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WILKES-BARRE, PAe, SUNDAY, APRIL 4, 1948
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U.S. Judge Orders Lewis To End Strike by Monday
MASS TRIAL FOB GREEK REBELS—A music hall in Salo¬ nika, Greece, serves as a military courtroom   for   114  Greek   guer¬
rillas captured after the shelllnjr of .Salonika. Fifty men and two women were sentenced to death. Most  of the  others were  found
Innocent The V. S. Is supply¬ ing Greece with equipment and technical ad'vice to help it battle the Communist-led guerrillas.
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Con.'rt ruction   should   begin   In   a few  months  on   the  government's
1947 Loon of $300,000 For City Sfreefs Repaid
Cleared off in Nine Months Although Original Plan Called for 1950 Final; Evans Shows Savings City Will Make
Tho $300,000 loan made by the city  of Wilkes-Barre last year to
finance extra street paving work already has been completely repaid.
Contrasting with optimisti; original estimates that the entire amount
could be repaid by tiie enU of 195C, the first payment dne last year, the actual liquidating of the loan made much better progress.
The first $100,000 was paid back last December and early this month when It appeared that the treasury would be able to stand it. City Treasurer Thonxas A. Evans recommended that th*? final $200,000 toe paid.
With taxes coming In splendidly,
sew anthracite research laboratory st Schuylkill  Haven,  Pa.
The   Public   Buildings   Adminis¬ tration  has  completed   designs  for
the  building  and  will  build  it  at,        ,   , ^ ...
.,     .   .       ^    , ...Tunn   «»,oi8ood   income   from   several   other an estim.itcd  cost  of $447,500,  the if .   „„^   ..,..^   „„,.i,i„„   „.f„,.
Follows Demand by Truman for Action; More Fines Possible
Washington, April 3 (UP)—Federal Judge Matthew Mdiulre tonight ordered John L. Lewis to send his 400,000 striking soft coal miners back | to work Monday morning. j
McGuire, acting on a petition by the Justice Department, said the 20-day-old walkout in the soft coal Helds "if permitted to continue, would imperil the national health and safety."
McGulre's order was filed formally with the clerk of the federal court here at 8:45 p.m.. iCiS'i'.
He ordered Lewis  "forthwith  to ton royalty payments on each ton
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instruct all members of the United Mine Workers to cease the strike and immediately return to their employment"
If Lewis snubbed the court order he would be subject to court- pro¬ ceedings. He ignored a similar order in November, 1946, and for that he paid fines totaling $710,000.
Spokesmen for the mine workers said the union would have "no comment" on the court order. Neither Lewis nor his lawyers could be reached by telephone.
McGulre's order was in the form of a temporary restraining order. It is good for 10 days—until 7:30 p.m. EST April 13.
McGuire ordered the miners' union chief to appear in his court April 12 to show cause why a full 80-day injunction should not be issued against the union under the Taft-Hartley Act.
The Justice Department petition¬ ed McGruire for the restraining order a few hours after President Truman instructed Attorney-Gen¬ eral Tom C. Clark to seek court action to end the walkout.
The dispute between Lewis and the coal operators is over pensions for aged miners. Lewis is demand¬ ing $100 a mcnth pensions for all miners over 60 with 20 years serv¬ ice in the mines.
The pensions would be paid from the multi-million dollar health and welfare fund built from 10-cent-a-
of soft coal mined. The coal oper¬ ators have claimed that Lewis' de¬ mands would violate the Taft-Hart¬ ley Act and bankrupt the welfare fund.
Negotiations   over   the    pension issue broke off months ago after it became   clear   neither   side   would change its position. Orders Bargaining
In Issuing the restraining order, McGuire ordered the soft coal oper¬ ators and the union to "engage in free collective bargaining ... in good faith . . . with the view of bringing to an end the present dis¬ pute at the earliest possible time.
McGulre's order did not mention Lewis by name but it 8id specify that the union's president should instruct the coal miners to return to the pits.
The court order representa Ijewis' first collision with the Taft-Hartley Labor Law, which he has referred to many times as "oppressive."
It was not known whether Lewis woirid obey the directive. He has twice publicly disclaimed responsi¬ bility for the walkout.
The Justice Department's action came after President Truman re¬ leased a report of his special board of inquiry which found that a Lewis letter of March 12 had "in¬ duced" the mine workers "to take concerted su^ion to stop work in (Continued on Page A-2)
, sources and with parking meter FVVA said at Wsihington yester-^^nd traffic violation fines far ahead day.
was on safe ground
the first .IIIOO.OOO cut down the bal¬ ance to  $150,000.
„      .,      .        .. ...   ,, „:.„,    However, there are now no great
of estimates.  It was  felt  the  city ,^^^^   ^j^^^'   ^j^^   ,^^j^   ^,   J^^^^^
Congress authorized the labora¬ tory in 1942 to assist the hard-coal industry in its mining and market¬ ing problems. The money was ap¬ propriated for it last year after a di'pute among Pennsylvania con¬ gressmen on the location was set¬ tled. Hazleton was the original aite selected.
The 2H-atory building with one- story shops and boiler rooms of brick facing and honey-finished Pennsylvania slate trim will con¬ tain   345,660   cubic   feet.   Additions
heavy iMitance this year will force an increase  in the  city tax  rate.
That is because each year for the past three the city's balance has been increasing. That Indi¬ cates the year could have been gone through without the balance from the previous year and still would have left the city at least a little ahead financially.
Actually, some feel it wouSd be good for the city to start making up budgets without a balance from the previous year to start with
Repaid in Nine Montlis
Thus, .some nine months after the $300,000 was borrowed it has been  repaid  in  its entirety.
"Even If by some chance the city should run a bit short of cash be¬ fore the year ends—which I am sure will not happen—it still will be better off for having paid back the money," Evans said last week.
"Even at the extremely low rate of interest at which the city made the loan, we still have to pay more than we get. That is. we were pay- ing I'^fc on the loan and the best ,,-^ ,rhand as yet In spite "of i^;; 'iHe'^e''^ the'Air Force
House Speaker Feels 55-Group Force Is 'Uncomfortably Low'
Washington, April S  (UP)—Con¬ gress and the Administration head- But  that  time   does  not  appear ed tonight  for a  quick  showdown
«il!   be   made   as   money   becomes;.- r^ir interest we can get ,u,. „„ '   '„r,.r$nnni^   ir ir^v T^^ ^'" °' ^'^^ *"" '^°'""'
a^ailable,  Director James  Boyd of  forex^'-ssf^nds  leff irthe  bank  '"^^^^^ H°"^«  Speaker  Joseph  W.  Mar-
the Bureau of Mines said. u 'i of 1% i*^ f "^ ,     ^^L   n ! .^    .?^r.. ""'  J"""   '"^''^   ^he  full-strength  55-
is    5 of l^f. a  fairly  gx>od  balanre-perliaps  as „_„„   .=.   ..-„.   reoUeated   bv   the
MRS. ROOSEVELT GUEST OF BRITISH KING, QUEEN
Windsor, England, April 3 (UP) —Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt was en¬ tertained at dinner tonight by King George and Queen Elizabeth, be¬ ginning her weekend stay at Wind¬ sor Caxtle.
A toast to Mrs. Roosevelt pro¬ posed by the King climaxed the dinner. Other guests included form¬ er Prime Minister and Mrs. Wins¬ ton Churchill and V. S. Ambassa¬ dor and Mrs. Lewis W. Douglas.
Mrs. Roosevelt is In England to dedicate a statue of her late hus¬ band.
Thus,  no  matter what,  we  still'much as $75,000 to $100,000.
save  I'^c  even if only  for the  restj	
of the year, However, we are con- { Jident  no   more  will  be   heard   of RRPFI^  ARMY  RFPORT^ this  loan  or  the  funds which  re- "^»t:t^ Hnm I   ntrunio paid   it.  As  a  result,  we  will  save some thousands of dollars by pay¬ ing it off 'well ahead of time."
When the loan '»-as made, it was expected that it would be repaid over a period of three years. $100,- 000 a year. It also was expected that the flrst payment would be made in 1948. WHI Cut Balance
Naturally,   this   heavy   payment will cut down the size of any bai
GUERRILLAS CIRCLED
Athens, Greece, April 3 (UP)— A Greek army corps communique said today that a number of guer¬ rillas still were surrounded in the Flamouri and Kerdhillion moun¬ tain areas of northern Greece and that the battle center of the Amer¬ ican-advised "test offensive" was shifting gradually to the south- cast.
MaTor IVaiilK ^a Day'
^ Vi/ilkes-Bar re's SOtIi Anniversary As Tttird Class City Sept. 22
The communique indicated Ut- ance which might be left in thejj]g change in previously report.ed treasury at the end of 1948. L*st | ^,^,,^^^[^3 ^^^ jgO guerrillas listed year, for instance, repayment ofi^j ^^^^ ^q wounded and 22 cap¬ tured.
Artillery was being brought to bear on some groups and Royal Greek Air Force planes were op- orating extensively to keep con¬ tact with the rebels who were re¬ ported splitting into fragmentary groups. '
It appeared that the guerrillas were splitting up in an attempt to escape the new encirclement that followed am earlier "trap" the reb¬ els eluded successfully. Press reports said that rebels in
group air force requested by the Administration is "uncomfortably low"  to guard the nation.
''I would feel much more com¬ fortable if we were building to¬ wards a 70-group air force," Mar¬ tin said In an Interview. "The Ad¬ ministration efforts are lacking in realism in 'view of world condi¬ tions."
Martin said there Is "some sen¬ timent" in Congress to raise the B5-group figure to 70 despite the lower  Administration   proposals.
But Defense Secretary James Forrestal warned about that In a letter to Sen. Chan Gurney, R., S. D., chairman of the Senate arm¬ ed services committee, he said a 70-group air force would increase the defense budget to $18,000,- 000,000. 14  Billions  Asked
Present   plans   cal!   for   a   $14,- 000,000,000   defense   budget   In   the year   starting   July   1.     President (CJontinued  on  Page  A-4)
GLOBAL AID BILL, PRAISES CONGRESS
Goods Will Move Starting Monday; Marshall Pleased
Washington, April S. (UP) — President Truman signed the $6,- 098,000,000 global aid bill today, calling it America's answer to "the challenge  facing  the  free world."
Sitting at his desk in the oval room of the White House, Mr. Truman used a dozen pens to put his name on legislation that will set In motion the greatest pro¬ gram of economic help ever at tempted.
Within 38 hours, under direction of the State Department, the pro¬ ject will have its start. It will provide a vast flow of factory and farm goods to 16 nations of west¬ ern Europe, military aid for Greece and Turkey, and a combination of economic and military aid for CJhlna.
The man who 10 months ago conceived the basic Idea of U. S. aid to world recovery. Secretary of State George C. Marshall, Is at-, tending an inter-American confer¬ ence at Bogota, Colombia. He was represented at the ceremony by Undersecretary of State Robert A. Lovett.
The global aid bill was approved (Continued on  Page  A-4)
Wilkes.«arre  will   mark   it  Mth, tory of Wilkes-Barre and Wyoming anniversary  as  a  third   class  cityl Valley.
Sept. 22 and Mayor Luther Kniffen! There was no immediate change thinks something should be done jin the official personnel of the city Sliout it ' until the next year, when  the  bi-     	
"It seems proper" he .said last cameral system waji instituted,!vaded six villages in the Aripolis week, "to make some sign of ob- with both Select and Common'area in the Pelopponesus where .ervance the anniversary and i hope council. | they  burned  a  ';'"'"^;:. "^^j,'^""^"
we will be able lo do so" 1    ¦^t the time of becoming a third after looting them. Fort>  villagers
It i» nn/nf H» »nniv.r ' "'"S   city,   Fred   M.   Nichols   was i Were  reported  kidnapped  and  oth-
sarl of wilkeVpn rp:«   eavTn. th;''"«y°'-  ""^   '«  continued  as   such ers fled in'panic   o nearby towns, sary of Wilkes-Barre s leaving thc:^^^^^  ^^^  ^^^  ^^^^^ the  dispatches  said.
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classification of borough and bfcuu  I   , . .     ,,
ing a city. That it did May 4, 1871,;°^ /«7"=« "'"*"y  «•»"  "•°'« »  and   the  SOth   anniversary   of   that      J   „•,,   r> ,» 1  1 ^occasion occurred in 1921. |    ^/t"^   Deitrlck   was   city   clerk
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^However,   from    1871    until    the eil   who  were   in   ofllce   when   the! ANTI-RED   PLAIMb ¦ Change   was   made,    Wilkes-Barre change was made:
MARSHALL MEETS ON
operated   under  a  special   charter, it was neither fish nor fowl.
Then, in August of 1898, by or¬ dinance of city council, the terms Of the state's general laws relating cities of the third class wert ac¬ cepted by the city.
On Sept 22, of that year, witn the Issuing of the new charter by Gov¬ ernor Danial H .Hastings, "Wilkes- Barre became in all respects a full- Hedged city of the third class,' ac¬ cording to the Harvey-emith  His-
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1st ward—M, T. Flaherty, •ind ward—Patrick J. Boyle. Srd ward—David P. Griffith. 4th  ward—Ira  .M.  Kirkendall. Bth  ward—Thonias  .McClourty. Oth  ward—U.  S.  Wiliiums. Tth   ward—J.   Ridgeway   Wright Sth ward—Kugene Ward. 9th ward—David W. Jones. 10th ward—Sterling R. t'atHn. 11th ward—Anthony Wideman. 13th ward—Fred  Reutelhuber. ISth  ward—Dr.  Boyd Dodson. 14th ^vard—t'ornelius Reilly. Councilmen at Large: 1st,   Snd,   Srd,   Sth   ward Goeringer,
U.S. Presses Rolling With New Tax Cut Forms
Washington, April 3 (UP)—CSov- ernment printing presses were ready to roll off millions of new tax farms in preparation for the $4,800,000,000 income tax cut which goes into effect May 1.
All tax reductions under the law
three hours after the President had tried to block it
Despite Mr. Truman's warning that the tax bill wad an "evil in disguise." the House approved it by 45 votes more than the two- thirds majority needed to override a   veto.   The   Senate   then   put   its
passed by Congress yesterday over ^ „ ^^^ Republican-sponsored President Truman's veto, are tech-L^g/^u^e with 19 votes to spare, nically retroactive to Jan. 1. But Treasury officials predicted that the nations 50,000,000 taxpayers 1 tj,e law will run the country in- under the pay-as-you-go withhold-Ito the red next year, especially If ing system won't feel the benefits i^rge   sums   are   appropriated   for
Bogota, Colombia, April 3 (UP)— until  four weeks from  today. Secretary of State George C. Mar¬ shall and Chile's top delegate, Juve¬ nal Hernandez, met privately today
to plan Inter-Amerlcan strategy for .,,,.,
strengthening    the    United   States will be a set of tables and instruc hand in its "cold war" with Russia. it'o"s  for  employers on  how much
lesa to take out of a worker's pay¬ check.     The     presses     will     start
(See  tax  table  on  Page  A-2) *
The  first government tax  forms
Marshall and Hernandez are the two loading exponents of the anti- Communist movement In the ninth international conference of Ameri¬ can states here.
After a 45-minute talk, Marshall
disclosed   that   he   had   discussed
with   Hernandez   "what   form"   cf
Prpd' anti-Communist   resolution   should
be presented to the conference.
4th, 7th wards—B. H. Carpeiited.     In  private  talks  with  four other
6th, 8th, Bth wards—Robert W.jkey delegates yesterday MarshaU WilliamN. described   CommunLsm  as  In   "im-
10th, 12th, 16th wards—tieorge K.lmlnent danger" to the hemisphere PowelL land   urged   the  American   stations
11th, ISth, 14Ui wards—B. Mc- to pledge themselves to suppress iManiia. I Communist activities.
running them off Monday, and more than 6,000,000 will be in the hands of employers from Maine to California by April 24.
First Cut in 20 Years
When the printers are through with the withholding forma, they will start on new estimate forms for the 5,000,000 taxpayers who pay on a quarterly basis. These will be mailed out in time for June 15 deadline.
The first major cut In individual income taxes in nearly 20 years ^became    law    yesterday,    scarcely
military preparedness. They made plans for a stepped-up savings bond campaign to cover at least 7 hundred million of the antici¬ pated deficit.
Under the legislation, these of¬ ficials pointed out some 7,400,000 taxpayers will be dropped from the rolls altogether. And the re¬ maining 47,100,000 'Will benefit from increased exemptions and from the 5 to 12.6 per oent rate cuts. Major Provisions
The new tax law contains these major  provisions:
Increases personal exemptions from the present $500 to $600 for each   taxpayer  and   dependent.
Cuts tax rates by from 12.8 per cent on lowest incomes to 5 per cent on highest incomes.
Extends "community property" income-splitting privileges to mar¬ ried couples in all states, thus lowering ther surtax i«te«.
Italy's Reds
Communists Try to Crash Police Lines; Tension Mounting As Election Nears
Rome, Italy, April 3 (UP)—With the crucial election just 15 days away, police today seized a ship running sub-machinguns and rifles Into Italy from Yugoslavia. There was little doubt they were destined for Italy's Communists.
Angry Communists rioted when police impounded the ship at Moy- etta. Led by Communist Mayor Mateo Altomare, a crowd tried to break through police lines guarding the vessel and demanding that the arms be unloaded.
Police charged, swinging rifle butts and night sticlts and broke up the demonstration. A bystander was injured when a police tommy- gun discharged accidentally.
Customs p(nice at Molfetta, Adri¬ atic port in south Italy, said the ship's cargo included 300 cases of sub-machineguns and rifles, more than 10,000 hand grenades, "a huge quantity of rifle ammunition" and "an immense variety of small am¬ munition." Harbor Roped Off
Police reinforcements from Bari, 20 miles to the south, were sent to Molfetta when the ship was im¬ pounded at noon and the harbor area was roped off.
Police identified the ship as the 400-ton motorshlp Lino, an Italian vessel registered in Trieste. Tlie ship was escorted to Barl and her Italian crew of seven, including an Italian commander whose name was not divulged, were jailed.
Police said the weapons and am¬ munition were loaded in Fiume, in Yugoslav territorj'. The vessel's papers listed the cargo as "timber and terra cotta pots" bound for Beirut, Lebanon, police said.
Police said the ship's captain re¬ ported he had to put In at Mol¬ fetta because of mctor trouble, but they said this too was false because the ship traveled to Bari under her own power.
The crew and captain were ar¬ rested and the ship was . seized, police said, "because there is very strong evidence they are engaged in gun running activity between Yugoslavia and Italy." Authorities have long suspected, but never proved, that Italy's Communists are supplied with arms from Yugo¬ slavia. Rome to jShow Strength
In Rome, tanks and armcred cars rumbled through the streets as the army rehearsed for tomorrow's parade of military strength, a Warn, ing that the govemment is ready to meet force with force.
The Independent newspaper II Giornale I^Italia headlined the ship incident: "Aid to Italy—from the United States wheat and coal; from Yugoslavia arms and am¬ munition."
The newspaper referred to American Ambassador James C. Dunn's speech at Taranto today in which he said the U. S. had sent Italy 3,000,000 tons of coal and close to 900,000 tons of grain, fats, milk, fish and vegetables in the last seven months. Dunn spoke at a ceremony honoring arrival of  the  500  American   aid   ship.
Simultaneously, Sicilian police uncovered big quantities of ma¬ chine-guns, rifles, shot guns, hand grenades and ammunition in raids on five villages near Catania, the ministry of interior reported. Two hundred persons were arrested, but only 16 were held.
ITie ministry said police also found ''uniforms and helmeta of Russian type" as well as red ban¬ danas, berets, membership cards and other insignia in the new Communist semi-military Garibal¬ di brigades. The wearing of these it   prohibited   by   law.
The government's search for hid¬ den stores of arms, whieh began in mid-November, has uncovered 4,000 separate caches. Man.v hoards were small and were World War II left¬ overs, but in virtually all reports (Continued  on   Page  A-4)
Berlin, Sunday, April 4 (UP) — Eight of nine Russians blockaded for more than 24 hours in Berlin's central railway headquarters left voluntarily at 1:20 a. m. today, re¬ portedly leaving behind the general who directs Soviet railway move¬ ments.
Sixty U. S. Army MP's surround¬ ed the building. Soviet-controlled but situated in the American sector at midnight Friday as the four- power government crisis in Berlin reached so critical a stage that Gen. Lucius D. Clay, U. S. military gov¬ ernor, offered to evacuate "nervous" memijers of his staff.
The tommygun-carrying guards had been instructed to permit Rus¬ sians In the building to/eaeve at will, but to bar the entry of any further Soviet representatives, mill, tary or civilian. Two Russian gen¬ erals and a number of lower-rank¬ ing officers were turned away dur¬ ing the day.
Lt 01. Eugene W. Hilton, Los Angeles, Cal., guard commander, said the Russians marched out In military formation and  boarded  a
small Soviet truck, commanded by a   captain,   which   came   to   carry them away. Red General Stays
"As far aa we could determine, the Russian general (Soviet-zone railway chief Gen. I. Peitroff) who has allegedly been in the building for the past 24 hours, did not leave with the others," Hilton said.
The American colonel said that full military courtesies were ex¬ changed by the two parties. The captain In charge of the Soviet truck saluted smartly on arrival and asked permission for his coun¬ trymen to leave the building, Hilton said.
The American MP's continued to stand guard outside the building, but made no effort to enter.
A ITnited Press correspondent who witnessed the Soviet exodus said that the last Russian to leave the building carried a rolled red banner under his arm, hinting that Petroff may have managed to leave unrecognized, if he was in the   building  at  all.
CIa.v announced informally yes- (Continued   on   Page   A-2)
New Secret Finn Plans For Stalled Moscow Talk
Valley Scene
Young Kingston resident, wearing overcoat snatched back from storage when chills returned, reaching in pocket for money to pay for pur¬ chase in store and coming out with handful of moth balls.
Wc!>t Siders awakened from peaceful sleep by thuds, only to find them caused by young¬ sters staging midnight bas¬ ketball game on schoolyard court.
Girl in her twenties, un¬ able to resist the jtivenile urge, skipping over cracks tn South Rwer street tidewalk.
Suspend Army Leaves In Fear of Strikes, Red Demonstrations
Helsinki, Finland, April 3 (UP) —^Two delegates to the stalled Russo-Finnish treaty negotiations in Moscow were handed highly secret strategy Instructions to¬ night and the commander-in-chief o" the Finnish army said that all Army leaves are being suspended.
Gen.     Aame   Sihvo    said   army leaves    are   being  ' suspended   be cause   there   are   not   enough   re¬ cruits to fill the gaps in Finland's armed  forces. Fear Demoatratlons
Competent observers said the ac tlon was prompted by fear of C3om munist demonstrations in connec tion with the Russo-Finnish treaty negotiations, which have become stalemated, reportedly because of Russian insistance on a military clause.
These observers said the army Is becoming alarmed because it has learned the Communists in¬ tend to call strikes and mass meetings to force Finland to ac¬ cept Russian terms at the Moscow meetng.
Sihvo revealed that leaves are being cancelled soon after he and other top military experts had left a conference with high govern¬ ment officials and the two dele¬ gates to the Moscow conference.
The diplomats, Urho Kekkonen and J. O. Soederhjelm, were call¬ ed home from the conference hastily and given new instructions after closed conferences that last¬ ed late into the night and were resumed early today. Secret  Plans
ITie govemment was reported to have decided on a secret, but defi¬ nite course of action in the stalled pact negotiations with Russia, who is insisting that a military clause be written into th6 treaty.
A foreign ministry communique said a new method of procedure was adopted by the cabinet. It will be carried back by the two delegates for guidance when the talks are resumed.
Sihvo said in an interview his de¬ cision to cancel leaves was taken without consulting President Juho Paaslklvi but that Minister of De¬ fense Yrjoe Kallinen had been ask¬ ed for approval.
Kallinen "may have" informed the  President,  he  said.
He admitted that guards are be¬ ing increased around munition stockpiles in order to prevent "burglaries and damage by spring fires." Guarding Munitions
Troops began reinforcing guards around military depcts several weeks ago. Last Friday it waa re¬ ported that a large amount of mu¬ nitions had been stolen from a munitions dump near Jyvaeskylae (Continued   on   Page  A-4)
WALLACE INSISTS
Says Our Policies Have Forced Russia To Protect Itself
New Haven, Conn., April S (UP) —Henry A. Wallace told a founding convention of tlie Connecticut Pro¬ gressive party here today that Russia has no need to expand its borders and will do so only when "external threats" compel it to seek military security.
"Though I detest the whole Idea of dictatorships," the third party candidate declared, "there is a great difference between the Fascist dictatorship which tries to perpetuate itself for its own profit power and glory, and the dictatcr- ship in the Soviet Union which has its goal an economy of abund¬ ance for all its people. . ."
"The Fascist dictatorship must expand its working area," Wallace continued. "It must seek new sources of raw materials, new mar¬ kets for its goods . . . the Russians I have no necessity to expand their borders, nor will they for many decades to come, except as external threats and pressures compel them to seek military security." Can Live with Reds
Once thia difference between [Fascism and Communism is ac- [ cepted. Wallace continued, it will jb'; found that we can live at peace iwith Russia without jeopardizing our own hopes for a system of pro- 'gressive capitalism. I He charged that President Tru¬ man was a victim of his own propaganda when he said that the situation was the same today as in   1941.
"Mr. Truman. Mr. Vandenberg and Mr. Marshall and the others," Wallace said, "are leading us on a course today which can be every bit as tragic as that which they would have taken seven years ago. The situation was quite different then,  entirely different
"I don't doubt that many . . , have the impression that the arm¬ ies of Soviet Russia, if they ara not poised on our own borders for attack, are at least occupying such countries as Czechoslovakia. That is the impression we get In the present hysteria, but It just ain't true. There are no red troops in Chechoslovakia." Says We Are To Blania
We don't like to see represen' (Continued on  Page  A-4)
Sttaw Says U.S., Britislt Motorists 'Lack Brains to Match Autos
San Rafael, Cal., April S (UP) — George Bernard Shaw, sharp- tongued Irish pla>"wright, said to¬ day American and British motorists "lack  brains."
George Tobin chairman of the Marin County Junior Chamber of Commerce, wrote the playwrite asking for his comments on the problems of traffic control. He assured Shaw in advance that his advice and counsel probably would not be appreciated.
Shaw replied.
"When steam propelled vehicles capable of doing 60 miles an hour were   invented,   nobody   was   mad
enough to propose letting them loose on public highways. They were confined to special railroads.
"Internal combustion vehicles . . . capable of 80 miles an hour . . .are allowed to run about the streets as they please.
"The result need not be imagined. It is all in the papers.
"The Italians, an Intelligent na¬ tion, have introduced the . auto strada. The Americans prefer slaughter. So do we (Britons). Ws both lack brains."
Italian auto stradas are yrivats super-hihways used only by auto* mobiles and motorexcls^