Palestine Arab's
General Strike
Paralyzes City
JERUSALEM, (/P) — A general
strike of Palestine Arabs, begin
ning at dawn in protest against
the proposed partition of the Holy
Land, paralyzed all Arab sections
today and sent hundreds of thou
sands pouring into mosques for
prayer.
The streets were crowded with
Arab pedestrians, since all Arab
buses stayed in garages and pick
ets ranged around bus stops to
prevent Arabs from riding in Jew
ish buses.
Falastin, Christian-Arab news
paper in Jaffa, appeared with a
heavy black border around • its
front page and carried headlines
reading: “Palestine day today is
funeral of all enemies of Arab
world.”
An anticipated rise in tension
among the Jews following depor
tation of the first of two ship
loads of refugees arriving in Haifa
last night failed to materialize
w’hen it became apparent the Jews
were disembarking peacefully for
transfer to Cyprus detention
camps, where some 15,000 other
Jews already are being detained.
The refugee ship Paducah, re
named the Geula ‘Hebrew for re
demption*, was the first brought
into Haifa, with 1,500 illegal refu
gees aboard.
If you’ve got a lot of push, the
pull will take care of itself.
Air Force Officers
Get Promotion
WASHINGTON, </P) — A re
vamping of the air force command
to fit its new independent status
brought promotions to 13 high of
ficers.
Secretary of air Symington and
Gen. Carl Spaatz, air chief of
staff, told a news conference Wed
nesday the reorganization is in
tended to increase efficiency, |
“pick the best man for the job,!
and give added stature to various1
commands.
The promotions, temporary and
needing Senate confirmation, were
announced by President Truman, i
The new assignments and pro
motions included:
Lt. Gen. Nathan F. Twining,
presently commander at Wright
Field, appointed theatre command
er in Alaska, in control of all
ground and air forces there.
Maj. Gen. Howard A. Craig,
present commander of the Alas
kan department, to be in charge
! of materiel with the rank of lieu
; tenant general.
Brig. Gen. Joseph H. Atkinson,
commander of air in Alaska, pro
moted to major general.
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MAIL CLOSES 3 P.M.
TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
Postmaster S. David Mazen an
nounced today that the new sched
ule of the Pan American planes to
! Nome changes the time for closing
the mails to three o’clock in the
afternoon on Tuesday and Friday
of each week.
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Truman Food Plea
Tragically Short
WASHINGTON, (/P)—President
Truman’s drive for American
“self-rationing” to head off starva
tion in Europe went into high gear
yesterday amid hints that the ad
ministration may take more dras
tic action il necessary.
Leon Henderson, wartime boss
of prices and rationing, denounc
ed the President’s “buy wisely,
eat sensibly, waste nothing” pro
gram as one which "falls tragic
ally short of the demands of a
world crisis.” He asked that Con
gress be convened and food ra
tioning resumed quickly.
Secretary of Commerce Harri
man indicated that rationing and
price controls are not yet out of
the picture. He told the citizens
food committee at its first meeting
Wednesday that the saving of 100,
000,000 bushels of grain asked by
Mr. Truman may be too little for
western Europe’s needs.
“I think you will find,” Harri
man said, "that something like 70,
000,000 bushels more than that is
really required to do an adequate
job.”
The Presidential committee on
aid for Europe which the secretary
of commerce heads decided not to
recommend rationing or price con
trol, Harriman said, because ac
tion “must be taken now—today”
and can not wait on creation of
the “necessary control mechan
isms.” He added:
“That doesn’t mean, of course,
that consideration should not be
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Taft In Doubt i
About Success Of
Western Trip !
—
Enroute East with Taft, * A*) —i
Senator Robert A. Taft headed
home for Ohio today satisfied he
has succeeded in dramatizing to!
the west the record of the Repub
given currently to what controls
might be established, with the au
thority of Congress.”
Calling it “an adventure in de-;
mocracy,” Harriman forecast suc
cess for the giant conservation
campaign announced Wednesday
night by Charley Luckman, the1
38-year-old soap manufacturer j
who was picked by Mr. Truman
to head the citizens’ committee.
President Truman and secretary
of States Marshall will broadcast
a nationwide appeal on the four
major networks at 4:30 p.m. Nome
time, Sunday This will open what;
Luckman, at a news conference1
Wednesday night, described' as an
“all-media” campaign — including
j newspapers, billboards, radio,
l movies and magazines—to spread
J these slogans over the land:
1 “Buy wisely, eat sensibly, waste
nothing”—especially grain, meat,
eggs and poultry; and “Don’t start
the next war in your garbage
can.”
lican Congress but still publicly
undecided about the personal po
litical results involved.
Capping a 12,000-mile stumping
tour with a stinging attack in Cas
per; Wyo., on President Truman’s
administration, Taft set out by
train for Cincinnati and confer
ences with Rep. Clarence Brown
<R.-Ohio>, which will decide the
Ohio Senator’s future political
course.
Brown, as campaign manager
for Taft in the latter’s role as
Ohio’s “favorite son,” has been
canvassing the rest of the country
while taft was making appear
ances in Wyoming, Idaho, Nevada,
Washington, Oregon and Califor
nia.
What Brown has to report, plus
what Taft has learned at first
han,d, is expected to add up to a
formal announcement soon that
the Ohio Senator will seek the
1948 Republican Presidential nom
ination.
With this objective obvious’y :n
mind, Taft already has laid the
foundation for a vigorous attack
on the Democratic administration.
He also has written in speeches
what friends say is the framework
| ol a Republican program o' his
! own.
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| according to official estimates.
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