I1HLAB Th . a h busiest n y for Prcs'd nt Tru a n sin e he to k 0 fice. He i s u d a ro c l mat ion , he d a pr stori 8 b id µ- /.. a day of Thank •&a ~ ask' what v r iiliiN ' ~ conf rence, and broke thre im ortant 8 . rocl m tion o aside n xt Sunda ~ -PAA-.:.t..if- ivin for victory. )ti"ffewtA oFl~ eople of the United States , d't- D'~ s ~ , h faith, to unite/~n offerin thanks to G d,andl'prayer for his support and guidance in the paths of pe ce. And he added: "I also call upon my conntrymen to dedicate this day of prayer to the memory . of those who gave their lives to make possible our victory". -i;:...A S • a ~ u j,.., 'IIIIA/(•ili'~~Yev-J Day.That he will announce in another proclamation the moment Japan signed the documenta of s u r r ~ - ~ V - J Day has a ~~ • t be a national holiday. Americans have had their victory holiday today and yesterday, and Yr. Truman thinks that's enough. The President then made it kno n that he I llQM_l! - will ro a l y di s olve the w ar 1 or bo r soon . That !5 b not e x c 1 th a y he p u i . hat h sai d s t i . ~ L ~ ~ ~ th;,<...~ ill con in ue to exist for a short hile. FeP t,lite -t,.ime he iPtg tAePa; a I S.U: appeere to be ao ■ e nee ti ~ l ' h e L ab or Department)under the new Secretary, Schwellenbach, is making co plete study of the situation1 ~ ,.,/!.,1,.,~4i~ a national labor policy. Not long after Labor Day, Ur.Truman will call a conference of labor and management. This is one of the measures by which the President hopes to encourage an era of peace - no strikes - while the country is going through the throes of reconversion. And ~ere is a bit of news which will interes G¼~ ' ~ everybody and please almost everybody.1'. ~resident Mus ~ he haJ: ~government experts ~ work figuring out how t a x e s ~ be adjusted to make~ 1:;t.ns easier ~ R ~~db~ ' The President d e clined to set any date fortL:.;but 1 John ' Snyder, Director of Reconv e rsi o n, told TRUMA,B - 3 ne s , rm n that tax rev i on ill b , one of the first sub· t \ka~ Congr i 1 , e to consider ft r reconv nin S ptember Fifth. Th Pr id nt - 1so h d someth·ng . to say bout P lestin. e indicated clearly that he approves of Zioni m, , nd is convinced that P le _ tine should becom Je · wi · ~ national t t . He di closed the faot t~ t a t Potsd m he had sug · - ted both to Winston Churchill and to Prime Minister Attlee that as aany Jews as po . ss ible · should be a . dmi tted to the Holy Land. Reporters sked him whether be had discussed tbia also with Marshal Stalin. d!h:4~~ 1 1 ~ - ~ ~ 1 ~ b e c ; ; . s ~ fyproblem about which the Soviet Dictator c a r):::.. fJ ih ,< a ny"f-h i ng • The President then disclosed another fact "- hich dn a · · been plans for the occup . tion of Japan are well under ay, but that will be ,Pf s A e ar . _ · ·._ - . t . e _ zones for the Allied po ~1£.;f-aRJ re in Germ . any . A:i?i ~ Allied fo.rc s wi 11 be merged , n G n r l o thu • N h"m . h hr he x ct d ~ tr v lin n the f I ur · • n OU h h m n · of th 1 Thr , . - The Pr · iden~ th no uh m tin s b n ch . eduled yet,4v · no trave 1 .' lan . d - - - - - - One of tbe ma t ter - sa' •x• he · ill t ke up ith 1:b:e Congr e ss, . in pt , e · mber 1 wil l concern the ~ d - veJ.o ment of ~••Ae · nergy .1ieri, ca · fH ■ af>emie fnllifte, Be ill ask the lawmakers to m ak e it ossible to continue research at the gre t l a t in shington, Tennessee, ant New Yexioo where the atomic bombs w~re manufactured. · congress, he said, will have to ' decide ( k . l ~ what's to be done with those plants. Aftiey should be used for the elfare and benefit of the world. Co) The question of atomio power led to the i.ssue of peacetime military training. Pr · , e , sident Truman is in favor of it.But, he insisted, we must not call ~ program ea cetime conscription. He wi l l p . ropose . . ~ . program to Con resa to .authorize a univers al tr 1n1ngJl'z •~1 'fRU AN - 5 for m rican young men ut, he re ated th t i t ~ A. not e •• conscri t i on. DD ' TRO N ..........,_------.. __._..,.._. One · hite House Corre o • ent po _ · ~ n out h t r io comment tors i To yo ere not t l ng l1~e ho 00 he . r def t . ~ ~ I ~ • • , unmi t bly t · · ng th po i'tion that Ja n is ·vin in now. f or the t·m b ·ng, in ord · r to grow tronger n ' ~ it the im to st • rt nother w r 1 a n d ~ get rev nge _ Pr ident Trum n n , e • red th i plied . uestion uic ly. e sured the country that MacArthur will make uite cert in the Ja . pane : se · ill not be able to undertake another R Th ge G n rthur r C i v ro To yo to l'iave& 91)88 fl let ef q t'l e 8 t, i.G B S or on thin co ly ith ac rthur's true ion 0 use ode ord "B t n" s ac m · de no commen on that. t o m ges, one from the ne J nee ov on f r o m ~ imperil .... he du rters. - the~om lie only ti lly ith aoArthur's · truct·ons, h re lied o them in these orde: r mes age have been received and are most important of course, Mac rthur that Emperor Hirohito had I\ . given the order to cease fire. Ho ever, the J a p s ~ @pointd out that;:;,,,;phting is scattered over A a huge p rt ~ ! & A that it might take all of t elve Ji■ days to stop hos t i 1 it i ~ a/ eve r y w he re . Even while Y cArthur w s reading the communication from Tokyo, severe fightin continued in northern on) ~ - - - - - - -......... ------------ ➔ lthou b jo Gen r 1 Fr - Irv · n, comm in he thirt hth ~vi ion om·tt no - te , s to inf orm - - the J soldi rs that their Em - them to u · nd • ~ a nes are dropping 1 fl ta nd a 1 o c rr,y · n i i, Am ric na of J ~panese blood, to bro d,a t mess ge to the enemy. In nohuria nd Kore, the Japan se . ~ t· ht· f t· 11 1th h th garr1 onsl' re . 1g .· 1ng . an ic · y, a . oug · · . e e c n be nod ubt th t they h ve heard from To · yo. So said the - oviet r dio at Ihaba : l'ovsk. Jmordi . ngly , three strong Red armies re continuing their triua bant advance nto the heart: of both anohuri · a.nd [ore ; ~ tfiey il c o ntinue to ad~anoe until the Japs lay DI down their arms. the J a ~ e a different version of --J/...;,, They compl in th.at the Iwa . ntung Army is w' lling to ' and »,i'i•~n g the Russians o ~ ~ t h e Russians deny. I\ surrender their att to stop One piece of information in the Jap nese mess , e to c rthur is articul rly intere ting, - 3 C - 1 in V 0 th con j ctu l 0 · n r uoti ied our n . r 1 th th e 0 i me r 0 hi ow n f ily to the Comm n er s in Ch' . _ f 0 hi rinci " 1 rmi. s, th t to anchuria, to Ch ' n n Fr n h Indo-Chin . H'roh to i doing this . to u r th t his QOOlJJl nd rs ln the fie d obey h"s orders. A t the s me t·m ' the Japan e radio broa t the dr m ti n th t th e Em e o has form n ca i nt. Wh is mor • fo the first time in the h. tory of Nip on, the had of it will be memb r of the Imperi 1 family~ the Emperor•a cousin, Gener 1 rince N . ruhi o Higashi- uni. noth e r extraordinary feature of this procedure is that the E mperor took the step without c o n s u l t i i : { ~ e r statesmen s he hat al ays done J. in the past. Ho · ever, it is noticeable that three members of the net cabinet ere members of the out- fa going Suzuki Cabinet, and that a Minister without . ~ portfolio is former M i nisterf Konoye. Th r sence of cousin of the Emperor ID m S 0.1' • i m · 1 0 e hi 0 r ~ ~ a re o e y d / \ r · s e ..r he ion;( be th th m - h 0 1 Y, the r i 1 m n in ustr o J an . It h ounce t h l ~u . a i nc Societ , bich is th tot · n · r t f J n , h b n i solve • G ttin b c to he~ me sag e to MacArthur, in O . B ~ (:;;}'1':""-.IUJI ntence th.i{ ~ Ska th . G n r 's indulgence bility for in t o obey his in tructio~s:Jte h d told 1'? ii( ,-uih~ ~ ,t:. ... them to 1 ave Kyush~on ugust . · v e nteenth, nd to th they re ly: "I uote, " feel great y emb rr ssed as it is impossible for u to rrange for ' t h flight of our re resent tive on August Seventeenth ue to the•~ scarcity of time allo ed us". Then they add: " e ill, how ver, proceed at one ith neces ary prep rations and notify Gener 1 acArthur as to the d t of the flight•• of uch repre entative, hich il take 1 ce s soon as ossible". 5 heir a oi_o Y nd gr a nted them more t·m e . How ve , i t is ener ll y und er t oo d in nil a th at he i , ui e annoye i th them. He :tf:Hewe bltws :a ef l ll4c7 ha cd. og )Issa ~ mili~apy atMaae at Tokye ia ~ inete ea £ive ::cN. Nioeteen iix nd he be ieves their lat st ction ,, may 1 uot e possibly be just g g for pur oses of JI del ay . surren der party in Mani la as soon as possible. An~ he m ade 'i t cle r that he w · 11 not ~ ny rol onged negotiatio~ Off ice rs in W a shington believe Gen e r 1 MacArthur may insist u p on the final surrend r papers being signed by the J ·panese comma~i~ief!'t.e im perial palace of ;'\ - - But tha ~ u off ic i / =ti a mer e gu ss . high Hirohito~~ i • I ll__LLQ_G - Th n J · n s e r e m i i s ro f sional c t iv e o f fi c er ho h as a t thr d'f fer e n i m es co m n e i ort n ivi i o n in J n - a Send i, • Nagoy a nd sa i s part i cu ] a r sp cia ties are a field artill ry, cavalry, nd vi tion. While he was comm nding the famous third division at Nagoya, J a anese businessmen in th a t airer ft city/ interested rince Higashi-kuni in them nufacture of a fighter plane 1 known to us as the famous Zero;'-•~. The city of Nagoya is bis home town. Be boasted for a number of years that he would make that ~ are a an inn e 1· f o rt res s of Japan , h i ch he did. W. iLS home was located in Yoshinocho, in the northeast part of the big industrial city. Jefl~by was the Kinjo Girl's School, operated by missionaries of the ' outhern Pre byteri n Church. Down th street just two bloc s liv d ric n ission a ry, Rev. Floyd Roberts w ho o y 'lb•·•~,in Pitt field, Mass a chusetts. I t 1 d to h i m on the phone this t e rnoon, Lowel\,L . . . "1e ere rec al l i ng to e a ch other . _ the char a ct ristic lll Y Y M.li_ - of . ne m'lit ry Rob rts no hi m el r mie r o J ap · n R v rend ..._ Th rinc ys golf: likes to r v ith f st autm ob iles . He i uic mind. His first t a tough disciplinarian , s '"n fe 4'(1 \ s to w111• 'J ee 1 . _ J apan .. o order se field command rs o ac no · ledge to sto fi hting. ~1-.~'l~Y~- ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ){AA ~ • N a ,.ro h State D artment: Un d r- ecr a ry o t a te Jo Gre reign . ~ ~ n ta l k ~ ti c r thur . after his te the President hat he though th at after for y-one years ~~ in the Foreign service of the United St a tes, it 1a aee_.. t i me 9t. g a v up the resp o nsibility of public office. The new Under ecretary of tate ill be Dean ache son , ho resigned on l y the other day as ;8••tt, A ssistant Secre t ry.Ajcb ■ soi& a ao a Jc al e1 \welwe yeazu la the geweP ■■ent e~'!GiJ o y, the io B ng o he urren e r of Th ai l n, formed no n as m er o ct, OU tr e t e ve the ov rnm n rJ;f- further i( rep e of led ures ue declaration of ar a nst the s Britain. n, this e:f teruooir, k~----A,~ ~ troopsjoa ea iie ~ B a British to nder\ake \ae o occury'biea~ the ~ c c e p t the surren4er ,, ~ ane e troops A are ~ -i'!t 'fl ■ ilznd. In Ceylon the head uarters of Mountbatten' command were tryin to 6et into com unication ith ~~ 'of Gener · l AJ to arr ng ~ : su,.. 4 ...-.. .....iw..=r ~ o :..: f :.._ t:,:h~e:...__, sixty thousand Jap troops •a BdIIWft. The southeast - si-.. Com mand nt th a t surrender to take place at Rangoon, the Burmese capit· 1, nd the surrender t ■ xtak■ of all enemy forces in Th iland J;a take lace in Bangko . .ft is •• 1 1 ■ atud I bat ,Ia "1a nese: iPeep• in the ,- t.h.e a ti-. whtett;.;1111cles !at ma, I ThaiJaod aGd frenea lade Ohina number s.oaeihing like eigll+, or · ntue huud1ed thuasEtnd. It will• t.a1'e eeme time eefepe \he Allied feree:! ee.a ~oropJete something like three to finish the business of freeing Malaya and ~ relieve some forty or seventy-five ~ ~ llied prisoners . ~ B~tish forces w·1 the ~ ,, A occupying the Dutch East Indi~s, . Nofl.oft....+Jr-ft1!~,...,._,tt,~~ ....... Malacca a1e siea1ed of ene 1 ■ iRee and waPabi•e ant , ... l9ltr '.C a r. > CBURCBJ__b to y ~· Q,. Ed JI '.Fl •• i I b . • h·s fir t move as leader of His Maj sty's loyal opposition,en ~h't! ~tL. ~ d - ~ i,,her o ~ Wouee of ~ ? ! m a d e the broad statement that dictatorial Communist forces are trying . f' . " to dominate Europe by terroristic methods. And he demanded that the secret of the atomic bomb be r stricted to the United Stat•s and Britain. having saved the lives of at least a million Americans ~ hundred and fifty thousand British fighting men. A By no means, he said, should»• the secret be shared with any other country.{Jnd there was no mistaking cJ-...~~_,.,:t:J~ the ex-Prime Minister's meaning. b meant Russia, and A ' he meant Stalin with whom up to a month ago Churchill was on friendly. z n intimate. terms. a a c ~ o u g h t out into the o p e ~ ~ of Profes or Harold Laski, Chairman of the National Executive Committee of the British Labor Part~as the o er behind the t ~ e . A=il:a:i-.-;~,~ ----sQJ C URC · ' ILL - 2 ......... _....,._....__ ...... _ __ . d c _ l _ arati _ on on B ·- r1· · t _ 1, ·_ h ,- Fore -· 1· _ n 0 11·c -- , t · 1 · lv.n,,. , ar 1 cu . r ., . ' ~ • n · · .._ ntL •- ed to _· Jc · n ~co hether the Comlllunist l1'\-_ 11-.--. ............. , . - ~ -- - _ -_ IL '4-.., , roh ~ a t/1 J. for 1/tQ ~ ~ . ThAtnettle · d Churchil 's riv 1 , Prime Mini ter Clement Attle • tHe · oacgJ1.t ~he speai>et 's i!ft:, AJZ'c,~ diat ~~ r ~ oor to deny •itat ehaxchiH im , li - - . - - . La ki ~ the real bos . s ot the ~ Briti Labor Party and of . be A G ov ernm . en t • .Attlee declared that L ski ~ad spo en so ely as an individual and that non e but his _ aje ty's Ministers determined the spon _ 8rect',e ln 4"86 t 1 pat ( r i.Q