• A brief announc mP.nt from the State rtment toni ht: .. G. i:>. M e ssersmith h a s resi ned a · Am er ican Ambassador to Argentina. Y es t e rday Spruille Braden resigned as Assistant Secretary of State. Braden having been the Chief oppon r nt in the State Departments ■ of the pre s ent Argentine government and its alleged fascist policy. Braden quit because President Tru■an had just decided that Argentina was, after all, a good neighbor - or good eaougb to share in the benefit• of other good a■ tka neighbors. George llesseraaith 1 our Aabasaador to ••• Buenos Aires, baa been contending all aloq that we could and should come to teras with Argentina•• strong-aan Juan Peron. And llea1er1aith won out. At least his point of view prevailed. Yesterday Braden Resigned. But today Measer1aith 1r ~ ..... ,,,,. steps out. AOur new American policy toward A~geatiaa is calling for new men to run it tonight. O ne a cti o n o f th e Ho u s of Represe nt tiv t o d 1 h o w s ho~ the u b lic t m p r h as be en c h · n ge d b y the ev ~ nts leaain g u t o the la s t ~a r. You may ecall that bf t ~ r t h e f ir t ; orla t · r, a na it ex en s e s , -hich see ■ ed h ea vy then b u t ~ trivi a l now, our military ••*•llita ■a ~~\ establishment was cut ~ e l k - . But now we seem to " " have le rned the lesson driven home nen the att a ct on te~rl H a rbor foun d U ncle Sam virtually••• defe~seleaa. ' t f , G . ~ ~ -wn~tl'-~01t1!'tI'--1,tJ~~-..« the roar of approv ~ l in the Bou s e for a bil appropriatin& ■ ore than five-and-a quarter billions for the Ar ■y and the Air Forces. The exact figure, . . . fi•e billion, two hunc1red-and- eighty- ■ i llion ;- nine-hundred-and- e ight.7-two- thous&nd ,-four - hundr e d - and-eighty-three doll rs. It i i .,_. J'our hundred and thirty-five m i l l i o n ~ les1 ~ a.6'-£e-A, t n an ahat the a r !J epartaent and~resident ,..,,a-a. ~ : - W A t the la s t ao■ent, the R epresent · tives restored one it ~ • theJ h a d cut out, a matt e r of f ■ *J fort7 millions for a ircraft, after he a ring a w a rnin g fro ■ ARIIY - 2 - - War Secretary Paterson, nd a personal plea from General •Touhy• Spaatz. The bill will now go to the Senate. for one thing it will reduce the strength of the Army by some twenty thousand officers. The Bouse has already passed tbe lavy bill, cuttia tea percent off what the President had asked. IIARSHALL - - - Unc l Saa al t ho u g h ill in g to h e l p E urope g et back o n it s fe e t wi 1 not carry t loa d alone. Other cou n tri s must h e lp. But, e wi ll ha ve to loosen up th e national pocketbook and h e lp folks on the side of the Atlantic.They ar e g oin g to need food and other es s ential products, J&Z1 principally from us, for the ne xt three or four years - - far more of it than they will be able to pay for. And if we don't help, aaya State Secretary llarshall, there will be graYe econoaic, social and p o litical depreciation in Europe. The Secretary chose the occasion of Co■■enoe■ent at HarYard for this state■ent on forei1a policy. But be didn't indicate bow ■ucb our goyern ■ ent propo s es to ■ pend for foreign relief. Wa s hington reports that the State Depart■ ent ia at work on a lona 1:ange progra■ to coyer the entire globe - at a probably cost of five billion dollars a year for the next three or four years. General Marshal ] made it cl e ar that no help will go to any of the . Soviet countries. Be ,.. - " put it t, i &.y: "Any · ov rn nt ,h1ch neuver to b ock the r cov e ry of oth r countrie , can't expect help rom us." And he &aded: "ov rnm nt., ~rties or groups which seek to perpetuate human misery, to profit therefrom, ~olitically or other~ise, 1ill encounter the o ~ osition of the United States." The hit Hou e announced today that the job of supervising Uncle ~am•s help to the G.reeks ould be ~ in the hands of Dwight Griswold,Aformer Republican ~overnor of Mebraska. Pr e sid e nt Truman spoke h i s mind on the Communists in Hungary today - and did it in s tron g er langua g e than he has ev e r u se d since he assum d the office of Pr e sident. Langua be , in fact, b e yond the bounds of di p loaatic usage. At bis Presa Conference today he described the R ed Coup as an outra g e, a terrible outrage. And he left no doubt in the minds of hi• hearers that our govern■ent intends to take steps in retaliation. Although he gave no hint as to what for■ these steps would take.But, there is a report in 1:ahington that they will include a strong prot , to the Soviet Goveraaent, alao economic aeaaure1 to haaper the R@d Rigiae a\ Budapest, and h e lp for the Hungarian Parties opposed to Coaauni••· The State Departaent it is a11uaed, will refuse to recognize the Reda at Budapest. Ferenz lagy, deposed Preaier of HungarJ, now in exile in Swiuerland, will soon take refuge in the United Sta tea. So says his so , , who is an attache of the Hun rian Legation at W 8 shin ton, on of the many who have rejected the new Communist government. The State Department announces that exiles from Hungary will be welcome in the U.S.A. and will have official protection. Which may mean a proviaional govera ■ ent, with headquarters over here. The upheayal in Hungary has aroused both Republican and Deaocratic leaders in the Senate to the neeesaity of ratifying the treaties, with•• not only Hungary but also Italy, Bulgaria and Ru ■ ania. Opponents of the treaties fought to the end - but, they didn't hav• a chance. ieaato• The hottest ■,,, opposition was against the ~talian treaty, which the Italians themselves and the Americans of Italian origin over here, haye liID!~ABI - 3 protested bitterly as being unfair, & ¥ e n ~ ~ • . , . But only ten Senators voted against it - with seventy-nine in favor.The other treaties were passed by overwhelming majorities. PALESTINE --------- (The White Bouse today made public t e gis t of the British Government's protest agains t certain activities in the U.S.A. for financing the Jewish Underground. Th British Ambassador objecting in particular to advertisements in newspapers written b author and playwright Ben Hecht. One an open letter in which said that every time the Stern Gand or the ~rgun a British arsenal, priaon, or train, or robbed a Bank, e•erJ time they let go with their guns and bo■b• the British, the Jews of America make a little holiday t\eir heart•·) Tbo•e Je•• of America aake were Ben B e cht'• exact words: •The a little holiday in their hearts.• Preaident Truaan, toda) issued a for■al atate■eat urging every citi1en, eTerJ resident of the United State• to refrain, aetieuloualy, fro• any such actiYities in the future. Be reainda us that the general asseably of the United lat.ions called upon all governments and all people• not to use threats, force o any other action . hich mi ht er t. e a n ~tmosl) h re unflivorttble to the settlement of th Pale tine ue s tion. -:r~. 5 ~ 'l' ruman pointe:d 0ut that the search for a fair and I ~ ~ ~ I A . orkable solutioj<.-f..-one of the most difficult jobs flicing the United M tions. Andi thc.t it 1':I in the interest of' the United States as well ,, as the United Nations, that such efforts be successful. -ret-ds calculAted tQ inflame passions, to under■ine la• ana order or promote violence in Pal stine, are certain to hinder, if not make impossible, any arly aa&il■i■■■ia settle■ent of the Pale~tine problea.j - ~ Mr. Tru■•n fl■■ax pleads thatAsuch activiti•• be a,v..,i•••• suspended in the interest of hu■anity. BOMBS ------ In England three more of those mysterious letter bombs were received today. One by Foreign Minister Ernest Bevin, and one by his predecessor, Anthony Eden. All three coming from Italy. Bevin never evens w the one addressed to him. A secretary grabbed it and rushed it to Scotland Yard. But Anthony Eden had a narrow squeak. Be carried bis in bis brief case for a whole daJ, even took it to the Bouse of Coaaons. If be hadn't been in a rush at the tiae it was delivered, he would ha•e opened it. He told Scotland Yard that it did not loot yery important; so be hadn't bothered wit• it, and then forgot all about it. So tar eleven heads of the Britieh go•ernaent have recei•ed ta■aa the letter-boaba. The one intended tor Sir Arthur Greenwood went to another Greenwood, aanager of a laundry, who •a• quite annoyed. Said he: •thJ should I get Arthur Greenwood's bombs. I'm not a politician, and I don't even know hia. • BOMBS - 2 --- Then he added a characteristic British remark. Said he: "I take a very di view of this business of taking risks for a bally Cabinet lliniaterJ• · n C& C i . . i t' 1ng il Cl. .. r 1M) oa ~ . i'. l E onf rE:n ce .. s ate e .... t · el vE: hun d ora a ' bock l on t ■ h~..-M C ~:.1t e en11 r - g oine. " he ol . idea of or bu t, hich n e describea as ne , Taft criticis - of ~e Truaan p rograa to cut ric .,.vz-. 4e&Ja pco•.n•ii:)---aN ,! t arg ent is tbat be onl1 • to rin~ down price• reauc or goo • u ,~i w~ges ar red ce~, s vin6 s ex.ha at d, ~n ne lo ■ en se sin, then So ro •A•~1 ~ ri ces •i: ue ADd •i l f~ll and an~~~ sup oaed. .:t n~ or Taf t wo C& tba • aci · e en t • , u e, t. • • i D 1 e1 rec in r e• with FR OD --------- Thero · over th pr i~ a ry election in Presiaent Truman's h me county b e c~me hott r to ay. J. E6 ar Boov r told a subcommittee of the Sn te th t the F.B.I. as makinb a full investigQtion of tht vote frauds in that primary, which resulted in tne vurging of Represent ~ tive ~ Slaught r a t the President•• ~~ request. /\Hoover told the Sen tors that the investigation his Bureau had aade last fall, was only preliminary: . _ gt::nts are now at it in • earnel" being seriously handicapped by not having the ballots - ~ hich a •~r.c.. stolen,Aevidently by professional ,ate-crackers, last seek. Ir. Truman himself announced that the investigation should be ■ carried out to the bitter end, no matter ho is hurt. Nobody, he declares, wants vote UAY~ - 2 frauds, and he lidded that irregul rities of that sort ar aaong the orst things that can h~ p en in a democrac7 ~ 'l'hert: was ii t " ~ ( o n t he f loor of the S en te ~ .' - t o a ay , . . - the is ue /t true l ov e . O r G t least, marria ~ e. ~ By accident ■ the n a me, of tw e nty-five meabera e t ' « - ~ ~ ~ of the gradua t ing.A.IM:deei~.,..A w ere left off the list ~ t h e Sen a te confirmed several eeks &go. That••• touih on the t , , enty-five, bee-ause if they were not confiraed today, they could not graduate tomorrow. And if t h e 7 ~ g r a d u a t e to■orroa, so■e e6 \he■ couldn't ~ attend their own w e d d i n g • ~ S a turday. There ,, tl.wJ were the brides •ith their orange blossoas,~organdy and ~ ever7t.bin&, . facing t h ~ prospect of no /t gro o ms, s i n c e • ~ aay not ■ arry, although an The cu p id of this occasion w a s S en a tor Chan 2 AtQVL Gurney of ~outh Dakota, Chairman of the wf1.o Armed ~ervices Com ■ ittee~ h uickly rushed t h ~ twenty-five names throu b his committee and then over to get action by t h e ~ Senate. Tlere b&~•• :..a\~ ~ I uch confirmhtions have to be done in tx cutive Session, and if the Sen te went into ~ -4 - - Executive ~ession,I\ the first order of business would~ ti;be tbe fate of fifty of tbose · seven-hundred-and- aevent7-five poataaaters. Gurney asked the Senate to go into Executive ~easion just long enouah trconfira the lidshipaen. Senator DQadt George of Geori1a 1 ltln.. said he was aorr1 h e ~ haYe to object, unleaa t.Jae Senate went all the way into Executive Session. •All right,• said Gurney, •Let's do that.• Then up i rose Senator Taft with the skae words, •1 object.• Gurney turne4 a yearning look ~t Arthur V · ndenberg, Pr sident of the Senate, asking hia to intercede. V · ndenberg ~as stuape~. Taft WhS syapathetic LOYE - J but fira, and so was George. So finally Gurney took a chance. lie asked the Senate to go all the way - go into Executive session. That was done, the Midsbipaen were confirmed; and to everybody's relief, love found a way - in the United States Senate. BR ACii ------- In a r ach f romise trial at ~t. Louis today, the defendant was a reat grandfather, eighty-six years old. Yrs. Marie Brady of St. LQuis is demanding twenty-five thousand dollar from Mr. Frea Neustadt because, said she, he declined to lead her to the altar. lib N e u s t a d t J ~ a farmer, evidently ~ a &ood one because he retirea with · plenty of what ap. ~ Damon Runyon took it all in ~ood part ~ ca1't;•potatoes 1 • • ancr"~hlhly aauaed by th• ,, proceedings. But not sufficiently a ■ used to be willin1 to give Mrs. Brhdy either twenty~five thousand dollar ■ o~t. ■ arry her. Be said he had never conducted any roaance with Mrs. Br~dy, •ho ~erself bad four childrea • ..µ- But" she, on the contrary, had proposed to bia aeYeral 1-k ..... ~" tiaes. ~ fended her o f f , ~ on the grounds that he was too old.e::::a..-_ levertheless, he never could get her to stop talking ,bout marriage. He said that all he had evtir done for Mrs. Brady was to t~ke her to a movie once ana ive some c~y to her childl' n. aa ae " A Urs. B ker, a friend of Yrs. Br dy's, told the court that sne had once sbid to Yrs. Br ~ dy she ~ished she bad some o f ~ money so 5 f t her ll■aa husband " wouldn't h~ve to leave St. Louis to get work. hereupon Ira. lir~dy r plied: •The ~•s · ~ays and aeans of noiag thdt,• Then she explained: •ee•s only got one le&, but !•a going to pull it.• So said the witn•••• ~ ~ t t o ~ ~ 1 ~4"'r TAFT - 2 -- Senator T~ft, in hich the Ohio Solon s id that t~ President and the Administr tion apparently e abandonin the idea of keepin g prices down in favor of heavy spending abroad th~t will keep them up. All of • which needled and aroused Kr. Truman. So today he defended his price policy and praiseQ industrie1 that haY raised •~ges without incr~a ing prices. Be also uoted so■ e figures tending to back up his claia that the trend to•ards extraordinary price incr~ases has been chec&ed with prices on the whole declining aoderdtel.J, except oa food.