attend
ing big outdoor prizefght so that il became not
|ny safe 10 attend. but respectable for women 10
10 And from the moment he made IL possible
or women TO attend his public brawls he was
made, and the sport which, from a cheap
! nd verminous pastime conducted In the semi
privacy of filthy little clubs, grew overnight into
Milford chronicle., 1946-12-13
HARRINGTON ROTARY NEWS

Harrington Rotary Club met at
the James Restaurant Tuesday
evening and after d wonderful din
ner the business meeting WAS held.
Program Chairman of the evening
was Archie Fagan who introduced
DR.. Nolan, Superintendent of bust
ness education for the State Of
Delaware and who is stationed in
Wilmington. Dr.. Nolan spoke at
some length regarding the need for
more trained teachers in the State
and how plan could be worked
out to overcome this shortage and
since more branches of education
is being introduced i'll the schools
it is necessary that a greater num-
her of teachers be trained to meet
the situation. DR.. Nolan also ex-
planned the financial set up for the
education of eX-serVicemen. Visit
OrS present were Past President of
the Milford Rotary, G. B. Dickerson,
eX-servicemen GoOden Galloway
and Sydney Burtman of Harrington
and commercial instructor of the
Harrington school, Mr. Mcdonald.
Regular meeting of the Club sche-
duled for Christmas eve will be
cancelled.