~111611 ~ ) Q. . f '-';} 1 J /ff '4 . ,: M osc ow the representati•es ot the western powers touay spent three aore hours at t~e (realin, with Molotov ) When they ca■e out, our t■ Ambaaaador said be bad nothing to 1a7, bat that be wa1 ••r1 tired. Froa the British and French dipl~ ■ata, no coa■ ent. Meanwhile, the latest fro ■ Lon4ons The Brltiah Foreign Ottice retera to a la •wa•• of peaei ■ ia ■ • ••••ping over western diploaatic quarter• today.lhioh aounda aa though the Raaaiana are the ooea who are being toucti. According to the London apokea ■ an, the a \ that can be hoped for fro ■ the current loaoo• neaotiationa is a co ■proaise to pre•ent the Geraaa situation fro ■ getting worse· that is worse i ■■ ediately. The affair of the two Soviet teachers is in the news again toni ~ ht; with the Soviet Ambassador in Washington delivering a formal note of protest to our State Departaent. lutt@t Ambassador Panyuabkin bad a thirty winute interview with Undersecretary of State Lovett late this afternoon, during which be de ■ anded that KJ.chael Samarin, one ot the miasing •• teachers be delivered to the Russian Consul General in uew York. Saaarin is reported to ha•e turned hi ■ aelf over to the r BI with an otter to give evidence to the Houae Co ■ mittee o~ Un-A ■ erican acti•itiea which has issued a subpoena to him and his wife. In fact, they are expect d to give evidence toaorrow morning. After his visit to the State Department the ~oviet Aabaaaador told newsaen that he had accused the United States of trying to terrorize Russian citizens in this country. Be asserted that Samarin is being held by the FBI, and that he had demanded . that the Soviet Consul General in New York SOVI E T TEACH E HS - 2 be permitted to see him. Furth r, he ch a rged, the Tol s toy Foundati D - which sheltered th g ■ teac h ers - with •systematically terrorizing Soviet citizens over here to stop them going home.• An Aaerican plot, he said, and a direct violation of a pact made between the late President Hoosevelt and Soviet Foreign Minister Litvinoff, in Iii then Minet e en Thirty three. The basis of thel\*••~tairly friendly Jaerican relationR with the Soviet. What was the State Depattaent reply? A rejection ot the Soviet p• protest on every count. · Undersecretary of State Lovett told tho Ruasian Ambassador that his accuaation1 were baaed entirel1 on garbled press reports. As such, aaid he, they were unacceptable to Washin g ton. But, be said, the State Department is lo king into the case; and he••• assured the Soviet Aabassador that if any Aaerican is found guilty of criminal action proper stepa will be taken. Meanwhile in New Yor k Soviet Consul General Lomakin called on the Police Departaent and asked - §OVIET IiAQilla. - 3 the New York gendarmes to find Sa ■ arin, the missing Ru ■sian mathematics teacher, and his family. The ~oviet Constl General reprted the ■ t.o the detectiYe bureau as missing persons. Sa ■ arin, his wife, their y eleeen year old ~aughter and t heir year-old twine, t latrina and Vladi ■ ir. The Police Department replied that it would work on the case. And what about Ure. Ioeenkina, the other rebellious Soviet teacher? The Soviet Conaul General in Bew York announced over the weekend that he had aucceeded in rescuing her fro ■ a band of White Ruaaiana who, he ■ aiai clai ■ 1, kidnapped her. further, he says he asked the New York police to coae to his aaeistance,on Saturday when he visited the Tolstoy Foundation at Valley Cottage, law Tork - a far■ managed by Counteaa Alexandra Tolstoy, ~ " daughter ot the eel • brated Ruaaian author ot War and Peace.• The Soviet Consul General states that the Bew York Police didn't arrive ■■ in time -- not until after he bad •rescued• his comrade, Mrs. ~OVIET TEACHER~ - 4 Iosenkin a . He told newsaen ' tonight, that Mrs. (osenkina is leaving for Buasia on the next boat. • hy not?• he says, •she likes Ruaaia.• As for Michael Samarin, the Soviet official proaised that he'll not give evidence before any A ■ erican congreasional co ■■ ittee. •That is out of the queation• he explained. •Be ia a Soviet citi1eal But Acting Chair ■ anCongre•a ■ an Mundt, of the Bouse-On-A■ erican activities coa ■ ittee ••1• that he knowa where Sa ■ arin and his ta■ ily are. Be deacribes the ■ as being sate under heavy guard. And he asserts that they will testify before bis co ■■ ittee -- if it can b-e •••• done without pro~okln1 - an international incident, was the way he put it. Meanwhile at Valley cottage Countess Tolatoy ad■ itted the••••••••• presence of an underground freedom to go back to their chain. • Buaaians who do not wish hoaeland -- pass~ the■ fro■ ;..._ one person to anotb P r. No one in the chain knowing where the next person will send the refugees. iAJIET ItACBEi~ - 5 The Countess said she t h ought•*• that Mrs. Iosenkina was terrorized by the Soviet fa officials who came for her. But she eaid ahe didn't rule out the possibility that the Soviet achool teacher, who allowed herself to be •r e scued• by the Soviet Consul, might haYe been placed at her tar■•• a atool pigeon; sent there to trace the link• in the anti-SoYiet freedom chain. lePIQIIAW4 ~ highlight or the ~ongre■sional apy inquir7 today was teatiaony of tbe ■J•*•J aystery wi taeaa - - ~~,it-~~~ -e..-e--. the man •hose story was supposed to break tbe wbole Soviet spy case •wide ope~•. The mystery witneaa turnJ.out to be Alexander loral, a fifty-one year 01<1 ••w Yorker. cai- Ioral alaoat didn't testify aft ■ • all. lben " be appeared before the co ■■ ittee early in the day, be aaid he waa waiting for bi• l~wyer, wbo baG taken a wren& plane, fro ■ lew York for somewhere. Arounu two o'clock the ■ iaain& !awyer turned up, with an explanati~e bad accidentally gotten aboara -e.v,_tA,.--t4 ~ ~ - ~ <l4t~a.d_ a planeA kan 1 for that cradle ot · Aaerioan liberty, tioaton. be. After a half hou:tirying to get hi■ to talk, the co ■■ ittee 1••• up. ■ hereupon the Coamitt•••• apecial investigator, ~ouia Kuaael, rea4 into the record a statement outlining loral•• allege4 work a• a courier for ~oviet spies. Toe staie ■ent told of Loral being approached in lineteen Thirty-line by a ■an named rrant, who 1ave bi- contacts with varioua people includin1 lathan Gregory 8ilvermaster, for■ er Coa ■ erce Department eaployee, who• ~lizabetn Bentley bas accusea of supplying infor■ ation to Muasia. • The Republic of Panaaa threatened witb in•asion. A newa dispatch reported today that the Panaaanian ~overnment is conaiaerin& conacriptin1 an aray -- for defenae. Panaaa baa no ar■y, ~ - onl7 a police force -- aoae two tbouaaad 1endaraea. lby all the exciteaent down there alona tAe defeated Prea1dential ~andi~ate · -- Arnulfo Aria. Aria cla1■• be won the election laat ■ ay, but taat be••• foxed out of it. lhen that happened be iaaued a procla ■ ation that he woulG be bact on October Eirat -- bact to clai ■ tbe Pre1idenc7. · Aad then off be went to Coata kica. Tbe Panaaanian ~o•ern ■ ent aa71 it baa found out tbtt Aria ri&bt now ia raisin& an Aray anu an Air force, for an in•a•ion, aettin& toaetber a banu of reYolutionairea and aoldier• of fortune. Meanwhile, the ao•ern■ ent ia Panama ~ity, baa sent envoys to iicaragua, in the hope of ■akiag an alliance with that country. All of which would scare 11,,s10~_ -2 Costa Mica, the threat of a two-front war. So, th• Pana ■ anian UoTern ■ent ia oonaideria& full 1cale aobilization. In tbe ■eantiae, arreatin& all who are known to be 1yapatbizera with the defeated Pre1idential candidate. All of which ' aouna• like there aa7 be 1tora7 da71 ahead in Central Aaerica -- with••••*• ■ore tale• of hi&h adTenture . fro ■ aoluier• of fortuae who fi&ht for the banana republics. At uenly-on-Tba■ es, ~ngland, today, the California■ ere• won the Olyapic eight oar rowing cba■pionship -- by one and a half lengths. Tbua scorin1 tb• sixth straight Oly ■ pic victory by A ■erican oaraaen 1ince Mineteen Twenty; and adding to our total of 1old aedala, which atanda at twenty-nine for thia Oly ■ pia. Here's a bit o1 inform a tion for any of you world travelers who may ha o pen hereafter to be in the city of New ~elhi, ~apital of India - on a Tuesday. lou'll find the bars closed. - J ■ i you won• t be ab.le to get a drink. Today, the legislature of newly independent lnuia voted t o have prohibition one G&J a week - Tuesday. by that particular aay? Heoause tuesaay ia dedicated to Hanuman, the monkey god. Hindu mytbolo&J has a curious lot of twists, and one of the xi strangest is the bimian U i vinity. Ancient Legend from the Holy Hooks, tne Vedas, tells how for fourteen years the monkey na ■ ea Hanu■ an was tne taitbful companion of the great Uo0 ~a ■ a, one ot the favorities in the Indian Pantheon. ~o Hanuman the monkey is orshipped along with the Lor d Rama, ana hereafter will be honored further by having Tuesday a day According to Senator Taft Mr. Tru ■ an now baa all the powers he needs to fight high prices. The Bepublican Party policy leade~, told newaaen today that the Ad ■ iniatration's further control over credit and inatallaent buying which••• given hia last week by the Republican Congress provide•*~• the President with aaple power to check inflation. Senator Taft charged Mr. Truaan with tailing to cooperate with Congress, even though the Republicans had sacrificed ■ any of their own · iew1 in order to present a United-foreign-policy-fro to the world.• The attitude of the President towar d Congress• continued the Ohio Senator, •1a a sad contrast to the cooperation which he has recei•ed - froathe Republicans - in the •~ole fieldot foreign As tor additional price controls whioh Mr. Truaan asked for and didn't get, Taft aays they juat will not work in peace tiae. leitber said he, will rationing or wage controls help us aol•e any bl I t d the w would cut down production. pro ems. ns ea ~ tQLITica - 2 •Prine control, i • f ever cla■ped down on ua in peace ti ■ e, would ean the end of econo ■ ic freedoa in the United States.• Those were his words. ~ The trouble between the Congress and the White Bouse, 1aid the GOP leader,••* ate ■• fr• •a tandaaental difference in govern ■ent philoaphy.• lhich, be went on, can only be settled •by a vote of the people - at the Noveaber election.• Democratic Chair■ an Boward McGrath countered Senator Taft's blaat by iaauing a statement in which be accused ta• Senator Taft of making political capital of the charge that the De■ ocratio party i• trying to avoid a repetition of the 0 breadlines, apple peddlara and bank l~tl failures that were the fruit• of what McGrath teraed 11a,1a,1a■a •Bepublioan nor ■ alo1.• Tbe word in laabin1ton tonight i• ~ that lr.Tru■an ia working on a ■■ final double- barrelled blaat at the GOP Congr•••• tor givin1 hi■ onlJ a •••lfortion of the •••epin1 anti• inflation powers be de ■anded ot the apecial ••••ion. IIAT A conau ■ er conte~ence in 1ea1ion at Cincinnati, today called on housewives to ,tart a aeat strike. No buying of ■ eat! Thie in protest against high prices. So tonight the orders are goin1 out, broadcast by houaewife ■ eaber1 of the conference, by telephone. Each conference ■ e ■ber ia telepboniDI ten other wo ■ en. Then each of the ten are to paaa the word on, and so on and so on. Buy no ■ eat? You can see where in a day or two every one with a telephone could be reached - fro ■ cout to coaat. And in a few days the prioe of ■eat aurely would take a nose dive. The strike we hear ia scheduled to continue tor ten days. And how about the husbands? 1111 they go tor ten daya without steaks and chops? Or •111 Uey atart a counter telephone ca ■paign. Tea husb a nd• phoning ten others and saying: •Bo• about eating downtown at Joe's Diner tonight?• And the ten othera telephoning ten more and so on! IIIIIAI - Mr. Tru■an told a group of bigb acbool &irla in laahinaton today that tbere i• a ••r11oou probabilit1, that a •o ■ an •ill one Uay be Preaiaent of tbe Ua1te4 State1. •If 7ou prepare Jourself properly,• tbe 111btenin& ■ aJ atrik• you,• aaia Mr.* Tru■an. Aa4 •• addedz •I ••••r tbou1bt it would atrik• ••, but 1 bere I \ ., aa ·- ...,,,, .. ...__•-:"'