f, 11 Al L .k U A --------- l h e r i l r o ads 1 1 o v ert e cou ntr beg a n to s low · down tod a y, e t tin ready f or t h en t i nwide stri k e set for dawn on iuesday. ~ever a l o f the JI.Q-N:W&f com p anies - have ordered a g ener a l lay-off o f ~ employees, to ~ i\ ~ start i"uesday.~. ~ f t h e strike comes, =a aillion I\ two hundred thous a nd trainmen will be out o f worr, and our rail system w ill be out o f a ction. · 1 onight, sixteen ■ajor railroads ~:~"J. "Ill ~ i s b a b l e r eight/ i'PH M,aJ,p li■N""t' ~ . . . . . ,11,r91 h lie. 1~ ~ . . S o ~ ~ -8-.f!. elfec.tri•• fro ■ aidnight/\ ~ t r , r 8'-..,_-t.b•••-le nca. lifestock er- f a ~ stranded ~ - - & • ~ ~ ~i~~~. on the tracks,-if the fc,,, .J 0- At the moaent, there seeas little hope for a ,-aeet'ti aettle■ent. "o•ever, to■orro w ~~ will -8..(. o.. ~ . .. · b. t t if h ■ •e a rrit":.4±1).e). meeting in was 1n on,-- o see an agreement can be reached., aai t,ll,e--et11i1te- -e•e-.194. rre s ident T ru ■ an says the u overnaent is doing everythin g it c a n ; ~ ~ wit h in the p rovisions of the ttailw a y uabor ~ct- ieanwhil . , th e word is th t t h e RAl1.,RUAlJ~ - 2 ----------------- ttiilroads will be seized/if the men and the ~ompanies ~ come to terms, -- uncle :, m to run them during the emergency. to which, a J ~lover of the ~witchmen•s ' Union comments .. ·1 · hey wii.11 need a lot of men to run the railroads•. L TI --------- n ly n ays 1 ft f r Gr t B r· n pul s Jut of th Holy La i e ys! At F lu hing t · f t rnoon, t e fifty- i ht na ') G neral As em ly of the nit P ati n lemnly approved the p an for an Em rgency Mayor of Jerusalem; to be ppointed by the Briti s h b fore they leave. hat ill he do - or try to do? (eep the precious w ter supply running! Jerusalem would be a plague city without wat r. An of course handle the problem of sanitation. No authority to maintain la and order. And that drew bitter comment from the French delegate.The Mayor, as he put it, will merely have the power to clear away the bodies or the Arabs and Jew. Then he pressed the Assembly to give the mayor the backing of a police force, and sol iers, with which to keep the peace . But, on this he" 8 over-ruled. The only concessi n the As embly would make was to accept a resolution by the Australian el e gate to give further s tudy to the prob em of maintaining law and order in Jeruealea. News from Beirut, Lebanon, that the Arab states have given up trying to agree on a truce. Iini Abdullah app rently impatient, has recalled hie Foreign Minister from the Beirut conference. Where- upon the meeting broke up. The Araba 1ay there will be no ■ore atte ■ pts to consider a truce, not on their pa rt. The French l • • ~ e Beirut new,paper •te101r•, carries a story about an Aaertoan 4iploaat fro ■ Cairo who flew to Daaaacua during tbe la1t t enty-four hours. The paper 1ay1 he handed the representati••• ot the Arab 1tate1, certain secret American truce proposal,. These, ••1• tbe new1paper were that the Arabs •••I should accept a U I Palestine truateeahip for one year with a truce for that tiae. the tritish mandate Z so z t;llln extelsion[t r ten days r a month, t put ABDUL L AH - 2 -------- eep each othe sand the ,,)' rabs from the m~me Whereupon, Abdullah, in angf recalled hi1 delegate. The newspaper quotes Abdullah aa saying h* will give the Jewe one •1ast chance• to become citizens of Palestine under Arab so•ereignty. · The news wire fro ■ Da ■aecua also aaya that the Arab nations haYe patched up their difficultuee - even though some of the ■ were not entho1ia1tic o•er ling Abdullah'• plan for creatin1 a Gy-eater Syria. And t h e r e ' s ~ word on this .jillt ..,_tro• Washington. That~th Araba and Jewa hawa rejected an•• American plan tor a truce in Palaatin•~ So the Beirut newspaper ■ ay have had a scoop on thia. BERLIN In Berlin today, the Rue,ians came up with a new cure for a strike. The workers at a Soviet-controlled factory threatene d to quit work. 9•rSatd they weren't getting enough food. 'n1 Russian manager heard them out, then read them a lecture on how the Soviet liked to treat its workers; bailing the man who does the Job aa the most illportant IIMlber oi society. All of which appeased the German workers• pride, but ~ . 11• •t ••tuf) their appetites. I\ When the ■anager _ . t1.n11hed, they nre still elf(_ . . --~•• to atrike~r:-.ftle 1181'11lger tried ap1n•.-"Wbat JOll wnt, • A A. be said, "11 a ••cation, a tree trip. That•ll put JOll rl&bt.• ~ A A - h i ~ ~ . 1111 111 -leN ...,, ... ,-.....,....';f who wanted a tree trip to report to the ottice \;he next 110ming. When t~e workera who decided they would like a vacation·turned up, theJ wel!'given a one-wa, ticket to Siberia. A tree trip to the salt mines!- / \ an old Russian custom. ~Lil- John ioster vulles wants uncle ~a• to create a new Governaent epartaent to fi g ht Coaaunist propaganda here in aaerica; and to expose Coaaunist actiYitiea all round the world. vulles says we need - •a ~ 9 partaeat of •on-ailitary vefense so that we can fight the ~o••••i•t on the aaae level where they are aaking auch pro1r••••• To aeet the aeda on coaaon ground and figb · t the■ •i tb , . their own weapon ■• •~fa bo••• ia aeaaoed by ■ ice: aaid tie, •Jou don•t barn it dowa to get rid of the ■ ice, and yoi 4oa• aped aeaeJ repairing the wood the aio• ana••• a••1• 1011 1•t a oat•. a,eating in I tort toaiglt the lep•blioan Par\1' Foreign Policy Adviaer criticised our •toice of Aaerioa• overseas radio prograa. lot powerful enough, said~ •• •Its abort waYe liapiaga• being scarcely beard oYer the flood of Coaaunist propaganda · flowing oYer the airwar• of the world. Our Job ia to put on a aore conTincina radio ahow,-.and reach more people. l1!1a Foster Dullea says that we should be able to have peace without burning up the world with an at atoaic war. Instead of pouring out billion, of dollar, to repair the daaage of war, after the hara ii doae, •• we'd do auch better to catch the 1ubaer1ive eleaeata who are gaawiag away at the fouadatioa of tree 1ociet1. Catch the■ with that goveraaeat cat he waata to hire -- that Departaeat of lon-lilitary Def••••· ••• can have peace•, 1a71 Dullea, •It we 1hoe the world that we can win the kind of warfare C•••••i•• ie wa1la1 agaia1t ua•. le •••t atop loaauaiata over- throwing 1•••raaeat1, and we •••t ,trite a•antm iateraational balaace b7 showing the Red• that we caa ti1bt their way, and lick the■• lhen ~e do t h ; f ; t ~ ~ · ~ we ahall be ia sight ot a 1eauine peace. There's to be an election in Korea on Monday. The first election ever held in the ancient kingdoa of •Morning Cal■•, -- the oriental naae for ~orea. But there isn't likely to be a great deal of Morning Cal ■ in lorea on Monday, when those nine aillio lor•••• go to the poll1.tber to••ote for two buadre4 caadidatea for the aew lorean latioaal Aaaeabl7. A4aiapatcb fro■ Seoul, the Iorean capital, aaticipate1 Monday's election as being far fro■ a peaceful affair. ~ loalcow has giTea orders that thia deaocratic electioa in South Iorea •••t be a ■ aahe4. The Reda are cbargin& that the United States ia hol4ia1 it to ■ ate an A ■erican colony of the southern part of that countr7. The Reds haTe no candidates on the slate. All tbr _ e ~undred and ninety-one aspirants for the new lorean Congress being anti-Coaaunists. But the Red• are threatening to aaaah the polling booths in order to ■ ate it iapoasible to count the vote,. The lorean IQBli - 2 CreWJ!l ■oderates are sayin g that they can cope with th Reda, and that the ! i l ! ! will be counted. The election to be conducted on Aaerican line,. According to the new1 dispatch, a nybody can be a candi- date, in any district he likes, no re■ idential quali- tioationa. Yo,uat gat two hundred trieada to 1i1n a noainating p•tltioa; and get aoae picture• of yourself to pin up o•taide the polliag booth,. Voter• who caa't read to ~ote for the faces the7 faac7. Anyone o••r tweat7-one oan •ote in thi1 forean election -- oaly crl■iaala an4 Japaae1e collaborator, barred. Tho•• who caa•t read or write to ■ark their ballot• with their tb•abp,inta; --after choaing candidates tro■ the pict•r••· Two of the leading candidates are alu■ni ot Aaerioan collegea. Singaan Ree of Princeton and Bar•arcl, aad Danny Choi of Springfield College, Mass. These two are contesting for the saae seat. Singaan, a hot h · already a presidential candi- faworite, 10 hot that • 11 date. Be says he's!!!! the next president of Iorea will be a Bar•ard aan. r The in the world Singapore. Mayor of one of the m ost picturesque citiet is •~ in Ne v , Yo r k t o d a y , Mr • K • C • Le e , f r o ■ Since tho s e fateful days w hen the Japa overran the Malay Peninsula, so much kas happened, and the world has been in such a state, that most ot us bav lost track of Singapore. About all we remeaber is that ii was a major disaster at the time. The big Briti1h naval guns were pointed out to sea, the Jape caae troa the opposite direction, b y land; the British were overwhelae4, and so far as Asia was concerned, the White aan sustained one of hia heaviest blows when thl Britiah surrendered at Singapore. I'•• Jaat been talking with Mr. I. C. L••• aa4 ht tells me that if 1,ou were to drop in at Singapore tonight, 7ou'd hardl7 know there had ever been a war. The British are there a1ain, ju s t as before. that did the Japs d~ with that famous statue of Sir Stamford Raffles, the man who played such a great part in creating Britain's empire in the East Indies? Did the7 melt it up or saash it up? Not at all. I. C. Lee says they took it to a museum and now the British have put it back on its pedestal in that great square at Singapore. Oh yes, he • says you'd get quite a shock when handed your bill at ht, 1 And' ,f you're a your o e . • world traveler, 7ou know •bat hotel -- the Raffles,one of the most famous in the world. Be says prices have gone up there, until now, the1 are charging thirt7-five dollars per day in our ■ one7 for a rooa. I. C. Lee is an extraordinar7 aan. Be ie Chinese. Bat then, most of th• people in Singapore are fro■ China, eYen if it is a Kala7 cit7. The lala7s neYer baYe been ■acb interested in work. The7 live on the Equator where . it's eas7 to keep alive. food on nearlf every tree; and tor clothes -- all 7ou need ia a sarong. So, the Chinese are the workers, and have . most of the ■one7. llr. Lee, although a law7er, as well as a political figure, is also a rubber magnate. I believe i■ be is the largest exporter of rubber in the world. Much of the rubber in the tires on which you ride __ if 1 ou're using natural rubber -- And comes from his plantations. ixx!k•~• were those priceles rubber plantations demolished by the Japanese? lot at all. For the most part they were left untouched. Mr. Lee has just been telling me about the horror of the Japanese conquest of Malaya. You will recall that the Japanese army was under Yamashita who, after the war we executed in the Phillippines as a luaber One war criminal, because of the atrocities committed by his men in the - Philippine Islands. Ir. Lee ••1• the a\rocities at Manila were nothing~ co ■pared with Singapore. Be tells me that Yaaashita slaughtered . the Chinese by the tens of thousands; as be puts it -- -- without rhyme or reaaea • . In fact, story of how number of who murdered d happened. By th the soldiers c in a large w why they were b But, were hours late, knowing what the Japanese e tired and simply told the ■ to go home -- they apparentl7 had killed enough fer the day. / ' Ir. Lee ia here in the studio with me. le are going out tor a Chinese dinner. I asked hia a ■oaent ago what he thoug~t about t • talk ot war ia the air, here in thla , aa4 I aa •••• 7oa'4 appreciate heariaa hia repl7, 4irectl7 troa I bl■• loul4 10• ■ ia4 repeatina it, Ir / Leet --o-- I P, 1,111- Ob, aerel7 thia, 11.r ~ Thoaaa, I 414a't bow there wae a war ,care oat in 11naapore. I aa IL prl••• to bear 10 auoh talk ot it Aad the onl7 explanatloa '2' I caa liYe tor it 11 thia: iAS A■ericana, •• a natioa, are extre ■ el7 rich. And that la wh7 7oa•re ao aneaa7. It'a the rich ■ aD who 1• alwa71 the ■oat tearful. I --o-- L.T,i- I add that 11r. Lee himaelt is one of the I might , world's t7,coona. But, be thinks that aost of the world la poor in comparison with America, and the poor ■ an doesn't worry too much about war because he hasn't much to lose. !Ill . . . . \odQ YOW apprGYal ot • blll M ,,.,u.. .,....,.i .. -~ors.-. Bil •lib' ... .,. .. ad - - - - - 111111• 4ollan 1,-Ul•llr. allolet '° l1r , _ . a,ra,1111, , . '- a11n • .Jel ftllaleN, ... Jet , rlll '"• 11 NPlw • · - rJr ''" 1, - .... • t1111 .,..,am, . . 1a ... ..., , te wte 1,. al•nllr ii •••t Mi. ........ llllfll IOIIU bl t1a4 a SeeNtar, of state llbo 0Ollld IQ "lo• lo Stallil. it ba, Dln7, 11 eleeted PNl1d•t • ... pr_,Jt EE■lt NIia -tor ......... 11111 11111 hlte al Jill . . . . . . , et Stale. lolll ft1C1lll11~ 11111 11111 ,_._ 11111- aft 111111 ••• ( =■ftllll• - , l l ffllfllSIII -, ... •t. Iii Ona• fl'III ol'r '° olt7, ta* olt-tuld.aald - , ; elfflll . nine today -- IPNOMI • ftlelclQ, IWII , - . . . , ; 1P,a11allt •ldal ---~ .,_q ... ,,..) . Dolnl a lot ot 118nd-lbattill; -,1111 ---■ad■• !ellial t111a b11f bl mt■ Ollel• S• to .... tm ■Spt:te1t - · - 2 all' tore• 1n tlle worlt; Ul4 d1ao•••1111 Id.a 14•• • beplill . . ,.. •• ,, fonllal. lal'-1 . . . . . •t ...... At t..kaa, °"1111, 1111 lonlllff pt 11111 . . , , . , f/6 ,-11,i, -.a 0He1t ••ter la tbl _ _, - lta ad.Ill, a 1111,,,..e.r1w-,-.-eu ••-- ot u. cs.911 . .... 1111 _, Illa tint NM ,.. .. , brr 14.Atllll la . , . , • • ---◄ , • • . . . . . . . . . . . 111111 . . . . ,.. ....... . Fro■ Iodiak, Alaska, tonight co■es new ■ ot a tr.I- . ahip trapped in the ice•w~fl Bristol Bay; aad gradually being crushed as the riaing wind dri••• the iceN9•• acroas the bay. Thirteen ■en aboard the caanery. tender, •Tootaie•, the ship ia ar••• danger. Two ••arch planes seat oat this afteraooa, to leoate th• exact poaltloa ot t h e ~ . ••r• 4rl••• haok h7 If, weath•rt ,, Toaiaht the Coast G•ard at Cold Ba1 deapatohe4 •11tteraweet• titted with•• icebreaker wtth411,n -...~ ••••••• bopea to N ••I:• •• force Mar~ tbro•1II tlle ir•,■-e nr':auN Haa •••hlll~ •T oobte•. :nsz.~ I •• .. •••kal -401aa 1 \ ■•~• i~ .... , ••• l•i•I M ~ - - • 4epth ohara•• to blaat a path through the lo, to •••h •h• •ht••••• ■ 1•.aneM the atricken ship, Lrlu..a.AIII~ ~. ro* " being alowly oruabed by th~ae"Nili, = u--. LJCI This next itea of news causes me some eabarrasement. Because it's about a word that la bal4 to be too 1candalous for a aeaber of the Federal Power Coaaisaion to utter. low if it'a that auch of a••• word -- ho• can 1ou ••1 it on the radio? Yet dut7 co ■pela •• to continue with thi1 4lapatcb froa Washington, which tell• how to4a, a• witneaa before a Senate Couittee ar1a1d a1aiaat tie · •ppointaant of Thoaaa C. lachaau to the ¥aderal Power Co ■al11ion. Th• wltnes1 told the Senatore that tile no ■ inatlon 1hoald not be coafiraed, bacaa•• luohaau had •••4 t■1■■z■ lan1aa1e not fit for a ra4aral offlel to attar ia publlo. So what was tbe horrendou1 epitbett We've 1ot to get around to that 1oone~r later, anAkta afraid I•• oo■pelltd to enunciate the , . ,,.;.6.;J-- forbldden word/right owt A-- on the radio. The word -- lice. On one occasion Buchanan spoke of what he called •that breed of legialative lice known as lobbyi1ta.• Soae of the Senators toda7 were not so terriblJ 1hocked. Tobe, of lew Hampshire declared that even J,IQI - 2 atronger language has been heard in the Onited State, Senat.• itself. Well, all I can say is that Buchanan, who waat1 to aet on the federal Power Co ■■ ission, ■ i1bt ha•• pla1•4 aafe in taltla1 about lobby ata. Be ■ i1ht lanx ha•• aaid it in Latia. The acientitio Latin tor tlle I . I for,lllea wor4 la p94101li or, ■ore preol1el1, ••~•--• •tt\l•t•\1. So I aho•l4 ad•l•• Brotber l•ohaaaa • to ••••4 bl• p•r•••olo11aa4111 -- •that '•••4 of I 111l1latl•• 11110111 •••tl••P\i taon •• 10,,,1,t,.• . .