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Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-05-01
OpozicUo proti
kontro veIike
G~etvorice Sc Siri
AnsIeski dominioni "a enokoprovnost v skIepuniu
mirovnih posodb. IeeIondiio in AvsfroIiio
roper omeriske boze v mirnem eosu

V Parizu so Sc nedavno seSli
vnanji ministri velike cetvorice
(Zed. draw, Anglije, Sow. uni
je in Francije), da sestavijo mi
rovno pogodbo Z Italijo, Mad
zarsko, Rumunijo, Bolgarijo in
Finsko ter jih potem predloze
ma miroVni konferenci tistim
dezelam, XII SO bile V vojni z
omenjenimi drzavami.
MISUNDERSTANDING procedure
Male dezele smatrajo, da je
to nedemokraticna procedure.
Trije vnanji ministri nekaj Sc
stavijo CFrancija med mimi nj
odlocujoca, ker nj vec velesila
in je bila porazena V vojni), po-
tenn predloze stvar vladam
razpravo in odobritev, a V res
nici lie V sprejem in V podpis.
Drzavc, XII SO vsled italijanske
~invazije najvec trpele, kot sta
Jugoslavija in Grcija, pa sta V
snovanju mirovne pogodbe brez
besede. ZanaSati Sc moreta lie
ma zaSGito kake izmed velesil, V
tenn slucaju Jugoslavija ma So
Vjetsko unijo in Grcija ma An
CLIO. Italia, XII tudi nina bese-
de pri pogajanjih, pa Sc zanasa
ma Zed. drzave in Anglijo, ceS,
da samo Cd nju pricakuje pra-
ViCnOSti.
DOminjOni "rebelirajO'
Minuli teden so Sc V Londonu
seSli glavni predstavniki impe-
RIA Velike Britanije, da Sc po-
Svetujejo O vnanji politiki An
glije in dominjonov ter o drugih
skupnih zadevah. PriSli so sku-
PAL premierji Avstralije, Kama
de, JuznoafriSke unije in Move
Zelandije, XII so predsedniku an
gleSke Wade Attleeju in mini
stru vnanjih zadev Bevinu re-
xii, da SO proti temu, da bi mi
rovne pogodbe sklepala in odlo-
cevala o drugih svetovnih pro-
blemih lie velika cetvorica. Via
de omenjenih dominjonov po-
ud~arjajo, da SO V vojni skupni
zavczniski stvari geronimo pri-
spevali z aborozeno silo in ma
terialno. Ako so bile te dezele
dobre "a pomoc v vojni, cemu
ne bi sodelovale z zmagovalni-
mi velesilami tudi v miru?
. Ernest Bevin Sc je minulo ne
deljo vrnil IL Pariza V London
in Sc takoj udelezil sestanka z
omenjenimi premierji. Ker ie
Anglia cd dominjonov silno Cd
visna, mora pac u~poStevati Min
ne zelje.
Evening star., 1946-08-07
U.S.. Under Spiritual Guidance
OfHollywood, Red Writer Soys

cause he repeats what he had read
in the newspaper, heard on the radio
or saw on the screen"
The reporter said movie producers
had gained control over Americans
thinking and feelings with their
mass output of films Offering q
convenient set of morals and
thoughts. He said Hollywood had
its own censorship from the $50
called Hays eric Johnston organ
ization that pitilessly deleted frcm
the films everything which seems
like free thinking
He wrote that, even with free
thought stamped out of American
motion pictures. they were regarded
as a dangerous influence by land
holders of the Southern States and
that Quaker religionists were
abashed by their morals
He asserted also that many tall
ented and courageous people worked
in Hollywood. but could do nothing
about its influences.
Even Charlie Chaplin has
learned what it means to go up
against the world of money" he
said.
Evening star., 1946-08-07
28 Known 10 Be Dead
In Dominican Quake
ky the tssceiofed Press

CIUDAD TRUJILLO, Dominican
Republic, Aug. THE known dead
in Sundays earthquake and tidal
wave mounted to % today, and the
Dominican Geogra phical and Geo.
logical Institute said the tremor
might have shaken up and changed
the ocean bed at its deepest point
in the Atlantic,
Tremors still shook the island
yesterday.
Official reports indicates that the
tidal wave which hit Bahia Escocesa
tScotch Bay, leveled the towns of
Matanzas. Nagua, Arroyo Salado
and Ell Bajio.
The % dead reported were from
those four towns.
President Trujillo banned the ex-
port of any foodstuffs in order to
meet acute shortages.
Bajio and Cabrera were Sc
verely hit by the latest shocks. Many
persons were reported injured or
missing and Bajio was covered with
two feet of water by a tidal wave.
New shocks were also reported in
Puerto Plata and Los Llanos, which
suffered heavy damage from the
initial tremors
Evening star., 1946-08-07
Coast ShipbuiIder
Calls for Quiz on
Steel Industry, RFC
BY the Associoied Press

OAKLAND, Calf. Aug. T.
Henry ]. Kaiser, West Coast
wartime shipbuilder, asserted to-
day he was eager to have his
war record investigated, as sug-
gested by Senator Bridges, Re
publican, of New Hampshire.
In turn he called for an inves-
tlgation of the steel industry's
war record, and threw in Jesse
Jones and the reconstruction
Finance Corp.
Mr.. Kaiser told neWsmen his story
of asserted hinderances in the de-
Velopment of his steel plant at
Fontana, Calf.
Asked if he welcomed investiga-
ton, he replied:
Il am eager for it. II there is a
stronger word, use it."
In short, Mr. Kaiser charged
"scandal-mongers' with trying to
sassassinate his reputation and ruin
the Fontana plant. An investiga-
ton, he said, might bring out who
the character assassins" were who
were responsible for "a flood of
See KAISER, Page AS
Evening star., 1946-08-07
Higgins Amazed at u. S.. Probe;
Kaiser Is Eager for Inquiry
Attorney General
Names Cunningham
To Aid Grand Jury
By the ASsoeiused Press

NEW ORLEANS, Aug. Am
drew J. Higgins, wartime builder
of PIT boats and landing craft,
said today he was surprised
and amazed" that the Federal
Government should accuse him
of irregular business activities.
Mr.. Higgins made his statement
following the disclosure yester-
day that grand jury investigation
Of the Higgins industries had been
ordered by the Government.
The investigation became public
with the filing in the Office of the
Federal Court clerk of letter from
Attorney Gen. Clark authorizing j.
Frank Cunningham. one of his as
sistants. to act as special United
States attorney during the inquiry
Mr.. Higgins said:
United States Attorney Herbert
w. Christenberry refused to COM
ment on Mr.. Cunningham's ap-
pointment. He has announced no
investigation of the Higgins inter-
ests and no charges have been filed
See HIGGINS, Page AS,
Evening star., 1946-08-07
Massachusetts Commutes
Noxon's Death Sentence
By t!,e Associoted Press

BOSTON. Aug. John F. Noxon
jr.. who has spent two years in
death row" at State Prison await
ing electrocution for numbering his
imbecile infant son, today had his
sentence commuted to life impris-
onment
Gov. Maurice J. Tobin recon-
mended clemency for the wealthy
Pittsield attorney and the Execu-
tive Council approved.
Noxon, himself a hopeless cripple
from an attack Of infantile paraly-
sis suffered several years ago, had
lost every appeal through the courts
He has steadfastlv mainta med his
innocence since his conviction two
years ago and refused suggestions
OF friends to base plea for life on
a mercy killing"
During his trial, Nixon testified
that his 6-month-old mentally de-
flcient son, Lawrence. accidentally
came IN contact with a live wire
being used in repairing a radio.
Evening star., 1946-08-07
Bevin Back at Desk,
But Shows Overwork
By the Associated pretx

LONDON, Aug. Foreign Secre-
tary Ernest Bevin. apparently tired,
returned to his desk today and the
Foreign Office said he would 60 to
the Paris conference probably Fri
day"
Mr.. Bevin said he felt mot so bad"
as he trudged slowly to No. 10 Down.
ing street for a special cabinet meet
ing on Palestine, out the effect of
overwork which put him to bed for
10 days showed in his lined face.
Evening star., 1946-08-07
Driver Seen SIumped
lover Wheel Before
Flowing Into Crowd
Police Soy Witnesses
Report Seeing Patterson
Collapse on Scot

The Police Accident Investiga
ton Unit revealed today that
witnesses have been located who
stated that Cecil Patterson was
slumped over the wheel of his
heavy Cadillac shortly before ii
smashed into a crowd Of pedes-
trians yesterday morning at
Fourteenth street and New York
avenue NV, killing two and in
juring six.
A police investigator said IS OF
TO- witnesses were present at head
quarters today to sign statements
on what they saw of the circum
stances which preceded the wild ca
reeI of Patterson's car when il
hurtled the curb. rammed into q
crowd and crashed into a tree BY
the sidewalk.
Some of the witnesses said the
driver was leaning over the wheel
when his car passed the Trans-LuX
Theater. nearly half a block away >
the investigator said, and others
said he was lying down on the seat
just before the smashup.'
Cars Speed in Doubt.
The witnesses differed in their
conception Of the cars speed, the
investigator stated, some placing
1t at 80 miles an hour and others
at So. Police 1t William J. Liver
man said yesterday Patterson was
going between 40 and so miles an
hour when the accident happened
The investigator said it has not
determined whether to charge Pat
terson with manslaughter or to
hold him for action of the coroner
Another Police Department traf-
flc specialist said If Patterson's car
had not crashed into a gingko tree
many more might have been killed
IF that tree had not been there
to stop the automobile. Pvt. A. B
Nicholson of the accident investi-
cation unit said, the car might
have continued down that Jam
packed sidewalk all the way to G
street, killing and manning l don't
know how many people"
The dead are Joseph A. Scannell
As, Of 1929 Pennsylvania avenue
NV, a manufactured representa-
tive, and John Lowe, so, mail car
rier for "a years. who lived at 42O
Eleventh street NE.
Three Seriously Hurt.
Three more victims of the rush
hour tragedy are listed as in Sc
rious' condition at Emergency and
Bethesda Naval Hospitals: Patter-
oSee PEDESTRIANS, Page A-8D
Evening star., 1946-08-07
Britain May Blockade
Palestine Coast 10 Bar
Illegal immigration
Special Cabinet Meeting
Held at AttIee Residence
To Discuss Problem
By the Assccioted Press

LONDON, Aug. IA we'll
Informed Government source
today said Britain might insti-
tute a full-scale blockade of the
Palestine coast to send illegal
immigration into the Holy Land
The informant said the British
government was planning an all-out
drive to END Illegal immigration of
European Jews into Palestine and
that the land and sea operations in
volved might include blockade of
the coast.
A special meeting OF the cabinet
was held at No. 10 Downing Street.
Prime Minister Attlee's official resi-
dence, to discuss the problem of
Palestine, where some 1900 illegal
immigrants-men and women-were
still held aboard ships in Haifa Har-
Dor.
They have not been permitted to
leave their cramped quarters on the
ships, despite unsanitary conditions,
pending determination of policy by
the British government.
Both Foreign Secretary Ernest
Bevln. attending the cabinet ses-
sion after an illness which has kept
MIN from the Paris Peace Confer
ence, and Philip Noel min
lister of state, refused to discuss the
meeting. The meeting was attended
by Field Marshal Lord Montgomery,
chief OF the imperial general staff,
and representatives of all three
fighting services.
1t was announced at Malta yes
terday that the British cruiser
Ajax had left that Mediterranean
fortress island for Haifa. This
4 2 nc n
Evening star., 1946-08-07
BY the Associated Press

The Treasury estimated today its
drive against black marketeers and
other tax evaders had lifted fiscal
1916 tax collections sl70,000,000 by
jogging thousands of tax payers into
sudden recoveries of memory
A record conscience payment" of
So. 100000 by "a certain taxpayer. his
associates and his company" led the
parade of additional tax turnins,
the Internal Revenue Bureau said.
Neither the individuals nor the
company was identified nor were
names given for any OF the con-
science-aWakened taxpayers who put
in the additional $4,000, 900 in fl
ing some 10000 delinquent or
amended returns.
Treasury policy is to assess civil
penalties but not recommend Grim
inal action against taxpayers who
Evening star., 1946-08-07
Two Army Agents
Battle in Error;
One Is Wounded
BY the Associated Press

NKFURT, Aug. Two
United States Army secret agents
mistook each other for German ci-
villains in Munich last week and
fought gun duel in which one re-
ceived four bullet wounds.
The Sd Army said today the
counter-intelligence agent wounded
was James Caywood of Henryetta.
Okla, He Was reported improving
after being near death.
Caywood ana Gerard Buhrman, a
Dutch national employed by the
Army as a special agent, were both
working on the same investigation
but did not know it,
When Buhrman saw a man in
civilian clothes leave house he
was watching. he started to arrest
MIN. The civilian" who was Cay
wood in disguise, pulled pistol,
but Buhrman beat him to the draw
and shot him twice in the neck and
twice in a leg before Caywood iden-
titled himself Caywood was taken
to the 98th General Hospital.
Evening star., 1946-08-07
Toss Makes Pledge
To Deliver Byrnes'
Address to Press
BY the Associoted Pras,

MOSCOW, Aug. 7-Tass said
today it would deliver to So
Wet newspapers and radio sta
tions in its next news cycle
the full texts of speeches by
Secretary of State Byrnes and
Russian Foreign Minister Molo-
tov on peace conference voting
procedure.
Mr.. Byrnes challenged MI.
Molotov in Paris yesterday to
see that his statement reply
ing to the Russians attack of
Monday was published in the
press Of the Soviet Union. Mr..
Molotoy said we accept the
challenge"
1zvestla. Trud and other pub
icatlons today carried 1900
words of special dispatches by
correspondents of Tass. the off,
cial Soviet newsagency, report
ing conference events. A dis
patch said Mr.. Byrnes opposed
the two-thirds rule, but did not
report his remarks.
Evening star., 1946-08-07
By the Assoeioied presf

MOSCOW. Aug. THE reporter
Ilya Ehrenburg asserted in Izvestia
today that American neWspa pers
were filled with false information
and that Hollywood movie makers
were the real spiritual leaders in
the United States.
The film producers, he wrote. turn
out pictures at the same speed that
Chicago packers can meat Mr.
Ehrenburg returned recently from
an unrestricted tour of the United
States.
He asserted that what he called
false information in American news
papers included a considerable num-
Der OF anti-Russian stories. He con-
tended also that editors were cum
ming and tried hard to make dis
patches appear objective and that
American reporters were vigorous
people, but not too well educated. ="
II am convinced that the Ameri-
can reader is almost always wiser
than the paper he reads" Mr..
Ehrenburg wrote, but added quickly
that the reader was not too wise be-
Evening star., 1946-08-07
u. S. Orders Search of Plants
TO Block Hoording of Hides
CPA Agents to Hunt Excess Supplies
To Avert Shoe Production Shutdown

The Justice Department referred
the matter to its antitrust division
and told reporters an investigation
already was under way.
Declaring the sale of hides had
virtually ceased since revival of
price controls, Mr. Steelman said
in statement late yesterday:
"T'he shoe industry has reported
that great many plants will have
to suspend operations within a
week unless they can buy more
leather"
CPA Administrator John D. Small
told a reporter that from rs to 100
investigators are, starting right
away to check plant inventories of
hides and leather.
IF it proves necessary, We will put
as many as 400 men on the job"
Mr.. Small said.
Where stocks are in excess of
See SHOES, Page AS
Evening star., 1946-08-07
American Ship Able
To Move Before Tow
Began, NavyMa Says
Destroyer Coptoin Asserts
Damaged Croft Could
Proceed Under Own Power
BY the Associated Press

LONDON, Aug. 7.-Comdr. c. ]
van Arsdall, captain of the
American destroyer Perry, which
answered the sos of the U. S,
Line American Farmer a week
ago, declared today that the
damaged food ship was ready to
proceed under her own power
when a tiny British salvage"
steamer started towing her
The American Farmer, a S4 500 900
prize claimed by the British Min
istry Of Transport, was expected to
reach Falmouth tonight,
United States naval headquarters
issued Comdr. van Arsdalls state
ment-the first naval version OF
what British newspapers asserted
was battle" between British and
American crews for the Farmer
which was damaged in collision at
midnight last Wednesday with the
William J. Riddle, also an American
freighter.
British Vessel Docks Today.
The Perry put in at Dartmouth
and the British government-oWned
Ellzabete. which claimed it was the
salvage" vessel. was to dock at the
Welsh porV of Barry late today.
The destroyer captains statement
said:
when We arrived at daybreak on
August 4, the Elizabete had one tow
line to the American Farmer and
the American Ranger was standing
by. The Farmer was flying the Bri-
tish flag. During the morning the
Elizabete put out second tow line.
The American Ranger, acting on
orders from the United States Lines,
continued to make preparations to
bring the damaged ship to port
under her own power. against the
wishes of the master of the Eliza
bette.
The u S. S. Perry took no action
to aid either party since her mission
was purely rescue and her services
were not required.
Began Towing at One Knot.
The Elizabete made no headway
with the tow from the time of our
arrival until about 1900 hours
'3 pm) August 4, at which time,
with four lines to the stern of the
Farmer, she commenced towing at
about one knot.
AT this time, the Farmer was
ready to proceed under her own
power. A crew from the Ranger,
on board the Farmer, cast off the
tow lines and got under way at
about 1900 hours a PM under
their own power.
"At no time did we see any vio-
lence nor was any reported to us"
A United States Lines spokesman
tSee AMERICAN FARMER, A-2.l
Evening star., 1946-08-07
$4,000 Service Wives,
$4,000 Children Enter u. 5.
BY the As2neiuied Press

The Justice Department said to-
day 10000 wives of servicemen, plus
10000 Of their children, have en-
tered the United States.
The largest number-more than
%, ,000-came from England.
An additional l6,000-odd immi-
grant aliens were admitted during
the first five months of this year,
department official said.
This figure includes 2,911 refugees
admitted since April under the
displaced persons program. They
include Austrians, Belgians, French,
Estonians, Greeks and Hungarians.
The immigration Service expects
some 200 refugees a month from
now on. About $500 are eligible to
come each month under the quota
system. but transportation Difficult
ties keep the quota from being filled.
In 1941. the last peacetime year.
36, ,220 immigrants were admitted,
against quota for all countries of
153,774.
Evening star., 1946-08-07

rules, however, proponents of pro-
posal turned down by failing to pass
by a two-thirds majority in COM
mittee can still take their proposal
before the full conference.
A Yugoslav proposal adopted to-
day will permit that country. Poland.
Czechoslovakia, France and other
neighbors of the Rome-Berlin Axis
to submit their proposals direct to
the foreign ministers of the four
principal powers without going
through the present 21-nation Peace
Conference.
Unanimous Vote Asked.
The Netherlands delegation with
drew it's amendment which proposed
simple majority vote, saying it did
not feel justified in delaying the
conference further"
Foreign Minister Molotov of the
Soviet Union called on the dele
gates to adopt the rule on voting
unanimously, asserting that it safe
guarded the interests of the con-
ference"
Secretary of State Byrnes followed
Mr. Molotov on the floor and like
wise asked for unanimous vote on
the voting section of the procedural
rules. The section then was adopted
unanimously.
Mr.. Byrnes then offered an
amendment to the rules which
would make 1t impossible for
member of the Big Five delegation
to sit as chairman of any of the
commissions to be formed to deal
lSee CONFERENCE. Page Ala
Evening star., 1946-08-07
By the AsSoeioted Pres.

The Government today ordered
a squad of special investigators
into hide and leather producers
plants in a virtually unprece-
dented move to avert shutdown
of shoe production.
The agents, dispatched by the
Civilian Production Administration
are on the hunt for any excessive
supplies being held back in the hope
of higher prices.
Reconversion Director john r.
Steelman directed CPA to make the
search.
He also called on the Justice De-
partment to start a vigorous" in
vestigation of what he described as
a reported industry conspiracy to
withhold all hides from the market
until OPA is compelled to boost or
remove price ceilings on hides and
leather.
Evening star., 1946-08-07
PeaceConferees
Bid 5AxisState
To Join Farley
Former Enemies to Be
Heard in Committee
And Full Conference
BY the hssoeioied 4 Press

PARIS. Aug. THE Peace
Conference wound up its work
on procedure in the Rules Com
mittee today after settling a
marathon argument on voting
machinery and invited five for
mer enemy states to participate
in its deliberations beginning
Saturday.
Unoer an American amendment.
as altered at Russian suggestion.
the representatives of Italy. Roma
mia. Bulgaria, Hungary and Fin
land can be heard both in COM
mittee and in the full conference
sessions on questions of the treaties
concerning them.
The Rules Committee had adj
journed at 2:30 am. after 20 hours
OF debate in which it was finally
decided over the embittered oppo-
sltion of Soviet Russia and Ave
otner members of her bloc to adopt
British compromise on the voting
machinery.
British Plan Wins. l5-6.
Some of the delegates were still
showing the strain from the voting
dispute, which at one time pro-
duced what a British spokesman
interpreted as threat of the
Soviet bloc to walk out of the con-
ference. The dispute ended with
vote of Is to in favor of the
British plan, which requires a two
thirds majority in the full confer
ence for decisions to be passed up
to the foreign ministers. but also
permits simple majority recon-
mendations" to go to the Big Four,
The four foreign ministers of Brit
ain, Russia, France and the United
States have the final say.
Herbert v. Evatt of Australia
Withdrew an amendment which
would have established the same
categories of recommendations in
committee as were provided by the
British plan for the full sessions of
the conference. Under the present
Evening star., 1946-08-07
u. S. conscience Fund Gets
Record 2-MiIIion Contribution

voluntarily admit delinquencies be-
fore investigation is instituted.
Belated tax disclosures, it was said,
came in many sections of the coun-
try with the institution of investiga-
tions of individuals in firms operat-
ing in such fields as textiles. furs,
ready-to-wear goods, poultry and
meats
The fraud Investigating branch of
the Internal Revenue Bureau report
ed investigating 1000 cases during
the fiscal year ended last June 30
1t said 146 persons were newly in
dicted, and 149 out of l55 going to
trial were convicted.
The bureau said further that 1916
was the first billion-dollar fiscal
year in history in taxes and penal
ties recommended for assessment
over and above original payments
by taxpayers"