GOOD EV,NING E V E RYBODY: lThis bas been one long day of riotin b i n ancient Rome. )op and down the streets throu g h which Brutus and Cassius fled after the murder of Julius Caesar, through which the Praetorian guards carried the new Eaperor Claud on their shoulde r s after kil l ing Caligula, tod a y sped Aaerican jeeps carrying police, scatterin mobs of rioting Communists. ( i t w as the beginning of the g eneral strike which the Reds have launched in a desper a te attempt to creat chaos and wreck the DeGasperi government before supplies a other help can arrive fro• Uncle Sa■ ) The Governaent bas mobilized troops as well as police; soldiers and sailors by the thousands armed with carbine s , tear as and hand grenades. ( The Italian governaent is followin tb lead of tbe Schuman Government in Jrance, mobilizin all the forces at its command in an tteapt to protect those who •a nt to wo1 ITALY - 2 __ __, __ Di Vittorio, supreme boa of Italy's unions, threatens uproar and confusion throughout the peninsula, if the government does not back down. The violence today spread to the floor of the National Assembly. Red Deputies attacking the Yinister of the Interior, who has command of the police, cal.ling •aurderer.• The mobs today had several objectives. One, the headquarters of the Christain Democratic - arty where they were driven off by the police. Others tried to raid anti-Communist newspaper offices. They also were routed. One hundred Red leaders decked themselves out in ara bands marked •civil police,• and used this aasquerade to intiaidate workers. They were arrested. All tbroggb the City on the S•ven Bills, police made arrests by the score. ( In spite of the large number of stri~ers, the prompt action of the forces of law and order prevented concentration of rioters - kept the striker n the move. Alar e proportion of the five hundr e d thous I!ALY -2 ----- did not show u for or tod y were de t a w ay against their will. any becuase transportation w s paralyzed. But, ten of thousands walked to wor and defied the Communists. Thousands of others rode to their job in truck convoys, J escorted by police guards and soldier. -----0----- From Leghorn~ comes the announcement that the last units of American troops will leave Italy on Sunday, to . coaply with the !talian peace treaty. ue a ving Italy virtually without protection, inca ~ e some foreign power intervenes. ~odge of Connecticut today aske the President to keep our troops in Italy to guard ~ainst interference fro Soviet Russia. Pointin g out that Yoacow has broken at least seven international agreements. This is no time, said the Connecticut Congressman, brother of Aenry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts, no time for ~ncle Sam to let his nands be tied by breements which the S~viets have violated. His protest w s of no avail. Of icials of both lIA~I - 3 the Army and the St a te Department announced that our overnment has no choice but to p ull ou . ~-~1t-~~,...._. ....... ~ -1 The only make it po leave an of the Italian go ernment and Ross bad execu ive comaittee contin e the strike th a t his Cbaaber on labor by a narro margin. for s requ st fact,, ed to I ~"'OUR ---------- Anoth r agreement by the Big Four Foreign inisters at Lon on. 111st ■aku■ Two in one wee k~-- e•\raeraiaary. And this on;., dispatches, \.1 itapas:fa Ai s really important. {1li,y the l- in t:111 ~decision to raise the limit of German steel produotio some seven and a half million tons a year, to eleveb w and a half million. The oostable to this one bas not been the Russians, but the French. Reds or no Reds, . the people of old Gaul cannot overceme their perpetu l consciousness of the German menaae.)But today French Foreign Minister Bidault gave in, after holding out for an entire year. PALE TIRE - - Since the United Nations voted for the partition of Palestine, a hundred and forty four Jews and Arabs people have -p erished, sixteen of them today. Forty-six people were wounded t , odey. (A Haganab convoy o eix trucks was taking food from Hebron to Jewish settl~men a . in the Judean HillsJ At dusk the convoy was ambushed, bushwhacked as we would call it in this country. ~rab■ fro ■ three sides fired on the trucks, killed nine Jew• nd wounded six;)including woman. One of the trucks wa1 forced over a ,w ■ tpt precipice. The Jewish police returned the Arabs' fire, but without any material Then again, (an Arab bus wae on its way to Ha it , when a boab was thrown, killed five Arabs, wounded thirty others.) In the same city, two Jews disguised aa Arabs, threw bombs into an Arab bus terminal, and set it aft ■ J afire, but without casualties. Two Arabs were killed in Jerusalem, and another in a ~us on its way to Jerusalem from Jericho. I In London today he Colonial Secretary made the grim prophecy th!t.the Uni ed NRtions Commission will have plenty of trouble when it tackles the Pale ine ask or partition -- creating two independP.nt states. He intimated that the commission will have to invoke the Security Council, which will mean subjectin1 the whole thing to Russia with its veto. Be recalled that the final vote in the U.R. General Assembly was close; reached only after ' bitter disputes. With the Assembly making no provision for enforcing its decision. The British intend to begin their i1i~i;l 8 lf troopl - in 1ebruery or larch. Then, on, or about, May First, the U.N. Commission will arrive in the Holy Land, and around May Fifteenth, John ' Bull will give up the mandate and the U.N. will take over. By August tiret, the British will have competed the wi hdrawal of · 11 seventy thousand of their troops. The Colonial Secretary rep ated that Brltian will iVACUATION FOLLO PALESTINE -2 ------ ----------- not share control of the Holy Land with the Uriited Natione or any other organization. Although between now and the termination of the mandate, he will continue to be responsible for law and order, firmly,• was the way he put it. • ■ z impartially and The Colonial Secretary's announc ment was part of the full dress Palestine debate that began in the Commons today. Be made the bitter remark that for the pert he has played in the his ory of Palestine, John Bull has received little gzai ■ x gratitude and has been ehemefully abused. ADD_EVACUATIOll Brit ih's announcement caused grave concern to the of'ficia.ls a nd leading delegates tot.be United Natio11a. John Bull's decision gives the United Nations Commission Peeksk in which to organize for the stablishment of the Arab and Jewish States. 'FOREIGN AID --------------- (In the Bouse of Representatives today, Spewker Martin made a surpris~ mov~) At any rte one that surprised opponents of the Emergency Aid to Europe Bil. {without any warning, he suddenly banged his gavel, and called for a voice vote. Opponents of ~he bill attempted to protest. But before they really could do anything, the Speaker' call fo a vote was answered by a loud chorus of ayes from both the Democratic and Republican sides of the Bouse. Said The Speaker, • •The bill bas passed~• 9ringing to an abrupt end th . e fight in · the . Bouse.) The House measure cells .for five hundred and ninety million dollars as emergency help for Western Europe. The bill now goes to conference, between House and Senate, where they will iron out the differences between the two versions, particularly the clause in the House bill which includes China. PRIC'FS ---~ President Truwan came to rips with Republican le ders today over their suggestion that the brakes might be applied to inflation by agreements among manufacturers and distributors to keep prices down. All of which would require some guarantee tbat Uncle Sam would not descend on them and apply any anti-Trust Laws. Under those laws, almost any agreement among manufacturer~ and distributors is illegal, whether. it be for good or for bad. That is, if they agree to keep prices down, they would be just as liable to proeecu ion as if they agreed to push prices up. Regarding this the President promptly announced today that he would enforce the anti-trust laws to the limit. In other words, so far as he is concerned there can be no checking inflation by agreement among those who make the prices. Except for that, the President declined to comment on the Republican program in fact. But, he indicated that he is not oo much interested in ·~. What PRIC'FS -2 ---· -- he wans, na urally, is to have his own proer m enacted into law, the progr m he outlined in his opening message to be peciAl session of Congress. Mr. Truman w nts , ha, to he letter -- every item of it. Bills incor or ing the Truman ten o·nts wi shortly be submitted to he lawmakers, and be ants , them passed without uestion -- without alter tion. To all of which he ot a ouick reaction. Senator Teft retorting that he simply doesn't think the President knows what he is talking about. And that even thought the President may not ~now it the Republican• are covering five or six of the points in the Truman program in the measures they are drafting. Congressman Wolcott of chigan, Chairman of the Hou e nking Committee, asked today jus how Ur. Tru ■ an e~pects to pu volunlary agreements into effect if he enforces the anti-Trust Laws rigidly in this crisis when everyone ants to do everything p~ssible to check inflatio FD PAULFY ---- ---- Tonig t., in ashinpton, Edwin W. Pauley, special assistant to Army Secretary Kenneth C. Royall, issued a Atatement on the eve of his renuested appearance befo~e the SenP e inv stigating Committee. Peuley defend· g his right to trade in commodities. The trouble st~rted when Harold F. Stassen wrote to House Leader demanding a congressional investigation of reports that federal officals and other 'insiders• are ree ing fortunes gambling in grain markets. Halle~k aesureJ Stassen that he had already begun conferences to have such inouiry made, but the Senate Committee beat him to the punch by questioning Royall closely about Peuley's financial activities at a regular beering today. Royall ex~lained that Pauley was deal ng in the commodity market when he was appotnted but hed promised to liquidate his holdings, aiiigai adding that ~he oil man ha d lived up to his agreement and w~s qel ing his w ■ itia holdings at a financi 1 sac~ifice, but the committee w s disse i fied and chairman Styles Bri ges told oyall to nroduce P&Jley tomorrow, on the sug e tion of Senator Ferguson. And so toniP.ht Pauley announced th the o~sidered trading in commodities just as •perfectly proper end ethical as any other form o~ business and investment.• Be says he decided to enter the market wll ■ • when he first realized prices were going hifher than they should be in comperiso~ ~ith the earnings of the average person. •Like many others•, he said, he decided to hedge against inflationary *•••••t tendencies to JZ■ J protect himself and family" becAuse he considered it •not only my right but my duty•. "" Be then disputed the claim of President Truman, one of his beet friends, that •gam ling in grain• is a chief cause of inflation. •I have holdings in grain.• said Pauley. In his statement as a businessman, I have dealt in grain for ma ny years. ixl I also deal in securities, petroleum, petroleum produc s, p oduct . s in ru er, oil, re al est.a~, and J..Vd a~ FD PAULEY - 3 --------- other leeitimate industries. The nation should~• not be deluded by he pretense the trading in commodities is the c use of the price situation, even though certain loose charges to that effect have been tossed ~ about some political parties and candidates.• A Tomorrow Pauley will appear before the SenRte c o m m i t t e e ~ to tell about his dealings in the coamodit~rl■lix•~■•t market and how he is _., liquidating them at whet he describesA•a very great ,, pereon&l loes~tc,:\R(M' In Portland, Oregon, th e wovernors of eight western states and Alaska are meetin to talk over the Marshall Plan and bow it will affect the West; with particular attention to the possibility of Con res appropriating extra money for western reclamation projects. The western states are hoping for special funds to launch and maintain new food-growing projects arshall Plan. to su p~ ort the In Washington, the House 1nteri>r Appropriations sub-committee, beaded by Con ressman Ben Jeasen, Republica of Iowa, will be called upon to ~onsider what some helieve will amount to a forty ailli n dol l r appropriation for reclamation to be applied tD the states of Washington, California, Utah, Colorado and Arizona. Said Governor Warren of California: •1 won't be discourteous to anyone who wants to talk politics to me, but, I have no political appointments during my visit in Portland.• Governor Wallgr e n of Washington, how e v r, did come out tod a y with a definite p olitic ~ l J ~ ement. He said he' iQ!IRBQR2 - 2 accept the D mocratic vice presidential nomination if offer . d him, because, as he put it, •the lest should be repr e sented on a presidential ticket.• lher 0 upon he took a pot shot at national politics which he described as retarding western deve~opment.• H said:- •congressmen tour the nation, declare they are inf vor of reclamation and power development. Then wen the chips are down,• said Governor Wail.gren, •they vote 'no•.• NI ITZ In a ouching ceremony at the White Hou e today, he nrincipal ~i~ure w s he dis inguished sailor who directed the victories of Uncle ,am's Pacific Fleets during the• r. Admiral Chester Nimitz came to pay his respeotq end say good-bye to his Command-in-Chief. Re found a surprise waiting for him. Instead of pinning a ourth distinguished service medal on the distinguished Admiral's chest, the President presented him with a go14 star. limitz also realtved a silver cigarette c~se given to him by tne joint chiefs-of-at•• staff and a signed photograph of President Truman. @Ye - . pecial Assistant to Secretary of Defense Forrestal and S cretary of the Bavy Sulivan.••~~ PigA-t--~-,.. For the next six months, said Ad iral Olt~ebep imit, he is going to turn from guiding Uncle Sam's la•1 to he job o • bab sitter. What be eent was bat he ie going to visi his daughter, Mrs. i•• Ja ■ es T. La, and h th h · 1..:i ♦ ... Diego. er ree c 1 <1rPn, ,a :";; An °94r••• n · nt r ting i covery reported from th e iberia. By an a rcbeological ■ jp expedition exploring in t h e A tai ountain, nol f a r from the Mongolian Bord e r. The sci en tists tell of coming up n a burial mound in which found a tomb containing the bo ies of a yo u ng girl md a young mar., who had been buri d with pomp and circumstance; found them in an almost perfect state of preserv ~ tion, although they were placed in the tomb twenty centuries ago. The ~irl in elaborate clothes, superb furs, surrounded by magnificent jewels. Food too -- including cheese so Pe~l preserved that some of the diggers tasted it and found it palatable. How come? The Russian scientists' theory is that thieves broke into the tomb and let in the icy win of he region somehow trRnsforming the tomb into a natural Siberian refrigerato~. The young man evidently had been ~illed; end when buried, a false bearn was fastened ar ound his chi~ ' There's a mys ery. P I ' C ---- a n no do ubt ~ill surpri ed to 1 arn th at the British Labor Gov rnment proposes to be gene r o us w i t the i r o ya 1 · i h n ea s es , the Duk e and Duchess of Ed ' nburgh, to the tune oft o hundr J t ho usand dollars ear. When they r etu rn from their h o n eymoon on Saur a , the birdal couple will be greeted by the announcement that t ~e ir country proposes to give them an income of some fifty thousand pounds her annua. A committee of the Bouse of Commons has been discussing the matter, a committee with heaYy ■ ajority of labor members. And the Committee proposal is that they raise Princess Elizabeth's allowance, which is now approximately sixty thousand dolla.rs a year, to a hundr e d and sixty thousand; and, pay the Duke forty thousand a year as her husban. In case she dies first, leaving an heir to the throne, his allowance to be raised to a hundred thousand a year as guardian of the heir. P I C ' ---- - - -- iL this three t 1ousand dollar a week the couple '-ill 1 v to pay t he upkeep of the palace in ~hich she lives, hich will be no small item. The Duk of Windsor has been telling us in his memoirs, in ife, ho most of tho se British palaces are obsol te, drau g hty, and rambling, even though some are impressive to the sightseer. The average American house ife, with her electrical refrigerator, electric or gas stove, one or two bathrooms,modern kitchen equipment, and so on, would moan at the thought ot having to keep house in one of those aaaz cavernous royal residences. Eapire is Being heir to the throne of even the Briti1b not all beer and skittles., i-4. '~ ~ . LTP.1947.12.11i.pdf LTP.1947.12.11ii.pdf