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SUNDAY, DEC. 2, 1948
A A Lobby Is No Hobby In adios "Legisiature—it's Big Business
By ROBERT BLOEM IT SEEMS a safe bet there will be more registered lobbyists working for special interests in the ‘coming General Assembly’ than there are senators and represent: .ives elected by the people. ‘Notice we sald ‘“registéred”. lobbyists. In addition there will be the usual sneakers who use “Influence” and deals Instead ° of the traditional mass pressure © get whit they want. And there "will be powerful organi: - - zations that get Dy year after year without registering on the lofty assumption that they are “mot really lobbyists.” Worst of all, ‘the legislators will rely to a great extent on these pressure groups to guide their actions, Too much of their information will come from the Jubbies, too many of their actions will be motivated by fear of the political heat these grovps cap turn on if crossed.
. 2 8.» AND THE tough lobbies will
their interests, be quick to demonstrate their In the 1947 cong Assempower to any doubter. They
Washington Calling— gi So 5 Expect Foreign Policy To Get Close Scrutiny From New Congress
Democratic Leaders Air Pertinent Questions on Vital U. S. Problem
By the Washington Staff of the Seripps- Howard Newspapers
telegrams on and off like water. taps, pack the gall with grim and stomping] partisans
on a moment's notice. The record of the lobbies’ effectiveness speaks] for itself. In 1941 there Were 41 organizations represented by 52 lobbyists. By 1043 .tfie number: grew to 55 special interests and 92 individual lobbyists; in 1945 there wére 67 groups registered’ with 104 lobbyists tg look after
WASHINGTON, Dec. 25—Foreign policy and agencies| which administer it are due for close scrutiny from Senate
Foreign Relations Committee in new Democratic Congress.
President's special message on foreign policy probably will ask new legislation. Before it approves any, committee
‘wants to know:
“ONE: How about charges that military men are e mak ing our policy? Democratic members of committee’ have|
can turn ‘floods of of letters and
4 »~ 4 y
enough at stake to send in 128
lobbyists. And as always, “the ph of the fattest bargains of bills they never read. veal professionals, the men in history for their lean expen- servers can testify to instance who drag down real money to .ditures. after instance where they have ram through special legisla- This yegT, legislative leaders asked an “author” for an ex«on. Indiana's insist th not going to per- planation of his bill, only to
just ignored .. weak lobby law. . They didn’t even bother to sign up for what is laughingly called a lobbyists ;
“Hicense,
FOR T™HE record the privilege groups paid their Jopbyiste. $52,600 during the 1947 session, That, of course, is peaauts. A few lobbies like the sw» teachers which admitted to $6000 expense in the last session probably told the whole
sary in the record.
But others, including some of
the state's most massive busi-
ness interests, turn in expense accounts that are judicrous. Or
at least, if they are are complete,
Grateful 2
King Geis man kindness
studied Hoover Commission. sub-committee report saying|
this and adding that Congress is helpless in international . 3 King Broadcasts
field. Military domination has been charged: before, but now if’ quasi-official. And statement that Congress Foreign relations members want to Know answer.
TWO: What's going to be done about State Department? It's Hoover suheom.
long been criticized as disorganized. ineffectual. mittee report and spy case make it sound even worse. renewed demand that it be reorganized... Under Secretary Lovett has been running it.
former Under Secretary - Dean Acheson, and Averell Harriman. THREE: What about European|for I6bbyists. Relief Program? New Democratic, Now John P. Roche
chairman, Sen. Tom Connally, |signed as chairman of Pittsburgh| will demand to know ‘how much competition committeé, and says'a
no national committee ever was js/ message to the commonwea
from a sitting room in Bucking-| ham Palace, where the royal fam-|
"And ‘Ketchum, Inc. its fee isn't for lobbying.
!form {sayin Behind mystery are ‘angry businessmen. They thin cause of new pricing legislatio “has been hurt by publicity. And
ditional U8 proved. Same de-
made when Senate is asked to ratify agree-
ern Union. Connally. hopes to see our outpourings of | cash reduced. At this point, foreign policy becomes major factor in our domestic, prosperity. BExpenditures for Western Europe boom business here. Another angle: When Truman returns from Independence some ‘Pemocratic leaders will urge him not to drop his idea of sending -$0—MOBCOW."
\ Mr. Vinson
Unions Alarmed
think there's much to be said for National
majors. keeping Russians talking about
- peace; think -he should go. -ahead demanding retention. of. this. pro-
with something like riginal plan vision. of sending Vinson to talk tol sw Stalin. : | -
” ” Russ Flyers Talk INFORMATION obtained from! the two young Russian fliers who recently fled into American zone of Austria reveals serious de‘terioriation of Russia's railway . system. It never was efficient by.
It’s given up hope of retainin Federal taxes and
colored yellow.
facing - large ads
poor maintenance, lack of repair parts and rails. Russians said this is affecting moralé of Red Army. When Russian soldier gets leave, From: “he's-unable to reach home. They! —toid-of-one-who-spent.20 days of 30-day leave in Moscow station
Sn i
to return to poss . t two ways: Either Truman EBERSTADT “committed 5 ihe able to deliver on his
Pentagon. Afr Foree has been ‘blamed: but eons say it's innocent. Air Secretary mined to prevent it. on ows: whos: ‘miude Ege Wa ‘blunder. his officers say, but can t it—yet. viewing Air Force with alarm.
Rovert| : If George Marshall resigns .as Secre-| George tary—and it looks as if he will--Lovett intends to go, also. So who, comes next? Names most mentioned | are. Chief Justice Vinson, |
(getting $11, 000 a month, new high!
lot of
{members of Capehart committee ~istudying basing point question charge it was all a promotion stunt to soak interested businessmen large fee for participating in drive to influence Congress, »
SMALL independent labor unjons are alarmed at amount .of happiness,” influence CIO and AFL have with| Labor Sécretary Tobin in discus-| sions on new law to replace TaftHartley act. They fear they'll be lost in shuffle. Taft-Hartley directs NLRB to give small inde- > TheY.pendents —equal_ treatment — with! iy federation of salaried unions, of Pittsburgh, is|’
» DAIRY industry is organizing jas never before to battle mar-| {garine interests in new Congress. |
license - fees, on margarine, will concentrate on| trying to ban sale of. margajine,
‘As starter, dairy industry is in Southern fo A JEarsally-de gan aw /spapers telling Southern farm-, €lers milk and its products mean more to them financially than
imargarine—which is made in par manding. that the island be gi
of GOP. Plans Comeback: 2
REPUBLICAN lame-duck Contrying to get home, finally had gressmen. already are planning [Sommebnck for 1950. They figure
many
charge that military. intelligence promises. or. if hé does, cost of almost got us into war last spring His program: will mean higher
“has todched-off new fighting ’ apriaxes. Also Republicans count on
unemployment to be problem ih 1950, and cause widespread disDemocrats are deter-
REP. GEORGE. H.. BEN DER o of Navy Picetutly Ohio’ is showering -newspapermen
who guessed wrong on- election
is ‘helpless hurts
: Thanks to World
~Cafls 48 ‘Memorable’ Year LONDON, Dec. 25 (UP) -
| people of the British Common-
|wealth and: the Western World action” has Je for their repeated kindness during Republic. The United States knew |
“memorable” year. =» The King broadcast his ann
K| {ily spent Christmas.
anniversary,
grandchild, the
and’ tailed his activities—proved him “that an immense wealth {human kindness still survives *ithis modern world.”
wedding anniversary and
“cloud” of his illness had had “gilver lining.”
“For the impression
roe. and mine British ‘monarch said.
Turkey.
against possible, rioting
Mediterranean island of €yp! Extraordinany precauiions aken because a similar de {stration last year got out of Today's ‘demonstratiosf
to Cyprus. Greek
to Greece. Norway
loomy forecasts of shortages traditional jule. viands.
ean “Christnias turkey. Greece
‘To Back Security Pact
a
: wealth of hu-
George VI today thanked the
ual |donesia might dampen Duteh Ith) ‘terest in the defensive arrange-i ,ives iment with this country. But ap-ishapges fot American assistance|families of soldiers who are now {parently this has not influenced ih re-occupying areas in China/fighting on Java and Sumatra, taken over from Japanese and King George said that thr the ED SAI HE oONs are fu
events in 1948—his silver wedd! the birth of his fre Britain - onthe one hand and
“unkind| France on the other aver con- great bulk of U. stroke” of illness which has cur-{trols to be imposed on the Ger-
The king -said that his 25th convenes. the, birth of Prince Charles of Edin-! burgh had brought him “great|’ and that even the
equally by all three experiences| has fallen to the Communists. is a grateful recollection of the volume of good will and affection| capture of the that they ‘brought from all over capital yesterday.
a ET entire police force dent Chiang Kai-shek, is was mobilized today to guard lishing as 10, 000 eration of ito 15,000 paraded through the; |streets shouting demands for the lpeturn to Turkey of the Britis
are then Gen. Fu's n-| had given Ww after offering token Rev. Josef Plojhar. minister of
nd. | {resistance. Fy had left only one health, has admitted Czechoslo-eli-larmy and a maxed a recent press campaign, stressing ‘Turkey's historic claim] {000 mennewspapers | have at the same time been de-|
“NORWEGIANS @fijoyed emmy] 2h ok The Reds used te normal Christmas dinners, despite same strategy to take —Mukden.!
to get a little of the pork whichicading foreign military 1s Norway's equivalent of Ameri baling.
of those interests got tice of appearing as “authors” Ob-
mit lobbyists on the floor. of the House or Senate. Don't bet your last dollar on that, but if they carry out the announced intention it will at least give the poor legislators one place they can go without’ being hounded, nagged, Fajoien and threatened.
get the frank reply: “1 never saw it In my lifé until it was handed to me just a few minutes ago.” There is no way, either, of measuring - the. strength or power of a lobby, registered or “otherwise, For example, labor organizations turned 58 ragistered lobbyists loose on the 1947 Generdl Assembly but the results they got weren't anyTing to shout about. seems ® x = HE LABOR boys may be expected to do much better with Democrats in power.
SINCE NO legislator can spend 61 days in the sanctuary of the House or Senate without leaving, however, it doubtful that this rule will bring much relief. : It seems probable, too, that
senators dnd representatives But the accomplishments of will continye the age-old prac- the railroad lobby of only five World Report—
U.S. Will Get Request!
For $2 Billion Arms Aid
Work Sped on North Atlantic Alliance
ToLay It Before Senate in Six Weeks Compiled from the Wire Services
Congress will be asked, when it convenes in January, to back|
jup the precedent shattering North Atlantic Sacurity Pact with an arms program of perhaps $2 billion, it was disclosed today. Within six weeks the pact, aimed chiefly at blocking Russian ‘expansion in the North Atlantic community,
mas week-end. Work on the pact, they dis- because Communist trategy closed, is running far ahead of | Deen almost flawless for the schedules set a month ago. The treaty would ally the
should be ready to oh | submit to the Senate for action, Western diplomatic - sources famillar with negotiations revealed|piiogian commanders were “giviig as they recessed for the Christ-|4), "Chinese Comnfunists extenIsive aid in large-scale planning, |
a Queen Julien -. -freedom goal.
active workers was much better. Particularly they were of service to their employers in
“Keeping certain © things from
Passing. “The case of the tween the railroad lobby and the railroad labor lobby in 1947 is now -history. But the success of the swap, in which one group gave up the full crew law repealer and the other, in return, took the heat off. a grade separation bill, showed clearly what can happen when two of the big ones join forces. ‘While four lobbyists operated openly for the various bone dry organizations, certain liquor inferests were far more successful without the formality of } registering any official lobbyists at all.
_ Royal Pledge
lyea And at Washington, Chinese
United States, Canada, Britain, officials said that their 2 Juliana Promises
France, Belgium, Luxembourg ment has received only $230 ‘mil-
land The Netherlands against any | lilon worth of military supplies’ {aggression in the north Atlantic from the United States sifice' V-J
{community Other non-Communist Day.
oaions in the area will be asked "Called ‘Incorrect’ .
Freedom to Java
0 ‘join later. . They described as “intorrect”| EE a ae. Jo secrecy _surrounds the And. “misleading” published re-| Queen Broadcasts ss ight p - ports es mating pc sci ig talks but negotiators reported FATE Ta LRN ine war's end| To Dufch Troops
{that they are going “very well”
~King despite:
ONE: -American reaction to the |! Dutch gov ernment’ s “police against the Indonesian
inese figures show
{in advance that its stand on In- ‘sales of surplus goods,
$199,300.000;
{the treaty talks so far. ee TWO: The recent tug-of-war be- i repatriating Japanese, $337,‘tween the United ' States and 600,000. 8 Tap
has been for civilian and ecoto man Ruhr industrial area. of American action on the North help.
in| Atlantic treaty is expected to : x Imove even faster after Congress Czechoslovakia
China
CHINESE government reports from Nanking admitted today Palestine, one of the three Prague, said today.
althat Kalgan, |key North China cities defended
made/by Nationalist Gen. Gu Tso-yi.! {1500 others are awaiting trans-
|portation. The Red radio had claimed the!
Leftist 0g Kong, meanwhile, said that “Gov. Italian coast. IT. V. Soong of Kwantung Prov-|
an anti-Communist fedSouth China in prepara- mants said. {tion for Chiang’s expected down-
fall. Czechoslovakia
was In
“personal troops,” sald.
‘few cavalry rein- vakia shipped “important”. mili|forcements -— approximately 100,- tary "supplies to Israel. to defend Kalgan. ‘Japan
No Big Generals | SEVENTEEN officials Communidts surrounding Peip-, ing. were reported digging in Rd the city; presumably -ibiparty. apparentiV="in = SEcenipt to- starve —out--thelagajn irrison rather than risk; urs labor policy.
inignd Changchun in Manchuria.
at] Sign ing the agreement,” the mine “The-expert: sath blioved that Joined. the. parsy:-
eoes - ing shelled Sa: . Headed for the Last Rowndvp.
Bt between $2 billion and $3 bil-!
M+ ~hinese stress they paid for themservice
SIX HUNDRED Jewish - men ‘necessitates the and women, many of them trained against it.” for the Israeli army by Czecho:| lslovak officers, are en foute to| their relatives at home “a real),
informed sources at Christmas’ and promised Indo PIE |nesia “the freedonis—freedom of, Trolley and. bus radio, (but
Informants said approximately | faith and the word, and freedom in
The 600 were said to have left Chahar Provincial by train for Italy a week ago and| > were scheduled to have sailed yes-| -terday-on--a.- ship. waiting off. the
Infantrynjen, paratroopers, com-
, Line, . a _hrother-in-law_of Presi- munications men, pilots and nurestab 'ses were amorlg those who left and are waiti to leave, infor-
Part of their training program army’ The Kalgan reports indicated camps before Hagannah recruit- Dutch troops, ignoring yesterday's that the . Nationalists, most of ing here ended Oct. 15, the EOurces United Nations cease-fire “order, " sides: voit admit you poi % today captured Madioen, virtually English, so how do you know completing the occupation of Java, what you're talking about?
gtoGen. ~Dougias-MacArth-+
ri —The oqay that an “emergency regime” 4 Minister Earatoed n Pramiranegara. “had! heen formed to replace the gov-i {ernment whose leaders were cap-! {tured when Dutch paratroops gap-
labor Jeaders, Sormialiy
AMSTERDAM, .
total ‘American. aid — ‘including mili-|
filling
The Chinese . insist that the Mother (Ex-Queen Wilhelmina) 8. aid to Chinal|t® the Indonesiams.” The Queen said she was also nomic relief rather than military| thinking of the adversaries of the and commented | “it is tragic that our human society is such that force always forée!’
tch soldiers,
use of
from want and fear.”
Rebels Setting Up ‘Emergency Regime’
BATAVIA, Dec. 25.
the army announced. Christmas
*| tween the Dutch army and roving
eaded by Economics
tured Jogjakarta last Sunday.
"Swap" be
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The Nether-| lands, Dec. 25 (UP)—Queen Juliana of The Netherlands said in a tary—&ince V-J Day as follows: |brief Christmas broadcast today Gifts or credits, $1.173.000,000; that Dutch troops will Bring freewhich|4om to Indonesia. Speaking particularly to the
She wished the soldiers ard. Showers” during a
Dutch Completing Conquest of Java =.
(UP) — rebuttal went:
communiques said {that Dutch “troops; advanced on ve Hiejal of alall Java fronts, but reported that major Jdpanese coal miners’ un- ¥ lon today joined the Communist! or et ied Indonesian forces - protestil: the central portion of. the A land. were. offering “the heaviest! I ToT = {resistance to date’ in the six-day: {lems — of RE se if dl ski ecutive officers of the All-Japan old Indonesian “police action” Coal Industry labor union, one) Meanwhile, Miles W. “Vaughn, of the three big unions which had! [Hie Bathe ta Indonesia had now Nuts and figs were missiig United Press correspondent, re- threatened to call out. their 500. RE A a
~~ iFained psychologists: 4 . Army headquarters said that
sure Sroupw one apainet. ne other. . ' 3 THEY MUST to a large ee on Chambers of Comtaxpayers. other “lobbies or pm— for fiscal ‘information. They need the business lobbies to 0 help catch ‘ “sleepers” in labor bills, the labor lobbies to help catch gimmicks in business bills, and so on and on. .. Some day, perhaps, a a legisla: fo ture will decide to provide some of these admittedly necessary services for itsélf¢ Then it won't be so dependent on one bunch that wants something to see that another bunch doesn’t get more than its share
THE WAYS of rN, lobbies become most apparent when whole clauses mysteriotsly disappear from bills in committee, suddenly omitting some ar interest from the — provisions of an otherwise general law. : Yet only last week, during public hearings on proposed legielation, Democrat representatives and senators almost pleaded with various groups to “be on hand when committees meet on these bills” or to help us find out what's in these bills, we can't do it all" v Sadly enough, there is a lot of reason to such pleas. In 61 days, the constitutional limit on the length of a legislative segsion, the legislators’ best hope of avoiding dangerous mistakes 1s to play the pres-
hy
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gn
Our Fair City—
It Might Be Swing an’ Sway to Jive on That A. M. Trolley Ride Soon
Local Kailways Firm Eyes Possibility Of Amusement for Bus Patrons IT MAY not be long until you ride to work with the (wake-up music of a military band or a hill-billy quartet ringing in your ears. You've guessed it. Radio on the trolleys and busses. | The Indianapolis Railways and WXLW have had the lidea in the talking stage for several months. It provides
‘an outlet for FM time. It would give the trolley and
bus patrons amusement (and advertizing) on the way to and from i work. Not to mention a few extra dollars in the transportation | system’ s petty cash kitty.
THE IDEA is one of the perfect dreams of radio, especially slow - moving FM (not enough sefs). The trolleys and bugjses {would provide a captive audience. There would be no guess work, The radio station could merély count the fares and tell advertisers.
how many person had heard their| advertising messages. year. So City Hall will back
Radio on public \ransportation effort in Legislature to get more vehicles has been tried in other gas tax funds for Ju purpose: cities, namely St. Louis and Cin-— a 8 cinnati. It has its troubles. Trans-| Health Wornin mission is not always good, par. HEALTH autho! are not ticularly in streetcars, but there, qaing about rabies. There is ero nginsr old 0k cre. of it this winter than last. electronic AngMeer could not cure. | ot A drive to pick up All all dogs not an on leashes recommostly of music, news and weath-| . qertake en. City can't afford it. er broacasts to an audience which/ undertake "Authorities. are also dissatisfied has no choice except to listen. with some restaurants. They beCan you imagine the disc jockey lteve holiday rush has led to playing “Button Up Your OVer-ignorteuts on sanitation in some oat” when thé snow is blowing’ eating places. Closer inspection outside? Or playing bis, 1s planned after Ew Year.
midis
robably not on streetcars) i %
the works ryote, Yule to Prayer
Boomerang 3 THAT VISITING Frenchman}: Visit % Kin vou.
{who accused Hoosier women of| cking . 88X. appeal, was bawled! by —a compatriot the—other — pin ‘renchman_ No.2, who is a —Pope Pius FoF ren chim store detective, called up the critic and gave it to him ‘hot and “heavy. Translated, his “You are very silly, Sram
You make everything difficult here for other Frenchmen. Be-
Te a
on
. Behavior Clinic || "The Pope spoke a few words to them about Christmas and the
A GROUP of East Side mothers i Chri are talking about a children’s hrist Child, handed Curiste clinie in one of the high schools, bis to to. chindren. Tha ©
~hphavior clinic, where they could go to discuss behavior Ghai their children with!
reason that most of juniors prob-iheld in Mathilde chapel TE lems start in the home’in-the-firsti Apostolic palace in the presence place. Straightening out thelof the diplomatic corps acredited youngster ‘with the aid of expertito the Holy See.
from most tables, but there were ported from Tokyo (that Chiang 000 members. plenty of ‘oranges and apples. has lost most of-his recent big. The strike threat was. averted] {guerrilla bands. It was announcediadvice, they believe, will avert de-| After the public masses, the Doubled meat rations author-'pattles because he has no field by'a compromise agreement with that a Tope: have “beguniiinquency -later.--onr-—One-- ys derby ized. every Norwegian about 500 commander capable. of planning management, signed under pres-| od up” mn: :RWly-obeupled schosl #s interested in getting. the| | communion to the Siplopats nd 3 } (8.8 oundes) of meat id a large-scale action. {sure from the labor division at eres y Regis Project under. ax. I . the hol and most were able Mr: Vaughn's informant was a MacArthur’ ne me’ iday, wy 1 ur's headquarters. After Republicas radio PPR Physiciany report one "0
worst “outbreaks o id and intestinal fu y is the Year
among children since they were ihis-—reiatives, . | out of school, but some business '—— | organizations reported an un- Vatican City
Forrestal says he doesn’t think with * Christmas neckties, with a » G econd.. far est | Pi Air Force is guilty, plans to askiportrait of Thomas E. Dewey rrmer "Dey on the first Eberstadt for details. {painted on them. anniversary of Gen. Markos
Formal protests have been pye-|
next week. They'll rival recent itn them. He says
ton protested Eberstadt’s appoint- ino on experts.” ment in beginning, charged he] was pro-Navy, anti-Air Force. . So far, only one of four volumes of Eberstadt report has been released. Look for others to recom mend: Revision of espionage laws.
Bradley Urges u. s. “To Fulfill World Role
WASHINGTON,
Bender had bought 10 dozen of pared, will be fired ‘at Eberstadt them for inauguration, was stuck “1 figure exchange of sharp words while jewepapermen were as bad at report was being written. Syming-igyegsing as I was, so I'm tly
;—Gen. Omar N. Bradley, Army, {chief of staff, warns that the |
Vafiades' “Free Greece” government. An, official three persons Twenty
lonika, it said.
in Salonika were alerted.
Dec. 25 (UP) Eqy, bails ge! foreign office tonight de-!
ptoclamation of . his!
communique’ said were wounded. rounds ‘ were fired into! / the city from the ilhortiate moun-| Y tains, five miles northeast of Sa-|
Five thousand | British troops
Appointment of civilian director! for the Central Intelligence
Agéncy, now headed by Rear Ad- sponsibilities if the world is to
have peace.
{United Stat: t fulfill its re-|D ot ates Jus : Egypt refused to discuss terms
fed an Israeli statement that
for a permanent peace in Pales-
miral Roscoe Hollenkoeter. Inclusion of key members i Congress in meetings of Nationgl Security Gougell
n a Christmas message, Ge Brad
l“swith the boldness, the
ley said freedom from the {fear of war comes bnly to those patience
n. tine.
The statement was advanced when Israel renewed the battle for the Negev area in the south-
land strength to achieve it.” Expect Friendly Talk | “As a nation to whom many MOOD of President Truman’ 8 look with hope,” he said, “we State-of-Union message will be cannot abandon our responsibilifriendly, not fighting. No bluster, [ties like foundlings on the doorno “must” list. step of the 1 the United Nations.”
Last year Truman, talking to - What a a Devil of A
Repuhlic¢an-bossed Congress, knew he wasn't going to get what Christmas Message PRAGUE, Dec. 25 (UP)-—Let
he asked for. He was talking over Congressional heads to “people. This year, he'll be speaking 10g. westétn powers “go to the men who—he hopes— will help him jeyj), if that's where they feel at make good on Sampeign program. nome,” Speaker of Parliament |Oldrich John told the Czechs in BASING POINT, lobby has run/a Christmas broadcast today. into difficulty. i. |". “But for us,” he said, “we shall Few weeks agli, Kutchum, Inc, continue tranquilly on our road » Pittsburgh advertising firm, regis-itd Socialism because we know
tered as lobbyist forjnational com-|that this is the “right way and] petition committee. sia it was|the way to peace.”
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ern part of the holy land. A foreign office communique made no mention of Christmas fighting in Negev, but a war ministry spokesman said it was too early to say the Negev fighting was over.
Palestine : PLANES bombed and strafed a
Jewish settlement in the Nazareth
vicinity on Christmas Eve.
One bomb scored a direct hit on killing!
the children’s: quarter, threq4 children and a woman teacher.” two. settlers were wounded.
All Israeli was blacked out Christmas night, in anticipation her raids. Air wardens ed the streets, checking the
ot
I binckout, E 0 y /
Five other children and|§
J Hue
usually large number of em- VATICAN e ployees stricken. The doctors | warn holiday over-eating and may aggravate the minor epidemic. They call it flu, but don’t believe it Is ordinary influenza. Very contagious, they say. i . » » !
Dutch authorities, complying in| part with the UN proposal, an-| nounced. that 13 of the 17 cap-| tured leaders had been released. |The names of the four still held {were not given. ’ The capture of Madioen, 90 imiles east-northeast of occupied] |Jogjakarta, and Kediri, 28 miles least of Madioen, gave the Dutch More Smoke . * jcontrol over all of Java's major Lua cities and the highways linking NEW YEAR promises develop[them. /ments on three major municipal issues: Smoke, traffic and street
ngineears are
Ambassador Smith
repair. New smoke ordinance will {meet heavy, organized opposition. | Major attack on ordinance will
Leaves Moscow Ifollow line that fuel regula is
MOSCOW, Dec. 25 (UP)—0. 8.[1! A Sec Ambassador W. Bedell Smith and Shuseaucratics, Whar} Pel Mrs. Smith left by air today for|{SUmen ow 1 works hardship ‘on low income
PINES |
to Washington.
dent Truman—a formality
[to return here next spring.
{Smiths’ * official . residence,
{to wish the diplomatic evuple a il thdroughfares maini Pleasant: wip. by oy to any extent next) : bq ;
Berlin on the first stage of a trip
Mr. Smith, like all other American diplomatic envoys, has sub-| Traffic reotganiza mitted his resignation to observed each time a President is| {inaugurated—but he is expected! plan, an old one with some new
| Before leaving, Mr. Smith paid police will be much active, partic-| lcourtesy calls on Sovigt Foreign! ularly at rush hours. | Minister V. M. Molotov and Dep- . uty Foreign Ministers’ Andrei Y. town’s No.1 problem after smoke. | | Vinshinsky and Andrei Gromyko. Streets are in bad condition, par- { The whole American colony inlticularly those which .are also Moscow-—about 100 ra r& on s— highways. City will demand State gathered at Spasso House, tha Highway rove to repair Wash=|® ast night to celebrate Christmas and Budget funds |
groups. Defenders of ordinance will cite Pittsburgh, 8t. Louis experience to ycontra; n for downtown is planned, but will run head-on into opposition. Traffic {Engineer Lewis (Cap) Johnson's
features, will be launched. Traffic
Streets repair will emerge as,
ington and. Meridian * not sufficient to