-1 - A a e agree ent as cone u e y between two unions an a hun d red an t irty-t , o r a i roa s. Te conductors and trainmen to et a boost of f . ♦ : ,. . , e e n · · a n - a - alf cents an hour. Tat is a-dollar-and-t e ty-f ur cents a day. It's a compromise, t e unions bavin as ed an an extra three dollars a day. / All of this is wi~hout precedent because of t h e fact t a t the agreements nnounced today ere made by t h e railroads and tee uni ns in co lective bargainin between themselves -- t e overnment laying no art. Bit . erto, t . ere has never been a settlement RAILROADS - 2. --------- without the intervention of the Federal Mediation Board. The railroads and unions were never able, in the case of any single contract, to come to an agreement on their own. This is the first time! YEYERS ~----- General Bennett Meyers wants a court martial, but seems unlikely to get one. Today he told the newsmen that, at the time the present investigation was in its early stages, be appealed to Air Secretary Symington and Air Force Chief, General Spaatz, asking that charges against him be placed before a military tribunal. However, the Air Forces have rejected the court-martial idea, and the word fro ■ Washington is that, if there is any trial at all, it won't be military, it will be a federal court case. orceo/ GenY81 llEYERS - 2. ------ y an off"cial of th Another witness was the bead of Bell Aircraft, who testified that General Meyers had recoma9nded that his company sub-let a million dol~ar wartime contract to a company at Vandalia, Illinois, General Meyers stating that he bad a friendly interest in said coapany. Senator Ferguson called the Vandalia concern •a Meyers company.• informed officers that be investaents in aircraft manufacturing didn't own Yet, Meyers seven igh t get war had given this his wife twenty-seven- fferent aircraft companies, YEYERS - J. ------ ousand-doy-'rs. erage accou/t's presented The present bearing began wi~h the affairs of Boward Hughes, but Bugbes has pretty we l dropped out of the picture -- Senator Ferguson indicating today that the investi 6 ation aight go far and wide through the whole business of war aviation contracts. llaoARTRIJR -r In JIIUwaukee, they're launchingtacArthur-tor- ~ ~ ~ President boca) The newa tells ot a gathering ot l!lacARthur supporters called tor tomorrow, to start a national caapaign, < and set up a countl'J'1f1de organization. The leader 11 Lanailig Boyt, a lifelong friend ot the supreme cci n:ider, who baa been •1nt.1n1ng all along that Oetleral llac.lrthur would run tor preaident, it the ~0111nation were ottered to bill - although JlacArthur baa neYer publie].J admitted an, aucb tbilll, atioking 1tr1ctl.7 to h1a job 1n Japan.i '!!le llaoArtmr-tor~ - ~ Preaident bOCII ... the idea that the General Will return belle A 1n the aprtng. Be ia the onl.7 one ot ou.r top nr c~ sndffl who baa not had hia ticker tape · parade, and the coalilg •Prial ~ WIii certainly be a strategic tille tor the NacARthur ovation - .-( it the General baa an, idea ot running tor president. Well, anpay, it all gives the politics ot lineteen Porty-Bight an 1noreaeingly military flavor. 'l'here•s an . - Eisenhower-tor-President organization, and Secretary ot ltate - . · Marshall, the wartille Chiet-ot-Statt, has been aentioned 1n 111.cARTIIOll - 2 Washington as a possible running •te tor President Trullln. And now, the JlacArthur-tor-Prea1dent rally 1n 11lwaukee. With 10 ll&l1J geneNle 1n the political conver1ation, the oaapaign ot 11neteen Porty-Bigbt 11 sure to be ot general 1ntere1t. POREIOI AID The Senate Foreign Relations Committee baa concluded its hearings on the Marshall Plan, with Chairaan s.nator Vandenberg announcing that the c0111111ttee will •et next week to begin the job ot dratting legislation tor econOllic aid to the tree countries ot western Europe. Pinal w1tneaaes gave their teat1Jlem1 today, one belal John Poster Dillles, top bpubl1can -ber on our delept1on to the u.1. Be said that Aaerioan aid 111at be uaecl to pl'CIIIOte - in weatem Europe, wbat be called - "new eoonaatc unit,.• Re warned tbat aerioan atlliolla poured into weatem lm'OP8 would be, in hta worda, "largely- wasted or worae." !bat 1■, . unleaa the EurOpean countries can be persuaded to break don trade barriers and atop 1aolatinl the1Uel••• 1n -11 econ0111o , ca.pa ent,:( t tree natio FCIIBIGI AID - 2 tear Congreamn Dirksen ot Ill1Doi1 stated todaJ that tbe bettinl 1n Europe ia, the United States and Soviet Raa■ta will be at war 1n fOllr aontha. congreamn It Dirkaen 1a the Cba1n:F7 ot a special ocmgre11ianal c0111lttee tbat reoentlJ mrnpd oonditiona 1n IUl'O,.. le returned to Vub1,Jllton toc1111f1tb tbl atatlMDt that bett1.ng abroad ia war-1n-toar-110Dtba. !bla • ~ 1n abarp oontra1t nth the op1n1ona ot our"'top 11111tal7 lNteN, who d1acount the likelihood ot war 1n the near tuture. FRAICE - ITALY &t looks as 1t the commn111ts 1n France and Italy were trying to torce a shOlfdown ~ maybe a Red revolutionr ..ornn1 ••aa--- tlne eowwwztct, putiea ue dt:N,ting ot1itbreall8 et, w W e a , ~ e , 111111 1;11ePe 1 1 a et.-. -a. .. ** •• = given ... up hope ot wlmtng control through norul elections, and are liTening up their politics nth NTolutionary tactics. G Pranoe, there were new outbreate at llarlletllee tOdQ - sporadic shooting, the city 1li a 1tate ot jittera, a 11pNU ot atrtna)'l'be Cc mtat-clca1mtecl. JedeNticm ot La Meting to decide whether or not to order a general atria. ---- (In Italy, C-fflat eutbreaka were reported today trom a hundred c1t1e1 and towna - including aeyenteen large cities) The Reda are aasa1l1ng llndquartera ot ■nti-CJ groups and it ia eatiliated that three hundred ot tbeae have been aacked by mobs in all parts ot Italy. (iOctaJ m Turbt, ~ the efftce of "'9 C«-M lliall Peri," •11 ate-,, i=uee sud u.1. ('ft'te United laticma bas again defied a Soviet bo1cott ~ today Toting to set up a special U.R. C0111111aa1on tor lorea. -e~fr&:.'-'./?. 'ffle ~oae 11 to 5('' ~ a tree governaent 1n tbat Par Baatem country - a liberal regiae to take control when toroea ot ocoupat1on are withdrawn. 'ftle Soneta and their aatell1tea haTe been blaat1ng against 1 plan, and baTe taken a poa1tion ot- boycott. 'fOdQ they boycotted tbe vote ot the General u■eu~, /operate") and the new u.1:c01111111ion woni be able t~••~ 1li Im Soviet-occupied zone ot lorea - aubjeot to bo7cott there too. PALBSTIIE (More aa~ge violence in Palestine : tour ■ore Brito killed. 'l'Wo soldiers cut down by achine gun tire at Tel Av1Y , · ' . ' and two policeaen felled by gunfire at Jeruaal•. · 00r1ng the past three days, ten people have been 111.lled and th1rt7-two wowided in •ttacka by the underground ot Jewiah extrai1ta, an orgy ot killing which 11 bitterl.7 denounced 1»1 tbe - .Tewt.1b .AgencJ. "A ■tab 1n the back ot Jewiah leaders", ■Q'I the AQency.) .. EXPLOSION There was an explosion 1n England today, which roared with a blast ot post-war drama. It happened at a secret rocket experiaent station, at Westcott, and took the lite ot one ot the fore11ost ot Oerun rocket scientists. A lfuaber One Oel'IIUl casualty 1n an English rocket experilllent - which points to a · characteristic thing or these tilles, the victors 1n World Var II recruiting the scientists or the en-,. At the Westcott station, the British develop , .. rooketa and guided ■isailes, which they teat along 11olated section■ of the northem British coast~ - and./ 1n the vast •desolate apace■ ~ ot the Auatra.lian desert. TheAwork at Westcott 11 beinl done largely by Geraan acient1sta who created those first Jet plane■ which the lazis used in the war, and who developed the tearacae V-One and V-'l'lfo, beginning the use or rocketd 1n war. A teaa or ten ot these eD811J scientists were brought to England laat Dec•ber1The1r leader - Jobannea Sohl1dt, who helped 1n the aaking ot the a Mesaerscmitt rocket tighter which appeared with startling ettect 1n World War '.l'Wo - -■•••• but caae too BlPLOSIOI - 2 late " to attect the iaaue ot the victor,. Johannes Scm1dt na toreao■t, likniae, in tbe work on the v-one and V-'No, and waa a apecialiat in . the uae ot rockets to aid 1n airplane take ~otta1 'l'ba t na what he and bis teu ot Clel'lllll aoient1at■ were working on todq, rocket-ualated tate-otta. t11e1 wen aper!llential With an apparatu■ loaded nth rootet fllel, . . _ 1t esploded. !'he blaat abook the lnil.iab countr,a14e. ,..,..,., na killed, 1114 10 na ut Bngliab 1c1ent11t.- ilililca..i,. one ot the tNll ot ten a.man rocket tecbn1c1ana eacaped inJU7.. KILLIIO We have another or those stories ot a man arrested tor a crille ot long ago, and meanwhile he bas bec011e a reapecwed citizen. Thia p time the crillle ot years qo 11 a singular tale or the southwest - Juvenile revenp, a boy•• vendetta. V&J' back 1n line teen line, 1n a 111&11 Oklahaa town, · -1;e the owner ot the local general store had an eigbt year o~ who worked around the place, waited on customers, and looked atter things in hia tatber 1 a •tin abaenoe. One d&J, a aan cw 1n and boupt a bottle ot whiakeJ, tor wb1ob he bndeat. otV a dollar bill. 'ftlia the boy took and put 1n the caab box. ~ . The ouatcaer bad a gt:'imae ot the UIOUDt ot 111011811n the till J. Ar and , . • . . , _ ccaaitted the •aneat klnd ot robbery. Be c011pelled the lad to band over the caah - fort1-tive doll.are. 'l'he crook waa a notorioui crook, Dirty Dick NcDonnell, who had a long bad record. The boy, n&ll8d Henry Mueller, bad a formidable character of hia own - at the age of eight. Today, a torty-six year old 118ft, he told how he determined to avenge . IIWIO - 2 that robbery. "I decided to tind hill when I got older," 1a.,1 be. "A tew years later, I went atter b1a." He dicrn.t nit __ -La,. ~ very long, e1the1' )_ be •~eighteen when he 0011pleted b11 vendetta. "I tracked bill through a dozen ate.tea," Benr, llaeller ~ today. "rinilq I caught up w1th . h1a at San Joie, Calitomta, on .lupat Seoond, 11neteen 11netNn. le lmew • • ' becauae be mew I • • trailing h111. lben he aaw •• bl pablNMI a brlok. I put a alq into b1II betON be bad a obanoe to 111•:• tbrolt' it." ShOrtly atterward, the elgbteen·year old llaeller • • arreated. Two aontba later he escaped, ade hie waJ to Chloap, and went to work. Be got along all rlgbt - and,•• tbe ,eara went by, he •rr1ed, and now haa t1Ye ohlldren - a ateadr, respected citizen. Recentlt, he na arrested on a ainor charge, and the routine t1ngerpl'tit~M&a run by the P.B.I. diaoloaed / A h1a identity. So now he'• going back, at thla late date, to taoe the charge - 1n the case ot a 601•1 vendetta. BAT'l'LBRBIP fate • • • • • • • • • . , , , , et - - • , wlla.oi 1iM 'Me-1papere ~~ ~ Battle ot leWart sa,. • ~ Jut _,,1._e..tc aan who bought theA lew llexico tor ■crap plane to break up 1:bl old battleabip at leWark,llut tbat ■- Jereer harbor ob3ect■• lewark, it aeeu, ha.a aoae sort ot diaagre8118Dt with tbe la~, and city ott1c1als declare tbe7 don•t want their fair harbor turned into, junk yard'J'so tbeJ 1••~ed an edict~ don 1 t let the le• llertco enter the harbor. '!'hey ordered two tiretioata to atop the battleship, ind •ke arrests it nece11ary - though how two boats ot the local tire department can arrest a battleship 11 not so easy to tigure out. Anyway, it•s the BAftLBSBIP - 2 Battle or lewark Bay. Thia 111gbty oontlict or the sea waa dela,ed todQ because or weather. A wintry gale has been blowing, and the llew Jlexico, towed bJ tugs, had to nit a while - before doing battle with the lewarlt naYy. lleamrh1le, all n1pt long, the - two tireboata were patrolling the beJ - and tbe tlr•en aboud neari, troze to death. laval operationa are sobeduled to be Nluaec:l •• 100ft aa the WNtber lllproTel. 'ftla Battle ot lenrk IQ' brinl■ l!'let to the bean ot Ian!: captain Jolm lleade Baima, who cca snd4"l the.., llaloo clar1ng her final dqa ot , glory. Bena her skipper a.,11111 £ Old.mwa. Wt.l the Jap lami~sta ••N oreatllil I- ,,.,;d tl.u, . . h i t • ~ au1c1de attaolm. !he ea1lora gan the ■ew Ne:dco the - nae ot - Queen. Iver, laYJ -.n apoke ot - the Queen, aa abe fought with glor, 1D the oulll1riat1ng enpgeaenta ot the v1ctOl'J' 1n the Pacific. But now the Queen, on her way to the Junk pile, ia the aelanchol.y heroine or the ridiculous Battle or lftark. BAftLISBIP - :, Allot which riles the aea dog taper other toraer skipper, CaPtain John lleade Baines. "I consider this an tna11lt to the -017 ot a great 1hip and the ■en wbo 1ened aboard ber,• ~--4 he growls1 and adda - "'l'be lealt tblJ oould do 11 let tM oJ.4 }, Queen die 1n 41&D1tJ." • At Hardin. Texas, a tornado ri pp ed through an oil field . today, slicing a six-mile pa t h of destruction. Three people injured, oil derricks toppled, houses smashed flat, highways blocked, communications ripped oat This Texas twister did someireakish things: - auch as picking up a five-hundred barrel storage tank from the Bardin oil field and dropping it several hundred yards away. Also -- and this is ■ ore like other Tornado stories -- it t0ok the roof and walls off leaving the su . rprised owner standing on the floor, boldl bis 1killet over a cook stove with no house round him. S101 ---- At Bear Lake, Calofornia, the lac 1 Chamber of Com . erce has enlisted the use of science to provide snow for skiers. Last Sunday, at Big Lake, there were plenty of people wit skis, but not enough snow; so the Cbaaber of Commerce remembering that General Electric scientist• had successfully made mow in the East, sent ta up a plane loaded with dry ice. And there it was, alaost before you could get into your bindings -- the snow coaing down all in one spot, just right for early season skiing. Snow ,hen and where you want it -- on order - for skiers• Sounds too good to be true; don't you think, lelson? RAWlOADS A wage asre•ent was concluded today between two · - um.om and a hllndred and thirty-two ra1lroada. the conduotora and* trailllen ... to get a booat ot tUteen•and-a--balt o•u - an hour. !mt 1a - a.-dollaHnd-twent1-tour oent1 a dQ. ~ • o0llpl'Gli1ae, the Uidona bilYillg ubcl an elr';ra tbree agreeaent Allot th1111 irlthoat precedent - Ncaue ot tbe taot that the agrelllellta amounced todaJ were •de bJ the railroad• and the un1ou 1il collective bargaining between - th-elves - the gov&ftlllllt pla,1ng no part. Ritberto, tbere hae never been a aettlement without the 1ntervent1on , ot tbe Federal Nett1at1on Board. · The railroads and unions were never able, i?caae ot 1111,1 111Dgle CO!ltftot, to c~ to an ,agrert ~-t:iE.:,..~. ~ ' 4 ~ ~~- Nl!IRS General Bennett Neyers wants a court artial, but se8118 unlikely to get one. Today he told the nnlll8D that, at the tiae the preaent 1nveat1pt1on • • 1n it■ earlj- •~•• he appealed to Air Secretary Syainitan and ilr Poroe Chief, General si,a.tz, aald.ng tbat obargea apinat b1a be plaoed bfttore a 111litar, tribunal. Bowner, the Air Jore•• bne re~eoted tbe court-liarttal idea, and tbe word ti'all lfaabiDltGD 1■ tbat, it there 1• an, trial at all, it wan•t be lillllarr, it rill be a federal court oaae. ~ ill ot tbla tol1Glf9Cl ac,re mllabaloo - &Nat &K ~ t a . Darlal .._ nrtm, ID air tore• ottloa, wbo 41dn•t 11&n bl■ DIM, wrote to tbe P.B.I., addrea11111 , ~ a.I. Cblet J. ldpr Hoover, and atated that General Bemett -"-'.~'-e. .. ~~~TiM, 11e1ere~ • • arw111 Illa •••, bJ me■tinl 1n the atoot ot coapan1ea tbat he lmelr were about to get war contract■• Aa • _,. 1•1ca 11 I t , *II• I_.N:t IIOU]d...be .,,, 1rfd!::1!' tbe • • • • !f \ '!fb~1.1a •AIIIIINUUIIIM at Jllllt IIBf.lRS - 2 ldlllea e r • • - e&&ldii& tu •• • • ••••Iii, •tr . ~«-Ulication waa sent along by the PoB.I. to the An, Ail' Porcea, and went to the top, to Air Poree cc -~■•1'ld A but no action waa taken. · - Allot which biioiipt forth an arguaent todq - who should have taken action! •• Por tbe ~ Jorcea, an ottioer declared it m up to tile P.B.I. !bit wu denied bJ an ott1o1al ot the Departalelat et ot ✓ mother witneaa - tbe bead 6t Bell ilrcntt, who teatitied that General Nqera had re"CW!M1'¥1ed that hie - c0111pany eub-let a 111111on dollar wart1ae contract to a OCMpl!DJ at Vandalia, Illinoie, General Jleyera etating that be bad a ,-~.,;,/ friendly 1ntereat 1n ~•7'- c011J)8n1. Sena tor Perguaon called the mBRS - 3 Vandalia concem - "a Meyers c011pany. n - ( Nl4>!:red NaJor leeNi Other evidence waa presented t" ahow that the General, aa a top NDk1ng procU1Wnt otticial:, had intol'llld bla superior ott1cera that he bad no meataent1 1n a1roratt aanutacturlng concerns - didn't own ■took 1n P.Clll)anlea that lligbt pt war contracts. Yet, nine da71 after bl had gt yen tbia aaauranoe, Neyora tranaterred to b1a 1f1to twenty-aeven hundred aharea 1n anon ditterent aircraft c011p8n1os, stock valued at th1rty-t1Ye thousand dollar■• Thia waa indicated by brokerage accounts presented to tho COlaittee today. 'Ihe present hearing began with the llftairs ot BCJlfUld Hughes, but JluShea haa pretty well dropped out ot the picture - Senator Perguaon indicating today that the 1nveat1gat1on might go tar and wide through the Bi whole buaineaa ot war aniation