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Show S' v , I... J -PAGE 10?iTfS!T-,iSB SUNDAY HERALD Truman Reveals Third Secret Agreement Made By Roosevelt WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 U. -, President Truman has revealed a -third, secret agreement which the late President Roosevelt made at Yalta. In his radio speech last night,'! Mr. Truman said that the de-j cision to give Soviet Russia part of East Prussia, including the warmwater port of Koenigsborg, was agreed upon at Yalta by Mr. .Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Premier Josef Stalin. The communique of the Yata conference, however, made no mention of that agreement. It was not until last week, in the Potsdam communique that the terms were made known. 'A month after the Yalta conference, con-ference, it was revealed in the American press that Mr. Roosevelt Roose-velt had agreed to support Russia's Rus-sia's request for separate votes for the Ukraine and White Russia at the San Francisco conference. J 'The then Secretary of State Ed- Statehood For Alaska Urged . WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 (U.R)--Secretary of Interiar Harold I. Ickes today advocated statehood for the Alaskan territory. Ickes wrote Ernest H. Gruen-ing, Gruen-ing, governor of Alaska, that "it is clear that statehood is the only form of self-government appropriate appro-priate to the circumstances of Alaska." Alaska is the first of the territories terri-tories for which Ickes has formally form-ally advocated statehood. Hawaii also is expected to seek statehood after the war. Ickes' department administers territorial affairs. ward R. Stettinlus. Jr., finally confirmed the report and re vealed at the same time that the United States had withdrawn its counter-proposal for three votes In confirming the three-vote agreement, Stettinlus also' pointed out that the agreement on the United Nations voting procedure had not been made public immediately. im-mediately. Then he added, on April 3; "The only other decisions made at Yalta and not made public Jn the Crimea conference communi que related to initial membership in the international organization (3 votes for the Soviet Union) when it meets and to territorial trusteeship." . He' made no mention of the East Prussian agreement. The agreement on trusteeships related to the kinds of territories which would be eligible for such a sys tem. . - But last nieht Mr. Truman re vealed " that the East Prussian settlement also was made at Ya ta. . "It was agreed (at Potsdam) to recommend that in the peace settlement a portion of East Prussia Prus-sia should be turned over to Russia," Rus-sia," Mr. Truman said. "That, too, was agreed upon at Yalta. It will provide the Soviet Union, which did so much to bring about Victory Vic-tory in Europe, with an ice-free port at the expense of Germany." Radio Tokyo Bars Surrender News From the People SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 11 (U.R) Radio Tokyo still had not informed in-formed the Japanese public today about the government's surrender offer, but citizens were warned that they must remain calm in any contingency. However, the ordinary Japa nese received a hint that things! were not moving smoothly when the Tokyo home radio announced abruptly that Premier Kantaro Suzuki's cabinet had taken over eontrol of the people's volunteer corps and ,had abolished the corps' headquarters. The corps, a force of more than 1,000,000 civilians, had been organized or-ganized as an auxiliary to the main Japanese armed forces for a last-ditch fight against invasion. The broadcast, recorded by the FCC, said the Japanese cabinet had decided on this move yesterday. yester-day. In another broadcast beamed toward the United States, and undoubtedly un-doubtedly not heard in Japan. radio Tokyo said yesterday that the condition surrender offer was reached by unanimous agreement of all cabinet members. Cancellations Of War Contracts Already Started WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 OI.P War Mobilization Chief John W. Snyder announced today that government war procurement agencies ag-encies have begun cancelling war contracts "to the greatest extent possible in order to free materials ma-terials for reconversion." Assuring the nation that the administration will provide "the maximum assistance" to industry's indus-try's reconversion to peacetime production, Snyder said the navy already has decided on $1.200,,-000,000 $1.200,,-000,000 cutbacks in ship construction. construc-tion. The army, he said, "will make immediately a sharp reduction reduc-tion in its buying program." . Snyder said that the army and navy cutbacks are not the result of the Japanese surrender offer but stem from reviews of procurement pro-curement program conducted by the armed forces during the "last few weeks." He urged manufacturers who lose military contracts to cancel immediately their orders for critical crit-ical materials to permit the flow of these articles into expanding civilian industries. In turn, the civilian production will provide employment and needed civilian goods, he said. Easing of Meat Rationing Seen At An Early Date WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 (U.R An earlv easinff of meat anri fat rationings soon after V-J day 'became 'be-came a distinct possibility today. outlook was bright for cutting of red-point values. He also said that ending of rationing on many and perhaps all blue-point processed pro-cessed foods was likely soon after V-J day. Lower ranking spokesmen previously pre-viously had indicated that sudden improvement in the domestic food situation was unlikely because demobilization de-mobilization will be gradual and foreign needs heavy. It was generally agreed that rasolinp ratinnino will ho nrirt within a matter of daysafter the war ends, iires, shoes, clothing will become more abundant. The britrht fnnri nrnsnft nr backed by a new agriculture de partment announcement that this year's crODS .'in creneral will h the third largest in history. Anotner nope lor more meat rests in Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson' nrnnnsat tn drop all beef subsidies effective next juiy l. Anderson is polling cattle men for their reaction. If they agree, and the suggestion sugges-tion is put into effect, Anderson believes it should result in an unloading of cattle that would move more beef from the range to butcher counters. It appeared, however, that there will be heavy demands on this nation's horn of plenty for some time to come. President Truman, in his report on the Potsdam conference, said "If we let Europe go cold and hungry, we may lose some of the foundations of order on which the hope for world-wide iwanc must resx. Propose Popular Jap Referendum WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 (U.R) xne communist organ, daily worKer reported today that Ja panese Communists have nrn- posed that a people's referendum in Japan shall decide after surrender sur-render whether the emperor shall be retained or dethroned. The newspaper, published in incw York, printed a delayed dis patch from Yenan. China, outlin ins a rcDort bv Susumu nirann Japanese Communist party repre sentative, to tne seventh National Nation-al congress of the Chinese Com munist party in that city. HIGHER LEVY ADOPTED SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 11 (U.R) The Salt Lake ritv re mission has adopted a 1945 tax levy of 16.75 mills, an increase ot .id mills over last year. The .75 mill increase was earmarked ear-marked for postwar reserves in accordance with authority granted by the 1945 legislature. 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