JT •• L!!BU!a L.T.-K. THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1954 Yore history made today. Of the kind that pleas•• most of us. J President Eisenhower signed the Lawrence Seaway Bill. The President, putting an end to "-,.._- ~ ..- .... - thirty yea~• of delay - and heated debate. Strongeat opponent, of the bill e been the railroads and the Atlantia seaports. Qaite they feared that a St. Lawrence aeawa, would auch ot their bu1iae11 froa th••· So the idea••• fou1 t aad defeated,-- •■ll1 ...,.. Defeated over and o•er, of tile tact tJaat. So end• a lo1t1 contro•er17. Preaid•n~ authorisina thie country to Join with Canada -- a deeper channel in the St. Lawrence li•er. A ohanne! twent7-1even feet deep. So ahipl fro ■ the Atlaatlc can ■o•e right through into The Great Lakta; inateaCl of trana-ahippin1 their cargoes by rail and truck. This aean1 it won't be long no• until l>etroi t, Cle•eland, Buffalo, Toledo, Chicago, Milwaukee, Dalatb, and mallJ otbe~ ports on the Great Lakes will be •••portal President Eisenhower uaed ten pena during the aigning. line ot theae be ga•e to Coqreaa ■aa who ••r• present. One goea to the hiatorloal ••••u■ in Detroit - a pea ■ade fro■ one of tlle 1011 of hiatorio rort D•trolt, tatia1 back te the da11 •h•• Indiana roaaed o•talde Detroit. Substitute LAlllL - rrench Pre ■ ier Laniel baa bia •ote of confidence fro■ the lational A•••■bly. The Pre ■ ler, 1upported by the L•1l1lature - for tbe aecon4 tl•• in a ••• t. Laat •••k he woa a re1oundin1 •ictor7. be J••t ■ aaa1ed to •q••••• tbrou1b. Only two •otea 4lff••••o• bet•••• bia aapport•r• an4 bi• oppo•••t• - 289 to 29?. Tb• 4ltterence, of coar••• 4•• tot.be fall of Dien 11•• Pba. ■ oat of the oppoaltloa oaae fro■ tbe Co■■uelat1, Soclallata, aa4 the follower• of General Gaulle. Tb• •ote, ao narrow that ■any ob••••••• thlat Lanlel ■ labt ofter to •••11•• Pari1 that Preaident Coty will aat hi ■ to 1tay on a• ··••1••· The Preel4ent, wantin1 Lanlel to haa4le tbe Indo-Chlna crl•i• - and• deal with the Re4• at the Gene•• Conference. ASIA Our State Department ts pushing tts plan for a ''Kato" or southeast Asta. Secretary ot State Dullea, ordering the go-ahead -- in spite ot the tear that Indo-Ch1na m-,. tall to the Reds. Today, Deputy Under-Secretary of State, Robert Murphy, conferred with the Ambassadors ' ot India and Indonesia. Murphy, gtvtng the■ a picture ot, what the Department teraa, "the general situation in southeast Aa1a." India and Indonesia belong to the so-called "neutraltat bloc." India has alreac:ty said that abe "111 not Join the tntendec:t alltanee. Indonesia, lultnbll to the idea. ait the state Departaent 11 keeping the door open - 1n cue they want to cme ln later. Also~ tt•a hoped that the "ne11traltst bloc" wtll g1ye aoral support to the nations ot the Par Bast "Mato." IIDO-CHINA .. -~•c:t;~- In Indo-China, _ills::tstRPJ"=lla1=~_...•=-a=;IPIII=• 1, point on the highway that runs down the coast of Indo-China. I 1111'4" a about thirty-five ■ilea south ot Hanoi. -ten.,. The Reda cut through rice tlelda to atrikeAat •• ~ N V ' ••• t&&ii, fl'l8 French eatillate ~ ae•eral thousand ot the enemy 1n front or Phu Ly. Soae regular lll'IIY unlta - thereat guerrm.u. Oeneral lavarre•a headquarters retu■ea to aa, bolt bad the aituation at Plu L.Y 11. But it doea adllit that loa- on both ■idea ha•e been "serious." M eJfcJ The attac~ part ot the general CCIIIIUn1at ••••ult on the Red River delta. Prench otticlal1 bell••• llilR the ~ Reda ~ Ill att•pting to cut ott Hanoi traa the reat of Viet I • - in preparation tor an all-out attack on that northern capital or the country. DllHBIBNPIID At Dien Bien Phu - evacuation of wounded now going on. A helicopter, landing on the airstrip. Aleo carrying mail for the captured garrison. The severely wounded to be flown out. From the underground hospital - where they were during and since the battle. Seven hundred to be taken out titst. French officials in Hanoi hope t~t many 110re uy be released eventually. The tull 11st or the wound•~ 1e e1t1Uted at around fourteen hundred • • l I CHINA A United Press dispatch from Hong Kong. A report that Mao Tse-tung is quarreling with his top economic adviser, Liu Shao-Chi. All because half or the population or China ta now short of food. The country suffering rrom drought, floods, and plagues of inaecta. Which 1.e not at all unusual tor China. - lat ~he U.P. dispatch adds that the Rede take aoat ~~ the fiat•• f81'118r 1 a crop - all except what he neecla tor hi1 own fatly. As a result taraera are leaving the land - golns to the Ide- cities. Aleo, the diepatch epeaks about "letharg", in the ractorlea. Workers not producing enough · - because tbe tactort•• are 1.llproperly run. So, the Red preaa ta d•andtng longer houra tor workers, and there'• talk or prlaon, with a •ntlon or Ber1a. The head or the Bconom1c Department, declaring that •n like Berta must be ferreted out ot the COlllllllniat Party. Thia report says the econ01111c attuatlon in China i• now worse than ever before. So -- Mao Tse-tung 11 1aaat1sf1ed with his number two man.That•• the word troa Rona OM. . SYliOMAN RHEE S,ngman Rhee calls for a renewal of the Korean war. s The President of South Korea, sa1r- ·· • the Geneva Conterence ~ - is completely futile, and that the fighting aho~ld be11n aptn • -1,{J-,;,. 4 ~ . ~ A as soon . as the West is convinced or AJIMC fiih ~ clarified hia arguaent by saying that Horth Korea haa been turned into a Chineae Province - which will not regain 1t1 Medea exoept by war. HEARING Toda, 1 s lnGtallment of the Washington drama produced what you might call - a modern version of the Biblical tragedy, the Trials and Tribulations or Job. That patriarch of the Old Teet8Jlt8nt would have sympathized with the grief and exasperation or Al'lty Counsel John Adam• - in hla dealtnp with COllfflittee Counsel RoJ Cohn. But Ad••• tor all thi na11tng and abuse. went back tor more. With a tortttude - coaparable to the patience or Job. At least, that wu the picture painted by the queationa anl · anawere, today. c011111ttee Counsel Jenktna interropted hlll alona the line ot the Mc earthy charp - that the AJf'af tried to ha'fe the llcCarth:, beartnp halted·. Which augeated OM N U . why Ad•• ■ilht ha•• been 10 patient and long 111ttertna - trying to pacify Cohn. But Ad•• explained that he toot the 1naults and hard l&nlllage, because lt waa hie duty to get along with the McCarthy C011111ttee. And eta, friendly - tr poaalble. HEARING - 2 if J'89&1el&, One point was - Adams 1 s positive denial that , te ever suggested that McCarthy should let the Arm alone, a investigate the Air Force am Navy. Ottering - to pr~vlde information. That•a the McCarthy charge - the Army Counsel denying it utterly • . • ,, , ~vaWe ~~ r~ at t~~ / , , ,' , / , / ,, ltil )11.dp -t" t t y. liowe,er, ne• ~ q 111 r' ' ; F " J toaa\ 0011;-(1/nt1na - t~tt : ,, on ,d' u V ,_ __ ✓ .n prevent, fr.di w , / ch seea'8 t;o .,., a p _ tty , ~ / / / , , ■liht get ' aome grJtlttcatim out¢ . / r-'nd agitat1011 8110118 ~ high brass. 1ali¥~dd•l, \a paPtio~l•P, , . , ••••• , .. 'Prlale .... ~1bulati.oAI et ,a.e pal•l:•ell cJelt. 111, ae11w ••• •• •••e• , COSTELLO Big-time gambler, Frank Costello, guilty or income tax evasion. So ruled by a New York jury. Costello, now races fifteen yeare in jail and a thirty-thousand dollar rine. Many 'rv viewers will remember Costello testifying before the Keefauver eub-coffltnittee. or,rather, no te1t1ty1ng - the gambler appealing to the Fifth Amendment to avoid answering queet1one. But the Fifth Amendment won•t do him any good th11 time - not when he is declared guilty or 1nc011e tax eva11on • • President Eisenhower welco ■ ed ao ■ e Alaskan• toda7. The7 ••r• there to plead tor statehood for Alaska. The Alaskan delegatioD calling at th• Whit• Boa•• ••• led bJ Barrle lbite, of Anchora1e. The Sovdoqba -- not Cheechatoea, or course -- tol4 tbe President that Alaska ia readJ to do •••rJthia1 necea1a17 to •••t al■oa\ •DJ ooDdition to 1•t atatehood. · PrealdeDt lieeaboft• a••• the■ a war■ ••lco ■e, b•t ■ad• Do pro ■ i•••• at tb• •••• ti ■• be did Dot tell tb• deleeatioD rroa lo••• Ju•••• Sitka, leaaaa, Ska1•a1, Clrole Cit7, and all\~••• piotar••q• place, •P aear \be Polar Ii ■ -- he dila'\ tell the ■ that he would Dot help the ■ realise their statehood dr•••· SUBSTITUTE KIDNAPPER In San Quentin, California, a convicted kidnapper gets a reprieve. C a ryl Chesaan, not to die in the gaa cb811ber toaorrow. Cheaa•n 11 the cr1111nal ,rho wrote a book while hi wu in the death houee. He called it "Cell Two Pour 11•• Pive, Death Row." It WU publ11hed ten da,a ap. S.. obi•"•" thou&ht that it was worth a reprieve - Cbeaaan•• book, a eontrllllatton to cr1111nolog. Oowemor lnilbt tunlld down the plea tor cleaency. Bllt a t• hoar■ later Judie '!hall•• '9att111 oanted A a poatpon1111nt. 'l'tw Judge, m l ordertna • bearinl on llandar. So Caryl Chea.an will bllYe at least a t • IION clQ• to 11ft. the author ot "Cell Two Pour Pl•• Plve, Death Row" - eaoaplnl the pa ohallber tonaorrow. MISS IOI ARI BS Three American mies1onar1ea tlave reached the "Shangr1-la" or New Guinea. Their exploit, described b1 the Reverend Bernard King or New York, speaking before the Convention or the Chr1at1an and Mlaatonar, Alliance. The "Shangrt-la" or New Outnea ls the Ball• River Valley. A valley al1rrOllnded by ■ountaina soaring up to ••••nteen thouaant teet. Acoeaalble only by air. Planes cltabt111 to ten tbau• teet - and then tlyiftl tbroulh a narrow pua to pl tMN. The Reyerend Bernard 11111 • .,.. hi knolfl ot ani, M pnvioua t1Ma that out11dere haft vtatted the •alley. 11Nt ot all, tbe Diet ANhlbold ttton - aponaorecl by . . Allerte• ■-• ot Natural Bt1tory. !hat lfOIIP wnt 1n DII ata,ect wo weeka. one or that party ln ltnateen Thtrt,-~, ••• an old friend or ■tne, a t•ou• veteran r11er, Lon Yanoe,. Then, during World War Two, an Alltrtoan plane oruhed 1n that Loat Valley ot wlld lew Guinea. Glldera went ln throlalb the paaa at that tille on a rescue ■t11lon. The third party to reach "Shangrt-la" - three MISSIONARIES - 2 ■1aaionar1ea: Lloyd Van Stone or Ho~aton, Texaa, Elnar Michelson, an old tiJle ■1aa1onary in New Outnea, and Myron Broaley, an expert in 11ngu1attca. With the■, two pilots, Al Lewis or H•1lton, Ontario, am Ed Ulrich ot Pennsylvania. The pllota flew the •1111onar1ea into the valley. Lett the11 there, am now will parachute 1upplle1 to thlll troll tlae to tt.ae. The lnbabttanta ot thla loat "Shal'IP'1-la" -- a barbaric race, attll 11•1na u •n did tn the Stone Ap. '!he Yarloua trlbea, oarrytng on conatant war. 3ml ot Ille• nattyea tired arrowe at the auppl.J plane. Anti the ■1aatanarlN deaorlbe the■ aa "very cruel" -- whtoh they hope to ohalp, by teaching the■ the Golpe 1. The M111tonarte1 already are la dally contact wt,h the coast, by radio. They ••1 they're now 11•1111 peaoeftally wtth one stone Age clan. The N1111onarie1, unai,ned - beo•H they want to avoid Yiolence as they go about their ■1aa1on. lllSSIOIARIBS - 3 One or the tirat ta1k1 for Myron Bromley, will be to leam their language, am then tranalate the Bible to theae people who until a tew yeara qo didn't even know there waa an outside world. To d ay I got my first glimpse ot the English aedical student and Oxford track star, who wrote history with hi• feet, when he ran the mile in lees than four ■ inutee. Roger Banniater, • guest at the Yale Club in lew York. Introduced to a flock of n•w•111•n -- b7 my old friend, Colonel Eddie Eagan, hi ■aelf a one-ti ■• Oxford athlete of international renown. lo1er lanni1ter turns out to be a treah-facec 10•111 Oxonian. Youn1•r than hi• pictarea. About aedi•• h•l1ht -- bat of ali&ht bulli; •• ao1t runners are. la atr••t cloth••• be loota lite aa,~n• of a . hundred atu4eata, Jou 1 4 ••• in Oxtor4 •••17 day, pnuring out of la1dal•n• 11111101. or Al•:■ I Th• point that oaucht ■1 attention in Banniater• 1 re ■ arka today••• when be 1aid that Oxford 10)8-diatance runners are a aid to be 10 good -- b ecauee the7 usually rua in the opposite direction to the direction that otherl runners run. In this countr7, the mile ie run counter cloctwiae. But at Oxford, Banniater learned to run clockwise. And since their runners are alwa1• beariq to the right -- th•J bui14 up their left 1•1• aa th•J T"'1-tL.1-~~~~,-...-.W.J&- go round turns. A lb&*" 1 i ••• ~h•• a ■ore ••en balance -- bee au•• the r!&,ht le1 i1 no!:_!all7 1tron1er than tbe left. Banniater aa,a that's the theor7 ia Eaalaa4. ie certainlJ aade the •n•• tbeor7 loot 1004, lite, wbea he raa that reoora ■ 11• at Oxfor4 la1t •••kl