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WILKESBARRE, PA., SUNDAY, JUNE 16, 1946
PRICE TEN CENTS
Truman Gives His Merger Plan
Russia Agrees to Include Talks on Austrian Treaty
Victory for Byrnes at Paris As Big 4 Foreign Ministers Open Session in Xordiality'; Reds Win Discussion of Italy
Paris June 15 (UP)—The Big Four foreign ministers today re- Bssembl'ed in what was described as an atmosphere ot 'great cordiality and agreed upon a four-point agenda, including a peace treaty for Austria.
The inclusion of Austria as a subject for discussion represented a victory for Secretary of State James F. Byrnes, who argued St length during the previous Paris Big Four meeting for a dis¬ cussion of Austrian peace terms.     __^_^_^^______^_____
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'TEEN-AGE ISSUE STILL DEADLOCKS DRAFT EXTENSION
18-Year-Olds Center Of House, Senate Feud; Short Time Remains
Washington,  June IS.   (UP)—A .Senate-House  conference  on  draft
ster V   M. Molotov.   Molotov today   VfOm  Gemtatl  PrtSOU  extension faced a deadlock tonight
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however, withdrew his opposition j and the question was placed on thei agenda.
At the same time- at Molotov's request the Big Four agreed to discuss ths Italian political situa¬ tion. .\tololov charged Ihat Italian monarchists and  pro-Fascists were
Edward W. Bealtie. veteran United Press foreign correspond¬ ent, has returned lo Europe jusl a year after his liberation from a German prison camp where he was held after being captured while reporting the Battle of trvirig  to upset   the  results of th#|  France/or the  United  Press.
referendum disestablishing the monsrchy and setting up a re¬ public.
Reds Fear C1rll War
Molotov backed up his request for s discu.ssion of the situation In Italy with a statement thnt "a state of civil war" Is threatened by Ihe activity of the monarchists and Fascist sympathiicrs.
When his colleagues agreed to the Molotov proposal the Soviet foreign minister quickly recipro- ested by approving the addition of Austria lo the schedule as Byrnea luggest'd.
Tlie two and a half-hour meeting was described as perhap.s the most yordial the ministers had ever had — In contrast to the (loomy ad¬ vance forebodings. Murh Baek-Slapping
The minlsterii met with a great deal of hand-shaking and baek- sUpping and it seemed that the recess had dispelled much of the bored irritability which marked thrir laat aessioiui.
The four-point agenda adopted WHS  as   follows:
].—Pearx   treaties   with   Italy
on   the   politically   explosive   issue on inducting teen-agers.   But there
iwrre   indications   that   a   compro¬ mise mav be reached  soon.
I     Rep.   Overton   Brooks   (D.,   La.> .said   he  was  considering  a   move
, to   permit   calling   up   19-year-olds
i as   a  "starting   point"   in   bridging the wide split between the Senate and House on selective service ex¬ tension. Venion* Far Apart
I    The   House   version   would   ban drafting teen-agers, declare a draft
Beattie's initial assignment bsck In Europe is the Paris Con¬ ference of the ftig Four foreign ministers. Beattie's career as a United      Press     correspondent  [holiday   until   Oct.   1.5   and  extend
One of These Is a Life-Saver
abroad has included most of the top news stories of the past 1.1 years. He c(»ered the Ethiopian War. the Rus.so-Kinnish War, the rise of Adolf Hitler in Ger¬ many, and was in l^oland during the German blitz of that coun¬ trv-. He covered the Battle of Britain in London, the invasion of Xorth Africa and the Allied in¬ vasion of France until his cap¬ ture by tbe Germans. His stories on all of this action appeared in the Sunday Indejiendent.
the draft nine months. The Senate bill would permit drafting teen¬ agers. The present law expires on June 30.
Brooks  said   that  although  most
: House    conferees    were    standing
Jfirm   against  drafting   any  18  and
: in-year-olds. he expected agree¬ ment would he reai hed "on some rea.sonable   compromise."
i He said In an Interview that he may  offer   his   proposal  when   the
I conferees     meel     again     Monday.
I Brooks said his move merely was s ¦first   step"  aimed   at   Ironing  out
I differences between the twn houses. He added thst If It was accepted members then could consider call¬ ing  up  18-yesr  olds  under certain
j conditions. One Proposal Rejerled
I House conferees yesterday tenta- tivelv voted 4 to 3 to refuse a two-
A peacetim* version of tha bullet-sealing fuel cells that saved many airmen from going down In flames Is this 50-gallon gas tank   made   of   nylon   and   syn¬
thetic rubber. Virginia Summers of the Goodrich Company, Akron,-' Ohio, holds the folded-up ver¬ sion that is no bigger than flrst base.
Meat, Bread Shortage Will Last Another Year
and the former Ail* satellite*.
2.—Questions    regardinc    Ger- man.v.
S.—Questions ahnut Austria and the Austrian treaty.
4.—The  Italian   political  situa¬ tion. The chief sensation of the meet-, p^^^-    ^p^g^i offered "by Sen. Chan ing was MolotoVs Italian 'J'"]"^"''! Our ney   tR.S.D.i   and   Rep.   John
V,    .. u ^ X-     1 ''w  X .^IniSparkman   (D..Ala.).   The Gumey-
bloodshed   in   Naples   and   Taranlo [ (.L..,,..,„„   „„rnr.rnrvii.o   which  will K'ontiniied  on  Page  A-10)
Reds Open up on Turkey As Big 4 Talks Begin
Sparkman compromise, which will receive further consideration next week, would permit drafting 'teen¬ agers, but 18-year-olds would be the lasl group called up. Their service would be limited to the con¬ tinental   United   States.
Giirney said Congress would be "tampering" with national security if it did not permit the Army fo use 'teen-agers, a move twice voted down by the House. Earlier, he said the Army will have no need to
Bv M  8  HAXni.EB I autonomy.     Iraq,   whuh   has   an-
'Moscow      June     1.1      (UP» -The  other   Kurdish   minority,   was    re- ¦  .^       .     .   ...
Soviet     press    today    launched     aported   to   have   «;;'¦ nty   measure,  conscr|_ptJ^^^^^^^ slashing attack upon Turkey, charg. against     the    spread    of    K'Trtish Ing the Turks with persecution and   nationalist propaganda  lo the Iraq wholesale   suppression   of   Kurdish Kurds > .     ,       _    ,
nstinnalists and staling that there | Trud charged that Turkey was was 'reason to believe" thsl Turkey ; attempting forcibly to »"""''" ^ snd   Iran    have    signed   a   secret i the Kurds and said that    it would
Kurdish a few months." Indicating he might not oppose Brooks' move. Brooks' >'ole >lay Be Deeislve
Brooks said that while he op¬ posed drafting Ig-year-olds he favored some agreement that would
asreement     to    suppress    Kurdishlbe   politically   naive   to   think   that, permit an extension of the selective n.iinn.li.t   movements the    KurdLsh   question    In   Turkey service system. Some conferees said
national st   movemenis^ ^,|j   he   »olved   hy   means   of   the ,he fate of draft legislation possibly
.1 ?H K^h-.^w^nirTrTd  organ : forced   assimilation   of   the   Kurds mav rest In his hands.   One Senate Il.hed by the newsaper Trud, orRsn persecuting  the  Kurds   na- member   said   Brooks'   vote   might
of  the   Sovdet   trade   union   mov'.I ,'elf.consciousness or by de- swing the House members In favor mem.   and   was   ""J*^. '"   f°"ir'^^   nving  that  the question exists."       Lf a modified 'teexi-age draft. 7o eig'n ' m?nrst"e"r.  'conferen'ce'^   m ' Deny Russian Intorferenee t,  The   eonferees.Vafter   nearly   six
loreign    ministers    con. _^.^^^ ,tronglv denied   lurkisn ai-ihours of meetings, have agreed on
legations    Ihat    the    Soviet    Union'only two Important differences be
tscked Turkey for its treatment of i added that the Turks had previous the Armenian minority In northeast ! ly expelled large numbers of Arme- Turkey and demands have beenmians from the Kars and Ardalian voiced   for   the   cession   hv   Turkey I areas.     .,     ^. , ..        _  .   _„. .
of the provinces of Kars and | "The Kurdish question not onl> Ardahan to the Soviet Armenian I exists in Turkey hul is worrying Republic. [the Turkl.'h government.   Trud re-
Chairman    Elbert     D.    Thomas. (D..  Utah)   of  the  Senate  military affairs   eommittee   said  the   Army (Continued on Page A-11)
INDIAN DEAL COLLAPSES OVER INTERIM REGIME
Fbther, Ordered from His Home, Kills Son and His Bride-to-Be
Us  Angeles   June I.V   (UP>-On ] married    tomorrow    «'    """n the eve of their wedding, a youth-1 neighbors said the son l^n^ threat ful couple was  killed todav by  the  ened   to   evict   his   father   '>¦">" ^h.
Delhi. India. June 15. (UP) The British cabinet mission to India and Viceroy Lord Wavell to¬ day were reported prepared to ap¬ point arbitrarily an Indian Interim government with or without the consent of the irreconciliable Hin¬ du  and Moslem factions.
High   hopes  of  the  cabinet  mis¬ sion's   success  were  dashed   almost j'completely   Thursday   night     with ",  ilhe flat refusal of the Indian Con- "¦" .^"igress Party  (Hindu)   lo participate The '"   "">¦ compromise  government in bridegroom's   father  after   the   son i home    after    th(-    ccremoii>. nc, ^.j^.^j^   jl^^   Mo.slem     League     was
hnd   tnld   him    he   would   have   to younger   Alson   hart   ooiaineu   iiiiei   .^.^^ ^^^^1  i.ppj.p^p^ji^^jjj^ leave the familv home  immediately | lo   the   home   after   his   latner   ana      .^^^  congress   Parly's  refusal   to after the wedding. mother were divorced. lenter the government created such
Police found the father. Samuel, The girl's body was found bc-j„ serious situation that official AsloM, critically wounded in a .sjdp the kitchen table. She appar-^q,j„r(prs believed appointment of fooming house." They said he hadjenllv had jusl 'isen from her|„n arbitrary representative gov- «hot himself in the head after kill-lchair when the hullel.'i tore through iprn,„pnt .jvaa Imminent, 'ng his son, Clayton Peter Aslon. her hody.'H'nunger Aslon was found j Tlie Congress Party demanded 24, and his fiancee pretty Loma i„ the back hall of Ihc six-rooin|io representatives In the govern- ''rances CTiew, in the Asl()n home house which he had shared withL^pnt. Including Sikh and Indian esfly today. his  father. Christian     representatives.     while
Clayton   and   I»ma   were   to   be:    poijce   surgeons   said   the   elderjgiving  the  Moslems   only   five.    It
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I'lioiiish   the   bullet   penetrated   his barred   from   voting   and     particl- iskiill paling.
After shooting his son and pros- Wavell was reported to have re- oective daughter-in-law. Aslon fused both demands. Il was said went to the home of a friend, j he offered a counter-proposal that Peter Kaplevn, and told him ofj six members of the Interim gov- the slaying. He said he was going:ernment he nominated by the Con- to kill himself, too. Kapteyn sum- gress Parlv five hy Ihe Moslems moned   police   but   did   not   knowlanti   one   Sikh     and     one     Indian
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Anderson Says Part Of Next Year's Crops Now Saving Starving
Washington. June 15 (UP) - Secretary of Agriculture CSinton P. Anderson, predicting that flour, meats and fats will be scarce for at least another year, said tonight that the nation is resorting to in¬ direct rationing to help end the world famine.
Anderson again rejected the Idea of a return to wartime consumer rationin, pointing out that the ad¬ ministration had returned to "a much simpler form .of rationing nearer to the .source."
The present machinery for ship¬ ping American food to starvation areas abroad, he said, requires ra¬ tioning of wheat and other short supplies at the processors' and dis¬ tributors' levels.
"Tlie  order  cutting   flour  distri¬ bution by millers  really amounted to . . . rationing." he explained in a radio address. Must Continue Help
Meanwhile agriculture sources expressed certainty that the U. S. must continue large-scale food shipments to hunger aress even after present commitments are met. Many experts predicted that this country would fall behind In its June shipping schedules, thus increased shipments would be necessary in July and August to make up the deficit, they said.
Anderson said the current drive to cut domestic wheat consump¬ tion 2.1 per cent would mean about 50,000.000 bushels less wheat for the U. S. next year. Tliat will eut the supply of bread, flour, cereals, spaghetti and baked goods. Affecting 1947 Food
"More than that," he said, "we'll be shnrt of meats and fats, too, in 1947, In effect, we're shipping some of next year's pork and lard supplies overseas now in the form of wheat."
He emphasize that the world should be planning some Inter¬ national machinery to ban sur¬ pluses and hunger In every part of the globe—an Idea heartily en¬ dorsed by Sir John Boyd Orr. director general of the United Nations food and agriculture organ¬ ization.
Orr, who Joined Anderson on the program, said ll would be "a crime against humanity if we don't use those surpluses syslematirally to relieve chronic malnutrition and build up reserves against famine."
He pointed out that in India even In normal times one person out of three Is on the edge of starvation and that two-thirds of the world people are "chronically undernourished." The result is. he said, that these people have no reserve to meel a famine. Siiggests  Kood Bank
Orr suggested that the perman¬ ent world food organization to he formed after the present crisis should develop a world food hank alnng the lines of this country's ever-normal granary whicii could hold food over from surplus to lean years.
•"If the nations will not cooperate on a world food plan." he said, "there'a little hope of getting them to cooperate on anything. But If the nations will cooperate on n concrete world food plan, that will be the beginning of world govern¬ ment."
"The real concern of govern¬ ments Is not the delineation of boundaries, hut the welfare of the people they govern. Wp r.in't have a peaceful worljl ss long as people hav*  empty  stomachs."
WALLACE TELLS VETERANS TO BE
Des Moines. Iowa, June 16. (UP> - nelegates to the first constitu¬ tional convention of the American Veterans Committee were told to¬ night to become "good politicians" to gain their progressive ideals.
Secretary of Commerce Henry Wallace, addressing the convention at the conclusion of two days of business meetings, complimented the organization on Its aims and methods bul cautioned thnt It takes hard work and practical politics to reach Its goals.
"I hope that when you leave this convention, each and every one of you goes home a good politician— a good politician Irrespectlv9 of the political party of your choice," he said. •'Watch nty Hall"
He told the delegates "te keep your eyes" on representatives In Congreas and In  "city hall."
"And If his votes are wrong, and if he listens to the wrong people, then get together and flght to replace him wllh some friend of the progressive cause." he said.
"And don't forget that many of the rejns of national power are held by those who control the city halls."
Wallace praised the AVC for having acted on the "belief that the general welfare was paramount to the welfare of any group of any organization." Raps Housing Opponents
He rapped at "lobbyists of greed heeding the beck and call of real estate speculators" for 'distorting and undermining a national hous¬ ing program designed to benefit the whole nation."
"I applaud you of the American Veterans Committee for joining with others in building your own fires against these lobbyists of greed. 'Vou know that v^'hen need be. vou  flght fire with  flre."
Wallace commended the AVC for Its stand to save the OPA and lis fight for pa.ssago of the Full Em- plovment   Bill.
However, he said "enactment of a iiormanent Fair Employment Practices Act and the abolition of the poll tax are only the begin¬ nings of our efforts to achieve an economic as well as political democracy."
"¦What we want In the world is whal wc want at home," he declared. "What wo wanl at home Is a workable way nf security and abundance between all groups. We want the same thing in the world."
NEBRASKA SWELTERS IN 108 TEMPERATURE
Omaha, Neb., June 15 (UP)—A blistering south wind boosted Ne¬ braska temperatures to highs of 108 al Grand Island, Lincoln and York today.
The 108-degree mark broke an all-lime mercury reading for June al Lincoln, and Omaha's 104 read¬ ing was the highest June 15 tem¬ perature  aince  11)19.
Otlier readings throughout the state included: Haves Center 10.1. i North Platte 105. Big Springs 101. iSldn^y 101. Scoltahluff 100, Overton lOi and Columbus 107,
CIO Maritime Workers Coming Back to Jobs
Nation I^oks lo First Labor Peace Since War Ended .After Wor.st Strife In History—New Cycle Now Feared
Washington. June 1.1 (UP)—CIO maritime workers began responding to back-to-work orders today as the nation looked forward to its first promise of industrial  peace since  the end of the war.
Settlement of the maritime dispute last nighl came too late to avert walkouts   in most  of  the   nation's   ports.     But  Ihe seamen  and water¬ front workers slowly returned to their jobs today after voting to ratify the agreements nt local meetings. Some Walkouts Mlarted
The agreemenl was announced in New Orleans in tune for a union vote to cancel tho strike before Ihe
midnight   deadline.    Bul    walkouts j recommend   acceptance   of   all   the were already under way at Boston, i agreements
New York. Philadelphia and Balli more,  nnd   ratification  votes   were delayed until today.
Union locals al Boston and Phila¬ delphia voted approval Ihis morn¬ ing. New York followed suit this afternoon. There was picketing early today al Boston and New York, but Ihe men disbanded when Iliey learned of the settlement. At New York, pickets reporting for duty at fi a   m. were sent home.
Despite War Shipping Admini¬ stration reports that few ships had heen delayed by the walkouts, re¬ ports from New York and San Francisco indicated activity was virtually at a standstill today in the nation's two greal ports. Approve Karly  In  West
On the West Coast, the National Maritime Union at San Pedro. Cal.. voted to accept the settlement be¬ fore the strike began.
lyingshoremen at San Francisco delayed their vote until 8 p. m. (PST) tonight. The San Francisco strike board for the CIO Commit¬ tee fcr Maritime Unity decided to
At Seattle, lhe northwest strike committee announced there would be no ratification vote until 2 p. m. tomorrow.
Meanwhile, government labor offl¬ cials foresaw relative peace on the labor front for at least a temporary period — 60 days or more. For the first time since la*t fall, no major strike was threatened or under way in a basic industry Worst  In  Nation's  History
Since the war ended, the admin¬ istration has grappled with a suc¬ cession of disputes which produced the worst period of labor strife in the nation's history. The numher of man-days of work lost in strikes this year already has far exceeded the figure for nny previous full year, including 19.^7. when the great CIO organizing strikea were con¬ ducted.
The cycle of disputes which end¬ ed with the maritime settlement brought strikes or threats of strikes in the petroleum, automo¬ bile, steel, meat packing, electrical (Continued  on  Page A-11)
TSINGTAO APPEARS BOWLES, PORTER NEXT BAmEFIELO HOPE TO SALVAGE N CHINMAR
Nationalists Rushina More Troops by Ship Against Communists
By WALTER LOGAN
Nanking, China, June 1.1. (UPi- The Chinese government is rush¬ ing naval reinforcements to lhe Communist-threatened port of Tsingtao, il was announced today as other Communist forces in Man¬ churia were reported reducing the Nationalist bridgehead north of the fiiingarl River, 72 miles south of  Harbin.
Government minister of informa¬ tion Peng Hsueh-Pei. announcing that Navy ships were being sent tn the besieged port on the Shan¬ tung peninsula, where American marines are based, said the gov¬ ernment has no intention of aban¬ doning T.singtao. .Navy of Small t'raft
Most Chinese navy vessels are various types of landing craft turn¬ ed over to China by the U. S. Navy.
Chinese ground and naval forces already In the area have cooperat¬ ed to drive off three sea-borne at¬ tacks by Communists against Tsingtao in the last three days.
Reports from Pelping said the American-Nationalist - Communist committee of three headed by Gen. George C. Marshall will fly to Mukden Immediately tn try to stop the fighting on the Sungari, which broke oul despite a 15-day truce.
Other unofficial reports said Marshall had succeeded in getting an agreement fnr unconditional scttlemeni of hostilities by the com- (Continucd on Page A-11)
In Last-Ditcti Appeal To Senate, House Conferees on Bill
AZERBAIJAN PREMIER QUITS AFTER ACCORD
Tehran. Iran. Juno 15. (UP)— Jaafer Pishevari, "premier of Azer¬ baijan, has resigned his post as the result of an agreement with the central government under which Azerbaijan returns to its status as an Iranian province. It waa   reported  today   from   Tabriz,
Pishevari announced he would not accept any government ap- opintmenl for the time being but would remain as head of the Azer¬ baijan   Democratic  Party.
EMERGENCY HOUSING GETS TOP PRIORITY
Wa.shington. June 15 (UP) The administration's Iwo top stabiliz.T- tion chiefs todny made a last-ditch appeal for effective price controls las Congress studied legislation for a continued but greatly weakened OPA.
I Price Administrator Paul Porter warned Americans that the esti¬ mated .T'i, per cent price rise since VJ-Dsy would be "dwarfed to In¬ significance" by the inflatinoary pressure which the crippling or re¬ moval of price controU would un¬ leash nl the end of this month. Raps Criliea
In a statement, he assailed those whn 'are willing tn risk our whole economic future to avoid the tem¬ porary restraints and irritations of effective price  control,"
Economic Stabilizer Chester Bowles sBid that price stability is needed now more than ever "to keep our excellent start on full pro- (iiictlon from going into a tall- spin."
He said that If present price con¬ trols are maintained, the market wiil be flooded by Cliristmas with goods for which the American people have been waiting since the war ended.
Porter and Bowles voiced their appeals as Senate-House conferees on the denatured OPA extension bill tentatlvelv scheduled their first meeting for Tuesday. Both  Rills  llraslic
The Senate and House have ap¬ proved different hut equally drastic price control extension bills that would strip OPA of many of its powers and abolish a number of price controls, but leave rent con¬ trols intact. Under the Senate hill, priee controls on meat, poul¬ try, milk and tobacco would be aboli.«hed  after June  10,
Authoritative souurces said that unless the conferees approve an effective price control extension bill.  Presideni Truman will veto it.
A majority of the Senate-House conferees planned to insist on re¬ storing some price control powers the Senate has scrapped.
Chairman  Brent  Spence   (D.Ky.>
of   the   House   hanking   committee
and   head   of  the   House  conferees.
(Continued  on   Page A-lli
Compromise
Army-Navy
Differences
Joint Chiefs of Staff With One Department; Ends Services' Lobbying; Victory for Army Men
WashinRton, .June 15 (UP) —President Truman tonight sent ("onpress hi(* final plan for unifying the armed serv¬ ices into a single Department Iof National Defense after per- 'sonally resolving the four re¬ maining Army-Navy disagree¬ ments in the bitter merget controversy.
Mr. Truman said the Army jand Navy have ai^sured him I they will support the plan.
I    It was a clear victory: for the Army.
I^Ir. Truman, urging quick action from Congress on • comprehensive 12-point unifi¬ cation plan, ruled in favor of the Anny on three of the four differences which had snag* ged the attempt of the armed services to reach agreement.
Brushing aside Navy oppositioa. the President sent letters to chair¬ men of the House and Senate naval affairs and military affairs com¬ mittees  which:
I.—Firmly reiterated hlsewUer Insistence on a single Depart¬ ment nf Natinnal Defense head¬ ed by a civilian secretary who would hecnme a member of the President's Cabinet.
3.—Remmniended that the thre* Integral branches—Army, Nasir and Air Forces—be ro-ordlnated. Earh service would be directed b.v a serretar>, but the three would not bo member* of the Cabinet.
3.—W Ith   minor exoeptlona, recommended that all Navy land- based   planes   be   placed   at  the disposal of the Army Air Force. ThU   includes   planes   for   naval reconnaissance,    anli - submarine warfare and  protection of ship¬ ping.   The Navy uill retain ship, carrier and water-based aircraft essential to naval operations, «• well as ."Vlarlne aircraft. Mr. Truman sided with the Navy on   the   fourth   point   in   disagree¬ ment   between   the  two   services-- the issue of maintaining the Mar¬ ine  Corps   as   an   integral   part  of the Navy. He overruled the Army's contention   that  the  Marine  Corps shnuld   not   he   used   for   any  sus¬ tained  land  operations  in    futura combat. .Marine Cnrpa iJnciianged
The President recommended that th# Marines be employed for lim¬ ited land operations essential to prosecution of naval operations and thst they remain under Navjr direction.
The Army—and Mr. Truman- yielded to the Navy contention that the military establishment should not contain a single mili¬ tary chief of staff, but that tho joint chiefs of staff should be tha highest source of military advice. This was one of eight phases ef unification on which there was agreement between the Army and Navy, which had quarreled bitterly (Continued on Page A-11)
Rose Convicted In Spy Case
Montreal. Quebec, June 18. (UP»—Fred Rose, Communist member of parliament, was found guilty tonight of conspiring to give war secrets to Russian agents. The verdict of the 12- man Jury was unanimous.
Rose was charged with eon- spiring with other Canadians te give war secrets to Soviet agents, who the prosecution charged operated a spy network In Canada.
The Jury deliberated a llttl* over half an hour before an¬ nouncing the guilty verdict. Judge Wilfred lyizurc announced Roia will be sentenced Thursday.
Washington. June 15. 'UP)-The government announced tonight il will grant top priorities on mater¬ ials for the emergency veterans housing program to speed comple¬ tion hy Sept. an of temporary dwell¬ ings for 1(X),00() ex-tils and their families.
Housing Expediter Wilson W. Wyatt said lack of equipment and materials has "seriously retarded" the projects. He said the delays threaten "to prevent thousands of veterans from entering universities and  colleges this  fall."
The dwellings nre allocated al>oiit equally betwen educational insti¬ tutions and cities to relieve the "most acute cases of distress among veterans."
The goal for the entire year Is completion of 200,000 units through conversion of surplus war housing, military barracks and other govern¬ ment buildings, .So far only 84.,'i!)0 dwellings have heen started and 15,395 completed, Wyatt reported.
Briton Who Set Plane Speed Mark Held Ship Down' to Its 606 mph
fVanford. Kngland. June l.'S (UP)
American pilots, reportedly pre¬ paring for an attack on the world's plane speed record of tj06 miles an hour, were told loday that Uroup Capl. H. J, Wilson, who set the mark last November, deliberately held his plane down to that mark
"I could have done fill certainly, perhaps Blfi." said the British test pilot, "But the Gloster Meteor jet people were afraid something might happen to the plane at that speed ¦'
One of the British aviation's l)ackroom hoys, McClaren Hum¬ phreys, chief technical inatructor of the Kmpire Test Pilot School added that Wil.'on was using only 90 per cent  of his  power at fiOti.
"And p'ane design hns improved since  the   Hcrene   Bay  trials,'  he
said, "so the next series of apeed tests should bring us very close to the compressibility barrier whicli marks the speed of sound—saj; iust over 700 miles an hour," Cites Extravagant I'. S. ClalnrM
Wilson, the slight, mustached headmaster" of the test pilot school gently twitted this correspondent for astronomical claims made fof American planes while his "modest* record was alread eight months old — "a   long   time   really."
"Actually, however." he added. 1 expect the record to be broken bt" fore the end of the year "
The United States will do t9> breaking,  he Indicated,
Asked if he would then seek ta record to Britain. WIN I'd   certainly   Uke   tta*
return the son   said   ' chanct,"
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