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41ST YEAR, NO. 18 — 40 PAGES
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WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, MARCH 2, 1947
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TBOt)BLED  FACES  IN  i and   Albanians   who   were   In-
TROIIBI.ED (JBEECE—-A repre-1 tcrned at Piraeus. Greece,  Some
scnlative   of   the   Greelt   Border  j of   these    nationals    have    been
Commission   of   United   Nations  ] denounced by their own govern-
questions   Bulgarians,   Yugoslavs  | ments aa traitors. Quislings and
war criminaLs, The commission is tying to solve peacefully the lrouble,s between Greece and her neighbors.    (Official   UN   Photo.)
Ready for Witnesses In Trial of Johnsons
-Ended;- Judge Fee May Call For Evening Sessions.-^.
Harrisburg, March 1. < UP i Slow- n5i*-*i«".~ initi'"! phi-'P!' in 'J^e con¬ spiracy trail of former federal .ludge Albert W. ,lohnson, Lewis¬ burg, were completed today after submission of virtually all the gov¬ ernment s documentary evidence.
Chief U. S. prosecutor, Valentine C. Hammaclt, was prepared lo call pro,secution witnesses Monday.
Before a weel<end recess was calied by presiding Judge James A. Fce. of Oregon, yesierday. Ham- mack offered 96 documents con¬ nected with 11 bankruptcy, re¬ ceivership and criminal c.-jses cited in a grand jury Indictment against Johnson, his three sons and two other co-defendants. Conspiracy. Kraiid Charge*
They are cliarged wilh con.spir- acy to obstruct justice and defraud Lhe United Slates during the 74- year-old Johnson's 20-.vear term a,s
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Tokyo-M inneupolis
Minneapolis,   March   I,   fUPl Northwest  Airlines   "Trailblazer" completed   a  recor.J-breaking  29- huui ili^iii ti'oiii  I'oKio tcimtm- ¦ apolis late loday.
The Douglas IX'-4 covered the 6,259 miles wilh two refueling j stops before it landed al 3:25 i p.m. nCST) wilh its parly of airline technicians on the survey flight. Regular fliprhts lo the Orient were lo itart in early spring.
On the flight the giant plane landed at Shemyu in the Aleu- liaps and at Anchorage,  Alaska,
The trip aclu.-'lly began in Manila, P. I„ and was routed through Tokyo for a brief slop- over hefore winging eastward over the nortii Pacific, Tlie com¬ plete Manila - Minneapolis trip (ook  •'?S  liour^.
ROGERS SCARES GOP:
'udg^'""'"'""'*   '""*'*"   ''"''"" WANTS CASH FOR VETS
Charles J. Margiotti of puts-! „ "^'"'f'"St""- Mfch 1- *UP)-- hurgh protested a.ceplance ofi^lep. Dwight I.. Roger.s (D., Fla.), records connected with the reoi-^f^'her of G.I, terminal leave pay, ganization ca.se of the Central I threw a scare into Republican Forging Co., Calawissa. Margiotti economy advocates tonight with a represents Johnson and his sons, drive lo give former GI's cash Army Capt. Alberl W, jr., of Wil- instead of bonds for lheir unused liamsport: Donald M., .Middleburg, accumulated leave, former Snyder county district at- "The ex-GI's probably are hav- torney, and Miller A., of I.«\vis- ing a harder struggle now lo make burg. ends    meet    than    anyone    else,"
Overruled by the judge were j Roger* said. "They must have frequent objections from Slanley j homes, household goods and olhcr Coar of Scianlon, counsel for John thmgs. The veteran.s need cash Memolo, disbarred Scranton atlor-ia„(i they ought to have it." ney, and Thomas C. Caldwell, Har-; Estimated cosl of terminal leave risburg. who represent Jacobs, p„y for all enlisted personnel is Greenes, Scranton beer salesman,'aboul $3,000,000,000. the sixth man on trial. Ar<|uitted  Freviousiy
Donald Johnson, the only de¬ fendant involved in the Central Forging lase, was acquitted pre- vlonsly of conspiracy charges re¬ sulting from alleged concealing of funds from assets of the bankrupt firm.
Johnson was acquitted, in his (Continued on Page A-12)
He indicated he would follow the I same  tactics  that  were .successful
U.S.. CUBA SEEKING LUCKY, CAPONE LINK
Havana, Cuba, March 1, lUPi United Slates and Cuban authori¬ ties arc investigating the relations between Charics <"Lucky") Luciano, former New York vjce overlord, and Ralph ("Bottles "i Capone, older brother of the lale "Scar- face", it was learned today.
When he was here Capone wa.s seen frequently in the company of Luciano, There was speculation that Capone's presefice here may have been connected wilh Uie multi-million dollar black markel sugar racket now under invesligaa- tlon in the stales.
lasl year in gelling his original terminal leave pay bill through. When the House military affairs commiltpc bollled up thai measure, Rogers got 218 signatures on a discharge petition. This brought the hill to the floor and it was passed by both the House and Senate.
I SOVIET PAPER ATTACKS I JOHN FOSTER DULLE:S
I Mo,scow .March ! iUPi--The lauthorita' • c foreign policy publi- I cat ion ••• Times today de¬ nounced John Foster Dulles, Sec¬ retary of ..State George C. Mar¬ shall's Republican adviser at the forthcoming Moscow conference, as "a mouthpiece of German bank¬ ing interests" and charged thai the British and Americans are hiding German  as.sels abroad.
New Times devoted almost its entire issue to German problems, bringing a variety of charges against the United Slates and Briiain,
Is Belipved Step Toward All-Out War Against Communists
By WALTER LO<iA.\
Nanking, China, March 1  <UP) - j Generalissimo     Chiang     Kai-Shek took over the premiership ot infla- |tloii-riddeii   China   today   and   im¬ mediately broadened three govern¬ ment     departments     to     include ! minor parties as the firsl ,slep to- ! ward     ending    Kuomintang    one- 1 party  rule,
'    Chiang   assumed   the   dual   role
I of president-premier afler hi" brother-in-law,   T.   V.   Soong.   re-
' signed as president of the exec¬ utive Yuan icabineti under fire. The    president    of    the    executive
lyuan is comparable to the premier
'of other  countries. On   Eve of t.'ainpaign
A reliable source ,said Chiang's move was a "temjiorary measure" designed to instill confidence in lhe Chinese republic on the eve of all-out war against the Com- inuiiisl.s.
This .source said Gen. Chang Chun, governor of Szechwan prov¬ ince, probably would be named vice-premier and would assume the premiership when the govern¬ ment is reorganized. The reorgan¬ ization is scheduled for March 15, when lh' Kuoijiintang's 20-year "period of tutelage" will have ended,
Chiang broadened the legisla¬ tive, supervisory and deliberative branches of the government to in¬ clude 81 non-partisans and repre- sentalK-es of minor parlies. The legislative and control yuans and the people's political council were affected. Soong I nder Fire
Soong announced his resignation during a .stormy session of the leg¬ islative yuan loday. The legisla¬ ture had demanded several time.'< thai hc explain his policies, but today was the first time he ap¬ peared.
Soong spoke to the legislators for several minutes. He blamed the Communists for the country's woes. The members were not sat¬ isfied, however. For 20 minutes they bombarded him wilh qucs- tioiis-most of them in hostile I tones.
Holy Land Toll Rises, Jewish Attacks Spread
British Showdown Believed at Hand
Jerusalem, Palestine March 1. (UP)—Jewish extremist.s attacked and blew up a British officers' club in tho heart of Jerusalem today, killing at least 16 persons, and tonight three more British soldiers were killed in widespread attacks throughout the Holy Land.
The officers' club was demolished by three groups of ex¬ tremists who attacked from diflfex'ent directions, firing sub¬ marine guns, hurling incendiary bombs and carrying loads of explosives.
They shot down two British con¬ stables and an Arab woman and then hurled explosives through the windows. Thirteen died in the blast. Seventeen were injured, three critically, and tonight rescue workers slill were digging through the ruins for other possible victims.
A British public information offi¬ cer said that at least 40 soldiers were wounded in addition to three killed in known attacks at 10 other points. It was believed that every important military camp in Pales¬ tine would be hit tefore morning. Roads,  Railroads  itiined
Mines were exploding at many places on highways and authorities warned against traveling on rail¬ roads, which also were believed heavily mined.
Two British soldiers were killed and three wounded when their jeeps were blown up by mined roads near—Haifa—«n4- a—third .soldier was killed in an atlacK on a military camp at Nathanya, a big diamond center between Ha^ and 'Tel Aviv. ^
More  explosions  were  heard   at
dition to these, but no details were given. The entire British troop strength in Palestine, estimated at 60,000 men, was on the march throughout the country and imposi¬ tion of martial law was expected wiihin 24 hours. Big Oil Storafire Attacked
The great oil storage docks of Haifa also were attacked by a gang which crashed through barbed wire barricades around the port with a truck, deposited explosives on the docks and then set them off with sul^machineguii fire.
These reports said five explo¬ sions ripped the area but the fires were extinguished before they reached the oil storage tanks.
Curfews were clamped down bolh in Jerusalem and Haifa and it was expected the long awaited British showdown with the Jewish under- Srround -was rmmtnent;
Ten cars were stolen in Tel Aviv
during   the   day.   believedly   to   be
used  in   the  attacks.   Police  radio
cars     patrolling     higJivvai-s     '.ware
IKdtia,    uctw-fccr.   Haifa   and    loi e''V.?n dcjcrfpt-or.- and license num
Aviv; Nalanya, soulh of HedEra, and Rehovol, soutii of Lydda.
Terrorists also reportedly ,sabo- taged the Raselain pumping sta¬ tion, which controls one of the Holj' Ijand's most important sources of water, and it was fear¬ ed water may be cut off to Jeru¬ salem.
Other attacks were reported all along the Haifa-Tel Aviv road, at Tulka Rem and at Rehovoth, south of Tel Aviv, where British troops were reported searching from house lo house through the residential  section.
The British army announced there were six other attacks in ad-
bers   with   this   order:   "You   may shoot at these cars on sight."
The Jewish National Council Vaad Leumi—declared a four-nour general strike throughout Palestine from 7 to 11 p. m. Sunday to pro¬ test deportation of Jewish Illegal Immigrants to Cyprus and officials feared that it would touch off an¬ other wave of violence throughout tho country.
Attackers Crash Barrirades
The attack on the British offi¬ cers' club In Jerusalem was carried out despite barbed wire barricades and extraordinary security pre¬ cautions that have transformed (Continued on  Page A-12)
20 BURNED TO DEATH WHEN BUS EXPLODES
Guanajuato, Mexico, March 1 (UP) Al least '20 persons were burned to dealh loday when a pas¬ senger bus exploded and burned on the highway near here, some 200 miles northwest of Mexico Cily,
Weird MaMne Brings Quick, Complete Cure To Girl Wtto Had Hiccouglts for 82 Days
'Phone Union Says Lines Apparently Want Strike
Washington,    March    1.    (UP)— Friday so that it may legally call
Joseph Beirne, president of the National Federation of Telephone Workers (Ind), said tonight the telephone industry "seems almost to want to push us into a nation¬ wide strike."
He made the assertion in a state¬ ment di-sclosing that most telephone companies had rejected the union's demands for a $12 weekly pay boost and other improvements.
liM),000 Affected
Union affiliates meanwhile filed strike notices on behalf of some 150,000 workers in almost 30 states, A spokesman said that the union hopes to eomplete filing of notices for   a   nationwide   strike   by   next
a strike on or after April 7 to sup¬ port Ita demands.
Beirne said that the union had sought a reason for "stallingr" and "delaying process" of the com¬ panies.
"It is our considered opinion that they are waiting for Omgrcss to pass legislation that will give the companies a bargaining advantage," he said. Testifies Tomorrow
Beime Is scheduled to go before the House labor committee Monday to oppose pending labor legislation.
He reviewed the failure of nego¬ tiations thus far and claimed that "not one Bell Telephone O. has offered a penny of wage increases,"
Windsor, Conn., March 1. (UP) - A new electrical gadget, that might •ell belong to the Buck Roger era, Accomplished loday what doctors haven't been able to do for nearly three monlh,s- stop Doris Hertler from  hiccoughing.
And after 82 days of 20 hiccoughs per mini-te, the attractive 17-year- old high school honor studjent, said it "felt wonderful" that il was over and that she wanted to "thank everyone who tried to help me."
Since her long seige became known Tuesday night, the Hertler home had  been  flooded with mail,
tn  Today's Issue
Editorial   B—I
( lasnified    C—1
MoviM     B—10
Outdoor  B—S
Obituary   * V—S
Radio   B—10
(Sporls    B—I
Siorlal   C^—1
telegrams, telephone calls and per¬ .sonal callers, all offering cures or hopes she would gel '''d °f "'« malady.
But it was a newfy-invented machine, called the "Hiccough Machine," for want of a beller name, that finally did the trick.
The machine, resembles a penny weighing device, equipped wilh handle-bar grips, a vibrating plat¬ form, two spotlights, and a mask, stopped the hiccoughing afler two applications. The firsl reduced the spasms to six a minute, and afler the second they disappeared.
The machine was invented by Thomas Assmar, a retired Pewetl City merchant, who left ten days ago for the Far East after storing it in a Hartford warehouse.
The warehouse manager. A. Brad¬ ford Weld jr., and Assmar's attor¬ ney, Frank Odium, offered il as an experiment when they read of Doris' affliction and that doctors had given her no relief.
During the 82 days Doris had lost 13 pounds, her hair changed from brunette lo blonde, and she de¬ veloped a solf-consciousness thai kept her virtually secluded at home.
Weld said the experiment began with Doris standing on the plat¬ form, her head covered with a dark blue hood and with two spotlights focused on her lace. A green bell circled her wrist. She held onto the handlebar gi^ps as the platform moved, and was given sips of water all during the appllication.
Afler 20 minutes she lay down on an adjusting chair for five minutes, returned to the machine in a kneel¬ ing position, rested again for five minutes, and took a third phase in a sitting position.
Thursday's experiment lasted an hour and a half, Friday's only 30 minutes. She took a third today but Welld .said il was "unneces¬ sary."
He said a "complete cure" was affected Ihrough relaxation of the abdominal nnuscles.
PLANES OF 6 NATIONS AID IN BOLIVIA FLOOD
La Paz, Bolivia, March 1. (UP) Fourteen flying boats and am¬ phibian planes from five countries, including the United States, landed today on the swollen waters of the Maraore River near Trinidad in an attempt to evacuate 1,500 children and olher flood sufferers from the strickken Beni stale capital.
The ministry of interior an nouced there had been no dead or injured and evacuation was now proceeding apace. For four days, thousands of marooned inhabitants clung precaiously to house roofs or improvised rafts. They paced the added peril of crocodiles and beasts from nearby tropical jungles.
Taking advantage of the firsl break In the weather in many days, two United States, six Argentine, three Peruvian, one Chilean and two Bolivian planes dropped life saving equipn^ient, food, clothing and medicines and then began the accelerated evacuation.
Only the cathedral and a few- public buildings around the city's main square remained above the water and were packed wilh refu¬ gees. The rest of the structures were either fully submerged or had been carried away by the river.
Navy to Test Guided Missiles
Washington, March 1. (UP)— Guided missiles wili start flying down in North Carolina this month at the former site of Camp Davis, the Navy announc¬ ed tonight,
Tl»e Navy's applied physics lab¬ oratory, which has been working on the supersonic "flying stove¬ pipe" ram-jels, has converted the former Marine and Army base to a naval ordnance test facility.
The Navy has set up an over- waler firing range extending 22 miles along the coast of the or- mer camp site at Holly Ridge to lest "propulsion units and aero¬ dynamic design features" for guided missiles.
COUPLE BEING TRIED FOR HUSBAND'S DEATH
Bale, Ore., March 1 (UP)—Red- haired Gladys Broadhurst, who al¬ legedly persuaded her seventh hus¬ band, a young chauffeur, to murder her sixth, a wealthy chiropractor, sobbed in court today when the men were described as "like her own brothers,"
Mrs. Broadhurst. 40, wept aloud when policeman Richard O'Brien testified she told him Dr, Willis D. Broadhurst, 51. (No. 6) and Alvin Lee Williams,, 23 (No, 7) "were like brothers" before Williams allegedly killed the retired chiropractor Oct, 14,
Mrs. Broadhurst, charged with first degree murder as an accom¬ plice, also broke into tears when the-murder gun was identified in court. The stale has alleged that she talked Williams into beating and killing Broadhurst so they could live in luxury on his $150,000 estate.
May Invite Lewis, Owners To Negotiate TItis WeeIc
Washington, March 1 (UP)—A government official said tonight that "it is quite possible" an invi¬ tation will be issued next week to soft coal operators and President John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers (AFL) to begin negotia¬ tions for a new wage contract.
He said the issuance of 'the invi¬ tation would depend largely on whether the Supreme Court rules Monday on Lewis' conviction for contempt of court in not calling off last fall's 17-day strike.
A decision by the court on Mon¬ day—its nexl deciaion day—"would remove the last legitimate barrier" that either the operators or Lewis could erect against new contract talks, this official said. Delays Oompliratlons
Postponement ot the court deci¬ sion would complicate matters for the government, however. It might result in a week's delay of the invi¬ tation until the March 10 decision day.
Government sources said some affirmative action could be taken even though President Truman will be out of the capital and_Secretary of Interior J,  A.  Krug  is not ex
pected to return before next Wed¬ nesday.
These sources declined to discuss details of possible government steps to bring about a new agree¬ ment between Lewis and the coal operators before the March 31 strike deadline set by Lewis when he called off the last walkout. Lewis Disclaims Blame
Lewis told Sen. Homer -E. Cape¬ hart, R„ Ind,, that nothing had been done since the strike ended Dec, 7 either by the government or operators to gel the parties lo- gether or relurn the mines to the private owners. Government offi¬ cials, who are drafting a reply lo questions put to Ihem by Capehart. said that all parties have been waiting for the Supreme Court decision.
The court has been asked to rule . on whether the government had the right lo oblain a .^ourl order to restrain Lewis from call¬ ing last November's strike, wheth¬ er the mine leader and the union are guilty of contempt for refusing lo obey the order, and whether their fines of $3,510,000 are exces¬ sive. The court heard arguments on Jan. 14.   _
The issue of whether Lewis had
a right to terminate his contrael with Krug remains to be argued la the federal district court
The Nalional Coal Association commented today on Cspehart't letters to Lewis and Krug, federal operator of the government-seized mines. Krug-Lewis agreement MB* pires on April 1.
Not Vet Settled
"In this it appears that the Sena* tor has reached a conclusion whicii as yet has not been definitely settled,'' the bulletin said. "It naa been strongly urged that under the War l^abor Disputes Act tha contract must run for the period of government operation unless al» tered In the way provided In tha act, and in any event, the question is the fundamental one which gave rise to the case which Is now be¬ fore the Supreme Court.'*
The UMW Journal, meanwhlla, did not mention the coal wage dis¬ pute in the edition which came out today. It said, however, that 'all the repressive labor bills that Qm- gress can enact will not do on* single thing toward eliminating the basic causes of strikes,, which are a product of insecurity and in* justice.'
SENAffOPPQlS
El FOREIGN LOANS
20% Tax Cut Plans Perilled by Move To Pay More Debts
Washington. March 1 (UP) — Budget-watching Senate Republic¬ an leaders tonight expressed oppo¬ sition to giving the administration any "blank checks" for political loans to Greece or an.v other coun¬ tries now in the British sphere of influence.
However, they indicated they would support such requests if the administration showed clearly what each was for and that it would "ac¬ complish the job."
The possibility of an increase in U, S, international financial com¬ mitments raised another threat to the Republican plan to cut per¬ sonal income taxes by 20 per cen*
"It seems to me wa'il have to revise our financial picture in view of the new situation," Sen. Charles W. Tobey, R., N. H., aaid. Hc re¬ ferred to the possibility of a loan to  Greece.
The Republican tax-reduction plan already was endangered by a bipartisan group of senators, most¬ ly Democrts, who were trying hard to earmark for debt payments a sum so large the full 20 per cent tax cul would be impossible. Continuing Excise Taxes
On other tax legislation, a Senate- House conference committee mean¬ time accepted Senate amendments to a bill continuing wartime excise taxes. The Senate amendments ex¬ empted low and medium-pri ;ed fur-trimmed women's coats, and tickets sold in the United States for travel in foreign countries. This cut the estimated annual yield from (Continued on Page A-12)
Fight on Innmigration Hits Effort to Put U.S. In Refugee Program
PLANE, 12 OCCUPANTS DOWN AT SINGAPORE
London, March 1. (UPi—The air ministry announced today a Da- kola transport wilh 12 persons aboard was missing on a flight from Singapore to Saigon.
The passengers included Briga¬ dier J. H, Alms, Officials said the plane, which left Changi Airport Wednesday, also carried two civil¬ ians and nine other British ser¬ vicemen.
Thomas L Stokes Wins Award for Best Reporting
Washington, March 1. (UP>— Thomas L. Stokes, veteran Wash¬ ington correspondent and political columnist for United Features Syndicate, tonight won the third annual Raymond Clapper Memor¬ ial Award.
(.Mr. Stokes' column is a regu¬ lar feature of the Sunday Inde¬ pendent and is found every week on the page op|>osite the EfU- torial Page.)
The award and a check for $500 were presented to Stokes by Presi¬ dent "Truman at the annua! dinner of the White House Correspondents Associalion.
The judges said they chose Stokes "for best carrying on the crusading spirit of Raymond Clap¬ per and his willingness lo lackie controversial issues: for going after tough, national questions in the best journalistic tradition: tor his fairness in reporting both sides
of controversial quettions:  and for his work  as a real  reporter." In Washington 26 1'ears
Stokes, 48, has been a Washing¬ ton reporter for almost 26 years, Afler working as a newspaperman in Atlanta, he came to the capital ill 1921 and went to work as a general Washington reporter for the United Press. In December. 1944, 10 months after Clapper's death, he started the daily colBtnn he is now writing.
In 1938 Stokes won the Pulitzer prize for exposing jKilitical ex¬ ploitation of WPA in the Ken¬ tucky primaries; in 1940 he pub¬ lished a book on Washington re- I?oning, "Chip off My Shoulder," in 1944 he was chosen the out¬ standing Washington correspond¬ ent   by   the   Saturday   Review   of
Washington, March 1 (UP) — Secretary of State George C, Marshall today urged speedy con¬ gressional approval of an interna¬ tional program to resettle 1,000,000 homeless Europeans, but a jiower- ful bloc of senators demanded safeguards against the lifting of U. S. immigration restrictions
Marshall. Secretary of War Rob¬ ert P. Patterson and olher top admini.stration officials called on the Senate foreign relations com¬ mittee to authorize this country lo take part in the International Refugee Organization. The author¬ ization had been asked by Presi¬ dent Truman.
But no sooner had they spoken than members of the Senate judi¬ ciary committee demanded curbs on the President's power to lei refugees into this country in large numbers.
"Not An Army .lob"
Marshall, in a letter to Chair man Arthur H. Vandenberg of the foreign relations group, said ad¬ herence lo the IRO would speed permanent solution of the problems of persons uprooted by the war. His stand was underlined by Pat¬ terson, who asked Congress to re¬ lieve the Army of its burdens in administering the displaced persons program, which he said, is "not an Army job."
Chairman Alexander Wiley. R., Wis., of the judiciary commillee served nolice thai members of his group would insist on retaining for (Congress the right to pass on any agreement Mr. Truman might make in fulfilling the IRO program.     •
Wiley  expressed  belief  thai   ad-
Valley Scene
Three young men, one with accordion, entertaining passen¬ gers on last evening's 8 oclock bus to Luzerne.
City police leaving headquar¬ ters to scour the streets for illegal parkers vhile eight machines arr park'ed nn ihe wrong side of the street above und brlow the police station.
herence to the IRO would give th*
chief   executive   power   to   make
agreements without the consent ot
(Congress,
Against More Immigration
Under the program, he said, Mr. Truman could establish as "tha supreme law of the land" an agree¬ ment to permit entry of refugeea to this country without regard to present immigration quota restric¬ tions.
Wiley released a committea memorandum indicating it would give unfavorable treatment to any legislation to authorize entry of In- creea.sed numbers of refugees. The President on two occasions has in¬ dicated that he may seek such leg- Lslatinn.
Vandenber, Sen. Tom Connally, D., Tex,, and Undersecretary of State Dean Acheson argued that Ckingress would not be surrendering any of Its prerogatives, but agreed to a provision reserving to Congress the right to pass on agreements to implement the refugee program. TTie IRO proposal received rough committee treatment from Sen. Elbert Thomas. D.. Utah, who ex¬ pres-sed dissatisfaction because Ger- (Continued on Page A-12)
TRUMAN'S DRAFT STAND READY FOR CONGRESS
Wa-shington, March 1. (UP)— President Truman's recommenda¬ lions on the draft will be sent to Congress early next week, possibly Monday, White House sources said today.
Mr, Truman has avoided any hint of what he might propose. Soma War Department sources have said he will ask no extension of tha Selective Service Act, which ex¬ pires March 31.
Mr. Truman's recommendations on universal training — a parallel but separate program — will not ba made before late spring. He is awaiting a report from his advisory commission on universal training.
The Army recently haa been fili¬ ng its needs by voluntary enlist¬ ment. No draft registrant has been called up since Oct 15.
Army Rules Female Workers Can't Have Babies in Germany
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Frankfurt, Germany, March 1. (UP)--Army oflficials said today that any War Department female employee in Germany who has a baby without authorization will get shipped  home in  a hurry.
The officers were not talking aoout unmarried mothers, either. The "unauthorized pregnancy" di¬ rective, they said, applied to Amer¬ ican workers with husbands here in Germany, To Ship Them Back
Civilian wives no' on dependent status who become pregnant must be evacuated to the United States through Army medical channels, an officer said, "Up to the sixth month of pregnancy women will be sent home by -^hip. After that they will  travel  Try plane."
Officers said one of the prime reasons for the ruling was the housing shortage. Hospital faciV ties have been swamped by Ameri- an women having babies, most of them wives of officers stationed liere.
We had 46 babies here in/Feb¬ ruary and we have 15 prospective mothers now," a spokesman at the
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him the favorite columnist of his are doing a thriving  business.' colleagues. I   The   term   "unauthorized   preg¬
nancy" is a throwback to the day* when it was applied to unmarried Wacs who were going to hav* babies, to distinguish them Izom married ones.
Use of the term ia a reflection of the Army's attitude toward th* War Department female worker* who have come to Germany singl* and married Americans over her*. Such couples are "living in sin" if they share an apartment, in th* eyes  of  billeting officers.
"It has come lo the attention ot this office that you are living with your wife," the billeting offie* stated in a letter to an American captain recently after his Ameri¬ can wife  moved  in with him,
"This  must  cease   at once,"  th* letter added firmly. Ves — Even That
The ruling about "unauthorized pregnancies"' caused different re¬ actions  when it  came  to light.
"You mean there"s a regulation against that, too?" spluttered an indignant,  prospet:live  father.
One wife first learned of th* directive when she went to th* Army"s  pre-natal  clinic,
"A fine time to tell m*," ah* said.
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