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Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS Favor Vets in Home Building; Act to Admit War Refugees Into U.S. Under Immigration Laws r(-Ic.1Sf-d bv Western Np wsp;ner Union fKlJlTOIl'M NO'I K: Uhrn opinion are expreid in these column-., they are those of Ht-Mrr,. .NfWMiaptr Lnion'ii new. analyst ftll(J not necessarily of tin newp:iper. f i . :..,-..' :i i . ,- -.. -4 , ;; I' s ' jr. J -: . 4 . '!" - r - 'IrdiisporUtiun was among vital services impaired during ISuiTalo's worst snowfall in history, with more than 50 inches falling within a three-day three-day period. Picture shows passengers trying to push stalled bus on Wil- Urtlll till LTl, BUILDING: Favor Vets Vets will have first call on all home construction of $10,000 or less under the administration's reconversion recon-version building program designed to relieve the acute housing shortage. short-age. At the same time, the government gov-ernment will check on both selling and resale prices to assure reasonable reason-able terms and work against an inflationary in-flationary spiral. In developing its building program, pro-gram, the administration allowed for the issuance of priorities on of 10 critically short materials to vets or contractors giving them first crack on purchases. Though some two million vets are expected to be in the home market, the government gov-ernment will not set up quotas for particular regions unless conditions dictate. Before a contractor will be able Xoy put up a building, he will have to submit plans to the Federal Housing Hous-ing administration, which will then make a check to see that the selling price is in line with costs. In cases where vets have not directly built, they will be given 30 days in which to purchase or rent a new structure, struc-ture, with a placard in front of the " building announcing that the house was built under the government reconversion re-conversion program favoring servicemen. FOREIGN MINISTERS: Treaty Pattern Moving slowly toward agreement In the give-and-take of diplomatic exchange, the Big Three of world politics the U. S., Britain and Russia Rus-sia drew up a formula for the settlement set-tlement of European peace treaties during the quarterly discussions of their foreign ministers held in Moscow. Mos-cow. Under the compromise pushed by U. S. Secretary of State Byrnes, France will be asked to participate in the composition of a peace treaty with Italy, while the Big Three will deal with Bulgaria, Romania and Hungary. Britain and Russia will draw up the terms for Finland. Following the preparation of the treaties, all the nations which took part in the European war will then be called to review the settlements in a general Allied conference scheduled for not later than May 1, 1946. Suggestions for any alterations altera-tions or modifications of the terms then will be in order before the final documents are drawn. IMMIGRATION: Aid Refugees In going on record against pending pend-ing congressional legislation forbidding forbid-ding immigration, President Truman ordered the admission of 39.000 refugees annually within existing quotas of 153.879, of which Britain and Eire get half. At the same time, the President asked the secretary of state and attorney at-torney general to arrange for a retention re-tention here of war refugees presently pres-ently situated at a relocation camp at Oswego, N. Y., rather than have them returned to their native countries coun-tries for formal application for re-entrance re-entrance to the U. S. as immigrants. When they were brought to this country. President Roosevelt declared de-clared that they would be sent bacn to their homelands after the end of the war. In announcing his immigration program, Mr. Truman pointed out that migrations slumped severely during the war. Of the quota of 39,000 for central and eastern Europe, Eu-rope, only 10 per cent was filled in the fiscal year ending in 1942; 5 per cent in 1943; 6 per cent in 1944, and 7 per cent in 1945. As of last November No-vember 30, only 10 per cent of the present fiscal year allotment was filled. In permitting the entrance of war refugees, the President promised strict observance of present regulations regula-tions prohibiting entry of irresponsible irrespon-sible persons. Welfare organizations will have to guarantee that entrants will not become public charges. ' ROYALTY: One Less With formal U. S. and British recognition rec-ognition of the government of Mar- King Peter shal Tito of Yugoslavia, Yugo-slavia, another European Eu-ropean dynasty went into the discard. dis-card. King Peter having been removed re-moved as monarch by the legislative assembly of the country. Though the U. S. disapproved of Tito's denial of ba sic freedoms to the Yugoslavs, and declared that the recent elections did not provide an opportunity for ictJieaeiiLuuve selections, me sxaxe department hoped that future developments de-velopments would spur the growth of more democratic institutions. Husband of the cousin of the duchess duch-ess of Kent of Britain, the 22-year-old Peter has had rough sledding since being called to the Yugoslav throne after the assassination of his father in 1934. Resisting German demands, the youthful monarch fled the country after the Nazi invasion, then fell out of Partisan graces for his support of Mihailovitch's Chet-niks Chet-niks during their civil war with Tito's forces for control of the nation na-tion even during the period of Nazi occupation. WAR POWERS: Grant Extension Compromising on the administra-' administra-' tion demand for a one year extension exten-sion of war powers, congress settled for six months, with only minor changes authorizing the overloading of ships to permit a speedy return of overseas vets and the reuse of nickel in the making of five-cent pieces. Besides continuing rationing and priority allocation, the extension of war powers allows for treasury sale up to 5 billion dollars of securities to the federal reserve system without with-out going to the open market; disposal dis-posal of property seized for war purposes, pur-poses, and the exclusion of volunteer vol-unteer government employees from the Hatch act preventing federal personnel from participating in political po-litical activity. Meanwhile, the President signed a bill permitting reorganization of the executive branches of the government gov-ernment to simplify procedures and effect economies. Though exempt from any break-up, the interstate commerce commission, federal trade commission, securities and exchange commission, the national mediation board, the national railroad rail-road adjustment board and the railroad rail-road retirement board may be assigned as-signed additional personnel and duties du-ties of other agencies subject to reorganization. CHURCH: Ae;c Cardinals 'With the worldwide distribution of new Tppointments to the cardinalate of the Catholic church, the non-Italian non-Italian i.-'e-mbership of the college of cardinal rose to its highest figure fig-ure at 42. Of the 32 w appointments, 4 were in the U. . , where Archbishops Archbish-ops Francis Spell: nan of New York, Samuel Stritch oi Chicago, John Glennon of St. Loui. Mo., and Ed-wird Ed-wird Mooney of DetrcvVXich., were selected to receive the hat, traditional tradi-tional symbol of the cardinalate. Including In-cluding Cardinal Dennis Dougherty of Philadelphia, Pa., the U. S. now has five Princes of the Church, the highest m history. Besides the four Americans, seven sev-en other appointments were made in the Western hemisphere, Brazil receiving two, and English-speaking Canada, Cuba, Chile, Peru and Argentina one each. Distinguishing the international character of the appointments was the selection of Msgr. Tomasso Tien of China and Patriarch Gregory Greg-ory Peter XV of Turkish Armenia, first ecclesiastic ever chosen to the cardinalate observing the oriental rite. Though the appointments left the Italians with only 28 of the 70 seats in the college of cardinals, observers observ-ers pointed out that their influence will remain strong since many of the key posts in the Vatican COn-tinnp COn-tinnp tn Ht Vl'elH Kir than. Besides assisting and advising the pope on the government of the church, the cardinals can be called to formulate decrees which become binding on all the faithful when approved ap-proved by the pontiff. PANAMA: Quash Revolt Two months out of exile, ex-President Arnulfo Arias of Panama was arrested by the government on charges of being the leader of an abortive coup to take over the government gov-ernment of the vital neck of country coun-try through which runs the strategic ' American canal. I Ut a minor character, the revolt was short-lived after skirmishing broke out at the police station of Colon, at the northeast entrance to the canal. While fighting was carried car-ried to the city streets from roaming roam-ing automobiles, a strong guard was thrown around the telephone exchange ex-change to prevent seizure of the vital vi-tal utility. In arresting four men, including two known Arias supporters, one week before the revolt for allegedly smuggling arms purchased from American soldiers, Panama police were on top of the trouble from the start. Apprehended at his home on the night of the insurrection, the dapper Senor Arias, an ardent nationalist na-tionalist who has attacked U. S. policy toward his country, fervently denied participation in! the plot. ' WAR CRIMINALS: Sentence Admiral Held responsible for the mass execution ex-ecution of 98 American civilian employees of the Pan-American Airways Air-ways on Wake island in October, 1943, when heavy aerial bombardment bombard-ment led the Japanese to believe that the U. S. was preparing to retake the territory, Rear Admiral Sakai-bara Sakai-bara and Lieutenant Commander Tachibana were sentenced to hang by a U. S. military corrynission. Under issuance of their orders, the 98 Americans were marched to a desolate beach in the pale moonlight moon-light and then mowed down by rifle squads while blindfolded and shackled. shac-kled. Prior to the sentencing, Sakaibara impassionately assailed the U. S. atomic attack on Japan, telling his judges: "Now as we are to receive the decision of the American court, I would like to make a request that the people who planned and carried car-ried out the dropping of atomic bombs on Japan should be regarded in the same light as we are." i TIRES: Pinch to Persist Despite a steady increase in production pro-duction and the removal of rationing, ration-ing, passenger motorists still will find an insufficient stock of tires to go around before late in 1946. With estimates that around 40 million mil-lion tires will be available for motorists mo-torists during 1946 following extensive exten-sive allocation for new cars, and with many drivers able to use two or more cords for replacements, dealers will be compelled to institute insti-tute a rationing system of their own to begin with to effect any kind of equitable distribution. OPA also promised to keep a close check on prices- to keep them within bounds in view of the tremendous pent-up demand. To assure a maximum distribution of available tires, new cars will be equipped with only four, and restrictions restric-tions will be maintained on white side walls. Exports also will be curbed. Rubber Available Measured against prewar consumption con-sumption and even greater postwar requirements, 1946 will continue to be a "famine year" as far as natural nat-ural rubber is concerned, though synthetic syn-thetic supplies should make up the deficit. j Trade circles expect an all time, peacetime record consumption in ' excess of 900.000 tons of rubber in this country in 1946. of which between 250.000 and 350,000 tons should be of natural vintage and 600,000 to 700,000 of synthetics. j |