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The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1948-10-06

LAND, Greg, Oct. 6-Miss Cherry
Tanaka, formerly Of Seattle but
now of Minneapolis and Mr.. Ma
sac Kinoshita were married last
Sept. rs In the Epworth Methodist
church at double-ring ceremony
performed by the Rev. Francis NJ.
Hayashi.
The bride wore a wine-colored
fitted suit with deep green Access
series and had an orchid corsage.
The couple was attended by Mr..
and Drs. KaZuo Kinoshita. Only
immediate relatives were present
The bride is the only daughter
Of Mr. and Mrs E. Tanaka Of Min
neapolis, and the groom is the
youngest son of Mr.. and Mrs XII
noshita Of Gresham, Greg.
The couple will make their home
In Corvallis where the groom Is a
senior at Oregon State College.
ENGAGEMENT TOLD Mr..
and Mrs. Ritoji Nishimura, 5982
Rainier Ave, announced the en-
gagement Of their daughter, Yuli.
to Mr.. Yoshito Mizuta, son of Mrs.
Sadano Mizuta. 815A 3rd Ave-, last
Sunday, Oct. 3, at a dinner party
held In the Nishimura residence.
Those present at the dinner were
the Messrs. and Mesdames Mits
Abe, Hiromi Nishimura, Jack Ha-
mazda, Matt Yorita, Kura Mizuta
and Takashi Fulfil; the Misses Peg
gy Hikida, Sally watanabe, Terry
Kamihara, Mits Uyeta and Doro-
thy Imai; and the Messrs. Hajime
FuJitomi, Sab Ogishima, George
Tokuda and H. Mazda.
BUDDHIST WEDDING. Mis-.
Louise Kobata. daughter of Mr.. j
M. Kobata of this city, and Mr.. &c.
orge Sakuma, son Of Mr.. and Mrs
Sakuma, also Of this city, were mar.
ried last Sunday In the Seattle
Buddhist temple. The Rev. T
Ichikawa officiated.
The bride, who was dressed in 6
beautiful white satin gown, carried
white orchid bouquet.
Maid of honor was Miss Mary To.
da, and the bridesmaids were the
Misses KIM Habu. Tamaye Koba.
ia and Miyo Endo.
Best man was MIR. John Habu
and the ushers were Mitsuru Ando
Kats Kodama and Kazuo SalziIma
Miss Yae Kimura, who sang BE.
cause" and Always, was accompa.
MED at tn piano by Miss Starr Ora
kawa
Little Miss Toni shinbo wa
flower girl.
After a reception in Gyokko Ker
Cafe, the newly-wed couple motoret
down to San Francisco for theil
honeymoon. They plan to make
their home In Seattle.
QUEEN ENGAGED PORT.
LAND, Greg. Oct. 6-Mr. and Mrs
M. Kinoshita last Sept. 20 in the
Oriental restaurant announced the
engagement Of their daughter
Helen, to Mr.. Mickey Tamiyasu.
The bride-elect recently repre-.
scented Portland at the nationa
JACL convention beauty confess
and placed second in the finals. Sh,
is now employed part-time as score
tary at the local YMCA.
The groom-to-be Is the son o
Mr.. and Mrs 8. Tamiyasu, also o
this city. A student at Multnomal
college, he is active in sports. beinl
a member Of the Orphan bowlinl
team.
The wedding Is expected to b
held sometime next year.
Evening star., 1948-03-30
Export Licenses Sold
AS General Practice,
Senate Probers Told
by fhs Assoeiafsd Press

Senate Investigators heard testi-
nony yesterday that 1t is general
practice" in New York to buy and
sell customs declarations and ex-
port licenses.
They were told, too, about q per-
forating machine in private hands
which can simulate the perforations
the Commerce Department makes
in export licenses to validate them.
After the hearing, Chairman Mar
tin of a Senate Small Business SUBJ
committee said the group had un-
earthed evidence on so many illegal
procedures" and forged licenses and
declarations" that its duty is to 90
deeper into the subject.
The committee is investiga ting
foreign shipments of items in short
supply here. Flour and fats and
oils are among the commodities in
volved in yesterdays maze of testi-
mony. Such commodities 60 out
legally only with Commerce Depart
ment approval. q.
The testimony about traffic in
the documents was given by Joseph
I. Lopez, secretary treasurer of the
Gillen Shipping Corp. New York,
and John A. Jacb Quinn of New
York, an exporter doing business as
the Keystone Soap and Chemical
Corp, and the Daja Corp.
Mr.. Quinn testified that his uncle,
Thomas p. Quinn, had the perforat-
ing machine. He said he has been
trying unsuccessfully to locate the
machine to have it destroyed" He
explained that he didn't want his
uncle to use 1t because he was sup
posed to be an employe of mine"
Evening star., 1948-03-30
Felix Cole Is Named
First Envoy to CeyIon

President Truman yesterday nomi-
mated Felix Cole. veteran career
diplomat, to be the first American
Ambassador to Ceylon.
Ceylon, which obtained dominion
status in the British Commonwealth
on February 4, has not yet named an
envoy to this country.
Mr.. Cole has been in Washington
for consultation with the State De-
partment since resigning as Minister
to Ethiopia late last year. He en-
tered the foreign service in 1915 as
a vice consul At Petrograd. During
one tour of duty in the State De-
partment, he obtained an LIB. de-
gree from George Washington Uni
versity in 1928, and became = men,
Der Of the District bar.
Evening star., 1948-03-30
Hospitals Put on Alert
For Wounded Robber

police asked today that hospitals
be on the lookout for a man who
was wounded when he tried to rob
James A. Williams last night neal
his home at II @ street NV.
Mr.. Williams told police he wal
attacked by three men who took his
wrist watch. Before they could gel
his money, Mr.. williams said he
opened a small pocket knife, stabbed
one of the men In the chest ano
drove them off.
Evening star., 1948-03-30
Auxiliary Firemen Corps
Revived in New York
BY the Asseeiafad Rrasa

NEW YORK, Mar. 3O.-The New
York City Fire Department is re-
viving It's Auxiliary Firemen Corps
to aid regular personnel in the
event Of amy disaster or emer.
gency"
Fire Commissioner Frank J
Quale said last night that plans TO,
the recreation of a civilian volun-
teer auxiliary similar to the one
that functioned during the war were
formulated about six weeks ago.
The department at present has
started recruiting a nucleus" force
of about 1000 men, Commissioner
Quale said. Additional forces coulo
then be recruited and trained by
the nucleus" units in such numbers
as any emergency situation might
require" he added.
Evening star., 1948-03-30
U. n. Group Rejects
Hodges Plea 10 Delay
South Korean votinq
By shs Asseeiosed Press

SEOUL, Mar. 30.-The United Ma.
tions Commission today rejected an
American proposal to delay the May
8 election to form a Korean govern
ment in the United States zone.
1t will approve q postponement
later If necessary, the commission
informed 1t. Gen. John r. Hodge,
American commander of South
Korea. Gen. Hodge had requested
rescheduling the election for May
"a. He said the National Election
Committee was having dificulty
making arrangements.
Trenches Are Puzzle.
The election will be limited TO the
American zone because the Russians
refuse to let the U. N. observers
enter North Korea. A Soviet
sponsored government Is being
formed in North Korea with the
announced aim of ruling the entire
country.
Why the Russians were having
Koreans dig trenches along the oc-
cupation boundary continued to puz.
zle Americans. Some said the Rus.
slams must be seeking to justify
their propaganda that Americans
and South Koreans were planning
to attack.
Experienced United States Army
officers said the trenches were tao.
tically worthless. They have been
studying the border activities
through field glasses since work be-
gan March 9. Newsmen saw the
digging yesterday.
Election Printing Difiicult
Officers said the entrenchments
would be easy targets for machine
guns and mortars fired from the
protection of natural terrain on the
United States side.
They suggested a better job could
be done with half the effort and
half the number of men by utilizing
natural terrain.
Gen. Hodge made no mention Of
the boundary digging in his election
postponement request. He said the
Election Committee was having
trouble getting election materials
printed, due to a shortage OF sup
plies. and in getting information to
remote areas.
The commission termed the rea-
sons insufficient,
Evening star., 1948-03-30


several weeks ago, the recommen-
dations call for q standard-of-per-
Torrance worksheet to be given to
all Federal employees. In other
words, Government employees would
be given, in writing, the duties that
they are expected to perform.
This would end q lot Of guesswork
and uncertainty that many Federal
employees now have over what Is
expected of them. Council members
say it not only would be much fairer
to employees but would improve Gov
ernment efficiency.
The other recommendation calls
for the Civil Service Commission to
police" the various agencies to see
that no efficiency rating Irregular
tiles occur. The commission now
acts only If an employe appeals an
efficiency rating.
The council also has recommend
ed that the commission give further
study to ending the present adjec-
tive method Of efficiency ratings
good, very good. etc.
All these recommendations are
expected to be approved and put
into effect by the Civil Service Com
mission. The council is headed by
John Overholt, the commissions ef-
ficiency rating chief, which prac-
tically assures commission approval.
The councils efficiency rating sub
committee was headed by Luther
Steward, the popular president OF
the National Federation Of Federal
Employees.
Observation-Disclosures de-
mands for an immediate program
providing for the removal OF key
Government agencies from Wash
ington in the event Of war are being
made from Capitol Hill.
Representative Stevenson, Repub-
lican, of Wisconsin, ranking member
OF the House Civil Service Commit
tee, says that mo time should be
lost in getting the program under
way"
Mr.. Stevenson joined in the stand
taken recently by his Republican
colleague from Wisconsin, Senator
Wiley. Incidentally, both men have
been advocating decentralization for
several years and feel that present
world conditions warrant serious
consideration of their plans.
I'VE cannot take the chance that
our seat of Government here will be
wiped out completely by atomic at
tack" Mr.. Stevenson declares. THE
President and the Budget Bureau
should meet as soon as possible with
the heads of all Government agen-
cies and begin formulating decen-
tralization program"
Mr.. Stevenson said the President
has suf1icient authority to get de-
GENERALIZATION program under way,
without having to get Congress ap-
proval.
The military agencies are making
q study OF the possibility Of moving
Evening star., 1948-03-30
Gen. StiIweKs Diary Criticizes
Chionq, British and Roosevelt

in the Allied Southeast Asia
command 1ohere Gen. Stiltoell
tOas deputy to Admiral Mount
bdtten.)
By ChorIes A. Crunch
Assssiatsd Press stsff Writer
NEW YORK. Mar. 30.-Gen. Jo-
3eph w. Stilwell's own bitterly
worded thoughts on the top war
time politicians were published
today.
They showed his conviction in
1914 that the Chinese Communists
offered the people a better deal than
the government did and that Com
munists and Kuomintang troops
should be fighting side by side
against the japanese instead Of
separately.
The thoughts he wrote down in
his posthumously published private
diaries were directed mainly against
Chang Kai-shek, whom he usually
called the Peanut" and who even
tually had the crusty old general
! fired out of China.
Called Roosevelt "Old Softy."
Gen. Stilwell did not spare Presi-
dent Roosevelt. his wartime COM
mander -in-chief who agreed to Gen.
Stilwell's recall from China ut Gen.
Chiang's bidding in 1914.
Gen. Stilwell called President
Roosevelt "old Softy" in one diary
notation and suggested the wartime
! President was too much under Win
ston Churchill's influence. Bloody
Joe" was his name for Joseph Stain
after the 1943 Teheran Conference
of the Big Three which reversed the
decision reached just previously in
Cairo by Prime Minister Churchill
President Roosevelt and Gen. Chang
to send materiel for a big war ef-
fort in Asia. Prime Minister Stain
had got his western conferees to
agree that the No. / Allied priority
was the war against Germany, and
Japan could wait.
The diaries are published in the
April Ladies Home Journal. This
edited version runs about 10000
words.
Gen. Stilwell wrote his opinion
in 1914 that the Chinese Com
munists offered better future to
the people than did Gen. Chang s
Kuomintang. This was ut O time
Gen. Stilwell was trying to get
Gen. Chang to correlate the war
efforts of Communist and govern
ment armies.
Both Fought laps Then.
Both were fighting the japanese
with varying degrees Of enthusiasm
and effect and building up to what
has become q fullblown civil war
in China.
Whether Gen. Stillwell would
think the same about Chinese Com
munists now Is something that can
not be answered. He died October
II. 1916. at SO.
The editor Of the diaries, Theo-
dore H. White. student of Chinese
affairs and close friend OF Gen.
St!lwell throughout the war in the
East told this reviewer the gen.
eral If alive today probably would
counsel the American Government
to adopt hands-on policy toward
China now.
Gen. Stilwell's basic conviction
Evening star., 1948-03-30
New Talks 10 Settle
Printers Strikes Due
To Be Opened Soon
by the Assoeioisd Press

HAMMOND, Ind, Mar. 30
Early renewal of contract nego-
tiations designed to settle strikes
of AFL printers against several
of the Nations newspapers ap-
peared certain today.
The AFL International Typo
graphical Union said new contracts
are to be offered publishers of news
papers where the printers are on
strike. The contracts will comply
with Federal Court order and this
will mean fewer union demands,
the TTU said.
There was no immediate COM
ment from publishers of the struck
newspapers on the TITUS announce
ment Of Its plan to end the cur
rent work stoppages. Strikes are
in progress in at least eight cities.
The biggest is in Chicago, where
printers struck last November "A
against the city's five major dailies.
The printers are not expected to
return to work during the new
contract negotiations, = union
spokesman said.
Conference Held.
The ITU announcement yesterday
followed a conference of union at
torneys and officials and counsel for
the National Labor Rela tions Board
in the chambers OF Federal Judge
Luther M. Swygert.
The conference was held after
Judge Swygert had refused to stay
enforcement of an injunction he is
sued Saturday forbidding the ITU
from causing printers strikes that
violate the Taft Hartley Act. Union
attorneys said they planned no i'm
mediate appeal Of the injunction.
The injunction will be in effect
until the NLRB rules on the Gov
ernment's charges that the union
violated the Taft Hartley Act.
The ITU and counsel for the
NLRB said in q joint statement
"the union will Immediately take
steps to comply with the decree
during the life of the injunction
and until the final order of the
NLRB.
The ITU agreed 10 recommend
such form OF agreement between
publishers and printers which does
not contain any discriminatory pro-
visions based upon union member
ship or nonmembership, to its local
unions as a basis for negotiation,
and to instruct its local unions to
disregard advice previously given
and to enter into agreements for a
definite term"
Agreement on Outline.
The statement added: 1T was
understood that negotiations would
begin, looking toward the termina-
ton of any present strikes in the
newspaper publishing industry and
that support OF the ITU of current
strikes would be contingent upon
the striking local unions full COM
pliance with new instructions to be
issued by the international union
In accordance with the decree
Judge swygert's).
The outline of q form agreement
was arrived at, which might be
offered as basis for negotiations,
not in conflict with the terms Of
~
Evening star., 1948-03-30
|WhottheRussions
Are Saying of Us

The Mosco,D radio, broadcdstfn!
IN German to Austria, said:
The current strikes in the
United States prove that the
United States workers are re-
fusing to subordinate their in
terest to those of the armament
bosses who have inspired the
Marshall Plan.
The strikes prove that the
United States working class by
no means wants to follow blindly
the authors of the Marshall
Plan. The events prove that this
plan Is bringing the class strug-
gle in the United States to a
head and it is to be expected
that this struggle will be still
more intensified with the ap-
preaching presidential election"
Evening star., 1948-03-30

was that no amount of aid or arms
could save China unless the Chinese
people themselves throw out cor
ruption In their government" Mr..
White said.
Aware Of Stalin's Plans.
And lest there by any misconcep-
ton that the general was leaning
toward communism as such, Mr..
White said Gen. Stilwell expressed
his preference for the Chinese Com
munist leadership during the war
because he felt the Red leaders
were running their areas to the
benefit of the inhabitants and be-
cause Gen. stilwell would have pre-
ferred anything over the Kuomin-
tang.
Mr.. White said Gen. Stilwell had
keen swareness Of Prime Minister
Stalin's designs on Asia and was
not deluded into any belief that
Chinese communism was self con-
tanned; the general felt instead that
Russia was preparing to snap shut
the link with China If powerful
forces could not prevent that even
tuality.
In one undated paper published
with the diaries Gen. Stilwen re-
iterated his faith in and respect for
the Chinese soldier and Chinese
people and then added:
Sv }1nIHA Ks,Nv,afy.$a~~ .~l
chantang Communist Party by
what I saw:
"(Kuomintang): Corruption, ne
glect, chaos, economy, taxes, words
and deeds. Hoarding, black market,
trading with enemy.
Communist program: Reduce
taxes, rents. interest Raise produc-
ticn. standard of living. Participate
in government. And practice what
they preach.
Said Chang Couldn't See.
"Chiang Kai-shek can't
see that the mass Of Chinese people
welcome the Reds as being the only
visible hope of relief from crushing
taxation, the abuses Of the army
and Tai LIS Gestapo."
Gen. Stilwell had q low opinion of
many military people. most of them
British In the way of a foot soldier
he thought American Air Forces
Commanders consistently over-rated
their importance-except when they
were making food drops to his jungle
fighters.
Almost always Gen stilwell re-
ferred to Gen. Chang as 'the
Peanut" but once he called him
"the Rattlesnake."
Gen. Stilwell called at the White
House February 8, 1912, to see about
his war assignment. He stayed 20
minutes and then wrote:
"FDR very pleasant. and very un-
impressive. AS If I were a con-
stituent to see him. Rambled on
about his idea of the war: "A "a, 900
mile front is my conception etc, etc.
just q lot of wind. After had
enough. I broke In and asked him
If he had q message for Chang
Kai-shek. He very obviously had
not and talked for S minutes hunt
ing around for something world
shaking to say. Finally he had it
tel, him we are in this thing for
keeps, and we intend to keep at it
until China gets back all her lost
territory Then he went on to say
he thought it best for Nine. Chang
not to come here, as invited by some
organization or other. It would be
too much like a lecture tour of
women's clubs. He's right on that:
He was cordial and pleasant
and frOthy"
Evening star., 1948-03-30

Service Commits
sion directive
will be all that
Is needed.
TIL ere. ad
been some ques-
ton about the
council approv-
ing its efficiency
rating subcom-
mittee's report.
but the council
accepted the rec
IN m e n dations
as its own with
only a few mod
ihcations.
Evening star., 1948-03-30

key bureaus inland in case Of war
but top Government omcials say
there are no present plans" to move
agencies out of Washington.
PAY BATTLE-Government EN-.
ployes' groups are ready to stage
their own fight to obtain adequate
pay raises this year.
For some months now, the posta,
groups have been leading the pay
raise drive in well-organized cam
paign. Members Of Congress have
been bombarded with letters from
postal workers: postal delegations
have been making visits to theil
Representatives and Senators ane
postal groups have succeeded in hay-
ing their pay raise fight dramatizec
on the radio and even in a one-ree
film shown In many Of the Nations
movie houses.
AS a result Of all this. Congress.
now seems inclined to give posta
employees the larger share Of any
Federal pay increase, with the rest
Of the Governments employees get
ting several hundred dollars less
than their postal colleagues.
That is why regular Government
employees unions, which up to now
have been content merely to present
their testimony before the House
and Senate Civil Service Committees
plan an intensive campaign Of their
own.
Leading the drive, the AFL Amer
lean Federation Of Government En-
ployes is asking every one of its
members to write to his Represent
ative and Senators explaining the
cost-of living plight and asking for
an adequate pay raise. And. If pos
sible, delegations from various parts
Of the country will visit their legisla-
tors personally to plead their case.
Other Government employees groups
are reported planning similar drives.
In addition, they are urging all nom
organized employees who have legal
voting residence, to wire their Sen
ators and Representatives, asking
for a substantial raise. And they're
urging Federal employees to act
promptly-there isn't too much time
left.
SATURDAY, TOO-The Bureau
of Engraving and Printing Is plan
ming to work II Saturdays during
the last six months Of this year.
Reason for this is that the bureau
VAS unable to hnd enough plate
printers on 40-hour-a-week basis
Saturday work provides time -and-a =
half compensation.
4
SOME GOOD-Our recent piece
about the apathy of Government
employees sidetracking unemploy-
ment compensation legislation ap-
pears to have accomplished a little
good.
Apparently stirred up by the
article, several Federal employees
groups have asked Chairman Lam
ger of the Senate Civil Service Com
mittee to hold hearings on the leg
islation.
Senator LANCER plans to hold
hearings. but it may be that it is
too late In the session for anything
to come Of it. But even If 1t does
fail this year. the belated interest
in the legislation might accomplish
something next year.
CAPITAL ROUNDUP-The House
Civil Service Committee opens
hearings tomorrow on legislation tc
Evening star., 1948-03-30

NEW LEXINGTON. Ohio. Mar
30 (P.-rrst 1t. Lincoln w. Nelson
28, of Los Angeles was killed yester-
day when he parachuted from his
Army plane at low altitude after 1t
caught fire. The plane crashed and
burned on q farm, 3 miles north of
Somerset.
Evening star., 1948-03-30
kIondike Veteran Dies at 81

BELFAST, Northern Ireland, Mar
80 fitzpatrick William Russell. %,
who participated in the Klondike
gold rush in 1896, died today at his
birthplace in Downpatrick He was
one Of the first settlers of the gold
mining center which later became
Dawson City.
Evening star., 1948-03-30
StilweH Wrote Wife
He Felt He Deserved
Vineqor Joe Title
1y the Assoeiotsd Press

NEW YORK, Mar. 30.-Gen.
Stilwell got mad enough in
China once to concede that
maybe he deserved the nick
name Vinegar Joe"
In q letter to Mrs. Stilwell,
dated October IT, 1914, just be-
fore he was removed from
China at Chang Kai-shek's
request. Gen. Stilwell said:
II am @getting sour enough
!. about this pusillanimous pro-
ceeding to warrant being called
Vinegar Joe. = I am just
scribbling to keep from biting
the radiator.
Evening star., 1948-03-30
Publisher of Roll Guide Dies

ST. LOUIS, Mar. 80 (P.-An-
thony Tschirgi. "a. president Of the
Russell Guide Co., Cedar Rapids,
Iowa. publishers of 'bus and railway
guides, died here Sunday.
Evening star., 1948-03-30
Agreement on Outline.
Do Silva Seeks Divorce

LOS ANGELES, Mar. 80 (P.-
Film Actor Howard Da Silva sued
for divorce yesterday from Jane
Taylor De Silva alleging extreme
cruelty. The actor said he and Mrs.
Da Silva were married six years
ago and parted last June. He asks
custody of their child, Peter, 5.