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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-16
WithdrGsUaL Papers Filed in Court

Withdrawal papers were filed in Common Pleas Court today in the property litigation of John w. York administrator of the estate of Ass 0. York of Waterbury against @adie H. Gusman Of Milford.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-02-02
Churchill Reports Request
For Meeting by Truman
Z the Associa ted Press.

By the Associated Press.
HAVANA, Feb. winston
Churchill said last night that Presi-
dent Truman had requested a meet
ing with him during the latter's
forthcoming fishing cruise in Florida
waters.
Il do not know when the meeting
will occur" Mr.. Churchill said at a
press conference, but Mr.. Truman
gave me to understand he wants to
see me. $ told him I would be
delighted to join him for a chat"
Answering a question about the
Russian protest over the presence of
British troops in Greece, Mr..
Churchill said that if British soldiers
had not gone there "the country
would have been delivered to the
Communist masses and tyranny"
The former Prime Minister was
greeted last night by President Grau
San Martin and other Cuban digni-
taries while crowd several hun
dred persons gathered in front of
the presidential palace.
Accompanied by Mrs Churchill
he arrived here by plane yesterday
from Miami.
President Truman is scheduled to
leave Washington February II for
his vacation in Florida.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-02-02
Reuther Says 79H-Cent Raise
WILDE Only GIN Down Payment

given by the Chrysler Corp. and Ford
Motor Co. General Motors could
afford to pay IS cents an hour more"
Ford last week settled with the
JAW for an 18-cent hourly increase
and Chrysler for an 1871 cent hourly
boost.
The recess in the GIN discussions
was called to permit James F. Dewey
special mediator, to return to Wash
ington for a conference with Secre-
tary Of Labor Schwellenbach.
Wage discussions might start next
week, Mr.. Dewey said. The company
has offered 131a-cents an-hour in
crease, while the union says it will
not accept less than the 1914 cents
proposed by the fact-finding board.
Mr.. Dewey reported better feel
ing between the two parties" at yes
terday's conference, which only
lasted an hour. He said the meeting
dealt with the subject of promotions.
In his Lansing address Mr.. Reuth-
er charged that "the great corpora
tons are fighting to abolish price
control" He added:
THE only way we can keep our
economy going is to balance full pro-
duction, full employment and full
consumption. We must have pur-
chasing power to match production
power and that means keeping wages
up and holding prices down."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-02-02
BY GARRETT d. HORNER.

Secretary of State Byrnes consid-
ers he has the complete support
of President Truman.
Furthermore, Mr.. Byrnes told a
news conference late yesterday, the
President greatly regrets that any
body interpreted some of his re-
marks at Thursday news confer
ence as indicating a Truman-Byrnes
rift.
Mr.. Truman had interrupted a
queStioner Thursday to assert that
the State Department doesn't have
a policy unless he supports it-that
the State Department carries out
policy laid down by the President
A reporter told Mr.. Byrnes yester-
day that as a result of the Presi-
dents remarks some newspapers
were specializing about a rift be-
tween the White House and State
on foreign policy.
DO you so interpret Mr.. Humans
remarks?" the reporter asked.
Mr.. Byrnes replied that he knew
of no such rift; that the President
does not so interpret it and that
the President greatly regrets such
an Interpretation being placed on
his statement.
The reporter said it also was pos
sible to interpret the Presidents
remarks as complete Endorsement
Of Mr.. Byrnes' policies.
Mr.. ByrneS said he hoped so. add
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-02-02
Byrnes Says He Has Trumon's
Complete Support; Denies Rift

ling that he never has had any evil
dence to the contrary.
IT would say" he continued, "that
no man as Secretary of State could
ever have more complete support
than I have had from the Presi-
dent"
When he granted request for
permission to quote this last state
ment directly, a reporter suggested
that it be repeated slowly to avoid
any possibility of error and further
misinterpretation.
Mr.. Byrnes laughed and said you
can't stop that, because there's more
fun in misinterpreting.
A third Interpretation of the Pres
ident's remarks had been that he
merely meant to give a lesson in
elementary civics to the reporter
who had started a question by ask
ing, Mr.. President, do you support
the State Departments policy"
A State Department pamphlet,
published in 1912 to supply general
information to applicants for the
foreign service, begins with this
statement:
THE President is charged under
the Constitution with the RESPONSE
bility of conducting the foreign rela-
tons of the United States. The Sec
rotary of State is his adviser in such
matters and acts as the agent
through whom he issues his instruc-
tons to the foreign service"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-02-02
Palestine Arabs
Begin Protest Strike
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
JERUSALEM, Feb. 2.-Palestine's
population of 1,600,0 900 was without.
bus and taxi service today and prac-
tically all shops, restaurants and
movie houses closed as the result Of
q 24-hour anti-immigration strike
called by the Arabs.
This was the Jewish Sabbath and
only handful Of small Jewish res
taurants and coffee houses which
ordinarily remain open Saturdays
were open today. The metropolitan
areas of Jerusalem, Haifa, Tel Aviv
and Jaffa virtually were devoid OF
vehicular traffic.
The citizenry, Jews and Arabs
alike, strolled about the cities in a
holiday like atmosphere.
The strike was called after Arab
leaders voiced protests against the
British governments announcement
Wednesday that 1900 Jews would
be permitted to enter Palestine
monthly pending completion Of an
inquiry by the British-American
Committee on Palestine.
BEYROUTH, Lebanon, Feb. 2 up.
Traffic to Palestine ceased today
as Arabs clamped down their pro-
test strike against the reopening of
Jewish immigration into the Holy
Land.
DAMASCUS, Syria, Feb. 2 (P.-
Arab students staged a peaceful
protest demonstration here today
against the British decision to re-
open Palestine to Jewish immigra-
ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-02-02
By the Associated Press.

DETROIT, Feb. 2.-Walter P.
Reuther today served notice that
the 191a-cent hourly wage in
creased proposed by the presi-
Dental fact-findipg board to
settle the General Motors strike
could be accepted only as a
down payment"
The CIO United Auto Workers
vice president made his assertion at
a union meeting in Lansing last
night as the union and corporation
recessed until Monday their nego-
tiations seeking settlement of the
walkout which began two and one
half months ago.
GIN workers who struck in de-
mands for 80 per cent wage boost
heard Mr.. Reuther declare:
1--WE would take the 1872 cent in
crease not as final payment, but
knowing the rest was there and we're
going back to get it at later date
The fact-fnding board recon-
mendation, he asserted, was not
what we we're entitled to on the
arithmetic of the situation, but
really proved our case"
George F. Adde's, UAW-CIO sec
retary-treasurer, told the meeting
that on the basis of wage increases
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UNO
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national relations and DR.. Victor
Mouri Of the Lebanese delegation
remarked that "the plain speaking
is very hopeful sign"
Only few implied that they saw
possible dangers in what one
termed "diplomacy's new deal"
1b Noerlund, Danish alternate,
said such oratory might make the
differences greater than they are"
and an adviser to the Belgian dele
CATION said the debate reflected a
new diplomacy of brutality"
'It has it's advantages and disad-
vantages," he added. cat least the
parties concerned know where they
stand and public opinion is better
informed"
Other delegates expressed "amaze-
ment" and vast pleasure" over the
frankness Of the discussion and said
1t would "clear the air."
Impartiality Pledged.
Mr.. Lie, in taking his new Office,
pledged an impartial approach" to
all international problems and con-
flicts expected to face the organi-
cation in its efforts to build lasting
peace.
we may find difficulties and OBJ
stacles ahead of u.s." the former
Norwegian foreign minister told a
meeting of the General Assembly,
called especially to inaugurate him.
But the harder the task, the higher
the prize. 1t is the future of the
whole civilized world which is at
stake.
1T will be my, duty always to act
as a true international officer, in
splred by the same lofty idea of in
ternational cooperation which
prompted our great leaders of the
last war in taking the initiative in
the creation of the United Nations. )"
UNRRA Committee Set Up.
The Assembly last night unani-
mously adopted an American reso-
luton setting up a special UNO
committee for the UNRRA and call
ing on UNRRA members to make
further contributions for the relief
organizations work as soon as pos
sible.
The resolution also urged men,
bers of the United Nations who have
not signed the UNRRA agreement
to join the organization and make
their contributions to this great hu-
manitarian task"
The resolution instructed the AS
sembly's secretary general to make
arrangements with UNRRA to re-
ceive regular reports on it's work.
United Nations experts calculate
the organization will have cost its
members $24, 978, 900 by the end of
this year, Executive Secretary Glad
wyn Jebb disclosed in a provisional
budget made public yesterday. The
budget does not include funds for
land or buildings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-02-02
Injunction Limits Pickets
Outside Steel Plant

Ey the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH, Feb. Judge
Sara M. Soffel today granted
preliminary injunction, sought by.
the Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp,
limiting picketing activity at its
struck Homestead (PaD works.
The judge declared that if the
CLIO United Steel Workers choose
to picket, mo more than 10 pickets
will be allowed" in front of the
main entrance and that they must
be in single line 10 feet apart and
keep in motion.
The corporation said it did not
object to peaceful picketing," but
asserted its blast furnace cooling
equipment and steam and water
lines might be heavily damaged if
enough employees were not present
to attend them.
Counsel for the union claimed
pickets had admitted rank and file
maintenance DerSOnnel
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including Reconversion Director
Snyder, favor a boost of 81.
The position of United States
Steel is that an increase greatly in
excess" of S6.25 a ton must be grant,
ed before the industry can meet Mr..
Truman's proposal of an increase in
wages to the workers of 1872 cents
an hour.
Mr.. Snyder, meanwhile, replied to
the proposal of Henry Ford II that
all price controls be lifted as a
means of getting full production
He telegraphed the Ford Motor Co.
executive in part:
II agree with you that the ulti-
mate answer to OUR inflationary
pressureS is production. I can not
agree, however, that we can abandon
price. controls in the meantime. The
dislocations and hardships that
would result from such action
would adversely affect our industrial
development for years to come.
81 believe strongly that at this
time we need firm control of prices
Firm control is not inconsistent
with the desire of the administra-
ton to remove impediments to pro-
duction which are demonstrated to
exist"
In another development on the
labor front, the shipbuilding sta
bilization conference, deadlocked
over the wage demands of 100000
CLIO and AFL shipyard workers, ad-
journed its hearings until February
II.
The labor and Government men,
bers of the conference favor an 18-
cent hourly increase for all workers,
but management opposes.
Labor sources intimated the post
ponement was intended to give the
employers time to sound out the
Government on the possibility OF
obtaining reimbursement for any
wage increase voted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-02-02
Three More Steel Firms
Sign Contracts With
Striking Clio Union
BY the Associated Press

PITTSBURGH, Feb. Am
other 1900 members of the GIG
United SteeIworkers today had
signed contracts with steel COM
panies, bringing to more than
20, 500 the number of employees
put back on the job by such
agreements since the Nation
wide steel strike started 10 days
ago.
Biggest of three firms signing was
Jessop Steel Co. of Washington, Pa,
with 1000 workers. The amount of
the pay increase was not disclosed
but Harry Wilson, vice president of
the company, said the ARRANGEMENT
reached was mutually agreeable to
both the company and the union"
The Superheater Co. of East Chi
cago, Ind, reached an agreement
with the union for an 181a-cent
hourly increase, the figure recon-
mended By President Truman. The
plants $50 employees will return to
work Monday.
so Firms Sign Contracts.
Settlement of strike of 60 work.
ers at the Kinds Steel Co., Inc, plant
at Union, N. j., was announced by
Pete Mosele, director of District 2,
USW. He said the employees would
return to work Monday with a wage
increase of 1872 cents an hour.
Altogether, some so firms, mainly
steel fabricating companies, have
signed back-to-work contracts. In
most cases, wage increases of 49,
cents an hour or higher were
granted.
Negotiations were under way to-
day between the union and the
Inland Steel Corp, which employs
about 1000 persons and has plants
at Indiana Harbor and Chicago
Heights, III.
Inland, one of the so-called Little
Steel" companies, ranks fifth among
the Nations steel companies. Union
otflclals said they would ask Inland
to approve an 181A cent hourly pay
raise.
$7.60-a-Ton Increase Mentioned.
At Tonawanda, N. Y, the USW
local rejected proposal for settle
ment of a strike at the Wickwire-
Spencer Steel Co., division of the
Colorado Fuel & Iron Corp, which
would have provided a wage increase
based on a possible boost in steel
prices.
Robert T. Dunlap, vice president
IN charge of plant operations, said
Wickwire-Spencer offered an 1871
cent raise ION the condition that
we can get an increase of $3.50 a ton
for our STEEL"
Considered as possibly significant
was a company proposal that the
union accept 21a cents an hour less
for each so cents per ton slashed by
the OPA from the requested price
increase. The plant employs 1900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-02-02
Pearl Hurbor
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transcripts of earlier hearings,
brought out that Capt. Stafford twice
had told investigating boards that
the winds intercept, warning Japa-
nese diplomats in disguised weather
of impending war with the United
States, had come in December 3,
1941, four days before the attack.
He testified yesterday that it was
received December 4.
Il had destroyed the notes I made
at the time" Capt. Stafford said.
But the notes still were destroyed
when you testified here?" The at
torney pointed out
1t was then that Capt. Stafford
described the new documentary evil
dence which he had just gone over.
Capt. Stafford had testified yester-
day that Admiral Stark's order for
destruction of personal papers in
cluded instructions for commune
cations personnel to keep their
mouths shut until summoned before
an official inquiry board.
There was at the time, the witness
said, panic at the Navy Depart
ment," and the higher officers
wanted to stop gossip and rumors.
Official papers were not destroyed
under the order, Capt. Stafford ex-
planned, but only personal papers re-
lating in any way to the Pearl Har-
Dor attack or events leading up to it.
In his written testimony, Capt
Stafford said: THE original docu-
ments giving details of the intercept
ton of the winds message are not
available. Therefore it is necessary
to reconstruct the situation from
circumstantial evidence and by proc
ess of elimination"
Capt. Stafford said the winds mes
sage was intercepted at the naval
radio station at Cheltenham, about
$3.50 am, December 4, 1941. He
sent it, he testified to Rear Ad-
miral Leigh Moves, director of naval
communications who, he has every
reason to believe" distributed to the
higher Navy and Army officer on
the intercept" list.
Officers who were heads of the
War and Navy Departments at the
time have testified that they never
saw this message. Nor was such
information sent to Admiral Kim
mel or Maj. Gen. Walter C. Short,
Army commander in Hawaii.
Capt. Stafford testified that he left
his office about 430 pm. Saturday,
December 6, and did not return I'M
til Monday morning, the day after
the attack. He sent for his section
heads, he said, intending to go over
all communications which had been
received over the week end, but was
told of Admiral Stark's order.
Conference in Noyes' Office.
Later. the witness said, there was
a conference in Admiral Moves
office, attended by key communica-
tons officers. The admiral told
them, Capt. Stafford recalled, that
the chief of naval operations wanted
them to destroy everything in writ
ing" meaning all personal letters
or memos, and specifically not to
talk about Pearl Harbor." He
added:
VIC WeIe W Keep anything we naQ
to relate until called before an Of
fetal body, when we could tell
everything under oath. We were to
destroy, meanwhile, anything we
had in writing"
What were you to destroy?" Mr..
Richardson pressed.
Anything relating to Pearl Har-
bor," said the captain.
Later in his testimony, he empha-
sized that this did not apply to Off
cial orders or communications.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-02-02
Rockville Husbund-Wife
Law Team Scheduled

Notified that she has passed the
State examination for admission to
the Maryland Bar, Mrs. James r.
Miller of Bethesda says she hopes
soon to enter practice with her hus-
band, who has law Offices in Rock
vile.
Although Montgomery County
has 1orother-sister law team-that
of Vivian Simpson and States At
torney Joseph Simpson, jr.-it is
believed this will be the first hus-
band and wife team in the county
Mrs. Miller has been member
of the District Bar since 1941. Mr..
Miller, who recently announced his
candidacy for the Maryland House
of Delegates subject to the Demo-
cratic primary, resumed his law
practice following his return some
months ago from overseas service
with the Marine Corps.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-02-02
Jap Gets Only 70 Years
On War Crimes Charge

BY the Associated Press.
YOKOHAMA, Feb. Capt. Hiroji
Honda was convicted tonight by
military commission of failing to
prevent subordinates at a prison
camp from committing atrocities
against Allied prisoners.
He was given the lightest sentence
pronounced at any war crimes trial
in Japan-20 years at hard labor
Of four Japanese previously con-
victed of brutalities at prison camps.
two were sentenced to death and
two to life imprisonment
Honda was acquitted of permitting
subordinates to falsify death Ger
tificates; of stealing Red Cross sup
plies, and of failing to provide suf-
ficient medical supplies.
MANILA, Feb. 2 (P.-The chief
of the Japanese Army medical Sec
ton testified at the war crimes trial
of 1t. Gen. Masaharu Homma today
that the former Philippines COM
mander sought to improve condi-
tons at American and Filipino
prison camps.
Homma is accused of permitting
the deaths of some IS 5000 American
and Filipino prisoners, many due to
brutalities or neglect.
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PouIey
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paigning in the Eastern States in
the fall of 1910, and was in New
York City just before the election,
when Mr.. Pauley invited him over
to his hotel room. The witness said
Mr.. Pauley brought up the subject
of the tidelands title issue.
Quotes. Pauley.
Mr.. Littell quoted Mr.. Pauley as
saying:
Norm, you know I've raised
money for the campaign. A lot of
it came from people interested in
tidelands. Harry March of Signal
Oil and Gas Is in my rooms waiting
to see you"
Mr.. Littell said he told Mr.. Pauley
nothing Mr.. March could say would
change his belief that the tidelands
title issue should be passed on by
the courts. The witness then quoted
Mr.. Pauley as saying:
IT wouldn't ask you to do anything
I wouldn't myself, but
he is here and wants to see you"
Mr.. Litten said he replied he
would rather see Mr.. March at his
office, but he saw him and repeated
his position in support of the Fed
eral suit. The witness said they ex-
desire to see Francis Bid
die, who was then Solicitor General,
and had before him the question of
filing the tidelands suit.
Told Biddle of Incident.
Mr.. Littell explained that when he
returned to Washington he thought
Mr.. Biddle should know about what
Mr.. Pauley had said to him in New
York regarding campaign contribu-
tionS before the solicitor held con-
ferences on the subject. He then
quoted Mr.. Biddle as replying, well,
the money has to come from some
place, doesn't it?"
Mr. Littell also testified that the
following spring, May 1941, Mr..
Pauley called at his Office here and
said he had just come from the
White House, where he had dis
cussed the tidelands matter with
President Roosevelt. According to
the witness, Mr.. Pauley said on that
occasion that the President told him
he had never meant to attack own
ership of California oil lands, but
had in mind an area off the gulf
coast that he had seen while at sea.
Senator Tobey, who has taken the
lead in scrutinizing the nomination
Of Mr.. Pauley, broke in to observe
that Mr.. Biddle, after five years,
filed tidelands suit.
Mr.. Littell said Mr.. Biddle last
year filed suit, but that it was a
simple injunction proceeding against
one Of the companies in the tide
ands. The witness said that when
Mr.. Biddle was succeeded a short
while later by Attorney General
Tom Clark, that official dropped the
Individual injunction suit and filed
1 general suit in the Supreme Court
against California, along the lines
recommended. The case is
still pending.
Senator Tobey indicated last night
ne may have some more witnesses
TO call Monday before the commit
Tee takes the nomination under ad-
visement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-02-02
New York Asks Approval
Of St. Lawrence Seuwuy

BY the Associated Press.
ALBANY, N. Y, Feb. 2.-Swift
congressional approval of the st.
Lawrence seaway-power project was
recommended today by the New
York State Power Authority in its
annual report to Gov. Thomas E.
Dewey, who has long been an advo-
cate of the development.
The Authority asserted the project
offers the most direct means" of
obtaining urgently needed" low
cost hydroelectric energy which
would be of 'unquestioned benefits"
to the States industries and 1000 900
customers for power and electric
service.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-02-02
Tourist Cottage Blast
Kills Richmond Woman, II

BY the Associated Press.
OCALA, Fla, Feb. Mrs. S. B
Atkins, II, of Richmond, Va, died
at Munroe Memorial Hospital last
night from burns received when a
two-room tourist cottage in which
she was staying with three other
elderly Richmond women was
wrecked by an explosion.
Her companions, seriously in
jured in the blast, were listed by
hospital authorities as Mrs. tharles
Krouse, 10; Mrs. w. w. Sy dor, 81
and Mrs. r. C. Jones. "a.
The blast apparently was caused
by the igniting of gas from heater
in the cottage.
One of the women told Fire Chief
Tom Sexton that she and the 9TH
erS were trying to fill" the heater
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-02-02
Boy, 5, Badly Burned
As Cowboy Pants Ignite

Charles w. Sullivan, 5-year-old
son of Policeman Charles L. Sulli-
van, was badly burned yesterday
when the fringe on a pair of cow
boy trousers he was wearing ignited
by flames from an open trash fire
in the rear of his home at 239 Oak
wood street Sc.
Police said the boy drew too close
to the fire where workmen were
burning trash. One of the men,
Isaac Rhodes, 81, of the 2700 block
of H street NV, extinguished the
flames, but not before the child
suffered first and second degree
burns. Charles was taken to Cas-
ualty Hospital where his condition
was described as favorable today.