The Soviet delegation to the Onited Rations picked on Comrade Visbinsky to make the expected retort to secretary Marshall's spectacular speech of yesterday. And Vishinsky's reply is described by soae observers as blistering. Be calls Oncle Saa the culprit, the one to blaae for · the failure of the world organization that is, Uncle Saa am. Jo~n Bull. Be said toda7 that we are responsible for the failure to achieve an agreeaent on international atoaic control -- in fact, that we are to blaae for eTerything -- thf United State, and Britain. Maliciously under■ ining the United lations. That it is Uncle Saa who is aggressive against Russia. That the SoYieta are siut peace-lo•ing -- only longing for harmony, yearning to do good to the other na tiona. Some of Vishinsky's statements were so fantastic that one could hardl7 believe a sane adult could bring himself to utter them, even under the O. •• 2 strongest coapulsion from a totalitarian government. (The Marshall Plan, for instance, he teraed that a deYice for open political conflict with Russia. Our A ■e~ican plan to help the distressed European countries get on their feet? ThatlJjust a sinister against the Soviets0a conspiracy to control Western Europe and split the continent into conflicting blooa, East Yersus le~t. lell, it's news to nobody that Europe ia diYided -- and has trr aoae tiae been di•ided into 1uch blocs, all as a result ot Rusaian agareaaion. But it certainly is news that this caae alD ut on Uncle Saa's initiative. ( As for Secretary Marshall'• plan that the General &sseably create a peraanent coaaittee to consider issues that arise in between sessions of Assembly, Delegate Vishinsky, in the naae of the lloeoow governaent, flatly rejected it ) Said h•: "Thi ia nothing but an ill-conceived play to bypass the o. H. l - Securit7 Council.• And(he spurned the idea of curbing the veto righ of the big powers ) Be announced that the Soviets would resist an7 attempt to diminish the powers of the Securit7 Council. Be also denounced our Secretar7 of State's plea that the General Assembly of the United I tiona settle the dispute between us over the foraation of a govern ■ent for Iorea. And likewise he denounced the suggestion to submit the Greek issue to the Assembly. Piling wild accusation on still wilder accusation, he went on to accuse Secretar7 Marshall and President Truman of bei~g war-■ongers. In this group he also included John Foster Dulles. the Republican Adviser on Foreign Affairs. Finally he offered to the General Asseabl7 a . plan which would condemn what he called, •The criminal propaganda for a new war which is being carried on b7 reactionar7 circles in a number of countries, particularly the United States, Turke7 and Greece.• The idea underlying Oncle Sa■ 's policy, tie . added, is the crazy wish to do ■ inate the world! %BIESTE The Communist aenace in !taly grows ■ ore aerioaa e•ery day, since the establishment of Trieste as a tree 1tate. The Red actions in that territory follow a characteristic pattern established by Bitler aa well aa • by the Bolehnite. The Coa•uniate in Trieate today 1houted coaplainta against the ltaliana, declared they were persecuting the Sla•• inside the Italian line,. So the Sla•e of Trieate issued a foraal appeal to Tito tor protection. lobody belie••• the chargea,-except that they are the uaual Red tactics; indicating the cour1e of • Coa■uniat activitie1 to coae in that troubled reaion. And they tend to corro~orate the etoriea that the Coaauni1te haYe plotted infiltration into Italy, posaible the ••izing of northern Italian cities --- a planned caapaign in cnticipation of the •ithdrawl of Allied troops troa Italy. Tito's Jugoslavs along the border continue harassing not onl7 the American outposts, but also the British, tr7ing to push through here and there trying• 1111sn - 2 to grab territory that doesn't belong to the ■• What it aaounts to is that Tito baa made Trie1te the Danzig of the ldriatio. Just•• Bitler ■ade Daa1i1 the ezouae for an attacl on Poian4, ao Tito aee ■a pr•• paring to u•• Trie1te. 11th the full backing ot the lre■lin, of ooarae. Another instance is reported 1i■ ilar to ttiat of. the Aaerican lieutenant. and ae••• of hi•••• who held otl a large force ot J~goala••· And at another poet 7e1terda7, • al■ ilar 1 ■all aa ■ber ot i ■erloana held off no fewer than two·tbo~•••d ot Ti\o'• ■en. A Jugoala• patrol boat alao interfered wi\h three Italian ti ■ hin1 craft; bat a launch of tie Vtnezio Julia police held ott the Jago•l~••• Speaker Martin is against any special sesaieD of Congre•• this fall, at least until after the aiddle of October. Be declares that any. action Congre ■ a ■ iaht take now, could co ■• jaet ae well in Janna • ia •~it• of the a l ao ■ t deaperate pleas fro■ State Departaeat and other officials, that the situation in larope ii 10 1~1•nt. Secretary of State Mar1hall hi■ee!t haTiD& 1114 it is Tiitally aeceaaary for Congress t~ tat• action, wtthout dela7 -- help with th• rehabilltatlon ta larope. DEFERSE 'Phe HEMePsele an1111 .JI.I Forres tal lost no time taking ~~ . . l-42id •• *''1' new head _or Uncle Sam's military establishment, the reorganized military eetaltlieh111e111' with all al'II >11111-..... ,,{ ,, service welded into one unit. President TrUman had told him that he wanted our detensea organized under the new eptea ~ _ with the utmost speed, and tlmt 1& .,t Forreatal started out ••••with no delay. ~e day began.lat the War Department, with Chief Justice Vtpson administering the oath or ottice to Porreata1 1 1 three main subordinates. Kenneth.._ Royall, as Secretary or the Army-:, John L. Sullivan, Secretary ot the lavy ,' and ~ S'l'uart Symington, c1v111an Chier ot the Air Porcea. SiJllultaneous with that ceremony, a magazine piece by General Hetw, 11, ~old, wartime commane,er or Uncle saa•s Army Atr · Forces, made public the information that our first line of polar defense is no good, meaning Alaska. Atw, add~ )~~ ~ • u:(,.,piltfli1.f!ll'J/'Ply N-1', tb st 1s where we -L be first attacked, by , way oft~e Arctic~etrele. Our A i r Forces, I ~ as at present constituted, are inadequate to defend Alaska. v All of them together could hardly protect the northeast I\ Atlantic coast. 'lbeR Re ooatino•• with the ltNtal ••WLUI 1illat Cl£J - . the condition of the air force is such that we are as v&1lnerabi 1 - - . to modern warfare today as we were on December Seventh, Rinetee F/rty-One • peM&f;la e1'eft 1119Pa wM'leratJ:l:e thmMe reali\pa"- ~ , . L , t . S(., LJ , the ~ Went on VD - e~ aih that ~ first ltne combat planes of the Army and Navy put together are no more than twenty-nine hundred, whereas Soviet Russia is supposed to have fourteen thousand. The combat air force or Russia is reported to be larger than the American and British air forces put together. Hap Arr1old conjectures that the research on guided missiles and rockets 1n other countries may well have progressed farther than we think. Small as our air forces are, he continued, they are so held down by lack of money that the use of gasoline for routine flights has to be restricted. Amold ended with a statement t:hat 1n this day or long_ range flying, it takes little imagination to see the folly or seeing ourselves in some miraculous fashion, immune from rocket attacks. CBIIA The civil war in China beca■e rather draaatic news tonight with the word that all but three of the gates of tbe citJ of Ranking bay,e been closed.~• bear that ttie Co ■■anist araiea of General Lta-Po~Chea ha•• defeated Chiang lai-ahek's torcee in a eerie• of encounters and no• ha¥e control of the north bank of the Yangtze.) ill cltie• along tbe laa1t1e, tor a dtetance of foar han4re4 an4 titt1 alle1, . ·are reported on tbe alert, r.ead1 tor raida. At on• pc.rt, a oar.few ha1 b••• t■poae4; with ■ i•tlar pr.ecaatlon1 eleewbere • . id■iral lwel, Co•■ander-tn-Chiet - of the nayy, -- yea China ha• a na•, -- th• A4■ iral ••1• th~ Co ■aunt ■ ta can't contr,ol the ri••r beoaaae the deten••• along the Yangtze are too atrong. LOIILL TBOIIAS SUBSTITUTE BYBBICABI -- -- (light Show) Septeaber 18, 1947 Florida's fifty aillion dollar hurricane i• ra1paging furiously in the Gulf of Mexico tonight, tit heading towards the southwest coast ot Louiaianat tbe ....... city of lew Orleans directly in ita course. Experts tell us a hurricane increases in •lolenc• when lt travel• over water, and ao, the citi1ea1 of ••• Orleans ha•• been warned to expect gale• of barrioane torce,late toni1bt, or earl7 toaorrow aorning. One good thing about thi1 1tor■• leather Bureau e1pert1 sa7 the7 learned 10 auch fro ■ tbia glaat burrioaae, • that in future, tbe7 will be abla to -z■ a• obart tbe patb I ot . ~ ■tor■ fully two day■ ia adwaaca, aad know exactly •here the hurricane will ,trite. Thia valuable tnowled1e, pla1 the dry-ice method ot hurricane ia diaperaal...,. to be a1ed again1t teeth ot the tuture 1tora1, ■ aJ forever draw the da■ agin& -""-k. hurricane/\ Science winning the war against There's a Tam-a-rau in San Francisco Mayor Roger Lapham -- what the Philippines wonsul General describes as a gesture on the part of the Philippine Government to the peop _ ~ San Francisco and Aaerica. This Ta■ -a-rau, incidentally, isn't a ■ean creature be is gentle and kind, but the U.S. Department o Agriculture will not let hi ■ in. The water buffalo is - barred because of foot and ■ outh disease -- a dread ail■ ent that costs the lives of thousands of cattle out1ide the U.S. A Bovine disease for which there is no known cure, and ~•r1 wide-spread in the Philippines. Th~t•a why the buffalo can't come in. The Philippine Govern■ ent bas protested, asking tb State Department to intervene. They say that this •Ta■ -a-rau bas already been exa■ ined and bas a clean bill of health. •Let our Taa-a-rau in to aake its gesture of good will• pleads the Philippine Government. But the O.S Dl,artment of Agriculture isalaaant. ate~ fbuffaloes barred, they-aay even the g entle ones, and so toni ht lonely Tam-a-rau is b e llowing behind the bars in San rrancisco. In Phoenix, Arizona, there is a man who knows what to do with used razor blades -- a problem that bas beset aodern ■ an ever since the in~ention of the safety razor. Bober.t J. Burns, an official of the Phoenix Chamber ot Commerce hasn't a worry in the world as far as old razor blades are concerned, and be ants all Kmerican aa11i to share bis clean-shaven, carefree existence. Burns suggests that we throw our used rasor blades into the Grand Canyon of the Colorado -- a little arroya four to eighteen ■ ilea wide and a ■ il~ deep, hundreds ■ ilea long. It'll take a lot of razor blades to fill Canr,on. But Burns ia serious. Be says if any of you go in person, just wrap •em up and send'•• to the Phoenix Cbaaber of Co■aerce. TheJ'll do it for you • • :121illtBAY The latest •now-it-car-be-told• story about the Jew Deal comes from Henry Morgenthau, Jr., w ho tod~y pays bis compliments to his ex-collea g ue, the other Benrr~ Henry Wallace, as a bud_get biancer, Henry Wallaqe was a good tennis player, says Morgentbau, in the latest issue of Colliers. When Wallace was Secret a ry of Agriculture, that Departaent provicled the worst drain on the Treasury of all departaents. Compared with him, Barry Hopkins, a Relief Adainiatrator, was a great economizer. in fact, according to Morgenthau, Hopkins in lineteen-Tbirty-Seven was the only aap in Waabington who cut down eapensea. Be goes on to reveal that in lineteen Thirty-Seven, practically everybody w as worryin g about the unbi.anced budget, everybody that is, except President Rooee•elt. lben Joe lennedy, foraer Ambassador to London, made soae reaark about it on a visit to the White Bouse, the PPesident s a id: •1ow, Joe, just go away and stop worrj.ng. And, continued F.D.R.: •Henry and I bave another lhi.te ra bit yo pull out of our bats.• Kor g enthau declares that even the President's •ot ~ er, the l a te Mr s . James Roosevelt wa s wor trites of an occasi u n when she met Daniel Bell, foraer I Director of Uncle Sam:s budget, and said to him: •oh, Mr. Bell, I'aso glad to meet you." Then she explained: •so aany of my friends ask ae when Franklin is going to balance the budget.• Then the ~resident's aother aed: 1 My dear Mr. Bell, when is franklin goins to balance th• budget?• Henry Mor g entbau gives an example of Rooseveltian quips, bow f.D.R. advised him never to let bis left hand know what his right hand is doing. Henry asked: •Which hand aa I, Mr. President?• And F.D.R. replied: •You are •1 right hand, Henry -- I keep ay left hand under the table.• And that brings us to you, lelaon. HURRICANE Having created devastation in Florida to the amount of fifty million dollars, that hurricane is now moving across the Gulf of Mexico, moving at the rate of fifteen miles an hour, ~-t-7e~ ••rsst t~ mouth of the Mtasissippi. The people or New Orleans A have been warned to expect gales which will acquire increased ferocity when they hit the city. The tornado e~ded some or its force as it blasted Florida. But it seems these convulsions of n a t u l ' ~ ~')o /- ~ intensity as they travel over.._ water. So in its movement ~ ~ ~Jl ~~-----~ ... across the Gulf, :fresh violence. "A Its present course indicates that the Atlantic coast will be twu immuneJ but IL ■-- you never can ~ure. bn The science o f ~ ~ ea,.ea is still in its infancy, and all we have to guide us 1s .a. tlffli:ted~l:tae-et i~llllfttieA-...Qft what they have done in the past. ~ d i c a t i o n a tonight are ~ l ; r cttali+ had Ore . '1 New Orleans and southern ho . 1isiana, perhaps also Texas. ~ lLAIDERS A Vermont Senator blames o. S. Steel for soaring pric e s. Senator Flanders of Veraont coapared the Steel t7coons to the late Beville Cb•aberlain, the atateeaan with the u ■brella. Because the prices of steel have been goina up? Oh, no. ' Because the steel coapany knuckled under to Lewi•'• de ■ anda for such high was•• for hie ainera. That, eays Senator Flaadera, i• what started oft the present spiraling of prices. And he calla the capitulation or O. S. Steel to John Lewi• co ■parabl• to Cbaaberlain'a surrender to Bitler at Munich. The Steel Corporation buying peace at the pr i ce of ■ountin& and uncontrolled inflation. So says the Veraont Senator. Consresa ■ an Celler of le• York wants the taritt on Argentine ■eat to be cut. The price of beef here, said be, would soon drop if we began iaporting froa the Argentine. The sovereign state of Virginia has a handsome treasure on 1 ts hands , and doesn I t lmow what 8ft ~rtit to do witn it. Many ot the treasures of the late Czar Nicholas are beautiful, some of them masterpieces or the modern Jeweler• art~ butJ theWe so valuable that the .£!.d !!Qmin:lon authorities . have to keep them in a barik vault. It was three weeks ago that the wlll of the late Mrs. Lillian ffiomas Pratt, wife of the Vice-President of General Motors, was revealed to have bequeathed the Czar 1 a Jewels and other articles of beauty, to Virginia. The state -- authorities knew about the legacy.and tried to keep it dark. ~ • • 1enla ut, alic2 Mte 1111 ice•• ••••u Iu faet, ALf ln spite ofAthe secrecyA.rsrs Hew York art dealers made ' inquiries at Richllond. 'lba1 alarmed the Director of the A Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, and he promptly packed up a hundred and fifty-eight of the most valuable pieces and na rushed th&m off to the b nk tn armored cars. It se ms that the St a te Mu um is not equipped w1th JIBGI!!! - 2 The elaborate burglar-proof devices necessary to keep an exhibit like that intact. So in a few daya the direc tore of the luaeua will have to aake pp their ■ ind• about what to do with this gift so precioua that it baa to be bidden away. The intrinsic value of the collection, aoae aix hundred piece,, ia rated around a aillion dollar,. A1 art it ia conaidered prlcele••· Soae of the icon• and other piece• were deaigoed by Carl Faberjay, a goldaalth and designer of jewelry, rated aa one of the greatest of all tiae, along with Ben•enato Cellini. raberjay, of French origin, waa a fabaloaa char•cter, and revelled in the opportunities be bad aa the pet jeweler of the Iaperial Court. The Czar and the grand dukes never cared how aucb an article coat. They used to give each other presents, especially at !aater, of fantastic extravagance. Jeweled Easter egg• that opened up and played tunes, others that contained jeweled miniature models of cathedrals. Une of thea !lRGIIIA - 3 is aade of rock crystal a foot high, and inside are miniature paintings of the Czarina and the Czar's palace. The pedestal is thick with valuable jewel1, and on ~op of the whole thing ia a aagnificent eaerald of twenty-four larate. I aaw ioae of these object• in Leningrad 7eara a10, an4 later in a lew York galler7 before tha7 were acquired b7 Mre. Pratt, aaw th•• not oal7 with ■J ao1th open, but ■J •1•• agape. So■• are reall7 elaborate Jeweled toya, the price of which would h••• tea a fair 1i1ed town for weet1. All now a prodigiou• headache to Thpaaa C. Colt, Jr., Director of the Virginia Mueeu ■ of line Arta.