ltllU telephone strike, natioDwide. In fact, torty per cent of our coa■unicating with tbe rest ot the world nay atop by el•••• o'clock••~ t•1z to■orrow ■orning. Thi1 ~ an outco■e of the . strike at the I\ Western Electric plant in and around Iearny, lew Jer1e1. The Pre1ideat of the Western Electric Eaployeea aent A1sociation~t1■■{ a telegraa to President Truaaa, inforaing hi■ that the strike threatens to blow up into a nationwide deatruction of telephone aerTioe. lad,t••• ~ ta.- ..... 4.,Q_ c,(__ ••rie ■uly ►.aea:att. t.1 uil• the President to int-er•ene. A h al•• seat • ••PY ~o tai.eP- Bee••t•~ - 8~h•ellea~aeh. 7P a••••••••• el \he 9epart ■1a\ LaNr •• , ... The 101ernaent aight ••*•* appoint a fact-finding panel, if the lational Federation of Telephooe Worker.a agreea not to go on strike while the panel is at wort. ,tu•• )J(.ssagtts to the President and the Secretar1 were sent after the head ot the Western Electric Union had confer~ed with the head of the telephone operator~. §.111!1 - 2 General O'Dw1er, the newl1 inaugurated la7or of••• York Cit1, took a hand ia the telegrapher•' 1trike toda7. Be ■et officials of the co ■pan1 and of the C.I.O. and the 1.F. of L. the strikes tbat threatea to affect le• York. _:_:.__;... ______ _____ _____ _.) So far i~itl;;~ that the 'leetera Uaioa e■plo7ee1 will go o•t eleven o'clock to■orrow. Their action ia ai ■ed at a decision of the lational Labor Board, which tbe7 coaaider inadequate. Th• eaplo1ee1 of the cable and wirele•s co■paniea decided that theJ would aot handle an7 oop7 originating at Western Union, and that ■eana ao cableti either out of lew York or out of San Franci1co. At least no cables that originate with Weetern Union. There are other radio and cable co ■panies which haYe different contracts with the union - no rel a tion to Western Union. -So far•• ae we CID see at t~i• ao■ea~, aevea ~••aPei.- .. There is one hopeful a ngle, the labor prospect the chance o! a n agreement between tie oil co ■paniea and their e ■plo1ees. Reports fro■ Was~ington indicate that there is to be a co ■pro■ ise in t~at argu■ent. A story from Ger any reports that tho s e now sufferin g the most -- that is, in Hitler's former Reich -- are the Ger m an ar veterans. That they are being kickai around by the civilian• who once cheered the~! One American tells us today that what is happeni to the Germans in the uniform of the lehrmacht shouldn't happen to a doa. That a Geraan soldier 4 in uniform -- is an outcast. In some quarters this attitude is even official. A German magistrate in Berlin recently issued a statement asking civilians not to show an7 emotion and not 1■ to give an7 help to war veterans trave1ing through the former ca.ital ot the Reich. American doughbo7s have noticed tbat German Yeterans even ,ith missing arms or leas receiYe no sympath7. On a street corner recently, a one-legged soldier lost his balance and fell te the pavement. The stor7 as it comes over the press wire states that German civilians, walking by, paid no attention. And that it was an American ax soldier and a five-,ear-old Ger~an girl who helped the crippled soldier to bis feet. A correspoaient for the STARS AID STRIPES, Sergeant Horman Palmero~ Brooklyn, believes that this is evidence of deep-seated cruelty in the Teutonic make-up. •They are showing once again the peculiar brand Jf humanity for ■kia which their •••• concentration camps are faaous.• way he pot it. That was the A,!!STRI!_ Uncle Sam recognizes the new government ot Austria! The dominating influence in the Auatrian goverament of today is that of the Peoples' Part7, a part7 decidedl.7 to the Bight. Chancellor Leopold . . Figl formed his Cabinet after the lovember electiona of last loTeaber, the first free elections in A~•t~ia in fifteen 7ears. President Truman sent a aeasage toda1 to Dr. (arl Renner, congratulating him on being elected President of the A•trian Republic. Ir. Tr~••n said tha~ we, the people ot the United States, will wlsb te help the Alatrians in their endea•or to reau ■e their place as an independent deaocratic state. Another N azi Gen e ral today accused some of his fellow Generals of the German high command of complicity in the deliberate murder of Allied war prisoners. This witness at the luremberg trial, General Zelewski, was himself one of those whose gbastlJ task it was to wipe out prisoners. And toda7, he testified that just before tile Ger~ans in•aded Russia, Bimler made a speech in •hich he declared that one purpose of the invasion was to diminish the population by thirt1 millions. The American prosecutor at •~reaberg introduc as evidence <t'ficial German militar1 documents ordering the exec•tion of prisoners. In one ot these the Cbiet-ot-Staff at Hitler's headquarters ordered the execution of all captured paratroopers. The first confe enc e between representatives of the Chiang Iai-Shek goverbment and the Chinese Communists and our own Ambassador General Marshall, was held today. Apparently they made good progres~. At any rate, so said the General, and, both ~hiang•a representative and the rom~uniat echoed this. General Marshall said be was ■ucb encouraged becau3e both Generalissimo Chiang and General ~bow agreed with bi ■ that it was ti~e for the fighting to stop. • Alao, tllere was a big part7 in Cbungkln•, a festi•• one, g l•en by the Co ■■uniats. litb aore than four hundred iplomata, newspapermen, and both govera ■ent and Communist official• attending. RALLY --- - The city of Manila eseunded toda7 to the booing of twent7 thousand imer . ican Gis -- booing one of thei r generals. First of all, there was a parade with soldiers carr7ing placards that read: •Lincoln freed the slaves; who will save us?• - •Are we Patterson's playthings?• •Lots of ships and ao men - why?• And -- •we'll remember, next lovember! Then there was a mass meeting at •~ich Liejtenant General St7er tried to pacif7 the aen b7 promising that regular arm7 troopa would take over the garris _ oning of both the Philippines and Okinawa, •as soon as poasible.• and booed. lhereupon the soldiers jeered The Aaerican Legion f a vors universal military trainin g ; and a special committee bas been appointed, a Rational Security Committee, to persuade Congressmen to pass a lliw imposing one year of military training on all young aen ~etween eighteen and twenty. lational Coaaander John Stelle has aobilized • I his aeabera to proaote this throughout the country~ . And State coamanders will appoint coaaittee._1-a - eaeh congressional district to drua up public support tor the Legion's proposal. Under the Aaerican Legion plan, it would not be necessary to do I all twelve aonth1 at once. It would be in two period a: four aonths of basic training, durin1 a suaaer Yaoation, aay after graduating fro ■ high school. And then pick your own tiae for the reaaining ■ onths. Uncle S a m's delegate~ to the United Nations World Assembly are still agreeing to disagree about the atomic energy problea. If that one is not smoothed over, it wi be serious. However, there is hope that when Secretary Byrnes arrives on Wednes d ay, be will be able to straighten it out. The delegates held a press conference in Londo~ today, but minus Senator Vandenberg. Ris alternate and adviser, J 0 bn Foster Dulles, also stayed away. lewapapermen asked Secretary Stettinius where the Senator was, and Stettinius replied be did not know. A correspondent asked lrs. Ro~ ~ gv~lt whether the problea of the atoa boab bad aade a difference in the work ahead of the United lationa. Mrs.Roosevelt replied that it bad 1barpened the consciousness of people all over the world on the responsibility of the U.1.0. There are bound to be differences of opinion at the Assembly, she continued, but all the delegates are unaniaous in one object: they are determined to set up mac h inery for keeping the peace. BOD GET Uncle Sa m 's budget is to be cut down -- for the first time in years and years. In fact, President Truman hopes tbat for the Nineteen Forty-eight fiscal y e ar,that we actually will succeed in balancing the budget. Which hasn't been done in seventeen lona year,. This is not official. But the word is that Mr. Truman has r g duced the budget tor tbe fiscal year be.innin g July First,from fifty billions to aoae thirty-eight billion•, a cut of twelve billions, aa a st-rter. Bowiver, thirty-eight billiona is still ei1l\ billion aore than Uncle 3am's annual income. BANIS ----- There are seventeen banks in the United States with resources of more than a billion dollars each. ~ e total assets of the seventeen amount to more than forty-four billion, one hundred and seventy-one millions. That is as of Me• Year's Eve. This is divulged by a survey that the United Press had been aaking. In addition to the seventeen, there are two other corporations, bank holding corporations, which have not yet published their figures for lineteen Forty-Five. They will also be in the billion dollar class. The co ■bined resources of the seventeen are nearly five billion dollars more than they were a year ago. There is going to be an end to the dis reement between American aviation companies and those of ot er countries,over international fares. There was a conference at Montreal last October, a meeting of the International Air Transport Association. At that time, an agreement was concluded, which, it is believed, will eli ■ inate the threat of rate wars. Today, the Civil Aeronautics Board announced its approval of that agreement, and the State Department will also give its okay. The ■eeting at 1 0 ntreal did not arrive at any conclusion as to what the fares actually will be: it ai■ply created the ■achinery tor the pu~po1e. So toaorrow, there will be a conference of traffic carriers in the lorth Atlantic zone. They will consider how ■ucb they can cut the cost of flying across the Atlantic. The action of the Civil Aeronautics Board is generally considered to be good news. It means that fares will be established by the airlines the■selves and . not by government regulation as the British once proposed. Once a n ki n a per ~ rk. T is tiae a ix ye r o irl, in C 1 o, • sn c ed fro ■ h r be roo. e kin per le e ind 8 note de \nding a twenty t ous nd ollar ranso . T h e n t • 8 reasy, ~ pr·nted in pencil, on wrappin pa er. It a of stipulated hat the oney · shoul be ai in five dollar bills. An it added: •we will contact you later. Burn this note for the safety of the child.• In accordance wi b the warning left by the kidnapper, the father burned the ranso ■ note so it could be of no help to tbe~hicago police or tbe r.B.I. The girl'• father ia Ja■ es Degnan, Di•trict Price B 0 ard executive for the O.P.A. in Chicago. A statement by the father, transcribed on wax, is being broadcast over the air, every hour, an appeal to the kidnappers saying: •Please let ae know what I can do, bow I can contact you. I'll give you the ■ oney, I'll do anything to get ■ y child back.• Te st te ent adds: •If you harm her, God will repay you. Please, please do not bar ■ her.• The father also told reporters that he would do nothing to harm or punish the kidnapper if be will return tbe girl. Around three in the aorning, the parents were i awakened by the barking of dogs in a nearby apartaent. Then the father heard the little girl auable: •1 don't want to get •P, l' ■ sleepy.• The parents thought little 8•1aane was talking in her sleep, so they aaitx paid ao f•rther attention. A1 a result they failed to diecoYer tbat ahe was gone until after seYen this aorning. l colored ■ aid in the household of a neighbor 1aid it••• half-past-one in the aorning·when she heard the do~~ barking.Sb• heard a coaaotion in the Degnan apartaent and also heard the child talking. The Degnan•a have another daughter,t•n 1ears old, who sleeps in another bedrooa, but she was not disturbed. Chicago detectiYea declare there is a ~ po1aibility that the kidnapers who anatched~Suzanne htan. ■a1 be gangsters engaged in black ■artet actiYities, which the O.P.AL ia in•eatigating. Although the girl'• tatber pro■ iaed not to proaec•te the kidnaper, Chicago's Police Co■■ iaaioner hi■aelf took charge and detailed eo■e tiaadred police■•• to loot for the nt•i• girl. Aocorcling t o . _ report• fro■ Chicago, abe i• a pretty child, with reddiah blonde hair, weighing One of aboat •e•enty-four pounds. the first things tbe~tound A . A was a It••• near the open window leading Rto the girl'• bedrooa. - The fingerprint experts ot the Chicago Police they D 9 part■ent said~•• found ae•eral good prints on the window ail~Tbe:are ala• exa■ining tbe ladder.t.r- JZi•~ So far, the F.B.I. ie atanding by as an anottlcial obaerYer. Under the law, J. Edgar BooYer•a ••n cannot take part in the search until aeYea daya after the kidnapping. After that tiae, it caa ~• ••••••d that the child bas either been inJ•r•d or beea tatea acroaa the state line. So tar, the F.B.I. ie atanding by as an anotflcial ob1er•er. Under the law, J. !dgar Boo•er•a ■en caanot take part in the search until ae•ea daya after the tidaapping. After that tiae, it can be ••••••d that the child bas either been inJared or beea takea acro11 the atate line. 12.IlliIQI_ ae■ber of the St.John's l ■bulance Corps stationed •t Bo•ba1, India. There she ■et one of our 'ftJ:, lll■ab t■■I!. tl1ing aces, Lieutenant Colonel Gregor7 Boyington of the Ira. lalcol■1on sa1a that the •o■eat PappJ ••• her, be gaYe what 1ounded like a wolf call, then ■ade a 4a1h for her and tripped on a rug. •Re 1rabbed ■e bJ the kneea,• eaid the tair lady, •and after that no introductio ••• aeceeear7.• So■e week, ago Ira. lalcol■eon ••nt to Reno to 4iYorce her b•••••d, Stewart lalcol■eon, General lotor1 production aaaager in Auet~alia. She told reporter.a that •• 100n as she got her diYorce, which she expects to■orrow or lednesda7, ebe was going to the altar with I PappJ Bo7ington. But Papp7 baa different ideas. Said Ira. lalcol■aon: · •The last ti■e I talked to P'1)pJ on the telephone ever7thing was all set.• IQllli!Q!_- 2 But today when she tried to call hi■ at the lira■ ir larine Airfield near San Diego, she learned tbat the Colonel would be unreachable . until toaorrow. And now Ira. lalcol■•on wants an explanation. Pappy hi■aelf ••1•: •The lady aade a ■ istate, we are frieada, bat not that friendly.• Ir•. lalcolaaoa is 1till waiting, not exactlJ at the ch•rch, bat waiting. I' ~~~ ~