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DAILY SUN Sept. 30, 1946 SAN BERNARDINO Howser Raps Attorney General's Claims in Lux Case as 'Politics' GROSS NEGLIGENCE CHARGED IN DISPOSAL OF WAR SURPLUS Congressional Committee Says Confusion 'Smooths Path' for Speculation, Fraud De Gaulle Hits France's New Constitution MANY CARS COLLIDE ON BRIDGE IN THICK FOG federal authorities in presenting evidpnrp and testimony before the tory is in existence and the com U.S. Considers Selling Goods To Germans McNarney Approves Transfer of Surplus Nonmilitary Stocks WASHINGTON, Sept 29-UP) The sale of millions of dollars worth of surplus American equipment to Germans is being considered by the American government, it was learned from diplomatic officials today. Gen. Joseph B.

McNarney, American zone commander in Germany, reportedly has recommended the step in a plan being studied by the state and treasury departments. Under the proposal as now drawn up, nonmilitary supplies would be transferred to approved local German government agencies, companies and individuals in the American zone for use in reconstruction work. CREDIT TO BUYERS The American officials who dis WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 UP) Gross negligence, carelessness, "sloppy" administration and confusion were charged by a congressional committee today in government disposal of billions of dollars worth of war surplus property. Such a condition, a formal report by the house surplus property investigating committee said, "smooths the path" for speculation, favoritism and fraud.

Chairman Slaughter, Missouri Democrat, filed the interim report with the house clerk. Coincident with this, Represen-t i Wigglesworth, Massachusetts Republican, charged in a letter to Chairman -Bland, Virginia Democrat, of the house merchant marine committee that "failure of the maritime commission and the war shipping administration to renegotiate (wartime) contracts involving excessive profits may have depi'ived the treasury of hundreds of millions of dollars." HIGH PROFITS LISTED The Massachusetts Republican said "exorbitant sums have been realized in respect to contracts for the purchase, charter, insurance and trade-in of vessels acquired during the war," with some profits apparently running as high as per cent. Wigglesworth said information presented to the merchant marine committee, during its investigation to determine whether there was wartime "profiteering," showed that fraud, malfeasance or wilful misstatements of fact were pres ent in renegotiation of some contracts. The Slaughter report called for an inventory of the huge stores of surplus goods. It declared: "Unless a satisfactory inventory system is speedily established the taxpayers will suffer unprecedented loss.

It is unbelievable that in a business operation involving bil lions of dollars no accurate inven federal grand jury," Carter re lated. "This Howser flatly refused to do, stating that his office could not nresent evidence or testimony to the federal grand jury, and that any documents in the case could not and would not be made avail able to the U. S. attorney's office." James Roosevelt, chairman of the state Democratic party, added to Clark's statement that the uem-rir narrv of California is "Dre- pared to charge that Howser is in sincere and derelict in his duty as a district attorney." (Viliwni Relieve Her Cold you rub ing, warming VapoRub Ssfc on her cold-irritated throat, chest and back at bedtime, it start3 to work instantly while she sleeps, VapoRub's special relief-giving action keeps on working! for hours. Often by mornins most misery fC the cold is gone.

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The fog was heaviest between 8 and 9 a.m. The weather bureau said it was radiation fog, rare for such intensity in the bay area. More than a score of collisions occurred. The fog was so thick that 40 minutes were required by two am bulances and a patrol wagon to crawl from Oakland to the toll plaza. Film Writer Weds Widow of Brother LAS VAGAS, New, Sept.

29 (IP) Ring Lardner film writer and Frances Chaney Lardner widow of his late brother, David, were married last night by Justice of the Peace Gene Ward. David Lardner was killed by a land mine near Aachen, Germany, almost two years ago while serving as a war correspondent. Union Pickets Halt More Freight Trains SANTA ROSA, Sept. 24 UP) A. F.

L. lumber workers picket ing the Northwestern Pacific railroad line here stopped two more trains which they declared were carrying "hot" lumber from strike-bound redwood mills in Humbolt and Mendocino counties. ALLSTEEL QUOMSETS NOW 20 Ft. Wide 24 Ft. Wide.

40 Ft. Wide Any Length Obtainable From Steel Buildings, Inc. (A Locally Owned and Operated Corporation) 414 East Central Avenue on Highway 9V, Between 8th and 9th Streets, Redlands Write or Phone Collect Redlands 6301 Anno THE ONDAY, ii.ii w.a, i mi i um Action Threatens Another Political Crisis for Bidault EPINAL, France, Sept. 29 UP) Gen. Charles De Gaulle today condemned the new French con stitution, declaring it would ere ate a France too weak to maintain its independence in a struggle be tween east and west between Russia and the United States, as he portrayed it.

De Gaulle asked voters to reject the charter in the referendum two weeks hence. His address held the threat of another political crisis and a possible split of Presi dent Georges Bidault's dominant M.R.P. party, made up of both pro and anti-De Gaulle factions. If such a split swayed enough votes to defeat the constitution, a third constituent assembly would be necessary, with De Gaulle's return to the interim presidency seen as a possibility in some quar ters. 'DANGEROUS' WORLD The three largest French politi cal parties, the Popular Republican Movement (M.R.P.) the Communists and Socialists, all voted for the constitution, which was approved 440 to 106 just before dawn.

Another constitution, written when the Communists rather than the M.R.P. formed the dominant political party, was rejected earlier this year by the French electorate. De Gaulle in his policy address described the world as "hard and dangerous," in which "the ambitious grouping of Slavs created, willy nilly, under the leadership of a boundless power, confronts automatically a young America replete with resources and which has just discovered, in its turn, the perspectives of a warrior power. He said western Europe is at least temporarily in ruins. SOMBER FORECAST Given such circumstances, he said, France and her empire "have chance of safeguarding their independence, tneir security, ana rights unless the state is capable of exerting a heavy and continuous responsibility in a determined direction." The speech was filled with somber allusions to the future and bitter references to the past.

The former president was pitting himself agains three-fourths of the legislature which had voted for the constitution, which only the Radical Socialists and rightists had opposed. De Gaulle held himself rigidly aloof from party affiliations, saying "these convictions are my own and do not have a party. They are neither of the left nor of the right." uncing ENING SEPT. 30 OAKLAND, Sept. 29 UP A din of rear end automobile crashes sounded for an hour today at the Oakland end of the San Francisco-Oakland bay bridge as a thick fog blanket extended from the approach to a half mile on the bridge.

"You could hear accidents happening but you couldn't see them," said Highway Traffic Officer Calvin Brugge In the thick traffic and the resultant snarls, ambulances were unable to get through and automobiles eventually made their own way off the bridge. "There was one or two cases of broken legs" to car occupants, Brugge said. The highway department had all its midnight and day shift on the THE AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK Monday Morning Comments This column has nothing to do with banking. The Boss being far away attending one of those riotous banker's conventions, it seems a good time to talk about something else. I tried to convince him it would be a good idea if I went to the convention and acquired a little knowledge of banking, but he thinks it would be a great mistake for me to learn anything about banking and would probably end my career as a bank columnist.

A couple of other local boys are heading East this month. If you have been fol-lowing the local Junior baseball league, you know there has been a contest running all summer, the prize being two tickets to the World series. Bob Anderson and Bill Abernatchi won the trips and will be flown back to the series. Bob who was pitcher for the Argonauts, was chosen by popular vote of the audiences and Bill, i pitcher for Fontana's team, was elected the outstanding athlete of the league. What i a thrill And a lot more fun than going to a banker's con- vention.

i You know, this baseball league has turned out to be quite a thing. They play every week, and the players' 1 ages range from fourteen to eighteen. It is grand for the kids and for the audiences, too. One of the other players, Ed Conforti, has been a 'LOS ANGELES, Sept. 29 (TP) Distrjct Attorney Fred N.

Howser today branded as 'politics the claim of Attorney General Tom C. Clark that Howser failed to co operate with federal officials to curb Tony Cornero Stralla and his gambling ship Lux. Howser said federal agencies didn't stop in until his office had made 88 arrests and for weeks had harassed Stralla's operations of his floating casino off the Cali fornia coast. The federal government recent ly seized the ship on the grounds Stralla had violated his license which permitted the vessel to engage in coastwise trade. "Poiitics," Howser said about Clark's statements, made a press conference Saturday, and Clark retorted: "Nonsense." Clark said he knew nothing about the Lux case until Gov.

Earl Warren asked a federal investigation. Clark said he asked U. S. District Attorney James Carter of Los Angeles to look into the case. "Carter reported to me that he had requested some action from Howser and said that he had asked Howser to cooperate with American dollars upon request.

The equipment involved, they said, includes road building machinery, vehicles and communications stocks but absolutely no articles of notential war usage. Military government officials suggested turning some ot these supplies over to the Germans, they said, because of the likelihood that much of it would deteriorate if not sold. It'a true! Prompt, almost yours! Simply cleanse irritated skin with gentle, mildly medicated Cuticura Soap then apply soothing. emollient Cuticura Ointment. Bur todayl At druggiaU everywhere.

BEGIN FREE INSTRUCTIONS LEARN TO SKATE IT'S FUN! HARRY'S RiK IfRelieflJ 1, wI ERS "THE TIME Co-Feature: LER Oil THIRD PARTY RULED OUT BY LIBERAL LEADERS MWHWWiW 1111 11 "MH touh.um ii OF THEIR LIVES" "THE UNKNOWN" mittee unreservedly condemns this sloppy and unbusinesslike practice." The committee, whose investigation is still proceeding, noted that "a new administrator has been appointed since the date of the activities described in this interim report." His testimony and that of his policy advisers "has not left the committee with the impression that sufficient specific remedial steps have yet been taken. "It does appear, however, that the current administrator intends to make a sincere effort to improve the existing chaos in the disposal of surplus property." 'MIDDLEMEN' HIT Operation of brokers or "mid dlemen" who "peddle" surplus property was excoriated by the committee. However, it made no direct charges that fraud had been committed. The report declared: "The inability of the public to locate surplus property, in fact. the inability of the war assets administration, itself, to locate surplus property has led to a thriv ing business conducted by indi vJduals who devote their time to visiting warehouses, locating sur plus pr6perty of desirable types and bringing it to the attention of the prospective purchasers.

"The administrative delays in offering property for sale after it has been declared surplus affords brokers the opportunity to find it and advise customers long before the selling offices of the W.A.A. know of its existence." The committee raised a doubt that the W.A.A. was getting prices for surpluses advantageous to the government. "The employment of different methods of allocation at the fancy of different employes," it said, "creates a situation which is cal culated to foster every kind of favoritism and improper activities on the part of W.A.A. employes." organized a "committee of 50" study the possibilities of "political realignment" and to plan a second "conference of progressives" to meet at Washington in mid-January.

The conference was sponsored by the National Citizens Political Action committee, the C.I.O. Polit ical Action committee, and the Independent Citizens Committee of the Arts, Sciences Professions. The conference program was drawn up by a committee headed by former Secretary of Ihe Interior Ickes. Now Many Wear FALSE TEETH With More Comfort FASTEETH, a pleasant alkaline (non sold) powrior, holds teeth more firmly. To eat and talk In mora comfort, just sprinkle a little FASTEKTH in your plates.

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Spokesmen for the group said they would "cross party lines" in supporting liberal candidates, but agreed they would find more candidates to support in the democratic party than in the G.O.P. The delegates, from 35 states, announced full endorsement of former Secretary of Commerce Henry A. Wallace and urged him to make a countrywide speaking tour to further the policy of international cooperation. The conference called on all liberals to rally to the support of the waning new deal policies of the late President Roosevelt; denounced imperialism by any country and Tailed for the removal of U. S.

troops from China; and closed the plan said it would amount to granting a credit from the United States government to the buyers, for which the future German government would be re sponsible. The plan is similar to one approved Vecently for Japan and Korea, upon General MacArthur's request, whereby about $50,000, 000 in surplus American Army stocks will be turned over to those governments. These officials said the amount of surplus goods to be transferred to the Germans under the plan is not known at this stage. About $1,000,000,000 in American surplus is reported in Germany, but some of this will be purchased by neighboring countries under credits extended them by the United States. Although the payment details of the arrangement have yet to be worked out, these informants said the buyers presumably will pay in reichsmarks with the understand ing that the future German government will convert these into CONTINUOUS FROM 1:30 51 1 Si He 2nd HIT "HOTEL RESERVE" Continuous From 1 P.M.

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I have a letter from the Parent Teacher's Association asking everyone to join the PTA especially fathers! I always "thought the PTA was just something the mothers started so they could tell the teacher how to teach Junior. It seems I am mistaken the teachers really want them to join. It seems to be a bargain fifty cents a year, and you get to talk back to the teachers. Be sure and drop in to The American National Bank on Street at Court next week and let the Boss tell you about the convention. Member federal Dtpomt Insurant Corporttlon 2 NIGHTS Perris Hill Ball Park, San Bernardino Wednesday Night, October 2, 8 P.M.

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