U..A. AFFAIRS

Greymouth Evening Star, 21 July 1945, Page 5

U..A. AFFAIRS

MINISTERS A?JD COMMUNISM. WASHINGTON, July 19. . Representative Rankin (Democrat) told Hie House that the Secretary lor War (Mr. Stimson), lhe Under-Sec-ret ary (Mr. Patterson) and the As-sistant-Secretary (Mr. McCloy) should be removed from office because “they are using their offices to indoctrinate men with Communistic philosophy.” He added that the House Committee on Un-American Activities constantly received protests from soldiers that the three officials were responsible lor commissioning Communists. Several Congressmen strongly de--1 plored Representative Rankin's action in a sharp ensuing debate. Mr. Stimson and Mr. McCloy are with Mr. Truman in Potsdam. ATTITUDE TO POLAND. WASHINGTON, July 19. Mr. Grew replying by letter to a series of questions assured Senator Vandenberg, that the United States would insist on equal participation if the Polish elections were supervised by any big Power. Concerning the question whether American correspondents would be permitted to send uncensored dispatches from Poland, Mr. Grew said the United States expected such permit to be granted in order that the American public might be fully informed. Mr. Grew reiterated that the American policy regarding Poland continued to be based on the decisions at the Crimean conference. Both Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. Truman affirmed the United States Government stood unequivocally for a strong free independent Polish State. BRETTON WOODS. WASHINGTON, July 19. The Senate by 67 to 16 votes passed Lhe Bretton Woods legislation lor an international fund and bank. NON- IN FLA MM AB LE PETR OL NIwFyORK, July 19. - A new non-inflammable high octane avialion petrol was demonstrated by Standard Oil Company engineers. A lighted match dropped info petrol was immediately snuffed out. The petrol will be used in civilian flying immediately alter the war. It is expected to make air travel safer by ’■educing the fire hazard in accidents, and also make mid-air refuelling in world-Hights practicable. STRIKES PREDICTED. NEW YORK, July 19. Mr. R. J. Thomas, president of the Congress of Industrial Organisations and the United Automobile Workers’ Union, said that Allied victory over Japan would signal him to start authorising- strikes. $ “There will be a lot of them,” he said. “We will authorise strikes in every plant where the present grievance" continues to exist." He added ihat the chief reason for the strikes would be the fact that the automobile industry employers simply have not accepted the union. • LINDBERGH RANSOM. NEW' YORK. July 19. The "Chicago Times" says: American officers returning from Frank-lurt-on-Main say that a sensational story concerning the Lindbergh baby kidnapping is expected to break soon. The paper declares that serial numbers on some United States currency found by Americans in a German salt mine correspond with those of missing ransom money. Only 13,750 of the 50,000 dollars which Colonel Lindbergh paid was found at the home of Hauptmann, who was executed several years ago. American officers report that the connection between the two sets ,of money was at present the talk of Frankfurt. RENO DIVORCE PLANE. NEW YORK. July 20. The inauguration of a “Reno Divorce Special,” New York-Reno aeroplane charter service, to avoid travel restrictions which are threatening Reno’s divorce business, is announced by A. R. Schindler, Secretary of the State Bar of Nevada, and genoral manager of the Reno Sky Ranch. Mr. Schindler sai'd the ranch has purchased one six-passenger 'plane for the service, which begins soon. It is purchasing two larger planes within three weeks.

SUEZ CANAL TOLLS (Rec. 11 a.m.) WASHINGTON, July 20. The United States is pressing Bri.tain for relief from Suez Canal tolls on American ships re-deploying forces to the Pacific. The Foreign Economic Administration disclosed that the United States several times requested Britain to absorb the Suez Canal charges under reverse lendlease, but Britain declined on the ground that tolls must be paid in Egyptian pounds. The F-.E.A. pointed out that the United States lend-leased all Panama Canal charges on British ships, which now totalled 9,000,000 dollars, while the United States had paid 11,345,000 dollars in Suez Canal tolls since January 1, 1945.