There was 4ark prophesy in Wa1hin1tJn today __ terrifying prophesy. Soae 1aTage thiag1 1 ta t td by George B. Earle, foraer governor of Pennsylvania an4 later Aaerican ainiater to Bulgaria and Tarkey. larlt declared that if and when Soviet Rui1ia 1et1 the ato■io boab, it will be . uaed againat ua. •1 think,• 1aid George larle, •that the I ••'1•• in the United States 11 coaplet.l.y de1perate.• la4 be ' explained by aaying that the nation which u1e1 tb• atoaic boab first ia al■o1t certain to wln. Be eaid the laeri~ a n people were, i n bis words, •too n~i•• and charitable• to strike first with the ato■ ic boab. To which he adde d the following dire and dreadful propbecJ . 'lecauee we won't attack first,• declare d Earle, •I don't think ■ore than ten percent of u1 will be all•• fiTe years from no•~• These statements were aade to the Congressi na 1 coamittee ■f on Un-Americ a n Activiti e and led to a 1&1t,1-=_!!Q!l~---=-~ bitter charge against the Beds in thi1 oountrJ. •The?e i• no doubt,• said our foraer aini1t1r of Bulgaria an4 Turkey •that Aaerican Communists and their 11apatblsera are the agents of a ruthless ene ■y bent ••r de1truction.• B• reco■■enda that•• ahould ato■ -boab anybody who refuaed to per ■ it inapection by the••~• llao that•• should keep tn 10•• place, lite in the re ■ ote Black Billa of Dakota, a great 1apply of \he ao1t terrible ato■ ic weapon•, rea4J for aotloa tbe aia•te the first ato ■ ic boab bit•••• \ • llflRAL..ll!OLD llong that line here's a aeesage here Arnold, wbo commanded our Army Air Force in the YiotorJ of lorld War Two. Since retiring froa the Ai~ ro~o, coamand, he's been living out here in Calitoraia, la the ValleJ of the loon, and todaJ I took tbe occa1ion to 11t hi• for 10■• reflection• about oar owa national 111ds in the ••1 ot air power right now. !be rep _ lJ fro■ •Hap• Arnold, 11, we need air re11rv11! Be reaaona it tbia way:- 8 lir power co■•• to apelling lational SecaritJ than anJ other o,, 1171 he. le tnow ot coarse that it take• air power to hit with the atoaic boab. An4, a4d• General irnol4 •one thousand ot our latest long r a nge boab1r1 ••7 cauae · •o■e over a■bitiou• war-pro■oter to atop, loot . and listen.• Bap Arnold points out that•• cannot aaintain in peace-time, an Air rorce of the tall t So .h at can •• 4o? • rengtb nece1sar1 for war. i . • be 1111 ••• ■ust count on •In anJ future er 111, ~he our strength -- and quietly. ~ reserves to s~pplement le auat have reserves that will bring our air power to fsll 1trengtb -- alaoat over night.• . .. . - General Arnold apeaka of the air re1erYe1 in industry •nd in science. Be ref•r• to foraer Air Pene ■en who take tiae out troa their nor■al aa4 bwaln••• activities -- to keep their hand in. •Th•••• ••1• he, •are the vital ••a-power -plus which •11! ••~o · t•t nation aeoure by keeping it atrong in the air.• • , ,as over-ruled by the ~ouncil President A h ran a of Brazil, who decided that warren Austin should proceed rith his address. And so the ne American policy •a• foraall.J presented to the U today thereby ■eeting the criticism that ~merican aid to Greece and Turke7 aeaDt a by-passing of the Onited Nations -- the U ignol'ed. larren Austin put the matter before the SecuritJ Council in this fashion!• tie said that American to U reece and 1'urkey is an emergency measure, teaporary -- something to be done in a burrJ, until the U N itself can act . ..r li& indicated that thla coantry expected the world organization to take oyer the problem in due time. Be didn't go into the ua military aspects of the matter, the angle of checkiDI communism. he fou~thousand- In the diplomatic cut and thrust, at tbe Mosoow Conference, a neat American counter lunge••• made today. This was in response to a Soviet attack on the subject of Germany's great induatrial area -- the nuhr. Molotov, wialding the diplomatic rapier,. lashed out with a demand that ~oviet Ruaaia be &iv•n a 1i••• voice in the control of the kuhr. Tbe So•ie\ sug 6 estion is that, in the peace treaty with defeated ~ermany; there should be a proviso internationali1in1 the rich factory area of western ~eraany -- •itb ~oviet hussia having a hand in the adainiatration. The counter thrust today •a• a deaand •••• by ~ecretary of State Marshall thbt the aaae aort of thing should apply on the other side of German7, apply to Silesia, the great industrial area•• to the ~ast. j~•tionalia He proposed that Silesia be int•,r•* ••• and the we atern democracies be given a voice in the contro l . " hat as lunging with shrewd aim, Silesia being a number one se~ment of the huge slice of 81ist e rn G~rwanM' is claiw~d bj ~oviet puppet Poland. ,... ~lfERE@i - 2 so to internationalize ~ilesia, with the •••t• 0 po~ero sharing in the adainistration, would be a severe ch e CA to the ambitions of co■munia■!'Tae United States and Great ~ritain don't agree that ~ed Poland should have so much of eastern Geraan7, which gives added point to the counter-thruat 4eliYe1'e by our diplomatic fencing master,••••• General••••~• today:1" I.f' you talk about internationalizing the - Ruhr we talk about internationalizin& Silesia • .... n in 0 0 Ci on~ ome . r/o 0 0 u o j > l n V n •••• et t 11 . - - Q.n t 0 ~ H t d. t t e woviet diet.at.or p t . t, 1 ' r t, r int , thin(; of a hole. t i v t · i.n to evin'/ I to d e re that the ,. J O t:; er ovi _ t con · ic a to oritain.- 1 , l i - ... t, lin to d Bev · n that Soviet s t II e to el .the Hritish out in the tro th y n· v ueen havin~ -- th\a, bad inter, i th " oru 1 fro ty co d nd fuel sho rta ge. {llj df.-~ w · s c&lcul t, d to put Bevin in an a ar d ut -- nav1ng eit r to accept or reject r t · lin. Obviously, 1n the present crisis 0 nt.io1 b e t een t,ne tH~tern dtt ocracies and tne ~ov1 ts, the British •••• ou d lose a lot ai' pre · ti , c · f t ey ace pte 1n econo~ic handout from nevo nc e Jo . At the same time, to refuse ~ e buvi t c arity ou not be so graceful either. t 0 th ' n to aAe bevin's British face grow re , nen t · in of ~ ered aid to Britain. II C JuJ .. U! - ~ uZ. . . o · c i ... - n Vi 1 ' h ut I.' re ' n int e rvi e not . u r u ,n ~r.LCl\11 Secret r~ of ~tate & r o J u ' oe 8 1 rt r - - in ref a 1ning from a t r 1 th , in h I ll us f r. ' ta in Ul i~ht have a 1 1• n i.:> s e ve to emb rrass Marsha.Ll, just I lan or the call emlin towa the end of c e nference k . --~at a when a .Aight to the ~ov i all-highest.~ H t. r ' s . ::r..t"~ n a d to t h e~statement yesterday t h t .t\m ric · u , o v l e are sellin g Juaeri an de ■ocratic i e s bro , 1 • eh~r,.c:~•~rc:•:c · . e::.•{ 111sllliilh•n.-011it~iln111r1a;. re a id en t O f the aaiii•• ot1 n ictur e A · t · ~ as o c 1 a 1 o n ~ t: o l d the ' o ommi tte e o n Un- ~m erioan otivitie~ ~ t h~ r e re s o m e exception•~ Irie ••n•••• 1ean~~ J/e llle nti o n ed th a t f il■•feature \lf aoae y a r s 6 0 - - T ne lar a pes of ••• Wrath•. frReaeaber that. scre e n pa y d ep icting the depression•ti ■e-plight ot t.he Uki e J .ni g ht now the lrrapes of rath is bela1 they've put another name on the fila version of e p ressio o -ti m e ~ roverty . . . . Jji Czechoslovakia tile ne title is:-t>aradise of uemooracy. lt toot soae Red co m ra d e over there to thin k that one up. 1• s nten h Fr nch court tu d y dec reed the death a · n t a French admiral -- the naval o or r t;i d the scutt l int of the French eet ' t ' iou on in ~ineteen Forty•T o. ne is Admiral L or e, td the 1 oalon naval base when the Nazi ~ too~ over what had ' hitherto been unecou~iwd France - - th t \c1s a t th time af the American invaaion o f North A ricli. Admira '-aBorde sanx his warship a in the urb or -- to ~revent the• from falling into the 11ands of .t:lit lo r:t"Jn co u rt today t . he content.ion ~ s that the lrench fleet at Toulon should have escaped and joined the tllies. Admiral LaBorde an~ ered that it would have been impossible for the warshi p s to have got out · of harbor before the Germans arrived. ~oreover, he had acted on order• fro ill his suveriors. Ma L ;"'ttie court held that he should not have waited until the last minute -- -- when it~ a ~ too lute. " h rc.1vest c rge a ainat nia did not, no v r, n c rn th · eet . .it as t t stified that be oif r to r cr uit axai:aiat a i i a.ry force in Fr n t o fi ht the Free Fr nch of DeGaulle, in Barth fric . That C unt ed tht! most heavily •• in the i11 os1tion 0 th capital sentence. For some d ys now, ~he news fro Paleatin~ ~a been quiet, but today once ain there's a flare or Tiolence - - the Jewiab underground 1triting with boldnea and udacity. At the Port of laifa there's a hea•tly guarded area, are3 of oil. Tbat'1 a ter■ inu1 of the great pipe line from the Mesopota■ ian oil fields, ana you can guess how vigilant the protection ia. let to4a • the Zionist underground contrived to blow a~ t~e pipe line in that he •117 gaarded area, and a Yaat oil fir raged uncontrolled for hour■) • Three young Zioni1t1 believed to be aeabera of Irgun Zvai Leuai, · d isguieed 11 Arabe, . eatale4 in •• each a bomb. And the ' J got •••J •• three poeerf'•l e1plo1ion1 craehed out -- followed by• roarla1 oil tire. One of the boldest blo•• 1truct \~a• far by the Zioni1t u~dergroun4. At U u uston Tex a s a an explains that h i iv in 3 .a eq , ~ hty milli n doll rs. beca\lse be 1a s fi~h. oixty-five y~ar old Hugh Hoy Cullen. •• who st · rt · at t 1 a e of twelve at three dollars , o pi le , u a Texas oil fortune of ltaa ene-nun r d-and...t,)eventy-five million dol!ara, •hicb ne is uedicatin 1 to orKs of philantbrophyJPHe i• donatin eighty million in on6 chunk to a fouadation for educational, medical and charitable institution••• b e c a u s e ~ ~ • ~ ••~ 11; 1 1 " ) selfish~' says he. Tonight he p11t1 it in theso words --""3 wife Lily and 1 are selfiab. •• wish to see our money spent during our life ti ■•• so we may derive greht pleaaure froa it•.Pi wonder •hat that Texas oil ail ion~ire would do if he ••r• • ■ni charitaole~ J.. A. ~ eQ -:Rn I n , on on court tod y A pri oner laid to e J "I id a rum arou nd the corner. 1•a on tt1 trot · fr ~ te". hereupon the learnvd Jud g e aSK t e r1 o~lr~s la _ ye r to tr~n•l ate ,--\uhioh ia ■ r · nde r t,n · t, hilt: •e Am ricana think •• ave lot of 1 n o v r here, it's nothing oo•p,red to the jargo n o the eocitneys of ~ndon. ~o what. ~ turn e out to be the t:!ani»g of -- •1 did /{~ fJ around the co rne~ • l' 11 on the trots fro■ '•t••. 1f The vrisoner's lawyer tranalated •• fall■■ tolloaas 'lie said he broke into a houae and is a deserter fro the a r ay". l of ■ a& e caping prison r r ic ex of the leap for freedoa fro 1n z ai r i lro d train and t.be n••• to n t 01 t 00 . At Salt Lake r f' oi 1 i st , rt out itb a prisoner, o s ~ i n a> n d boa r e d a tr a in to tale hi ■ to Cni v o. nty out of .Salt La e, with the a!on~ · t f if ty-f ive miles an hour, th rison r ad •••• sudden break, got to an upen inuow.. in the ~a•~enger coach, r nd out he plun ed. The Sherif.!' s officers, aa ■ouD •• t,b 1 ,. •••••*cold et t1e train top~ed, went baok to looK for the fu itive and expected to find hi■ in small pieces. They ca~e to the place here ~yiia• h d jumped, and ere puzzled. the prisoner wa•~•t there, lthough both t e officer• and the railroad • men e e certain th· the must have been either ~illed or bad! injured. On the ground they••• sign• where ne had hit. Te ~arks on the ground showed that he i 1 of ·••11 e caping prison r t1 r r X of the leap for freedom r 1n zaai lro d train and then••• · n t l r fo - r t e ook. At Salt hake . f \ ' r ~ t · rte out itb a prisoner, s i, 1n"' nd ooarded a train to tate hi ■ to Cni . o. . enty out of-I l.t La e, ith the tr · in r long . t :f'i ty-five miles an hour, t e risoner · ad •••• sudd n bre k, got to an open in o-.. in the p~sdenger coach, and out he lunged. Tne Sh rif.f' e officers, aa aoun aa t.heJ •••1•~ could et the train stop~ed, went baok to loo for the ugitive and expected to find hi■ in small pieces. They ca e to the place •llere !.Jkin■ n·d jumped, and ere puzzled. The prisoner •••~•t ' tnere, alt iough both the off ioers and the railroad iaen · e • e cert · in th· t be 11 u · st have been either killecl or ba lJ inJured. On the ground they 1a• sign• her he had hit. The uarks on the ground showed that he r olle one- undred-&ftd-fif v-fee f -- ro th i ■ pac of ju pin from t e fifty- iva aile an tour train. But th twas &11 -- no further •tan ot the fugitive. Te latest i1 that they hawe feaaa ht■ la Salt Lake twenty ■ ilea fro ■ the place of th• leapt freedom. The ardy tugiti•e ■ana11a t• tr ••1 ta\ di ■ t nee. BoweYer, ~- ••• huaan, lit• th,... f •• Police round hi ■ in I Salt Late ho•pltal •~••• the doclr.Jr1 report that be'• ta •1atl1faotorr eodl Sati1factor1 -- aft~r that jua,. ln4 now tor . a J••t> aero•• th• eontlaeat f• San rranciaco to I•• York•baok tor••• 1111 • ~ n , t i n u i ri c .. to · ha t at to J.OC . - i l n ol a r in ouyin fuel-oil fro■ the Middle E , t. ti OU to th · t, effect was iYen tiy l tn S , · toda ff: , --t.:io hat did the avy reply! - po esuian cl · rti th"' t the figures in the aocuaaf.loD Qr 11 wron 6 , but the docuaenta to pro,e i the uyde • r library, a■i■ that aonuaeDt to tie ..i/1t.JJ late ~.r. h. aaa u i , • • •W ta~e un order fro Preli at '1 Truan to et them out. dele c; e, of c u se, knew erfectly wtll about the real inte t i n of the Truaan polic1 -- •quarantine Co ■ unis .• But th t, with its obvious refertnoe t, 0 Soviet R sia, as diploa ticall7 left, out. la the presentati _ n to the world or~•nlzatloa t.ecla7. At the Moscow coaterence, aeanwhllt, So•l•\ Foreign . inister oloto• was cleli•ering an at.t.aok oa Turke1. I don't ~no• if t.hi1 ••• tiat4 t.o oolno14e with the American stateaent to the O I, tbt 1ta\ea1a\ of aid to Greece and Turke7 -- b1\ the two \hillll happened siaultaneoualy. LTP.1947.03.28i.pdf LTP.1947.03.28ii.pdf