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Evening star., 1949-04-25

the south. So had Premier He
Ying g-chin and other top govern.
ment officials.
Acting President Ii Tsung -jer
repeatedly had gone to Kweilir
and retired President Chang Kai.
shek to Annoy.
Obviously the time was getting
short for an evacuation by ses
from Shanghai.
But as yet there was no large
movement of government force!
falling back on Shanghai. Neither
was there any evidence Of trooI
evacuation at the city's port. No
could Nationalist defenders bs
seen manning defenses aroune
Shanghai.
Evening star., 1949-04-25
Peace Congress
Continued From First Page

work. one will produce a mani
festo." the other a plan for q
permanent peace" body.
The congress is due TO hear and
approve them later today.
r. r. Platts-Mills, left-wins
member of the British parliament
accused the Labor government of
"betraying" the popular will 10
peace"
Break With Bevin Demanded.
I'VE must break with Foreign
Secretary Ernest Bevin." he
cried, whose hands are stained
with the blood of Greeks. Span
iards, Indonesians. Arabs and
Jews we must send the Amer
lean occupation forces out OF oul
country"
Only about 200 Of the ! .so8 dele
gates were In the Sale Pleyel when
the final session opened. A list oi
IS speakers was posted from Iran
Belgium. Korea. Albania. "Biack
Africa" France. Great Britain
Guatemala, Ireland, Costa Riea
Egypt, Mongolia and the United
States.
Ambrogio Donini. Rome Uniyer
sity professor presiding for The
day, asked them to talk for II
or Is minutes at most. He warned
that those not present wher
called would lose their turn.
Delegates Ignore Appeal.
Neither appeal was needed
Some OF the speeches stretched tc
half an hour. and some speakers
who failed to arrive in time were
fitted in later.
A speaker named Eskandary
identified as an "ex-Minister' oil
Iran. charged that $4,000 persons
In Azerbaiian have been mas
sacred In assaults organized by
the American military attache In
his country.
Our people," he said. do not
want our country to be used al
base for aggression against the
Soviet Union" Azerbaijan is the
portion of Iran nearest the Iran
/ IAN Russian border.
Reign Of Terror" Cited.
Howard Fast. American writer
told a huge outdoor rally yester-
day that a reign OF terror lis only
beginning" In America.
Every voice raised against wal
lis denounced by the Truman gov
eminent as an act OF treason,
he said. ALREADY the prisons are
filled with political prisoners"
He was given tumultuos applause
when he told the crowds the Amer
ican people were the victims oil
"the most evil. most hideous de-
ception of all time"
Day In day out they are beins
told that the great Soviet Union
Evening star., 1949-04-25
Pioneer California Priest
Honored In Capitol Rites

Father Juntpsro Serra . pioneer
In the settlement oi CAllfefasA.
vas honored yesterday In a eers-
mony al his statue In the Capitol.
Father SerFas statue is ore OF tao
from California In Statuars Hall.
Representative johnson, Repae-
iican. ol California, laid q wreath
at the foot Of the statue He said
Father Sierra left Spain 200 years
ago to teach Christianity 10 the
Indians In California,
If there had been 200 years al
Father serras efforts. ws would
not today be worrying about sar
sor suffering from It's Aftermath.
Mr.. johnson said
He said the Franciscan father
supervised the ousldine oi nine
missions along the California coast.
Evening star., 1949-04-25
-AP Wirephoto

miles southwest Of Shanghai. was
obscured by conflicting reports
and lack of accurate military in
formation.
Kashing, the vital rail junction
So miles southwest of Shanghai
apparently had not been touched
by the Reds. Trains from Hang
chow through there arrived this
morning and tonight. Passengers
said Kashing was quiet and there
was no indication the Reds were
near the city. which controls the
Shanghai Hankchow Railway.
The refugee situation in Shang-
hal is growing serious. Late to-
day roads leading into the city
from the west contained lines OF
rain -sodden peasants. Most OF
them had only enough food for
a few meals. The refugees said
they were coming to the city be-
cause the soldiers always fought
in the country but never in the
Icities. - 81. q.
No orie' knows what to expect
In Shanghai. se, ~
Time for Evacuation Short.
There was no indication Of
where Gen. Tang En-po had his
100000 government troops-or Il
he still had them under his con-
troll.
Shanghai garrison headquar-
ters kept parroting that this city
| would be defended to the last
man. How. when and with what
was not apparent.
Tang. Nationalist defense com
mander of the gigantic Shanghai
Marking -Hangchow, triangle. re-
| norfed1v had fled Shanghai fol
Evening star., 1949-04-25
Top British Communist
Besieeed by Crowd.
Driven From Plymouth
sy -As Asssssssss Press

PLYMOUTH. England. April IS
-Brita.n's top Communist came
TO this naval port last night and
ran into q menacing crowd Of
1000 that smashed doors threw
chairs. and besieSed him IN hall
for almost four hours
Harry Polptt. secretary-general
of the British Communist Party.
caught the fun force Of Plymouth S
wrath At the loss OF a British
sailors aboard four vessels that
came under Chinese Red fire in
the Yangtxe. Three OF the craft
were registered 81 this Channel
city.
About 800 police kept the crowd
including many sailors and
Women Reserves tWrens bay
around the old Corn Exchange
auditorium where he tried to
speak. He finally slipped out a
basement window and down an
alley to safety. Pollitt caught a
sleeper back to London.
The Communist leader had
come to this area to speak for
Communist candidates In the sp-
preaching local elections.
Friday night at Dartmouth
home of the Royal Naval College
he had to dodge eggs and fruit
and take refuge for almost five
and one half hours in q friends
house
Saturday night In Darlington
parish. Totnes. he was heckied
and heard shouts OF put q rope
around him."
Last night about q dozen per
sons were arrested for resisting
police attempts to clear the
streets.
Pollitt urged the crowd to with
hold judgment on the tragic
happenings OF the past few days"
He said no one, no matter what
their politics. could help. but be
sorry for the relatives of the dead
sailors,
Evening star., 1949-04-25
By the Asseeiuted Press

! SHANGHAI, April 25.-A big
airliner rolled up to the Lunghwa
Airport loading apron in the slant
ing rain.
! Panic stricken Chinese rushed
for the ship. In q flash it was
loaded. The door slammed and
the plane roared away. Is
All day long 1T has been that
way. Commercial plapes-any-
thing that will fiy-have been
taking of almost with the regu-
larity OF. wartime bombers.
But the crowd never thins. As
fast as one planeload departs for
Canton or Formosa. enough peo-
pie for two more planeloads ar
&ive.
= One man. beaten in the foot
race for q plane door. sank down
m his baggage. His wife burst
3hto tears. In his coat lapel was
= small button indicating he was
u government official.
e Looking at a reporter he said:
"You are a foreigner. For yor
lE doesn't matter. For us 1t ]!
had If we get caught"
III Frightened glances were ex'
Managed by those waiting every
Gime a new vehicle arrived at tn,
Sirpprt. They seemed to thinl
maybe this one had the Comn1un
lists In 1t.
One refugee displayed a lette
uEtving him a high priority. Blu
N6e had no ticket. The plane
aIgent refused TO let him aboard
he man pleaded to, be allowes
Evening star., 1949-04-25
Red Occupation of Marking Stirs
Only Curiosity in Residents

minus. NO yuan oents Will mean
anything.
The occupation Of Nanking got
under way at 800 am. yesterday
with entry of a small column OF
Communist infantry. headed by q
jeep containing Nanking Emer-
gency Peace Preservation Commit
tee members.
This correspondent and Bill
Kuan of the Agence France Presse
met the column In our jeep about
mile and a half inside the
northwest gate. A Communist
officer politely asked us to turn
aside.
During the day the Communist
forces increased steadily. some
coming by ferry from Pukow on
the north bank and others who
had crossed southwest Of Nam
king marching in from the south.
All the Communists looked as
II they had been on a hard march,
but their discipline was excellent
They speedily occupied all key
points. Those not on immediate
duty sat In small neat rows all
over the city, singing in unison or
listening to talks by their officers.
Curious civilians gathered around
each group.
The Communists assisted in
putting out vandal-set fire that
wrecked the judicial Yuan build
ing.
The Nanking hotel became
headquarters. Copies Of a 'libera-
ton proclamation" signed by Gen.
Chen vi were posted all over
Nanking.
II promised to maintain en-
ployment of government workers
not on the Reds war criminal list,
safety for all peaceful citizens,
and protection for foreigners and
foreign property II the foreigners
did not engage in espionage or
shelter war criminals.
Any available property Of Cen
eralissimo Chang Kai-shek was
ordered confiscated at once.
Most of Markings papers pub
lished on schedule. carrying prom
inent welcomes to the Commu-
1ists and laudatory news articles
from Red radio broadcasts on
Communist Victories
When the three Nationalist
planes raided the inner airfield
Communist antiaircraft fired back
Damage was reported slight.
The planes evidently were try
ing to destroy the big dumps Of
fuel and bombs that retreating
Nationalist infantry left intact
Saturday.
At the military airfield outside
the walls. the dumps blew up at
9 o'clock Saturday night from
time bombs set by the retreating
troops several hours earlier.
Evening star., 1949-04-25
Continued From First Page,

Continued From First Paeeo
improvement" In the welfare
fund payments.
The miners now receive $l4.o5
basic pay for an eight-hour day
in q 40-hour portal-to-porta
week. They are paid for a half
hour lunch period and an hour
of travel within the mine each
day. The actual productive time
is 6h hours a day. 32ha hours
a week.
There has been speculation that
Mr.. Lewis will ask for q seven
hour or even q six-hour day. in
cluding paid time for travel and
lunch. Such a demand would cal
for no reduction in the basic daily
pay.
+ Mr.. Lewis also wants the opera
tors to put into effect q plan for
balancing work among ell OF the
union members. Some now are
working only two or three days
a week. Others are working foui
and five days week. Operators
contend that any plan to spread
the work would violate Fedora
antitrust laws.
| Coal operators served advance
notice that any added labor costs
now-when they are in hot COM
petition with other fuels for sales
may price coal right out Of the
market"
The operators. incidentally. are
disagreed on how to deal with
MFR. Lewis this year. The Southern
producers recently asked the
union for a quick start on negotia-
tions-an effort to avoid mine
Strike In June. But other operator
groups failed to go along in the
request.
Evening star., 1949-04-25
Two Wounded Sailors
Believed Held By Reds

SHANGHAI, April 70 W9s-
British authorities expressed fear
today that two woundeds satl1rs
from the sloop Amethyst were In
the hands of the Communists
The men. hurt when the R&ds
opened fire on the British sloop
last week. were believed to have
been at Changchow, which has
been taken by the Communists.
Meanwhile the Amethyst mess
saged British naval quarters here
that she spent quiet night on
the Yangtze. The go crew men
still aboard the sloop were said to
be in good spirits. The sloop is
trapped some so miles east Of
Marking and efforts of other
British naval craft to rescue her
have failed.
/ Three other British ships, the
cruiser London, the destroyer Con-
sort and the sloop Black Swan
were driven away from the Anne
thyst by Communist short artil-
lery.
Evening star., 1949-04-25
Carriers
Continued From First Page

Continued From First Pageo
grave events" but he instructed
Defense Minister A.. v. Alexander
and viscount Hall. First Lord Of
the Admiralty. to write 4 state-
unent on the shelling.
. An Admiralty investigation of
the shelling is in progress now, a
spokesrnaii said. 80 ~ ~
s Enable ito Confirin Report. '
The Admiralty spokesman said
he was unable to confirm ssreport
published in the London Star that
British naval authorities In
Shanghai have advised that either
achievements should be sent TO
Shanghai Immediately or Britain
should quit the city,.
The authorities reportedly ar
gued 1t would be impossible to
defend British interests there
with the naval forces available,
The British feet in Shanghai
waters now consists OF the Shelled
cruiser London and about six
destroyers and sloops.
Both Conservative and Labor
MPs were reported ready to ask
Mfr. Attlee If the government Is
going to demand retribution from
the Communists and what is being
done to guard against recurrence
of the shelling.
Editorial indignation about the
incident rose.
The liberal Manchester Guar
dian said the attack on the sloop
Amethyst-the first ship shelled
last Wednesday-"may have con-
sequences out of all proportion to
the incident" because it may limit
contact between the West and the
Chinese Communists.
But the Guardian warned: "This
is no time for sabre-rattling even
If we had a sabre to rattle"
The conservative Daily Mai
iarnented that certainly Britain
has lost face'-rlot only In China
but throughout the Eastern
Evening star., 1949-04-25
Ponic-Stricken Chinese Mob
AirIines to leuye Shunqhui

to sit on the baggage. But the
agent explained the danger OF
overlooking a plane.
The downcast man sat on his
luggage in the rain to await the
next ship.
"An overloaded plane Is not as
unsafe for me as staying here. :
he mumbled.
That's the feeling of thousands
OF Shanghai Chinese. To them
any fate Is better than falling into
the hands of the Communists.
Evening star., 1949-04-25
Former YoIe Professor
Speaks at Proque Session

PRAGUE, CsechoSlovakta. Aprtl
IS Osa.--An American speaker told
the closing session of the Prague
peace meeting today that pro.
gressiye people in America op.
pose warmongering OF the i'm
perialists in America.
He was Jahn Marsalek. former
professor OF Eastern European
history at Yale University. He Il
an official OF the American Sla'
Congress.
Except for his opening and clos
ing phrases, Marsalek spoke ir
Czech. He got a round OF ap'
plause when he mentioned Henr,
Wallace's name as one OF thoss
who protested against the Al
lantic Pact.
Marsalek said the American
Evening star., 1949-04-25
BY Seymour Topping
As.eeiessd Pres, Foreign Correspondent

AsSeetcfeo FfeSs rofef9h ~oYesponoehf
:, NANKING. April 25.-Twent,
Thousand Communist troops occu.
pied this Chinese Nationalist capi.
tai without opposition yesterday.
i In midafternoon three National.
ist planes strafed the "Mins
Tomb" Airfield inside the walls ir
the southeast section.
Otherwise Nanking was quiet
although artillery could be heare
thudding away about 10 miles Il
the southeast. Stray looters still
scayenged among the ruins oi
homes and shops left by Satur.
days aH-day anarchy before thu
Reds entered.
I The general reaction OF this city
Of more than ! ,000, 900 was one ol
curiosity more than anything else
Some university students wen
singing to greet the Communist!
As they marched up Chungshar
road past the Executive Yuar
Nationalist cabinet) Building
and something of holiday at.
mosphere prevailed.
A formal victory parade, orig.
finally planned for yesterday, wa,
now being planned for today te
include larger units of gen. Cher
Yi's third field army.
. Communication with Nam
king via land telegraph to
4. Shanghai for radio broadcast
was erratic and subject to
many long and unexplained
7 breaks.)
City Residents Relieved.
An edge of excitement was evi.
dent, but Marking showed relief
that the transition period was
over. It appeared that residents
would get their first night of rest
after a hectic 70 hours.
Nanking awaited entry of Com.
munist political workers into the
city to take full control of the
municipal Offices. Most offices
however. we're still being operated
by their old officials.
Communist guards have beer
stationed at the doors of some
embassies and legations.
Troops who took over Nankint
were believed to be those of tht
Communist 35th Army.
There were no reliable report!
on the progress of the war else
where. ANY information from nov
on will come from Communis
releases-if they make any,.
There was no immediate in
dication of interference with news
men.
This correspondents prepaie
urgent messages will not cos
much as the gold yuan CNational'
ist currency has fallen to zero
Evening star., 1949-04-25
Public Library Plans Skit

A skit entitled "A Day in .
Public Library" will be presented
by staff members of the Public
Library at a meeting of the Dis
trict Library Association at 8 pm.
Thursday at the Southwestern
Branch Library, Seventh and H
streets S.W.
Evening star., 1949-04-25

world" and called for a show OF
real strength" in the Far East
to counter Communist propa-
ganda.
In suburban Greenwich, mean
while. Britain's highest ranking
naval officers met secretly under
the leadership of Lord Fraser
First Sea Lordato study how hest
to defend the, British EmpiresdEr
ing the atomic age. sss~
! The long scheduled confersAes
Twill continue four days. American
naval observers are attending.
Evening star., 1949-04-25

people did not want sar eecsuss
they knew what the results we're
In human suffering and tn higher
taxes,
He wak the only American 10
speak al the meeting here, ar
RANGED for thoe wha did not re-
eeis~ slSaS To so 10 the parent
congress IN rArlA,
Evening star., 1949-04-25

REDS SET SHANGHAI TRAP, DRIVE FOR HANGCHOW-Red
armies 1open arrow aimed Hangchow today,
hoping to trap 100000 Nationalist troops below Shanghai and
thereby dissolve the Nankng Shanghai defense
triangle (broken Shanghai seemingly had been by
passed military spokesmen could not just where the
Communist armies The black portion of the repre-
sens known Communist control and the black
direction of Red attacks across the Yangze River
-AP Wirephoto Map.
Evening star., 1949-04-25

the republic Of the workers and
guardian OF humanity, that land
OF liberty and freedom Ia men
ace TO the!s own liberty"
He said q group Of Wall Stree,
''warmongers" comprised the
most complete. immoral and in
sane threat TO the human race
In freedoms holy name we
are called upon TO turn the entire
world into place of desola tion.
Evening star., 1949-04-25

The population Of Argentina has
a larger percentage of people OF
European descent than any other
Latin American republic.
Evening star., 1949-04-25
RESORTS.
REHODOTH BEACH, DEL.

EEW6 GUEST HOUSE, With rriyeas hath
zltAest neaE the oees4 nAIIlE
l 20 Hhsns k1e1.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-05-01
WHEAT TREATY

President Truman has given
the senate another opportunity
TO ratifY an international wheat
treaty. but unlike the one SUBJ
mitted last year the new pact is
expected TO get the required ap-
prevail.
A t%wo-thirds majority vote is
needed for ratification.
While the price schedule in the
new agreement is not as favorable
as the 1913 pact which went I'M
approved, it was the best that could
be done in the face of lower wheat
prices.
A talking point for approval will
be another dip in wheat prices which
is foreseen by U. S. D. A. economists.
1t is expected to come right after
the harvest of this years prospective
big crop.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-05-01
OLEO FIGHT STILL HOT

While legislation 10 repeal
federal restrictions on oleomar-
garine easily passed the house of
representatives. a rougher road
lies ahead in the senate.
The senate fight will not be on re-
moval of federal taxes on oleo. That
issue has been pretty well settled by
26 dairy state senators who have Of
fered a bill to repeal the federal
taxes, but prohibit interstate ship
ment of yellow-colored oleo.
The issue before the senate is
whether to adopt this measure,
which has the backing of the dairy
states, or to pass the house version
which would repeal the taxes and
also permit shipment of yellow-col-
ored oleo from one state to another.
Neither bill, however, would af-
feet the laws of Is states which bar
the sale of yellow oleo.
Dairy state senators are mastering
their forces to beat down the house
proposal, which would permit oleo-
margarine manufacturers to flood
every state. with yellow oleo, except
those which specifically bar its sale.
When the measure comes before
the senate, efforts are expected to
be made to tie the house bill down
with riders" such as proposed
by Sen. Edwin c. johnson of Colo
RADIO.
Senator Johnson has proposed an
amendment to the cleo bill which
would cut federal excise taxes gen.
orally back to the 1912 level. Those
levies cover such items as jewelry,
furs, toilet preparations, luggage,
train tickets and amusement admis-
Sions.
There can be many other "riders"
as the measure essentially is a tax
measure since it repeats the taxes on
oleomargarine, both white and col
ored.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-05-01

culture and his assistants. They
must take into consideration the
supply situation availability of
funds. perishabilitY of the COM
modify and the ability of the
government TO dispose of stocks
acquired.
The house agriculture committee
has already started work on the
Brannan plan, but progress is ex-
pected to be slow.
There is talk that congress might
decide to continue 80 percent farm
price supports now in effect for n
other year to give the lawmakers
more time to consider the complicat-
ed Brannan plan.
This, in effect, would shelve the
Aiken long-range law adopted last
year.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-05-01

Farming is q hazardous business. Guord
carefully against accident but protect you.
self from loss by ticking out q Montana
Farmer Stockmon SPECIAL ACCIDENT
INSURANCE POLICY. Full information On
request. Write Insurance Dept. Montana
Former-Stockmdn. Greet Falls. Mont.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-05-01

Standard Model
toI-p-lift ~
New Model
IoI-pD-lift l#
Extensions-odd
49, IS. 20
Special Modeiss
Model 3oo-f0
Orchard work.
Model 2oo-con-
vas conveyor -
handles finer
bulk.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-05-01
THIS YEAR MORE FOR YOUR MONEY!

New loreer Wisconsin engine, 81, h.p. New higher cor
bon steel conveyor chain. Standard oil steel construction.
strong, light. Quick truck attachment for field. cosy to
tow or hondIe. Clutch, driver controlled in field. Tires.
6.00xl6. Eusy winch hoist -.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-05-01

Foe field pickup. loading. vnl~ooding-boled hay. soekeS
For stocking or filling the NOV. Also hondles boes
erotes. boxes-field and root crops. wood, etc.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-05-01

While legislation 10 repeal
federal restrictions on oleomar-
garine easily passed the house of
representatives. a rougher road
lies ahead in the senate.
Evening star., 1949-09-21

doubtedly touch of violent reaction from
Soviet Russia and its satellite bloc. For
Moscow to permit its Albanian protege to
be invaded would be body blow to its
prestige, already damaged by its ill-success
in bringing rebellious Tito to book. In
view of this dangerous prospect, Washing
ton and London seem agreed to restrain
Greece from unilateral action, endeavoring
to handle the matter through the ma
chinery of the United Nations
That, however, is easier said than done.
Whatever might be the verdict Of the
General Assembly, effective U. N. action
could come only through the Security
Council, where Russia has an absolute veto.
But U. N. fasco over Albania, denying
Greece elementary justice and permitting
Hoxha to continue to thumb his nose at
everybody he wished, would further ex-
acerbate tensions already near the breaking
point. Albania thus furnishes challenge
to Anglo-American craftsmanship that
cannot be ignored or sidestepped.