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Show SIXTY-SECOND YEAR, frO. 219 PROVO. UTAH COUNTY, UTAH, FRIDAY; APRIL?2;;;194B PRICE FIVE CENTS ir n n fn 4 LldUM V Wq 0)0) 0 Administration Aslts Draff of Men19io25 Congress Also Asked For Authority to Increase Armed Forces. WASHINGTON, April (U.R) The administration ask-. ask-. ed congress today ior author ity to draft men 19 through 25 and to increase t h e strength of the armed servic es to a total of 1,734,000 men. Defense Secretary James Forrestal -Lso urged passage of a universal training .act to subject men 17 through 19 to a year's military mil-itary training outside the regular armed forces. ' Forrestal, in a letter accom panying proposed draft and UMT legislation, reiterated President Truman's request for both. He - emphasized that the administra tion has not revised its belief that UMT, as well as the draft, is urg ently needed, i "On behalf pf the administra tion I strongly, recommend the enactment of legislation to provide pro-vide for universal military training train-ing and a temporary selective service system," Forrestal said. The proposed legislation was sent to the house and senate armed arm-ed services committees. idpal League Holds Regional at Orem OREM Orem today was host to civic officials of Provo and north Utah county, who heard experts ex-perts on various municipal prob lems at the fifth of a series of meetings being sponsored throughout the state by the Utah btate Municipal league Important questions concerning 1 V. 1 - 1A if I . M . yuanivic iy licensing 01 nereio-1 fore unlicensed professional men, Including ,-doctors, lawyers and dentists, were discussed this after-coon after-coon by Fred M.-OUver, treasurer f the South Salt Lake Municipal corporation, substituting for Gerald Ger-ald Irvine, legal counsel for the state municipal league. Mr. Irvine was unable to appear as planned. Wlllard Day and John G. Davis, state road commission officials, discussed new regulations at this morning's session, covering clfs B and C road fupds allocated' to the cities by the state, and ,ihe main changes to be made in the new deposit system. Also this morning, Howard M. Hurst, sanitary engineer, told of state regulations concerning swimming, swim-ming, pools and discussed city waterworks and sewer systems. He outlined necessary procedures to establish city water rates. Discussions on planning and other general municipal problems were also slated for this afternoon. after-noon. City officials of Orem. Provo. Pleasant Grove, American Forjc.l LehWand Alpine were present today. to-day. All were guests' at a luncheon lun-cheon at the ..Twin Pines. cafe, at which Orem Mayor-J. W. Gill-man,- president of the state municipal muni-cipal league, was the principal speaker. Lockheed To Use 1,000 For Aircraft BURBANK, Cal., 'April 2 OJ.R) Lockheed Aircraft .corporation Is working on more than $100,-006.000 $100,-006.000 worth of military aircraft, including 10 Constellations for the air forces and planes for the Ui S. navy it was announced today to-day with release of the company's annual report. . A joint statement of the company com-pany and the air forces said that the contract for the Constellations aggregated in the .neighborhood of $i2,ooo;ooo. News Highlights Iiv Central Utah A Orem Host To Regional Confab Of State Municipal League . . Wage Talks Begin For Geneva S Other Utah County plants Provo rianning Commission ' Reveals 6-year Master Plan . . Geneva Layoffs Near 1000 Selling Mills Te Close . 12 Mun Horseman Cited Into Court For 'Drunk Riding' WOODLAND, Cai; April 2 (U.R) W. E. Smith, 30, was due ' to appear in city court today on a charge of "drunk, riding." ' He was cited by police for riding his horse while allegedly alleg-edly intoxicated. Officers said "Smith and his mount were behaving in an erratic manner, endangering endanger-ing children who were playing play-ing in the area:" The horse was not cited. Federal Aid To Education Bill Doubtful ( , . ..x WASHINGTON, April 2 (U.R) House backers .of a senate-approved $300,000,000 federal aid to education bill . today gave it only a 50-50 chance of clearing congress at this session. Rep. Edward O. McCowen (R., O.), author of a similar measure, said the legislation faces its biggest big-gest hurdle' in the, house labor committee, If it gets out of committee, com-mittee, he said, it should pass the house. "And we figure it has about a 50-50 chance of getting out of committee, he told a reporter. The measure, approved by the senate late yesterday by a vote of 58 te 22, would' put a $50 floor under the amount of money per student the states spend for education. Federal grants would range from S3 a pupil in financially well-fixed states up to $25 in poorer states. Every child be tween the ages of five and 17 would be counted in figuring, fed eral contributions. Although-ihe , states .would retain re-tain complete control of their educational systems, the federal aid funds would be tunneled into the neediest school districts. . Canadian Premier Warns Against Russian Expansion WILLIAMSBURG. Va.. April 2 (U.R) Prime Minister W. L. Mac- Kenzie King of Canada today i called on all free nations to act swiftly together to halt the "ap palling menace' of Russian expansion. ex-pansion. The Canadian nrcmltr innk at Canadian-American day ceremon ies in his honor at historic Wil liam and Mary college here. He did not identify Russia by rime, but his words were unmistakable. President Truman, Viscount Alexander, governor general of Canada, and Gov.W. M. Tuck of Virginia shared the platform with King. The president spoke briefly and informally in accepting an honorary honor-ary degree during the ceremony. But King took the occasion . to say that "the menace te freedom has never been graver grav-er o,r more Insidious that it has become within the last three year. "That menace arises no longer merely from armed aggression aimed at territorial expansion," he said. 7 "While this is an ever-present danger, the menace to freedom comes as well from sinister plans to undermine the structure of free government .within the border of individual nations," he laid. He said .? freedom is threatened not only by military force but by ah organized conspiracy to "establish "es-tablish a tyranny over the human mind." ' ;', ' Viscount Alexander, in his addresswarned ad-dresswarned that unless the spirit spir-it of cooperation grows within the United Nations "the maximum combined effort for peace cannot be attained." - . ( Wall Street Strike in 5th Day; Threatens to Spread NEW YORK, April 2 (U.R) AFL financial union officials called out 200 workers in two major Wall street, brokerage houses today to support their strike against the New York stock and curb exchanges.. The officials said the walkout now in its fifth day may spread and tie up the entire financial district, Some 1,100 members of- the United Financial Employes union (AFL) have been on strike against the two exchanges since Monday in an effort to obtain $9 to $13 a week, wage Increases and union security. The two brokerages struck to day were Shields & company and E F. Hutton andcompany. Foreign Aid Bill Passed By Congress Bill Wraps Up in Single Package All U. S. Foreign Aid By JOHN L. STEELE United Press Staff Correspondent BULLETIN WASHINGTON, April 2 U.R) The senate passed the bill this afternoon by voice Vote. The measure now goes to President . Truman for his signature, expected tomorrow. to-morrow. ' ' WASHINGTON, April 2 (U.R) The house approved a $6,098,900,000 foreign aid bill to help world recovery and stop the expansion of communism. com-munism. The bill was sent promptly Ho the senate for final action. The bill wraps up into a single package aid for 16 western European Eur-opean countries in the Marshall plan and anti-Communist help for Greece, Turkey1 and China. The senate was expected to approve it by nightfall and have it on President Truman's desk for the week-end. v Rep. John M. Vorys, R., O., presented the bill to the house. He apologized to the GOP leadership because the bill had failed of final enactment by the April 1 deadline the Republicans had set for themselves. ' "However," ' Vorys said, . "we are at least a week ahead of the time that our critic said tt would take. . .There, was little- debate before (he house began the roll call vote on the bill. Chairman Charles A. Eaton, R., N. J., of the foreign affairs committee said , he considered con-sidered it "a historic moment." '"1 am thankful to say that we are here with a bill that is worth of the support of congress and the American people," he said. The final version of the bill was worked out last night by a 10-man senate-house conference committee. commit-tee. They beat a midnight deadline dead-line by minutes in compromising differences between the bills pre viously approved by the house and senate. Driving through the day and far into the" night, the conferees, headed by Senate President Arthur Ar-thur H. Vandenberg, acted with almost unprecedented speed in an atmosphere made tense by new Russian pressure in Berlin and the critical, nature of the approaching ap-proaching Italian elections. Here is what America's greatest postwar foreign commitment carried: car-ried: 1. European recovery program a self-help program of. 31-months 31-months for 16 western European nations. The bill authorizes a first year expenditure of $5,300,000,-000. $5,300,000,-000. Products from rice to steam-shovels steam-shovels will be sent Europe on the pledge of mutual cooperation for common recovery. The conferees con-ferees dropped a house provision to include Franco Spain. 2. Greece and Turkey a second sec-ond installment of $275,000,000 on the "Quarantine Communism" program. The two countries will get American guns, ammunition and military advice.. 3. China a one-year plan to send $463,000,000 in assistance to the . Nationalist government of Chiang Kai-Shek. It includes $125,000,000 that may be used for military aid to bolster Chiang's forces against Communist, troops already controlling about 25 per cent of China. 4. Children . A $60,000,000 American authorization for the care and feeding of children in war-ravaged1 Europe. The aid Is to be administered by the United Nations' International Children's Emergency organization. Meanwhile, the union appealed to the Securities Exchange commission com-mission to close down both the stock and curb exchanges because their present operation by an "undermanned crew" was unsatisfactory unsat-isfactory to investors. . M. , David Keef e, president of local 205 of the UFE, said in a telegram to the SEC , that the two ' exchanges were not being run in an orderly manner, although al-though they were attempting to "maintain the fiction of business as usual." "The Interests of the public are no longer protected," he said. "The investor is in danger of sustaining losses due to the fact that sales are. not being reported in their proper sequences.4 Food Shipments to Americans In Berlin Russians Agree to Permit U. S. Trains To Pass Unmolested BERLIN, April 2 (U.R) Rail shipments of food for the 10,000 Americans in Berlin were ordered resumed tonight, to-night, a n d the Russians promptly ' gave assurances that the trains would pass unmolested through the Rus sian zone of Germany. The crisis which resulted when, the Soviet Union suddenly clamped new restrictions upon transport from and to the German capital Wednesday midnight eas ed noticeably: It had caused cancellation can-cellation of all American train movements for some 48 hours,, and had resulted in establishment of a shuttle plane transport service from Frankfurt to feed United States troops and civilians here. Gen. Lucius D. Clay, American Amer-ican military commander, ordered or-dered a food train to leave Brunswick . Immediately, entering en-tering the1 Russian tone at . the border point of Helm-stedt, Helm-stedt, and proceeding from there te Berlin. Clay said the train would have the usual guard of one U. S. of ficer and six enlisted men. The Russians immediately said the train would be allowed to pass through the Russian-occupied territory west of the city after routine inspection of papers. pa-pers. Clay said the usual waybills covering its 'cargo would be provided. pro-vided. . The Russians simultaneously agreed, in a meeting of the four-power four-power deputy commanders... that they"would guarantee the .western .west-ern allies free movement within the city of Berlin, which the four powers occupy." The Russians, however, showed no signs of receding from their demand that they be permitted to search passenger trains to and from the capital, and question passengers and examine their identification documents. Nor did they withdraw their order that all freight trains carrying goods from : the city to the western zones must have Soviet approval. Clay said he had no plans to resume passenger train 3 movements, move-ments, indicating that American passengers would enter and leave Berlin by air. He continued ada mant that the Russians never would be allowed to enter or examine ex-amine American trains. Russian authorities charged that the blockade system they had set up was necessary to keep out western spies who' have Used Berlin as a gateway to the Soviet zone of Germany. They also asserted as-serted it would prevent "further plundering" of Berlin by the western powers. Twenty-three U. S. air force C-47s dropped their wheels on Templebof airdrome, in the American-held zone of Berlin, to day. Six or seven more were ex pected later. American authorities authori-ties at Frankfurt had said 30 planes were available for the service. Five American passenger planes arrived also. The British sent food trains through the Russian zone with only routine Inspection, Inspec-tion, and they . flew In .10 passenger pas-senger planes, and sent six -out of Berlin. ; The Russians made no attempt at-tempt to interfere with the. plane movements. Reports . Russian fighters had "bussed" some allied planes were laughed off. American pilots said they saw no Russian planes at all. An official announcement said the first 17 food planes to reach Berlin brought 26 tons of food. Officials said the average food consumption of the estimated 10,000 Americana here is 1000 tons a month, or some 33 tons day. British food trains carrying supplies lor both German residents resi-dents of the' British zone of the city and the 10,000 British troops and civilians here passed into the city without difficulty. The Russians served notice that the blockade would not. be removed re-moved and in fact might be intensified. in-tensified. . " - , In an . impassioned speech at Halle, 60 miles south of Berlin, the Soviet propaganda chief Col. Serge Tulpanov asserted that the measures, were necessary to keep western spies from using Berlin as gateway into the Russian occupation oc-cupation zone. DANISH RECRUITS . KEPT IN SERVICE COPENHAGEN, April 2 (U.R) The Danish ministry- of war announced an-nounced today . that- 2,400 army privates . will . have to remain in service until July 10. Tkx Law Russ Blockade Isolates Berlin BRITISH . . kJTX t&w&kM zone . fmtmmmmmm&mm Announcing that the four-power Allied Control, Council had Ceased Ceas-ed to exist. Russia Isolated American? British 'and French sectors of Berlin by cutting off rail transports tiqi) tv Marlenbernv (l), Russian checkpoint on the western Allies' ttnlf rail line to capital. Truck traffic was also halted by establishment of new checkpoints on only highway (2) accessible te western powers, Russian roadblocks road-blocks were also -set up along boundary 'lines within Berlin Itself It-self (Inset). - ' In junction MoveSjscted In Effort to Nnrl aUIIU VU WASHINGTON, April 2 (CRt Government labor experts said today President Truman probably prob-ably will order the justice department depart-ment to seek a. court injunction early next week to end the soft coal strike. These sources said Mr. Truman Tru-man "has abou concluded' that Fill Ranks of Armed Forces, Ike Tells U.S. WASHINGTON, April 2 (U.R) Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower today called for "immediate steps" to fill the ranks of the armed forces, plus universal military training to enable this country to "achieve Its purposes abroad." The former army chief of staff testified before the senate armed services committee near the end of its hearings on universal military mili-tary training. Elsenhower said that the U. S. "must let the rest of the world know" that we are going to maintain main-tain a free way of life. He spoke to a packed and applauding ap-plauding audience. The wartime supreme allied commander in Europe said that "I cannot conceive of this country being able to achieve its purposes abroad without taking steps to get men today" for immediate needs of the armed forces and "adopting a long range program" to back them up. He pooh-poohed talk of "push button" warfare. A super air force alone, Eisenhower said, could not be enough to win any war in the "next three to five years." : Without mentioning Russia' by name, he said the United States Is involved in an "ideological conflict" con-flict" in which "one side seeks to destroy .democracy." "There is no possibility today of winning a war by airpower alone," Eisenhower told the senators. sen-ators. He explained that "you can never reach a point where you can destroy the enemy's industry thoroughly" without getting bases close enough for fighter planes to protect round-the-clock- attacks. Liver Blood of U. S. Pilots Used I For Bedbug Bait i - ' . YOKOHAMA, April 2 (U.R) A Japanese doctor testified before be-fore a war crimes , commission today that the liver and blood taken from the body of an American Amer-ican airman killed in a fantastic medical experiment were used as bait for bedbugs, The doctor was Tozo Maekawa, former medical , advisor j a t Fukuoka prisoner of war camp near Kyushu. Imperial university where this and similar' operations were performed on eight American Amer-ican fliers. , a TaftiHartleynaw Injunction is the Myw4y4h; walkout can be ;;sdcn&Ier-4 would be ef-fertijptfPnit ef-fertijptfPnit 80 days.. . ' ' Mr'Truma.n?. is expected, to makVpVpUciomorrow the report of a"' presidential fact-finding board Which studied the . 19-day-old soft, coal r walkout. The board reportedly; id vised him that the strike "endangers the national health ".and , safety y M1 Truman,' it was said, hopes an JnjuntfipnV'-vvill get the miners back to work" while John L. Lewis and' colli pperatdrs, through government sponsored negoti ations, attempt to settle their dis pute over pensions for aged mi ners. . , ;. Government officials said there was "little hope" the dispute could be settled in private negotiations nego-tiations ' between Lewis and the operators. ) :v Jews light To Clear Jerusalem JERUSALEM, April 2 U.E Haganah patrols were reported fighting their way through . the Judean hills today in an effort, to break , the Arab road block at Bab El Wad,' 17' miles west of Jerusalem, Jeru-salem, which-has blocked Jewish food convoys, to' Jerusalem. '.Jewish sources claimed that 29 Arabs f had t been killed in a series' of skirmishes in the hills above Bab El wad, with Jewish Jew-ish losses of one killed and three wounded.;" " Ji Arab road blocks in this area reduced food : shipments for the Jewish section of Jerusalem so effectively that Jewish leaders ordered rationing Into effect early this week. ; 1 . f Another heavy battle was reported re-ported at the Jewish farm settlement settle-ment of Htflda, 20 miles south east of Ttl -Aviv, where 13 Jew ish bodies .were found- .after an Arab attack on: a convoy last Wednesday.!, - Haganah forces attacked Arabs In the.;'Hulda area and claimed that 30 Arabs Were killed. The Jews '. said two . armored cars .of the 'Arab- Legion were put out of actton lijihe battling. ' '" Pre-election Violence Steps UpTo High Pitch In Italy ROME, April 2 U.P) Preelection Pre-election violence was stepped up to ' new' pitch -today. -, Onej4eftwlng labor union leader lead-er was slain and two ' others wounded 'seriously vless than 24 hours, after . Communist leaders hadiv threatened . a .nationwide strike becaJii Jbf a wave- of assassinations as-sassinations I bf, Communist union ...offlclaU. Con gress irp Oiithe Truman's Third-Time Veto of Tax Bill Becomes Strike-Out; Withholding Tax to Be Cut On Paychecks Beginning on May 1 By REX CHANEY United Press Staff Correspondent WASHNGTON, April 2 (U.R) Congress today enacted the Republican. 4,800,000,000 income tax reduction bill into law over a presidential veto. It gave 55,000,000 Americans their firit major tax reduction re-duction in nearly 20 years. Some 7,400,000 of them were taken completely off federal tax rolls. Both the house and senate voted by better than -th two-thirds majority necessary to put the tax cut into effect ef-fect despite the veto President Truman slapped on it today. The senate vote was 77 to 10 19 over the necessary two thirds. ' 1 The senate vote followed the house vote of 311 to 88, 6r 43 more than the wo-thirds I majority. j I Members' of Mr. Truman's own party deserted him in sufficient numbers to override the veto He-' publicans did not have enough votes in either house to io it by themselves. The veto was' a stinging one. Mr. Truman said it would imperil world peace and prosperity at home. He said it would "under? mine" government finances. He said it was inequitable by giving more relief to the wealthier than to the poor.- ' But both houses conscious of the election year gave short heed to Mr. Truman's arguments. .Less than an how after the - house heard tueWonesaf'f it voted 311 to 81 to override the veto. That waf 45 vote more than: the necessary two-thirds majority. The tax reduction bill berame law at 3:18 p.m. EST when the senate vote - was officially announced an-nounced as 77 to 10. The vote was announced by Sen. Harry P. Cain, R Wash., who Was presiding at the time In place of Senate Pres ident Arthur H. Vandenberg, R., Mich. The bill ' automatically became! law when Senate President Arthur Ar-thur H. Vandenberg, R., Mich., announced that the upper house had voted to override. . Mr. Truman's third time at bat on the Income tax issuo thus was a strike-out. His two previous vetoes ve-toes last year wore sustained by congress. Both houses had to approve the bill by ; two-thirds .majorities to make it a law over pie president s objection. It appeared certain that the new, lower Income tax : rates would be on the statute books" before be-fore nightfall. The measure will take 7,400,000 persons off the tax rolls and cut the levies against those left on. The first jtfects of the cut will be felt May 1 when withholding taxes on wages and salaries are cut. . . President Truman told congress in his veto message that the tux cut "would materially '.weaken this nation's efforts .to maintain peace abroad and prosperity at home." But the great majority? of ' congressmen rejected his ar-. guments. House Republican Leader Charles-A. Halleck called the president's veto "an extension of his stubborn stub-born opposition . to much-needed much-needed tax relief and equalisation." equali-sation." Referring to Mr. Truman's action ac-tion in twice vetoing tax' cuts in the last session, and making them stick, Halleck said: "this is the third time he has sought to thwart the will of the elected representatives represen-tatives of the people who have the first responsibility in this matter." mat-ter." - ' The. house vote was taken as soon at a clerk finished reading the' veto message. There was no debate. . The house . received the veto first. Republican leaders were set to act immediately and, send it on to the senate. , - Mr. Truman said in a 1,700- ' The slaying of? Calogerl Can-gliaosl, Can-gliaosl, ' 36-year-old secretary of the leftwlng Agricultural workers work-ers union in a midnight machine ambush near iTrapan! in Sicily was the 12th killing attributed to tensions arising from the national elections April 18. He was the 36th . Communist v leader slain in Sicily in two years, Bqoks word veto message: that the bill "would not strengthen, but in- stead would weaken the United States." : He aaid the bill would reduce , government revenues to such an extent as. to make likely a deficit in government finances. He said this would happen at time when responsible conduct of the nation's financial affairs requires re-quires a substantial surplus to reduce re-duce the large public debt and to be reasonably prepared against contingencies. ( At the same time, Mr. Tru- man said, it would "greatly , Increase the danger of fur- 4 ! , ther inflation by adding bil- j, , ...lloni.of dollars of purchasing A ; power- io. ine amount mat people can spend, . , He said there will be "several important increases In expend!' tures above the January estl- ; mates." . ' These included legislation enacted en-acted increasing payments to veterans, -larger amounts necessary neces-sary for foreign aid and salary increases of federal employes now under ' consideration. He also pointed out that it has been necessary to recommend substantial increases to bring the armed forces to "proper strength." Just yesterday, Mr. Truman formally for-mally asked congress for $3,373,-000,000 $3,373,-000,000 In added defense funds. Mr. Truman's veto message was read by clerks while he- was at Williamsburg, Va., receiving an honorary college degree. It was his third veto of an Income In-come tax bill. His two previous vetoes last year were sustained by congress. The tax benefits would be technically tech-nically retroactive to Jan, 1. But taxpayers wouldn't feel any relief re-lief until May 1 when reduced withholding rate's would become effective. But next year when taxpayers get around to f fling their 1948 income tax returns they will receive ' refunds from" the treasury what extra tax they may have paid from Jan. 1 to May . 1. Mr. Truman hammered hard against cutting taxes now; , "If I endorsed tax redaction , -now, knowing that to do se would In all likelihood mean - Increased taxes next year, I' . would not be dealing fairly . with the American people," -he said. ,He said that after considering -appropriations by congress to date . and ; the additional tax , refunds which would occur under this bill, the nation will face a deficit in fiscal i 1949 even under '"the more optimistic estimates of revenue used by the congressional com- minees." . , : f He said congress proposed to extricate itself from a deficit thU (Continued on Page Two) .. Wdtkins and : Dawson Vote ForTaxGut . WASHINGTON, April l'oi -V The roll call on the -house vote to override President Truman's tax veto , showed " that . Idaho's two congressman Goff and Sanborn San-born voted for tax reduction. Utah's Dawson also voted for the reduction. rMontana's Mansfield voted to uphold the president. Other Utah and Montana representatives repre-sentatives did not vote. In the senate, all six inter-mountain inter-mountain ? senators -who were present voted for the tax reduction. reduc-tion. ; They were Dworshak of Idaho, Ecton of Montana, Thorn as and Watkins of Utah and Ma-lone Ma-lone and McCarran of Nevada. Murray, of Montana and. Taylor lof Idaho were absent. - r. 7" |