DETROIT Reid Collins Sept . 14, 19 7 0 The deadline f or that big strike in the 11uot ind11str y - still hours awa y; with negotiators f or the Uni'ed Auto Workers and gia , nt Ge . neral Motors - still sl11gging it 011t in Detroit; hoping to acieve II last-minute agreement - an , d thereby prevent a crippling blow to the n , ation 's econo , my. But even as the tal , ks we , nt on toda y - the walko , ut llatl already begun. U.A. W. members J umping Ille gun wiU, wildcat strikes - at Framingham, Mass. - Nort , h Ta1'ryto11J , fl New Yo.,. k - Ja , n es vi ll e , Wis cons in - Winds or, 0,a ta 1'i , o - Ste. Therese, Quebec. Both sides agreeing, what's morB, a , n all-out strike is now ineveitable - bar1'ing a "dr , andic move" by one side or tire other. UN Sec re ta r Y Ge n e,. a I U Th ,,,, I Io d a y i· ,, II e d J II r " ,, ,,. m II I u I II 111 on tire Middle East Crisis wh•n 1h11 11 N Ge1111r11I A• • 11mhlv meets next mon t h. TIie occasion, •utd Thu 111 , ,m uld a/for,J a "antique ot,t,orlunily for J ,-uUful con . tucl• a . nd tll•c1111ton1 at Ille hlg• es I level." Tlaanl deplored the cu,-renl b,-eak down In Ill• Middl11 ~~·' East talks and •aid every e/Jo,-?f"'• - ,,11,tl• to I/Ill lhom l"l"I again. TEL A VIV FOLLOW U NITED NATIONS Mean w hile, in Tel A v i - Israel's Foreign Minister - A b b a E b a n - a s s e r tin g t h a t E g y fJ t 's " " ' h o I e s a I e a r r o g an c e " - as e v idenced by repeated cease- f ire v i,lations in the Suez Canal Zone - has "certainl. v diminislaed our hopes for peace. Eba,a further calling Ara . b airplane ' ' hijackers and saboteurs" - an "i1tternational plague." Eban also defe11ded Israel's You,ad-up of four lau11dr•tl am fifty Arabs - on the occupied West Bank of tire Jordar,. Rejecting flatly a sugge8tion the priso,aers were b•i,ag laeld as ltostages - t,endb1g tlae release n.f some fifty iijacltatl airli11e 1>asse11gers still lteld b}' A , · ab guerillas. Notlt.l11g of tlae sort - said Eban. Adding tlaat the Arabs K1ere merely being lteld - "under security regulations f o1 · inlerrogatio,a." WHITE BOUSE HOSTAGES From the White House late today a strong statement condemning the "holding of hostages by any nation." But Presidential spokesman Ronald Zeigler limited tlte condemnation to the detention of the fifty f>ef'sons, manv of tlrem Americans, held by · Palestinian Comma,adoes. TIie United States, said Zeigler, "rejects any attempt to establish distinctions among its citi~ens on a11y basis wltatsoever." Earlier, a PalesHnian Comma,ado lBade"Y ltad said tlrat all AmeYicans among tltose lteld would be treated as Israeli citi~e,rs. PARIS On tile Vietnam r,eace front - the Viet Cong's Madame Nguyen Thi Bi,ih arrived back in Paris today - following a three-month boycott of negotiations. Madame Binh quickly offering to or,en immediate secret talks wit I, tlte U.S. - - on how to end the Vietnam war. She tlaen went on to say, however - the Communists still insist on total, unconditional and early withdrawal of all U.S. troo,,s in Vietnam. And slae added tlaere can be no progress in tlu, Paris talks - so long as the Thieu government remains irt power in Saigon. Perh.a,,s tlae most important fact tl,oug1t - slae is back; whicl, means that once agnirt boll, side.Jwill be f ully represented - hopefully, clearing the war for serious bargaining. SAIGON FOLLOW PARIS Half-a-world away - in Saigon - U.S. Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker today addressed a graduating class of South Vietnam's National Defense College. There asserting that U.S. foreign Policy - "is founded on the three pillars , of partnership, strength and a willingness to negotiate." Bunker declarin · g : "We are determined lo contribute mea11i,rgfully - to peace, freedom and stability in tlte world! Then addressing himself directly to the Vietnam War - Bunker telling his audience : "You need not fear - and Hanoi ltas no basis to 1,ope - that our commitment has weake,eed; it has not - and it will not." The Ambassador addi,eg : "We did not come to Vietnam - and lose many of oa,r finest youth - to permit the defeat of our common goals." STRENGTH FOLLOW SAIGON Elsewhere in Saigon - the U. s. Command today listed American troop strength as of last week - thrc.: llundred and ninety-six thousand, three hundred men. This marking the lowest level - since January of Nineteen-Sixty- Seven, nearly three years ago. A figure to be cut another twelve thousand, three hundred during the next montla - toe are told - in order to meet President Nixon's October Fifteen withdrav;al schedule. We'll have a story from Lowell Thomas after tllis message . . . . SUGGESTED INTRO TO THOMAS TAPE "MABEL BARBEE LE! And now - as promised - it's time again for Lowell Thomas; discussing tonight tlle newest work - from an old, old friend of his. Lowell ••• MABEL BARBEE LEE Hello Eve·rybody : I wondeY if you Yemembe,- th f ame - Mabel BaYbee Lee? I have mentioned it often - 11 Yem a'Tkable woman who sta'Tted W'Titing in he'T seventies, now in h , e'T middle eighties s. till going s t'T on g with a ma" v el o us n e w book called TIie Ga'Tdens In My Life. Mabel Ba'Tbee Lee came /'Tom my old m . ining camp, C'TiPt,le C'Teek, Colo'Tado, and slae beca , me Dean of Woman at Colo'Tado College. Tllen . a Dean at Benn~gton, in Ve'Tmon t and then a iean at Jam ous Radcliffe next dooy to Ha'Tva'Td. She wrote a 'Tema'Tkable book called Cyipt,led Days that I'm su'Te many of you 'read full of glamo'T excitement and so on. A•d tlaen slae no111 laas come out witla this new one - The Ga'Tdens In My Life - whe r ein a wise sympathetic woman reflects on a long colo'T f ul ca . 'Tee'T, yeco'Tding how in moments of crisis she f ound peace and c o mf o'Tt in tlae securtt ,· of her own garden. And this we are told in the hope that a certain Philosopla y or a bit o f wisdom ma y germinate to enlighte,i the lonely MAB EL BAR.BEE LEE - 2 yeat"S of others - by Mabel Barbee Lee. Ola yes, , and do you remember the thrilling story of Baby Doe and Leadville, Colorado? Well, she also retells that mat"velous tale. Solong •••• WHEELING And now - a special salute to station W-H-L-L i'n Wlaeeling, West Virginia - which today becomes our newest CBS Radio Affiliate. Welcome aboard - W-H-L-L.