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U.S. Safeguard Against Military Dictatorship
Washington, July 6.
Chairman Carl Vinson of tho Hauso Armed Sor- vicos Committoe disclosed today he has draft- od a compromiso unification bill to give more power to the Secretary of Defence but to make suro we never have a military dictatorship. The Georgia Democrat said he will put his proposal before the Committee tomorrow. He hopes it will be approved for House action by late this week.
RUBBER OUTPUT ESTIMATE
Washington, July 7.
A series of 14 amendments drafted by Mr. Vinnon would modify sharply the unification bill already passed by the Senate. Among ollior changes Mr. Vinson would provide for a civilian chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff rather than a cenler mitt- tnry man as
in proposed the Senate bill. Under the Vinson amendment the job would go to The US. Department of Com- the Under-Secretary of Defence, Newly arrived 2.8, 3.5 Lens, Cameras, Binoculars (Large &
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Washington, July 6.
eumes law then we should let the military have a breathing spell before further changes are made."
He said the measure would give the Defence Secretory. Mr. Louis Johnson, all the power Mr. Johnson has sold be inust have to tighten up unification of the army, navy and air force and to save according to Mr. Johnson- more than $1,000,000 a year.
Rostrictions
"At the same time," he said, "we have provided restrictionB on this power that will make sure we never have a military olctatorship In this country."
Chief among the restrictions Is the proposal to provide a chair- man for the now headless Joint Chiefs of Staff-who often can- not agree on the strategy they are supposed to plan to require that he must be a civilian who In the past 10 years has not serv- ed on active military duty.
Mr. Vinson said this would knock on the head a tendency in the military, especially the army. to build toward a Prussian type of armed force 50 unified It would have
single chief staf.
Committee, sald he ed $302,000,000 military pay bill hopes to send the House-approv- to the Senate floor by July 21, United Press. }
Meanwhile, Chairman Millard The Secretary of State, Mr. E. Tydings, of the Senate Armed the United States will welcome Dean Acheson, said today that Services increased trade with Russla but that the Soviet Union has con- sistently placed obstacles in the way of broader economic relationship.
Asked to comment on a report that the Soviet President, M. Ni kola! Svernik, had told the United States Ambassador, Mr. Alan Kirk, that Russia wants to broaden Its trade relations with the U.S., United Mr. Acheson said the
по States put
obstacle in the way of trade with Russia with the ex- ception of export controls of some strategio materials. On the other hand, he added, the Soviet Union has taken a number of stops to restrict trade relations with the United States.
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He gave as an example Nussian halting of shipments manganese to the United States He salt that if the Russians had been really sincere in their de sire to broaden trade relations, they should have accepted the invitation to participate in the | Marshall Plan-United Press.
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It was announced in Sofia you- terday that the same embalming process that kept intact the body of V.I. Lenin will be used to pre- serve indefinitely the body of the late Bulgarian Premier, Georgi Dimitrov.
The announcement said Dimi- trov's body will be enshrinert in a specially bullt mausoleum in September Ninth Square. The tomb is expected to be second only to Lenin's as an attraction for sightseers,
A special fluid for embalming will, it is believed, preserve the human body for at thast 1,000| years.-United Preas.
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Washington, July 0. The Secretary Mr. Dean Acheson, today re- fused to give an amurance, Chiang Kalakok, Bought by that the United States will provide new aid to the Chi- news Nationalist Government. In response to Chiang's ap-
poal In an Interview, Mr. Acheson rald the United States, through the Economic Co-operation Administration, is giving all the affective ald It can to Ching.
STILL NO AGREEMENT ON AUSTRIAN ISSUES
London, July 6.
The Foreign Ministers' deputies for Austria failed this morning in London to agreo on the Soviet proposal about the conditions undar which Austria will pay a lump sum of $150,000,000 to the Soviet Union in return for the transfor of war booty.
in the annexes to the
that this
Mr. Zarubin said that he will investigate the question.
Mr. Reber then referred to the section of the Soviet draft deal- Ing with the lump sum payment by Austria of $150,000,000 in freely-convertible currency in equal three-monthly Instalments of $6,250,000,
The Soviel draft says that the Austrian
National Bank must issue as securly to the State Bank of the Soviet Union, within two weeks of the Treaty coming into force, promissory notes payable on the quarterly payments dates.
The Western deputies objected to quarterly payments and to the issue of promissory notes.
The deputies then adjourned until tomorrow.-Reuter,
In a long session, in which the conference worked through the Soviet draft of Article 35 of the Austrian State Treaty, dealing with German assets, there were Indications that an agree- ment may be reached in the near future on the definition of the categories of war booty to be handed back to Austria in return for the lump sum payment,
The deputies referred to ax-listed He added that the United perts a query raised by M. Mar-Treaty.
cel Berthelot, of France, about a Status continues to recognize
Soviot draft prò-. Mr. Samuel Reber, of the Unit- the Nationalist
clause in the Government,
viding for the transfer to the So-ed States, suggests, Has given considerable aid in
viet Union of undertakings in should be amended to maintain ECA and through the past
four-power Austria concerned with the dis- the principle of the has provided all aid possible.
tribution of, vil.
right to war booty and to dispose -United Press. -
of all German assets
Rangoon, July 7. discussed The conference then
Government forces surrounded Article 35,
M. Berthelot agreed but Mr. Yeu, a rail Paragraph Six of
terminus 30 miles George Zarubin, the Soviet de North West of Mandalay, which which delines the war booty the Soviet Union Is
legate, and Mr. f. Mallal, of the rebels occupied on June 26, to return 10 Austria and the circumstanees in Britain, asked for time to
It was officially announced today. Austria is
the to pay
study it. which $130,000,000 to the Soviet Union.
Fighting is progressing on the town's perimeter. A strong forco The Soviet draft states that
of renegade White PVO's took Is to cete 10 the Soviet Union
Mr. Mallet asked Mr. Zarubin possession of You after a flereo Austria all property rights and whether three military training battle with defending Goverment interests held or claimed as Ger- areas commandeered by the Nazis troops. They set the town on fre man assets, all war industrial will be returned to their owners and destroyed buildings used by enterprises, houses and immovable The three areas are at Sommer- the polico fore-Associated 'property in Austrin except those lin, Doeltersheim and Allenstolg. 1 Prevs
PETAIN APPEAL
Paris, July 6. The lawyers for Marshal Philip- pe Patain today disclosed that they have sent to the French President, M. Vincent Auriol, "a fast (plea" for his release "lest he should die in prison."
Marshai Petain is serving a life sentence on the barren Be d'You, off France's Atlantic coast. Reuter.
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