After t wees of iscussions in Lond n, the •Big four Foreign Ministers t o day finally a~reed on sc~ething. They all consented t take u proposals ■ ade by British, French and Russians forte economic future of Germany. lit Molotov repeatint that the western nations are dividing Ge~man, especially t e Ruhr; preparing the Ruhr as a stratggic base forte purpose of establishing domination i Europe. Be repeated hia charges that t . e Briti~h and Amer~cana are violating the Potsdam Agreement. Also that it ia not right ~or the Big four to modify the Potsdaa Agree ■ent, since that was made by the chiefs of state. Foreign Ministers, said Molotov, could not alter any decisions made by chiefs of state. Be also repeated the Soviet demand for ten billion dollars in reparations from ermany. Ho ever, be made a slight concession, the revi us demand being that t h is sum must be awarded to Russia ~!!2£! attemptin g any general agreement. Today, he waived that part of the a reement. France, the Communists today tried to call a strike~ civil service workers and employees of the Paris subway, and failed. It was such a fizzle that at eleven this morning it was called and in the • ■ eanti ■ e service in the sub way hadn't even slowed down. In Paris itself, buses continu•d to run even though the Co ■aanista were scattering nails all over the street ■ and boulevards. So it looks as though the fight in France ia not between workers and governaent, or workers and eaplo7era. It'• between workers and Coa■uniats. Such auccesaea aa • the Reda have had, have been due to intimidation of workers, who, it now develops, are reluctant to strike. 0he Schu■an government today sent ten thousand troops, with tanks, into the coal fields, whereupon the ainera who bad been kept away fro■ their jobs by Comaunist commando squads, streamed back to the pits. And the same is reported in the railroad strike at the port of St. Nazaire, and al •enn.) lBAICE ... 2 #tofJ for the et»lke ef eiTil serTaKe whiee 4h• Ge ■■anw\e wanted ••dJ~IH.y, eae depertaent isaae4--a tb~-4u1ti,.pe 14•i•• ■ e•••••t k•• lt••-- Ntj aaw.lied. week ago there were two million idle in France. Toda7 this bas dwindled to lesa than a million. JATICAI The Vatican is worried. Fearful lest difference• between the two great powers, Russia and the O.S.A..=., ma1 lead to a new conflict. A high dignitar1 ot the Church sa1a the general outlook for peace is not as good as it was a 1ear ago. That the Pope and hi• counsellors fear Europe ia being irrevocabl1 diviied. Such la the report sent fro ■ lo■e toda7 b7 Vir1ll Plnkle7, European head of the Onited Presa. VATICAH -- The Pope . today addressed an audience of some eight thousand young m en in The Gr at Hall of Benedictio~& These young men are members of the Federation of Catholic Action. Be told them that young Catholics must be prepared to exerci e t~e greatest personal courage in ■ elf defense. ?hey must always be ready, said the Pontiff, to fx defend the faith, public peac~ and order and social progre1a in their country. Said the Pope: •Are you ready?• Aa with one voice, the eight thousand shouted, •Yea!• Co ■■ uniata in Roae today announced a first step toward or1anizing a military force - to impleaeDt the of the Co ■■ inform, successor to the Comaintera. Pre ■ ent at the meeting was General Iovpat, Vice- President of the Ukraine. When one of the comra•es sugge ted t be organization of an international brigade such as the Comm~nists bad during the civil war in Sapin, I General Iovpak replied that Russia would be much in favor of that. Indeed it would be indispensible, said be. PALESTINE - What about the Arabs and Jews toda1? We hear that one Joshua Globerman, a le a der of Baganah, is the latest victim of an aabush. Globeraan was dri•ing, in a aotor convoy wl,h an araed escort, froa Jerusalea to Tel A•i•, down the faaous old Jaffa-Jerusalea Road. Becoming iJat ■ impatient ax he drove ahead ot th• escort. At a crossroads he saw what was ah~ad. and tried to turn back. Bat a streaa of aachine gun bullets riddled hia. Globeraan, we are told, was on his way to tat• o•er coa■ and of the Palestinian coastal plain between Tel Avi• and Petab Tik•a, into which half the Jewiah po~alation of the It B017 Land is craa■ed. Tbe plan waa for Baganab to rep lace British and Arab police who have been in control there. Tomorrow a census of all 1oang Jewish men and women, for possible militar1 and police dut.1, will be takE4. The Hebrew defense force wants seventy-fiYe thousand ore recruits. ---o--- PALE INE - 2 ---------------- In l te 1 s tc f r i s oucr is uote d s yin th t t e r sin a l e tine i l attac in e c . ar it l va c u te by the Briti h hande over to the J e ·: ) The er . tio o f a Jewish s a The Arb •hi h c omma n d ,• a i terms itself, not waiting for final evacuation but attacki g each pl ce as the British evacu te. eanwhile, at Mae Succes s , Egypt and ~ebanon to i g ht · re q u e s t e d the U • N • S e c u r i t y C o u n c i l to 1 e t t be ■ participate in the impending Council deba eon the U. N. plan for the partition o the Roly Land. An interesting aove which seeas to reverse Arab sta ements previouly made that the Arab block will taken part in the debate but engage in a Holy War. The leaders of the seven Arb nations -- Prime Ministers, Foreign Ministers and other high officials, aet today in Cairo. pur ose th e pos ibili aw· r t itionin , f t em, of e' r ini, o rmer r n o f • s e mu w an en c il b its c e. e t t or e hopeful or mor in a 1 his arrival, ere ed ion in the Minister Samir el Rifai a a of Tr nsjordania announced that his country's f rce i be 1 ied wit the re t of the r b worl in defense of a estine. hich may mean a ood ea, since Tr nsjordania haste best equipped, the best trained army of a l state. The un er way a dinner ~ive Pas a, ener Fro came stori~ l li ig of the eaded by the -of-Staff of br be 1 to rec Emir F wit the i t o t e a·ro r in Ira ; Iraqi ar ie Ze y , un Ira u. ei e e a e 1 ns, it ta FARLEY One nterest ng topic of the day is the return of Jim Farley to blic life - from wh ~h he ret red seven years ago bee use h c ould no longer et a long with F.D.R. Sunny J1m•s announcement of his return to ol1t1os does not include any admission t the will resume leadership. Spec1f1eally, h says he'll work for the election of President Truman next year, ■ just like ■1■«,- everyone else 1n the Party. ~ the Hat1oRB1 Md--bhe Ne• Yerk State- ll•eeJatKS.e IMlrieiiilt.:&.t,4 ate ca • 01 :tsci •• ,•111m"t1',... • · there la =tM> illllleatt.1t1 'Gnat, •1":op wtn wtep down to• Jill i'a-rley. But tt to as:er:naat .... , "8•s to ~ ake part in a meeting of Democratic leaders in New York tomorrow. That means taking part in planning both the State and Natlonal Campaign. One of the things to be ironed out at that meeting will b the differences between Farley and Ed Flynn. Flynn and Farley, we hear, both despise the o un st a nd want no PALE TIE ---------- - 4 RETAKE When this first meet in ~ ~ d jou ne, e ner a l o f he 4r a b L ea ue announced th a t h e h a d from King Ibn Saud~ sayin~ that his one is h now is to die at the ead of bis troo p s, fi h tin for a lestine. Azzam Pasha also quoted Ibn Saud as say i ng be would back the Arab ~ea ue in any degr e e it considered necessary, even to the extent of c a ncell i ng those vast American oil ccnces s ions 1 his country, s a id to be the r atest oil reserve in th~ world. -----0---- It w a s unofficially reported in L ondon today that the British wil l end their Palestine mandate, May Fifteenth. PARLEY One nterest1ng topic of the day 1s the rJturn of Jim Farley to ubl1c life - from wh ch he ret red seven years ago because he c ould no longer et long with F.D.R. Sunny J1m•s announcement of his return to ol1t1cs does not include any admission that he will resume leadership. Spec1f1aally, he says he 1 11 work for the election or President Trwaan next year, ■ just like •••R•• everyone else in the Party • ._ti! ir.1Up8 a1 e ca di tut •• p•••:mats,- MM ~here,.. -ft0 tt is dpff!asat:¾tlha' IM, 1 s to take part in a meeting or Democratic leaders in New York tomorrow. That means taking part in planning both the State and National Campaign. One of the things to be ironed out at that meeting will b th ffer nc s between Farley and Ed Flynn. Flynn and F rley, w h ar, both de pise the mmun st a nd want no FARLEY ... 2 alliance with them - or with Pinks, which was one of the points on which Farley split with F.D.R. fRICES of the Truman administration continue to hammer away at Congress on the need for wage and controls. Marriner Eccles, Gov e rnor of the Federal Reserve Board, today told the Banking Coa■ ittee of the Bouse that if something is not done to control inflation the eventual reaction will be headed tor serious trouble So ■ ething must be done now, said Eccles. ButCongreaa ■ an Wolcott of Michigan, Chairman ot the Co ■■ ittee, objects to putting controls in the I hands of the President once more. Meaning, of course, putting them in the hands of an ar ■y of governaent clerk• But there see ■ a to be a tenden~1 aaong Republicans, to •• weaken in their re~ietanoe to these proposals. Even Senator Taft has said that it may be necessary to approve a certain amount of controls. Marriner S&JII all banks mu s L be compelled to keep a spcial reserve fund in addition to their regular reserves. Which would reduce the amount of money they would be able to le~d. lith all of which the Secret ry of the Treasury, by the way, does not agree. Sp aker Martin of the Bouse announces that the Republicans, next week, will of f er a two-point prograa to curb inflation. That Chicago printers strike is spreading, eastward. In five cities so far -- strikes on twelve newspapers. A walkout was called today at lorriatown, Penns7lvania. Chicago~• newspapers have been c rrying on without k■f benefit of printers, reporting t h a t ~ s circulation and adverti1ing and publication 1chedal• are nearl7 nor ■ al aft•* two weeks of getting along withou\ t7peograpbers. MURDERER -------- There is a str nge killer abroad in San Francisco tonight -- ne of the str ngest criminals ~~. ~ tL'-. t--o.~ - - in a 11 h is tor y /1( - a ch a r a c t er • o rt l • y of t e pen of the late 8t&e1 19 Conan Doyle, w o ould certainly have Sherlock Hol~es cope wit the stran e criminal. Tonight, the radio cars are out looking for the man or woman who has just killed one of San Francisco's faaous beauties -- a massive eettqe ,-r••• caaelia tree, lnown to tourists the 9Mle •arld OYer -- and ieetr•:re• aany other trees as well. Thia tree-killer, mrka at night sneaking into a garden or park, drilling a bole in the tree with expert knowledge. Be fills the bole with salt or deadly chemicals which causes the tree to decay. Then, as if in a spleen of anger, he scars nearby trees with an ax out his An individual who must hate trees, working '= -~~ spite o n ~ ¥ - t . i h . l '"1Mi~.J.!·of--nehrh ,.. IILD PARTY --------~- From Red ood City, California, a strange story, a story t a t seems t belon to 7e14Md11; t~~ ---~~. 9e of !,!amin r,outh/\.. Deputies of Redwood City breaking u a wild beach party a t t e n d e d ~ undred ,A.: ,( teen-agers, alle ed to be drin ing eavily and engaging in unbrialed petting parties. Ace rding to John S. Cowgi 1, - County Probati~n Officer, two of hiJ deputies diaaaised themselves in blue-jeans and ilannel shirts to attend wb · at he described as a vast beach orgy at Dune'• Beach where the deputies saw many unexpected t1ings hundreds of bottles of wine, beer, and liquor, pettiug parties galore, on the beach and in the cars. When the deputies attem9ted to arrest two offenders, they were attacked by a screaming mob of students, b th male and female, w o rescued t~e ~~ prisoners and t en escaped. T en followed).. scene, ~a\ »eade li~e tee iaagin-eti1,Q eL-ee•• ~ fiet»i..oa wpite.i:.. -~~--u• Q. sudden dash alon6 the highways of some fifty cars, strip p ed h otrods, those WILD PARTY - 2. ---------- new menaces o f t e Califor ia roads, ancient ja l lo ies and luxurious limousines, drivin without li ' ts at furious speeds, swirvin, dashin alon the roads, a solid phalanx of vehicles, a ainst which the police we helpless. All the officers of the la could do was to take a few • • t e ~ ~ number~ 1iblt..-4.D8 ~ intentMa: ... d ~ ~1\AJZdt- identifyin& the teen-agers who parti ~ ipated /\ in this ~ ptt.rty~ tl.e ~ . Probation Officer Cowgill anno need today t a t the suspects he catches up r ·t th will be held in detention while their parents are eietDI questioned. •This problea cannot be shiftad on our juvenile courts or the schools,• says Cowgill. •It belongs squarely in the laps of the arents. They sh A ould k n o w ~ M1BOar where their c t ildren are oing, especially if they have ~ C o the family cars.• i l l ~ ~ - e ~ ~ i g 1 l i 1 > ~ k ~ out the source of intoxicants used by the teen-age ·s, ~ ~ \ h e r e 'ts l ; kely to be an aftermat h t ~ 1 ' wiM party at DunP-'s Beach. PROPHECY The other night on this program I told how five years ago, at the Advertising Club of New York, we had a gathering ot prominent men, ho each gave a forecast of events in thie world. Bach gave his op1n1on of things to come, and not one or us Nntioned the atom. None of us prophets, five years ago, foresaw any hint of atomic developments soon to come - altboUlh, at that same hour. a crucial experiment leading to the at0111o bomb was pertormed at Chicago. Well, I told that the ot r n1 aa a joke on o Jlvea. So, what must I do tonight? WbJ p l ~ into prophecy again, make another forecast - and again 1t 1 1 the Ad Club ot Hew York which incites this latest bit of crystal gazing. That peerless organization is about to lay the comerstnne of a new building, to be its new home, and the plan is to seal a tube of predictions, various people contributing their ideas about the state ot the world in the Year Two Thousand and Four. That will be the Hundredth Anniversary or the Advertising Club, when the tube of prophecy will be opened. PRO HECY - 2 'n'ley've asked me to make Dij '" contri b ution to the forecast, and I guess I'll have to do it - in spite of my confession of how we failed to foresee the atomi c era, when gazing into the crystal ~all five years ago. There's no discouraging a prophet! So, here goes:- First or al _ l, about that same atomic era. My guess is, that 1n Two 'lbousand and Four, the industries of the world will be run largely by atomic po : 1 er. I think there'll be great • atomic energy plants, from which electrical power will be transmitted to run factories and transportation. The IIIOWlt ot manual labor needed 1n this world will be J1Uch lees, tewer workerB 1n the old sense of the term - more and more people pushed up into the middle class to do greater numbers or highly skilled tasks 1n a more elaborate civilization. On the political and social side, I feel that our present western system of political freedom will be increased and expanded, worldwide - and that the business of the world will still be based on private initiative, in collaboration PROPHECY - 3 with unions of employees, much more highly developed than at present - all this regulated by a noble morality of social responsibility for th~ welfare of human beings. In religion, I believe t . iat Christianity will rise to new heights, in creating the moral tone for scientific, political and industrial advancement. I believe there will be tar greater unity among the various branches of Christianity. I don't think this will come through any formal amalgamation, but through an understanding of how thoroughly alike they are 1n their tundamentfil beliefs - as compared, tor enaple, with the tyranny and brutality of total1tar1A.111.sm. All th1! may eeem optimistic, but I foresee a few blotchee 1n the pretty picture too. Probably there won't be any jitterbugging, but likely enough there'll be something worse. Fashions will still be changing in a weird and wonderful way, and the hats the ladies wear will be still more peculiar. Marriage will still be classed as a pitched battle. Wives, aven with all the wonderful new f.>"adgets, will still burn the toast, PROPHECY - 4 -------- and husbands will be brouc y at breakfa And my final pro ~ ecy is t i s -- in Two T ousand and Four, the prophets will stil l be pro hesyin 6 , and they'll be wr ng, as usual. Now what do you see in your crystal ball, ~elson. LTP.1947.12.08i.pdf LTP.1947.12.08ii.pdf