Events in Washington, toda . , should leave no doubt in the minds of the Chinese Reds - the United states will n,_ fight, if necessary, to protect Formosa and the Pescadoes A Islands. That was made clear in a special message from President Eisenhower - and in a resolution placed before Congress, according to the presidential request. The message asks Congress to give the President authority to intervene with military force, if necessary. He Jt. points out that Formosa and the Peacadoea are a vital A island-link in the defense of the Pacific for the free world. ~ A glance at the map will show A. they're on almost a straight line between Japan and the Philippines. So Formosa and the I?. Pescadoes must remain in control of a friendly power. The President, moreover, told Congress - the government is ready to use ships and planes to cover the withdrawal of Chinese Nationalists from other islands. Which, obviously, means those bits of land off the . Chinese mainland - like the Tachen Islands. If molested while doing this, our ships and planes would fight back. EISENHOWER - 2 The resident added that, if it should be necessary to intervene before Congress votes - he'd act under his own constitutional authority. In Congress, the Democratic Speaker ~ of the House,ARa~burn of Texas, declared - he thought the President's constitutional authorit~ was quite sufficient for all of this. Congressional approval in advance - not needed. - . S ~ "But" addea ~Ravburn "he wants to do it this way. So I , A . , think it ought to be done rather promptly." In his message, President Eisenhower explained - he wants action br Congress to show tJIBt this countrJ is unified on the Formosa question. And - give Red China a wam1ng that our goverment means business. He said this would help in preserving peace. a, ~ resolution was introduced in Congreaa,today - giving the President all the authority he asks for. In tact, the resolution gives him almost unlimited freedom ot action in the PacificfHere•s the latest, the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House has voted a unanimou . a oka~ 0 the t'eaolution. CHINA While today's presidential message was being read, Communist China was issuing a blast. Premier Chou>En-Lai declared, again, that the Chinese Reds are determined to take Fonnosa - no matter whit the United States ma~ do. He denounced the American policy or protecting the Chiang Kai-ahek regime, and calle4 it "provocative." The Red Foreign Minister, moreover, rejected, in advance - action by the United Nations. He said the C0111111n11t regime "absolutely cannot agree" to anv cease-fire with the Chinese Nationalists. ' PRISONERS Relatives ot American prisoners will · meet in Jacksonville - to discuss the possibilit y of going to Red China A group ot Jacksonville businessmen is offering to finance the trips. We hear that at least three families desire to accept the proposal made b, the Chinese Reds. Others are considering, while still others have rejected the COIIIIIUniat invitation. The State Department says - two families have made inquirtea about it. Our goverrnent hopes that none will actually go.M, w-di . _,.they• put theJUelvea at the mercy of the Ccamuniata, and will /\ be used for Red propaganda. However, the State Departaent baa never said it would not give permission for the joumey, if the relatives insist. Permission would be needed - because, normally, travel to Red China 1a forbidden. JAPAN The Japanese Parl1111ent was dissolved in Tokyo today. A decree of the Emperor Hirohito ending the life of the preaent Parliament, and ordering a general election. The 111per1al proclamation was areeted by a roaring shout ot "Benza1!", and the Japanese legislators were on their way h011e - tor electioneering. One main iaaue will be - J4paneae re&rllament. ('I.be Parties ot the Lett are aaainst the agree■ent with the Weat, according to which - Japan will have a Navy and Air Poree qa1n The probabilities are that the Right Wing factions will prevail Premier Hatoyaa hopes his own particular Party will win an out•1Sht major1tyy CENTRAL AMER! CA Central American affairs take a new turn, today - with Nicaragua sending soldiers to the Costa Rican border. President Somozo of Nicaragua swing - a "very dangerous situation" has been created. If Costa Rican troops cross the frontier, in a hostile manner - war will be on between the two republics. This follows the "abolition" of a neutral buffer zone between the two countries. A belt, six miles wide,eetabl1abed at the request of the Organization of American States. over the weekend, President Vigueras of Costa Rica complained that a couple of hundred rebels had sought ehelter in the neutral zone, where they were a threat against his goverment. So he asked that the zone be abolished. President Somozo of Nicaragua says - he agreed reluctantly. He now declares - there's a danger that Costa Rican soldiers, crossing the former zone, will invade Nicaragua. MAU'l'IllJS The atomic submarine came back to harbor, today - "- after the tests that were the real Mc Coy. Last week, the Nautilus made surface tests - without diving. Then, over the weekend, the kind of trial which tells the tale for a submarine The Nautilus cruised tor more than a thousand ■ilea, in the last four days, and made ftftQ fifty dives. The undersea cratt, with its atomic engines - up again, down again, in l,ong Island Sound and out in the Atlantic. The torpedo armaaent - also tested. The diving tryout - ot the atomic aub, which 1a able to circmmavigate the globe, under the surface. Around the world - and never up for air. EUROPE - FLOODS In Paris, today, the River Seine rose to a flood crest of - twenty-three feet and five inches. The highest level since the devastating inundations of Nineteen TWentv-four. Water pouring through streets - thousands of people driven from their homes. Water - seeping into the cellars of historic buildings, like the C a thedral or Notre D&n1e. That medieval edifice, which is like a · s . mbol of Paris - invaded by the waters of the deluge. The flood brings a menace - of ancient, evil ■e■or,. Rats - thousand.a of huge rodents driven out of inundated caves and other crevioee .; . The authorities - warning the people against rats invading their homes. The police - offering help in exterminating them. That ancient, evil memo~ is thia:-oreat plagues or the Middle Ages were transmitted by rats - like the Black Death of the Fourteenth Century. 1' was &nfiety I WEATHER - SOUTH Over the weekend, a lot of k i ds in the South eaw, what the~ never saw before. Along the Gulf co . ast, from Louisiana to Florida - white flakes coming down. Children, tor the first t1Jlle seeing - snow. It snowed in Tallahassee, Florida, where they 1 ve seen the frosty white on the ground only three times in history. Four inches of snow - fell at Mobile, Alabama. Aston1ah1ng - along the Gulf coast, where winter is usually like suaer. Further inland, in the highlands - it was virtual~ saa arctic. Blizzard conditions in the mountains - like the Blue Ridge. The Post Office Department has asked Congress to increase postal rates. The cost of mailing letter• both local and out-of-town, would be hiked fro■ three to four cents if the proposal goes through. This would bring an additional twD-hundred-thirt,-.aeYen · ■ illio, dollars a year for the Federal treasury - and help eli ■ inate the deficit of the Post Office Depart ■ en DRUNK In a Chicago courtroom, today, Judge avman Feldman spoke out, and said: "Good morning, Counsellor." The lawyer, thus addressed by His Honor on the bench - straightened up, with dignit~. He was neatlJ dressed, spic and span. Then he took his place beside the Judge, as an adviser to the Court. TodaJ 1 S Counsello+as the same individual who had appeared in court on Friday - a Skid Row derelict. Identifying himself - as William G. Wood, one time law professor at Harvard. Time was when William o. Wood had been a brilliant legal light - instructor of students now eminent in the law. But family troubles and liquor got him down, and there he was - a shambling, tattered alcoholic. When Judge Feldman heard this, he made h1Ja an otter. Saying - if he showed up sober, on MondEJ, the Judge would engage him as an adviser - in handling Skid Row cases. Today, as various derelicts appeared, the adviser to the Court lmew them all - giving the Judge facts about them. DRUNK - 2 One was a brother of a former welterweight boxing champion. The adviser suggested - a brief term in the hospital. Time to get in touch with his brothers - maybe they'd help him. So, in that strange fashion t.>day, William o. Wood, former Harvard law professor - was a legal light once again. TATUE ----- Los Angeles wants to sell - a policeman. And - has an offer. Today, City Councilman Harry Harby said - the city would be happy to sell the cop to a Philadelphia business man. Who says - he'll buy the officer of the law. The trouble, according to Los Angeles, is - that the policem-n could pass for an exag erated potato, or something. A monument, statue - modernistic sculpture. Los Angeles wanted - a •police memorial•, and sculptor Bernard Rosenthal created it. Then, when the city fathers got a look, they were astounded. •It doesn't resamble anybody I ever saw,• says Councilman Harby. It certainly doesn't look lite a Los Allgeles cop. PIANO At North Ba . , Ontario, atrcraftsman Guy- Bastien is in a hospital, tonight - after winning the piano play-ing championship of the world. The marathon championship, that is. He played tne piano, without stoppi~for twent ~ - f our hours. Which beats the mark set 1n Montreal last month - twenty-one hours and fifteen minutes. Aircraftsman Bastien sat down at the keyboard Saturda evening, and didn't quit until Sunday evening. He has a repertoire of two hundred numbers, and he played through that entire repertoire seven times. With repetitions -- he played ro~rt~ 1 hundred pieces. After pound int' the 1 · -- ries, for twenty-four hours, the marathon pianist collapsed, wast ken to a hospital to recover. PIANO At North Ba . , Ontario, aircraftsman Guv Bastien is in a hospital, tonight - after winning the piano playing championship of the world. The marathon championship, that is. He played tne piano, without stoppi~for twent. -four hours. Which beats the mark set in Montreal last month - twenty-one hours and fifteen minutes. Aircraftsman Bastien sat down at the keyboard Saturda evening, and didn't quit until Sunday evening. He has a repertoire of two hundred numbers, and he played through that entire repertoire seven times. With repetitions -- he played fo~rt~ 1 hundred pieces. After poundiTlf the 1' -- ries, for twenty-four hours, the marathon pianist collapsed, wast ken to a hospital to recover. Also - to be tr•ated for bruised fingers. 5 ~ R . ~ -lu. -- ~ t.h-t'...v an~r Paperewaki o Hof to pl.9 . / / / recor. PIANO At North Ba . , Ontario, aircrafteman Guy- Bastien is in a hospital, tonight - after winning the piano pla,ing championship of the world. The marathon championship, that is. He played tne piano, without stoppi~for twent y -four hours. Which beats the mark set in Montreal last month - twenty-one hours and fifteen minutes. Aircraftsman Bastien sat down at the keyboard Saturda . evening, and didn't quit until Sunday evening. He has a repertoire of two hundred numbers, and he played through that entire repertoire seven times. With repetitions -- he played fo~rt~ l hundred pieces. After poundinp- the 1 · ries, for twenty-four hours, the marathon pianist collapsed, wast ken to a hospital to recover. WIND Today, the U.S. Weather Bureau reported - the stronge wind on record. Wind - blowing at three hundred and ninety-two miles an hour. That's more than ' five times hurricane velocity - which is reckoned at seventy-five miles an hour7Pso where did that record breaking tempest blow? 41ho &Mwer wlll - aatanuh s lot ot poeple 4.: n tble fatr cit.\ & f ~ The three hundred and ninety-two mile an hour wind was clocked - at Philadelphia. ~iounds as if the city of Brotherly Love must have been blown right off the map ~esterday~ But the big wind was away up - at an altitude of twenty thousand feet. Four miles - above the city. Weath < r ervers had sent up a high altitude balloon, and were tracking it with ra,. . ...i.r. They ~dre tJ~ounded. The balloon - blown alr"lg at a greater speed than had ever before bee · · observed. In the "Jet stream", t,,.oniag from the southwest. / _ , c-w -dt cLrw-v, , ~ ~ / //- ~ ) If it had blowi c. the g r o u n d , ~ have been ' " - ~~ /v picking u ~ o f Philadelphia all o v e r ~ 1 •