GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY: The State Vepartaent has changed its mind - about American re p orters going to Red China. Toda7, in Washington, the decision was announced - twent7-four newsaen to be given passports, which will permit . thea to be stationed in China. •on an experiaental basis•, aa71 the State Department. The two dozen reporters - to coTer the China news for trial periods ot six aontha, or longer Hitherto, our goTernaeat had put a ban on all American travel to Red China. ~barging - that the Chinese Reds did not •tollow the practices of civilized govern■ ents.• But now the S t ate Department explains - there are new factors. What these may be - is not elucidated. But the re was plenty of res sure in and out of Congress_ against the ban, kee p ing news reporters out of the realm of the Chinese Reds. Today's reversal of p olicy, says the State Depart ■ eat, doea not apply to people in general. The ban ,till bolds for people other than the twenty-four new1 ■ en. [UICI The French Finance Minister says the ~ artial devaluation or the Franc has been a success. Increasing French exports - and diainiahing the aaount of goods that France buys abroad. Which, says Finance Miniater Gaillaiq has reversed the former exc••• of iaports o••r exports. Under the devaluation, the franc is pegged at four hundred and titt7 to the dollar for foreign buain••• ■en, and also tourists. While kept at the old rate - of three hundred end fifty to the dollar for french■en. Which double standard enables foreigners to buy French goods ■ore cheaply. While french■ en have to P&J as much as ever - for foreign goods. ln Hollywood, the Confidential Magazine libel trial! now brings Clark Gable's first wife - to the defense of the movie ac,or. She's seventy-two years old - having been Clark Gable's dra■ a coach, when he was beginning hie motion picture career. She denies the magazine story that she was in bad financial circumstances - and that her for■ er husband cared nothing about it. The for■ er lrs. Clark Gable says she doesn't believe that Gable told stories about their aarriage to a Hollywood party g~rl. 'He wouldn't do a thing lite that to me,• aa,s ·~ she. There's also a denial of a story the magazine published about Mae West. Saying - that she bad a likin1 for prizefighters. That is called - •ridiculous•. The 1011,p about Mae West and the pugilists is attributed to the late prizefighter, Chalky Wright. (Note for Ur. Cronkhite: 1 1 th!nk this might be used. I don't know if i t s wise to ignore the Confidential mess completely. Length of tonight's tape is 3:11) In the Senate investigation of Labor racketeering, there was a reference, today - to the recent James Hoffa on a bribery-conspiracy charge. The so-cal •crown prince• of the Teamsters Union - found not guilt1 on a charge of having tried to plant a spy on the staff ot the Senate lnveatigating Co ■■ ittee. Today, Hoffa was asked about a hotel bill - for the one tiae heavyweight chaapion, Joe Louis. The Union - said to have p aid the bill. Thia was at the ti ■ e when Joe Louis made an appearance at the Hoffa trial. Taking his place in the courtrooa - p resumably, as a friend of the defendant. The p oint being - that the jur1 of twelve included eight Negroes. Comaittee Chair ■ an Senator Mc~lellan of Arkansas d eclared_ he had a re p ort that Joe Louis was p aid twenty five hundred dollars for sitting in the courtroom for two hours. Hoffa replied - that he had no knowledge of any such payment. There was more playing of recordings today - wire tap recordings ot tele p hone calla between the Teaaater1 Union official and alleged Bew York Backeteer Johnny Dio. The Coaaittee charging - that these recordings were evidence that Hoffa wanted to get Dio into th• Teamsters Union. But Hoffa stuck to his explanation - that he waa interested in Dio's union local, not in the alleged racketeer, personally. §fllA lt looks as if there'll be a iussian visit of state - to Syria. Today, the Acting Defense inister in the new Leftist regi ■e, declared - that Soviet leader• have been invited. Cairo reports that Marahal Zhukov will v.isit Syria soon, and Party Boas lhruahchev ■ ay, go with hi ■• This morning, at P rovidence, Rhode Island, a boy had breakfast. Then, went to a window to shake out crumbs fro ■ a tablecloth. Looking down, he gaped at whet he saw. An arm - thrust up through a narrow s p ace between a building and a low gar a ge. A s11all arm - tin,. So that was how they found three year old Eileen Fahey - who disappeared, yesterday. A frantic search all night - for the little girl. But, ib vain - until the boy saw the small ara this morning. The three year old, while chasing a kitten, had squeezed into the narrow apace, and waa wedged in such a way - they couldn't get her out. She was crying and whiapering - and they bad to get a wrecking crew to cut a way through the concrete wall of the gara e. finally they rescued Sileen - who, tonight, was none the worse, after being tra pp ed for twenty one hours. fQWJP .. . . Hewe froa Poland, and it 11 new1 - when the Coaauni1t governaent decides in fa~or of strikers. But t h en, Red P oland ia having - aoae degree of liberali••· Last week the news told of a street car atrite in th• cit, of Lodz. With ied police - breaking the ,trite. A goYernaeatcoaaiasion aade an inYeatigation. low announcing - that aan1 ooaplainta of the atritera were •justified•. They find the ■ anageaent of the 1treet car a71tea - •burdened with bureaucrata.• A Bed real•• - denouncing its own Coaauniat kin4 of aanageaeat. DPAI In Japan - two pro■ inent business ■en arrested ae Com■uniat conspirators. One - the President of a paper co ■ pany. The other - the company auditor. Today's dispatch fro ■ Tokyo tells of police raida in a nuaber ot citiea - to break up a Co ■■uniat tand- rai1ing game, which Yicti ■ ized Japan••• buiae11 fl•••• The leda - engaging in financial aanipulation. For example, ttie Sant70 Paper Co■pan7 ••• in trouble, abort of aone7. So the Co ■■ uniat1 brought into the fir■ , and inatalled a Bed naaed Harano, •• president. Another Co ■auniat, Edogawa - as auditor. The two - running the business, and swindling the stockholders. By diaappropriating funds - channeling th• money into the treasury of the Co■■ uni1t Party. ln Moscow, a scientific •••ting 11 on. Called - the •Origita ofLite• Conference. ~iacu11ing the ■71tery • or ho• life began. Today, the conference received a cablegra■ fro ■ India, reading aa £ollowa: •~ilt under laborat•J condition• created. lnitial aucc•••· further experiaent1 on band.• lbich certalnlJ would aoun4 lite a aonu■eat;a . l diacoTery - India• blologi1t1 creating life in t~e laboratorJ. Bo••••r, the 1cienti1t1 at the converenoe - are skeptical. IJAl§T&BS frank Brewater, Teaaster Union leader on th• Weit Coast, was given a jail sentence, today. One year - and a thouaand dollar fine. Brewater, convi•d of conte ■pt of Congre11. He appeared before a Senate Sub-Coa■ lttee, aa4 challen1•d it• authority to inve1tigat• Labor. Later, before a apeoial co ■alttee, he anawered queatioaa. Today's penalt7, i ■poae4 iJ a federal Juda• in laahiqton, oonoerna - Brewater•• defiaace of tb• Sub-Co ■aittee. ~gsT&LLO A grand jury, today, returned an indictaent - in · the shooting of Frank Costello. The atte ■pted murder of the alleged boss ot rackets - said to have been the doin& of a paid gaabler, Vincent Gigante. Called - •Chin• - a nickna■ e derived fro ■ his early days aa a prizefighter. For weeks thepolice hunted in vain tor •Cbtn• - believing bi ■ to be the hulking tat ■ an, whose bullet out a crease in the scalp of rrank Co1tello. Then, on Monday, •Chin• walked into a police 1tation, and surrendered. Today, a••• York Grand Jury heard evidence fro■ five witneasea. One - Coatello, hi ■aelf. Th• proceedi• were secret, and we don't know the teati ■on7 he gav.e. Another witness - Philip Ienned7, head of a ■odel agenc7, who was with Costello the night of the shooting. A detective testified - as did two other persona. Bone of tbe evidence - ■ ade public. But the word is that one, ~ and aaybe two, of the witnesses, identified the •Chin• 81 th• gunaan who blazed away at the alleged raoketeeria1 I: bo11. IUIAPQCTJQI TQ L,~~ The Lowell Tho ■ aa adventure• in le• Guinea continue, tbi1 ••ening - with a report troa Lowell, who tells ot affair• along a Jungle riTer. L.T.:- Will the vast island of lew Guinea ever have a probl•• to solve like the lau Mau trouble in Ienya7 So■t ot the old ti ■ers think it'a liiel7. The 1tipper ot our Flotilla flagship, •spoot• Snook ia one ot th•••· Ht •••n telling•• about what he calla tba Car10 tu?t. Se.ya Spool: •111 ot \ht ■• Stone Age people btlit•• in a apirit worid and lit• alter death. tbe7 have •••n the whit• ■ an ooa• witti ahip1 large aa4 11al1, laden with cargo•• of 81, ■ terio•• thing• which th17 cannot explain in ••1 ••1 ezoept tba t the7 are •••• b7 ■agic - object• ■ ad• of gla11, ot china, ot ■etal, plaatica and ao on. They belie•• tn• Spirit• h••• ■ ad• these and sent the ■ tor deli Tiery to the■, and that the lhite Mania really a deaon, who is preventing the■ t.ro■ having these things. Therefore there will co■e a day. when every White Man will have to be aasaacred.• •spoot• says some of the ■ embers of this cult ge11.11v11 < • , - 2 - bave been arrested but th at t h•J have never caught up with the ringleaders. Before he started buying up boata with which to trade in coastal waters and up the river■, •spoot• ••• on• of that ■■ all tough 1roup of hit• len who roa■ecl th• ••• Guinea ■ountaina ancl ju111l••• taking pure 1old fro■ her rivers. Al10 - tor a tiae, he••• a reorulter. That i1, with hi• own colu■ ot trib••••• be wou14 10 into hii4en v.alle71 and tall the 7ouq ■en, ■oat ot who■ ia4 DIYtr •••n a White Ian, into aigaing up for three 1••r• work in the gold fie 141. •spoot• ••1• h• tao•• the tribea■ an who 11th• head ot the Car.go Cult, and will help the Govera■eat patrols capture hi ■ - if serious trouble ever breai1 out. In our first few days on the Sepik iiver, we were ••lco■ed at a nuaber of villages, Tambana■, Ti ■bunte, lindabit and Iamandabit. But, at one of the l argest, Iangana■ an, where we had hoped to spend some ti ■e, the p1oplt were sullen and unfriendly. After we had pulled out fro■ the bank, on our way up atrea■ again, •spook• Snoot said that the Tillagera at (anganaaan belonged to the Cargo Cult. Our particutar reaaon tor wanting to wiait Ianganaaan waa that it has one ot the largeat co■■unit7 hou111 on the Sepik liver, a aort ot t••n hall, called a t.a■baran. Thia tribal council house 11 about 200 feet long and•• high as one of oar 3 or 4 1torie1 buildings. lt r11ts on ■ assiwe posts, with tht floor ot the Ta■baraa 6 or 7 tt. ott the ground. The tradition has · alwa71 been that tn building, a ta ■baran, when the first hole tor a poat ia dug, some person, alive, preferably an eneay, the would be put in / hole, and then the great pole dropped on hi ■• Inside, in the great hall, are colu■mhandsoael7 carved with Phallic symbols, birds and grotesque figures. 1sr11 IJVI~ - 4 - Around the rooa ceremonial stools. High oYerhead hung weird ■ asks - and hu■ an skulls. So tar we haven't been in one, but at each village•• have been met by native,, wearing loin cloth1, the front, centre, portion ot which ia ■ade of a fl7ing fox•• akin, obi1 worn by a ■ an who has taken a head. On the Sepit River, Auatralia, Europe, A ■trica ana all of our ■ o-callad ciYilized parts of th• earth •••• as though thf are on ao ■e tar ott distant planet. for these people are liYing Juat as their anc11tor1 li•ed thousands, perhaps ten• of thousands of 1ear1 ago. Illy haven't they deWieloped a higher civilization? More about that later on. So long.