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Show 4 TEMPERATURES PARTLY' CLOUDY northwest portion today and Taos-day Taos-day with a few evening thunderstorm thun-derstorm in mountains. Mostly clear south and east portions. Afternoon Aft-ernoon temperatures 90 to 100 Low tonight 54 to 64. Provo Salt Lake. it tl 1 59 Portland . . . 59 Seattle .... 4 New York. 1 IChicai. . . SJBolie SB IN. Orleans. 3 Reno .... 50!San Diego. 5(Yellowston Ofdcn MUf lford St. Ceorc. 109 Las Vai 112 Lot Angeles 89 Baa Fran.. . ti Logan .... 7 SIXTY-FOURTH YEAR, NO. 31 provo: utah County, utah, monday, july is, 1949 PRICE FIVE CENTS Steel Fact -Finding Board To Start Study Of Dispute On July 28 WASHINGTON, July 18 (U.R) President Truman's steel fact-finding board said today it will open its inquiry into the contract dispute in New York July 28. The three-man board will study the dispute which almost al-most touched off a nationwide steel strike last week. The board will make recommendations for settlement of the vwage and pension issues between the industry and the CIO Steelworkers union. The recommmendations are not 6 Members Of Czech Cabinet Go To Moscow PRAGUE. July 18 (U.R) Six Czech cabinet members left today for Moscow by plane for what foreign office officials said was a private journey on leave. The trip was made after Czcheo- slovak priests defied the Com munist government from their pulpits yesterday by reading a declaration pledging loyalty to Archbishop Josef Beran. Five of the six ministers were Communists. They were Informal tion Minister . Vaclav Kopecky, Food Minister Ludmila Jankov cova, Education Minister Dene Nejedly, Technics Ministers Emanuel Slechta. and Postal Minister Alois Neuman. The sixth. Health Minister Joseph Poljhar of the Peoples party, is a suspended priest. Accuses Government The declaration accused the government of using "cunning, pressure and fraud" to obtain priests' endorsement of the pro-government pro-government Catholic Action group. The government's latest claim asserted that 2500 of Czechoslovakia's Czechoslo-vakia's 3000 priests had signed .endorsements of the Catholic Action Ac-tion group. "It has been announced to the public recently that a great part of the Catholic clergy has decided to support the movement of the so-called Catholic .action,' the declaration said. Cunning, Fraud j "This report does not corres- pond to the truth . . . Most of our signatures were gained by cunning, pressure ana iraua. ; c . , , . , , i "W the Catholic priest-., de - - , r . . j r wdma tu u: aiuinaiiuu a a pi-cli Clare that we stand faithfully andat such high speeds ihey couldn't toward nationalization of indus-devotedly indus-devotedly with our beloved ah-itell what they looked like try. Sen. Wayne Morse, R., Ore., bishop, Dr. Beran, and all Czecho- Western military attaches who:to.d Blaisdell sharnlv that it was Slovak bishops, being react "iviewed the annual Soviet airi.v i i,r, . " , . j t suffer with them if need oe nJ onnHomn the SO-Called Cain- and condemn me so-cdiieu -" oHc action as non-Catholic and schismatic. Church sources said tne neiian;; declaration was mimeograpneu and circulated early iasi wee uy clandestine methods of all priests in Czechoslovakia. Police Search For Missing A-Bomb Expert numbers that foreign air observ-LOS observ-LOS ALAMOS, N. M.. July l8 ers said Russia now apparently (UR) Police intensified their inas mem in mass production. search todav for the public and The air show ,was undei the technical information director ofldirection of Lt. Gen. Vassily the Los Alamos atomic energy i Stalin, commandant of air forces laboratory who has been missing' in the Moscow military area and since last' Wednesday. son of Premier Josef Stalin State Dolice headquarters and; Los Alamos security police re-j ported early today that they had: received no new clues to the whereabouts of H. Tracy Snell- Ing, 37, who was last seen Wed nesday in the bar or tne L,a ronaa hotel in Santa Fe. Authorities expressed the be lief that Snelling's disappearance was rooted in personal matters and had no connection with his job, which gives him access to some restricted information at the atomic laboratory. Snelling's wife, Sally, told in vestigators that she received a letter from him, postmarked at noon in Albuquerque Thursday but contents of the letter were not divulged. "This has happened before, she said, "but never for an ex tended period." Carroll Tyler atomic energy commission chief at Los Alamos, issued a statement saying: '"The AEC administration would like very much to know where Snell- ing is." i Snelling, who has been public relations officer at the installation installa-tion for two years and who form erly was a reporter for the Wall Street Journal, failed to appear to conduct newsmen qn a trip to the site of the first atomic bomb explosion rear Alamogordo Saturday. Sat-urday. News Highlights In Central Utah Three Provoans Elected To State Exchange Club Posts. .3 Traffic Accidents Over Weekend Injure 15 3 State Writers Roundup ' Is Concluded Here 31, I binding on either the union or industry But the board's recommenda tions could determine whether millions of workers in basic in dustries are to get a fourth-round pay increase. Carroll Daugherty, board chair man, said the board would hold a preliminary meeting with industry indus-try and union officials July 26 and that hearings would begin two days later. Site Chosen He said New York was chosen the site for the hearings because "it's convenient for both the parties and members of the board." Daugherty made his announce ment after an hour-long White House conference with presidential presiden-tial assistant John R. Steelman. He said Steelman and the board talked about "strictly procedural matters. Besides Daugherty, the board consists of David L. Cole, Pater-son Pater-son N. J., labor relations expert. and Samuel Rosenman, former special counsel for Presidents Roosevelt and Truman. Daugherty said he hoped that the board could wind up its hearings hear-ings in 45 days. The industry and the union agreed to a 60-day truce so the board could investigate investi-gate their dispute. The 15 days will give the union and industry time to bargain on the recommendations. recom-mendations. New Russ Jets Amaze Foreign Air Observers MOSCOW. July 18 (U.R) Foreign observers said today that new types of Russian jet fighters displayed in the Soviet air show 1 " swnt arrnsa their field of vision! show yesterday said they could J...ik. u l not describe the appearance or character of the new jets because lof their high speed. Ttie pianes fiashed across Tu shin0 airfield at an altitude of less than 1,000 feet. They came into view and disappeared beyond be-yond the horizon before the an- nminrpr manappH to finish hift statement that they were there, i A number of the new typesllJU" warns me presi- were shown in the annual display dent 0 of Soviet air power as well as; improved models of three jet 'fighters displayed in previous ! shows. The jets appeared in such large premier siann, lannea Dy xne sun, watched the exhibition from a special box in company with other members of the Politburo Boy, 8, Lost In Mountains MONROE, Utah, July 18 (U.R) Volunteer search parties, led by Mayor C. C. Bell, were combing Monroe canyon today for an eight-year-old boy missing since Sunday while on a fishing trip. The boy. Rex Farnsworth, may have fallen from one of the high feared. ' His two companions said they missed Rex about 6:30 p.m., after they had returned to their homes. They said they thought Rex had 'gone home ahead of them. Baseball Today By UNITED PRESS NATIONAL LEAGUE Cincinnati 105 000 001 6 15 1 Boston 000 010 000 1 3 0 Blackwell. Erautt (5) and Howell; Bickford. G Elliott (3), Barrett (6). and Livingston. Home runs Holmes. Bos (5th) none on. St Louis New York Brazle and D R. Mueller. 100 000 1 000 001 4 Rice: Kennedy and Home runs Gordon, NY (6), none on. Pittsburgh . 0OO 000 0 Philadelphia 002 000 0 Dickson and McCullough; nelly and Seminick. Don-' Chicago at Brooklyn Night game. AMERICAN LEAGUE Philadelphia ... 10 Detroit 00 Kellner and Rosar; Houtteman and Riebe. Home runs Joost. Pha., (3), none Confer On Unification I -"7 1, - , ! Ji 7w li i in wmw.fr&fii - Members of the high-command conference on armed forces unification discuss details of the ta k at White Sulphur Springs, W. Va. Left to right: Gen. Hoyt Vandenberg, Air Force chief; Steve Early, Undersecretary of Defense; Adm. Louis Denfeld, Navy chief, and Defense Secretary Louis Johnson. The group, following Johnson's orders, are working and playing together; they joined in a game of horseshoes after conference. Bridges, Shipping Firms Loose Blasts On Hawaii Dock Strike WASHINGTON. July 18 (U.R) Union and management representatives in the Hawaiian waterfront strike agreed today to a senate labor committee proposal to try negotiating a settlement set-tlement in discussions here with federal mediation director Cyrus S. Ching. WASHINGTON. July 18 (U.R)- Harry Bridges, president of the CIO International Longshore men's and Warehousemen's union, told senators today the Hawaii- en dock strike would end "immediately" "im-mediately" if President Truman appointed an arbitration board. The strike is 79 days old. Bridges testified before the senate labor committee that em ployers in Hawaii "have not yet given up the hope that they can destroy the union or render it innocuous." Union Strong The union is strong and united and intends to hold out for a satisfactory settlement," Bridges said. "The workers have been told' the strike may last three or even six months, and they are prepared." Bridges testified after James G. Blaisdell had presented the em ployers case to the committee. He said the employers oppose diUllldllUII. iic scwu mr U11IUI1 ... LUC W COIVCJ I- II 1IOO UCC11 11 1 V LS I V iiete to hear" 6 Objections The committee is considering legislation which would -provide arbitration machinery for the strike. Bridges expressed "serious "seri-ous objections" to provisions which might allow the territorial governor to appoint the arbitra- L The union leader said Hawaii an employers "retain their essential essen-tial arrogance. They refuse to recognize that the public interest inter-est is broader than their icea of how to maintain profits. "On behalf of the ILWU, I am authorized to state that if a board of impartial citizens is established establish-ed by the president for the purpose pur-pose of arbitrating the issues in dispute in the Hawaiian strike, the striking workers are prepared to immediately call off the strike, return to work, and accept the decisions of such a board." If the employers agree to arbitrate, Bridges said, "the strike will be over tomorrow." Bridges called the Hawaiian situation "a simple economic strike" in which wages are the issue. The union doesn't like it, he said, "but it seems to be in this case the only language this arrogant group of employers will listen to. He said there is no in the islands. Generals Suspended Z T . X Z V V VI Ate II to -ti ami Maj. Gen. Herman Feldman, left, the quarter master general, and Maj. Gen. Alden Harry Waitt, chief of the chemical corps, have been relieved of duty by Secretary of the Army Gordon Gray pending investigation of "five per center" charges involving them. fitfjS --. , . p"v I 7r d WASHINGTON, July 18 (U.R) A spokesman for seven strikebound strike-bound companies in Hawaii said today that arbitration and not wages is the real issue in the 79-ciay-old Hawaiian dock strike. James G. Blaisdell, employer spokesman for the islands' longshore long-shore companies, told the senate labor committee that Harry Bridges' Longshoremen's union has persisted in its demand for arbitration in hopes it will be a step toward nationalization of industry. in-dustry. Wages, he said, is a secondary sec-ondary issue. At the conclusion of Blaisdell's morning-long - testimony, Sen. Wayne Morse, R., Ore., .said the employers' case is "the weakest it has been my privilege to hear." Long Experience Morse has had long experience cs a labor arbitrator and was one time head of the war labor board. nioiclall toifl thai KA "Tl T ! uiuijuku oca iu uiol 11JC VIV 111 ternational Longshoremens and Warehousemens union advanced a demand for a 32 cents an hour increase when wage provisions of its contract were reopened and since has pursued a policy of "32 cents or arbitration." "We are opposed to compulsory arbitration in principle and we pre opposed to so-called voluntary arbitration in this dispute," Blaisdell Blais-dell said. Considering Bill The labor committee is consid ering a bill which would provide for the appointment of a board of inquiry to study the dispute and make binding recommendations for its settlement. That. Blaisdell said, "as we understand un-derstand it, means arbitration." "Bridges believes in nationalization nationaliz-ation of industry." Blaisdell said, quoting several statements by the union leader in favor of nationalization national-ization of all basic industry including in-cluding Hawaii's pineapple industry. indus-try. Truman 'Mum7 Tive Per Gent7 WASHINGTON, July 18 (U.R) and he had not heard the presi-The presi-The White House kept mum to- dent "mention it." day on a congressman s demand that President Truman suspend his military aide, Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan, for "being impli cated." in five per cent cases. Assistant presidential press sec- riSOl tan v i tana j- v. ia . . . , . . , . . starvation iretary Eben Ayers said that the whllf- hn that other govern-: govern-: White House had no comment, merit agencies besides the army on '5' Charges Atlee To Take Over During Cripps' Absence LONDON, July 18 (U.R) Prime Minister Clement At-tlee At-tlee announced today that he will take charge of the treasury treas-ury during the absence because be-cause of illness of Sir Stafford Staf-ford Cripps, chancellor of the exchequer. Attlee made his announcement announce-ment when the house of commons com-mons met and received the official word of Cripps' illness ill-ness and enforced absence for medical treatment in Switzerland. Attlee disclosed that he personally approved the allocation allo-cation of extra funds for Cripps to use abroad. Foreign exchange controls forbid taking tak-ing more than $200 to Switzerland Swit-zerland in any one year. Anthony Eden and Clement Cle-ment Davis, spokesmen for the Conservative and Liberal parties, expressed their best wishes to Cripps. There was no hint of criticism, or of suspicion of such rumors as one that Cripps was through as chancellor of the exchequer. Airlift May Be Reduced By Two-Thirds BERLIN, July 18 (U.R) British Brit-ish sources said today that the Anglo-American airlift may be reduced two-thirds starting Sept. 1, if the British and American governments approve plans now under consideration. The British cabinet will consider con-sider the proposal at its meeting today and a similar plan is under un-der consideration by American authorities, informed British officials of-ficials said. j Authoritative American quarters quart-ers refused to confirm or deny the British reports. Several airlift bases in the western zones probably will be closed as operations are shut down and planes withdrawn, the British report said. A skeleton airlift would remain (Continued on Page Two) On Vaughan Implications Congressional leaders, who con ferred with Mr. Truman this morning, said the matter was not discussed. Senate investigators. mean- may be involved in the activities I of "five per centers" in Washington's Wash-ington's thriving "influence industry." in-dustry." Refuse To Specify They refused to specify what 1 agtiiv.icD flic U1IUC1 suiuiiiiy tuy a stiidie investigating SUD- i-uiiuiiiiiee. dui xney saiu me group hopes to determine the extent ex-tent of the five per centers' prac tice before it opens public hear-i ings in about two weeks. Chairman Clyde R. Hoey, D., N. C, told reporters the sub- committee is interested not only in the cases of the two major generals gen-erals temporarily suspended pending investigation, but in "all phases of the subject." "We intend to explore all avenues ave-nues that may give us information about people who held themselves out as having unusual influence," Hoey said. White House Silent Meanwhile, the White House was silent on a demand by Rep. Paul E. Shafer, R.t Mich., that President Truman suspend his own military aide, Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan, for "being implicated in the same case." Shafer said he had no evidence against Vaughan except the gen-. gen-. (Continued on Pare Two) raunmam Offers Owbi Military Unity Plain Ad miral Says A-Bomb Can't Win War Of Future All By Itself x NEW YORK, July 18 (U.R) Admiral William H. P. Blandy, who directed the Bikini atom bomb tests, said today to-day that atomic bombing alone cannot win a future war. Blandy, commander of the Atlantic fleet, spoke at the Lions International convention at Madison Square Garden. He drew the following conclusions: 1. The statement that "there is no defense against the atom bomb" is an exaggeration. 2. The atom bomb will not de-i "" stroy civilization. x r " 3. The atom bomb is a maiorll ml lK X An s s deterrent to war; but it will not retain this distinction indefinitely. indefinite-ly. 4. The atom bomb is an immensely im-mensely potent - engine of destruction; de-struction; but it is not the absolute abso-lute weapon of decision. Poses Question "What will happen when a potential po-tential enemy of the United States, bent upon unlimited expansion, ex-pansion, and determined to force the slavery of Communism upon the world, also possesses the bomb and the longrange planes tor a world wide delivery service?" serv-ice?" Blandy asked. He said such a nation probably prob-ably could win, if the United States depended solely on the atomic bomb as its weapon. "The dangerous fallacy of the quick and easy victory to be won by strategic bombing alone, advanced ad-vanced by some over-enthusiastic advocates of pure airpower but not supported by experiences in the most recent war, is being accepted ac-cepted by too many people," Blandy siad. Cannot Win Alone Such bombing, he said, can make available contribution toward to-ward victory, "but it canot win that victory alone, against a virile nation battling for a vital issue, possessing great military strength and having easy access into the defenseless neighboring states." Blandy said the United States is placing its military reliance. therefore, on a- team of fighting forces comprised of the army, air torce, and navy. The time to organize a defense against the bomb is now "before we are actually liable to atomic attack," Blandy said. He said new industrial plants should not be located lo-cated in congested areas and that they should be constructed to offer of-fer the greatest resistance to blast and radiation. If an atomic war appeared imminent, im-minent, all non-essential' personnel person-nel should be evacuated from our large congested cities like New York," Blandy said. "Manhattan has a density of population four times as great as the central section sec-tion of Hiroshima." Much can be done to lessen the slaughter in 'an atomic bomb attack, at-tack, Blandy said. He said con struction of deep underground shelters would cut fatalities "to a small fraction of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki figures." Well-trained Well-trained rescue and relief service, he said, would decrease suffering and deaths among those not in stantly killed. Blandy said there had been much talk of the possibility of blanketing a coastal city like New York with a radioactive spray from an atomic bomb burst in the harbor. He said the water depth of an ordinary harbor is not sufficient suf-ficient to raise a spray which would contaminate a large area ashore. A "suitcase atom bomb" placed "under the candy counter" would destroy a block or two, but not a city, Blandy said. TRAINMEN TO PICK NEW UNION LEADER CLEVELAND, July 18 (U.R) Officials of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen announced to- aay mat me union win noid n -1 A.t A A -a .. special board meeting tomorrow morning to decide upon a succes-j sor to the late A. F. Whitney. who was buried today. State Department White Paper On China Will Involve Soviets WASHINGTON, July 18 (U.R) The state department's forthcoming forthcom-ing white paper on China will place heavy responsibility on the Soviet Union for China's current plight, it was reported today. This was disclosed by authori ties who also forecast that the document will reveal some differences dif-ferences between former Secretary Secre-tary of State George C. Marshall and Lt. Gen. Albert C. Wede-meyer Wede-meyer on the best way the United States might have helped the Nationalist Na-tionalist government. Informants said the white paper will hold that Russia directlv and indirectly violated the 1945 Chinese-Soviet treaty in which it pledged not to interfere in China's Support, Blast Atlantic Pact WASHINGTON, July 18 (U.R) The North Atlantic treaty today drew a shaky vote of confidence from Sen Harry P. Cain, R., Wash., and the outright opposition opposi-tion of Sen. James P. Kern, R., Mo. Cain announced he will vote for the pact. But he said it is a "clumsy" step toward world peace and will encourage an atomic arms race with Russia. Kern said he will oppose the treaty because I am convinced that the arms program, which goes with it. will prove a sinkhole for untold billions of the monev of the American taxpayers for military equipment which, in the event of war, may be turned against us. Obligates U. S. Kem said he also believes the pact obligates Americans to de fend peoples "who may be un willing to defend themselves." particularly if Communist re gimes took over in some of the signatory states. As the senate swung into the final week of debate on the pact, Cain said in a speech that he will vote for ratification because of the "dire necessity" of launching a mutual defense effort. But as a "defensive dam," Cain said, the pact "is so weak, murky and contradictory that most of its magnificent purpose is washed away." He urged, among other things, that Spain. Greece and Turkey be included in the pact, saying that Spain's strategic importance in the western Mediterranean is "almost decisive." Two Die In Utah Road Accidents By UNITED PRESS Two Utahns, one a 12-year-old girl and the other a 33-year-old truck driver, were killed in highway high-way mishaps in Box Elder county and RooseveltUtah, yesterday. Kathleen Ramsdale was killed yesterday near Bear River city when she fell from the back of a truck. Another girl, Leann Hamilton Ham-ilton 12, was injured in the fall. The two girls lost their balance when the truck, driven by 15-year-old Paul Jensen, rounded a curve. The girls clung to each other and fell from the back of the flatbed truck. Clifton Laris, of Roosevelt, Utah, was killed instantly yesterday yester-day when his truck, heavily loaded with mine timbers, ran out of control on a steep hill and rolled over severall times. A passenger in the truck, Har old Gardner, 44, was injured in the accident. He told investigating officers that the truck got out of 'control in Mosby canyon when the brakes failed. He said Laris trie.d to put the truck in low gear but was unable to. internal affairs. Similar provisions were contained In the 1945 Amer ican - Soviet - British agreement signed in Moscow. Direct interference, these sources said, would be Moscow's refusal to allow Chinese participation partici-pation in control of the Manchur-ian Manchur-ian ports of Dairen and ort Arthur, Ar-thur, according to the treaty's terms. Russia also prevented Nationalists Na-tionalists from participating in the administration of the two main railroads in Manchuria. Indirect Soviet aid to the Communists Com-munists was Moscow's connivance in allowing arms and equipment of the once-powerful Japanese Kwantung army in Manchuria to (Continued on Page Two) Emphasizes Would Prefer Action On Matter By Congress WASHINGTON, July 18 (U.R) President Truman sent a detailed military reorganization reorgani-zation plan to congress today as 'insurance' in case the lawmakers law-makers don't do the job by legislative action. While h i s congressional strategists maneuvered to break a house-senate deadlock on further fur-ther unification of the armed forces, the president submitted his own plan. This will become effective ef-fective in 60 days-unless confess con-fess adjourns or one house vetoes it by majority vote. DlJn fhSodent accoj"Panied his ? essae "Paining ! brader authority he proposes pro-poses for the defense secretary is of hT,! "0-n rule forces P VCr the armed And he emphasized that he would prefer having the reorgan- rrther than executive action. He said he submitted the plarf just in case congress fails to act on the military unification bill now under un-der consideration. Action Prompted Mr. Truman's action uaa prompted bv the HoM.inn v- house armed services committee u aiueiracK me military unification unifica-tion bill pending completion of iU investigation of the air force's 11-36 procurement. But the committee approved and sent to the house floor a bill dealing primarily with the budget functions to the armed forces. Speaker Sam Rayburn said he expected ex-pected it to be passed and sent to the senate later today. Mr. Truman said it would tighten tight-en Defense Secretary Louis Johnson's John-son's control over army, navy and air force without creating a "one-man "one-man rule or dictatorship" as some house members fear. Similar to Legislation Mr. Truman's DrooosaU rorr- ponded closely to legislation already al-ready approved by the mat. and he expressed hope that the house would ge! busy and finish " the job on a legislative baslj. In other congressional devet. Qpments: Five Per Centers A conffress- man's demand that President Truman Tru-man suspend his military aide. Maj. Gen. Harry A. Vaughan. for being implicated in the Washington Washing-ton "influence racket" was ignored ig-nored by the White House. An aide said he hadn't even heard Mr. Truman mention the matter. Work Schedule More Work Speaker Sam Rav- burn reports that congress will go home soon. "We're going to be around for quite a spell yet," he told reporters after discussins the heavy congressional calendar with President Truman. On the tax front, it was learned that Chairman Robert L. Dough-ton. Dough-ton. D., N. C, of the house ways and means committee has turned thumbs down on a proposed excise ex-cise tax reduction at this session of congress. Dewey Urges Support Of Marshall Plan NEW YORK, July 18 (U.R) Gov. Thomas E. Dewey urged today to-day that the United States send further Marshall Plan aid primarily pri-marily to those European nations which are willing to join a United States of western Europe. Addressing the first session of the Lions clubs 32nd annual convention con-vention at Madison Square Garden, Gar-den, the New York governor said a recent trip to Europe had convinced con-vinced him that Marshall Plan aid has now passed the relief stage. "Great progress has been made, but the living standard of Europe is still so low as to be perilous," he said, "American dollars alone will never bring it sufficiently over the margin." Hope For Europe Dewey said the only hope for Europe would be the formation of an economic union of states with free exchange of goods and services. He said such an arrangement ar-rangement would tnake worth while all the sacrifices Ameri cans have made for European aid. Over. 30,000 delegates from 26 nations have registered for the five-day convention. In addition to Dewey, they will hear Fleet Commander Admiral William H. . P. Blandy this morning, and this afternoon various , delegations will stage a parade down Fifth avenue. |