u i ri +m . in 1 WO ld i beine y m ic n 'T'rooos in a n • T ~ Y- ev cuating " hos ba e on anamani n 0·1 -- ·c he Reouhli _d{;t-~~-~~~K.4,.~~J 0 p nam ~Qr t. lut jj]! --rll"! •ta ,/\. T eylre IIOV ng out ~y high ay nd Rir. Yes er y th govern ent in A d he unfevorable deciPion, vo as ngt n eccep thE> Panamanian egisleture ands ~-~ .... i d ~ ab11ndon ed by the Wi'~ bases immediet y. ■ e•~ doing just that - at Christmas ( Menn hile the 11overn11ent of Panama aee11a t . o not eo haopy Rbout the way th ngs are develo~ing. The President of Pftn mR stated today that e hoped neeotiatio would be re umPe - and a deal worked~aybe an arrangment could period. Fore aa be made to pive us leases ~o a shorter -tkf- e, the tre'" ty ,...,, was turned down called for a ten-ypar lease on the Rio Hato B~ e -- mayhe that could be cut don to a five-ye r lease. This i i ~ intimated by the news from Panama. _,. In ,,shin t.on acting-Secre ary-of-State Lovett declared today that•• are reedy to~•••• reop n n otRfions at any time. evflr, o! buildi no h Canal in con men ioned Tehu n . e n Co r n more . alk C n hich ou d e A Ve the Panam ce)T o ay en tor Ch ave z o ew Mexic • T h 'sin Mexico, the Is hmus of Tebuan e ec, th co, r a ve y narrow neck before Mexico broadens out in o Yue tan nd CPn rRl Ame ica. Sen tor Chavez wi ■ advocat n in er-ocean terway across Mexico, Poi tin~ out h t a TPbuantepec Canal would be a lo t close~ o th Uni t ed S ta es then Panama. ~ 1 The t lk a bout a Nicaraguan Cpnal is increasing with the United P~e s nutting a nu ry direct to Nicaragua - to minister of w ar Samoza, the strong man of that Central American eoublic. ould Nicara g ua welcome an American Canal? The answer was decisive, enthusiastic Si, Si, Senor. Nicaragua bas long want,ed a c a n a l , ~ the rush of bu iness end money that would go along with it. [T · d G 1 s ~ e Nicaraguan strong man \.: o ay ener amO L• a, ...., D • -◄1J114.tt,.-- .. ,~n@'?l" e o-!'fer t he Unit . ed St t .e s__!!!.t,requisite territory in Nicaregua for the construction of the lon ' diecussed c a n 1 : e offer,• he added, •any • re q uis i t.e territory any here el e in our coun try for mi i ta ry bases to protect be 4: relect -,.. (1 bich -- the canal." is som th"ng om e ""' be Panamanians no nting to lose th profit that accru s. t from that gre test of waterways, connecting the Atlant c and the Pacific) U.N. Our s De rt en r j C s h cri ici in be C se 0 0 Co un . t ne ho were assifned to cover he Uni ed N . ions. The re aken . nto custody or de or t tion, hereupon the ~ecre ry General of the U.N. Trygvie Lie, ro s , ed ha this violated rights of the U • • in he matter of news. The S te Department replies that the U.N. was supposed to no~ify the United St tes Government in the case of newsmen ssigned to the international organization and thi~ wa~ not done in the case of the Communist Journalist from Greece and the Red correspondent from India. The fo mer was accredited by a U.I. clerk, acting• on his own. Tbe latter wes over here on a 1tudent's vise. UoreovPr, the State Department announces tbat ~• we are oin to propos- a drastic revision of the aye em of admit ing foreign correspondents to ~•1■t report the doings of the United N tion.s POPE - Tod a 'a a al ad ress r n~ ith s rikin phrases. Broadcastin ~ro Ro ' Po _ e Pius he T we h resented a chris ian vi e o~ he intern~ ional i 8 in th i s post ••• wer world. He spoke of · ha h called - •A itanic struggle bet en o po in spirits who dispu e he world.• And hes i ~ m a i 7 ed international a·sbonesty insincerity end lies. Speaking o falsehood, he dee ared: •Today it a ■ ounte prAc ice ly to a system. It has been raised to the distinction of a strategy - in which t.he lie, the , garbled word and rickery, have come to be•••, accepted •tap one of o ~fen s e • w.h; I ch •till&=:- p o Jr=t I I tit + h• _.. k:tl I c; el p'l'o~s at 111 a ~ e c a Mn~ Y4 l"Pi=-o'1' tia.. tr ea,pet.an•c;:• Tha is, the s ra egy of . he lie as a tPchnique in the ba tle of Jr•~ pro aP,anda, ideolog and ower politics. The Pap 1 ad re~s never once mentioned Soviet Ruseie or Commun·sm, bu the implieetion was clear in such phrases as - fir •Fomen er of hatred,• and - •Den,er h b d •-,?Ca ine o ana destroyer o al sen e of brat er 00 • - - - - ,.... 0 -- ,Q,__ C " " ~ thi arth th ~ ~~r ~ R Cfttholics on . s e • • e ~ / \ - m i l l i o n , A oman n POPE -2 --= - - the Pon iff hort . d t em in wort th ., ' 8 e the rou , of the angel 0 tom .p 0 e es _1 'f\ be - - rise over the _ o d." e ord : "~r y end ! . irit o qa~kness, ihe !!_Uno~ 1..uetice may The news ir sh d scarcely com le ed their account of he Papal ddre e, when alon came a beaut . iful illus r t ion - from oecow. ~ tl ♦ td ¥X8&,sll ~ i1 •;J.rn:,• 11l:er,8e,.+,, and ~e'.P• 1 1r en@ tie ill11wtne:!i~ + . ha+, . ~e•spR er of the Communist Party , Pravda, prints a dispatch stating that there ' s a plot between the United St , ates and t.he Vatican } ~ a Vatican AmericaJ\ conspiracy o stage ri ht - wing revolutions in France and ItalJ and se up · dictatorships in those two countries. DeGaulle in Fr nee, for ■ x ■ example . ~Peated by t be Vet ie&l'I, .,ith t he t:fnlt@d Bf.a tee- ~ \ The Un i "ted St ate s , says P~avda~ is selling 1"'8,010! ious. 1 A . he Vatic• n for low prices, aerican war meteri ls to 0 • POPE_ _, - and J. s e n ' n p V a ic n to nance e 0 You've • bee d ' t})e si r a OU a en s 0 uns in he basements 0 -I' chur e ? ell he ovie version tells of sec.ret de o its o Amer· en ons in monasteries and schools. "The e i in+"o m a · on available," says Pravda, at ic n-secre -de · ots- in •••i-monaste.,.ies- nd-schools he ea comine American war materials and enuipm n des ined for the ri~ht wing I alien parties end I DeGaulle'e Q.gen s.• So that's t.he V ~t ican - American plot. '!' - In I hi n on, r iden addres em hasized he v·r ue o~ charity - appropriate at thie C ri ma tim ~hen h1· country strives mightily o id he hungry~ free na ions abroad. he Presiden uo S. P ul in he grea pronouncement: •And no Rhin h sitb, hope, c ari y - these three. But he r es of all t ese is cbari y.• As an an illus+ration of.that quotation from St. Paul, ~-~•x~ here's a bit of news rom tneland saying that British families are celebr ting Christmas by having German prisoners of war as guests. Soae fiYe thousand ca tives of war still remain in England, wo~tin1 on farms. They~mostly in E a s ~ Anglia, where local fa ilies have jo·ned in inviting prisoner~ to their homes ~or Christma8 dinnPr. The Bri ish haYe not ~ -r""\ much for them . elv s - his Yuletide or shortages, want a/\1 and aust , eri Yj - but on Christmas they~ sharing what they have with ~heir recent bitter enemies. I PAL T I N ------- In ;_~L,...J., t h leh / ~ - irth 0 1, I\ the prince of P - ce wa com em r a ted in mosph e re e.n of tensi n - a rmour i~_ Jerus a l . icS11 lativity. C r o Fe tro 11 n ,# ~ . I ~ 1:o hlehemA he scene of the He vi y rmored troops every here. Searchlight ■ moving their . . ....._~ fingers of i ht acroe1 the bil 1 e where Nin teAn hundred an• Forty-Seven years ago the shepherds watched theiJ" flocks on that memorable _,_, ....,J,f/WI .P,,,j ~ ~-:. ... ry ~ "' ~u..- UWI. t... night ....... )eAte4ae.,i the h-;; ory of' the world, "1ilC.t,t- gave .!_ankind an undying faith. Tonight in the Holy Land pe ce only Jew•, Arab., and in the heerts of a few - for the others, it:°w.w.A. Br i ton '- tens ion , ,._.,,,;,,., •■■11-•..,•• ••• . C ~ day of shooting and M . - i : i - i ~ sporadic -A..1:o-f..('~~~~. bombing,_ 1:Sw 4 &Cl ■ Ei+w:C . . And a uve he Roly City all day, a leaden sky1 and po n nature itself w - rain, Ml~ H,,11k..an~ £.oP~ii~ln@-w as if 8 ~ ~ t h e fol ies of mankind. ~ ~ EAL spNE - 1 or i ni h , i ' e r n •~ ceased, and a cold bripht mo n s one hrou t e clouds, as the C ri t . n or ip er beg n their ilgrimmare to the Chu of e l•:rttJ ■ la:rt Ra iv it :,..,r it ia h High com iesion r, ir A en Cun ingh m, and the Consular Corps at en e th nig t aee in the Basilica, escorted ody gu rd of Arab roops in Fezzes and •• scarlet unifo ms - e corted right to their places in the •11••11 church, W.h A211, 4 1 ~ bod:,guo.rd hkln11 /\ ' no chances in th·s roubled area. And so while outeidP the searcbli,ht hovered · and the troops watched, the age old service began, pri•8t8, nuns, ftr bs, diplomas and women in wt■■ mink coats, honoring he tivi yo~ the Christ child on tbt1 aoet a•cred day .,. t.he Chis ian calen ar~f'ter the ■888 here as a solemn procession to the Shrine or the Nativity, e nArro• streets r~sounded wi h the singing of carols as catholics and protestants joined in h ~ song_ hile ne rby the soldiers watched with t , heir .... 1 d • en un , to kee t , he peece on Chri · r h ~~~~~ Cllrie-utte- d)- - p ~ ~~. The u rd ing of the Chris ~ 8S ~ P I R procession fro J rusa em o Bethlehem, or course, 4,1, not only an ind·c ion o f t e itter strife in P lestin , but also an official sign that the Britieh have begun meesu es to transform he area of lru1ale ■ into n in rn a ti o nal z one - aeco rdin e to the parti ion plan voted by the Unite Ratio s.1PThia • • - - ~ NII• ~ ~plan~denounc ed vehem~ntly today by the ar,r of Jerusalem, Issa Benak, who dressed in ■■■t ■ aornin& coat and striped pants gev~ his Christmas message to h or d, and hen bla~ed the Uni ed lstt■ States for ell the blood shed in Palestine, saying hat orl wil firht Pven he" i ed States J■■, to p r v nt p rtition of laiat Palestine.• This 1arter Is s a Be.nak Moslem Mayor of Jerusalem h ·shed all na ion of the world adding " I ieh e1 1 leaders prosperity and ppiness, of he worl d u d follo the iPh rin i le of the child hleh m o hat n etAbiliey wi b re t . ri bu or w ich e , a ree. Islam paying ~ . . 5 ~ o ~ ah.DI l a s e ~ on th s roubled • " Chr · t , m s a i n Iii Holy Land. TOI --- ( h T • v y nnoun r. th th e PO ul , ion or 0 Eni etok fl en cu te . The tot l number or inhebi an n - hundred- n -fo,.t - o. ThAt many, or re. her 't Rt f ' ic one ia.n t iheemen t ken off the atoll in he r p ci ic hich is to become a great , e om i c 8 ion) very i ng is r e.dy or the construction of t.he gr t insta 1 ions for making niwetok the num er one center for ex rimen and deYelopment of he bomb and of peacetime atomic power. 0be opulat on has b en ~ovPd to nother atoll, Ujelang:)•hieh is tribal chi eins muc the same ae Eni etok. The icked i■• Ujelen after the lavy gave them an insnection our or a number of coral atolls. They aelec ed Ujelang b~caue it abounds in fish, cocoanuts, re dfrui+ and ix~•••• panadanus. ~ The V announces hat the "nh bit16t 8 of niw to , d 1th 0 . ' r their n . , ~ ~ - t f . . . e ~ . t , G nn D A vi , of e t Po · nt foot ba 1 , i , i oin , 0 i p n . h th Loe An les Rams -- if h i l l nermit , h m 0 r Bi n and - go in o ro ion 1 oo b 11. Davi , himself, disclo ed ha he i a in he rmy to lP.t . him o; bu ~efuaed to eta e h t h in . ended becomin a Pro. However, the United Prfl s , h s f rnoon s es the. made history on• hat gre lnmy team, will join the Raas if he ucceeds in getting out of the Army. Davia - is from Los AnpPles, nd th,, Rams meen - hom~ town. The other half of the famous pair , Blanchard and Davis, is go·np o stay in he Army. Blencherd declare• he will remain in uniform. I AT__TI H r t n f ' • nv you who ma have zero or u - PT'O e 0 i out , ern California • is in n P l' n p t . w ve - a r cord breaker 0 0 - . . y-t . e degrees in Loa An~eles, and eil=' y-f·v n Lon Beach. ixa~ ■ lf A shirt sleeve Christ 8 n CCO-r in 0 e ea hr bureau ■ I no rel· in i h -- not even nice whi e fog, which is i e Callf"ornian version of a hi e Christmas JIQ1!_!!1Q!!!_ No in ld w Chri mas ve e <l . fi n or C ebra , in y e n a th tiny villape of Obern or ' in u ri • El e he choi and ' s or ans in oned i m a 01 s' bu . in Oberndorf e usic iv i s of ne y er 0 P. d by 0 men and gui ar-- two voice o anie by c or on a gui ar. The reason ~~ fort · ~ chu~ch music ism de ■ ply••• eviden a C ""iS .., ory o-!' olden days. A hun red nd , ent . y nine years a,zo atU~~ Oberndorf, + he coun ry eoole flocked to t.he village ohul'ch or he ser ices o'n Christmas Eve. There the priest, Fa her Jo eph ~ohr, told them he had e euPprise - a new Chri tm Ca r o 1 • He hi II A e 1 f had wr it . t. en he he villa e school teacher and church lyric, hile organ i1 had /f....e~~tlJ:---G . o @d t e tune. ~ nd the chool ster •ou ~ sin it - 0 he accom ani ent o~ a ui ar. That we.s becau e the chur orfan bad broken don, n ey cou n't hav any or n music. o in +h eJi ~ in i h 0 ~ he candles on thP Rltar, h . i e t en t e choolmaster s n P their BOL Y _ _lQJl! --- 7ul~ ide son p ' • e p ie t !>l yed be ccom animent ~ ~~~- on tba mo t •n11:J1orc1t3:::tbJ inst.rument _ i . /C ,,<.. A. a u a r. It , w a a worl premier, h , be worlds f vo i e Nib, Holy Ni h • " a . v f ~ ~ irst r ormance of what is now on Christmas ca ole - •Silent Oberndorf thie Christmas Eve, he music as sung by two voices wit.h 8 guitar 8 como niment.. The old church fa-hundred-and- twenty-nine ye rs a o~ has lon since diaappe red - its place taken by a memorial ch pel. In the public square, in tk■ fron o the chapel, the Austrian countryfolk gathered rom far and bear, while •s11ent light, Holy ~=~ first ti■- - IH h+" i as sung, 88 by two men and 8 r.uit r. ubt al 0 en less number of po ms i _ l go O U ov r the aix••J airwav s tonight, an tomorro ' po m 11 of C ri tmae spirit. Each ar I rec e iv z en s of tea, perhaps hundreds f t m , ro t e r a o audience. I wish I had tiae to re a t e m 11. One o f the est came from a ne tpap r an in ine h t t irty years ago was a famous w r corr s o n ent . , for the w York iiera ld Tribun an o her pa ers -- Reginald right Iauff ■ an. In r c nt y e r eg has been editing a dail paper in a small city, up on the rock-bound coa ' t of aine, here all the fol s are poets. I ve jus t i e left to read the dosing v erse o e ' po m , whic h s ems particularly appro ri a e: T n i ht th air i s c a 111 and o 1 ear, . unexpectant earth is sa d h te a nd riot; blood a nd fear H ~ e driven half men's masters mad. Y e t f armfolk and all simpE folk r e - en : ~et e mi d ni g ht cease i l ari g t, ~o , fa r EIID - 2 -- N e lso have you a closing thought, poetic, or otherwise? ..,_o