ATOMIC The senate Internal Secur1ty Sub-committee has issued a subpoena - summoning Dr. Linus Pauling to testify. The Nobel-Prize-wtnnlng ectenttst - who presented the petition to stop hydrogen bomb tests. Signe by two thousand scienttats. Yesterday, President Eisenhower eatd - •1t looks ltke almost an organized arratr.• Though he thought - most or the sc~ent1sts who signed are •as honest aa they can be.• The Senate Sub-committee wants to rtnd out - whether there's a communist angle. Whether the petition may have been !netted by people wanting to back Russian propaganda. The Soviet line, at the moment, being - a call ror an end or atomic tests. Hal! a dozen years a o, the House Committee on ATOMIC (2) Un-American activities charged Dr. Linus Pauling - with participating in communtst-rront organtzattons. Citing - a whole series or Red outtits, which the scientist was accused or having supported. Meanwhile, there was a disagreement or sc1ent11t1 - before a Congressional Sub-coan1ttee today. on the subject - or a report issued by the National Academy or S~ience!. Which said - the hazard, or radiation are negligible, at present. President E1aenhower c1te1 this report - tn rejecting demands that we d1scont1nue atomic testing. Today, Dr. Walter selove, or the National Federation or sctent1sts, testified - that thr report was out-dated. Arguing - the conclusions reached by the ~at1onal Academy or Sctences wtll be changed by recent 1nformat1on. ATCIIIC ( 3) Dr. Selove added J the Russian atomic tests, laet autumn, have magntr ted the per 11. Dr. Schields Warren, formerly or the Atomic Energy Comm1se1on, dented that the report cited by Prestdent Eisenhower - 1s outdated. Saying - he knows or no infor-.tton that would change the conclusions. A m1Jdl~-ot-the-road stand P taken was taken by Dr. Bentley Glass or Johns Hopkins Untverstty. Who said that, rtgtt now, the damage from atomic testing ts little - compared to the way people are exposed to X-Rays. But any rad1oact1ve tall-out ta, what he called, •genetically undesirable.• FOLLO W O lC · uss 1an opa . anda cam out wl th a cur ioua twister today. Radio Moscow accustn the United States or developing a weather bomb - a Soviet professor quoted as declaring that in our nuclear arsenal we have a meteorological bomb capable or caus 1 . ng havoc to the weather in enemy territory - producing droughts and downpours - the desert and the deluge . - sounds · weird and wonderful but it may have some th 1ng to ct o 111 th not Ions that atomic explos 1ons arreot the weather. Soviet propaganda at the moment, playing up every kind or nuclear devastation - ]'.8rt or Moscow line urging an end or atomic testing. FINLAN inland - gave a lar e formal welcome to Bul n1n and Khrushchev toda. Two thousand people at the railway station 1n Hels1nki - when the two soviet leaders arrived from Moscow. Another ten thousand 11n1ng the streets - with !lags and banners. But there was little enthus1aam or cheering. A b1g, but rather lukewarm welcome. Bulganin and Khrushchev are 1n Finland - for their U8ual propaganda job, apparently. The northern Republic - being the !1rst non-communist country they have v1s1ted, since the crushing or the Hun arian revolt. ,, . BR TA 1 N - FORMOSA Brit ain - has eleven warships in tar Eastern waters. A thing to e noted - follow1ng the decl~at1on, yesterday, J(~ by the Chinese Nat1ona11sts. Who said ,£ British vessels , trading w1th Red C hina would do so at their own peril. In London today, a spokesman at the Admiralty sa1d - the British warships 1n the Far East would be ready to protect British vessels. Against molestation by the Nationalists on Formosa. A GH AD PACT The a hdad Pact meet!n sat Karachi, Pakistan - have ended. 11th signs that th1s anti-communist alliance 1s, on the whole, stronger than ever. La.st autumn, it looked as 1! the Baghdad pact would collapse - because or the Anglo-French invasion or Egypt. Which antagonized - the Moslem countries. But, 1n Karachi, the Br1t1sh appeared to have mended their diplomatic relations with Iraq and Pakistan. Today, at Karachi, British Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd said - it was the most constructive conference he ever attended. I AR The G irard case in the Federal courts today - lawyers demanding a court order reQu1r1ng the army to return the soldier to the united States instead or turning him over to Japanese courts for trial on a charge or manslaughter. In Washtn~ton, Federal Judge McGarraghy said he would not issue an immediate order. But he called . on the Federal government to show cause why Girard should not be sent back to the United States. The Judge saying he wanted a more complete record. A D GIRARD At the soldiers home town - Ottawa, I llinois, petitions 1n h1s behalf are bein g circul ated to be sent along to President Eisenhower. - .. . :. ' . .. . . ' I •r . ' ' .,, . . ... · · - .. .. . . ' - . l : . - • '- : ,; . . .. ;. - .. , .. • RACKETS A nother La or U n ton investigated by the Senate Rackets onnnittee. ,,,... Th1s time the ba,akers. The committee saying ,... that former V1ce Prea1dent Geor e St ewart o r the B8'kers Uh1on spent forty thousand dollars or union funds for personal 1 tems. Some or the money go1n to a woman not on the union payroll. Today, Stewart was questioned, and took,what do /' i - you g uess~ •• the good old F 1r th Amendment. He refused to say 1r he was ever connected wt th the , ..Baitkers Union. \ \ TO AC O So e ople I suppose are onder1ng what effect will that new report on smoking have. The American cancer Society ma.kin drastic statements about cigarettes as the cause or can er of the lungs and other maladies. Pipes and cigars also blamed. In Wash1n ton today a federal tobacco ex~ert gave out some 1nterestin~ facts. The first big blast about cigarettes and lung cancer came 1n nineteen rtrty three - - and rtrty four ••• causing a decline or cigarette smoking. The figure had been three hundred and ninety seven billion c1 arettes consumed a year, which dropped orr to thr~e hundred and seventy eight billion as a result or the scare headlines. But after a time, the scare wore ~ orr and the figure started rising a a1n. Rea~1ng the former r1~ure and more;last year three hundred an d ei g hty TOBA CCO ( 2} seven b1111on c1 aretteo/for this year ••• the estimate is three hundred and ninety nine b1111ons ••• an increase ot three per cent. People smoking more cigarettes than ever, 1n spite or the warning. A L A ro u n -the- orl uproar rollow1n ~ h c har e made yester a Y he American Medical As octat1on. That t hlete employ st1muJ a ttn dru s to better their performance. Athletes or every sort ••• coaches, and orricials connected with sports shoutin g denials. Ridicultng the accusation that athletic exploits are - improved by pills aft& goor pills~ they are called. A dVlR The loudest outcrie~rrom the ~-minute milers. ~he medical denunciation having sin g led out toot racers who run them 1 in less than four minutes. Which, a rew years a o, was thought an almost impossible prodigy. ut, recently, the four-minute mile has been run time and a a 1 n. C oincidtn with the introduction or stimulating d u s. H ence the inference that the pil l is responsible ror th four-minute mil~. A H L T S ( 2) Today, in th1s country, in En land, in Australia, our-minu e milers were queried, all denyin the charge. t~an1mous, in saylnp they never took a p111. An 1nterestin ar ument comes from a Swedish phys1olog1st or athlet1cs, Dr. Astrand, who in Stockholm said 1t ls possible to increase one's ability by taking - drugs, which deaden the reeling or weariness. But he added, by using drugs the athletes 1n question would be finished very quickly. They would not be able to maintain the sub four minute standard ror one or more seasons. Which these milers have done. The universal explanation 1n athletic circles, is that the credit for the tour minute mile ~oes to sc1ent1f1c tra1n1ng methods,better cond1t1ons and better tracks on which races are run. There's no a mission anywhere that stimulating drugs have been used in athletics although the commonest fo rm, en e d r in , is sold in h ue q uantities - multi tud~s o r eo p l e t ak in g be nni es o r g oof ba l ls. As f o r t e other kind of dru g s - tr a nquilizing - we ha ve he a rd th a t tr a nquilizin g ills are sometimes t a k e n by r o b as e b a 11 a nd i) r o f o o t b a 11 i> 1 ay er s . I wonder if they really do? A C IDENT At Fayetteville, North Carolina, the worse traffic accident on record. At least eighteen lives lost when a truck jammed with migratory workers was hit by another truck. Nineteen injured - some fatally. And the death list ts expected to increase. All the v1ct1ms - negroes - who were being transported for farm work on North Carolina fields. The truck 1n which they were dr1v1ng was hit broadside by the other truck and sma.she to wreckage. MOVI E S O ver 1n En l and, a retired steno g rapher 1s on her way to make a dream come true. A dream or the movies. lira. Dora F1llis ••• s1xty rive years old ••• a ran tor American movies tor eighteen years. She's been gazing at Hollywood reatures ••• tak1ng one 1n every day 1n the past five years. So now she's coming to the United States. I want, she says, to visit all those places I've seen in the movies. She wants to see the swanky night clubs ••• the sumptuous mans1ons ••• the cowboys and 1nd1ans ••• not rorgetttng a r ew gangsters. Mrs. Fi111s explatns •••• I like the American way or lire. I like to hear Americans talk. Well, she'll hear plenty or that American talk when she arrives on our shores. Especially 1! Rhe tunes In on th1s pro g ram. YOGI B ERRA Today's medical report shows that Yog1 Berra suffered a compound fracture or the nose. Injured 1n the ball game at Cleveland last night. In that ball park ••• where several weeks ago ••• Herb Score was hurt so badly. The tire ball pitcher h1t 1n the eye by a 11ne drive. Injury so severe, they thought he might go blind. But hie v1s1on has been 1mproving. That was a freak accident. The case or Yog1 Berra - st111 stranger. The star catcher's nose injured by a foul t1p which would certainly make you ask wasn't Yog1 wearing his catcher's mask. Yes, he was. The ball str1k1ng the masK sv hard that 1t broke the mask ••• dr1ving the bar into the bridge or his nose. Narrowly m1ss1ng h1s eyes. He left the game with a coptoue nose bleed. Go1n~ to a hospital ror examination last night. The word that tt would take an X-Ray study to tell how serious YOG I B ERRA ( 2 ) the damage might be. Today, at the Evan g elical Deaconess Hospital, the d1a g noeie. X-Rays showed a compound fracture or the nose, declares the doctor. No dama g e to the eyes ••• quite a big swelling. Yogi's nose a s1ght ••• h1s breathing impeded. But that w111 be relieved when the swelling subsides. Yogi to get back in the game 1n a rew days. So there's nothtng tragic about 1t, but we wouldn't want to see Yog1 Berra's looks 1mpe.1red. He has an inimitable race. No t exactly Handsome 1n the Barrymore tradition. Yo g i Berra having a style of beauty all his --I 1" ~ - - own •• V:.titcd my be one reason why they call him ••• Yogi. ) " END ANNOUNCER: AND NOW LOWELL THOMAS RECALLS LT: I'm always recalling the pleasure and instruction I get from letters from radio friends. For example, David Finch or Baltimore encloses a clipping from the McAnad News, McAlester, Oklahoma ••• which relates a story I hadn't heard before. In Moscow, a soviet school teacher asked a pupil who were the first human beings. Adam and Eve, the youngster replied. And what nationality were they. Russians, or course. Fine, rtne, and how do you know they were Russians. Easy ••• they had no oor over their heads ••• no clotnes to wear and only one apple for the two o t them and they called 1t paradise. LTP.1957.06.06i.pdf LTP.1957.06.06ii.pdf