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of policing an arnistice and ex-
changing prisoners of war. Both
groups scheduled meetings in
IPanmunjom for II am. Tuesday
New Years day % pm. Monday,
EST.
by your assumed attitude of a
victor and your insistence on, de-
veloping a military air capability
(airfelds) you have served clear
notice to the world that what
you have In mind is not peace but
war;" said Maj. Gen. Howard M.
Turner, U. N. negotiator. you
have cast an ominous shadow
over these negotiations. :"
Further Data Refused.
Rear Admiral r. E. Libby said
the Communists refused to provide
data on prisoners the U. N. says
were not listed on the official Red
roster until the Allies supply fur
|ther information on prisoners in
U. N. camps. Most of the $4,000
the u. N. claims were listed as
prisoners by the Reds in official
radio broadcasts were South Ko-
lreanS.
The Communists insisted Mon
day that they already had turned
over all basic data on war pris-
oners and only "minutiae" was
left. Admiral Libby declared it
was not "minutiae" but "a grave
matter"
The Allied negotiators said
North Korean Maj. Gen. Lee Sand
Cho promised December 10 to fur
Inish the requested information.
Admiral Libby said he considered
/ 1t a definite commitment.
Gen. Lee urged an immediate
agreement to exchange all pris-
oners as "a fine New Years
agreement"
your proposal for an all-for-
all exchange has one fatal defect" F"
Admiral Libby replied. "You did
not mean ALI when you said ALL
He did not elaborate. but pre-
Isumably referred to $4,000 pris-
oners the Allies say the Reds have
not accounted for. Most of them
are South Koreans.
"GOing Through Motions"
Admiral Libby said the Allies
"at the appropriate time will re-
Ilinquish all prisoners"
An official U. N. spokesman,
Brig. Gen. william p. Nuckols
said it appeared to him that the
Reds were "just going through
the motions. They had nothing
new to say. They appeared to be
merrily waiting for instructions
from higher up."
The question Of whether the
Communists should. be allowed tc
construct military airfields ir
North Korea during an armistice
is the principal stumbling block
to agreement on truce supervision
item three on the armistice talks
agenda.
Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway's
headquarters in Tokyo said about
$500 Communist war prisoners
have died in prison camps. AL
deaths have been reported to the
International Red Cross. the an.
nouncement said.
Gen. Ridgway's headquarter:
added that the health of Commu.
mist troops captured by the Allie.
has been generally poor.
| Yesterday U. N. negotiator.
handed the Reds a list of IS miss
ing civilians presumably captured
in Korea during the summer o1
1850 and asked that they be freed
when prisoners Of war are ex.
iclaanped.
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Cannon Seeks Bulge
Without Tax Rise or
Higher Debt Ceiling
Uncertainty on Defense
Expenditures to Delay
Presidents Estimates

Chairman Cannon Of the House
Appropriations Committee an
Inounced today he is determined to
hold new appropriations in 1852
down to point that will avoid
any new taxes or further increases
in the national debt ceiling.
simultaneously. the White
House announced President Tru-
man will delay sending his budget
message to Congress because the
defense figures are still being re-
viewed.
Mr.. Cannon revealed, however,
that the House committee already
has received the detailed esti-
mates for some agencies and that
this will enable subcommittee to
begin work promptly on appro-
priation bills next week.
White House Press Secretary
Joesph Short said today he did
not think the budget estimates
would be more than two weeks
behind the State of the Union
message, which may go to Cap
itol Hill on January g..
First of 3 Major Messages.
In the State of the Union mes
sage-always the first of the three
major messages the President
sends to a new session of Con-
.gress-he outlines his legislative
program for the year.
Mr.. Short said that the eco
Inomic message, the other of the
big three, will go up ahead of the
budget this year.
Mr.. Short also said that there
probably will be a lag of a week
between the economic and budget
messages. which are complement
tary.
Mr.. Cannon recalled that las
January the danger of another
world war was so acute that Con.
gress signed on the dotted line fo]
nearly all money requests related
to defense.
Since Russia did not declare all.
out war in 1851, MIR. Cannon say
he believes Stain has missed ths
bus" and that war is not likely
in the immediate future.
This year we can take our time
and scrutinize the defense items
and we are going to do It." Mr.
Cannon said.
Bill VIII Call for Ceiling.
Earlier in the day Representa-.
tive Coudert, Republican, Of New
York announced he will introduc,
a bill on opening day next weel
to limit spending in the next fisca
year to the estimated tax receipt.
of $71 billion.
Mr.. Cannon called this a "laud-
able objective" but predicted the
bill would not pass because it il
"impracticable" to put an arbi.
trary ceiling in the budget at the
start of the year when you cam
tell what emergencies may arise"
Mr.. Cannon also said he ha.
learned that every department O
the Government has taken an ap'
Ipeal this year from the estimates
tentatively approved by the Bulge
Bureau, and he described this a
a good sign. The fact that al
Iagencies are appealing leads tn,
House chairman to believe tn,
Budget Bureau is demandin,
such a tight budget that it i
stepping on everybody's toes"
| Although Mr.. Cannon said tn
total of the new budget is not We
available, with the White Hous,
still going over the final figures
he is confident that Congress vii
keep it within limits that viii
avoid a 1853 deficit.
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Vigilance 10 Prevent
New Red Treachery
Urged by Aeheson
Secretary Notes Progress
In Strengthening Allies
In Review Of Policy
ey tho A,,oelntsd pr...

NEW YORK. Dec. 3l.-secre.
tary of State Acheson warned thu
Nation last night that even Il
there is an armistice In Korea, 1--WE
shall have to remain on guar6
against a renewal Of Communist
|treachery."
In a year-end foreign policy re.
view and new year forecast on
world affairs. he also issued a plea
for the United States to guard
against the excesses Of partisan
zeal" in next years presidential
election campaigns lest thess
blind us to the sober requirement.
OF our national interest"
Secretary Acheson spoke here
before a meeting Of the Jewish
War Veterans, delivering a pre-.
pared address in response to ar
award made to him. He received
the organizations gold medal fol
distinguished service" Secretary
Acheson pictured the year ending
as one Of transition in world af.
fairs during which considerable
progress was made In building the
unity and strength Of the non.
Communist nations. He envisionec
1852 as "a critical year" during
which American actions viii have
a decisive effect upon the cause
Of peace"
Job Far From Done.
OF the present. he said, "thert
are grounds for confidence. but nj
grounds for complacency. We can.
not afford to let down at all II
vigilance, purpose and effort"
The war In Korea, Secretar,
Acheson said, has proved tina
collective security can work" ant
the fight of the United Nations
there has helped arrest the gen
eral forces of aggression"
But he added:
"The job in Korea Is far from
done.
| Negotiations for an armistics
are still going on. Our representa-
ltives have been doing a superb
job: they have been patient ane
Arm. in support of our objective'
in Korea.
1--WE do not yet know whether o.
when we shall have an end to tn,
lighting in Korea, but this mucl
lis certain: we shall not rest unit
our men who are being held
prisoner are released. And we shall
stand firm against any settlement
that rewards aggression, or com
promises the security Of the Re.
public Of Korea.
"But even If an armistice Il
(See ACHESON, Page A-3.)
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AtdIy PldIlcS, 1TOm tIllS country
and Canada. into the hunt.
The missing planes:
l. A non-sclleduled airliner
carrying 40 persons which dis
appeared on a 190-mile Pittsburgh
to Buffalo flight. It took of
Saturday night for the normally
ione-hour hop with a three-hour
gasoline supply.
2. A CAT military transport,
last heard from yesterday AFTER
noon near Phoenix, Ariz. It was
carrying % persons, including 10
West Point cadets, on a fight
from Hamilton Air Force Base,
Calf, to Goodfellow Air Base,
Tex.
8. An Air Force F-51 Mustang
fighter. which vanished after its
pilot, believed the only person
aboard, radioed for landing in.
Istructions at Tucson.
Hunt Concentrated.
Bad weather hampered search
efforts.
But despite thickening skies, As
Navy, Coast Guard, Air Force,
Civil Air Patrol and Royal Cana
dian Air Force planes Joined in
the hunt for the airliner.
The search concentrated over
the mountains of Western Penn
sylvania and the Great Lakes,
where Coast Guard cutters
scanned the water from below.
In Arizona, rain, clouds and
high winds kept all but heavy
search planes grounded. These
roamed over the rugged mountain
area northeast of Phoenix.
Wreckage Reported.
| At Oroville. Calf :, searchers be-
lieved they had located the wreck
age of a CAT Air Force plane,
missing since Wednesday with
eight men aboard.
A search plane reported sight
ing what appeared to be a wrecked
plane. in the Yankee Hill area,
about 25 miles north of Oroville.
That is in the Sierra foothills.
! A ground party was on the way
to the scene.
There was a black area around
the plane, as if a fire had occurred.
Rumors Hamper Search.
The twin-engine C-46 transport
out Of Pittsburgh had three
hour gasoline supply for the nor
mally one-hour trip.
Capt. Alexander Wozniak Of the
United States Air Force Is in
charge Of the aerial search. He
had 180 planes at his disposal, in
cluding military and civil air pa
troll craft.
Capt. Wozniak directed planes
to cover a 100-mile-wide path, so
miles on each side Of the intended
route. Royal Canadian Air Force
planes were ordered to scour Ca
madam territory near the United
States border. A Coast Guard
1plane from Salem, Mass. and
Coast Guard boats were told to
cover Lake Erie. An Air Force
amphibian, manned by a crew
from Westover Field in Massa-
chusettS, was assigned to flights
back and forth over the C-46's
Iplanned course. Visibility over
much of the course was only 800
feet when the search began.
/ Wild rumors the plane had been
found hampered search parties.
Hundreds of curiosity seekers
jammed roads about 100 miles
north Of Pittsburgh after one re-
lport.
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7 Huks, Girl Are Killed
In Skirmishes on Luzon
BY the Assoeiated Pres.

MANILA, Dec. 31.-Army sources
today reported seven Communist
Huks and a 17-year-old girl were
killed in weekend skirmishes in
Central Luzon.
It brought to "a the number of
rebels killed in the past week.
Evening star., 1951-12-31
Brewsters Leoye Teherun

TEHERAN, Iran. Dec. 81. R.--
Senator Brewster. Republican, OF
Maine. and his wife left Teheran
lby plane today for Baghdad.
Evening star., 1951-12-31
Reds Accused
|0f Planning War
Amid ParIeys
Allied Negotiotors
Also Charge Evasion
On POW Agreement
BY the Associated Press

| MUNSAN, Korea, Dec. 31.-In
final Korean truce talks of 1851
the United Nations today accused
the Reds Of planning war while
negotiating a truce, and of trying
to squirm out of an agreement
to tell what happened to more
than $4,000 unaccounted-for pris-
|oners of war.
subcommittee wound UP the
year still deadlocked on the issues
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Woteh Night Services and Other Pro-
sroms Mark Close Of Year. Poee B-l
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Reds Fight 4th Doy to Keep Korean Hill
| Token From Allies. Poee A-3.
Few Things choneed in Yeor. Wor Writer
Finds on Icy Petrol. Poee AS
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List Of Passengers on Missing Transport
Plons. Page A-3.
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itary planes, from this country
and Canada, into the hunt.
The missing planes:
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(See ACHESoN, Page A-3o
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Weather Slows
Searches for ;
Missing Planes
| 1o West Pointers
Are Listed Among
50 on All Croft
BY the Assoeiafed Press

Search planes roared through
murky skies in the East and West
today hunting three aircraft
which vanished in flight over the
week end with a total Of SO per-
sons aboard.
The bizarre sequence Of aerial
IdiSappearances sent scores of mil.
Evening star., 1951-12-31
Guide for Reader.

An Associated Press Newspope
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1951-05-09

YAKIMA-Mrs. Kara Kondo
Re. l, Box S06-B Yakima, Wash
SP0KANE-BIanche Shiosaki
Bsx 6e5S, Spokane IA, wash.
Bus. GIL. 1548 Res. GIL. 1897
ONTARIO-Shig Hironaka
Box 741, Ontario, Greg.
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Northwest District Council Delegates STUDY
Action towards Speeding Claims Payment

PNDC delegates agreed that present
progress on the claims was highly
unsatisfactory. and that the time
had come for more direct and ag-
gressive action by JACL ADO. A
resolution to that effect was there
fore unanimously adopted. The re-
solution also included an endorse
ment of the principle of compromise
settlement of evacuation claims.
Establishment of Pacific North
west Regional Office in Seattle was
approved, and Seattle Chapter Pre-
sident Harry Takagi was authorized
to take necessary steps to establish
the office, under appropriate control
of a PNDC Regional Office Board,
discussed and approved at previous
district council meetings.
Delegates also discussed the Paci-
fic Northwest District Convention.
to be held in Seattle during the first
three days in September, and laid
out basic policies affecting the con-
vention.
The following appointments were
made by Chairman Roy Nishimura.
Spokane: To the National Nomina-
ting Committee, Ed Yamamoto,
Spokane; to the. National Recogni-
tions Committee, Sho Endow, Hood
River; to the Pacific Citizen Com
mittee, Henry Kato, Gresham
Troutdale.
1t was pointed out that national
headquarters felt that the Pacific
Northwest had not previously been
adequately recognized In the mat
ter of nominations to national Of
fices and recognition awards. 1t
was believed that addition of a
PNDC member to the governing
committee should be of aid in cor
recting this situation.
The meeting was adjourned dur
ing the noon hour at which time the
delegates enjoyed a luncheon at
Crawford's Sea-Grill as guests of
the Puyallup Valley chapter before
resuming discussions in the after
noon.
Seattle JACL'ers attending the |
PNDC meeting were Mary Ikeda.
Min Yamaguchi Mrs. Shigeko Uno,
Kengo Nogaki and Harry Takagi
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Gated than Mr.. Dulles suggested in
a recent speech in Tokyo. II come
from an island. Manhattan, where
over two million people are crowded
into twenty-five square miles.
Yet it is one of the most prosperous
areas of the entire world"
oFinally, overlapping and in ma
ny ways overshadowing all these
other problems Is the fact that Ja-
pan is today virtually cut off from
China and Manchuria. In time,
other markets and raw-material
sources especially in Southeast
Asia) might compensate Japan's
economy for this severance of old
trading connections. Within SOW
ereign Japan, however, there will be
strong pressure for resumption of
mainland trade as the only alterna-
tive to U. S. subsidy or loans. This
problem Gike a good many others
now troubling the world) will not
be overcome until the u. s. has a
Far Eastern policy.
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wrote: oddly enough, the war
forced Japanese industry to become
honest" His point was that when
Japan was cut off in l94l from u s.
and European ball bearings and
precision machinery, Japanese in
dustry was finally obliged to learn
how to manufacture to the highest
specifications.
Assuming that japanese indus
try is ready for some quality compe-
tftion with the West, as we'll as its
habitual price competition, will the
West allow these goods a fair
chance? Congressional reaction to
the Seattle fair will be worth
watching.
oCan the growth of the Japan
csc economy keep pace with the
birth rate, which will probably give
Japan population of 100 million
sometime between 1860 and 1870?
There Is no occasion here for Nal
thusian despair; at the same time
the problem is little more compli-
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sentiment for an increase in U. s
procurement from Japan, not just
for security forces that may be sta
toned in or close to Japan but fol-
general U. s. requirements In such
items as parachutes, optical equip
ment, and radio tubes. All this
might help ease the adjustment to
Korean cease-fire, when and If.
2. The other major short-term
uncertainty for the Japanese econo-
my is what the. peace treaty will
say. If Mr.. Dulles has his way, ii
will be the most far-sighted docu-
ment of its kind written in the
twentieth century, demanding nc
reparations and attempting no res
trictions on production or economic
growth-restrictions no sovereign
nation would long observe in any
case-but aimed rather at associa-
ting Japan with her former enemies
in a new Pacific security system.
The Philippines are understand
ably reluctant to forswear repara-
tons, but is quite clear that the ia
panese economy cannot sustain it
self and simultaneously meet repa-
rations claims. Mr.. Dulles has put
the U. S. position pretty bluntly:
The United States Is not prepared.
after the occupation ends, to CONT
nue. indefinitely. economic re-
lief. Neither Is it willing, in effect,
to pay Japanese reparations by put
ting into Japan what reparation
creditors would take out"
The British government, at least
as of mid-April,, has not yet accept
ed the u. s. position that there
should be no limitations on Japan's
merchant fleet or shipbuilding ca
pacity. The u. S.. however, consi-
ders renaissance of the Japanese
merchant marine one of the keys to
a viable Japanese economy. Last
year Japan spent approximately
$3.50 million in shipping charges on
trade carried in foreign bottoms.
Beyond these immediate uncer-
tainties. there are half a dozen
long-range questions to be asked
about Japan's economic prospects:
oWould a sovereign Japan stick
to the monetary Sterilization re-
commended two years ago by the
Dodge mission and successfully i'm
posed by soap? Historically, ia
pan has been disposed toward con-
sentative fiscal and monetary poll
cies, and there are some grounds
for hoping that post-treaty govern
ments would not pursue deliberate
ly inflationary policies.
owill private U. s. capital assist
the development of a balanced Ja-
panese economy? Investment capt.
tai is extremely scarce In Japan,
and interest rates are astronomical
(short-term accommodations run
as high as per cent month";
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There are unquestioned opportuni-
ties for U. S. industry to hire out
chronological information to Japa-
nese firms and In some lines to COW
er the Far Eastern market from ia
pan. U. S. firms that have taken
up land in most cases expanded
their pre-war Japanese investments
include Standard-V Caltex,
Tide Water Associated, Singer Sew
ing Machine. National Cash Regis
ter. and Goodrich. So far, however,
1t is doubtful whether more than
IS million in new y. s. investment
has gone into Japan. The deterrent
is not so much lack of confidence
in Japanese internal conditions (the
Diet year ago adopted enlighten-
ed legislation to encourage foreign
investment) as Japan's proximity to
the front lines of any future Pacific
war.
oCan Japanese manufacturers
live down their pre-war reputation
for shoddy qualitya They must, of
course, If they are to realize their
full potential in export trade. and
the Japanese press these days is full
of exhortations on the subject. The
optimistic view was recently ex-
pressed by Kimpei Sheba. managing
editor of the Nippon Times, who
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SUBSCRIPTION RATES

TACOMA, Wash, May 9-Dele-
gates at the JACL Pacific North
west District Council meeting held
on Sunday, May g. devoted most of
their time to an extensive discussion
of evacuation claims.
The meeting, an "all-day" affair,
was held in Tacoma with the Puya-
llup Valley chapter acting as hosts.
Sam Ishikawa. a member of the
National Evacuation Claims Com
mittee of the JACL(Japanese Anne
rican Citizens League) and now act
ing as regional director, Northern
California Regional Office, was gil
ven the floor at the beginning of the
session and reported on the latest
developments concerning evacua-
ton claims.
After considerable discussion.
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Editors note; Seattle's Japa-
nese Trade Fair was mentioned
in an editorial, "Can Japan Pay
Her Own Way?", in the May is
sue Of Fortune magazine. The ed
itorial cited the fair as drama
tic evidence of the recovery Of A
sia's greatest industrial power.
Can Japan Pay Her Own Way?"
is published belOw.)
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Next month, as the result of a
shrewd collaboration between Seat
tie businessmen and 100 or more
japanese manufacturers, the U. S
is going to see dramatic evidence OF
the recovery of Asia's greatest in
dustrial power. From June II to
July 3, Seattle Is holding full-dress
Japanese Trade Fair. Japanese
industry. with the blessings of SOAP
and Premier Yoshida's government,
has already begun shipping over ex-
hibits of industrial machinery, sew
ing machines, bicycles, cameras, BIZ
noculars, furniture, rugs, toys, cul-
tured pearls, brassware, chemical
products. pulp. Americans will
know that japan is back in BUSH
ness" said one Seattle Chamber of
Commerce man, when the Japs
(Japanese) take orders, quote pri-
ces. and guarantee delivery dates"
Japan is indeed back in business.
During the first two months of 1851,
her exports were running at an an
nual rate close to 81 billion. The
industrial-activity index in 1850
climbed from 96-2 in January 1882
So: 100 to 1874 in December. AS
shown in the table Gin Fortune ma
gazine), extraordinary progress in
some lines, e. g.. generation of cleo
trical energy, is in part Offset by
tagging industries, most notably
shipping and textiles. And it is
the consensus of U. S. authorities
that the Japanese standard of liv-
ing, never high, Is still about 10 per
cent lower than in the best pre-war
years. But all in all, the recovery
is remarkable one.
Coinciding with this comeback is
the rapid progress in the writing of
a Japanese peace treaty; John Fos-
ter Dulles, representing the U. S., is
hopeful that the negotiations can
be completed by July and ratifica-
lions by the end of the year. Thus
a prosperous Japan may soon be q
sovereign Japan as well, shaping
her own economic policies and do
ing business as an equal in world
markets.
The U. S. taxpayer, who has spent
some 81 billion putting Japan back
on her feet, can take good deal of
satisfaction in the cheerful business
statistics out of Tokyo. Can he now
end all subsidies to the Japanese
economy? Probably not.
The subsidies need not be large, |
however. They amounted to $l83
million in the U. S. budget for fis-
'al 1861. Preliminary plans for fis-
al 1852 call for about $40 million. |
The subsidies can be considered i
prime investment Gas defense costs
IT nowadays); and-give great good |
iense on the part of the U. S., some
If the other Pacific powers, and ia
ban herself-a self-supporting ia
ban might emerge within the next
ew years.
Short-term, there are two major
hazards to Japan's prosperity:
l. The Korean war might end. In !
he eight months ending March 1,
he U. N. armed forces and ECA
contracted for $3.50 million worth
# japanese goods and services to
'e used in support of the Korean
ampaign or rehabilitation behind
he lines. For a full year, after sub
racting Japan's peacetime Fiscal
$500 trade with Korea, the war
1ould represent a windfall business
+ about $3.50 million to $275 million.
the Korean war is wound up
ometime in 1851, japanese industry
hoping for substantial business
ut of U. N. reconstruction pro-
ram. In the State department,
furthermore, there is considerable