GOOD EVE ING V ~ RYBODY: General Eisenhower toda wo n twent of his home state's twenty-two G.O.P. delegates. The other in tan as two/go to Taft.) The National Convention count, including today's results from Topeka, gives ao far - for Senator Taft a total of one hundred-and-eighty- seven delegates to eighty for General Eisenhower. In the stael isput , the an y ex han es become more bitter. Last night C laren c e R ndall, President of In land Steel, declared th t President Tru ma n ade a "corrupt poli ti cal deal" ith the .I.O.,, when h~ seized t h ~ steel mills. Today, ~~ ~ of the C. I. 0., -iLh~trN.,_ counters thie charge, calling it a " m alicious and deliberate lie,• and terming Randall'e. a prevaricator of the lowest type.• •This is an insult to President Tru ■ an and to ■ e and to the hundreds of thousands of steel workers,• was h o w ~ Uurray put it. FOLLOW STE _,,_ ______ __ _ In ington Fe er o urt t o ay, the t 1 i n ustry r ceive it's s con d rebuf. The steel en were re uesting a n injunction, hic h u d challenge the govern ■ ent's seizure of the industry. Yesterday, they w re defeated in trying to get an im m ediate temporary restraining order. An today they ran into a legal obstacle in trying to get an injunction. The - case before Federal Judge David Pine, who refused to speed up action on the steel industry's re ueet. Upholding a government demand for the full legal period of sixty days before hearing the case. This brings an aa1r1 statement from the attorney for the steel industry, ho charges the Justiae Department with "stal l ing." The attorney states that the government should have known the law before Yr. Truman seized the mills. However, Fed eral Judge Pine overrules this, and the case must now wait sixty days b fore furth r action. anwhile, President Tru a n t o l d his P r ss Conference to ay that he will not try to o ce the age Board's pay recom endations on the industry while it is still bargaining with the unions. In the t e ho n e ctrik to d y t rn le ctrir o rkers ut u ick t li n a o th n n . Estimates place the numb r o ork rs i l e a t bet D two-hundred-thousand and two-hundred-and-fifty ~ t o n but te l ephone service is still re p orted as f ro ■ •fair I to normal." From Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Ne York, and Fairmont, West Virginia, comes ord of the ~ ira violence in the four day old strike. POST OFFI CE -------- ---- In asp cial mes a e to C n ress to ay , President Truman proposed that more than twenty thousand U. S. Marshals, Customs Collectors and Post- masters, be placed under Civil Service. The President's new plan would end the present system of political appointments for first, second and third class Postmasters. It would also abolish all present offices of O. S. Marshall, and Customs Collection,-- Joth political appointments. I - In Washington it is expected that the move will run in~o strong opposition in C ongress, as tt• did similar legislation placing all Collectors of Internal Revenue under Civil Service. TROMAN ----- Plenty of people have been s a yin g - maybe President Trum a n could be drafted. Which is the old way of the human mind - never being q uite certain about anything, especially when it's in the realm of politic& The answer is - no, H.S.T. could not be drafted, not even if the Democratic National Convention called hi ■ b7 unani■oua vote. The authorit7 !or that is~he President hi ■ 1elf wao, today, made the flat stateme ~ in so man7 definite words. He would not accept a drat At a news conference, he gave the reporter• a few more facts about his decision - at the time he announced it. Be said he made up his mind, more than a year ago - he just didn't want to run again. He held up the secret, and kept the guessing game going - hav decided he would make his announcement et the Jefferson-Jackson Dinner last month. Because, at this traditional Democratic festivity, he would have the TRUMAN -2 .. ---- largest possible audience - the affair broadcast and televised. Another question: ( What will he do at the Democratic National I Convention? Answer - he won't be there- ) Rumor baa ( been that B.S.T. aight exercise a lot of influence in the selection of a candidate. He might, perhaps, be the dominating figure at the Convention.jut he says he doesn't even intend to be in Chicago for the big eYent - and he hopes he won't have to express his choice for the nomination, until the Convention is held. Be has a preference - but that's merely like any other American. And he won't say what the preferenceax is. All of which pictures the President who, in his own statement, d~es not intend to divulge the choice of a successor, not publicly, at least. ) ORRIS ---- In ashin t n today, Newbol orris began his testim o ny befo re a Hou e Ju1i cia ry Sub-Committee. Morris, the government house-cleaner fir din that dramatic double-play with J. Howard McGrath. After his dismissal, Morris declared that his anti-corruption drive had been scuttled by "entrenched ' politicians,• and today he was asked to elaborate on this statement to the Bouse Investigators. However, Morris could offer little light on the subject, because as he put it, his "clean-up drive never got off the ground.• But he did tell the Committee that man7 me ■ bera of the President's Cabinet were "prepared to resign" rather than answer his income tax questionaire. Though he would not state who these cabinet members were. Morris also told the Committee, he "honestly couldn't give it any leads on corruption in government.• IQRR1L And that he co u ldn't recall from memory anything that he had recom m ended for investig a tion. The house cleaner also praised President T ru man. St a ting that he had received everything he needed for his a nti-corruption drive from the Presiden who was also the "one person in w ~ shington who took it seriously." Strange testimony from Newbold Uorria, who a few days ago was hurling abuse at the Administration over his dismis s al. l Here's g ood news - for dog lovers. Which follows that story the other ni g ht from Korea. A report that scout dogs, who accompany American patrols in No Man's Land, would be destroyed when they are no longer useful. Today, the Far East Command issued a denial, stating that no plans have been made to destroy any of the combat scout jogs. wThe only circumstances under which dogs would be destroyed would be if the7 acquired an incurable disease,w said an Army spotesam So I suppose that the canine scouts will be sent home, repatriated when their time is up. ALLIES ------. Our European Allies come in for bitter criticism, by a House Sub-Committee. In Washington today, a Foreign Affairs Sub-Committee issued it's report, following an inspection trip to Europe last year. At the head of the list is Britain, criticised for refusing to become a •participating meaber or the European Federation." The report also asks w~ether •British in luence in the development of U. S. Foreign Policy has caused the loss of valuable Allies in Europe and the Far East.• German7, France and Ital7 all share in the criticiaa from the Sub-Committee which at the same tiae urges increased aid to Franco Spain and Tito'• Yugoslavia. Q ueen Elizabeth-the-Second performed the first public duty of her reign today -- the young Queen described as "a slender, pale figure in black,• appearing for the first time in public as Queen. The occasion -- the distribution of "maundy" money to the poor in Westminster Abbey. An occasion of simple ceremony, carried out each year by the Sovereign in a gesture of humility. This century-old custom coameaorates the washing of the feet of the Apostles by our Lord, on the day before hia crucifixion Vast crowds had turned out to cheer Elizabeth at Westminster Abbey when she arrived. Inside were the Yeomen of the Guard, dressed in their crimson robes. The Yeomen carrying the maund 1oney specially minted ---- -K for this ceremony on golden platters, taken from the fabulous collection of crown jewels in the Tower of London. w The proceedings r rich in M dieval lore. e washihg of the eet oft e poor by the oyal Al oners, the handing out of the Sovereign's age. All of an ncient cere ony that f i s t public a pearance in bBndon SO TH AF I AN TRIBE ..,_....,__..........--~------,,_~--------...-.--- In England today, th re arrived six senior members of a color f ul South African tribe - the ~ Bamangwato ~ , I Which might suggest colorful native dress, flamboyant plumage in their hats. But no. The delegation from the Bamangwatos were dressed in sombre black suits - European style. ~ h a d come to pay homage to Seretse [hama, their exiled Chief, who was banned fro ■ Bechuanaland by the British Govern~ent ~ _ , - . / ~ ~ ~ foreYer. Khama married~ a London typist, ~ , ~~n...~n1111~ , A.. - A-el, A into permanent exile 01N1is.. Today the ~ tribal delegates went to/\-lhama's home and met his English wife and baby daughter. Next week the delegation will meet the British Secretary for Com ~nwealth Relations, Lord Salisbury, in an attempt to reverse the decision. But it's a forelorn hope, the British official saying that he will only see them as a matter of courtesy. FL ODS ----~...----~ ..... The worst floods in seventy one years inundated Pierre, the capital of South Dakota, today. The swirling issouri rolling waist deep through the main streets. In South Sioux City, Nebraska, the river also burst it's banks, crashing through the protecting dikes and levees. Tonight, thousands are homeless, with the waters ten feet above flood level. The Mississippi is also on the rampage, and warnings have been issued from Hastings, Minnesota, to Prairie Du Chien, Wisconsin. · EARTH UA E ...,..._. ......... -------- Today, th olo i~ts x 1 i ed that the earthquake yesterday occurred - hen an "underground .,.._____ mountain range" moved four inches lhat was the cause - . - 14~ of the shaking and trembling of the ground from Des " Moines, Iowa, to Austin, Texas. Last night we heard how they were ascribing the quake to giant movements of rock of what they called the "Nemaha Range." Subterranean Mountains, ) under the surface, on a line from Nebraska to Oklahoma. Today they calculate, from recordings made by scientific instruments that the movement of that underground structure amounted to four inches. Well, we've all heard about lofty summits under the aea. But a mountain range under the land - that sounds like a paradox. Bow could there be any s u o h th in g • '' Let's do a little amateur geologizing. a g u e s s ; ~ Suppose that, at some remote period, millions of years ago, there was a line of peaks pointing up to the sky - the usual thing. And then, suppose, the whole area san~ - the way land can subside. Sinking - so far, that the whole section waa below sea level. Mountains - below the level of the ocean. Water pouring in - until the peaks were ■ ountaina below the sea. After which - all that filled up with sediment, the way a body of water tend• to fill up. The sea might become dry land again - and the,vi.£, _z:1-j;~ - - ( mountains wou!r• underground. ~ I wonder what the geologists would aay to aacb a theory of subterranean aountains, the "Haaaha Range.• At Worcester, Mas s achusetts - - a sweet catastrophe. A department store prepared a spectacular show window -- for Easter. Behind the glass, there were six feet of jelly beans -- the sho window filled that high with sugary candies. But the ordinary laws of physics toot a hand. With jelly beans up to the six foot level, the pressure was too great -- and the show window burst. The sidewalk -- deluged with the candies. Then, deluged with a ,warm of kids. They flocked tro ■ eYerywhere, cramming their mouth,, their stomachs, their pockets -- with jell7 beans. The Easter rabbit arriving several days ahead Nelson- of time. Or ratbe~/-- a whole flock of Easter bunniea, { with the sidewalk deep in jelly beans.