FORMO toda . , the Securit Council r sco demand - for a debate of the ·oviet accusation against th United tat s 1 etlar gi ng this countrv - with "aggression" in • 1 ormosa. The Council said - "No", and adjourned, without going into the question. 11 of which moves the focus of interest over to Indian Premier Nehru -and British Foreign Secreta~ Anthon, Eden. Who are making efforts for· diplomatic settlement or the crisis along the China coast. Nehru is quoted as declaring - he's allf confidant that axfwnuuftn a "cease-fire" can be obtained through negotiations with Red China and Soviet Russia. In London, the feeling seems to be - that negotiations might well concern thoa isl~nds which the Chinese Nationalists continue to hold, right off the Red mainland. The British believe that some sort of deal could be m de - if the Chinese Nationalists, ould give up the uemo . A - 2 a n tsu Isl nds. The . 1 v e lre a d~ aba ndon ed the Tachen.5 ~ o f f s h o r e , tot e north. ~~ But ✓~ those other bits .(, of 1 nd s o close to the co a st. Me n hile, a tionalist a r atrols were, toda . , couting th outh China coast - seeking s~r;•~ Communist milit a r p ower. The belief is that the Reds, having gain d the Tachen Islands, ~ ar~~south for moves against /<-- ;£ uemo and Matsu. FO T h or n shi on s - tat the United t tes ha not v n n l e d e to def nd t ose island. But we ould, lmost c r ta nl,, interven - i f h Rd 1 unched any s e riou drive tot ke them. T 1 inform tion, giv n to ne , s n, came after G€n r ali imo Chiang K ai -shek, on Fonnosa, told a news conference th at th United St te would, surel~, f nd the islands. hi n g didn' cl aim he had received a fo rmal commitment -but spoke in ton es of certaint , . The W a shington word ra a sons the matter this wav: A Red s ult on the uemo s or tsu would require at r superiori t . , over the is 1 nds, for a n ch a nce of success. But the Reds could not g ain a ir su riorit r , except b~ bombing th ationalist irfields on Formosa. If theu did this, the U nited Stats ould intervene - h vi gu r a nteed Fonnosa a inst a ttack. I n r co 1 - a 1 g th at · ov t Ru 11 back hi t t n . ul n n. assu r a nce - 2 w s i n at a rec tion, cel e br t the f fth a nniversarv of mutual ai act bet en th oviets nd the Chines e Reds. ul ga nin d cl ar d that th o Ts -tun re g ime can depend, not onlv on R u s n sympathr, but a lso on Russian help. FRAHCE In Paris, today, another prominent politician undertook the ta k of a~~emblin~ a new ~overnment. Christian Pineau - a lea~er of the Soc1a11ate. They go, hi ■ out of bed before dawn - and offered hi ■ the chance. Then all day today, he was confabulatin~ with fellow leaders in bis own French Socialist Party. A, nigh,tall they told him - ~o ahead. So, to ■ orrow, Pineau will consult the other Parties, and see - if he can line up a ■ ajority. And - report to French President Coty - i tomorrow ni~ht. Ever since the fall of*~• Pre ■ ier Mendea-Frano ten days a~o, they've been havin~ a bedvillin~ political cor~uaion - aa■e ae usual, only wor~e. · First, Pina, tried to for ■ a iovernment - and failed. Then Pfli ■ lin Fleemlan, who also failed. Bow Ptnea, has been thrown the ball. So the French political -•It play would eee ■ to be from Pinay to Pineau. I o ndon, cotl n d Yard is er eking don on Colonel otland. r i ch m a . r e m - like a confu i on of names. So we' d better et it straight. T he a rd, o f course, s Britain's famous detective ha d uarters. o u mtr wonder - how it ever got th a t name, "J cotl a nd '? . e ll, n th a t loc a lit . , d uring the M ddle A es - the kings of cotl a nd maintained a p a lace. Where the . resided - , when the~ visited London. ~,..u,.,~J T he Colone , whose name is Alexander Scotland - is ~ Britain's number one spy catcher. Chief of Counterespionage ~ "" in two World Wars. The trouble is - the Colonel h s written a book/ The title - "London Cage." That's what the call a mansion in London, where German prisoners were interrogated, in orld , . . , r Two . T he char e i s ti a t the Colonel 1 s book reveal s - forbidden militar, secrets. The publication of "Landon C age has be e n held up - du rin th e r gum nt. Last week , c otl a nd a r d ia lkef n , and s e'i: 2: ed th Co l one 1 's p r i v a to pap er s - nc lud 1 m a n . con i d e nti a l d ocum ent s. .., - 2 T t arou t e Col o n l's re. So tod ~ a nnounced - he 'll o a he a d 1th p ublic a tio n , i n sp t e o f a ll offici l p rot st. s cot land. the vara. Scotl a nd v rsus a tu o , h turn- o t tn -- today, dented., • ; I 12 that h tri e d to hak do n n ttornev formerl . e m lo . d b '(T the McCarth~r Inve tig ti ub-Committe . The . ssertion w , that last S ring, he a sked Law . er D ni 1 .fuckley: " o much would it be worth, not to rnention . ou in tne book?" h i ch ref e rred to the forthcoming book, in which Matusow confesses that he testified falsel. in Communist cases. He also denied - he had tried to borrow a thousand dollars from Buckle .• All this transpired at a hearing on a pet1t.1on for a ne • rial b . tnirteen second string Communist leaders. -Wfio were ~ convicted in a trial - at which Matusow gave evt ence against therp. t the t u e , to d a . , t r s a conferen e - on the t Republi c n Convention. a • ion 1 Cha irm n e onard all and other le a ders - confabul a ting with resident isenh o r. U on emerging, the Chairman stated - he assumes President Eisenhower ill run for a second term. The subject was not mentioned at the conference, but Hall sa~s nothing transpired tuat might indicate anything else. His opinion has been, all along, that the President will run - and there was nothing, too.a. , that would make him change his mind. L g . ~ He said - the resident favors •~dat e lafe in the season. And - a shorter political campaign. Which would eliminate a lot of speechmaking and the rigors of campaign travel. Of course, the President might well feel that wa . ..--.. a bout it • .i,f he intends to seek another te~ v6u 1 d expect him to welcome a n ele tioneer~ng schedule - not so tough. However, the uestion of ad te - is up in the air. The D mocrats, also, w a nt - a later convention, and a shorter CONVENTION - 2 cam p 1 . The w e r e talki bout ugust Twent.r - eventh - re a ll . late. hen th e~ thou gh t - ma~be ,,)u gust Thirteenth. But , ov er the weekend, the . m a ea tentative choice - of Jul y Twent . - Thi rd . The reason for all this changing is - that election lows in some a of the states might make it impossible to hold late nominating conventions. There's a time limit set - for enter ing nominee.P ,. on st;ate ballots. In Connecticut, for example, the law demands that candidates must be certified b~ A ugust Fifteenth. The Dem ocrats a re suggesting - that several states, which stand in th e way, should alter the i r election laws. Whi ch brings a response from Connecticut - sa . ing that a small "technical" chan e w ould remed ~ the situation th ere. Ai, t,t.e 8.8.P. eenl8P0ft08 in iho ',AIUta HOIIB8, i•··· it waa geaiged taat tAe aepuQlioeA National Committee abeJJ ~••t iA Wi&A1Q8toa a mA~~aaa~, &1¥i geetQ& tA& ~~••t~• et a de4te. '¼1h&i 1 8 , if iM ~w•e~ioR et atate lawa Aaa eeeA CONVENTION - 3 T od a ~•s hite Ho us e ga th er ing a lso discussed the uestion of - whe re. T he pla ce - for the Republican Convention. Chic ag o, P h i l a delphia, a nd Sa n Francisco are in the runnin . The mocr a ts have a lread ~r selected Chicago - and, of recent . e a rs, the custom has been for both Parties to hold their conventions in the same city. For reasons of - economy. But Republican Chairman Hall sa y s, that San Francisco is making a real bid for the G.O.P. convention. Talking - ,'lit~ ~ in terms of real cashyidways - the number one issue. HURRIC AfES The l eather Bure a u, today, g ve out - a new list of n am e s f or hµ rri canes. The names - b~, 1 hich the big storms of Ntneteen Fift~-Five will be known, ~en the come on - in l ate summer a nd autumn. So, what are the new names like? Same old story - girls' names. The Weather Bureau - ignoring protests, that it 1sn 1 t flattering to the ladies to identif . them with hurricanes. Some ladies, the sa . , were flattered - by h a ving tropical tempests named after them. Anyway , the Weather Bureau claims - girls' names are the best, Short, easil~ recognizable. Names - that stick in memor , r. new list h a s been assembled, because they don't want the names of last ~ear to be confused with hurricanes of this e r. Th e ne list - going this wa . ,: lic e , Brenda, Connie, Dia ne, dith, Flora - a nd on don the a lph a b et . It's a com p l e t e a lphabet - o h a t hav e t he ot f or V The a ns ~er is - Xenia, onn e , a nd l d a . HURRIC ES - 2 A l i c - get r ea d v . T he first hu rrican e of th e season i ll b e n ame d ft e r _ rou. A s for Ze lda, she n e edn't w orr . • There have nev er been m ore th a n ten hurrican e s in one season. S o there's no likel ih ood of getting along to the ladies - d own toward the end of the a lphabet. ~ 0..-, 'J<~-.Jzai~w. SUBAY ew ork Cit h a d a sub a. narl - todav. Because of a sort of "chain reaction.' t huge B rooklyn p lant, providing p ower for the sub a . - a ge n er tor blew out. That threw an extra load on eve n oth er e ner at ors in the plant - causing them to blow out. That was the 'chain reaction" from one to a nother - and the power p l a nt was powerless. So were the tr ai ns in the subwa . • Stalled - along the line from Brooklyn to New York. Three trains, with more than four hundred passengers, w ere stranded in a tunnel under th e East River. There - for more than an hour, without an.r heat. The weather, bitterly cold - and, no electricit . , no he a t. The passengers nearly fro ze . Another tr ai n was on a bridge, g oing up a rising slope - whe n the power f a ile d . The motorman - smart. H let the train r oll b a ck - do ~n the s lope. Back, do~m to a station - where the passengers ot off. ~ ~ q ~ ¾ , , ~ <r/- - "'-.. More than~ million p o p le were la t to 11 ork, in N w York tod a v - because of the "chain react i on' i n a Brookl, n power p lant. S T ARL I GS ' r he old Count . r Courtho u s t p r ng fi e l d , Illinois, · as n w lin e of str a t e , .,, to u s e a 0 ai nst t ha t pe rennial enem . .. t h st rl i n s. L ik e ma n~ a p rom i n e nt b u ildi ng , the venerable C ourt ous e is p l a u ed b . swa rm s of th o e pe st l l e nt i 1 birds. o now - "bu z -bombs ' a g inst the starl i ngs. Committe e of t he Count, Bard of Supervisers has put in an ord e r for ~ elv e do z en missiles of a novel type - remin is cent of the "buzz-bombs that assailed London in the S econd Worl d · r. a ch on e - a cannon-cracker, with a propeller. S e t the propeller going, a nd the b i g firecracker 111 rise. The mech a nism - carrying it up to a g iven height. t which - the fl y ing missile e xp lode s . , _ T he ide a is to send up a b a rra e of th e se - thundering a t t h l e v e l of the Courthouse roof. That's where the s tarlings roo s t - tho usa n d. o f them. Th ho ;, e 1 s - i n t th e n o ise o f the b u z - bomb i ng c a nno n de w i ll fri ht e n t he s w a r 1 n of b r ds w a y . ~ ' __. ng amon C ount " Co u rt h o u s A is f · m us - in the s t o r r o f br · am L nco ln. B a ck b fo re th e Civi l a r, the STARLI GS - 2 build ng as the Illinois t te C p tol - much frequented b~ L i ncoln, in his earl r da~rs a loc a l political fi g ur and the So now, ome-spun humorist. ~'I\ ou can imagine the shade of H nest Abe , watching, a nd laughing - as they make the "buzz-bomb" ttack against the starlings. V LENT I NE T he l a r g es t V i lenti ne in the world is on display right now - a t M dison, iq c n st n. Th ~r itin g on it - in lett~rs ten f ee t high. F fte e n 1 tters - wh ich wuld m ak the lenith Dial a lmost - one hundrei a nd fift. fe e t. The cr ea tion of the gia nt valentine wa s witnessed by Barb a ra F 1delson - a graduate student a t the University of Wis eensin. A s - she sat t the window of her living quarters, on th e fourth fleor of a local hotel. The window - overlooking •1 a ke Me ndota. Fr o ze n over - a nd covered with snow. There, o n the lake, was E arl S choll - walking, and w a lking. And - leavin g tra c k on the sno w . Trudging along, the ,roung fellow formed huge letters. Which read. BARBARA, I LOVE vou. Romantic declar a tion - for all to see. So that w a s B a rb a ra's v a lentin e . Barbara s a v s - ✓ that, • s he • atch ed , she wa s ""lier. thrilled." a/ f l ~ ~ ) \Mar m sentiment - o~~ fro ze n l a k e .