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WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, AUGUST   18, 1946
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V. S. POWKR fX)* Ri;SSIA—
St»ndiiig at the hub. a General Electric worlter at Schenectady. N. Y.. polishes this huge hydro¬ electric generator before delivery. Weighinii; more than 2.22.'iO,0<X) pounds, the largest ever built, it
is to be shipped to Ruasia to generate power from the Dnieper Dam. Russia already has re¬ ceived two others and this ma¬ chine completes an ordiT of three. If set on IU side the wheel
would he comparable In height to a Ihree-.story building. The Dnieper power plant, when com¬ pleted in 193»'. was the largest in the world.  It was partially de
Bloody Rioting Renews In Sfreets of Calcutta
Grain, Meat, Dairy Prices May Be Cut
Porter Sees Chance If Put under Control; Loss of Subsidies To Boost Some Items
Washington. Aug. 17. (UP>—Price Chief Paul A. Porter said today some food prices will have to go up due to reduced subsidir.s but that prices of grain, meaX.f and diary products can mostly be rolled
to the Germans.
titioyed  m t»41  to deiiy^-it» Trse  }ba«l'-  t^3  the  June  20  levels  if tlit
price decontrol board permits their recontrol Aug. 21.
Porter said he didn't know what ' action   ths   price   decontrol   board
would tal<e on meats, dairy pro- i ducts, grain, soybeans and cotton- |.seed.    These items  were exempted
from price control until Aug. 21 ' under the new OPA law. They will jgo back under control on that date
unle.ss   the   decontrol   board   rules
otherwise.
Subsidies Redueed
"In any case," Porter said,  "the
amount of money that can be paid
out as food sub.sidies in the event
Find HiHer Invasion Plan For England and America
Washington, Aug. 17. (UP) —I Major Falltenstein of th* German,proximately from Ramsgate to the Adolf Hitler's military blueprints | general staff to an unspecified;area west of the Isle of Weight, for   conquering     Kngland.     Rus.sia' German   general. iPrcparalions were to be completed
and   eventually   the   United   Stajes |     "Tlie  Fuehrer   is   at  present   oc-jby   mid-August.   1940.     He   ordered ^   ^
were unveiled" tonight in capturtd | cupied v,-iUi the question of thc,heavy coa.st artillery moved up 'oj of'restorarion""orso"m"e" food'con- German   documents   published     by! o<-cupation   of the Atlantic  islands dominate the English coast, trols has been  drastically  reduced
the staff of .Justice Robert H.' with a view to the prosecution of^ The order outlined an opera- Rejupji„„ „^ elimination of subsi- .lactison. ihief U. S. war crimes the war against America at a later I tional plan and a transport P'an Ljjp,, j^ ^^^,1^ ^^ ^p^^K^ j^ 1^^ j^j_ prosecutor. I date,"   Falkenstein   wrote   on   Oct.Uor the first invasion wave to em- K  j.^^^^^  f^^ ^^^^  foodi "
The  Fuehrer planned a surprise i lo.  1940. .   ^'rk.    Hitler planned to u.se ships p„„or   tr.}^     ti,.    tt„ii.^
crossing   of   the   English   Channel 1     The  letter  said  the  invasion   of of    defc-ned     enemy    nations    ^o  p,„, ^e w!«, nnt rif.rrint f„ ,^«^ late   in   1940,   under   protection    of i America      through     the     Atlantic! transport    his    troops    across    ^he   ^-r^^^^ ^e^ "'"ot referring mine fields, air and topedo attacks I islands depended   upon  Portuguese U'hannei. snX Tsome food nrice Inc^^^^^^
to   keep   the   Briti.sh   Navy   at   bay | neutrality,   support  of France   and      "«  'i\'^"t,\^^'^ "'"^  '°'""  '"  "^^ i he?ne ^ecesTrv "^
snd   heavv   artillery   to     dominate   .=.pain   and    -no   other   operational ^^^OV   the   RAK   overcome   coastal   being ne.essary. Ihe Engliil. .oast on a broad front.     „mmilmenls." defenses,  d e a t roy transportation i     -The   OPA   policy   Is  to   restore
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SWKKT COMPENSAllON — When the "Fighting 42nd'' of Japanese-American UI's finally arrived home In Honolulu, this veteran couldn't walk to the home he left long ago. But he geta personal   sympathy   and   a   flower   lei   from   a   Hawaiian   lovely.
Herman Goering's Luftwaffe was the day from Hitler's headquarters unahle to carry out Hitler's order lon July IB, 1940, shortly after Dun- to sweep the Royal Air Force from I kirk
the skies. I    Hitler   said   the  landing  was   to
Hitler's plans to attack America be carried out by a surprise chan-
were  outlined  In  a   letter  from   a mei crossing on a broad  front, ap-
Want UN Sessions and Peace Conference Held Same Time to Save Time
B.V EDWARD W. REATnE
I Paris, Aug, 17, (UP)—Secretary of State James F. Byrnes is willing lo hold simultaneous aessions of the 21-nation peace conference here and the United Nations assembly in New York, it was understood to¬ night after strenuous and delaying Soviet Russian moves wers voted
,,_    ,. , _..        —    , down again in a conference session.
I Ctan fiel Othera Back
"But \t;c feel we have sufficient I     Bynes already was on record as opposing any postponement of the
funds  and   administration    control i pe"ce conference despite the fact that major delegates will be expected
to go lo New York for the United
Dead Littering, City; Huge Areas Flaming
Calcutta, India, Aug. 17 (UP)—Fierce new riots brok* out in Calcutta today and the Briti.sh Army was c«Ile<l In to smash bloody "Direct Action" Mo.slem demonstrations that already have killed at least 250 persons and wounded 2,000.
Spitfire fighters and other military planes roared over the city to direct flying squads of police and troops in the battle against roaming mobs.
Gunfire rattled through the cen-, ter   of   the   city   as   police   opened ernment    called   out    tha   Britiah flre on crowds who gathered in the Army to aid  police, who wera un- streels   In   violation   of   a   curfew able  to  cope   with  the  rising  tid* banning   assembly   of   more   than of violence.
five persons at one time. ^he New Delhi raio quoted M.
A. Jinnah, head of tiie Moalam League, as condemning the rio- lence in Calcutta. Jinnah described the rioting as "hooliganism" and anserted it was against the initruc- tions of the league. Leaden  Plead for Peaee
Four leading Bengal atateaman also appeared to their "brethren" in Calcutta to "stop this fratrlel(lal war," A proclamation Issued by the stateiimen said that "what'i done Is done" and warned that If fighting continues, riotera might ba shot by the military.
The proclamation was Iseude by Sarat Chandra Bose, one of th« leaders of the Congresi party; Kiran Shankar Roy, prealdent of the Bengal Cohgress party; Hua- saln Suhrawardy, premier of Ben¬ gal: and Khwaja Nazimuddin, for- mer premier of the Province. A >loslem Protest
The mass violence waa called up by the Moslems yesterday to mark "Direct Action" Day proteating current steps to determine Indla'a politiral future. The Moslem Lea¬ gue has refused to participate in m provisional government now being formed by British and Hindu leaders.
The battle started with Isolated stabbinga and knife fighta yester-
He   planned    to   u.se   parachute j ing in an increased p'rire for fluid and   glider   troops   in   case   of   an ' milk or one cent a quart over the emergency.    He  even  went  so   far | june 30 level, as to order his  chief of communi-1 cations   to   prepare   for   cable   con¬ nections between France and Eng¬ land.
splintered   by  the   h'    t   and   some of lhe debris  shot   i*   as high  as 400 feet. Saw Bodiea In Air
A Coaat Guardsman who hap¬ pened to be at the waterfront when the explosion occurred also aaid   he   saw   two   bodies
2 Dead, IS Injured as Big Oil Tanker Explodes
Portland, Me.. Aug. 17." (UP) —rcoincldently witnessed the explo- A big oil tanker — the Diamonr*' sion. He aaw the two men hurled Island - blew up at its anchora,'*' into the air and taid he believed in  Casco Bay  today,    killing    two j they perished.
crew members and injuring 18 oth-1     ^1,^ bo„.   n,,jt .^j  forward  au- ers. three perhaps fatally. perslructure   of   the   tanker     were
The two dead men were Identi¬ fied by Red Cross officials as Avid .Stemburg, 23. of South Charleston. O. a male aboard the tanker, and John Prembaez, 45, of Philadel¬ phia, another crew member. Othera Seriously Hurt
Injured or burned perliaps fatal¬ ly were James Crowder. 21, of Roa¬ noke  Rapids,   N, C;  Peter  J,  Mc- Caul.   ,12. of Glendale,  N. Y.;  Wil-1 liam H. Ijingston, 38, of Cape Hat-; leras,  X. C.:  and a seaman whose i all means of identification had been ; burned away. i
The injured suffered broken! backs, shattered legs and fractured i hips. The other 12 injured were re-, lea.sed   after  medical  treatment.
Fire which followed the explosion badly damaged the 10.298-lon veeSel out of Philadelphia. At 1:4.S p.m. il was reported listing slightly but a Navy spokesman said he did not believe the tanker would sink. Men Tossed 100 Feet
Although the tanker was empty, oil fumes were believed lo have caused the explosion which tos.sed at least two men 100 feet in the air. At leasl 20 crewmembers were re- ¦inved from the blaring ship and taken a.shoic, presumably for the Marine Ho.spital.
Frederick H. Frost, chairman of the  Red Cross  disaster committee.
2 UKES SHIPPERS OFFER TO RESUME CONTRACT TALKS
to restore the other items to the June 30 levels if the decontrol board allows controls to relurn."
The board will announce ils de¬ cision Tuesday night. These com- mndilies will be recontroiled auto¬ matically Wednesday morning un¬ le.ss the board rules otherwise.
PIven if they are recontroiled, Porter said, there are bound to be price adjustments for some foods. He made it plain that priees will be higher than they were on June (Continued on Page A-14)
Exira
Strike Slowly Halting
Inland Waterway Traffic; *        ,     ,,.,,     -
One Offer Is Rejected      llOmduO   KlIlS   8;
Hundreds Hurt
Detroit, Aug.  17  (UP)—The Na-
thrown I lional  Maritime  Union   (CIOl   and
about 100   feet inlo  the  air.   "First | two  Great  l>akes  shipping  owners
I  saw a   puff of smoke  and  theni agreed today to return to the con-
I saw the  bodies,"  he said, j ference table Monday as the union's
The flre which followed the blast  strike    against     17     lines    slowly
quickly was  controlled  by  a  Navj''brought   ore,   ooal.   grain   and   fuel
disaster   crew, | boats lo a standstill on the inland
The  Diamond   Island,   a  M4-foot   waterways.
tanker, was built about two yeara ago at Chester. Pa. It ws" lis'c as being owned by fhe U. S. War Shipping   Adniinistralion.
FIRE IN COAL CARGO. SHIP RADIOS FOR HELP
New York, Aug. 17 (UP)—A freighter .some .VX) miles off New¬ foundland with a fire in its coal rargo sent a call for help to the Coa.st Guard  today.
The Coa,st Ou.ird reported that the North Atlantic patrol had been,
asked to send a plane to the shop..*''»'">» '" Hhi|Mi^Down the   S.    S.    Benjamin   Milam,   and      '''¦••"»¦•   -l".•"" merchant    hnd    navnl    ships   were requested   lo  help  if  needed.
Wella, Minnesota—Be¬ tueen 300 and 400 trapped in theatre at Wells by tor¬ nado. At least 200 injured.
Mankalo. Minn.. Aug. 17 (UP)— A "flash" tornado descended tation Co. had agreed lo renew r viciously upon the Green Gables contracl talks Monday on the; tourist camp near here tonight, union's basic demand for a 40—hour i completely demolishing 226 cabins, week, killing   at   leasl   five   persons   and
probably   injuring   50   persons,   15 seriously. Sister  Margaret  at  St.   Joseph's
Joseph Curran, NMU president,! announced that Standard Oil of In- | diana and the Bethlehem Transpor-
Curran predicted that President Truman probably would step into the strike "as he did wilh the railroads" when he returns to Washington from his vacation. The President ordered the rail¬ roads seized when they were threatened wilh a nation-wide strike   last   April,
Dark Pig Sheds Swift Light
In Swim Derby Proving They Can
Kirkland, Wash., Aug. 17. (UP> I razorback carrying the colors of —Rose of Normandy, a dark-pig | Comedian Boh (Bazooka) Burns, fugitive from a blue plate special, j Eighteen of the nation's ranUing today slithered down a greased . pork chop racers hit the skids from chute and churned over ITt yards . specially constructed bHigc an- of  water to win  the  firt-t  national . chorcd   off   shore.
Curran claimed a tolal of 117 shipa of varioua types, some of them unorganized, were shut down in the Ihrce-day walkout by some 4.(X)0 seamen of the union's esti- lUHtcd 5.000 members.
The I.,ake Carriers Association of .ship owners at Cleveland reported 29 of its 316 ships strikebound. The (Continued  on  Page A-14)
pig-swimming   derby   before   10,000 ham-hungry  spectator.s.
The unseeded entrant, represent¬ ing the Pacific Farms, Inc., cover¬ ed tho distance in 3:57.1 a new World record for 212 pounds of porcine beauty. Boh Bums' Boy Beaten
"The Ro.se" splashed across the finish line a snout in front of the favorite   "Wafford,"   an   Arkansas
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Sen. Hugh B. Mitchell. D.. Wash., armed with a double-barreled shot¬ gun,   was   the starter.
Confusion reigned as the pigskin parade was launched. Band.s played bathing beautits strutted and pigs oinked.
Pig Sll   Vindicated
Pig 311 was found swimming In the radioactive waters of Bikini l.igoon after the Able Dny explosion and precipitated a storm of con¬ troversy over whether pigs were amphibious. The Navy aaid he had hidden and hadn't been in the water at all' because pigs could nol swim.
With final proof that pigs can swim, the happy throng today had pigs-knucks at a barbecue.
POLICE BREAK UP CROWD DEMONSTRATING FOR GEN. IKE IN MEXICO
Mexico City, Aug. 17. (UP)-^ Police with tear gas bombs twice broke up demonstrations by mem¬ bers of Presidential Candidate KzequicI Padilla's Mexican Demo¬ cratic party in front of the Ameri¬ can embassy where Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, U.S. Army chief of staff, was  a guest  tonight.
At one point, .sevnral hundred demonstrators sought to push their way inlo the office section of the embas.sy but were held up by police. They were finally dispersed with tear gas  bombs.
The demonstration, in which ap¬ proximately 2,000 persons took part, apparently was designed to bring Padilla's charges of fraudulent elec¬ tion practices to tba attention of Eisenhower.
Hospital here said the injured "were brought in so fast no names have been taken. She said she couldn't eatimate immediately how- many were receiving trerttment. but thai al least 15 were in acfious con¬ dition.
The tornado lashed without warning at 6:."i2 p. m. iCSTi across a five-mile strip three miles from Mankalo. It leveled the camp leaving 70 persons homeless.
Early unconfirmed rc|)orls said the disaster may hnve killed l,"^. Re¬ ports came from Deputy Sheriff Henry .Schwickert. State Guards¬ men, Highway Patrolmen and oth¬ ers who rushed to the acene.
One girl, Valarle Sanvirk, saw her mother "carried Ihrough the air" by the terrific wind. The mother was severely injured and talten to a hospital.
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TO PUT JEWS ON OEPORTMP
Armed Attack on Tel Aviv Building Is Also Reported
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Nations    general    assembly   sched
uled  to  meet there Sept. ;3.
It was learned that in a discus¬ sion on poatponement of the peace
conference tonight he expressed the
view that  he could aee  no  reason
why the peace conference and the
United  Nations  cannot be  in ses¬ aion at the same lime. Byrnes' view coincides with that
of the British    delegation,    which
would send the heads of delegations
to New York and leave substitutes
in   Paris   while   peace   conference
commissions    draft     treaties     for
Italy, the Balkans and Finland.
Austrian \'leus Invited The conference adjourned a quiet
afternoon   session   until   10   a.   m.
Monday, after the morning session
overrode   Soviet   protests   by   invit¬ ing Austria to present its viev^-s on
Italy's   peace   treaty   and   heard   a
new   plea   from   the   small   powers could not publish
that the Big Four slop squabbling
and gel dnwn lo business.
During the afternoon the Soviets I again rai,sed the quesiion of French I voting   rights   on   the    Hungarian
peace treaty commission but failed
By EUAV N. SHION
Jerusalem, Palestine. Aug, 17. (UP)—One Jewish refugee was killed and several were seriously Injured loday as 1,300 Jews bit, kicked and punched British Indian soldiera trying to transfer them to Liberty ships which were to de¬ port them to Cyprus.
I.atest unconfirmed reports from [ [„ preaa the point afler objections Haifa harbor tonight said the j that the queation should be brought refugees beat off three attempts by | before a plenary session, troops to make them disembark | it was learned the United Statea from the two dirty litfle ships thai |s prepared to give France full' had brought them to the Holy, support in her desire for a vole on Land. the treaty-making commissions for
Ambulaneea Busy | Finland.  Hungary.    Bulgaria    and !
A   large   number   of   ambulances; Romania but does not plan to press I were seen entering and leaving the ] for an American  vole on  the Fin-' harbor area, presumably to pick up! niali commission, casualties. j Ru,»|» U'anU No PoMtponenient
(BBC tonight reported that "therei Byrnes' feeling that simultaneous ha.s been an armed attack on a peace conference and United Na- building in the center of Tel Aviv." tions meetings were possible came It said Ihere had been casualties, after disclosure that the Soviet but deUils were  not yet available. I^.hicf    delegate.    Foreign    Minister
After two days of Moslem-Hindu war, hospitals were reporled so full of riot victims they could nol take In more patients. Officials described Uie fighting as "the worst communal clash In recent history." Jammni  Tcnenit-nta  PIred
A Hindu mob fired a Moslem area covering half a mile and flames and smoke were visible for miles. Thousands were left home¬ less.
Dead littered the atreeta every¬ where. Even comparatively quiet Dalhousie Squara was strewn with corpses this morning. Newsmen filing their reports al the central telegraphic office had to step over the body of a postman who was stabbed  lo death this morning.
Police vans, accompanied by Mos¬ lem leader.s. made the rounda of Hindu districts this morning to res¬ cue isolBted Moslems. Hindus and Moslems banded together through¬ out the cily, armed with broken bottles, spiked clubs and any other weapons  they  could   find.
Shortly before midnight tonight the situation was somewhat quiet er, although there still was fight¬ ing in alleyways and back streets and armed mobs roamed main thoroughfares. Cutting Children's Thrnata
The   I-all    Bazar   police    station, | day.
headquarters   for   Calcutta   police, i	
today was turned into a hospital where trained nurses are treating hundreds of women and children rescued from flre-dcstroyed sec- lions of the city.
One woman said that many wo¬ men, children and aged persons perished In the fire in the Moslem tenement dislricl. A Hindu woman charged that "the Moslems are cut- ling the throats of Hindus chil¬ dren." Moslems made similar charges against the Hindus.
So far it waa strictly communal strife.      Foreigners   were    free    to roam    through    .sections   where    it | would   have meant  death  for Hin- j dus  or  Moslems, Mobs Roam City
The Moslem and Hindus popula¬ tions of Calcutta, India's largest cily, armed themselves wilh what¬ ever weapons they could find Veleran police observers feared the rioting may develop into a general batlle between the two sides that may write one of the bloodiest chapters In India's violent history. All publii' transportation was knocked out by roaming mobs, par¬ alyzing the city. Workers stayed home, shops closed and newspapers The Bengal gov-
Valley Scene
On Northampton street, a iiomon, aa sht tharply atked her little boy irhy he. didn't look out irhere he wns going, pvth- ittff the hnbti earring* the wat prn]trlling svtafk into a pedlt- trinn.
At li:XO a. m., two girls and thetr Gl eseorta dancing a utiapptj ntimher in the rear of Comerford Thentre tchile sing¬ ing Hey, Ba-Ba-Re-Bop.
In Exeter, a new hnsinsit firnt having a driveway built lo Wyoming aventie and tK$ rontrnrtor finding no other, digging out tvo Air Raid .Shelter figni to hang the lanterns on.
Loungers at a Hazle street slore, to avoid blocking the side- ifalk, taking their ehnirs into the street and uiting the curb aa n footstool . . . locating bacU of a parked cnr for protection.
Dre^^ Pf'itrson 5^aTs:
Secret British Plan Will
Cut Palestine in 4 Parts,
Count on Aid of America
The broadcast waa beard in New York.)
The refugees did not eat at any of the three meals loday. One re¬ port said they were on a hunger strike, while other sources said the Britiah refused to permit the Jew¬ ish Agency to bring the refugees food  unlil  they landed.
Earlier today some of the 1,300 refugees were hauled bodily from one of the ships and others fol¬ lowed meekly down the gangplank
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AUTO MAKERS REPORT HEAVY LOSS THIS YEAR
Detroit, Aug. 17. (UP) -An¬ nouncement of new postwar peaks in auto production was offset to¬ night b.v an Automobile Manufac¬ turers A-viociation report, that the auto makers losl $45,234,000 during
Washinglon, Aug, 17. (UP) — Columnist Drew Pearson tonight mad* public photographed copies of what he described as the "complete text" af the proposed British plan lo partition Palestine into four territorial areas, including separate Arab and Jewish provinces.
The 10-page, typwritten, single-spaced report was marked:
"This document is the properly of His Britannic Majesty's goveni¬ ment.   Top secret.
'It is requested that special care be taken fo ensure the secrecy «t this document." ,
An official British spokesman | The document, dated at London here said there was "no comment j July 2«. also said that deputici on at all"  aboul  the document or  its  Mr.   Truman's   cabinet   committe*
contents.
(lives  Truman'a  Plan
The document, setting forth the British-approved plan for solving the vexing Palestine hiluation. said
on Palestine agreed to recommend to the President:
1.—That he recommend leglala- tion granting $,W,000,000 to the gov¬ ernment of Palestine.
{—That   he  seek  legislation
They    allowed    themselves    to    be   the   first   six  months   of   the   year.
Searched   for   arms,   deloused   and j (Continued on  Page A-14)
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Tlie AMA report, based on an industry-wide survey, said the loss amounted lo more than three cents on every sales dollar after allow¬ ances for tax credits under excess profits   lax   carryback   provisions.
At the same lime, the Automo¬ tive News reporled thai auto pro¬ duction increased during the week wilh U. S. plants turning oul an estimated 79.746 vehicles, including 56,229 cars and  23.517 trucks.
Ward's Automotive Reports said that combined production in the U, S. and Canada hil a new post¬ war peak of 88,560 cars and Irucks.
Oscar P. Pearson, chief statisti¬ cian of the AMA. blamed the half- year operating loss on strikes in supplier plants, and shortages of basic materials, parts and com¬ ponents. The shortages were "caused In part by governmental controls over raw materials," he charged.
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that President Truman is prepared I t^orizing loans up to $28,000,000 (or lo seek the approval of Congress] jj^.p|„p^pnt of the Middle Eaat for apecial legislation for the entryifpgjnn including Palestine, into the United Stales of .50.000 dis-1 The document also describe* III placed peraons, including Jews," j detail thc plan for dividing Palaa- (Mr. Truman said yeaterday in ailine into four areas — an Arab statement issued on his departure'province with a population of MB,- for a v:ici;ion cruise that he con-:""') Arabs and 15.000 Jews, a Jew* lemplaled aaking Congress for spe-lish province with 301.000 Ar»b« cial legislation authorizing an un-l and 451.000 Jews. Jerusalem dlf- specified     number     of     European 'rii't with '»«0«> Arabs and 102,000
Jews, and the Negev district. AMVKTS Opposed
Reliable sources have taid Mr. Truman has commended to tha British a Jewish agency proposal that thc Jews be given a bigger share of Palestine than set forth in  the  British-approved plan.
Meanwhile, Jack W. Hardy, na¬ tional commander of AMVETB, announced his opposition to per¬ mitting displaced personi, including Jews, to enter this rountry. Hardy   said   the   United   fltataa
refugees,   ini'luding  Jews, the United Stales.)
The document released by Pear¬ son also said consideration was be¬ ing given to a propos.ni to trans¬ fer an estimated 200,000 refugees to Brazil and that British dominions would be asked lo receive a num¬ ber of refugees. 100.000   to   Palestine
II endorsed Mr. Truman's orig¬ inal proposal to transfer 100.000 displaced Jews from Kurope to Palestine and said this plan should be put inlo effect as aoon as "it j ahould take care of its full obHfa- is derided to pul the constitutional 1 tion lo returning veterani before proposals into effect " Inimigra- \ "placing the resources of our roun- tion would be administered by the; try st the use of paraoiu trem British government, 1 foreign landa."