OOD EVENING EVERYBODY: , (The meetin of the forei n ministers of the Big Four got off to -- not such an auspicious start today, Molotov immediately saying no. Secretary of State Marshall, backed by Great Britain and France, sug ested that the conference shou d first take up a peace treaty with Austria -- do that, and then go on to a German pea• treaty. Molotov immediately refused, with a charge of •American imperialism.• Yep, we're out to conquer the In the Sena t e, the emergency aid bill to help Fr nee, Italy and Austria, ro l led along swiftly today with what the Washington f1spatch calls - ~ •snowballing sup p ort.• Deaoorats and Bepublicana alike arose in the Senate and urged the necessity of the five hundred and ninety seven million dollar bill to support freedo ■ against Co ■ aunisa. In one address after another, it wa : argued that this economic asaistance aust be given promptly - or Soviet Co ■ aunis ■ will sweep western Europe. Not one voice has been z■ • raised against the emergency bill. On the contrary, such co■plain~ •• ere made were protests against tendenci•to appease the Soviets. For example, there were indignant remarks about the fact that A ■erican goods such as ■ eohinery, are still being shi~ped to l■wtix Soviet Busaia. In the House of Representati•es, ■eanwhil the foreign affairs committee okayed the eaergency bill, but cut the money by ninety million dollars. Which was largely offset by a surprise mo•e to gi•e aixty •illion to Rationalist China - to atop Coaaunie• in the Far ••"t• IJt&ICE Menacing news from France -- a general transportation strike ordered by Co ■muniet union,. To■orrow all fuel and rood supplies will be stopped - in a country now ~onfronted by hunger and the chill of winter. The new cabinet headed by Pre■ ier Schu■aa announces a w••••l general increase of wages in an effort to check the labor trouble -- and bas tak~n •i@orou• action again•t a postal strike. The po ■ tal wortera, who waltea out were threatened with the lose of their Jobi. the re ■ult was pro■pt, the postal workers Toting to return to wort. But against that ~o•••• general tranaporation strike -- the Co■■uniet apparently prea1la1 for a showdown. ' PALES!Ill - In the United Rations to~ay, the plan for a Jewish state• in Pftlestine failed to get an okay. This was in the Palestine Committee, on which all the United Rations are represented. There was a majority, but a two-thirds vote was•• re uired, and the result was twenty-five to thirteen -- one vote short. The te7 to the whole thing is the fact that eeventeen countriea ab-.etained and two were absent. All along it baa been recognized t . hat the matter of t ■ t•1•• deleptlon• to vote might imperil a two-third• majority. Jpeaee, 9hina abstained. Today's failure to get a two tbird• aajority in the committee is not final. The showdown will bet■■■■ tomorrow in the general ,!.&Se ■bly - the - expectation is that so■e countries that at,,;-stained today •ill vote tomorrow and provide the necessary two-thirds. That seems likely enough, since if the partition progra ■ fAL!STirtE -2 fails tomorrow - it would leaTe Pale1tine with no kind of 1ettlement at all. Tltlb ll ••• lilt at tin •••••••• both .Jw+w ■ m1 lacl:tw J SIAII -- As if this nation were not in enough con roversies already, here's one with Sia ■• Today the Premier at Bangkok accused the United States laYy of aiding the escape of the leader of the opposition in Sia ■ - and also in the getaway of the killer of ting Ananda lahido1:'11ore than a year ~go, a weird ■ystery broke into the headlines - the aseisein of the Iing of Sia ■• Thia aonarch of the tingdoa at the white elephant was found shot to ti death in the Royal hlace at ..... ,,~ Bangkok T circu■ stances of oriental palace intrigue . 1 and 11urder. The assassin of the Iing ie said to have been a to~aer Sia■ eae , laYal Officer, who recently has been charged with the crime. He is also an aide to the leader of the opposition and they escaped t■■B together. This leader of the opposition was a top ■ an in the war time resistance aoYe ■ent against the Jape. The present govern■ ent, which recently seized power in a coup d'etat, is run by a strong man, who co laborated with the Jape during the war, their puppet pre ■ ier. .. -- _§_JAIi_ - 2 A l l o which makes a fine steaaing stew of Siamese p olitics, and now the United States laTy enters the picture. The charge is that the opposition leader and the assassin of the ting of Siam was seen aboard an Aaerican picket bo a t, which conTeyed the ■ to a Chinese vessel f•~• for an escape to Singa~ore. The picket boat in Question is coamanded by Lieutenant Albert Gardea, t ~ u.s.1. N ~ flatly denies the whole s t ory. ~ Today he stated that he did haTe a Siaaeee officer aboard as a guest, but this officer later returned to shore - nothing to do with the opposition leader ','-the assassin of the Iing,tl(oweTer, the .!and of the white elephant 1~ buzzing with the char1~ ■ade by the - - JZ■■■t present Preaie~ - a charge of interference in the deTioua political affairs of Sia■• §OLDIER or fORIUNE From India, tonight, by way of London -- the story of an American soldier of fortune, leading Moslem troops against the Hindu defenders of [ashmir. (figure A legendary 1 ~t1■z ■/\in troubled India, t ono Russell Haight, a for■er American infa~try sergeant who got \ tired of the insurance businese in Denver, Colorado, and decided to become a soldier of fortune. The London report aays that Haight ' led his ■ en into action in cowboy•• boots, a ten gallon hat, blue jeans and a G. I. field-jacket. Mrs. Haight, who hasn't beard fro ■ her husband for a long ti ■e, aayslhe isn't at all 1urprised, hearing of her man'• exploits in distant India. •If there is trouble in the world• ahe aaya, •Russ'll be in there -- right in the ■ iddl• of it. • • Be couldn't stay away from war too long. •when he went away,'she goes on,•I knew it was the old call -- the call to war and I didn't try to stop hia.• £ut the news indicates that Haight hasn't §OLDlEB OF_FQBIUIL- 2 done so well, seeing that the Hindustan troops are in ••■ Pl•• complete control of the situation in Iash■ ir. But like a good soldier of fortune, this American GI with his cowboy boots and ten gallon hat probably knows how to retreat, and get ready for the next show. COMMUNISTS .,, - - ( American Motion Pictures have made an official decision - not to employ Communists. Individual companies bad already made up their mind to that effect, and t . oda:, th+hole induatr:, joined in a for■al oledg•) In Rew York, the top aovie executives had a ■ eeting, after t •hich Erio Jobn~on, President of the Association of lotion Picture Producers issued a stateaent. -1"hey will not knowingly e ■ ploy a Co■■ unist or anyone else who advocates the overthrow of the United States Govern•• by force or unconstitutional aetna. All of this of course follow• th• sensational investigation by th~co■■ ittee,•• ••=-'•••i••-- a.a ♦ . !:•-it-i:ee ef th .. lease - c1 -&e,'l"'Mnt-&..t,,t-.~ during wb1.ch ten prominent Hollywood screen writers and directca refused to answer the question of whether or not they were Co■munists. They are now charged with conte■pt of Congress. Today's pled g e binds the motion picture producers to discharge any of those ten screen writers whom they may now be employing. •And,• declares Eric COIMUII~TL -2 - Johnston, ~•e will not reemploy any of tbe ten until each tiae as he is acquitted or bes purged hiaaelf or conteapt end declare under oath that he ia not a Coamuniet.• The motion ~ictu~e , producere at the aaae tiae aat for Federal legislation to enable thea to deal with the threat of Coamunis ■ in Hollywood. ---0--- Today, in Washington Congreaeaan Gordon McDonough of California introduced a bill to aake the "activity practice• of coa ■unisa in the United States a treasonable act. A bill to outlaw couuni••• Here's a turn of good news .. the all Lu taportant , question of ttle crops "'".,~~ - the grain prod11ction of th~ nation during the coming year. Recently, the news baa been bad, elling o# a eeTert drought in our Yid-Western bread basket - threatening a drastic reduction •f 1 9 P ~ of winter wheat. But today co ■ ee a change, t•■ tt the firat optimiotic report in weete. The weather bureau states that recent rain•*~•• throughout the Southwest haTe ended the lon1 drought in the winter wheat belt, ending the ■ enace of the dry spell. In fact, the report today ■f retera to the winter wheat belt in the following words - •The !_o!•.!~ drought area,• putting it all in the pa1t tense. As a re1ult of which, the critically needed wheat crop 1• described as being - •much i ■proYed.• Things are moving fast in the case of General Bennett Meyers, who is involved in so much sensation and scandal. The Congressional hearings endin« Saturday, the Department of Justice placed the charges before a Grand Jury today - beginning the proaecutio°) A parade or witnesses will appear, reproducing to a large ,~tent the gaudy dramatics of the Senate hearings. The charges presented today were twofold, perjury and subornation to perjury which could ••x•• draw a sentence of ten years in prison and tines of ten thousand dollars. In addition to which, leyera tacea further charges of tax evasion, war fraud, coL ~ piracy to fraud, and bribery. The whole array of accusations might bring a to al or thirty nine 7ea~s in prison - a life ' sentence for eJaan or his age. In addition to the federal charges, the Air Forces are making preparations to court-martial the General. Moreover, New York State authorities today begin an investigation to decide whether Meyers was guilty also of local New York S~ate income iax evasirns. All or which M~~ sounds like the proverbial ton• of bricks falling on the high ranking officer whose decorated J career in war time Air Force procurement topRed in the ab7s ■ al downfall of a Senate*•• inquiry and a blaze of fantastic scandal. I ~lCA~O STlUll In Chicago, the ■ ix daily papers today aet the situation created by their printers going on strike, by producing photo-engraved editions ot almost normal size. The newspapers rolling otf the presses about as usual. T~e other AF of L cratt unions not observing the picket lines ot the typographical union. Onion spokes ■en say the question ot •1•• is not involved in the dispute. The union retuaing to•• renew contracts because it object to the provisions of the Taft-Bartley Law, prticularly the banning of the close shop. Latest news on this Chicago printers strike is that General Counsel Robert Denha ■ of the National Labor Relations Board is deliberating whether to seek an injunction against the union under the Taft-Bartley Law. ---0--- Weanwhile, ther is a threat of a nation- wide t ~ legraph strike. Three ■ f ■■ AF of L unions ~SICAGO.SIRXII - 2 representing employees of W e stern Onion, aakin1 plans for a walk out, perhaps within two weeks tor higher wages. Off the coast of Alaska, a Us a . . ar ■y freighter, the Clarksdale Victory, with a crew ot fift)-one, went aground today, on a reef, the ship broken in two. Only the fore part visible. An A ■ erican ■ erchant vessel, S.S. iaa Denali, was first on the scene -- trying to take off the shipwreck~d crew, with storm raging and treaendous seas breaking over the reef and the freighter. The latest from [etchikan: The Clarksdale Victory has broken up. So says Lieutenant Commander O. D. leed, of the Coast Guard, from Annette Island, who flew over in a Grumman amphibian. He reported to Seattle tonight, by radio that three men clinging to the torepeak appear to be the only survlvors. Two Coaat Guard cutters are on their way to try and rescue them. Today two news dispatches emanated, one from the real ■ of govern ■ ent in Washington, the other froa the world or baseball. It, ■ i,;h~ 1ee ■ \he -ltetgtt, of-- at. e+.. Leal• - 1'•~ tlley'P@ ene and \.he •• ■.& . ~ . . - (President Tru■an baa accepted the resignation of .,.. Poat ■ aster General Bob Hannegan, and,the St. Louie Cardin ha•e been sold to a syndicate headed by Bob Hannegan. So~ that's the play• fro■ go•ern■ent t~ baaeball.) The St. Louie transaction ii de1cribed ss the largest in the history of the national ga■ e. The owner of the Cardinals, Sa ■ Breadon, announce• the sale-· without naming the price. However, the word la that the figure comes to three-and-half million dollars for the ~ ~ o9- t4 s.~ ,i:-.,_...r~•:t.::.c St. Louie Club(,,ni,k..~~ a whole str1n, or ainor" league teama.1\'Never ~efore baa a baseball club been sold fo~ that much cash. We 1, Bob Hannegan, St. Louis Irishman, bas always been inclined to both of those things - poll ica JAlll!GAI -2 and baseball. His headline exploit in affaira of governaent was the aaster■ inding of the fourth ter■ nomination in lineteen Forty Four - especially hia ingenuity in the ■ atter of second place on the fourth ter■ ticket. He is credited with ha•ing ■aneuYered the nomination of bis fellow citizen fro ■ Missouri for the Vice Presidency - Harry Tru ■ an. Aa a result of ' which we today haYe - Preelclent Tru■an. ~ ~ n ~ ~ e . J 1N,i.. ~ - Wf,9-~- ~ · ' T story r atee tha Bob Hann n Han gan r a : 7 ga■ut of pol ~ c e Pre;>-4ent Hent'J Wal ce fro ■ ,. ff t;-(' hacl.t • t ha p eel, t h i / tlon wo ~resident He 1 Wallace/) Theee were mighty f•*•(feats of political JAllfQAI -~ aras, and Bob Hannegan now takes his gifts and talent• to the business of trying to win pennant1.fThe aasterminding of the fourth ter■ waa a pro41gy, but the St. Louis Carda ha•e had their prodigies too. shade• of the old gas house gang and Dizzy Dean~ ~~~4~ Just the other day r heard abou~iae • ha in the first ga ■ e of a double header, old Dis with bia playing pitched a o~~;bitter. Then in tbe aecond ga••• hie brother Paul ,t ■ pitche'd a no-hi'tter. Whereupon the - two brothers fro ■ the Ozark• bad an argument. 014 Diz went to Paul and protested, saying - •tt you'd a tol ae you ..,. was gonna pitch a no-hitter, I'd a bore down and thrN .,t that ball hard/• The Presidential eYent1 of the fourth tera, Franklin D. RooseYelt, Henry Wallace and Harry Truaan were of historial iaport, but there was ■ ajesty also in the gas house iang and Old Diz~ ~ ~ - As if this weren't enough Aaericana, •• also have a Horatio• Alger story in this sa ■ e bit of news. President Truma~ today naaed a succes~or to Bob Hannegan as Postmaster General. He's Jesse M. Donaldson - !AIIEGAlf - 4 -- ever beard of him? Well, its a long and ••••••I• venerable tradition in this republic that the office of the Postmaster General is a political plua, •hiob ia given to a big time party leader - a aajor politician who is usually the Chairaan of the Rational Coa■ itt•• or the faction in t t White House. But you'll search in •~in on the list of Deadoratic Party bi-1bot1, in vain fz for the naae of Jesse I. Donaldson. He•• actually a post office aan - surprise·('•• ,he fi••• •t•• ia hi1~or>,-::the oftiee et P••'•••••r &eueral «e•• ~• •a-- etfleial la tn• P••••l ••••l•• At Shelbyville~- Illinois,. Jesse Donaldson's father was a postaaeter, and Je1se had bi• ~ first job as an eleven dollar a weet part-tiaeAclert.111 #.the 8hell,1•i--'!.-i-e a.et J>f«£"" Fivf' years later he graduated to the ~ant of a rull fl~dged letter carrier, · delivering the ■ ail• fro• door to door. After which, step by step, Jesse I■• rose in the ranks, until he became first-assistant-Poet ■ aster • General in Washington. That eee ■ed to be the top for a foraer mailman, and nobody was more surprised toda1 than sixty-two year old Jea1e, to find hia1el# raiaed to the rant of full Poetaaster General)and a,. aeaber of the President'• cabinet. That'• a new kind of Horatio Alger 1tor1. healer The traditional version has been fro ■ ward~u•lh\. to Poataa~ter Geaeral. low - fro ■ letter carrier to 0 Poetaaater Genftl. And now Nelson, will you carry the ■ ail?