The Idaho Statesman from Boise, Idaho • 1

83rd Year 166tli Issue ESTABLISHED 1864 Boise Idaho Tuesday Morning January 7 1947 ASSOCIATED UNITED FRKttS INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE Price Five Cents Recalls Marshall From China Truman Urges Congress Keep Present Tax Structure Asks w- Ban On Some Union Practices 4-I Top Tribunal President Suggests 20-Man Commission Be Established To Tackle Problem of Strikes President Asks Personal Report From Emissary WASHINGTON President Truman Monday night recalled Gen George Marshall from China to report on the crit ical situation there The former Army chief of staff who has been the personal peace emissary in China for a year is expected to leave Nanking by plane today President has directed Gen Marshall to return to Washington to report in person on the situation in was all the White House announcement said White House Press Secretary Charles Ross said he was not prepared to comment when askec if Marshall would return to his post This probably will depend GOV A ROBINS second from left hand Upraised takes the oath of office Monday from Chief Justice Alfred Bodge right foreground in an inaugural ceremony which saw an all-Republican administration move into the statehouse in Boise At left Is retiring Gov Arnold WlUiams- who presented his successor vLJ New GOP Officials Take Office Robins Makes Address Today WASHINGTON UP) Smiling and conciliatory Democratic President Truman Monday laid before the Republican 80th congress a program to curb strikes and asked continued high taxes His state the union message applauded frequently by the joint congressional session called for legislation to outlaw jurisdictional strikes and check secondary boycotts and for a commission to devise machinery for the prevention of nation-wide strikes The message was in large part a generalized one It renewed only in broad outline many recommendations previously made in specific form leaving details this time to congress Minimum wage farm program health insurance refugee immigration and civil rights legislation were some of the issues BIr Truman raised for congress to consider without telling it in detaU what he feels should be done Oth- Some Republicans Hit Proposals on Labor As Being Too Vague WASHINGTON (INS) House Speaker a in pledged Monday that Republicans in the GOP-dominated 80th congress will consider President state-of-the-union mesage the EBmliefSims TOKYO (Tuesday (IP) Former Japanese Premier IlidekI Tojo and his vice minister of war Ileitaro Kimura opposed execution of the Doolittle air raiders fearing American retaliation on Japenese prisoners it was disclosed this morning before the international war crimes tribunal The statement was made by Gen Ryuklchl Tanaka pudgy former chief of staff of the Japanese First army during cross-examination by defense same fine cooperative spirit in which it was Democrats and Republicans joined in praising the address which the President personally delivered to a joint session of the senate and house Some Republicans said the executive did not go far enough in proposing specific labor legislation There was opposition to his plan for a joint congressional civilian commission to report recommendations by Bfarch 15 Adamant Tax Issue Republicana also appeared determined to push their drive to cut Simple Inaugural Ceremonies Are Held in Capital Idaho's state government Monday night was under the complete control of the Republican party for the first time in 16 years In a simple 42-minute Inauguration ceremony Monday Gov A Robins and seven GOP elective officers were sworn Into office to replace the Democratic administration of the past two years Robins was administered the oath at 12:22 Take Oaths From Budge Standing room for onlookers wvas at a premium for the ceremony as the 62-year-old St Maries physician and his entourage took their oaths from Supreme Court Justice Alfred Budge Members of the house of representatives and senate were administered their oaths as groups The Republican sweep which took over the statehouse from cellar to dome also returned a substantial-majority in both bodies of the legislature There are 41 Republicans and 18 Democrats in the house and 30 Republicans and 14 Democrats in the senate Following the inauguration new officials moved to their offices vacated Monday by their Demo- (Please turn to Page 3 Column 3) Rent Control Adequate Return Guarantee Not Court WASHINGTON UP) The supreme court gave its backing Monday to a lower court finding that nothing in the price control act requires rent ceiling to be set high enough to assure property owners adequate fixed return on the The court refused to review decision given by the emergency court of appeals in a test case from New York City that the proper standard for determining such ceilings is whether they will provide the rental housing industry with a net return equal to that in the most recent period in which rents had not been influenced by defense ActuaUy the supreme court had nothing of its own to say on the point vbut its bare order left the emergency finding in fuU force The high refusal to review the case took on particular importance in view of the current pressure from property owners for revision of ceilings In other rulings Monday the court: 1 Overturned an order by the Interstate Commerce commission which had sought to limit the type of service to be rendered by Sea-train Lines Inc a freight car carrying ship route between New York and New Orleans and Aexas City 2 Ruled in a sharply disputed 5-4 decision that manufacturers making and selling patented articles under license from the patent holder can attack the validity of the patent in litigation to recover royalties if their agreements with the patent holder include price fixing revisions 3 Dismissed a petition by the Chronicle and Gazette Publishing company Inc of Portsmouth for review of a state law holding maximum charges for political advertising down to the rates charged commercial advertisers The newspaper contended that the law violates the rights of freedom of the press A majority of the high court held that there was no substantial federal question involved Justices Douglas Murphy and Rutledge dissented Robins Williams Voice Tributes To Late Idahoan new governor A Robins and retiring Gov Arnold Williams joined Blonday in paying tribute to Richard Wells who died this morning at Pocatello Robins said Wells was statesman in his own adding: am saddened beyond my powers to express it by the word received of the passing of my good friend Dick Wells He was one of leading one we can ill afford to lose Dick Wells was a scholar a thorough gentleman a statesman in his own right and a wonderfully' fine friend His place cannot be Williams said that to him Wells was one of the most outstanding men we had in the was a man who had wide said Williams "Idaho has lost one of her most valiant citizens His loss will be keenly felt by people throughout the state of Idaho and -the west We have Indeed lost a great REPORT STUDIED LONDON UP) A foreign office statement said Monday an allparty parliamentary report urging that Britain adopt an entirely new policy toward Greece was being "studied with but otherwise there was no comment from government officials CTliree Yugoslavs Convicted of Sale Of Secrets to SAN FRANCISCO (INS) Wiliam Wilson Soale 39-year-old X-ray technician stabbed his wife to death Monday night in a downtown San Francisco hotel room Soale waited in the room until police arrived and calmly confessed the crime saying his wife had been unfaithful QUINCY Mass The plant of the air reduction sales company blew up Monday night with an explosion that rocked the countryside for miles around Two employes were unaccounted for fyjd the one story metal building was completely destroyed AAF Disputes Navy Claims (Chicago Tribune Preaa Service) An army-navy dispute over the effectiveness of army bombers in the decisive battle of Midway was disclosed Monday Ah army air forces spokesman told the Chicago Tribune that the AAF has filed a strong counterclaim against the report that Army B-17s and B-26s based on Midway scored no hits against the powerful Japanese carrier fleet which tried to capture the American outpost early in June 1942 The army report filed with the army and navy assessment committeee' contends that the B-17s scored 22 direct hits 6 probable hits and 46 near misses in the battle Four B-26s which dropped one aerial torpedo apiece made three hits on two Japanese aircraft carriers the air forces asserted The army statement directly contradicted the evaluation of the air attack as reported in Campaigns of the Pacific Issued Dec 22 The navy said that carrier-based navy dive bombers scored all the hits during the Midway battle sinkings four Japanese carriers and routing the big Japanese fleet The claim was based on the postwar interrogation of Japanese naval officers and upon Japanese naval reports which gave the American army bombers a score of zero RICHARD WELLS Richard Wells Dies at Home In Pocatello POCATELLO Iff) Richard (Dick) Wells 50 prominent in Idaho business and political activities for many years died at his home Monday after a prolonged illness Wells was a United States consultant at the organization meet-ng of the United Nations in San Francisco He was a prominent lublic speaker and was a leader of ihe Republican party in Idaho As a business man he was pro-rietor of the Idaho Lumber and ardware company vice president of the Idaho Bank and Trust com-jany and proprietor of the Idaho 3oal and Ice company Former Rotary President Wells was a past president of Rotary International He traveled extensively during he time he served as president of lotary International He toured Great Britain and some other European countries and made an extensive visit to Central and South America In Peru he was decorated with the Order of the Sun and in Chile received the Order of Bferit rank of commander Wells had visited every state in he United States the Hawaiian glands and many provinces in Canada In 1946 he sought the Republican nomination for United States senator but was defeated in the primary by Rep Henry Dwor-ihak the successful candidate in the November election Divio Affairs Leader Wells was bom in Salt Lake City Oct 21 1896 He was educated at the University of Utah and Utah State Agricultural college In 1921 he married Bliss Se nate Vi: Dunn Wells was a leader in civic ac-ivities He was founder and pres-dent of the Idaho Society for Crippled Children He served as iresident of the Pocatello cham-)er of commerce in 1926-27 was chairman of the board of education from 1927 to 1930 and served as a director of the Idaho Mental hospital from 1928 to 1930 Surviving are his widow and two children Democrats9 Committee Squabble Resolved WASHINGTON (IP) Senate Democrats settled a family row over committee assignments without difficulty Blonday night and were ready to ask senate approval Wednesday The Republican committee slate was approved Blonday Final decision on Democratic assignments was delayed by Sen ames Murray (D-Mont) who objected to giving up his post on he public lands committee to Sen Warren Magnuson (D-Wash) Minority leader Alben Bark-ey of Kentucky settled the dis-mte by placing Magnuson on the committee while Murray retained his membership on the public lands -and labor groups er problems notably the rent control act expiring June 30 were not mentioned at all On the main courses of labor controls and taxes where the GOP already has set sail the chief tack was this: IUts Jurisdictional Strikes Labor Mr Truman proposed legislation to outlaw those strikes and boycotts by which unions seek to defeat rival unions or win undeserved bargaining recognition and to provide arbitration for interpreting contracts None of this would cover wage disputes Then for the "problem of nationwide strikes in vital he urged congress to provide a 20-man study commission of congressmen and representatives of labor management and the public which he said could recommend legislation by Biarch 15 A study commission is something Republican senators already have vetoed Taxes Without mentioning the 20 per cent income tax cut planned by GOP house leaders Mr Truman declared he anticipates a substantial which should (Please turn to page 9 column 1) Army Juggles ETO Command Clay 9 Keyes to Take Over Jobs Now Held By McNarney Clark WASHINGTON (IP) The Army shook up its European theater command Blonday for the second time since the war ended replacing Gen Joseph McNarney as top theater commander and Gen Mark Clark as chief of American forces in Austria BIcNamey will be succeeded by hia present deputy Lt Gen Lucius Clay and Clark by Lt Gen Goeffrey Keyes commander of the Third army in Germany who originally was to have become deputy on Jan' 10 The War department said BIcNamey will become Army air forces representative for the joint chiefs of staff and the military staff committee of the United Nations effective Bfarch 15 Clark will succeed the late Gen Joseph Stilwell as commander of the Sixth army with headquarters at San Francisco There was no official explanation for the changes but War-department sources said transfer probably traced to the fact that the European command has become more of a political than a military job Clay as deputy has been handling the -complex diplomatic dealings with Russia particularly and his new post is regarded as more of a change in title than in actual work NIGHT CLUB ROBBED HOLLYWOOD -(IP) A favorite motion picture rendezvous -the Bfocambo night club Blonday was held up by three bandits who obtained $16000 in cash and a jewelry display To Leave Wednesday NANKING (Tuesday) UP) General Marshall will leave Wednesday morning by air for Washington to confer with President Truman and Secretary Byrnes his headquarters announced today Marshall called on Generalissimo- Chiang Kai-Shek Monday night to say goodbye upon the conferences he holds here with Mr Human and Secretary of State James Byrnes and own evaluation of the situ ation whether he thinks his return would do any good Place Blaine on Chinese American officials have nothing but praise for the work Marshall has done in China although his main objective establishing peace between the Communists and Nationalists has not been achieved These officials insist that it Is China which has failed rather than Marshall The General they say has done everything humanly pos sible to help warring political faction reconcile their differences Negotiations Disrupted The situation has been going from bad to worse for many months The Communists have broken off negotiations with Generalissimo Chiang government on plans for political unification There are increasing demonstrations by Chinese students against American policy In China The Chinese Communists as well as Soviet propagandists have been denouncing American policy for months recall set in motion plans to review the entire far eastern situation especially United States relations with China and the Soviet Union in that area Visits Soviet Capital Purpose Is to Pay Respects to Red Army Briton Says (Copyright by Th New York Tlmea) BIOSCOW Field Marshal Bernard Bfontgomery chief of the British imperial general staff landed in Bfoscow Blonday afternoon to my respects to the Soviet army" wartime hero was warmly greeted at the Moscow military airport by Blarshal Alexander Vassilevsky Soviet chief of staff Gen Butuzov chief of the external affairs section of the Soviet army high command and other Soviet army generals British and dominions diplomats and military attaches headed by the British ambassador Sir Maurice Peterson and Gen Georges Catroux French ambassador were also on hand No Americans save newspapermen were present although Ambassador Bedell Smith is an old friend and comrade-in-arms of the Britsih leader Speaking into a microphone of the Moscow radio Viscount Montgomery declared he had crane to Russia as a soldier want to pay my respects to the Soviet army that mighty army which played such a large art in victory of the Allies over the Axis powers in the late Commenting on claims of some nations that they suffered more severely in the war than any other nation and should be given preferential treatment Blontgomery declared "My view for what it 4s worth is that the nation which suffered most severely was Soviet The Russian people he declared did not complain their sufr tering in brave and fought on The purpose of his visit he said was to friendly contact with the Soviet army I hope that from that friendly contact there may develop and grow a mutual understanding a mutual confidence and a happy relationship between our two armies which will be for the mutual benefit of us Hertzog Takes Lead LA PAZ Bolivia UP) Election officials announced amid mounting ublic excitement Monday night with 75000 ballots tabulated foreign cabinet minister Enrique i lertzog had a 500-vote lead over LiUis Fernando Guachalla in the contest for the presidency of Bo-ivia A few hours earlier Guachalla former minister to Washington had been 192 votes ahead with 72000 ballots counted Numerous Bills To Be Introduced By Legislators Idaho's 29th legislature came to official life at noon Monday and looked ahead to a monumental legislative program some observers speculated might require longer than the statutory 60 days Hie course in front of the lawmakers will be chartered by Gov A Robins in his inaugural address before a joint session of the house and senate at noon today Blass Inauguration The 59 members of the house and 44 members of the senate were administered their oaths of office in separate mass ceremonies Im mediately afterward they went through the perfunctory task of organizing a function that was after executive meetings Sunday night of the Re publican majorities in both chambers The house is made up of 41 Republicans and 18 Democrats There are 30 Republicana and 14 Democrats in the senate Rep Barney Glaven (R-Twin Falls) farmer and Salmon River canal company president starting his second term as a represenative was unanimously elected house speaker Rep Erwin Schweibert (R-Cany on) College of Idaho professor is majority floor leader Rep Arthur Wilson (R-Washing ton) assistant floor leader and Rep David Tate (R-Ada) Republican caucus chairman The senate which will be pre sided over by Lt Gov Donald Whitehead unanimously reelected Sen Elmer Williams (R-Bing-ham) as president pro tempore The Republicans chose Sen Ed son Deal (R-Canyon) as floor leader and Sen Fred Taylor (R-Ada) as caucus chairman The Democrats named Rep Howard Hechtner (D-Nez Perce) as minority leader in the house (Please turn to Page 3 Column 2) Measure to Kill Excise Taxes Is Introduced WASHINGTON UP) A bill to end immediately the special wartime excise or taxes estimated at $1500000000 a year was rushed before congress Monday even as President Truman urged a extension of these levies Rep (D-N Y) introduced the measure to roll back the excise levies and a strong Republican move was afoot for similar action Rep Knutson (R-Minn) chairman of the tax-writing ways and means committee said the excise subject would get quick consideration fired at the fugitive after he had fired the first shot Rocco aimed four shots at Smith then got the fatal slug in the nose Meanwhile Mr and Mrs Lewis walked from the house Rocco had left less than two hours previously Rocco first hid out at the home of Mr and Mrs Frank Nash at nearby Broome Center After holding the Nashs at gun point for 29 hours he forced Nash to drive him to Grand Gorge then apparently changed his plans and ordered Nash to drive him to the home of Lewis whom he had met when he came here on hunting trips Nash obeyed the order and Rocco took him into the Lewis home with him There he announced he was staying Lewis said he tried to persuade Rocco to leave but Rocco only twisted his gun and said: got to Lewis related Rocco kept saying: Was The dark handsome racketeer never mentioned the shooting in a crowded New York City subway station of his former wife whose leg was amputated as a result of the wound Lewis said Sersonal income taxes 20 per cent espite the opposition Rep Halleck (R-Ind) house majority leader said he joined expressing to the President our firm intention to cooperate for the welfare of our beloved Halleck said: "With the executive we shall find the right answers for the welfare of our country" Sen Taft (R-Ohio) said the President "apparently endorses about one-half of the Case antistrike bill and rule the rest out am inclined to favor continuation of the three dollar liquor tax but we should consider retaining other excise taxes very carefully House minority leader Rayburn (D-Texas) former speaker said that the President had made courageous and statesmanlike statement Other comment: Sen Bricker (R-Ohio): best thing was his offer of cooperation with the "It Was Too Sen Ferguson (R-BIich): was too general It lacked the force and punch like to have seen in these important Sen Pepper (D-FIa) "We would have a better country if that message as a whole could be put into Sen Hatch (D-N BI) strong address sound recommendations and good Sen Bridges (R-NH): labor proposals are entirely too general and fail to attack specifically enough fundamentals underlying labor Sen Connally (D-Texas): (Please turn to page 9 column 3) Troops of French Foreign Legion Land at Haiphong PARIS (IP) French reinforcements including troops of the famed Foreign Legion arrived at Hanoi and Haiphong in Indo-China by air and sea Blonday as the French command prepared an attack that would sweep the last Viet-Nam troops from the surrounded Chinese quarter of Hanoi The Foreign Legion troops landed at Haiphong aboard the liner Pasteur wnile a fleet of Dakota and Junkers transports landed other troops from southern Indo-China at Gialam airfield outside Hanoi Recent reports said the Haiphong-Hanoi road was about to be reopened and lt was assumed the reinforcements would march to Hanoi quickly Dispatches by the French press agency AFP reporting the arrival or reinforcements said also that the general attack against the Chinese quarter in which some 1000 Viet-Nam troops are tightly blockaded by the French was being delayed during negotiations to assure the safety of Chinese civilians in the area Further negotiations were reported under way and it was said the French army would withhold its attack until the matter was definitely settled one way or another Mine Manager Ousted By Government WASHINGTON The interior department Blonday ousted Harold Fox as manager of the Fox Mines near Morgantown Va on grounds that he violated the Krug-Lewis agreement and named Navy Capt Chandler as resident manager to replace Fox BELGRADE An ex- Partisan leader and two journalists were convicted Monday of selling military secrets to the embassy in Belgrade and all three were immediately sentenced to death by the Serbian supreme court Milos Trufonovitch premier of the Yugoslav government in exile in London during 1943 and one of the defendants was sentenced to an eight-year prison term Those condemned to die are: Partisan Capt Zeljko Sustin Branko Javanovitch and Milutin Stefanovitch both journalists All were found guilty of espionage Stefanovitch is a former era- Eloye of the American embassy in lelgrade Truck Drivers Stage Walkout in London LONDON An estimated 0000 truck drivers demanding a hour work week and 12-day acations joined a mounting wildcat strike here Monday stopping delivery of tons of meat flour vegetables and liquor to hundreds of London shops and hospitals Officials of the transport and general workers union scheduled an emergency meeting to appeal to the drivers to handle food supplies piling up on docks and at railway depots The union voted Sunday continue negotiations with the road haulage central wages board which had rejected the request for a 44-hour week in place of the present 48-hour week and offered nine days vacation to the union's demand for 12 THE WEATHER FORECAST For Bolt and vicinity Clear with moderate wind hiyheit temperature today about 32 and lowest tonight about 15 Partly cloudy and warmer Wednesday BOISE WEATHER Maximum 33 minimum 12 precipitation 02 Sun rises today at 8:18 a aun acta at 6:21 WEATHER OVER THE COUNTRY Station Max Chicago 29 Kansaa City Omaha Denver 43 Blamarck 36 Cheyenne 38 St Louie 33 yv York hlnxton Camera-Gun Plot Suspect Shot To Death hy Net York Police 41 Aboard Escape Unhurt as Plane Blazes After Landing at Chicago By TONI ADAMS GRAND GORGE UP) Alphonse Rocco hunted since New eve in the of his former wife was shot to death Monday night by police as he crouched in a sleeping bag under a spruce tree on a lonely hill in Patchin hollow Under a full moon in this isolated Schoharie county country Rocco fired a German Walther automatic as state police and New York City detectives trapped him about a mile up the hill from a farmhouse where he had forced a man and his wife to hide him Sunday night and all day Monday State Police Inspector Charles LaForce who led the searching party of about 50 declined to reveal where he had received 'the tip that Rocco was hiding out at the farm home of Mr and Mrs Harry Lewis and their two-year-old son Richard It was the second farm house in the neighborhood into which Rocco had forced his wa since he came to this area Saturday in a stolen car Corp Francis Hilfrank expert tracker and crack shot of the state )olice Trooper James Smith md Detective Henry Strauss of the 14th precinct New York City baggage and several bags of mail The broken landing gear was found about 500 feet behind the plane One of the stewardesses Bliss Lita Knapp 26 Bfinneapolis said the passengers remained calm and there was no trouble getting them out of the plane Miss Betty Bell 22 Minneapolis the other stewardess said the flight left Minneapolis at 4:20 Blonday and that the trip was uneventful until the landing at the airport Joe Kitts Minneapolis was co-pilot of the transport The airlines spokesman said the civil aeronautics authority had been notified immediately of the accident and that an investigation would be started CHICAGO (INS) Flames destroyed a Northwest airlines DC-4 commercial transport plane after it landed at the Chicago municipal airport Monday night The 37 passengers and four crew members aboard escaped unhurt An airlines spokesman said the plane made a landing but veered when it got on the ground The pilot Capt Jack Galt of St Paul Minn told airport authorities that this caused the left landing gear to break off and the left wing struck the runway As the plane skidded to a stop the left inboard motor of the four-engine ship caught fire apparently Galt said when a gasoline line broke from the impact of the wing striking the ground Despite the efforts of ground crew -men and firemen the plane was destroyed as was the pas s22 7ii tland Francisco LOfl AnClCI senses 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