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Pres. Truman May
Sign Compromise
OPA Legislation
WASHINGTON, July 22, — (/Pi
Sen. Barkley (D-Ky.) said today
as he left the White House he did
not know whether Mr. Truman
would sign the compromise leg
islation to revive the OPA, but
added, “I hope he will.”
The senate democratic leader,
^accompanied by democratic chiefs
of both houses, said Mr. Truman
was not asked whether he would
put his signature to the proposal
which would greatly alter price
control procedure.
“And he did not tell us whether
he would,” Barkley told reporters.
The President, he said, is
having the legislation analyzed.
OPA Administrator Paul Porter
will see President Truman at 3:30
%his afternoon.
The report presumably is in
tended as a sign-or-veto guide to
the Chief Executive. However,
one official, in a position to know,
said, Mr. Truman already had in
dicated a decision to approve the
measure, “reluctantly.”
One of the biggest headaches
>0 for the Administration is the like
lihood of another four-week holi
day from price ceilings on meats,
dairy products, grains, cottonseed
and soybeans and their food and
feed products.
Final determination whether
these items shall be brought back
under control Aug. 20, is left to
a three-man board with power to
overrule OPA on both de-control
and re-control decisions.
This board will also decide
whether ceilings shall be re-im
posed on poultry, eggs, food and
9 feed products made from them,
tobacco and its products and pet
roleum and its products.
Paul Porter, OPA Administra
tor, told newsmen, “We are now
working on an analysis of the
bills’ economic consequences for
^ submission to President Truman.”
Porter would not say whether he
would recommend another veto.
Chairman Spence (D-Ky) of the
Houhe Banking Committee, lead
er in the Administration’s battle
for a strong OP A, commented:
“I don’t think it is a very effect
ive bill, but it is the best we can
do. I believe the President will
sign it as the last recourse.”
^ The House-Senate Conference
Committee which finally agreed.
» on the compromise Saturday night
after a five-day deadlock set an
other meeting for today to resolve
differences of opinion on just
what had been done.
ACA KAHN AT HOSPITAL — As part of his diamond jubilee celebration, the Aga
Khan (in pith helmet) paid a visit to Parsee general hospital. Bombay. Seated behind him are his
French wife,.t\jy; highness .the Begum, and his son. Prince Sadruddln, 13. , ._ , ,
Atomic Tests In
Bikini Lagoon
Near Ready * j
ABOARD USS MT MCKINLEY,
July 22, —(^P)—Preparations for
the underwater test of the atom
ic bomb will be completed to
morrow (Monday U. S. Time)
when target submarines are sub
merged in Bikini logoon and an
electrics rehearsal is staged.
As preparations went ahead,
Vice Admiral W. H. P, Blandy,
Atom Test Commander, observed
that the bursting of the world’s
fifth atomic bomb might be de
layed at least a week because of
adverse weather.
Blandy added, however, that
meteorologists hoped a high pres
sure area would shove an inter
tropical front southward and
bring clear weather to the area.
The test now is scheduled for
Thursday morning, Bikini time,
(Wednesday afternoon, U. S. time).
Six submarines will be sub
merged tomorrow at a depth of
60 feet. Actual operations began
today but it will take until to
morrow to complete.
Two other submarines—the
bomb-battered SKATE and the
PARCHE—will be anchored on
the surface.
Sub commanders agreed that
the submerged craft, will stand
Shriners Jam
San Francisco
And Oakland
SAN FRANCISCO, July 22, —(£>)—
San Francisco and transbay Oak
land were jammed today with
thousands of red-fezzed, brightly
pantalooned Shriners, determined
to cut loose for five days starting
tomorrow in their merriest con
vention since prewar days.
Arriving at a staggering rate
by plane, ship, train and auto,
the Shriners sorely taxed this
city’s already-critical shortage of
accomodations, but they were
making out somehow.
Counting wives and guests,
close to 100,000 visitors were ex
pected.
little chance of surviving the ter
rific underwater blast, since they
will be closest to the center of
detonation.
Heavy hulled submarines, be
sides the SKATE and PARCHE,
are the DENTUNA, PILOTFISH,
and APOGON. Light hull craft
include the SKIPJACK, TUNA
and SEARAVEN.
Concrete blocks, anchored by
bridles fore and aft, will hold the
submarines at the desired depth.
The boats can be raised by pump
I ing air into them.
Soviet Activities
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Make Peacemaking
Difficult Problem
WASHINGTON, July 22, — (&)—
Soviet political activities in Hun
gary led diplomats today to stress
the struggle Secretary of State
Byrnes still faces when he re
turns to Paris this week for more
peace making.
This government is reportec
planning a sharp protest to Mos
cow over what is considered here
an oppression of powers which
is the basic function that will be
taken up in the Paris peace con
ference.
The conference is scheduled tc
open a week from today. Aides
expect Byrnes to leave Friday
or Saturday. It was little more
than a week ago that he returned
from Paris after the big-four for
eign ministers finished drafting
the treaties for Hungary, Roman
ia, Bulgaria, Italy and Finland
which are to be acted on by th«
peace conference.
The texts of these document!
have not been published. It is
known, however, that they art
intended to give much greatei
power into the hands of the na
tive governments and thus re
strict the rights of the occupatior
and control powers. This mor«
or less fixes a deadline by which
f'
Communists Warn
Call Off Hunt
i _
TIENTSIN, July 22, —(^)-The
[Chinese Communist radio at Ya
nan today warned United States
Marines that a search of Commun
ist-held territory for seven mar
ines seized in North China July
13 ,was a violation of Chinese
| sovereignty.
| The warning was made at a
1 time when there were indications
not confirmed by the Marine
Corps that the seven have been
found in a village 50 miles south
west of the port city of Chinwang
tao.
Yenan radio said that unless
the leathernecks called off the
hunt they must assume full res
ponsibility for any clashes bet
ween Marines and Communists.
Investigation Is
Being Revived
! &
| WASHINGTON, July 22, — f/P)—.
1 A new but pin-pointed Pearl
Harbor investigation hove into
j view today.
The Senate War Investigating
j Committee is taking its cue from
the voluminous report assessing
, responsibility for the Dec. 7, 1941,
i military debacle—decided to re
open its own inquiry into pre-war
delays in fortifying the Pacific
bastion.
Senator Brewster (R-Me.) said
a similar effort two years ago was
blocked by refusal of the House
Military Committee headed by
Rep. May (D-Ky) to release a key
witness to the Senate group.
Brewster is a member of both
the Senate - House Committee
which delved into the blame be
hind Pearl Harbor and of the
Senate’s special War Investigating
Committee, now engrossed in an
attempt to summon May for tes
timony concerning his relations
with a midwestem munitions
combine.
Central figure in the projected
new inquiry is Col. Theodore Wy
man, Army District Engineer in
the Hawaiian Department when
the Japanese struck Pearl Har
bor. Five months later Wyman
was assigned to the Canol pro
j ject in Canada.
i the Russians must wind up their
most direct methods of consolid
: ating communist power in the
Balkan states.
Officials here are not sure of
the connection between this fact
and what is going on in Hungary,
i but some suggest that it probab
ly is very close.