Richmond Times-Dispatch from Richmond, Virginia • 1

Weather Forecast VIRGINIA Slowly rising tim peratare with rain on the unit today and some mow In the Interior thU morning: followed by fair with moderate temperature Friday Local Data on Fan 5 fstclj On the Inside Agriculture 18 Markets 18 Amusement Obituaries 7 Comics 15 Radio 15 Editorial 10 Sports 16-17 International 8-9 State City £-7 National 11 Women 11 lira Five Cents 96th Year vsiM at Suker IT Entered January 28 1908 at the Poet Office Richmond Virginia ea Second Clui Matter Richmond 11 Virginia Thursday January 17 1946 Dial 3-4242 Calls The Times-Dispatch Self-Sufficiencv Program for State Truman to Offer Governor Would End Federal Aid New Parley Scheduled In Capital Conference Set On Meal Dispute By ho Associated Preaa President Trurnan last night told CIO President Philip Murray and President of the United States Steel Corporation Benjamin Fairless to settle their wage dispute by this afternoon nr he will make a proposal himself "in the public Press Secretary Charles Ross told newsmen after the principals recessed their conversations until 2 (Eastern Standard Time) today that the President asked for an agreement when they return then or within a "reasonable time during the afternoon Rosa said In response to questions that seizure of the vital steel industry "has not entered into the discussions' up to now Murray and Fairless called to the White House by Mr Truman in an effort to avoid a strike of 800000 CIO steel workers set for Monday had no comment on today's sessions when they left the White House Iry Over Mr Truman urged them Ross said to "sleep over it and pray over it and do their utmost to get together and come back again at 2 o'clock tomorrow Ross told a news conference that each principal was strongly of the opinion that he had the right side of the But he added that still Fairless upon leaving the conference similarly said that negotiations are still But neither he nor Murray would say what progress if any had been made Ross said he knew of no plans for Fairless and Murray to meet in the interim before reconvening at 2 todav Ross said that except for brief personal appeals at the start of the afternoon and evening conferences Mr Truman had remained available in his own office but had not participated in the talks The President declared that a settlement was "vital to the interest of the Ross reported Parkers to Confer Representatives of management and labor agreed to attend a government conference in Washington today in an effort to settle a strike of 268000 packing house workers which has pinched off fresh meat supplies to a nation which has than a week's reserve left The conference was called by Secretary of Labor Schwellcnhach after consultation with President Truman lie asked the companies end heads of the CIO and AFL unions involved to come to Washington "to continue your negotiations and to confer with me The strike was called in packing houses across the nation at 12:01 A yesterdav and a few hours later Lewis Clark president of the CIO United Packing House Workers reported his 193-000 men were out in full force The AFL Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen estimated 70000 of its men were out A nation-wide survey showed that generally enough meat was on hand to meet needs from one to seven days The strike was aimed principally at big packers which trade sources estimated accounted for 60 per cent of the nation's meat Hopeful Sign Reported A hopeful sign appeared in an announcement by AFL union official that they had dropped their original demands to a 15 cents an hour boost and had asked the CIO union to go along on that basis The CIO had demanded 171 cents immediately with negotiations on an additional 71 cents The President also conferred with Chester Bowles OP A administrator presumably on the steel discussions although Ross would Continued on Page 9 Column 3 rtKKo NEW GOVERNOR HIS LIEUTENANT TAKE At about 12:30 yesterday in subfreezing weather William Tuck (top right) signed the oath of office that that made him Governor of Virginia Previo usly Preston Collins (top left) signed his oath as Lieutenant-Governor with Supreme Court Justice Spratley looking on Governor first official act (lower photo) was to sign a commission With him is Jesse Dillon Secretary of the Commonwealth Inaugural Crowd Shiv Cold ers in Tcrt of Governor's Address Page 6 A pledge to return Virginia to a program of self-sufficiency and independence of Federal encroachments through money grants was made yesterday by William Munford Tuck of Halifax as he assumed the duties of Governor of the Commonwealth In an inaugural address delivered in bitter cold to hundreds who stood shivering in the wind which whipped about Virginia's historic Capitol the new Governor promised higher standards of education and health but coupled the promise with a warning that the peoole must pay for such standards Reiterating his belief that no new taxes need be levied during the next two years Mr Tuck warned the people that the time may come when increased tax burdens both State and local may be necessary to support the higher standards which he said he is confident the people want When war-inflated revenues are absorbed he said it may then be necessary to levy new and additional taxes to support the functions of the government Commenting upon the program for increased appropriations by the current General Assembly for education and health programs he said: "I am confident that such commitments meet with the people's hearty approval and that they will gladly finance their own schools I am also confident that they prefer these schools to be financed through State and local revenues rather than through the medium of Federal Taxation with its accompanying Climaxes Parade The new' Governor's address climaxed a colorful inaugural ceremony which included a parade made un of detachments of the State Guard high school cadets and the Marine Band from Quan-tico and the induction into office of Preston Collins of Marion as the new Lieutenant-Governor and Abram Staples of Roanoke as the Attorney-General Thousands of persons braved the sub-freezing temperatures to witness the parade through the business district and the ride of the official inaugural parly from Hotel John Marshall to the capi-tol and Hundreds stood in the chill wind which swept the Capitol grounds for nearly Iwo hours to see the new officials take the oaths of office Mr Staples was the first of the only three elected State officials to take the oath He was sworn in by Justice Herbert Gregory a fellow townsman and a classmate at the Washington and Lee University Law School Collins Takes Oath Mr Collins took the oath from Mr Justice Vernon Spratley four minutes later and at 12:27 Mr Tuck advanced to the stand erected on the south portico of the Capitol to receive the oath of office from Chief Justice Preston Campbell As soon as the chief justice had finished repeating the oath which pledged the new Governor to "uphold and the Constitutions of the United States and of Virginia and the laws enacted thereunder and Mr Tuck had answered with a clear a detachment of coast artillery fired the 19-gun Governor's salute from the west side of the Capitol Square When the guns became silent the cue for the parade to pass in review the column of guardsmen cadets mounted police and bands standing in Grace Street at the entrance to the Capitol started moving again marching past the stand on the portico and disbanding on the north side of the Capitol The parade column stood shivering in its positions on Grace Continued on Page 4 Column 2 He told the commanders to against the relatively harmless practice of mass protests for informational purposes from degenerating into an oppor-tflnity that may be exploited by some individuals or elements to the extent of becoming definitely injurious to the discipline and good name of the McNarney said permission for mass meetings in the future should be given by commanders only when they were certain the purpose was a worthy one But he placed upon the officers the responsibility for speedy transmis- Continued on Page 8 Column 3 Inauguration Ceremonies Parade Marred by Weather All the traditional ingredients of Inauguration Day a parade martial music the boom of saluting cannon and an array of distinguished guests were blended happily yesterday for the induction of William Munford Tuck as Governor There was only one dissenting the weather The sun smiled on Mr Tuck but It was a rather wan smile through a haze of clouds and it could not loosen the grip of midwinter's cold High officials and spectators alike shivered in the subfreezing temperatures which ranged from 23 to 26 during the ceremonies The worst hit of all however were cadets of local high school military units in the parade Without overcoats the cadets bore up bravely although with chattering' teeth and shaking limbs during their three-hour stint of marching and mostly waiting until they had passed inreview before the new Governor and assembled guests in front of the Capitol Cadets Break Ranks The intense cold led to a misunderstanding which caused the Benedictine Cadet Corps to break ranks and depart before the parade passed in review And there were reports which Commandant Leslie Cardona said were that a Thomas Jefferson cadet had suffered a frostbitten hand The units fell out temporarily to get relief from the cold inside Milller Rhoads while they were waiting in line on Grace Street nearby and a badly chilled unit of younger boys in the John Marshall corps was dismissed Lieutenant-Colonel Herbert Harris commandant at Benedictine explained last night that the dropping out of his corps was not in protest against the long wait He had sent word back from his post at the Capitol reviewing stand that the cadets might break ranks temporarily to seek a warmer spot than the Fifth Street block in which they were standing he reported and it was misinterpreted as an order to fall out The Benedictine boys wearing mackinaws and mufflers were the only cadet unit dressed to stave off some of the cold The Thomas Jefferson and John Marshall units wore only the regular cadet gray uniforms set off by the usual neat white gloves parade formed at Capitol Square and moved westward a few minutes after 10:30 A to lead the inauguration committee on its way to the Hotel John Marshall where it was to meet and escort the new Governor back to the Capitol Inauguration Band Leads Column Led by a United States Marine Band the column including units of the State Guard color guards from Virginia Military Institute and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and the local cadet regiments moved west on Grace then back on Franklin to Fifth across Grace again and down to the Capitol It halted with the vanguard at Ninth Continued on Page 4 Column 1 WASHINGTON Jan (UP) Senator Edwin Johnson (D-Colo) today proposed that the draft age be raised to provide relief for overseas veterans and end the demobilization slowdown Acting Secretary of War Kenneth Royall promntlv endorsed the suggestion as but pointed out that draft regulations are controlled by Selective Service and not the War Department Senate Military Affairs subcommittee on demobilization summoned Draft Director Lewis Hers hey to appear Friday and discuss the possibility of raising the draft age and lowering physical requirements The Selective Service law authorizes drafting of men 18 to 45 but calls now are confined to youths 18 through 25 General Dwight Eisenhower Army chief of staff testifies before the subcommittee tomorrow on the demobilization slowdown His views will be sought on the draft age proposal He told members of Congress Tuesday that Continued on Page 9 Column 6 Lorna Doonc' Vandenberg Quips LONDON Jan 16 Former Senator John Townsend of Delaware and Senator Arthur Vandenberg (R-Mich) alternate and delegate respectively in the United States delegation to the United Nations Organization were seated together at the special UNO showing of "Caesar and A British photographer took their picture then said to Townsend: "I beg your pardon sir are you Senator Townsend nodded and the photographer asked Vandenberg: who are you Replied the Michigan Senator Lorna The photographer jotted down his caption notes "Senator Townsend Mr Lorna Churchill Stresses Need For Loan Iran to Ask Protection Against Reds Dispute Confronts Security Council Hicswa Pens Talc of Death To His Girl Condemned Soldier Reveals Humor Pathos WALLINGTON Jan (Pi From a stockade in Japan Private First Class Joseph Ilicswa penned a letter to a girl friend back home telling in confused almost boyish words the story of a street fight in which tw'o Japanese civilians were stabbed to death He wrote that he had a fight a few of but the 20-year-old Wallington youth insisted he could not have murdered them because he did not have a knife The girl 18-year-old Sonia Andreyk of the neighboring Clifton released the letter today She had kept the secret to herself before the family knew that Joe had been court-martiallcd and sentenced to die She had not mentioned it for two days even while the parents still were receiving letters in which Joe was writing about having "a room to myself now and living like a Humor Sadness Mingle Finally after the news of his sentence had attracted much attention and city State and national officials had protested the death penalty Sonia told the family An uncle of the youth Adam Hicswa released the letter Humor and sadness were mingled in the story Joe told from his cell on December 15 In the letter which he had signed "Love Hicswa had even found time to write about the weather and how cold it was and how the frost covered the Japanese mountainsides when the sun came up at the dawn The letter follows: "I am in the stockade They think I murdered a couple of Japs I had a fight with a few of them the night of the murder so they got the impression that I murdered them They were stabbed to death That leaves me out right there for I didn't have a knife "When they told me I murdered the Jap I got excited I didn't think 1 hit him that hard They were still moaning and moving when I left them I guess they have to blame somebody so I guess I'm the loser They say that if they don't find a rope strong enough to hang the person they'll shoot him I believe that is just a rumor they had me on the rockpile from 7:30 this morning until 5 this afternoon They get me up at 4:45 in the morning and we're busy until we go to bed usually about 7 or 8 how are you I hope Continued on Page 9 Column 2 tioning and when she first viewed Smet at a distance at a showup made a partial identification But when she stood face to face with the janitor she said he was not the man Chief of Detectives Walter Storms reported The man she had overheard talking about a job that ought to be worth $20000 in a Chicago tavern shortly before the kidnaping was "six or eight inches taUer than she said It was the second time that Smet had been taken into custody and released for lack of evidence Continued on Page 11 Column 2 Purge Forces Isliiwata From Office Treasurer Was ffojo Minister TOKYO Jan 16 The man who held the Emperor's pursestrings quit his job today resigning under the pressure of General MacArthur's political purge directive He was Sotaro Ishiwata Imperial household minister and one of the last remaining top-flight Japanese linked with Hidcki wartime regime Ishiwata became finance minister in 1943 He became household minister in 1945 with the task of supervising the Emperor's accounts and generally handling the affairs of the imperial family Appointed today to succeed him was Viscount Yoshitami Matu-daira 63 Oxford-educated veteran court official recently president of the Peerage Bureau and before that grand master of ceremonies Ishiwata was the first court official to quit as a direct result of the January 4 purge directive Several weeks ago Marquis Koi-chi Kido lord keeper of the privy seal resigned his post when he Continued on Page 9 Column 4 Truman's Message May Be Longest WASHINGTON Jan President Truman's combined budget and report on "the state of the may be the longest presidential message ever sent to Congress The White House said today it would be between 20000 and 25-000 words When Mr Truman submitted a 16000-word message last September 6 the White House said that was second only to a 20-000-word document of Theodore Roosevelt in 1901 MIAMI BEACH FLA Jan 16 Winston Churchill arrived here today for rest in Florida sunshine and told of the urgent need for the projected $4-400000000 loan to the nation he led successfully through war money we have asked is a loan for time time to rebuild time to clothe and time to feed our Churchill declared as he sat in the sunlit patio of the beach home in which he will spend six weeks The wartime Prime Minister of Great Britain described his country as even more needy financially than the countries of Europe which felt the feet of invaders just about down to our last he chuckled but added in a more serious tone that loan will give us an opportunity to gain Talks Overtime More than 50 reporters and photographers met Churchill and his wife only two hours after they arrived at the home of Colonel Frank Clarke his host and friend for 20 years Churchill sat in a canvas deck chair tieless and hatless and puffed a black cigar as he-chatted for an hour instead of the 15 minutes first allotted the press He wanted to talk mostly about the Florida sunshine and the rustling palm trees over his head which he intends to paint He evaded all questions bearing on the present Labor government which replaced his own leadership shortly after Germany surrendered but did answer general questions and those involving his own opinion of international problems Churchill said the secret of the atomic bomb manufacture should be withheld from other nations "until the world is assured that an adequate governing body is firmly He said World War II could have been prevented if the United States had joined the League of Continued on Page 9 Column 7 LONDON Jan 16 United Nations Security Council was confronted tonight with an international dispute before' it had even taken a first step toward organizing for its task of keeping the peace Iran served notice it would ask the 11-member body which meets for the first time tomorrow for protection against what it termed "Russian interference" in Northern Iran where a self-government movement already has been marked by armed conflict Simultaneously delegates to the six-day-old General Assembly of the United Nations learned of two other international problems they might be called upon to consider The Hilversum radio said that the Premier of the self-proclaimed Indonesian Republic planned a direct appeal to the United Nations to resolve its conflict with the Dutch The Netherlands Foreign Minister Felco Van Kleffens said however that such an appeal not be Poland threatened through its Foreign Minister to bring before the security council a protest against the maintenance of a Polish army in Great Britain and Italy unless the British response to an earlier protest is satisfactory Byrnes Is Unheeded All three disputes came to the fore despite pleas of Secretary of State Byrnes and other assembly leaders not as one delegate phrased it to ice skates on the international baby before it has learned to walk grievance brought the Middle East nation Into direct conflict with Russia which has declared through its delegates that Continued on Page 8 Column 2 45 points or two and one-half years' service They will be released "as fast as the separation centers can handle the announcement said The action was In line with the War Department order yesterday that by April 30 all enlisted men with 45 points or two and one-half service be discharged or be aboard ship en route home The ground forces said that "many eligible men will be out w'eeks and months earlier than the deadline" The soldier demonstrations have served I said their purpose McNarney Man in Degnan Case Freed After Second Pickup McNarney Forbids Mass Meetings of Soldiers In Europe Unless Authorised by Commanders FRANKFURT GERMANY Jan 16 (JP) General Joseph McNarney today banned all unauthorized GI mass demonstrations in Europe and warned that such meetings might be "exploited by some individuals or to the injury of Army discipline "A tendency has been noted on some occasions to use the meetings for purposes other than urging more rapid said the theater orders directed to all major commanders in Europe Army ground and service forces installations in this country were ordered today to get started at once on discharging all men with CHICAGO Jan Desere Smet 35 was released by police tonight after a Chicago woman said he was not the man she had linked with the kidnapslaying of six-year-old Suzanne Degnan through a barroom conversation The janitor was taken into custody today for the second time for questioning about the brutal crime when Gloria Williams alias Patricia Johnson told Sheboygan Wis police he had indicated he might have been involved in the kidnaping Miss Williams was returned to Chicago tonight for further ques.