I.; , J - ~ . ' /J . CJ L ~ ,,14vf -- - - - - ( n i. Il , P n i ht. • • how, u ian n n t • 0 isol e b ci . y. , i l ' p t n 8 i h ovi s have cut Pll rR ffic b t (len 'P, r n nd the A ric n, ~ri i h t n r nch zoneg. Also he Muscovites insis t on ai n ininr heir ri h and o oe d t•• search any AlliPd rol in ~tock h cross 1 s their territory. EArly oday the 0 ussiens did abendo the •• road •I•• blocks they put up last night. So, today , American trucks and automobiles were again able to use the auto~Phn, the great motor hiphway that rune through a hundred miles of Russian occupied territory, west of the ci y, bet een our 7one nd our peo~le in l■ti ■ x Berlin. The Russians today anno1nced that the authority of the four po er al iPd con rol council has ceased to exist. They give hat as their excuse for isolating erlin. Th~t it is strictly Russian territory. Lest ni ht an Americ n tr in o t ■ xir• ■ •rB• to remerhav h, only f r th Americ n Liu enant in harpe p rmi ed the Hu sian o board i and arch i . Gene 1 Cla h's mornin~ indice ed that the youn Am ricRn offi r il P di ciplined or disobedience. For Gener 1 Clay had given he order that no Soviet troops be ermitted to board any American train. The British tod y lodged a pro est with the Russian au horities. Their deputy commander going in person to argue the matter with the Pusaian Co•mander who had signed the letter issuing the new restrictions.By way of retort, the Russians announced over Radio B~rlin that the Soviet section of Berlin will e barred to all traffic between eleven PM and six A daily. ~o traffic, no personnel, to enger or leave the zone durin, that eriod - what the Russians describe as a curfew. Meanwhile, our military authori iee have ordered h our part o~ Berlin be sup liPd by air. La~e word is h t the nussisns my attemp o take T e . i . uR . i. n in ~rl1n een he t rn Alli n u. 1a onip w . news di a ches d cri l nd ~a a n r rous deadlock•. Th i hen he Ped ftrmy b un•ly rej c d a I ■ Bri ish pro e t ains the block ade . Th t rote twas delivered in p rson, b the Britis Deputy Commander. The U. • Army, w hPar, has now started en e ■ ergency service by air, running supplies into the U. s. zone , where we hRve to feed some two mil ion Germans and ten thousand of our army and civilian personnel. The first effect of the Red blockade was a rationini of milk. Milk now only available for children and expectant mother. The Russians seem to want Berlin all to themselves. They ~ ant to throw us out. BULLETIN Here•• a late bulletin tr m .aerlln, wn1ch b1gbl1gbta the growing tenaion. lour bundred Br1t1all tr ope, supported by armored oars and llgnt tLika, nave oeeo ru oe t a control poet, wb1ch tbe Britiab claim tbe Ruas1an• bave aet up lll•dallJ in tb• Br1 t - •b zun• ot Berlin. Ta• control post 1a near tbe Britlab alrt1eld or Gatow. Tb• Br1tlab ooa..ian~•r aaked tb• aowcl 1A wltb toe1r 11gbt 9.l"tillO\.lZ', cutting ott the R\laa1ua on lhn• aldea - - l•a•1ng tbe• • corr clor back to tbe1r own terri tor,. Ta• n••• •aJ• tbe Ruaalua retuae '° 111 tbdraw •1 \boll\ ~ -;r or4era troa ,a1e iUgb coaman4. lend ao tbe Br1 ti ab ba•• t u u tbe - al luatioo la band - - wt tb arao11nd u-oopa. - - fll• tlrat aoUoa -- 1n, 1• war ot oer•••• ----- WtRLIN ' -- /4. Toe Ruaaiane, au.rr Wlded on three s1~ea oy tne ~rltlab, h••• w1tblirawn to ta~1r own terr1tor1. " L, r . r m i t o i .. t t t 1 n 11 er uciu Cle U 11 it d ·, 1\ r rn hie ~ ' . l l t ur o ' s bee iv f u 1 ut r i ty, t , t l a ut h r i y to eal it t . c r i i C u b t u i a n t tin to isol te B er lin . •· e 'are told fr om · ashin ton t t e re n t in to be run out 0 B erlin. .· e re to stay t ere indefinitely. Con re s1onal s o urce says our tate and efence de p rt mcn ts re ·rd the situation grave en uh to warrant keepin Con res constantly informed on hour to hour developments in the German capitol. A running f.ow o information i being made available to the rmed ServicesComuittee, and Chairman Bridges of the Senate appropriations committ e. Late this afternoon defence Secretary Forrest al pai a · sur rise visit to the Ca itol to ,,, discuss the situation with r n in members of the Senate Armed Services Committee. In briefing t e lawmakers, Forrestal d9scribed conditions in erlin as "t o uch and o". c- ecr t ry of t te • arsr · 1, who i a t ding 1 · I t rn n r ic r n c t C ol u rn i ·, 1 e n ir ur l L o c 1 t t h ua t i n. T e R u "' 1a n m in t in t ha t t e d1s m emb e ring o f er m any i n c co l i he · a ct. T ey r o ld th a t th e auth o r i ty v f t he f o ur o w e r l li e c o ntr o l C un- c il h s C e 3 e t e ~ is t. l en ce t eir a tte m t to isol'lte Ber l in, w . ic t hey : " i t ~i n is a R u s si a n o s session. T e p re e n t situ t io n r os e 1 ,., t n ig h t hen (the S oviets h l te d a l l r a i l tra f fic betwee n B erlin and the Ame r i c n, B ritis h nd rench zones by insisting on the right to b o ard a n search any A llied rolling stock crossin g their territory. T hero ds were also blocked. B ut ear l y this mo rnin t h ey · er e open a ain, Allied wh ee l traffic per m itte d t o u s e t e utobahn, the wide mot o r h i 0 h y run n in g t h r o u g h hun d reds of m iles of Russian occupied te r ritory we t o f the city - - linking o ur o ccu pa ti o n zo ne with t e e rman Ca it~) La t n g t o ne tr a in i d e t h rou gh to re m er h· ven, out of Be r l in t t i ' but on l y af t e r t h U I. ,1 II i C e . u i a n t b r t re t,l 0 r i . r 1 ay sa (: e 11:i l o i i tot cs nd 1 l l me ric a n o fi cer 1 1 , r b by cipli e or i ·o beying is r er t t n ·o viet tr ops pr ilted to board me ric n tr · ins. ~ arly oday t e r itish lod ed as arp protest, • • t e Br·tish e uty antle r o in in ·e r on to argue th e m 1. t t e r · i t h l he R u s ... i n c o ., m n d e r . Th e reds immediately announced v r v·et-controlled radio B erlin t a t t e So viet section f t h e city wi l l be closed to all traf f ic be t · ee eleven P' a,d ix A daily hat the Russians descr'be as a "strict curfew." The n it · as an n u n c e d t t t r e R us s i an s h 9. d reject e t~ British protest. ate in the aftern n c am e news of rowing tension. T e Russians had e up ritis h z one o f Ber i n close l o c ntr 1 vost in the B r i tish · r field. T e r i ti . r r e by ru in fur h u dred hea v ily - a rmed tr o to th spot, ~ u o rt d y a rm r d cars. . T r 1 i } C U l v · th r w. T u f. 1 1 ~ r • · u . , d • ' • 1 rit ' h u v d 11 , it the i r i r ur , u rr v undin l ns on t r e sid es, av · n t c rr r o r e rr i t u r L t e r t e R u s('i n 1t r r w, e a vin 1 B rit· in com ma nd o f t situ ti on . ( The Unit ;, d t t r , is now running supplie into the American z ne b a r o ne. v • e h ve some two million ~ erman civili a n and ten t h usand rmy and civilian pers o n~el to feed.) The first effect of the Ra blockade was the rationin of milk, which is now availabl only f r children and expectant mot ers. LI --- - on r ol of ou r c r r o n r n 1·n , cu " ou r of i d o . la ne " y. In h e r ord y P r around. T~ i h e y hi n d . h y o u ld 0 a a Fou ower C o m it t ee ee in g . ' 11, C 6 n't h se a rch plane you 8 without force. The exp~ tati seems to he th t the action on it. I came out today, from some of our coamercial e offici a ls tha the ftussians ~re king mov e s o halt flights t ■ of American comme cial •what right have American commercial Be~lin?~ To which the airline reply thAt their two weekly fli g hts in and Be~lin do not violate the Four Power agreement. the Russians say th t agreement is of f . Today I t alked wi ha hi g h au hority in ashington on t his lRtest Russian m ov. There has been an impression mentioned by some, tha t h e Russians L - I, ---- ft i n i r p s. On • U n r- • . ~ C 1 d h 1 r, 0 l in C n c- r p C r i d OU 0 ric n hL ck r 0 r i. on .• \'i e t h u , ho r i y i whom I discuss d he R r ol e mo . mph tic l y ha the Rua ian are completly withou ri R h , s in h~ir ac . ion1 The e heve h righ of way bv rail, road and by air corridor in o Berlin, und r the four power agreement, and that no American vehicle or plane need be subject to any inspection of any kind. Re t ■~ Then added that in his opinion -- and k ■ he knows a lot about it from first hand experience with them -- this is a lot of Russian bluff and that, if we refuse to do thPir bidding then they'll climb down in a hurry.Ta it's all a part of the fa ■ •war of nerves.• 31 In a lett r to Speak r hiw • artin, t o e.y, Pr aid.~ t Trwan laid before ongress hi a revise na ti nal detenae program, wn1 ch call• tor an aduitional three billion dollar,. t'or t .u,n~d tore••• and tbre•- Wldr d-and -ee v nty-tive .n1111on tor toe stookp111ng or strategic war aaater1ala. Tb• Prea1dt1nt aaya tbe adw1c1atrat1oa ~ ' need a till more oney l'or our cold war, cuus, •!11 call tor it 1t neceaaar7. • Tb• Prea14 ntial letter aaxa Congreaa to give tbe treaaurJ - !•paraen t autbor1 t7 to place ,aree-tiundred-ancl -ae,en tJ--t'i,. a11110Aa in oontraota tor th• atoo,p111ag or or1t1oal aater1al•~ auob aa natural rubber, tla, aagoeaiua and 011. 'fb• air toroe J - - ,o na•• tore• tbouaan4 more planes - • all or tbe ftJ"/ lateat .,..J, t7pea; our U'llled atrengtb 1n · Al••k• to be clouble4; 110re •n tor ,A our o - aea■ torcea • ,er,wbere. Tb• letter alao me u tiona tbe oeed tor 1mpro••4 radar and aircraft warning eyatema, aany ot wbiob will be oonoeatrated on tbe uotio Per1•ter. Modero deten•• tor our trontler on tbe ,op ot the world. are intended to round out and balance our ,1at1onal aeouri ty prograa - - to euaule ua w meet our 1 t r. ati nal reaponaibli tiea. ~ - e h eet 2 increase in our m.111tary strength" and t h e "s o lid t UDdat1oD of the torelgn aid progr11111a.. will •~ u ieTe a auuetantial leaaeniq ot tbe pre•• t 1 D ter, at1ooal ai tuation." ~ ~ t l - t ~ 1 £ - < . ~ ~ p - ~ , It looks aa it tbe Finne •111 rej ot the Russian treaty dema.ad•• ,_,,_ ~ 1 elude tbe 1amed1ate rort1t1oat1on or 1Pinlu4•• bord~rs. A telegraa was sent to Moaoow rro~ Hela1nk1 today, witb ~a.n< new 1nstruct1ona tu ne F1nn1ah.delegat1onA. now in negotiation with tbe Bua 1ana. ell lntormed oirc!ea ln the Flnn1ab Capi,al aay tbat tbe aaaJorit1 ot 71An1sb parliamen\ar7 l..._N obJeot to lae-.-tieJ.-41 4'• the R\laaian treaty proposal that wow.d al.lo• tbe Son• ta to a tart tort1t11ns tbe .11An1ab bor.lera. Tb• '1Aaa 40A •, want R\la ■ ian ,roopa 1n peaoe t1M. T ~ • tbere won4er1q wba t will bappen 1t the F1A4• balk at- ■ 1ga1.ag a allltary paot a1■11ar to tho••...,. tbe S0•1•t baa 1ntl1ote4 oa ' ~ Roaania ancl 8Wl88.l'J'• Finland, apparently, 1• prepareJ w uet the uJority or tbe R\l■•lan 4eaanda, but,•h• do•• not want to ~,,~-ti be a SoY1et 8aMll1M• f... AIN (New • t ry) 0 erall~sim ?ranco o onferr e in Madrid t is evening with ,I.yr n , Taylor, Pr 1 nt rU1J1aa•a per z, ,nal repreaenta •~ i•• to tb Vatican, the interview lasting aeventy ti•e m10utea. l'ranoo retuae to a e United ~ta tea onarge •atta1rea Paul cw.oertaon andf<obertPell, assistant to Myron Taylor ,o reaeoogi•en 07 the Oeneralisaimo aa tu why ow- ohal'ge d•attair•• waa oarred tr011 reaaonablf oonJeotured, however, tuat t • 3l)&lliao Dictator U7 be d1aappo1nted •1th the news trom laanington that• Jo1nt Nnate bo\lN oollDi ttee baa clet1n1 tel7 ruled pain out ot tile Maraball plan. Tb• oommitte• o•erruled ihe ~ouN vote to include Spain in tbe European Reoo•ery pl11n after two boura deliberation. PreY1ou•l.J Prealdent Trwaan bad aai~ he••• utterly opposed to tbe pre•1oua aouae cleoiaion to include Spain, our State Department holding aimilar •1•••. enate Predident Arthur VaoJenDerg wbo aruiounoeJ tbe Senate deo1a1on on 3yain, pointed out bowe,er, tat as the measwre now stands, Franco ~pain o uld part1o1pate it 1nv1teJ to do 110 by toe a1%teen Marshall o ~ ,ri~a ot eat rn Ew-upe. • y Go v nor 0 Y o rk a in i consin o y . Th r - ~ o n n salvo o h pr 1 n i ack o no ina 10n . rm n i ea bi r Pr . i en Truman's "bub ling orei n policy ". e y als o coupl d He nry all a ce •i h the Pr i e n • H SR id h r . Truman and ' all a ce re a lly repre nted t 0 •in p. 0 he De rnocr tic a rty, bo h ith ro gr 11S h a re "abso u ely bankrupt". Here " e som or b e t.hi n s h e said: Th t if r. Truman bungl ~ s us into an ear ly w a r, even hough we win i , ~v~nthing may be lost in the process." A ain "If , allRce's p olicy of au-render and appeasement were fol 6wed we wou ld ultimately be enveloped and•~•• chok d to death in a Com unist world. Te New York Go e rnor in his ad re a Racine, w · 1sconsin, nt on to say that the be s t way to deal with the Americ n Communist is to keep him 1n he o en, where you can see liim, and beat him. At a p res conference he mad the . tem ent ht wh i~ c o u n t ry ne d ~ a rand new for i n ,.. . y - --- - - 0 . y 0 pr ~ n 0 - 1 ri i wJlliall tn • ' ini h p r n cri is i as riou as a n h. oun y h V r X ri nee " If e can • c h n , h or i n licy, · he a d ed, there is no ne d o 1 r d about. ing into aakt ano her wo ld war. The ieconsin primaries as e know, will be run of next Tuesd a y. And the e York Governor haa pone e t o es the s rength of General acArthur of Wisconsin , and Harold ~tassen of adjoining Minnesota right here he two latter should be strongest. Four years ago De ey swept isconsin, winning seventeen delegates , with Stassen taking four and MacArthur three. The situ tion oday may e changed, for Dewey is out th re fighting in a~ ate that no has a favorite son with defiriite Presidential ambitions; meaning MacArthur. And he population of Wisconsin is also likPly to fe l friendly o ard their nei hborin Minn otan. PALESTINE Here '• the late at ne a 011 alas t1 n■• ~ ~ Lake uco ose , tbe Uni ted · at.lone d eoruri ty C uno 1 v ted n la... ualy to 1eek a truce between tbe A.raos a nd Jews in P alatine, and then call an ••rgenoy aeaaion ot th• United ~•t1on1 general aaMmoly to re oo a14er tbe •bole question~ All day today, Jew1ab aad Arab ■po eamen wre giving t/.1r view, to the seouri If vowic11 •• aupport 1ncreaaeu tor the .American proposal to ooovene a apeo1&1 poeral •••••bl.J aea■1oa. - - o\114 Ru■aian clelegate M4rrGroa,ko " .. ~ twenty-\blrcl SOtiet "'° to klll lhi ■ bid tor an UN■l>lJ ■eaa1011t Tb• ••to newer Un11ie4 Nation• \0 ■ol•• tbe Pale ■ tine d1leama, 1111 e11ergeno1 •••1011 baa b . . D oalled - -·tbe AMr1oan propoa1t1on tor• truoe be taMn the tT••• and uaba '° oe oon a1dered bJ • tull dr••• deba~ at tb• General uaeabl.J• The vote tor tbe apeoial aa-■bl.J ae ■ a1oD, nine to notoing, Russia and tbe Ukraine abata1n1ng, - - a1gn1tf1A& they want tbe OM to go abead •1th the pale1tine partition progru. C URR C.B .lt Bogota, olombia, todtty, U o:> eoretar7 ot State QeaPS• -e. Mara all ad res 1n tn Pan Aatr1 c u C onference called on tb• Latin-American nation• to help the n1ted 3tatea atem tbe tide or Commun1• 1n Europe. How are tb y to do tbiaT By contr1but1ag to tbe Karaball plan tbemaelvea. Dealing with eoonomlc pro J leu, our secretar1 or Stat• banded ' the Latlna tbe bitter ne•• tbat tbey ouw.4 not expect any apeotal · belp troa the united Stat••• Inatead, tbey muat help ua to ooabat 00-wi1 . . . B• aa1d tbat the Un1 ted State• raced ataggering and ineacapable reapona1l>111 tle• tbe aaa wbol• world o••r• and tbat tbe tremendoue clraiA oa our naourc•• an tar bea•1•r tban tbe outaide world na11••• Be told tbe I.at1n-•er1oana in etteot that tbeJ auat oea• boping tor exoegtional eoonomlo aid tr011& tbe United State• and tb\18 burled tbelr bopea tor a lat1n--..r1oan aaraball plan. N T 3enate has asse the Taft 1 11 • 1ch p rovides three m.1ll1oll do lara a year t a1J the wtate in 1 roving t e ed cat1 n ot cnildren. The purp ose ot tbe aot 1s to build up• ucational opport 1tiea ror elementary and hidn aonool onildren, particular!.¥ int e low 1noo atatea, oy using • er&l ~uney tort 1a pl.ll"poae. the 110at goinB to th~ pooreat atate. Tb• bill ••ks to guarantee the apen41ng or at leaat titty dollar• ot l'edet"al and State 1100•1 tor eaob pupll, b'1t 1 t lean• tbe 3tat•• tree to spend th• mone1 atriotlJ 1n aooorduoe •11b ;b e1r l•••• Pr sident TrWD&n left •~bin ton t ni~nt n board bi• yaobt tor 1111ama b ur~, V1r~1n1a, wner~ 1• to r~oeive an honorary degree rrom f1111am and Mary ' ollege to.AC>rrow. Juat before tbe 1aobt got under way Mr TrWl&D aigned bia tu •••••g• •hiob be •111 send to Congreaa tomorrow - - and 1 t la expected to be Yeto or a republican t u meaaure. r · .., a rl oo a t z , i rce c h ief o f t t ce is retire- m t, t t • ct Ju · i r t , : Jr • rum a a c c e t e d , a d i e i tel i · te d Ge er oyt ~ . V de berg, resent vice c ief-of- t f , to ucceed ir f rce co a der . aatz sour top In hi etter to ir ' ecret ry ymington, General atz says that be has been lanning to retire for over a year but dela ed hi de p arture until the Armed Services Onific a tion ct could begin functioning . He ia step ing down under the thirty year retirement regulation. But, he is not resigning. That is, he sa she has agre 4 to serve in an advi ory capacity at the request of Defena Secretary Forrestall and the enate Armed ' ervices Com ittee. verybody urging a atz to stay round and give a , ivice for a while. Tooey . p atz of cour e is one of our outs tandilJI air generals. He comm nde . ore troops i air battle than ny other Jll8 in hi tory. I s f r General n e berg h e's a ne ew of G e r ls t a rt . ,.. .... I l u r i orl 0 b r : y u g a s ' i tin i h ed combat recor d which ilot 1 . o r .' ar n e • r wo, e c o . .:n n 1 ... rican ir orces i orth ~ frica u n e r o o i t e. Then h~ served as D e uty J.ir Co · oder un er General isenhower, directing the uge · eria bombardments receding the invasion o f or ndy • . nd inally he ove to the Pacific were he di ected the final B-29 ssaults on Ja an; including the two tomic bomb drops. I knew hi when he as in command in Europe, he d of the inth Air Force, pounding a ay at the Nazi a with pursuit planes and att&ck bombers. I found hia an exceedingly ttr ctive persona ity with a tireless zest for his work. nd I now that is associates in the Air i · orce raniC i s ne o ur top ilit a ry strategists. He's a native of ilwau ee, a est ointer with a top record in aeri 1 ~ tr tegy in ! orld ,a r II.