BUFFALO NY: SPEEDY RELEASE FOR THE GREATEST NUMBER POSSIBLE OF
PHYSICIANS IN THE ARMED FORCES IS ASKED BY NEW YORK STATE PHYSICIANS AS PART OF A
RECONVERSION PROGRAM FOR MEDICINE. CLOSING ITS 139TH ANNUAL MEETING THE HOUSE
OF DELEGATES OF THE MEDICAL SOCIETY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK ALSO CHOSE DR. WILLIAM HALE
OF UTICA AS PRESIDENT ELECT TO TAKE OFFICE NEXT MAY.
TOKYO: JAPANESE ANTI-IMPERIALISTS HEADED BY A COMMUNIST LEADER EXERCISED THEIR NEW
FOUND FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION WEDNESDAY IN A "BANZAI" PARADE BEFORE GENERAL
MACARTHUR’S HEADQUARTERS WHERE AMERICAN FINANCIAL SLEUTHS ARE PROBING INTO
NIPPON’S WAR MONEY SECRETS. A NEW ALLIED DIRECTIVE PLACED JAPAN’S IMPORT
BUSINESS ON A STRICT CASH OR COMMODITY EXCHANGE BASIS CONFINING IMPORTS TO ITEMS NECESSARY
TO MAINTAIN THE MINIMUM STANDARD OF LIVING. THE CABINET OF PREMIER KIJURI SHIDEHARA CHOSEN
ONLY FOUR DAYS AGO TO TAKE OVER THE POST MET FOR TWO HOURS WEDNESDAY AND SCHEDULED ANOTHER
EXTRAORDINARY SESSION THURSDAY FOR DISCUSSION OF PENDING ISSUES. SHIDEHARA WAS RECEIVED BY
EMPEROR HIROHITO WEDNESDAY TO REPORT ON GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE AFFAIRS.
WASHINGTON: A HOUSE COMMITTEE AFTER A TOUR OF
EUROPE RECOMMENDED WEDNESDAY THAT THE UNITED STATES WITHHOLD LOAN TO RUSSIA AND BRITAIN
UNTIL THEY REVERSE SOME OF THEIR POLICIES, SEVEN MEMBERS OF THE POSTWAR ECONOMIC POLICY
COMMITTEE SUGGESTED IN A STATEMENT. THEY SAID "FIRST, THE USSR ADOPT AN
"OPEN DOOR" ATTITUDE TOWARD AMERICAN TECHNICIANS AND THE PRESS; SECOND
BRITAIN UNLOCK TRADE BARRIERS "INIMICAL" TO AMERICAN INTERESTS; THIRD, GERMANY
BE RECONSTRUCTED WITHOUT ARMAMENTS OF COURSE SO IT CAN FEED ITSELF AND IN TIME AGAIN
BECOME A FACTOR IN US TRADE; FOURTH, THE US EXPAND FIELD FORCES HANDLING DISPOSAL OF
BILLIONS IN SURPLUS PROPERTY ABROAD.
WASHINGTON: THE HOUSE WEDNESDAY ARRANGED AN
UNUSUAL TEN AM SESSION THURSDAY TO SPEED PASSAGE OF THE FIRST POST WAR TAX CUTTING BILL.
AS DRAWN THE MEASURE WOULD CUT INDIVIDUAL AND BUSINESS TAXES BY $300 MILLION
DOLLARS IN 1946. THE RULES COMMITTEE VIRTUALLY BANNED ANY CHANGES IN THE BILL ON THE
HOUSE FLOOR BY DECREEING THAT NO AMENDMENTS COULD BE CONSIDERED UNLESS OFFERED BY THE WAYS
AND MEANS COMMITTEE.
WASHINGTON: SENATORS JUGGLING THE HOTTEST
SCIENTIFIC POTATO IN HISTORY-- ATOMIC ENERGY--HEARD WEDNESDAY THAT THE NEW POWER WILL GIVE
THE AIRPLANE OF THE FUTURE A VIRTUALLY UNLIMITED RANGE. REASON: IT WON'T BE BURDENED
WITH THE HEAVY FUEL LOADS CARRIED BY PRESENT DAY AIRCRAFT. THE PREDICTION CAME FROM
J CARLTON WARD JR. PRESIDENT OF FAIRCHILD ENGINE AND AIRPLANE CORPORATION.
WASHINGTON: RECONVERSION DIRECTOR JOHN W
SNYDER WAS UNDER INCREASING PRESSURE WEDNESDAY TO DECLARE A GOVERNMENT WAGE PRICE POLICY
PROMPTLY TO STEM THE TIDE OF LABOR UNREST. TWO OFFICIALS OF THE OFFICE OF WAR
MOBILIZATION AND RECONVERSION DISCLOSED THAT ECONOMISTS AND ADVISERS IN THAT AGENCY ARE
ALMOST UNANIMOUS IN THE BELIEF THAT ACTION BY SNYDER OR PRESIDENT TRUMAN IS IMPERATIVE.
