The Gov rnment of France has r e signed. Toni g ht's word f rom Paris is that P emier Ramadier h as stepped ou t , m aking ay for a ne ~ ~J~ ~he.iA-P r emierA'hO w ~ t a ke he a d of t h e Govern m ent. \ of f i c e ~ the a ged veteran, A Leon Blum, who will form a middle-of- · the-road gove>rnment - in an effort to sto p w hat Fr a nce fe a rs may turn into Civil ar. That is, Civil a r bet w een tbs rampant Com m unists and the conservative forces of General DeGaulle w ho won so striking a victory in the recent election. Leon Blum, for lon ye a rs a Socialist leader, is op osed to the extremists of both Left and Right, and will seek measures to curb the cl a sh tht threatens a Civil W ar. Meanwhile the Red strikes are incre a sing in A. n a tion-wide F r a nce, with~ threat ofAaati ■aalxx~ paraly ■ ia • .A The ■■ l coalmine r s walked out today. And the estimate is th a t in th e vital in d ustries of France, a total o f three htndred and fifty thousand ar e out in Co m munist-led strike s . F'RANCE - 2 ---- tic- In ItalyAthe disturbances were ag g ravated today by a f a rm workers' strike -- protesting against tht Gov e rnment's efforts to put down the campaign of Communist violence, which has been going on for fifteen days now. MARSHALL PLAN ( Prompt action 1n Washington on the Marshall Plan. Today the Foreign Relations COIIIDittee of the Senate gave ita unanilloua approval to the Ibergency Relief Bill, to IA9 five-hundred-and-ninety-seven million dollars• worth or inllediate aid to Prance, Italy and Austria. The Oollllittee voted - thirteen to nothing, With only a minor amendment■ • Whereupon the Cbairllan, Senator Vandenberg or llichipn, wbo 1a alao Preaidllnt or the sena .. e, announoed tbat the debate ot the IDlergency Relief Bill will begin in tbe Senate on Nondq.. He expects tbe bill to be paaaed by !hanlmg1v1ng :oay.(lr not, be will hold the Senate 1n aeaaion on Priday and Saturday, following the holiday - 1n accordance With the declaration by Secretary or ltate Jlarahall that the bill • I • . t • t I I for 1.Dnediate aid to Prance, Italy and Austria is needed not later than ~ovember Thirtieth~ As for the controls the President has asked, the .... ~ Republican view f1f the Senate is that action will not be taken A.. by the present special session of congress. Republican leader MARSHALL PLAN - 2 senator Taft stated today that the debate on the authority to ration food and restrict prices and wages, tor which President TrUman has asked, will have to go over to the regular aea11on - of Congress - the beginning of the year. 111111 tbe special 1e1a1on will consider other phases or the presidential program, according to the Ohio Senator. However, a contrary view seas to prevail 1n the Loiter House - where Congreamaan Wolcott ot Michigan, Chatman or the HOuae Bank1ng Ccaaittee, announced toclaJ tbat b11 group Will start cona1der1ng a.!l ot the _ suggeationa •de bJ the Pree1d8nt, including rationing and wage-price controls. U.N. (The United i'lat1ona has voted ;o take up the problem of the Soviet veto. The Political CODlllittee today decided to - refer · the veto question to the 11 L1 ttle Assembly", the ~ ~ representing the General Assembly• r• ~ ~ ,,ar=ere\WI aft.at.. Today• s move was b1 tterly opposed by ~ Soviet Ruaaia; ..a was carried by thirty-six to s1X -- oni, the /\ SoYieta and their aatell1tea voting aga1nat -- eleven nations ab1tt.1n1ng. 1 'l'b11 action was provoked bJ tbe twent1-two vetoes tbe Sov1eta bave c..:t - the Ullitecl Nations now deciding to tr, A and do 1011etb1ng about it. DiBRS The General Meyers extravaganza goes on. Today•s congressional hearing 1n Washington continued the tantaay ot war-contract finance, with new highlights or comedy. Major General Junius w. Jones ot the Ara, Air Porces waa aated again about that aDODJlloua letter - the one c.barg1ng ttiat General Meyers, as a high war-tllle procurement otticer 1n the Air Porces, bad Mde a lid.lllon or two out ot dealinp 1n 11rcratt CGlllp8IIJ 1toclc1. '1!111 anon,-ous letter, sent to the P .B.I., na terwarded to the Air Porcea, where nothing wa1 dam about it. Bow cCIINT General Jones ns asked tbat queatlon all OYer aptli toclaf, and replied that the letter, lfitbout a 11&nature, looked like a aear 30b ntll an el•ent ot •lice, written by a paranoiac. Whereupon, COlllllttee Chatman Senator Perguaon produced a copy ot the Air Paree llamlal on In•eatlptlona, and pointed out two paragraphs ,.rta1n1ng to anonpous letters. In these two paragraphs, there•• a recic IW"lat1on that letters wltbout atpture ahOUld be 1nveattgated. The Air Poree Manuel NBiERS - 2 uses the following words: 1 "l'here appears to be a d1spoa1t1on to d1nd.sa such letters aa having 11~tle merit. Thia 111 a serious mistake," aaya the Manuel. Arter referring o this, Senator Perguaon aated: ~4~ UWho waa the author ot that part1cu~ boolc? 11 To which General Jones replied: 11 1, probabq aa, Sir. 11 Apparentq tbe General wrote it, but be didn't practice lfbat be preacbecl, and perhaps t:ontgbt he•• reflecting on tbat taaou.1 11.ne, "Oh tbat ll1ne adversary had written a book!" Other teat1aoDJ contlmecl tbe ator, told bJ tbe 1e1t-at1led d 11 -,-prea1dent ot the A1reratt ccwpa~., wblcb Var-Tllle PrOcureaent Ott1cer General Ne,era 11 Nld to baYe owned. Today, tbe du-,-prea1dent na tollowed bJ a du-,-v1ce-prea1dent. According to prev1oua teattaon,, tile ctu-,-prea1dent received a n0111nal aaiar, ot tblrt7-one tboll1and f dollara a year, ot wtd.cb be kicked back twenti~tbouland _,,, to General Me1era. So h1a actual salary as dUllll1•PNB1dent was ~ tbollaand a year. / \.. --- DYERS - 3 Today the dumy-v1ce-pres1dent testified that he was marked down for a nominal salary or t1fteen to eighteen thousand a year, all or which he gave to General Meyers, except tor twenty-five dollars a week. Moreover, the du.ny-v1ce- president added that, even atter he had' been dratted 1nto the A!'ll1 and was a dUJ11111-Vice-president no longer -- his n0111n&l salary ot eighteen thousand delliaN a year was contllmed, and kicked bact to the <Jeneral, and preauaabq b1a own actual twenty-tlve meta a week ni- cmt1iued. To cap the cl111ax ot cOll8dy, tbe dlJIIIQ' vice-preetdent stated today that, atter having been dratted into tbe Air Porces, be preaently tound lituelt at Wright P1eld, nth General Meyers a1 b11 cOllilaild1ng ott1cer. The latest - a mlletti'l announcing a cante1a1on ot • false teatlaony at the Neyer• tnqu1r,. b adll1aa1on was •de by Bler1ot Lamarre, the eelt-atyled dwany-preaident. Under croas-exaatnation be stated that he bad lied when he appeared at previous hear1nga or the Senate C011111ttee, secret hearings 1 , la1t October. He declared that teatiaoaJ he gave at the tille was talae and had been concocted by General Meyers to crmceal the fact that Meyers had owned the Aircraft Company with which LUarre had been connected. ~e story he told then was that he had dissipated the Company•s 1110ney with reckle11 spending and gambling, aoney that actually bad been handed over to lle19ra. Thia adlll1aaion or talaehood n.1 .followed by a 1tat1■1nt rraa T.E.Readinower, the self-styled dU11111J-v1ce-prea1dent, wbo ' todQ awore that the General had tried to get h1II to tell the uae ■tor, about di111pattng the Co■p8"'1'• aoney - but he retuaed. All this alleged scandal or war-contracts during the sreateat contlict the world baa ever known, 1a a mSghty 1er1oua •tter - bu.t aerloua 11&ttera bl.Ye, 10 otten, a wa, ot going into• comedy, 1n thla coa1c world or oura. Take a011e more te1t1mony today - about General Meyers• rather-in-law. The General ll&l'r1ed a lovely blonde actress, u his third wife, and shortly before that happy event, he ia said to have given her rather a thousand-dollar-a-month Job 1n the Company headed by the dumy-pres1dent and the duay-v1ce-prea1dent. In doing th18, the General, accordlnl to teat1aony today, stated that his ruture rather-in-law was a railroad - man ot wide experience. Row wtde? Actually, we are told, the gentl11111n 1n question had been a bus driYer on a bu8 line operated by a ra1!li'oad. Well, hie experience, driving a bue, would ae• to be tar, 1t not ride. 0 i g ht Slow) ovember 19, 1947 Lon on, t ni ht, shortly fter the final re ear~ 1 for tomorro 's roya l weddin g , inb eor g e created ieutenant Philip ountbatten his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinbur h, Earl of erionet and Baron Greenwich. At the same time investin , him with ~ tl1e British Empire's hi hest honor,/\. Order of the Garter. e is quite a human story the makin George, · -reading of his These bitterness a unhappiness as he because arliament. tried to Kin but L. T. - 2 no death, in ne, after seve teen ye a r s of did Kin g law seat in father-· usband of a King shall be addition to h Consort. sure is ueen never have e way, makin tenant Yount- L ords. The Dukedom of Edinburgh, bestowed on Mount- batten, is said to be chosen because of P rincess Elizabeth's Scottish descent. The Du k edom was first created for George-the-Second before be ascended the throne, the last Duke of Edinbur g h, a eon of Queen Victoria dying without heir in ~ ineteen-hun d red, ~ -.,R,.,, the title oin t i n to abey a nce. W les~is ho nored - L.T. - 3 by youn Mountbatten succeedin to the ancient Earldom of erioneth, once held by a famous Celtic warrior .1< In the Barony of reenwich there's a gesture to the Royal Navy, reenwich bein a British naval center, an ancient fortress where the first great Queen Elizabeth, founder of the British Navy, was born. In Fifteen-eighty-ei ht, the Virgin Oueen - - ■ fxiz ■ •••i&kJ sat in her reenwieh palace to watch Drake's ships sail out to overwhelm the Spanish Armada. Tonight, the Duke of Edinburgh -- his royal highness held the traditional bachelor party, ~ttended by bis naval friends and his Uncle, Earl ountbatten, and the Marquise of Milford Haven, the best man. Tis party after the final rehearsal for the wedding be ind the locked doors of Westminister Abbey -- everyone g oing over his part with split- second precision. -- -eai ~ivePieg I ohah] > b BNB ::,16 The new duke, the kin - and queen, the Archbishop of Can t erlury, p rimate of 11 E n land, L. T. - 4 Princess ar 6aret Rose, tht best man and the brides- maids. Everyt ing set for the royal wedding -- except the weather, which threaten's to be dold and rainJ, with little hope of the sun shining on the royal b r i d e , - . OPBRA In Rew York, the Metropolitan Opera Houae baa opened 1t1 tunetul · - - . with a resounding IUCC81■ Mde pralll)tl.J bJ • an orobeatra conductor. 'ftley baYe a new Italian conduotor at the Jlet, laeatro .Antan1cell1. _ . . . . . . . . IUZJlfl.l eU .,,.,,, 11111••• llane•ilt en o:Ld fllil.lM, Carlo ldnrda, . . ~ ~ t tu.._ •14 IO lie -,_ ua1atant conductor ~t the 11e,-~;. 1i: • . , . . . ull8 • • lllld a llletlil:IM epezwtlc muur tn 1111'1'• ....... tM a11,•l • • at l>Wii■ II■'•''. 9w talk bid pl.--, • • ••••111111M11M11•H1 .... -4t~oii~■lidl•a.oa•• .... 11 • .-t,t1it-:Jtaara1~t-,p~tttet11ldlll•r-t•tt1P,-J1n-.111tlktl:a■a11~~J.•1••------~ I tlle llae1wo. . ~ \ ~ B e t o l ~ ~~~;~~ ~=-- .( ~ !P(1erground. In the London subway, you buy a ticket tor AW. deattnation.'10 lfld.oll , .. blppetll '8 N 191118, So the Naeatro OPBBA • 2 went to a t1oket w1ndw and tried to epeak ntb great prec1A1on. He said most distinctly: 11 To - P1coad11J.y. 11 - Whereupon the ticket eeller handed h1Jil two t1c1tet1 to - Piccadilly. The Naeetro thought th11 peculiar - tbe aore ao aeon tbe train the conductor proceeded to collect on17 one ticket. Thi nut ti.., banng to IIIRke another trip 1n tbe JPll•rground, tbe Naeetro u1d: a~ - Cbar1ng Cro11. 11 And qa1n be got two t1cketa. 1 °" - !bin, one dQ 1n an underpound train, be - a 1aQ 1n ■GIii t1nd ot unuora. She wae buntln& around - cOllldn•t nat her tiotet. Whereupon tbe llaeatro c - to the reacu - be bad h1a uaual extra ticket. Banng and •111ng, be blcied it to • the conductor. 'l'he ladJ 1n the Wl1to1'11 gave h1a a aevere glanoe, ' and apolce 1n an awatere voice. "I accept tb1a,u lbe told tba Maeatro 1c1ly, "•• a contribution to the Salvation Anq. 11 Por the Maeetro, it waa ~ . ~ perplexing. tun •••- ....-..et-.--JM. .,.. ..,e-N,-pl -!!!-•1111 - - IIJRRICARB From the South, we hear or a competition or c1t1ea - Nlud., Jackaonville, and Orlando, 1n Plorlda. NaJbe also - Charleaton,, Savannah, Mobile, lew 0rleana. fl'l8 ocapet1t1on or the cities la 1n the •tter or turr1cane1. 10, I don•t w tbat theH great en anltiea or Dlxleland want to bin a mmcane. 'nleJ'•e bad enough or those tropical bOlrlera - tin M 1PaM1• ban.JII hlt Plorlda ancl tbe QQlt CO.It tbla aatan, Witb d-· at ICllle two tmndred ldlllon dollara. So tbeJ don•t care it tbeJ nner - a b;rr1une aptn. -"-' '!be ccapet1tlon 1• tor f 111r1---- ... 1ow Val'IWII center or ti. United states VNtber Bareau, which 11 aoan to be deoldecl on. !Yer ainoe 1.tneteen ,orc,-'fWO, 111181 baa been 111111 place.at Uhleb ..._.. tMtnp baa baen ee11Bi:ed -tlll f r • 111,11 ._.., .... •:nwte• ..-.. ... ~\.. PNY1oua~, the atona ft1'D1ng center bad been at Jackaonrtlle", and JaclmOIIYllle want■ it back. Orlando, Plorlcla, 11 1n the CG11Petltlon too, and tbl other aOlltbem c1t1e1 prevtouai, •ntlonecl are expected to be beard troa~ Preaaure 11 belnl broqbt to bear on the IIURRICAIB - 2 Weather Bureau, the otticlala ot which are soon to . . t 111 Valhtngton and Mite a decision. History tells ua that 1n tbe claaalcal d.8.7• or yore, anen cities c011peted tor tbe honor or being the birthplace or Homer - while todaf aerioan citlea strive tor the diat1nctian or being What •1sbt be called 11 tbe capital or the tmrricane." 'l'be rea1an 1■ - tbe publ~o1ty. lmTlcane wunlnp an pal»liabed with a dateline, naatng tbe 01t1 trca wblob tbe1 . ' zcs•te. !bat•• good baile town adTert11 pl•.\ aoocmu.111 to ca.•1roe dOlfD tbeN 1n Plorlda and aloag tbe Cll11t. Pu11c1t, br1np tour11t1, e•en pi1»11o1t, tbat clert.Ye■ ft-. tbe dateltne on a lm'rt.oane IIUD1ng. &owner, nom ot tbe o1t1ea 1n queatlon nnt■ to be 1n tbe beadl1nea when the lmrr1cane actuali, h1ta. !bat•• • iben the Cbubere or Cc1 1rce go 1Dto h1cl1ng. Beoau1e dNlilllt1o bulletw about tbe bl.Yoo or tbe tropical t111P91t, frilbtena the tourist■ and ,care• tbell away. All or wld.ch produce• tho1e llixed aoti•e• and ■tngled 1110t1ona, which are ao c:c on JIIIIIIICAIB - 3 1n tbie Iman lite ot ours. 'ftleJ want the atom publ1c1tJ, without the atora. 'l'beJ nnt to be tbe 91rr1cane Capital• witbout the turricane. - - - - - - - - - · - - The University or Chicago baa 1dent1t1ed two 1tudent1, Just graduated, who went to wide open Reno, and played the roulette wheels. 'lbe7 bad three hundred dollara, wb1cb theJ ran into twelve thouaand - to the a1ton1111ment and conaternat1on of tbe gaabltng hou1e1 or Reno. 1" One .,__,111■ n1 a llldical 1tuc1mt, wtd.ch doean•t •an an,-th1ng 111ch - roulette not being a tom ot pbp1olog or anata-,. '1'be otber 11 a •tb-t1ctan, wbO ... ~ ,11atl11 ■•t1oa reoe1Yed b11 degree u a IUter of science ~ A : oriJ.i tbNe 110ntb8 qo. Be waa brilliant 1n tl'iaOnClletrt and oalculu1 at college, and thin went on to the acl•oe of roulette. . , , ' ILIIJ qptt• - · lllh .. .t119 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111H . . . . . . . . . . . . ! g • figure - wbJ bother about ~e quantum theory and B1nltllln relat1Y11:lrJ w-e,_..-{¼. IA._.•..., ~ ~ ~ ~ r c..-.. J"\M,,1,'\. '3 H J ~ ~ ~~~~-~~ -bbcJ..o,~? ...