FOIEIGB AID ------------- In lashin ton, three key coa ■ ittees of the Senate and Bouse are at work on the residential requirement for stop-gap aid to the free countries of Western Europe. They are preparin g for action on the lbite Bouse request for the fi•e-hundred-and-ninet7- seven-aillio ~ dollar e ■ergency relief bill to help France, Austria, and Ital7. Today, the Senate Appropriations Coa■ ittee voted to investigate the question of A ■ erican food supplies - how much can we spare? Coaaittee Chairman, Senator Bridges of New Baapshire, declares that the Coamittee, in bis ~ords -- •will not be staapeded into action before e know where we're going.• Be added t h at there would be public hearings for about two weeks, on tbe subject of how auch food, coal an1 oil we can send -- •without short-changing our own people•, in the Senator's words. FOREIGN AID - 2, ----------- The latest is a statement by Senator Bridges, denouncing an agreement to send industrial plant equipment fro ■ the American and British zones of uermany to Soviet Russie . and the Red satellites. Senator Bridges declares that the American and British authorities in the occupation have decided that an additional six-bundred-and-eiihty-two plants in tbeir zones shall be dismantled and sent to th~ · •orld of Communism behind the Iron Curtain. lhat kind of reconstruction work for Western Europe is that, be demands. Be says it's assinine! The Foreign Affairs Committee of the Bouse of Representatives beard testimony today from Congressmen who made oersonal inspection trips in Euro e. One of these, Republican Congressman Dirksen of Illinois, spoke an impassioned plea for immediate and adequate aid. Be said that Soviet Russia is, in his words Wfeverisbly preparing for war.• The present cold war, said be, could easily turn into a shooting PCIIBIGI AID - :, ~-~ war. The I\Republloan Congreaaan •Phal1ad ttiat with • ep1gaa - 11 the cold nr 11 not very colC1 11 , 1a1d bl. U we tall to g1Ye eoon0111c 1upport to tm tree oountr111 ot •••tun lllrv;>e, be argued, Stalin ldll take over - 11 Sta11n Will write weatem c1nl1at1an. So, on tbe balla ot lllat be aa4 ld.1 colleagaea bebeld 1n Barope, tile Illtnoll CGIIIN■- urpd wbat be called - •decent, ■electl•e, adequate aid - blYDI dlli reprd tor ~ l t 7 or 111pplle■ ■114 tb9 oapaoltJ or oar . . country to produce. 11 • In tbe •tter ot tile control■ tbat PN11dmt ""!rt""- ~• s,ct'ld laat ntgbf;, a1t1ng tbe power to ration food and restrict prtcea and wagea, tbere 111ure to be blaq debate With plent1 ot oppo11t1on. In reckoning the 11ne tbe oppo11t1 will take, we can beat reter to 1tat8111nt1 aade bJ Senator Tatt ot Oh1o last nlgbt - 1n h1a replJ to the Preiident•1 ,t> aeldre11 to congre11.1•••szr 1, Senator 'l'att declared tnat tbe control■ deaanded,tbe Vhlte Rouse power to ration and re1tr1ct_, IORIIOII AID - 4 would be, what tbe Senator called - ua atep toward a c - l • ' - total1tart.an nation." Itl a aoatb1ng attaclc, '!aft ot Ob1o cbaracterlncl tbe pnaident1al progr1111n tbeN 1fOldlz •zt wn,a. aettlnl ap ot a federal llareaa W1tb 11Mft117 mnlr1da ot tbDUands ot 111Plo,N■ and apnu Pl71nl 1nw * dalq llftl ot 111111ou of people. 'Im PN■id~t," aid•• •ta -.i,- a,illl to •uaar-o•t tM ptll - tbia 1a ta. o.P.A. tbla," tatt - • •1a-. pol1oe atate oond,..,., bJ tbe PNatdmt bfm•lt cai, a aonth ago. u All of wbtch 1a to be lmpt 1n a..tnd u a tor•-• ot b oppo1tt1an attitude 1n ta. peat debate, . . . . ClalNU taa"1p tbe cantrola Ilia ldd.ch PN■idellt t.-1 n r.~c IIIMd laat n1pt. In C . icabo, ton _ i 6ht, addre sing the Chic.11go Council of Foreign Af airs and t e ~ t o Chamber of Commerce, Secretary of State 841'•••~~6. Marshall accused Russia of deliberately blocking European recovery; and -tl.t t e Oni ted States re uses to •stand by and watch the disinte 6 ration of the international community to which we belong.• ~ ~ 4 ' ;_,◄• e , &..r iec•l,,t;;y a:f-i\ai.-ueu~ a stern warning to . n·-tL• the Soviet ' s 1 1111 his last public appearance before ,.. . leaving for the meeting of the Council of Foreign The SoYilts, ,.Al&ftlel .JQCL&Al 9 for soae -•o ~ "'2e ... . , ~ , ■ ysterious reason,Abave chosen to ~estroy Aaerican -~~----.-~-,-,,,.ti~ goo ' will built up for them durin the arr and now A have oaded this country almost to •active resentme t• against what he termed t~eir •brazen and contemp uous forei n policy and propa anda." ~~ ... '"'""--'---.l!c......;ia,aM~P~i,ee,,hllt"&-1:J:~?L--"'4i~Mt""""'iiS~t,"'rat,a,,w,e~~ used /.. so e of t e tr n&est dip o atic an ua e he h s e · er ecip yedr ~er accusin~ t e S viet uni n of obstructionism, ) _Afi§_!l!..! - 2. an~ ber y caut1 n ~ Russia th t affectin t . every stability oft e ' A-4 er ro atanda . . . ,., AddiB! asfia4.tcnat,= fit:IR~,. Be said e wished to state . ~ ~ emp at1callyl'-there ~ no truth whatsoever in the c arges leveled against the United Stated by Soviet of1icials and Communist groups, • o care• t e United States with iaperialistic desi n, ~ ressive purposes, and a desire to provoke a third *or d war. µ makiag t~ie eatege•ieeJ deaial af ~~aee ta,1lcan ~«~"'-'~ - i ■ peP~wia ■ ' /: e have not annexed; we have not used t . e greatest military power and military resources ever assembled to acquire for the Onited States as ecial privileged position -- eit~er l ~estern \ politic al or econorJiC. • " hi le t e,,("'- J(Jdemocrac ies, Britain and the United States, have been reducing the area of t he ir soverei 6nty, Russia as ta en the opposite road." T h e oviet Unio c ns i der bly ..J ------- - lJ I n x i , r i ry , c I r i. i. n g o f mor 10 - un d red- n - 'Ja re mi es , o p u l i 0 V e . , - t" i io i,) eO ,,.... ,,. / poi /4 e C m as ter / f v 'lJif' n - - a I✓ / / / t a te 7 r o m ,0 11 t of e as n m ed a u d ience r i 6 t d Ame rican intend e d ure p r a "' es. l i s o me ibite m r s re tr a in an is / f · 't rnat · anal is i e d Onit extend help t at ed es 1 a of Euro In r ec "ever y n t he had t f ooo d t e li I/ t o i w t /. viet s ave t V as e t f eric ar r rd ood " T ' e e t . i re COMMUNISTS ( In Ital y, they•re talking of - "the Battle 01' the P ublic Squares. 11 That 1 s what they're calling the nationwide series of outbreaks by the Communists, tho are resorting to violence from one end of the new Italian republic ~ a n epidemic of Red mob action in the streets /\ to the other and plazas. .J • attacks against ant -Communist opponents and against the police - 1n the Battle or the Public Squares. Today produced the most violent outbreak thus far - like a local insurrection. In the town or Corato, 1n southem Italy, a mob of Reds attacked and besieged the local police station, a mob blazing away with pistol, rifle and mach1negun fire - that well armed. The police, besieged in their headquarters, could not have held out, but were able to telephone an alarm to the nearby city of Bari. The~ ri- A a~l• to get the telephone call through - before the COD1Dw,1st 1nsurrectos destroyed the telephone-telegraph headquarters. 1fA~ it was, a military column set out from .Bari, the Ninth Infantry Division of the Italian Army, with light tanks and T a r c rs, c 1 e e l t, u ic re -- t ar r a t a c bein uc . fo r t e C nmuni t m ob. n r ce t day , ere of an Americ n mere ant ve ~ e join l e F re c ., Re s i t .. e g en er l ri e at · ar eil l s . T ey ent me e o t ir U nion over he re, the ationa ariti e or nizatio C .I . . , a c ab e ad ressed to • re i e 0 urran ho is an anti-Co munist and w o rece tl on a resoun in 5 victory ver t he Rede ements i n t e anitime Union. The Politi ca s ant f t ~ is Americ n sip crew is indicated vividly in a reclamation of solidarit y wit , t e Co munists of arsei les . . e "e su p port your c ura e us fi · h a ainst e im eri i st ar all -'- n", sa y t e , in joinin . e Re s . r i e. t Con r sion a l h e ~ rin 0 in r n g ton today, t he 1 ad i e s am on t he · e c t a t o . , h ad a t hr i 11 - - a hou ehold thrill of a s ort de a r to the feminine instinct.- for he furni shin g s a nd fittings of home . The t e timony conc er ned an apartment, fixed up in the latest style, a t a cost of ten thous nd doll a rs. This occurred in the inv s tig a ti o n of the complic a ted finencial aff a irs of General Bennett Yeyers, - ~ s Air Fore a hin before - secret, doing -- and one chunk o to p ay for of the pl ce , - 'a a . E; Y E c - 2 --------- Te aubst aR tiete thi~, The Co n re s sio nal C ommittee called a Sa n Fr ci co de cor tor, i s s Nita a vi , . h o directed the job. That , s . en the l 'i dies i n the gallery gre intere s t e d. They noted that the ti tness (smartl y) · a s ,( sma:rt•~ turned out in a bl ck suit and f e a the red be re t • · he s a i d t he ten tho · · n d do 11 a rs • l:&u ' 8 got c11ou1ed: th e co s t of the furniture and trimmings for the apartment -- all of a· lush'and ex p ensive sort. 1f'°The women spectators giggled and exclaimed, o -o -h and a-a-h -- as the wltness described the sumptuous furnishings. The style of the beds, tables, ch-airs and sofas, s a id she, · :a s -- "modern and Engl.Eh." he told of the carpets, the draperies, the paintings. ~ ~ 1R a~;.~•1"f>qijh~ '(She s a id th e Gener a 1 had originally planned wh at she called a modest apartment, a t a cost o f abou t twenty-five hundred doli a rs. But later he decided on something, in her wo~ds , " a little ore ex ensive." Th t w a s the ten thou an dollar job a li ttle more e~pensive. Th at ' s what dre g ig l e s from t e 1e i t er tt , e Vi 1 ine nd feminine un r~t d i , tter o i ance.-) • VANDAL Today 1n Wa m 1ing ton, the p olice of our stately capitol, 1th its great arch amt dome, are looking for a 1■11t■ twn.x /\ souvenir hunter who certainly did go the limit. He swiped the bi g bronze pl~e from a door of the Chamber of the House of Rep~esentatives. Last night the 'Gronze plaque was 1n its usual place, where it had been for ninety years. But this morning ~gaped - the plaque was missing. A Somebody during the night had made off with the bulky souvenir, 1n spite ot · the tact that the capitol is closely guarded, and everybody emerging required to sign out. The sculptured bronze was atflxed on the door back 1n . ~~e~ Eighteen Fifty-Seven, when the w~,lloted to the House ot Representatives was first opened. I don•t quite know what was in the minds or the architects and decorators or those days, when they thought up the picture on that plaque. Sculptured in bronze, it shows a snake emerging from the bullrushes. \\. I I Maybe the bullrushes were intended to . signify the sticks,::: ~ h a whl~ many a Congressman emerged 1n those days VA A ... - 2 . ------ - But ~ y t e Cou.t t a t e b een m e nt a"' a re ectio on ome f r e buc ic a , ke r emer in f rom t e st i c s ' l n other han the er e t ouris e ' as ie a 0 ' in t e arden of Eden - - but e ver calle d C ress a lJ rden of Eden? •rvJu The news rom Tokyo tells of the trial and sentencing of Kilruo T o j o , ~ a brother of Tojo the war-lord. The name of Tojo 1s, of course, written black 1n the history of orld r Two - war-time rem1er Tojo having headed the government that launched the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor • . That Number One Tojo is, right now, the principal defendant 1n the Japanese war crima trials - and now his brother bas been tried and convicted. Of' what misdeed? What kind of war criminal 18 be? '!be news from Tokyo states that Kikuo ToJo, forty-nine year old younger brother of the Tojo of Pearl Harbor, has ' been given eighteen months in prison - for stealing a bag of food while riding 1n a street car. Prom the Pearl Harbor crime of launching a war 1n the Pacific to the stealing or a bag or food in a street car - what a come-down tor the sinister name of ~:'OJo! .PIRATES We hear of naval engagements in the Far East, with Chinese warships 1n battle;- though this has nothing to do with the big campaign out there, the fight against the Conmun1sts. The enemy, 1n these naval operations, 1s - 'D, ~ the pirate, the Chinese version of the buccanee~•;a ~kull and cross-bones. " ~ China, from the dim days or - celestial past, has A been bedeviled by piracy - which, 1n these times or Par Eastem post-war troubles, has become such a menace that the Chiang Kai-shek goverrnent mustered modern maritime armament agatmst the tree-booters. Meaning - .American lll'll8Jllent. In the surp!ua Army supplies that were tumed over to China, were a nllllber ot landing craft, armed with canne,n and heavy machine guns, in addition to which the Chinese contributed some ot their traditional sea-going cratt, Junks ot the Orient - Junks 1n which they installed motors and guns. In this way they tormed an anti-pirate fleet - ot landing-craft and armed motor Junia,. !RATES - 2 The ob ect1ve of the campaign was along the South China coast, a strategic area for piracy. Between the island · or Hainan and the peninsula or Kweichow lies a strip of water that for long ages has been a paradise for pirates. That 1 s typhoon territory, and the navigation rules are for Junks to ~ hug the coast, 1n fear of typhoons. ~takes them to the strait between Hainan Island and Kweichow Peninsula - where the pirates lie 1n wait. The buccaneers are mostly trom·Ha1nan,~ ~ pirate stronghold~on Kweichow, trom which they sally torth 1n their tree-booting Junks under the Chinese Jolly Roger. So those . are the waters 1h which the naval war . against the pirates has been raging. 'l'be latest engagement was orr the Southeast coast ot Ba1nan, where the Amer1can-m.de landing crart and the fast motor Junks1'ncountered a pirate tleet, and sank tive buccaneering ships. The ettect or tbe modem armament was such that the tew• pirates who meMged to escape and get to shore, spread the word that their Junks had been sunk by battleships. Other similar naval battles have - · s i · : ar r i ,· rr r - " t e: le are c i ! " . · e buc a r ar e _ r a - a e r e - ' commi a . roci - · bu al · ave a se · e . f umor, ccasi on ly 1 u 5 i in irate J o _ e - • e o · t e e is escribe in t e ... t ry 1 f . ow t e uocane e r mad e a r i ch haul , ca ure a jun crow _ ed ealthy C inese o a _ a le t o es of money aboar. Te irates, after stri in t - e assen ers ~f t , eir ossessions, a nnounced y a. ex erience a udden turn of · enerosity. T ey is ayed a sac of loot conta in i sizes sai t a t one as~e - er, c osen by lot , w u d be a · lo wed to reach into t e c · and ta ·e w atever pa c a · e of money he • lease. bereu on, lot s were dr wn, an t . e · ucky as y en er tuc~ · i nd into t e a c 1 , and selected a , ac a . e of money. I / "'V atur lly, e c ose t e lar est -- only to in d t a t t . e l ar est bu n dle of money wen e o ened i , c i ted of ban ' no es of the smallest den minati o n. hereupon, the irates o, e laughter at t is p oetic jus t ice -- unis . men of t e sin of reed. I su pose that some ere in the Confucian c assics t,ere's a suitable apothegm about t e evils of greed, something to ive the pirates a sense of being -- Confucian moraliets. And now, Nelson, Oh Ton ue of Ivory, g ive us a Case-ian Confucian apothe g m. LTP.1947.11.18i.pdf LTP.1947.11.18ii.pdf