f. . - . • 9. ~ , G?f; , ~ 19"- . NIGHT SHOW BERLIN (New Story) April 5th 1948 00D EVENIN EVERYBODY: Highli ht of the news from Berlin this evenin& - a Russian apology. The Russian controlled Ger ■ an n••• a,ency /. ~ i s s u i n g a stateaent th t~h• Soviet Militar7 Ad■ inistration is •deeply regretful• about the cra1h caused by a Soviet fi~hter plane bitting a briti1b ai - liner.- Fifteen peo le lilled. Followin& this Soviet apolo&J, the A ■erlcaa, French and British Coamandera ha~• cancelled\ eir vioua orders for fi~hter plane protectioa for 111114 plaaea in the air corridor of Ger■any •1th Berlin) linking tbe Allied aoaea . r'f:: the 8w•iet1 not only apolo 6 ieed1 w.t tbef are guaranteeing ua co ■ plete freedo■ of the air, which is exactly what Lucius Clay wanted. 0 - Thew r of nerves between the Allies and t e in Berlin reached a new cli■ax this morning •he~ fi hter pilot buzzed a uritish airliner as it came dowa ~ . to land at G tow Airfield. The Russian pilot collidin ,,/A wit~ the airliner which e 11 in fla■e:) The R. A. F. •• the accident wa~ caused by •bad piloting•, the Ruaaian pilot having no right to be flying in the air corridor. But the Russian explanation 1 wb1cb is cou~led with the otficial apolog71 is that the Soviet pilot was tryin& to land at a nearby Russian airfield. lhen he heard of the crash the Britieh Coaaander Sir Brian Robertaon i ■■ ediately called on laraball Sokolovaky, the Ru11ian Co ■■ ander, and deaanded no•••• interference with Briti1b aireratt. Be told the ••••1 Co■■ ander that the ~ritiah For•i&n Office••• taki•& a very serious vie• of tbe ■ atter•- ~Ls Mtlbit~ Mi••• will ~Jn1a1e ib ~e••~ror. Sokolovsky pro ■ptly gave Sir Bria an assurance there would be no ■ ore interference. Al10, ~ ~baa agreed to a joint investigation. ~ ..o:m•llilill!!l:tt':3m:lliill•llll_.a..J The liritish airliner fell on Russian territory, •••••~• •••••elyJbut the Russian plan91which was not so badly daaagedJcrashed int e ~ritish area. The Russian• established armed guards over bpth planes, rua ing troop1 BERLIN - 3 ------ into the British sector to -NJ--~~ ~ cynically r e fusin 6 the A. in t airliner. guard their fighter plane,¢-'- ~ o,-~•--t;. British to approach the burn- "- Toni g ht, it looks as if rel a tions between the Soviets and the A llies in Berlin h ave i ■ p roved - a bit. The Russians a,,pe cliabin~ down. The news wire says the Soviets have a£ked for a •peace conference~. They waat .. ,, to end this so-called b a ttle for tierlin - the war of - nerves which ~Ul st a rted. oni~t wi . ~owe no loner have t As a 6esture on our p a rt, tte Americ a ns have withdrawn t h e military police cor d on w h ich w e t h rew round the Soviet rail c v ntrol center ~ i n t e American zone. This cordon really annoyed t h e Russians. oaded BERLIN - 4 ------- t em to wor s - words o f concili tion. They didn't like it when American P 's stopped two Russian Generali fro ■ commuting, and so with one t . ing leading to another and Uncle S • refusin g to budbe n any oint, the ~•d• have su gg ested talking things over. Tomorrow •arahall Sokolovsky is dininb with British Commander Sir Brian, the guest of honor for the occasion is British Field Marshall ontgo ■ ery. You caa i ■ agine Mtat conversation at dinner will be aoaewhat li ■ ited. Pretty for■ al in view of the tickli1h situ- ation, but the British are masters of saall talk, and the Russians can always tell a ood story oTer a gla11 of vodka. The Communist s in Italy are still complaining. As a r t1 sult o f the pre-electi n street · ighting, the Reds a re w o~ried because too many of t h eir side are setting hurt. They claim that ei g ht of the thirteen killed in the past two weeks, have been Cor1J1unists. lot fair to kill us, say the Reds. So the Executive Coaaittee of the Communist-led L bor Confed ~ ration of six million meabers. is calling a meeting in Rome. Shall they call a nationwide strike in p rotest? That's to be decided. Observers in Rome · believe that if the Communists do engineer a strike, then violence will increa e. I f they vote to keep \heir meabers at work, the Reds m ay attempt to orga~i z e a p olitiial coup to sei e p ower be f ore the electi n. The Communists, of cours e , re desper a tely anxious th a t . a f ree It a ly shall not go to the polls. L a te ord fro m R o m e: th a t t h ous a nds of non-Communist s hav e been injured in t he w ide sp read pre-el e cti o n riot s . On e, a p ri s h rie s t o n Sa r d inia m ur ered in h i s hom e -- b the R e d . T he Co m munists ITALY - 2 -- -- insist he was killed by F a s cists. Toni ht all Italy a aits the decision of the Re4 Labor leaders as to whether to call a general etrike. Rioting in ~gypt -- in the streets of Alexandria. Fighting between rioters and soldie r s took a toll of thirty lives -- and hundreds injured, in that great seaport. The rioting be an shortly after it became known that the Egyptian police were striking for higher wages, -- a nationwide walkout of the gendarmes. Which was the signal for all the hoodlums and vagabonds and that im ense horde of beggars for bioh Eg7pt is famous. They poured from the narrow streets of the native quarters -- on an orgy of looting. They ••t four movie houses afire. The ' y looted the fashionable shops on Avenues Sheriff• Pasha and . ling Fuad, Fifth Avenue and Michigan Boul,vard of Alexandria. The Alexandria Fire Department had ninety calla within two hours, alarmed ~esidents callin 0 for the fire fighters in the absence of the police -- but getting no response. The mobs jamming the s tre e ts revented the fire ere s from movin. ne roup oft e loot-mad ran throng h an express train, h a l te in the s tat ion, robbing passengers, breakin g windo~s, riping o u t the u p holstery. Alexandria a city of terror, residents of the fas able ~azarita residential section fleeing•• the m~b rged into their ho ■ es. The looters car?Jin& off rugs and furnishin 6 s, nd anything t ey could lay their hands on. The ri ting continued until Egyptian Pre ■ ier lokraaby Pasha arrived fro ■ Cairo and called oat tbe army. Be told the troops to shoot anyone diaobeyin1 orders. The soldiers 100n brou~ht the situation ••4•r . A L ~ control with tank• and . . . . .-..,.N rifle fire. ~ " Toniibt the streete of Alexandria are eaptJ - a curfew fro ■ ••v~n p. ■~ to sunrise when the luaaelaaa will once again call the faithful to prayer from the tower of the aosque. As for the strikint.:!;tre;-a~e to be tired if they don't take up their ni 6 ht sticks within twenty- four hours. There is one im ort nt thin oing on which bas been little noticed -- t e International Conference on Freedoa of lnformation, at eneva, Switzerland. The nations of the orld have sent repreaentativea there to foraulate a program for world freedoa of then•••• Today the word ca ■ e that a new conaultant had joined th• Aaerican Delegation -- Bugh Baillie of the United Press. So I picked up ■J office telephone, aa4 put in a call on the trans-ltlantic cable -- to Baab Baillie; calling Switzerland. In a aoaent I had bi■ and I was saying -- •tell us what it's like•. lhat 1 1 been bappeningt And 1 asked a question alaost ineTitable. hat a out the delegations fro ■ Soviet Russia and the Soviet satellite states -- journalistic repreaentatiTea fro• behind the Iron Curtain. •The first thing that struck ae•, he laughed, •was the clothes they wore -- so exceedingly well dressed. They don't look like newspapermen•, he went on, •noting to remind an American of an editor or a reporter. They look like diploaata -- and, in fact, they are• the Prince Albert, striped pant• bo71. Bugh ~aillie told ae that, instead of aendin& working newspapermen to the world conference dealin& with journalisa, the Soviets and their saLellites have sent members f their diplomatic•••••• corps.--\vrhich led to another significant detail about tbea. •I was i m mediately impresseQ•, said the bea4 of LP., •b7 their skill in debate. They know a l l ~ Parliaaentary tricks in ar uaent•. In other wor4a, fro■ behind the Iron Curtain come, not working newaaen, bu\ professionals of debate and argu■ ent. In the deleaations fro• the fre nation• to the lest, on the other hand, actual ne••••n predoainate • ..Pe1esati••• +.oo, ie &ale Up of · · pt actsieal •••••••• The e s t e r ~ ~ h a v e presented t . eir A proposals for world freedom o 'f infor ■ ation. A resolution against censorship -- no censo~ship on t he news going abroad, exce p t 1n cases of milit ry security. All foreign correspon den ts to have equal access to facilities for transmission. And sto expe llin orei n corres ondents fJlEEDO. Of _lllQIU!!llQI_QQJ:IRL~ -4 just because t ey write somet ing th&t so ebody doean•t like. in debate and ar1u■ ent, A.he1• •• lseea displaying all their skill} 811~, ••••r,1se1111; tho•• thr•• resolutions for freedoa of infor■ ation . ha•• bee -- adopted in co ■■ ittee. Oa# the trane-ltlantic telephone, Bugh Baillie in Gene•a sounded buoyantly hopeful, and told ■ e that it looks as if the International Conference on Freedom of Infor ation would really accoaplisb something, would get a sound agreement for freedom of the news -- at least among the liberal nations outside of tbe Iron Curtain. JClllla llD - PN114at 'fNllan tcxtn ••tour new 1lobal toreip aid PNINII 1n aotion. .. ordered the leooaatruct1on f1111DN Corporation to adftllCe one b1111on, am balldNd and t1•• - 1. 1111110D doll.an 1 t41ateq to Cbtna.,aadA--0.01-11111 / \ , '!bil All to N aade aw.llaltle tor ll111tal7 Ud eranca1• Mlp to ta ..._11 Plan oountr1•~ ~ ~ , PALESTINE Iii ••■ tt ■, Today, U .s. Delegate Warren Austin ~ ~ ~ ~ . . t of be• ~ A t o a closed meeting 11111 the U.I.Securit7 ,, A~ Counc11, ~ fiftee 1 point Americ~n plan tor the U .I. tru1tN1hip . . ot Palestine. · Thia U .s. plan, whi"°h will replace the . . . . original partition ache•, calla tor the u.1. to be the ada1niatrat1ve authority in Paleat1ne, reaponaible to a auteen nation trustee council. The u.1. adll1n1atrat1on Iii . to be headed bJ a ao.emor General appointed by t . COWI011, and the governaent ot the 1017 Land to ~Stl;~:\, • ,.._ f Cabinet and a legislature elected by popular vote - bl••~•• 11 141 ■ , a deaocratio •lection. An Aaer an a p o ~ eapha:i1z~ to MW 7tba the 4C. . 11 on te por -"1ndet1nite," Iii lun e put • / The t ateeahip o be teminated the 11011ent t Arabs I ~ ~ - • an agrewnt. 811 11 ~ . . . ee.-.-we"'ueat. 11• / A- .I\ Gove r General is to be tlzaau• y the U.N. to do ,verything ~ I wit'htn his power to fUrther~n egreanent.Nliwee~h• We. PALESTINE_ 2 But how 1s order to be 11&1nta1ned 1n th1a troubled land, where blood8hed and death aft daily occurrenoea? '!be ~ M A : : , - ~ Allerican plan ia tor the U.I ........... , to keep laWUld ~ - /--= A a bJ •ane ot"looallJ recruited police force and additional --~.t-4d ,olunteer troopa - ~ tht lJr1t1sh managed 1n the 1 ..... early days ot their aandate in Palestine. When · theae ~ volunteer forces prove 1nsuttio1ent, the Oovemor General f.o- l'l 1hial½ have authority to call on previously conn1tted states .A ~ . to help maintain security. MIIThere•s the rub!. ~ United States emphasizes that ..!!!_tentative suggestions ~~- carry no cormnitment 1.tz:p1u~ And so the oeneral Assembly -'-'I - I\... .... J> ' ~~tb~-~~4.~~ ~ 11111 1 e e ~ ! I I ~ from wher e 1t w i ll dr a w any troops / \ : needed. T h ee tro ps to com e fr o m t na ins ttending t e General As embly. As ,...i ie be-- expected ihe Q.N. p1aa ~aa eot foena ~~~- rabs~or the JewsA Bitter opposi- tion from both.&iaeL T e jewish gency calls it a scheme to put Palestine under i:=A domin a tion of the Arabs. T ey say tbeJ/u.e :,ie-i.ag- t• resist it.- UaJ111ial1 Ageney warning that. Ulie-f P81)e&al ■ ill. ee •••h ~a1uleP- under As for the Arab Higher Committee1 they say.,_the in Palestine will accept no plan that places the ■ a foreign group.~hallenge b the authority of the O.B. The Arabs want to rule out any trusteeship ef,~"'~ not adainistered by the ~abs In lil au ee tomorrow t i o Y e l ' n v T " ~ Dewey ) MacArthur face their first major test - the Wisconsin Republican prim ry forte residential candidacy. They have been running sample ballots in Milwaukee. In one of these jacArthur has a substantial lead, in another Stassen is way out ahead. 'B~1;L.;f:.' ~ . , J ~ ! ! ~ • A••••••• '1Pa iHrey. B&f& l)e IIJ.~ 1Mt-Q.ltop. o•t ef tbo ~re•idea,tal rao1 e••a if be fiai1berl•1t -t.a he lew io k ~overnor re con- aargin nineteen- - fortY, four will n be upset i this pri ■ a J whereacb - - full slate o twenty-sevei delegate■ p edged to hi• Q.. ur Air lmkJM'IIIJXll~ Force s have a problem on th i r handA today. A problem that interests the flight physicians and psychiatrists. And perhaps the answer to this mystery ot motivation may also be the answer to • a queat1on that hae long been debated 1n tly1.ng circles. Ia there such a thing aa a bom tlyer? can it be that we are producing a raoe ot Allericana ao air conditioned, that the ability to tl.J 11 an inherited skill? 'ftle newa wire tells how Air Poree Sergeant llaloola JllcCradJ, a tllght engineer, with no previous experience at tlae oontrole ot an airplane, took ott troil Dayton, Ohio, 1n a - .S(J, 0 ~G?,. twin engine B-25 and fln to Owatonna, JllinneaotaA. llcCrady tlew by c011paaa a aore or leas accurate course. And when he arrived he put the b011ber down 1D a perfect landing, on a runway tar aborter than the Ara, decrees tor thie type ot aJ- plane. The B-25 1a not the type., plane ta• one an, even A_ ' the ■oat exper1enced 1 ptlo~, can normally handle. Usually 1t, 11 operated by a flight crew or three. There are all kinda ot PILOT - 2 chores to be perfonaed 1n such a twin engine plane, landing gear to be let down, flaps t:o ' • attended to, engine speed to be supervised. But NcCrady did 1t all. fl I t f.'t - ~ When A-, otticials asked hill why and how, he Juat said that he wanted to go and see NOii and the tolka. "I got up," he aaya, "and the, r1r1t thing ' I lmn I waa over Ch1oqo. I t1sui,ed it waa too late to tum back, and a1 I bad to go IOll91fbeN, I went on and headed tor h011e. Oh,.., I'•• •tobed pilot, hundreds ot t11le1, and I IUppoae I knew What to do." Bat tbe AIIII author1t1ea are ••ewhat pu11lecl bJ tm ■tracle ot the lloCNdy tllght. They aay that bJ all the law■ ot the boot, that B-25 ahould baYe noaed ewer on that abort aott runny at ontonna. But llcCrady •de it. lllA lie,, ~ -•illl re..._d N lltw.,.11■ Nfe 81111 • ~ •••■1W.tle1 ~ ~ vw.-~ ~~~~"'If. BERLIN In Berlin today, General Lucius Clay announoe1 tha tighter planes will escort all Allerican transport planes flying throuah the Ru.ea1an zone t'roll now Oil ) Taking no chanoea. The British and Prench taking a1ailar preoauti01111. Until the Scwieta guarantee treed011 ot the air, along tha~ air corridor to Berl~w• are all Soinl to be read7 to proteot ouraelna. All tbia •• a Nault ot thla II01'D1nl'• oolltalaa 1»etween a Bualan tilbter and a Br1t1ah tranaport plane. the Rualan pll• ••zsed" the Br1t11b airllilar u it - don t;o land at a.tar Atrn.eld. 1oartffn 11••· loet 111 .... oraah. ho ot tlllll JMrtoana. !be B.A.P. SQ the aoelclent - oa111ed by "bad pilottng• -- tbe lttaalan pilot ••1111 no r1lbt ~o be tlying 1n the air oOIT14or. Bat, tor the peat tbNe daJ• Ruaaian ;11ot1 ba•• been •Id.Iii pa■••• at an_y llltecl aircraft tlying 1n or out ot Berlill. · All part ot tbe Sortet . nr ot nenea - trying to dri•e the Allies traa Berlin. 1n London, the Poreign Ottice aaya that the BERLIII - 2 British goverraent ta taking a serious view ot the atter. It will be brought up in the HOuae ot Co.nona t011orrow. Following the air 00111110n, there waa an extraordinary acene. 'lbe Br1t1ah airliner tell 1n Ruatan territory and burned fiercely, while the Ruaalan plane, not ao badly d•upd, tell Juat inaide British terrttor,. !be Bua11w 1 fad1ately eatabliabed &1'118d parda ewer liotb plul1, N■hiil lnto the British aeotor to pard tbell' pluaa l'.lld o,nicall.J retu1ng to all• tm Br1ti1b to approaob eltllllr ODI. ( r.a wOl'd 11 that tile 111111:lnl 1Ull NflaN to allow tlll Plttah to r1■0Te tbl ca1ualtie1 tra■ the era-abed ari.ttlb tnnaport. And, tbet ■till haft tbeir own cralblcl tllbHr WIiler guard, tbe pilot of llblell wu tilled-) On learning ot the accident, Bri tilh Cw1J -.1:aa Cleneral Sir Brian Robertson, called the Soviet c,:o •Mer tor an ur1ent conterence, aa a reault ot which Sir Brian iaaued 1natruct1ona that, troli now on all British airoratt are to be guarded by British c•bat planes. BERLIX - 3 Meanwhile, the situation between R11a11a and the ~ Allies 1n Berlin aeeaa to nave illproved - a bit. The Ruaa1ana reported to be cl11lb1ng d,:,wn. The new■ wire today carr1e1 thl 1.ntol'll&tion that the Soviets b&Te actually called tor a "peaoe conterenoe" to end thia so-called battle ot Berlin. lbe Soviet• actually going 10 tar•• to . . . the place and Iii ttae tor a ••tinl. That 11, attel9 the Jaericana ind tile Br1t11h accepted the 1nY1tat1on to talk thiqa ner. 'faaOrrow, Jlarabal Sokolnalry, tbe Sniet ca ender 1n a.man,, 11 cl1n1DI with the Br1t11b oa ander, - r a l Robertaon. tile peat ot honor tor the oooa11on beinl Br1t11h Pielcl llarlhal llontgcaer,. CODYerntion at auob a dinner naturalq will be 11111tecl. PNttJ tONRl, 1n view ot the t1cklllh 11tu.at1on. At an, rate, on all aidea there are aigna that our ahow ot atrength 11 gettlnl re1ult1. ror 1natance, Aaerican and British tood tra1na are now ■ovinl th."N>ugh the Soviet zone, ti no lonpr sending it by air. BIRLII - If. Alao, aa a se•ture, the .Aller1oana have withdrawn their 111.litary police cordon rroa around the Soviet ra11 control center - which 11 1n the Aaerican zone. '!hat bad cauaed the Ru11ana cona14erable anno,ance, e1peo1al~ llbtn Allerioan JI .P • 1 a topped two Rua1an general■ fNII t.a 1t.1n1. Illich tbe SoYleta didn't 110. Allloat 1 1ct1atei. aftenard,tba Reda 1ugp1tec1 talking '11Snp onr. E GY PT - 2 _,_____ -------- A l e x ndri a a cit y o f te rror, r e ident s of the f a shi o n ab le til a z a rit., a r es id e ntial ~ ecti n fleeing a s the mob surged into their ho me . T h e loot e rs carry i ng off rugs a n d furnishings, a nd an yt h in they could lay their hands on. Finally, the authoriti es called out the troops • • Eygptian Premier Nokra s hy Pasha came from Cairo to take charge; and ordered the soldiers to shoot anyone who diso~eyed orders. The latest is*~•* there bas been plent1 of shooting. At one time a mob of ten thousand rioters clashed with the troops, who drove them back with tank• and ar■ ored cars. No apparent reason is given for all this happenin except that the mob saw a chance to plunder. Later in the day, the mobs were joined by political g roups, supporters of former Premier M ustapha N a nhas, and by the inevitable Commun int ag i tato · r s . The last latest from A lexand~ia, th a t the s ituati o n is und~r control; w ith a seven p.m. to sunrise curfew clam p ed down. As for the st riki n g •cops," they are to be f ired if they don't take u p their night sticks within twenty-four h ours. r PALESTINE - 3 nA~ded. These troops to come from the nations attending the General Assembly• ..a The word around Lake Success M ~ is anxious to Jtt ii::iti:.~N~II a I'- ~ role. I is that no FREEDO . OF INF R~ATION C NFER~NCE -~~---------~----------~-~--~~~- There is one important thing going on which bas been little noticed -- the International Conference on Freedom of Information, at Geneva, Is Switzerland. The nations of the world have sent representativ~- to foraulate a program for world freedom of the news. Today the word came that a new consultant had Joined the American Delegation -- Bugh Baillie of the ~••• ef oae el eYP grea\ news services ae ad9ieer ,o oap; ~ ielegatioa. So I picked u~ my office @&lepbone, and pu~ in a call on the trans-Atlantic cable -- to Bugh Baillie. ,.:::!~~-- ~ ......... ~~~~*m:. \\ ' \ saying -- tell us what it's like. lhat•e been happenina? / •zou m t not 1 · e anyt.h ing 1cture a / ommitte room in ~hingtol! , / smal _ l, • ___ t - ') u i "" C C on r ui 1n v n - i ue C r ' i I 1 id u n n f t 0 d u . o, im ine C r o r n L ty , t ly rnate r C i e 1 si tin r und a m ., iv t e. I ur tr n - tl ntic tee net ' I oue t i n Lm st inev·t b at about the e e ati ns fr m ov·et Russia n the oviet atellite t tes -- journa l ist ic re resent tives from behind the Ir n C urtain. "T first t i n g t t struc me," e lau ed, "• s t e c othe the • re so exceed· ly ell d r ed. T ey don't 1 k li e ne a ermen, e ent on , "nothin g to r it d a meric 0 n edit r r a r ort r. T ey loo· l i · e d i omato - - , in f ct, t ey re." the Prin ce bert, t.ri e ., t b ys. ~ . u , Bai lie to me th· t, inst d f sending wor in new pa r me n t t e w r l con f r n e d al in wit journalism, the LTP.1948.04.05i.pdf LTP.1948.04.05ii.pdf