ol. XXXVII
72
Los Angeles, Thursday, Dec. 6, 1945
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No. 35
.S.-China Goering s plot
of war power
uncovered
pi it due o solons
Five career diplomats blamed for sabotage of American policy
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5. — .P.) — Former ambassador trick J. Hurley today named American career * diplots as saboteurs of U. S. pol-in China, o of them—George A. At-eson Jr., and John S. Serv-5, now state department ad-ers to Gen. Douglas Mac-
,hur in Tokyo, sought the down-of the Chinese nationalist gov-ment, he added.
Hurley, who resigned last week d will he succeeded by Gen.
rgr C. Marshall, accused the le department of “trying to de-y me."
e said it sent out letters stating ly that the policies he followed hina were not those of the de-',ment.
*e made these *illegations at a rmy session of the. senate for-relations committee. In re-ng. he had charged that “we permitting ourselves to be ked into a power bloc on the of colonial imperialism against lunist imperialism.” and this laying the groundwork for d war III.
the committee, he identified bers of the bloc as “Britain, ce. the Netherlands, and—be-the war—Germany and Japan kll as the smaller countries of iium and Portugal.”
Ie testified that he had recelv-information that the British oseri his policies in China.
)e hearing was punctuated by -pounding, shouting, an implied ge that Hurley was seeking pub-r, and protests by Hurley that i’ould not be led around like a ..tlegpng witness" arid had not i^-ted to be ••prosecuted" by the iittee.
Loan extended Great Britain by U.S. treasury
LONDON, Dec. 5.—(U.R)—A British United Press Washington dispatch reported today that the United States had agreed to extend a credit of $4,400,000,000 to Great Britain Parlamentary sources reported that Prime Minister Clement R. Attlee would report the loan to the House of Commons tomorrow.
National Broadcasting company in New York, reported on the basis of Washington dispatches * that it was expected the loan would be announced simultaneously in London and Washington.	i
According to the British United Press dispatch it was understood that of the total amount of the credit, $6 5 0, 0 0 0. 0 0 0 would be applied to the purchase of lend-lease goods which was in transit when lend-lease stopped.
Quoting authoritative sources, the British United Press dispatch said that the agreement was understood to have been reached when Great Britain yielded to United States demand regarding the limits of use to which the main credit of S3.750.000.000 j would he put.
Allied attorney discloses ace Nazi’s scheme which proved blunder to German militarists
PALACE OF JUSTICE, Nuernberg. Dec. 5.—(U.P.)—Reich-marshal Hermann Goering in a blunder which may have cost Germany the war promised 4V2 months before the invasion of Poland that Great Britain would be brought to her knees by his luftwaffe, United States prosecutor Sidney S. Alderman
disclosed today at the war crimes trial.
“England most likely will not be able to show any results worth mentioning before 1942 in her new high pressure armament in the air," Goering on April 19, 1939, told Benito Mussolini and Count Galeazzo Ciano, Mussolini's foreign minister.
British prosecutor Col. Griffith Jones revealed that Goering’s air force in a report May 2, 1938, planned to establish commands in Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and Hungary as well as in Austria, Czechoslovakia, and Poland under a 12-year scheme of conquest. Alderman presented evidence showing that Adm. Nicholas Horthy of Hungary joined in the German plot to seize Czechoslovakia and that Josef Tiso of Slovakia did likewise. on the threat that if he did 1 not Slovakia would be left to “the mercy of events” when the Czechoslovak invasion came.
Evidence today, as on other days, increasingly marked Goering as the efficient, ruthless managing director of the Nazi regime under Hitler—the executive who was in the center of every conspiracy and plot, directing the course of immediate events.
But Alderman showed that he ( made at least one gigantic mistake.
; In his conference with Mussolini and Ciano. he outlined German plans after the seizure of Czechoslovakia. He said Junkers-88 bombers had I only just gone into production but by fall he would be getting 280 a month and by Dec. 31, 1939. the rate would be up to 350 a month.
| These planes, he said, could attack Britain and her shipping.
Goering said Germany preferred not to have a general war for nine months but was ready for one at
DETROIT. Dec 5 — (U.P.)-The striking CIO United Auto- j "LuTkll, however, it was to be He Workers union and General Motors corp. agreed to- stressed that the situation of the t to resume collective bargaining negotiations on the Axis is very strong and that it could n’s 30 per cent wage increase demand at 2 p.m. tomorrow, defeat ail possible opponents in a A closely-guarded surprise conference in Pittsburgh re- general conflict,” Goering said.
- suited in the agreement to reopen ---
the all-important wage question which caused the GM walkout on Nov. 21, a company spokesman said tonight.
Company and union officials departed in secret from Detroit for the conference in Pittsburgh with CIO President Philip Murray-Representatives of the CIO United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers union also were present.
*T1I talk, I’ll talk. I did lt so I eoold get some dough to buy War Bonds.”
L.A. in major traffic maze, reveaSs Butler
“Los Angeles has become fully conscious of the tremendous traffi# problem it is facing now that the war has ended and gasoline rationing is over,” declared Merrill Butler, deputy engineer of the city of Los Angeles, as he addressed yesterday noon’s meeting%of the Mens Faculty club.
“Wartime congestion has definite-
uto strikers start argaining confab
ly proven that we need a new traffic system,” he added as he'discussed the new proposed Los Angeles parkway system. “The traffic toll will exceed 1100 killed- -alone for ^fchis year, and unless preventive measures are taken, this number will rise sharply now that there will be such an increase in the number of automobiles and trucks on our highways,” he continued.
The new parkway system, part of which has been completed, is intended to make travel and transit more convenient, faster, and safer. It is expected to reduce travel time over 50 per cent. The system will include elaborate super-highways linking all the major urban areas in Los Angeles and vicinity.
McVay radioed cruiser tragedy
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5— (U.P)— Capt. Charles B. McVay III, tried to call other ships to the aid of the 1G.000 ton cruiser Indianapolis just before she sank in the Philippine sea last July 30, a navy radioman testified today.
Joseph J. Moran, radioman 1-C, Seattle, Wash., told of the messages before a court martial trying Capt. McVay for alleged negligence and incompetence. It was the first in-Butler outlined the basic objectiv- j dication given by the navy that
isadena bid lease slated
plications lor Rose Bowl game ts will be given out today tomorrow from 8:30 a.m. until .m. in front of Bovard audi-:m to all students holding both activity book and identification
ch student will b« able to buy reserved tickets, and apphca-s may be handed in at that e with full payment for the ets.
ticket for the rooting sec-
will be available aometim* week in addition to the two ed tickets, and will sell at reduced rate. All tickets are be matted Dee. tt.
ing to Arnold Eddy, gen-manager of the Associated ents. applications will be mail-all alumni who have a cur-mailing address with the unity.
rang who are enrolled un-the G. L bill of rightc will re-their activity books and ap-nert week if they have *4*'®ady done so. udenu who do not have activity purchase tickets with general public when they go Ie about Dec. 15. They wil] vailabie at the coliseum and at Civic auditorium in Pasa-
Paul Hadley will talk today
Paul E. Hadley, visiting instructor in international relations, will lead a discussion on “Cultural Cooperation in Latin America” at the The top-level meeting of disputing second meeting of the Pan Amer-parties in the General Motors strike ican league today at 4 p.m. in 318
Student Union.
Mr. Hadley is the former diree-
of 175.000 employees was apparently a feverish effort by both sides to lift the dispute out of the path of imminent White House interven-
Present at the meeting were the chief leaders of the GM dispute over a 30 per cent wage increase demand—vice-president H. A. Anderson of the corporation and vice-president Walter P. Reuther of the union.
The UAW also was represented by its president, R. J. Thomas. Lee Pressman. CIO general counsel, and George Addes, UAW secretary-treas urer. GM executives H. W. Coen. S. M. Dubrul. and Lewis G. Seton attended with Anderson.
A statement by Murray’s CIO headquarters in Pittsburgh said the meeting was called by the CIO president to explore the “status of negotiations between the parties.”
“Arrangements have been made to continue collective bargaining negotiations in Detroit on Thursday on this week.” the statement added, without amplification.
Trojan Knights
may obtair.
will meet at 4 p.m. today in
tor of the Paraguay-American Cultural institute of the state department and has served also as head of the cultural institutes unit, American republic branch.
Today’s discussion will be conducted in both Spanish and English by Mr. Hadley. A piano selection, Ravel’s “Bolero,” Mil! be given by Bill Osten, music major. June Schwartz, president of the _ j league, ‘announced that election of officers will be held at today's meeting. All members are urged to be present to take part in voting. Those officers who will be elected are president, vice-president, secretary. and treasurer. Opportunities to fill appointive officers are open to all members who wish to sign up for them.
Plans to edit a mimeographed league newspaper in Spanish will be outlined by Ruth Nicol, journalism student from Guatemala. Those interested in working on such a newspaper will be asked : to volunteer.
Membership in the league is still open, and Frances Nuno, secretary,
es of the program. They are to permit higher speeds, perhaps up to 75 miles per hour, with a minimum of stoppage, to make travel less expensive than it is today and to enable construction to progress without seriously impeding present conditions.
‘‘The preliminary planning is over and we have reached complete agreement on the planning,” stated Butler. “Experts have been-working on the various details for about 10 years, and after taking many surveys and studying all the traffic trends, they have outlined a program that will take approximately a decade to complete.”
The initial cost of the construction is estimated to be about $200,000,000, but the cost per vehicle mile will be comparatively small due to the huge volume of traffic it can serve. Plans for financing the program have not been completed, except that state gasoline tax funds are to be used for part of the expense.
When quizzed about the decentralization of the urban area due to atomic bomb dangers, Butler expressed the belief that the city was already pretty well scattered but in case more decentralization Mas necessary, the new parkway system would lend'itself admirably to the situation.
Butler has a national reputation as a structural engineer. He has
McVay sent a radio appeal for aid.
Apparently no navy ship or shore station ever received the dispatch. The survivors Mere in the water five days before they Mere rescued.
Many of the 880 who perished were drowned or died of exposure after the ship sank, witnesses said.
Moran said he couldn’t be sUre the message ever went out on the air because two explosions tore up the radio room.
Fire in the radio room and the severe list of the ship finally forced the communications watch officer to order abandon ship, he said.
Moran’s testimony followed these developments in the day’s court martial proceedings:
1. Donald F. Mack, Easton. Pa., bugler of the Indianapolis, told the court he did not receive orders to blow the abandon ship signal following the explosions.
2. Lt. Comdr. R. B. Redmavne, Nonvood, Mass., engineering officer, testified that two torpedoes sank the Indianapolis.
3. Ens. John Woolston Seattle, Wash., sole surviving damage control officer, said a great many men drowned because they couldn't get life jackets.
4. Woolston said the Mord to abandon ship Mfas passed, “in plenty of time.”
5. “Scuttlebut,” navy name* for
Kerr asks
Yamashita
hanging
U.S. military tribunal to give verdict Friday on Japanese war lord
MANILA, Dec. 5. — (U.P.) — Chief Prosecutor Maj, Robert M. Kerr demanded death on the gallows today for Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita as the month-long trial of the former Japanese Philippines commander, first major war criminal suspect tried in the Pacific, was turned over to a five-man United States military .tribunal for judgment.
A verdict will be delivered at 2 p.m. Manila time Friday (1 a.m. EST) it was learned.
“No penalty less than the death sentence can be given,” Kerr, Portland, Ore., attorney, summation after Yamashita's defense asserted that no evidence had been presented linking Yami ashita’s Mith the atrocities committed by his men.
‘Anything less than death by hanging would be a mockery.”
Kerr, Portland, Ore., attorneM’, summed up the things which the prosecution attempted to prove in the trial Mhich began Oct. 29, heard more than 440 witnesses and more than 200 transcriptions, and piled up more than 800,000 Mords of testimony and argument
Kerr said there was no question that atrocities were committed _by Japanese troops under Yamashita's command.
“The question is whether or not he failed to perform his duty as commander, of troops, and if he did, he is guilty of violation of the laM’s of Mar,” Kerr said. “The accused admitted a knowledge of international laMr, admitted an officer in his position owed that duty to troops to control them.” Kerr said that a “person who violated the laws of war is liable to the death penalty regardless of the laws of that person’s country. Yamashita was more than a military commander, he was a military governor and responsible for the safety of civilians.”
He attacked defense assertions that “battle-crazed m e n” committed the atrocities which cost the lives of more than 60,000 mpn, women, and children in the Philippines.
“That is a misstatement.” he said. “The commission will recall the .testimony of witnesses who had shown that atrocities were overseen by Japanese officers. This obviously was planned, not a wild orgy of untamed soldiers . . . the accused asserts he had no knowledge of atrocities and says communications were faulty.
Students vie for bond drive winners' circle
Chi Omega, Theta lead sorority race; Delta Sigma Phi, SAE ahead in men's grouping
When results of the final Victory Loan drive are published next week, certain sororities and fraternities will enjoy hard-earned headlines and others will find themselves sadly
embarrassed.
Competition among the social fraternities on campus, a
feature prominent in every contest f	"
tr members
•ppftoations in 209 Student! 418 Student Union, Buz* Forward, j announces that dues may be paid asr tun« thu week.	j president announced.	i at the meeting today.
been deputy engineer of Los Angeles rumor had it on juiy 39 that a Jap since 1932. in which capacity he submarine was reported 60 miles has had charge of all city improve- 0fj Indianapolis-midnight posi-ments handle^ by the bureau of tion Woolston said.
engineering. For many previous j___
years he was engineer of bridges	. .	■
and structures for the city. During H T © S I dent speaks this time he was responsible for the design of many outstanding structures including several of the bridges over the Los Angeles river and the Figueroa street tunnels.
over KNX tonight
Dr. Rufus B.. von KleinSmid, president of SC, will appear on the panel of the Citizens forum tonight
Chinese dinner planned over KNX 9 30 to 10 He and the
other members of the panel, Dr. The Asiatic Studies society will Clarence A. Dystra, UCLA provost; sponsor a Chinese dinner and George L. Eastman, president of the meeting at 6 p.m. this evening at Security Materials company, and the Soo Chow cafe, 504 North Los Mason Rose, psychologist, will dis-
Blue Key asks queen hopefuls to enter photos
“Say, Tro-ed. are you beautiful. Got that Ipana smile available? If you have these qualifications, dig that photo right out and have a glossy print made. Be sure to make far behind it isn't funny,” stated ' it a head and shoulders pose, if pos-Ginny Brumfield, drive chairman, sible, and hurry because Blue Key ’'we still have hope of their coming Is anxiously awaiting it, in order to through as they always have in select a Queen and four attendants
and drive instigated, has always reached its peak during national bond drives. Chi Omega is walking away with top sales in the present campaign and does not plan to cease operations until the climax Friday. This house already has over $7000 to its credit.
In the men’s Morld, Delta Sigma Phi is on top. followed by SAE. Another second placer, to return to the sorority set, is Kappa Alpha Theta.
“Although the dormitories are so
the past.”
The Victory Loan booth, Mhich is in front of Bovard auditorium is open daily from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Credit slips are issued with each bond, and non-affiliated students are urged to help fraternity friends by crediting an organization for the sale.
“We've passed the $15,000 mark," said Pat Lamb, sales chairman, “and expect to boost the total to at least $25,000 by Friday. If we can go beyond that point, we can congratulate ourselves for doing our part to bring the country back to normal.”
“Although Me have emphasized bonds either bought on campus or solicited among friends and relatives off campus,” continued Miss Lamb, “students should not feel that stamps are not considered important. Every dime counts.” Today’s staff at the Victory
for Hello and Smile week.
“Greet ’em with a hearty hello and a sparkling smile.” Tnat is the theme of Hello and Smile week, /sponsored for several years by Blue Key. national honorary service fraternity.
This year’s Hello and Smile week is. set for Jan. 6-12. Chairman Phil Burton asks that all pictures be submitted at the Sig* ma Phi Epsilon fraternity house, 630 West 28th street, by Friday. Dormitories are allowed three candidates, sororities two candidates, and Blue Key members will get in touch with affiliated women, personally.
Chairman Burton thinks that an entry of 75 candidates Is quite plausible. From this number, 15 finalists will be chosen by the Blue Key committee.
Pictures of this final 15 will be printed for two consecutive days in
Booth consists of Jean Glasco, the Daily Trojan, giving all mem-
Jeanne Robinson, 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.; Lolly Stickney, Ruth Dryer. 11^ a.m. to 12 noon; Margaret Knauff. Sally Frank. 12 noon to 1 p.m.; Margaret Knauff, Bonnie Larsen, 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.
bers of ASSC a means of identifying the candidates when they vote in the final election, which will be similar to the election of the student body officers. The voting date will be announced later.
Moreland to settle coat mixup
All women who still have the 1 the Homecoming committee an-
wrong coats as a result of the mix-	nounced.
up at the Hermosa Biltmore check-	“There are still a number of coats
room last Saturday should change	at the Biltmore desk. All student*
I those coats immediately in the of-	should call for their coats there as
fices of Miss Helen Hall Moreland,	soon as possible.” stated Joe Holt,
j dean of women. 256 Administration,	member of the committee.
Faculty ratifies YMCA charter
Angeles street. SC students are invited to attend.
cuss the subject Going?”
“Where Are We
The faculty committee on student organizations ratified the charter of the YMCA of SC at their last meeting. This places the YMCA among the regularly established organizations on the SC cs'ipus and enables them to carry out their extensive program.
The YMCA has a term full of activities, both ihtra-organizational, inter-organizational, and all-univer-sity scheduled for its active members. These include a snow retreat. all-U sing, and a dinner with the YWCA during religious emphasis week with the current speaker as guest of honor In the very near future, Dec. 20, they are sponsoring an all-U Christmas caroling party.
The president of YMCA Skip Premo, has this to say about the purpose of the Trojan YM: “The basic function of the Young Men's Christian association at Troy is to build character through activity.^ Whether it be sports, singing ,or worship, this exertion of body and mind strengthens the personality.”
Skip Premo is the third president of the YMCA, the others being the founder, Dave Bumright, and last term’* president, Hal Le Sieur. The
present Y was founded during the latter part of the spring term by a small group of students headed by
SKIP PREMO
Dave Burnright, Mho recently received his commission as ensign.
While active during the summer term, the Y was on a probationary
basis only. It proved that it fulfilled the need on campus of bringing the men of various denominations at SC together in Chrlrtian fellowship, the recent appror«| of the charter being the result.
The officers of the YMCA. Hal Craig, vice-president; Warren Parsons, recording secretary; Herb Winkler, corresponding secretary; and Jim Bennett, treasurer, • with the committee chairmen. Clarence Parker, publicity; Don Blank, scrapbook and photography; and Don Gibbs, membership, accompanied the YWCA cabinet to the University church a week ago Sunday. Following church they all had lunch at the YWCA house and laid plans for joint activities.
The YMCA of SC is a growing organization. It has secured faculty approval, it has a interested active membership, and most important of all—it fulfills a need. Skip Premo. president, strongly urges aU regular members to be present at the next scheduled meeting on Dec. 13. It will be in 318 Student Union and will last from 6:30 to 8 p.m. All interested students or faculty member* are cordially invited to attend.