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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1945

FORECAST: Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow, probable thundershowers tonight i little change in temperature,

Entered as Second-Class Matter at Postofice Indianapolis 9, Ind. Issued daily except Sunday

‘Nippon Never Again Will Be A World Power u

Japan's Punishment For Her Sins

Will Be Long And Bitter—M Arthu

Gen. Douglas MacArthur

Indiana P. A.C.

Maps Election|

Campaign at Meeting Here

The Indiana Political: Acian Commie opened its 1946 election

campaign today in a “revi Some 50 state C.1.0.

"Session at the Li hotel.

mitatives heard P.A.C. officers urge

immediate organization of a complete political setup Peneiating deep nto all wards and precincts in Indiana,

= Objective of ‘the P. A. C., speakers said, is fo extend ‘Its activities

among rank-and-file Hoosier voters

"and to intensify its efforts over!

those of the 1944 campaign. National Leaders Here Jack Kroll of New York, assistant to P. A, OC, Chief Sidney Hillman emphasized “there will be no at- | tempt to form a third party. . . Neither do we want to capture any existing political party. At the same time, we don’t intend to permit any | existing party to capture us.” No candidates were mentioned at| the initial 1946 prep meeting, but! several left-handed slaps were aimed at the present administration in! Washington. { “Frankly,” said Mr; Kroll, “we're very critical of the present administration.” He charged that adminis tration leaders were neglecting to exert’ suflicient pressure to guarantee adoption of the $25 for 26 weeks unemployment, compensation ‘bill, ' ‘Plenty of Talk’

“There’s plenty of talk, -but not mpugh action,” he declared. “We're wondering whether the administration is simply going to pay lip service to liberalism. ., . . We're watching and waiting before we make up our minds about the situation in Washington.” James McEwan, president of the Indiana State Industrial Council (C. I. 0.) asserted: “We haven't got a» Roosevelt in the White House and we'll have to learn to realize that. , , . On the other hand both parties are wooing us now. But its not a question of joining hands with Democrats or Republicans. It's a matter of taking a forthright stand on individual candidates.” Defines “Fight” Mr. Kroll declared “there’s no such thing as a fight between cap- | ital and labor in this country. It's a fight between the reactionary

* employer and the liberal unions.”

The national P. A. O. spokesraan

REVEAL DEWEY'S SILENCE ON PLOT

Frans Say He Knew U. S.!

Had Pearl Harbor Tip.

NEW YORK, Sept. 21 (U, P.).— Herbert Brownell Jr. chairman of the Republican national committee, said today that Governor Thomas E. Dewey received two “confidential" letters from Gen, George C. Marshall during the 1944 presidential campaign asking Dewey not to disclose what he knew of the Pearl Harbor disaster,

Brownell's statement followed a Life magazine story today which said . that Dewey “knew the full’ story of Pearl Harbor” during his unsuccessful campaign, but refrained from using it although its disclosure “might well have landed” the New York chief executive in the White House. Dewey, himself, at a press conference at Albany, N. Y. said that he had “no comment” on the story. Friends, however, governor did not discuss the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor during the campaign because he would |

“rather be licked for President than |

do damage to the war effort.” ‘Urged to Save Code Secret Bromwell said tht the Repulicans intended in the 1944 campaign “to disclose the truth about Pearl Harbor insofar as we had been able to find out tle facts which were being concealed by the New Deal administration.” In consulting Dewey, Bromwell sald, it was learned that he had received “under dramatic circum-

condemned what he described as stances” two letters from Gen. Mar-

“don’t-worry propaganda” painting golden pictures of prosperity lurking just around the corner. pointed out that unless legislation is adopted to insure employee job security “we’ll go into a

tallspin that will make the 1020 depression look like a kiddies’ roller-coaster.”

He lkewise added that a drive for $1 memberships soon would get

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shall, army chief of staff, “which warned him that disclosure during

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By VICTOR PETERSON For 11 years Donald Reeves, R. R. 20, Box 277, was a jpormal youngster, Now, because of a hit-and-run driver, he is a baby again and slowly must strive to recapture his lost years, ; Monday The Times told of his eight-week battle for life in City hospital when for a month he lay

By HUGH President of th

(World Copyright, 1945, by United Press)

TOKYO, Sept. 21.—Japan will never again become a world power, Gen. Douglas MacArthur said today in an interview with the United Press. commercially, every other way is in a state of complete collapse,”

“Japan industrially,

Arthur declared. “Her food

faces conditions in this emergency that may well become Her punishment for her sins, which is just beginning, will be long and bitter. ” The supreme commander told me that war criminal trials will commence very shortly. Japan's army will be absolutely abolished by Oct. 15. The remnants of Japan's navy are doomed to destruction except “minor specimens which may be retainable for scientific or museum purposes.” All Japanese munitions and all munitions plants which survived the war will be destroyed, MacArthur said. Japan will be kept on an austerity basis regarding sports, enter-

catastrophic.

tainment, and luxuries,

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"| have never entered politics and never intend to do | have stated before and reiterate now that | started as a soldier and shall finish as one. assignment, which when concluded will mark the definite end of my service."— Gen. Douglas MacArthur,

| am on my last public

Japanese,

The Japanese are not being treated brutally but the surrender terms, no matter how harsh, are being rigidly enforced, MacArthur emphasized. Furthermore, he said, Japan can expect no relief, no food, clothing, or supplies from the allied powers this winter. ‘MacArthur pointed out complete execution of the terms imposed by the allies is expected to take many years. The man who pursued the Japanese from Australia to Tokyo plans to remain personally on the scene enforcing, directing and administering allied rule over the

Reiterating that he has no political aspirations, Mac-

Arthur said that he started as a soldier and intends to

finish as one. “Im on my last public as

cluded will mark the definite end of my service,” he said, MacArthur received me in his new headquarters in Tokyo. His paneled office is in one of the few large builde ings which survived the bombings. Oil paintings hang on From the room where a Japanese insurance

the walls, magnate once operated, the

throughout the Japanese empire and the regions which

« Japan once seized.

The general is keen, magnetic, decisive, and intolerant

of delays or inefficiencies. He force. My own observations are estimate of Japan's condition are concerned,

The nation’s cities and industries are pulverized and paralyzed. Lacking outside assistance, recovery will ba Vast areas, many square miles of which were once teeming business districts and extensive

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extremely difficult.

signment, which When cons

general directs operations

radiates energy and driving

certainly in accord with his as far as visible evidences

END CALLED OFF—

Talked God Into 9-Day Reprieve, 'Prophet’ Claims

PASADENA, Cal, Sept. 21—' The world got a reprieve from destruction today. The Rev. Charles G. Long gave it another nine days to keép on spinning. But after then, watch out. Long, 72, had set 9:33 a m.

(Indianapolis time) today as the moment for the world to explode in vapor. But the deadline passed, and nothing happened. ~~ - ” = LONG. apparently was left speechless by the turn of events. At least, he had no comment, His son, Frank, appeared at the door of their home a minute after the passing of the zero hour. “The world hasn't ended,” he said tersely. Then he slammed the door without further word on when to expect the worst. ” » © LONG in advance of the time scheduled for W-E day. (world’s end day) said that he might have talked the Lord out of it. He said is appeared he had been able to put the great explosion off for perhaps another nine days. The founder and leader of the

Lord told him that he might keep that cosmic bomb behind the pearly gates and not drop it on the world at all “if the peoples repent of their wrongs.” ” » = LONG was feeling pretty vexed, too, because he just remembered that in that vision back in 1938 - a moving hand neglected to tell him whether an ancient or modern calendar was to be used in figuring out the beginning of all eternity. Long had worked out his date with doom on a modern latest model calendar and, as he gloomily pointed out, if the Lord meant for him to use the old Biblical

said that the |

calendar his present calculations were bound to be way off base.

WEEK-END TO BE COOL,

Although tomorrow will be rather warm, cooler weather is in store for Indiana and Illinois for the next few days. Temperatures will’ average from three to five degrees below normal, the weather bureau predicts, becoming cooler in the north Sunday and sharply cooler over the entire territory Monday. Fall clothes will continue to feel good through Wednesday with temperatures remaining sub-normal. Rain and occasional thundershowers are due Saturday and Sunday, with

average precipitation of one inch.

of a rag doll,” his mother said today. “We hope some day he can walk again but he has a long road to travel to normal health, We are going to have to help him learn

again.” Mr. Reeves, while earning an average salary, finds it hard. to make it stretch. Besides his wife

tent of Methodist hospital,

NEW HOSPITAL HEAD IS NAMED AT METHODIST

Robert E. Neff, Hoosier Native, to Come Here From lowa.

Robert Emery Neff, nation-| | ally known hospital adminis-|

GARY STEEL 0UTP BY DWINDLING OIL §

trator and native Hoosier, today was chosen superinten

Announcement of the ap pointment was made by Bish

directors’ meeting today. Mr. Neff, who was born in Eaton, previously served many years in Indianapolis hospitals., He was ad« ministrator of the Indiana univer sity hospitals from 1913 to 1928, and superintendent of City hospital from 1918 to 1921. Stationed In Towa Since 1928, he has been adminis

Remnant Church of God said the |

IS FORECAST,

everything he ever knew all over

trator of the Btate University of {Towa hospitals, and has also been |a trustee of the American Hospital association. A graduate of Indiana university, Mr. Neff took his law degree from Iowa State college, and returned to | Indiana university as director of {the social service department. He succeeds Acting Superintendent Dr. O. W. Fifer, who replaced Dr. John G. Benson following the Intter's resignation last spring.

SENATE STUDIES NEW ARMY RELEASE PLAN

(Editorial, Page 22)

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 (U, P.). —Congressional criticism of army demobilization continued today despite Gen. George C. Marshall's promise of point reductions and releases as fast as possible, Whether congress will take matters into its own hands remained top be seen. A special closed meeting of the Senate military affairs committee today offered a possible indication of which way congressional sentiment will swing. The committee was expected to consider what legislation, if any, is needed in view of Marshall's statement and the facts uncovered in a week of public hearings on demobilization plans of all branches of the armed forces, Chairman Elbert D. Thomas (D. Utah), wanted nothing more for the present than approval of legislation

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Donald Must Learn Again to Walk and Talk

chase a junior bed with sides to keep him from falling out. Meanwhile, other hearts in Indianapolis have gone out to the youth whose life was cut so short while the criminal goes free, Cards and phone calls by the dozens have flooded the home. Many contained money for the youth and neighbors have taken up a collection. “All that money is for Donald,” his mother sald. “He hag sufe | fered so much. We are putting it in a little bank for him, Maybe 06 Ay We ot, te 1b And en.

Titus Lowe, president of the hose] pital board of directors, following a

GREAT AUTO EMPIRE

DETROIT,” Sept. 21 (U, P.).—~ Henry Ford IT, 28, today succeeded | his grandfather as president of | the Ford Motor Co. and head of | one of the world’s greatest private | fortunes. | Henry .- Ford, the 82-year-old] founder of the sprawling automo- | tive empire and vast other holdings, | resigned the presidency for the| second time. He turned over the presidency | to his son, Edsel, in 1018, but re- | furned to the helm in June, 1843, shortly after Edsel’s death. The elder Ford inereasingly had withdrawn from responsibilities of | management in the last year after | piloting the company through most {of its war production, His grand-| [son and namesake became execu-| | tive vice president on April 28, 1044.

LEGION CONVENTION T0 OPEN TOMORROW

The first full-scale state Legion convention since 1941 will open here tomorrow with 917 delegates representing the 56,000 American Leglon members of Indiana. The two-day sessions will be held in Tomlinson hall. Department commander William E. Brown will call the opening session to order tomorrow at 1 p. m. . Adjournment of the first session will be at 4 p. m. tomorrow so that delegates may attend the victory celebration and memorial serv fces to be held on World War Memorial plaza. Speakers at the memorial service will include Govérnor Gates, Mayor Tyndall, former Governor Henry PF, Schricker and former Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan. One of the biggest parades in state history will stért southward tomorrow from 16th and Delaware sts, at 6:30 p. m.. Under the marshalship of James Ahern and Raymond Grider, both former 11th district American le-

Forest Manor Ave. Traffic

Going home from school 73 along Forest Manor ave,

hurt or killed,

HENRY FORD Il HEADS Sidewalks for Sefety of 10 MILLION IDLE BY

Children Is Plea of Neighborhood.

“BEFORE SOME CHILD 1s hurt or killed” is the way parents | around Forest Manor ave. north of 30th st. phrase their hopes. The adults are up-in-arms for want of sidewalks along Forest Manor en route to school 73, at | 4101 E. 30th st. Mrs. Kenneth A. Franey, 3350 N. Gladstone ave. is typical of worried mothers in the neighborhood. “We have talked about it so much that I know I speak the fears. of all of us,” she said.

» ” » “FOREST MANOR is one of the busiest streets in the area as it is a through street. For children living north of 30th and several streets east and west of Forest Manor it Is the only way for them |

| to get to school,

“About two blocks north of 30th | st. 1s a narrow bridge. We live | in fear of the day some children | will cross and cars will meet,” she | said. “There wouldn't be any place | for us to go,” said her youngster, Joyce Dee, “When we come home it's the worst” though, little Joyce said. And it Is the truth. . » " » | ALTHOUGH there 15 no sidewalk on either side there is a sort of cinder path along the east edge of the road. On the west side the same is true until the bridge is reached. But from there north the children must take to the road if they are to walk facing traffic, These people want sidewalks. Right now they are talking of petitioning, Some 100 little lives are in danger. They want sidewalks before some child is hurt or killed,

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Parents, want sidewalks before their children are

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| ment may reach a total of 10,000,

| cluding advisers | Director John W. Snyder, consider

SPRING, OPA CLAIMS

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 (U, P.) of price administration

economists have prepared a memorandum predicting that unemploy-

000 by June, it was learned today. Other government economists, in-

to Reconversion

the OPA ine Yoo pessimistic.

How Wage Situation Looks in High-Paying-Auto Industry

By EDWIN A, LAHEY | Times Special Writer DETROIT, Sept. 21. — Unless somebody hams up the act, there

| will be. no emaciated babies crying

for milk in the coming wage crisis in the automobile industry. The automobile industry pays | {the highest wages of all the mass production industries. { This is so not because of charity, | but (1) because the industry is

efficient and profitable, and (2) be- lan economic crash that will make

{cause the workers have a militant

| organization whose leaders are quick

to ask* a raise when they see an extra buck In the cash register, ~ ¥ ~

By FRED W. PERKINS Seripps-Hgward Staff Writer DETROIT, Mich., Sept. 21.—This November. Just now it is suffer-

trouble, situations are so mixed up that

steen, a vice president of the C. IL

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the strike-hit Calumet rive basin refinery center in north western Indiana forced gigantic Steel plant in Gary, Ind., to

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Third Party Issue Foreseen If Detroit Votes 'Labo

motor city will “elect a mayor inlgeeking a fourth two-year term.

ing a rash of labor-management this city fight by the fo The political and labor factors:

you can’t draw a line between them. | labor leader to become a cand This comes about through the | for an office as important a nomination of Richard T. Franken- mayoralty of a large city; TWO-He said that

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Nation as Disputes on Wages Spread.

By UNITED PRESS

Dwindling oil supplies fron

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curtail production today. More than 20,000 refinery ‘and pipeline workers had left their jobs in six states to enforce ‘the Off = Workers International Union (C. I 0.) demand for a 30 per cent hourly pay increase. The O. W. 1. U. served notice is was ready to fight to the finish to obtain the same pay for working & peacetime 40-hour week that th 5 workers had received in working & wartime 48 hours with time and one-half for the extra eight hours, Edgar L., Warren, new federal conciliation service director, said to= day that oil company officials and the Oil Workers Union (C, I. O. had agreed to meet in Chicago next Tuesday to try to end the refinery workers strike, : More than 200,000 workers were

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There was a time when fhe bellious warkers pleaded for b Today the wage case for the C. L he! auto workers is stated as follows Walter P. Reuther, the readhead thorn in the side of General Moto

“Unless we maintain take-home pay, and thus bolster our fasts shrinking ability to “sorb the (goods which we have capacity to produce we shall be torced inte

1929-32 look like a minor recession.® Dollar wages in the industry arg

National importance is given

ONE—Frankensteen is the fi