t..T.- DILCO. NOJfDAY 1 JAIIUARY 10, 1955 (Chas.Collingwood substituting) PRISOIIIRS - U.I. Secntar, General Dag Be•arakJold ha1 left Peiping. He and Red Poreign N1n1eter Chou In-Lai - had their fourth, and la■ t, ••ting today. So what'• the nault of the ■111ion, intended to brs.n, about the fnedoa ot the eleven iapr1■oned Alllr1can fl,er,, DIii lrw1r1kjold and Chou In-Lai, upon concluding their talk1, ilned a OOIIIIUn1que. lllt it tel11 UI v1rtual1J nothl111. Ip _, aen. of the Alllrloan pr1aoner1. It cloe1n 1 t eYn 111nt1on 1111 oaN of the Alilr1oan aiftlln convicted of eapionap , iblob . . . llhole point of the U .I. id111on to Md China. The c01111UD1que, 11 wored in a cur1oua wa,. the atateaent begin• with a •nt1on of the exchanp of . , , ... , that brought about the Be 1r1kJold ■11a1on. then, it ••1•" "In theN talk•, reference • • •de, at the I tlll21161 - 2 lll.L.~ill, to que1tton1 pertainin1 to the relazin1 of worl4 tenaion.• Tb• pbr••• •at the•••• ti ■•• woul4 •••• \e 1a4loate that 1oaetbia1 •l•• ••• di1caa1e4. The q•••tioa of tbe A■erloaa priaoaer1 - •• hope. Tb• ••••••lq•• coaol••••• ••• feel tba\ tb••• talt1 b••• hea •••fwl, aD4 •• hope to le •~l• W ooatl■•• tbe ooa\ao\ eata\li1bed la tb••• •••tla1••• lblob ■ t1•t lalloate - tbat ••1otlatloaa wil coatl■•• ••t•••• the II and led Cblaa, oa tbe Prl1eaer l••••• illAII• Today••• - Co ■■ ittee A11ign■ent Day, for Deaocrat1 in the Senate. announced by a Steerin1 Coaaltte9i are 1iaple routine. Two - art noteworthy. Plaoe1 on the Forel1n ltlatlo•• Coaaltt•• are Senator Bartle7 of leataot7 1•t• one, Seaato• la7ae lor•• of Ore1on 1•t• aaotber. Ia lartl•1'• oaae, the 8eniol'&7 lale ••• Tie ••~••t1-•l1ht year old ••teran ••• la l•••t• pre•l•••lJ, th•• ho••• Yloe-Prtaldeat. ■••• ••t•raln1 to the Senate, he'• teohaicall7 a •freallaaa.• ! t tile bottoa of tbt atalorl t7 laddtre - t.t _ aa ezoeptto ••• ••4• in tb• ca•• of Al••• Bartle7 - ••o•••• of hla lon1 dl1tla1ui1htd ••••ice. ~- -- .... 4~'4U--~ la7n• lor•• get, the nod,~although h•'• tecbaically, no Dtaocrat at all. An ez-Republioaa, • bolted the party in lia&een Fifty-Two, he rani'A......i• · llllll• •• s {....;.,i Senator lcCltllan, tatin1 the place of Senator lcCartbJ, aa11 hi1 In•eati1atin1 Sub-Co■■ ittee will, pro■ptlJ, tale up tbe Per••• ca••• lhich follow• a re1olatioa introduced bJ Senator Price Daaiel of Texa1 - oalltn1 for a contiaae4 inYe1ti1atioa of Cou•■ l1■ by tbe De■ocratio-oontrolle4 Coa1rea1. Senator Daaiel crltlci1ed tbe ar■1'• co■4•et ljMcC~>:,. 1D tbe ca•• of the ••• , 4eat1at, oa11•r tlfth l■ea4■e■ t Co ■■aal1t. ■• our1•4 • the ar■1 oreate4 •eo■ f••loa, •••pictoa, a■4 di1oor4,• •1 waitin1 •••rl1 a 7ear before 11•1•1 fact• la the honora,1e di1ohar.1• of laJor Pere••• 11§1112111- The reaponae in Congreaa to Preaident liaenhower•a •••••1•, today, ia al■oat unani ■oual7 fa•orable. On the De■ocratic aide - appro•al. OD the lepwblicaa aide -[■01tl7 appro•al, with)ai1n1 of•• tle■ tnt of 4iaagrtt ■tnt. Thia . firat ohallan1• to the . Dtaooratlo-oontrolltd Cong ht Rtpublloaa i• lltel7 to find oppoaitioDAl~ hi• own part7. Tht ••••••• conc•r••d fortlp trade, aad oalle4 for a thr•• Jtar extenaioa of the leolprooal trade Law. That Aot 11••• the Pr¥aldeat to red•o• tariff• up to fifteen percent. Laat 7ear, the President wanted a thr••-1••• extenaioa, but the lepwglioan Con1•••• granted a continuation of onlJ one 1•••• So now, with the Deaocrata runnin1 thinga, th• lhite Bou•• co ■•• back with a three-year propoaal. Republican The opposition on t h e - • • - ~ aide co ■•• fro■ high tariff adYocatea, who don't like the proapect of tariff cut, under the principle of reoiprooal tri41. lhich Pre1ident liaeahower, today, r••••••nded a1 a · ■eana of 1trengthenin1 the fr•• world againat Co••••l••• Th• ••••a1• alao called tor a redaction of inco ■e tax on foretp profit• earned •1 Aaerioaa oor,oratloa1. There are other clauae1 too - all la\ iatere1t of a 1reater l■erloaa partiotpatloa la tor•ta tra4e. Th• Deaocrattc Speaker of the Boa••• lay,•n fl of Texaa, 1at4 the••• liaeabower trade pro1r••A•• at the top of the liat, for pro ■pt action. COSTA RICA Costa Rica, today, called tor a westem hnisph•re conference - to consider a coaaplaint against licaragua. Co1ta Rica charps that 1ta neighbor, in Central Alllerica, plana aggre11ion and invasion. Saying - the 11caraguan govefflll8nt baa recruited an araay ot •actventurere" tor an attack on Coata Rica. Nicaragua deniea all. In waahington, todaJ, the Costa Rican Allba11a4or, acting uncler . a Pan Allerican treaty - urged a •etllig ot W•••• Rea1apbere toreip miniatera. Be Nid that licarqua pllDI ID 1nvu1on under the gu1ae ot • revolutionar, aove•nt 1n Coaa Rica. Today•• infor ■ation ahow1 that the Chin••• Red Air Force a11ailed the island of Tach■n in a aerie• of boabing raida. The first ca■• early thi1 ■ornin1 - lig~t boaber1, eacorted by tighter planea, includin1 Jeta. They bla1ted the i1land for half an hour. Th••• dvrin1 the da1, oa■ e three other aajor air aaaaalta. ■•1• firea li1bted on Taoben, whioh .. 11 tbe anchor •••e of a 1trin1 of ialanda held by the A For•••• lattonallata. Toda7•1 air attack••• the h~••ieat far, in the •••t-poctet war off the coaat of Red China. RBCORDIMO Tonight's recorded report t'ran Lowell Thomas might give an impression - that Lowell is back in New York. Returning - to the skyline ot Manhattan. But he's tar away from that. Good ennlna, ewr,bodJ. low aa,be I 1houldn • t llffl laid that becau1e Charle, Coll1npood tial alNadJ 1&14 lt, but after tbl1e twnt1-tour ,-an, I.., it troll bU1t ewn lf> I • broad-tinl a . . . . . . to JOU frail tar ott South ANltsa itlb • el&bt-bou iltfeNDN 1n ttilii. I wllb all ot ,oa Nllld wltb • on a tll&bt that I haft Jut 11ac11. In a NDN lt - a tll&bt 1nlo tlll paat. A tllibt traa tlll IIOdlm worltl into tlle 111ddle All•. lot fllll• 1nto ant1"'1tr to 1111 t a ot ot lbeN 1;brN lbouNnd ,.ar, .., • lilca Ula lut OM - illlob J Nported. Blat 1n a - , tb11 OM - • - - atnnpr bNlu• • wre not Ju1t -1n1 the Nina ot tbl Qll81ll ot 1111•'• •• __,l• and the ratlWr 1atabr •tlinaa ot her peat IIINb - • '1h11 tiM I wu in• Nglaa DN the pelple 11ft about u 1lllr did hundredl and hundred& ot ,-ar1 ago. And 1t•1 pttlnl harder and harder to tind plaoe1 on tb.11 planet ilblre that 11 true. V.t. RICORDIIG - 2 I wonder how 118nJ ot you think, as I u1ed to think, that• 1n Aaer1ca invented the 1kyacraoer. IQ tart, I once thought that the era ot the 1k71orap1r Nally began not--, year■ qo with the Plat1ron Building in lew tork. DcNn tmN at that onoe wrld-f1110U1 corner - Pitth Aven\11 Ind "'9ntJ-tbll'd StNet. But far tar back 1n ear11 tlill1 the Trol].09te1 ot cappadocia in Alia JU.nor liwd in w1rd 1q1crapen. And 1ibl Dalai Le■■ '• palace at LbUa in 'f1bet 11 a loftJ 1ic,aoraper. lllt 1n . . . . . , . • • t 1tartllng of all are tbl IQIONpel' o1.ua■ ~ Ju1t aouth of the l■nd or eapt111111, thl Rub al Dall in south Arabia. A Nction or our planet that 11 war ott tbl beaten path in Badrl■aut, 11x bundNd ml•• or 10 eut or tba nearest point in Arrica, and abollt rirteen hundred atle1 .. ,, or India. In ract, there are tour larger tome that 1ou could call cities and thirty or forty -ller t011n1 llhere the1e L.T. RICCIU>IIO - 3 1kJ1craper1 are round. 'l'hey•re in a remote south Arabia valleJ. Soae 01· the■ in aide can,ona. It•e an 1-n•• valley; it re1nble1 our Grand can,on or the Colorado in Arisona, exoeps that 1t•1 not ao daep and the color■ ot the 1trata 1n tbl alll not IO brilliant. the color here 1n the Wadi lladnlilaut 11 pl'Pdal1MDtlJ dark Nd. ,1n, • n ..... , and a llltle IOUlh ot Iba an1J ,anwi, eaploNd . . . . . . . . the Br111ah ProNOMNM of Mii1 111111 b lllll• lmallll oounlr, ot twn Ind the va1t lbalt al 111111 dlNn OCIIII loplblr • ,or - boar 01' IO W . . . OWi' Ollllpletei, unlnbalt1Mcl cllNrt. And thin llowlr, 1lowl1 • ...... _ , . _ , • •re aboft a •terl••• nll•1 that -■ ll'Olflni w1dlr and dNper. !bat•• the head ot the Va41 lladrlaut. And 1n ancient t1a11 an the ra1ntall au■t haw been tar greater, archeologiata and other 101ent11t1 tell u1 th11-, have been one ot the aoat ctenaely populated parte ot the earth. !hat, along with the valleJI or the 11le and the Tigril and luphratea, the Wadi lladr-ut may have been one ot the cradlea ot c1v111zat1on. Be that as it may, .. soon ware above villages and t'ielda. lven now they don•t have to dig far beneath ttw 1and1 ln this valley in order to ■ trike water. DonkeJI and c ... 11 provide 1101t ot the energy to bring the water tr011 theN •ll1 tor irrigation. And tiler ra11e ■ilet, indigo, H ■-, tobaooo, dates, ot cour■•, honer, cocoanut1, and ewn 10111 trulklnllftN, although the great tore1t1 that pron.did the extre..11 Yiluall• trankinoen•• ot ant1qu1t;r, tho•• tore1t1 hav.e d11appeared. Arter• bad tii•n tlrins tor about an hour tl'Oll tbe ea1tem border ot thl Y ... n, • ca111 to llhat a1 the tour pr1r.c1~ cttte■ ot lladralmt: llluta, ShiNII, 8&11@, Tarla. !beae are the 1ky1craP,r citt••• '1'h• ao1t 1tr1klril ot the tour - Shiballl. When 1t ■uddenlJ appear• around a cliff that Juta oul , into this great red vall•J, rou 11■plJ can I t believe rour •re•. 1 Por here 11 a city ade up ot 10118 11x hundred ot th••• 1ky1craper11, with 1treets bet•en thea like narrow Gan,one. ~.T. RIC<llDIII - 5 city 11 made up entirely or tall buildings, aoat ot thell are dazzling tmite. lftrJ building, I believe, 11U1t be at leaat •11ht 1torie1 high. And theJ taper a bit aa theJ go up, tor• onlwa NalOll. Por no ateel t■ uNd 1n their oonatnotlon. 1w1dlD,1r tbil bU a1-,1 bNn & land or blood tewl■ • So OM ot ,_ t'Nlon■ tor tba 1&11 bu1lcl1np and the •11 around the•• bu.1141nll 11 ObYlOII■ • And tbell MO, theJ I re 11&14 to til - la of t.111 , . . . 11b1ob 11 . ltlU~ bot. lltQ of - - lglONplft ini - handNiiil YlllU 1D tbl . . . . naarltJ are Ollllld ltJ rlob - · 'Im pr1no1pal 1nduatr1•• of thl Vadl lladnaut todar and llaking the pluar t11a, 11 uNd 1n all the 1Jq1onper1 and other 1na11c11na1 ot t1111 region. Ab, but the ohlet export tor oentur1••• 11noe tlWJ Md tbeir great ctepre111on around the tiill C, ot Chr11t; the greateat export ot all tl'Oll the Badnllut hu liNn Joung •n. Juat like with Scotland. Around thirty percent ot . , 'f.. RICCIIDIIIO - 6 their young •n here leave when they are 1n their teen■• They IO to thi laat In41ea and Nala,a' 11MN thaJ enter the world ot c011Nrce. 11mtJ-t1ve per cent of lbe ANINI 1n the atra1t Nttl-nta and Indone11a an Badnil1. ftllr iiiil to baw a flair tor cC11111roe. And thin, after ten or flftHn para, tber Nwm. ac.. or thMI bring ■1111on1 or dollan NOit. then lblJ bulld • N IQIOnpen. Alao, lblre 1 a a nn tNnd 1il Ille llldltalul • llllll - NJHNper o1t1••· Por all ,_ IINllbJ oltr INllen - • • n11u 1n • --•rr ..... .., , aurroundld • ja1II , . . . . . lwl' •allllf fillllil.J .... at leul - baiil. OM ID . . - - ICNpel' 0111, iiii lben one out 1D a dau grow. 1bi t1r■t luropean lo lfl'lU abollt th11111tl••••- part of 1outblm Arabia - a Gel'llml .... d YOn Verdlr, liiD attenarct wnt to •r1oa, 1n tact, to 'feaa. And tbaN lbl Texan■ retu1ed to bellen the tale• he told about the IQIONper c1t1e1 ot aouthem Arabia. Whereupon ln de1palr he cOlliiitted Molde. PNJ& stark wrote senral books about hi■• L.T. RICCIU>IIO - 7 And a tft Br1t11b c - here atter world war I, including a Nlllll'lcable lngl11lllan naaecl W.R. Ingnu. 11 blc- advisor to the Sultan ot Jlalm.l.la and Shibr on the cou,. •w1a 11 a •kJ•craper Naport betwen Aden and are the vaa Badrlllaut enter■ the Indlan Ocean. llllralla 11 tour hunclNcl ..a r1n1 1111•• al.ang tbe oout eut ot Aden. Vlltil lltpla11WNC1 b11 wrk, llben rich lladNlida NIUnad balll, *' noti onlJ built Yillu lllcl Ull INlldSlllf - . . , alao p t out •1r. ritl••. And lblJ took part 1n thoN anolent blciol felllll. lad tt - - • t unt1i betu,en 1,,- ... 1'80 that 1111 n., r e pttblil lo elep bN tribal ...... And the SUltan of llllalJla cl1dil 1 t hH h1a alaw, •W l,a.4. Inland, ll&ffl'J 1t1ll . . . on. l'cNr of UI, our AutNll• and•• zealand p1lota, explorer llal 111ller Ind I, landld an a 1tretch ot dlNrt a1ua, bet•en the c1t1•• of Sa1JaD and tum. P1ret • bussed the Sultan•• P1 blue and lilUte palace at Sal~, llhereupon out o... a car to pick u■ up. And what a oar l It tuned out to be an aut0110bile that had been brought to th11 I.. ~. IIICCIU>DO - 8 valley bJ c-1 caraYan and then ••••bled, and it wa1 the r1r1t one enr brought here. A 1929 Chevrolet. And, in spite or the beating it hU "-ken, the like or llh1ch you can•t 1.llqlne, 11•1 1t111 Pini strong. And, bJ the-,, the r1r1t 110tton plctuN lbat ... ••r lbollll 1il the •lcJ■caper c1t1 of Sa1Jan - lhollft thl il&III *t • WN thare. 1 cloaulmltar, about Qlleen 111sabelh 1 ■ • - • _,... 1io Au■ tN11a. It bad - - Nnt up 11J b Br1111ib ._.-. _,1 a, AMn, naari, tlw hundNd ui.1 - , • ........ , bu a popalalion cl1ndld 1nto . . . NWII clu••• Pint 11111 Sa1J1da, the art1toorat1, at the - , . 1blr'• m■ cended troll tbl prophet•• deaghter, fttilla 111d 111. Ml 1llillil the abl1u, or lfflOII tblN are ..-, , IGIII ta1r1, Wll . . . . . . . 'lbird, the lllpbat11, or .Tm1Nl7 troop■• TbeJ wre brcN&hl til long qo a1 •roenar, r1gbt1ng •n but theJ 1ta,ed on Ind took over a lot or the pc,11er. Ancl the trlbi-n lll'lo live up and dollft the great va11e1, and the ton-n mo are •rchant1 and art11-■ and 1lave1. Por they atill have aiavery. And finally there are Ii.!'. RICCIU)DfO - 9 the Hucdon, 11ho are like the untouchables ot India and do the extrnaely •nial Jobe. The1•re aaid to be descended tr011 inacU,N ar111e1 ot Abya11n1ana who c - heN during war■ betwen the thll'd and a1xth oentudla. They WN captuNd and ntwr had a olllnol leve. And now th•J l 1ke 1 t too • l l to leaye. At the bo,tOll or the aooial 1o&1• 1n lladralaut tbaJ are. 11&11cima and dalloer1 are at tba bottall or tbat 10&1•, 10 all or tbft are or 11111 ....... the lllloclon. lor are tblJ allowed to take part 1n Iba ltlood On11 upper olu1 •n are peNitted to ■hoot it out itilb •MIi oeber. '1111 . . . n, all atlll wlled, or COUN. V• ■pent tbt nlpt 1n tlw Palace or a lllndNd IO-. V• bad our dinner alttlng on tba noor on ,.r,1an 1'111•, ~ t in the mddl• or a va1t ball. 111 aorta or 1tranp 41111ia, topped orr with pa111granate1 and date,. I relt 11k8 a oallptl or old. 'l'hat 11, until I ,tarted to pt up. And., knNI oreaad and I could hardlJ pt ott that tloor. NJ next report I hope will be rrom the ialande or aula . and 0 11. Ovtr a thou1and ■ilea to the north in the alddle or the Per11an OUlt. So longl POLIDV RICOIU>IIO Lowell, that waa a novelt" all right. The 1u1craper1, not ot lew York, but ot the Hadraaaut. BUib, Lowell certainly haa a knack tor finding taac1nat1na place■ in out ot the wa" comers ot the world, doe an' t he!