Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 44, Number 72, Decatur, Adams County, 26 March 1946 — Page 2

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Stalin Says Soviet Troops Quit Iran Replies To Message From U. P. President Ixmtioti. Maitb 2t< (IT) Frei titter Josef Stalin. replying to *| meswKt- from Hugh Balllie. pre* dent of the United Pre**. said to-1 day that the R<-<i army is with drawing fro.n Iran <>n the Imais of a ’'positive" aareement between Ru-si., and the Iranian govern inent. Stalin rejected Winston Church I ill's recent appeal for I No security cornu il action »ti Iran as unconvincing lie disclosed that lite evacuation of Riissiutt troops had heen -ettied by a direct Soviet ! Iranian agreement. Indlisting that Russia believes their Is no ground! tor UNO lo tion .The Sovn-t premier's itaiement was made in a cable to Mr Baillie, who had invited him to coin tnenl on the Iranian situation and Chun hill's recent ex, in ive inter-, view with the United Press In that interview th« wartime B iti-h leader proposed swift UNO action to prevent a fait accompli in !r an. Terms of the Soviet Irania,: agreement were a mystery. Stalin gave no indication when the a greetnetit was reached, or wh.it it i contained United State and Britain hoped to find that out Hi the UNO Htturiiy meettnc in New York Stalins reply to Mi Baillie according to the official Engllaii, Iran Intern distributed by the Tassi News agency, said: "I thank you for your kind proposal. I cannot < onside Mr. Chur-1 chill's reason convincing As for' the que-tion of the withdrawal! of Soviet troops from Iran, as it. in a positive way by agreement known It has already been settled i between the Soviet government and the premier of lian" < Signed i Josef Stalin . Piesident Council of .Ministers 26 .March. 1R48" (The direct message from Stalin to Mr. Baillie, received in New York, varied slightly tn warding from the Tass version. It was dispatched in English from Mox< jw nt 2 a m. (.Moscow Time) today. It said ("United Press President Hugh Baillie: Thank you for your kind suggestion. I cannot admit as con vincing Mr (*bur< hili'* iiigitment Am to the question of the withdraw ai of Soviet troops from Iran, it is known to have already been positively settled by agreement between the Soviet government and the government of Iran (Signed t j. Stalin President of the Council of Minister* March 25, IH6"> Mr. Baillie', message to Stalin, gent on March 21. said: "1 should like io direct your attention to the statement given by Wington Churchill to the United Press If you duaiie to answer Churchill's argument fur speedy action by the United Nations security council on the Iran caaa the United Plans would Im- glad to distribute yogr views to the world " The Moscow radio began pub 1 Helling Stalin s statement In its' flrat morning home new* bullet-1 In shortly in-fore I a .tn. GMT. broadcasting both the Baillie mes-1 aaga and dialin g reply. Stalin'* message was the fl mt t uflkitl word aa to tke basis of the withdrawal, which Imgan Sunday. Radio Moscow anmmncMi Sunday that Red army troops ware beginning to evacuate Iran and made a vague inference to an aroement. Dispatches from Iran Monday •aid that £. V. Hudchikov. Soviet . ambassador In Tehran, Informed k the Iranian smreNMient Sunday flight that evacuation bad Iwguu , ■kae Tehran dispatch*. -aid Hu* had toll Kara) ■forest of leui-ai. and

were pulling out of Kaziin the bial transshipment point of Irnd-leaae uoml. m» miles northwest of Te|i-i i a ti j The lied in my tun pledged mid-! er the Soviet British liunian treaty of 1912 to withdraw from Iran by March 2. Russia had offered no ex Ida nut ion why the withdrawal I wax not carried out on time. . .- o— ——..... Group Stymied On Extension Os Draft — Six Week Extension Os Draft Proposed Washington. March 28 (UP)--The Senate Military Affair* coinmil te. deadlocked today on a proi posed sig weeks extension of the I draft. The pienent draft act expires l May 15. The vole was M Io » on a motion' to extend ii for six weeks to July! I two ineinliers were alsu-nt and' . uni corded Ad mg chairman Edwin C Johnson I). Colo, aid the committee will meat again this afternoon in 1 the hope that tile two absentees, j • bail man EIIh-ii I) Thomas. D. I (ah. and Sen Robert F Wagner. 1 11. NY. would bleak the tie Johnson pftiposed the six week* extension. Hi. t motion provides that the committee should hold h arings to determine the need for extending the draft law beyond that time. He offered it as a substitute lor a motion by Sen. War on R. Austin. It . Vt . for a otie-year extani >ii>u with a provision t sat the ret- , rhe of future draftees be limited Ito lb months. Witness Testifies For Von Ribbentrop Tried To Prevent Killing Prisoners Nuernberg, March 2d (UP)-A defense witness told th'- war crimes court today that Joachim von Ribbentrop tried in vain to prevent the shooting or in.OOt) cap*uied American and British airmen in reprisal for the bombing of Ger : many Adolf Von Steetigrachl. former foreign office sec rata ry. testified for Itildieuirop soon after his case was called "A liaison man told me the Fuehi er (Adolf Hitler) intended to kill a largs- number of English mid American prisoners, laigely fliers, a« a result of an attack on Dresden." Ste.-ngiach' said "I went immediately to Ribbentrop. th- was very excited, and rushed to the Fuehrer Re turned after half an hour and said he bad Im-cii able to get the Fuehrer to drop the matter." latter, bteeugracht aa d. Ribbentrop was amazed to find that his protest availed nothing, ' because the Fuehrer personally inspired the order." Ribbentrop's defense began aa soon as counsel for Rudolph H*ws i had rested his rime without call- ' Ing the former Nazi party deputy Ito tbe aland. This strategy saved him from exposure to crow examination by the prosecut km. I Ribbentrop's counsel said his , client waa “suffering from vaaco-; 1 motor difficulties which prevent him from speaking." and aaked for a postponement. The request was denied, and the lawyer said he expected Ribbentrop to testify later. — Chrysanthemums will grow in any soil that grows vegetables.. They should be planted in the' I spring. Texas, pecan « rop in l»41 was ?u!y 19 million pound, Forty three . million pounds were harvested in 1 1»4£

Chicago U. Head ' Warns Os New War Says United States Blundering To War Lox Angelmt, March 2d tUl’i Chancello: Robert M Ifiitclilns of the University of Chicago pred lets that (he United Rtafea will become Involved in an atomic world war In five years unless It abandons Its "dixastroiis" policy of | peace by force " Hutchins tidd the modern forum that the U. S. is "blundering i into a war with Russia.'* which, he said, will have it* own atom bomb in five years along with every other country with any indttsl rial capacity. "We theierote have just live years to build lot peace." he said. ' "Rattling the atom bomb can hardly be called a method of inspiring ’ trust in America's peaceful inteiij Hons.” The United Slates foreign |(olicy. he said, was the "sheerest folly.” based on a "philosophy of force" i hat brought demands for ' military conscription, an atomic I secretary, arctic military maneuvers and Pacific military bases. "Truman. Byrnes, Vandenberg mid Churchill talk of maintaining peace by force in senile disregard of the fact that force means war." he said. "They do not understand that it is no longer possible to win a war. "Because of their prejudices or their ineptness or their inability to cope with the problems of the atomic age. we are blundering into a war with Russia.” As chancellor of the University of Chicago, where rexearch was conducted on the atomic (comb, Hutchins played a part in its development. Hutchins said he personally did not like the Russians, their government. their philosophy, their Marxism, their indulgence In power politics, or their apparent conviction that every Healy Is after them." "And yet. if we were in Russia's posit ion. I am Inclined to think that we should be doing what Russia Is doing, or worse." he said. “I da not know that if we changed the Russians would change, hut It Is worth trying.” TAX PAYMENT (t aatmae* Hms Page Oae) tases have determined many InMannes of tax evasion, often Incidental to black market opera-; Hons." William T. Hherwood. j assistant internal revenue com n.ixsiouer. told the committee. lie said (it,mm leads on attempted evasions have been found ami that more would he uncovered He said S.OiiiJ agents have been assigned to evasion case*. W H. Woolf, chief of Internal te venue intelligence, told the committee that tax evasion "Is very widespread and we have not even scratched the surface." "For the present, probably the cases In which wP are getting the moat taxes are those In connection with black market operators and those who realised substantial profits in connection with war activities,** Woolf said. During ths first seven months of the current fiscal year, he said, the bureau collected 58hf1.727.000 or 5172.5f17.000 mors than was collected in the same period last | year. He said these figures did not include voluntary payments The deficiency bill also Included 58450.000 for the United Nations organisation—the first U. R tontribution to the operation of UNO. Os this figure. 58.163.500 is for United Hutes participation and the remainder for personal services and expenses of the Un* > tied States delegate and his staff The committee said this country's UNO staff would number •bout 188 persons this year, and that tics additional consultants and advisers would be added In 1547.

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DRASTIC CURBS (<—<!■«»>* r»— Page oae) and ceriuin projects auth as farm slloh and felli es also were exempt »-d from the program Maintenance and i epair work in industries, uliHtlew and lran*portatlou systems llk'-wlsa were not coverad The order wse Issued by bou»Ing expediter Wilson W. Wyatt and rlvliisn production administrator John D MmlHt Th«y planned to disclose further details of t-hr program at a news conference this attertuem. Hmall said the success or failure of the program hinged on public support. He pointed out that I’renident Truman already has endorsed the Older In principle whe:r tie approved Wyatt's program for building 2,100,0 mi new homes and apart meats for veterans during tbe next two years This include. I.flop,mm units thia year and 1,5m*.000 units in IMf, Hmwil aaid th* program would tie administered on a local level. iTtixens commNleee have lieen set u pin <ach community to screen all building applications. Evett if ptoposed projects are found esseti Hal every effort will be made to defri tiuem as lon/ as pcasfble. FHA will automata ally approve -Ml applications for vele>an« housing Priorities assistance for materials will lie granted only fur vet-

The strike at General Electric is over. We’re glad that it is. We are experts on electrical appliances and equipment, not on strikes. And 24 years without any real labor trouble has given us little opportunity to become experts on strikes. The raise of 18U cents an hour means over 50 million dollars more in the pockets of General Electric employees in the twelve months ahead. It also means that General Electric’s costs will be that much higher. The strike could not be settled by General Electric unaided, since it could control neither the cost of goods it makes nor the prices at which they are sold. Once the Government had recommended wage raises, only the Government was able to make them possible by further action on price ceilings.

erans and a few "critical" other i-lasses of Msemial constructioa. Thus, all permits to build under the order will not necessarily carry priorities ss«l«lauce o - GENERAL MOTORS tCwstlaasd ream e»a* «>■•) version was delayed by local issues, most of which now have Imeti settled. Nagollatlon* in the Pacific coast waterfront dispute were to Im- resumed Itwlay after a weekend recess. Representatives of tbe Waterfront Empkyyrrs Ae| sodat ion and the lateraattonal Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's union were to meet with federal conciliators to attempt solution of the most crucial is am- in dispute—retroactivity of any Increase to lie granted. The JLWU had demanded that any Increase b* retroactive to last (kt. 1. It Indicated It might attept less than Ils original 35 cent hourly Increase if that date were agreed upon Meanwhile, a new strike threat against Amerkan Railroads tsas made by A F. Whitney, president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, sn Operating Brotherhood , Testifying before a Presidential Emergency Fact Finding Commission at Chitago, Whitney said that adoption of working rule* < hanges demanded try the railroads would Im* a signal tor a strike.

What finally settled the strike at General Electric

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The B.R.T. and th* Brother hood of Locomotive Engineers, avther operating utihmf postfi potted a prevkmsly twheduled strike to give the Fact-Finding Commission time to investigate the union's demands for I26ft-a---1 day wag* increases and 45 Improvements In working rules. The railroads have made < oanierdemands tor working rules changes wbleb Wbitaey said would "reduce the standard of living or working conditions ut the men on American railroads.'* DISTRICT MEETING (Caafioeed Ffasa rape Owe) for«ua in 1942. was named athletie chairman of the post by Command- ; et Hunter and will assume bi* duties Immediate!?Plans are already under way for the (orinatlon of a pc*t soft boll team, with Harold Strickler as manager, os was announced. — Q . , „ ■!.. JAMES J. DAVIS, (Continued Fwm Pae* One) plating was "becoming quite the thing In those days” and that Mr. Davis, an ardent supporter of Mr. McKinley, promised some day that the canning Industry and resultant effects of tin-plat-ing would employ thousand*. "How little I knew.” he reminisced, "that the figure actually would Ims hundred* of thousands." Mr. Davis was conducted on

the tour of the local home by Ernest J. Worthman. lodge *«<> retary. and a group of official* | of the Fort Wayne lodge, who'

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Without hope of price relief, the 1S 1 - cent raise at General Electric would not have been possible. With some hope of price relief, there was never any doubt that General Electric would meet the national wage pattern once such a pattern was established —with or without a strike. General Electric’s prices are close to pre-war levels. But employees earnings with the new raise will be up 50 to 60% over prewar. The labor cost of making General Electric goods will I* that much higher. And materials will te ut least 20% higher. General Electric has this aim for the future—to make new and better products, to discover new and better ways of making them. This production efficiency, through which the General Electric organization has contributed so much to the standard of living, is the key to the continued advancement of General Electric employees and the public in the years ahead.

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