L.T. - P&:O. MONDAY, FEB. 12, 1951 (Mt. Tremblant, Canada.) KOREA. ( The news fl'OII Korea tonight tells of a powerful ene-., counter-offensive driving south through the snowy mountains of central Korea. Which gives us some answer to the 111stery t the collapse ot enemy defenses south of Seoul; the Red concentrating their forces for th'ls new drive in the ■ountaina. Thia latest onslaught seems to be ai.lled at driving a wedge between the Alliedtroops 1n the West and the South (oreana in the Bast. At last word, U.I. forces had been torced to withdraw up to twenty ■ilea along a forty mile front -- back al.llost to Vonju. The Reds have thrown t1tteen divisions, ■ore than one hundred thousand men into this fighting. Several South Korean un1ta have been scattered by the advancing Reda -- and hand-to-hand battles were reported last night in Hoenaong, before that anchor base of the U.H. line tell to the Chinese. KOREA - 2 At Seoul too the enemy was again on the offensive. A Red platoon yesterday thrust across the Han River to attack the city airport before being shoved back across the river by the U.S. Twenty-fifth Division. During the night u.1. torcea stabbed across the Han to bring back word that tbl Chineae have pulled out ot Seoul. Leaving the detenae ot the tor111r South Korean capital to the lorth Koreans. In Washington today it was disclosed that National Guard Draftees, who have had more than fourteen weeks' training, are being sent to Korea. A Pentagon spokesman would not tell how many Rational Guardsmen are going to the Pacific, but word tr011 Washington places the figure at between twenty-five and thirty thouaam men. This, in addition to the titteen thousand reintorce•nts sent to Korea each ■onth aa nor■al replac911enta tor caaualt1ea. The draftees and vllunteers will replace South Korean troops Who are at present tilling the ranks or regular U.S. any d1Y1a1ona 1n Korea. BRITlll In the Houa~ of Ca..ona today,(rr111e ~tntater Attlee announced that Britain 1a opposed to another Allied croasing of the thirty-eighth parallel in Korea Wltil "there baa been · 1u11 conaultation within the u .I. especially aaong the countries with fighting •n in Korea." Ir. Attlee alao declared that Britain 11 apinat any econ0111c or dipl0111.tic aanctiona against Red China, until the final hope or a Korean aettle•nt baa taded. "Ve ha-ve put our v.1ew to the U.S. Governaent - and it 11 a practical one," aaid Brita•• Prille 111nt1ter. The latest - the state Departllent baa Juat re-vealed ttmt d1plOllltic talta are under way to decide whether U.I. torcea should again att•pt to croaa the 'ftlirty-11.ghth Parallel. IIIDIA President Truman asked Congress today to take "iaed1ate steps" for sending a million tons of relief grain to faaine stricken India. The President said that abipaenta auat begin by April, 1f the food 11 to reach India 1n tlM to ••t the present eaerpncy. Appropriations tor another a1111on tona ot aratn will be considered later. Both llr. 'l'rUllan and tor111er President Hoover •lJha•ind that we mat go to Ind1a 1 a aid tor Cbr11tian buMn1tar1an reaaona, it tor none other. "It la not our obJectl•• in foreign attaira to d0111Date other nations," aald Jlr. Truan. "Ollr obJeot1•• 11 to strengthen the tree nations throqb tree and YOlWltar:, cooperation, baaed on a COIIIIOD devotion to treedca." In lew Delhi today, Priae 11•11ter lehr\t told hia Parllaaent that India will •1nta1n friendly relattona with the Chine•• Cowwmiata, despite the U.I. resolution branding Peking aa an aggressor in Korea. lehru also aa1d he would continue to endeavor to maintain friendly IIDll - 2 relations with the United States. Which aeeu rather odd tor b1a to IQ when India 11 depending 10 IIUOh on UI to 1&1'8 the• troll taaine. In the ea1tem Mediterranean, the U.S. Sixth Pleet and the British HOiie and Mediterranean fleets are tonight carrying out the greatest joint •neuvera eyer held in peace tille. Ott llalta today, aeaa were rough and winds were high, aa ■ore than sixty 1hip1 ot the three tleeta ztgzagpd and wheeled 1n aoclc air and aubaarine attacka. The whole operation 11 h1-h].y secret aa are the • naaea ot the 1hip1 taking part, but theae are known to include our giant carrier !'be PranlclinD. Roosevelt, alao lritatn•a crack battleahip R.I.S. Vanguard. Aaong the -11er lhipa 1• RUI.S. Jlagpie, the little tripte \CO I ended by Lieutenant Prince Philip llountbatten, huaband of Prlllc••• Elizabeth. Land and carrier baaed fighter and b011ber plan•• are in the war-•• too, carrying out air atrikea on convoyed Mrchant ahipa and the c011b1Md fleeta. Word ia that special e■phaaia 11 being placed on anti-autaar1ne warfare -- on the chances of keeping open aea IIAIIUYIRS-2 1ane1, against •~bllarine attack in ca•• ot a war with the lreal in. ll'ALY - PRAICE The Italian Riviera was the peaceful, ro•ntic .,. setting today tor meetings between the Prlae Kiniatera ot Prance and Italy, and their toretgn ■1niaters. Word 11 that the tallta, •1 lead to a Mediterranean detenae pact 11■11ar to that which alreacly linka Aaer1ca with the nations ot Weatem a.rope. Pre■1era de fla■par1 and Pl•••n had planned only a c011rte1y ••ting tor th1a afternoon; but they were together tor ■ore tban two houri - while the Pr1M 11nt1ter trail Part• deacrtbed hia •1■1t to Wa1h1.qton. We learn that the Pre■1era alao talltecl ewer the queatton ot Welt Oerlllln troop• tor Gemral 11aenholfer 1 a Atlantic Pact 1.1'111· GBIJWIY Proa Geraany -- an 1.Jlportant headline in one or the ■oat illportant developaenta or these t1.aaea. At Frankfort, the amounce•nt -- that a new Titolat political party will enter the Weat Oel'IIIJl elections th1a coming Spring. The part7 will be inaugurated roraally during Easter week, when one hundred party delegates u will gather to aake plans. 'l'hia 11 all the ■ore aignttlcant because it tollowa a T1to1at 1naurrect1on uong the Italian Co W1i1t1 - with great rwabera or Italian Reda seceding trCIII the Sta11n11t tactlon becauae ot the Sottet deaand that Rua11a COIII ti.rat. Al10, 1n CzechoalOYakla -- the Red PUt7 11 reported torn bJ '1'1to1•. Thia new Oeran group, in revolt apinat llvacow, claw to be organized in ■ore than titty cities ot CJeraany. the otticial atat•ent today gtvea the view ot these cc 1.1ntat inaurrectoa -- that the Soviet bureaucratic tyranny 1n Eaat Qel'll8lly ia tar worae than the capitali1■ ot the Weat. They de•nd that all political pRllllY-2 pr11onera be liberated in eastem Gel'llllny, and that treed011 ot thOlllht be declared. ~ PLAII In Paris today, Williaa C. Poster, head ot B.C.A., announeed hi• plan• tor future Jllarahall Plan Aid to Europe. "Ve will encourage no tr1Yolit1ea," waa how he put it. "In tuture aid will only be given to urgent detenae probleu and tm ■oat e11ential ciYilian needs." STRID - BRITAII Proa Britain tonight c1111e1 word that London's eight thousand atr1lc1ng doclmen will retum to work t011orrow aorning. But th11 doean•t ••n that the ,trike ia over. In 111.ncheater and LiYerpool, where the tallco11t ■tarted two •••kl ago, nine thou1and lqahore•n today voted to 1ta1 out. !Ilia, in what 11 de1cr1bed bJ tm1on ott1c1ala ae a "c~ mi■t• lnlpired wildcat wallcOllt. R.P.C. In Washington today, President Truan ren011inated all five director■ ot the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Theae include Williaa E. Willett, Walter L. Dunhu, and C. Edward Rowe, the three directors attacked laat week 1n a ~ Simte report on cbarpa ot "tavor1tia and intluence." .. The President, who denounced the Senate report•• •a111n1ne,• today alao went to the detenae ot White loaH lid• Donald Dawaon, wbo waa nued by Senator llaybaak •• a DJ tipre 1rt the alle1ed "1ntluence" web. Repgblican Senator Wallace Bennett ot Utah, ot tba Senate Blnk1nl SUb-Coa1ttee, wb1cb inYeatipted ti. R.,.c., tonight predicted that the Senate will retu11 to continl tm three 1.,.c. directors attacked 1n the report. DDATB At lortolk, Nas■achusetts, a novelty of debate. TWo orators troa Harvard staged a c011petition with two convtcta troa a nearby prison colony. The convicts won, takiq the prize tor eloquence. And what do you think the debate was about? The subtect? "That the Aaerican people 1b011ld ■upport the weltare atate." The convict• took the •Pt1Ye ■td•, arguiq apinat the weltare atate -- ot wbicb tbaJ •1 baYe ■een enough at the priaon colony. LIICOia Lincoln's Birthday brings word ot a curious cu.atoa that haa deYeloped at the tomb or the Baancipator. In Ireland, they ki a the Blarney Stone - while, at Springfield, Illinoia, they rub Lincoln'• nose. In tront ot the T011b, there 11 a bl.tat or the Civil war Preaident, and Yi11tora 11•• a quick 1wiab or the elbow over the noae, and walk inaide. People aay it bringa the■ good luck -- and, aa a re■ult, Abraha■ Lincoln haa a ••rJ shiny noae. VEDDIIO Proa Teheran tonight comes news of the royal wedding of the ling of Kings, Shah Nohalllled Reza Pahlevi, to a beautiful eighteen year old coaaoner, Soraya I5tan~1ari. The cere■ony 1taelt, in the fabulous "Hall of Nirror1", wa1 11.■ple, 1n keeping with Noh• edan rite,. But the seen waa ODe ot dazzling oriental 1plendor, which ■igbt have c0111 troll !be 'l'bouaand and One Tale• ot the Arabian lights. The brid•'• dl .. 11, deaigned by Prance•• ta■oua Chrlatian a Dior, sparkled with a1x thousand diuonda - a ■illlon eequtna. ■ore than twenty thouaand teatbera were worked into the hoopa other crinoline aldrt. The bride'• veil held 1n place by a priceleaa diaaond tiara, her high heeled silver 1hoe1 encruated With d1aaonda. All added to an Ialaa scene perba91 qualled only bJ the •rriage ot the greatest or all the Caliphs of Balbd d, Haroun al Rashid - his •rr1age to Schehe~ade. That • - Schehe~ade who told the Thousand and On~ Tales ot The Arabian H1.ght1 to stay ott her exec~tioner. VBDDIIO . 2 Soraya today rode from her home to the palace, not in a golden carriage, but in a golden car - a Rolla-Royce titted out all 1n gold. In front an11 behind rode an eacort ot l glittering lancers. Deep snow added to the splendor ot the scene, sparkling from the minarets ot the Shah's Ooleatan Palace, turning the hands011e aarble buildings and beautiful gardens into a winter wonderland. After the cereaony, the 11111 ot ling'• Bapreaa and their special gueata ot honor sat down around a bor1e1hoe table - to a wedding cake, 1n eiibt t1era; five feet htlb, a copy ot Prine••• Blizabeth 1 e ot Britain. Then caae tbe entertainaent - a circua flown in specially rr011 ROll8. All this ta described 1n Iran aa a "quiet wedding• - noN&11y the celebrations would laat a week. But the Shah wants the aaney usually ■pent on partiea and celebration■ given instead to the poor - who will be ted tree tor • week. There'• no word tonight whether the bride wore talin's wedd11'W gift, that $150,000 ■ink coat, when they left on WBDDIIO - 3 their honeymoon! Welson, now that Persia baa a new Queen to a1t bea1de the Shah on the priceless peacock throne, have JOU an, suggestion tor Her JlaJeaty?