£, J. - Y.+S:J. !1Lv._J0t ~ J ~ - ~ 3, t'J lf ~ PALE"TIN~ ----- - In a l tine, w r has broken out a ain, a Je ish offensive launched in the Negeb) Israel tells the Unit d Nat.ions that Egypt has refused to agree to the peace negotiations ordered by the Security Council. liefice Israel has r~served "freedom of action". In p ractice, the mean : ng is a Jewish assault by land, sea and air against Egyptian p ■ ai positions in the Negeb. Right now the rainy season is on, and the southern desert is -- aud. Wet conditions have slowed up the Jewish advance -- which, however, is continuing. ll~~Lll The action of the Netherlands in Indonesia was assailed scathingly today before the Security Council of the Unite ~ations -- Australia speaking. The Australian statement . compare• the Dutch attack on the Indonesian pepublic with -- hat Hitler did to the Netherlands in Nineteen Forty. Australia is not represented on the S•••*i*J Security Council; but a · repreaentative of the southern continent was given per■ iasion to 1peat. Be denounced the Dutch action in these word•:- •a clearcut deliberate violation of the charter of the United Rations.• And he added: •1r the Council faces up to it, the consequences will be expuleion fro• the United iations.• All of which was echoed by Soviet Russia..,. assailing the etberlands. Out East, there were de ■onstrations today against Dutch consulates -- at Delhi in India, Rangoon in Burma. In I••• Java the ■ op-up by Dutch forces ~ goes on - - thtough they report stron g er resistance by the Indonesians. QBIMA News from China states that the lati o naliat ~overnment baa approached one of the big powers tor mediation, asking for help in arranging peace talks with the Co ■muniata. The whole thing ia reported in guarded and cryptic fashion. le are told that the suggestion ca■ e fro ■ one of the Four Big iower Eabaeaiea in ■ anting. tile ~umor says -- the Soviet Eaba1ay. The auggeation, .,.. that the Chinese ~overnaent should approach another one of the Big four Powers -- asking tor diploaatic help in contacting the Co ■ muni1ta. Aa for the identity · of thi• other big power, we are not told. But we do re ■ e ■ ber recent report•••• about Aaerican Officials in connection with negottations between the lationalists and the Reda. There were Aaerican denials at the tiae, and today• a word from lankin · g states that the big power, when ap p roached, answered -- no, refusing to take a hand in arranging a meeting with Chinese leaders. this rather aysterious account waa the ■ ain ~lllliA • 2 theme of ta l k in Nanking today; &A" overshadowi;,"tl« " news from the war front. The war news however, was nothing aucb -- fighting having bogged down onf■ilitary front north of Manking. IQJQ fro ■ Tokyo co ■ es word about the last hour• of the Japanese War Lords who were hanged. The atoey is told by the Buddhist Monk who gave thea the laat rites of the ancient religion of the far Eaat. lie aaya that only one of the ae•en expreaae4 repentance -- General Itagati, who waa conde ■ ned for torturing and star•ing priaonera of war in tbe Eaet lndiea. The other• were defiant, inoladin1 Tojo. In the prison chapel, the Pearl Bar,or Pre ■ ier joined other ■ in abouting •1aaaa1• and tbea went to the 1allowa. In tb~ir laat hoara, each of the lar Lor41 ooapoaed a poe ■ -- according to Japan••• tra4i\loa. Theae they banded to the Buddhiat lont. lbat 414 Tojo write? In the abort terse fora ot Japan••• •erse, bi• p••• reada: - Farewell to all, For today l croaa the earthly ■ountaina, And gladly go To the folda of Buddha. 0 - Thu• departed the ~~ief of the lar Lorda, who IQJQ_ - 2 1 et the ~aoific aflaae with war, and brought their own country to utter defeat. l.Afil There •as a political overturn in Japan today. The Parliaaent, the Diet, took a wote of no- confidence against Premier Yoahida - whereupon the Preaier iaaediately diaaolved the Diet. ~4~ ae4• - a ew lational electien, l r i h . ~ be held, A probably, toward the end of Januar7. This political upheaval followed acandal1 involving aeabera of the Uiet. roraer Preaier Ashida waa char , ged with accepting a bribe, and pu\ in jail. Even ■ ore aenaatibnal..,. waa the caae ot the ror ■ er Miniater of Fina n ce, I1u ■ i7aaa, who got into the headline• when he••• aoca1ed of •■bracing and trying to ~ias a yoaan •••ber ot the Dieti ~ oaua~o end ot talk iD Tol:Jo. It appear• that the for ■er Finance liniater waa drinking Saki, Japaneae rice wine - and the Lady l■li ■ ia■xlolitician, beraelt admitted, that ahe ~ .. , too had a couple ot cups of ~cbtt Whereupon, in the lobby of t~e Japanese Parliaaent, I1u■ i7a■a aade deaonstraiione of . violent affection -- and th• lady aade an uproar. That sort of thing would see ■ to belong in the gar~ens of ro ■ ance, and not the arena of politic,. But the l o kyo newa tells ua that the ardora of isu■iya~ large par\ oYflturn, leading to new electiona. Saki•drinkin1- in today'• Leta hope that the Japaneae Yotera, 1oin1 to the polla, will caat their ballot• for oan4i4atea who don't think the i ■perial Diet •••n• - A liet • of Saki. 4nd who don!t aiatake the lobby of Paliaaent for a ■oonlit aTbor of 1entiaental The s p y atory tonight features teeti ■ on1 of Former Assistant Secretary of State Francia B. Sayre, aon in law of ioodrow ilaon. Be appeared before the Coa■ ittee of On-Aaerican AotiYities in Washington today, and ga•e ••ide•c• about the -- •Puapkin Papera.• ~ · ae was aaked to identif7APuapkin Paper• aa ba•ing been taken troa hi• office. Upon exaaining the~ he aaid he could not anawer n tbe ca1e of ■oat of tbea. Tbe1 had been in bia - office, but copiea bad circulated in otber otfio•• of the State Depart ■ ent. - ~ i d identify three of tbe pu ■pkin paper• aa haYing been atolen fro• hi• office. Thia be knew, becauae they bore hi• official ataap. Ke explained that so ■e of the docu■enta had been copied and banded around to ~her officiala. But other• were not, and these were officiallJ ataaped. Be aaid; •My ataap wa• put on a docuaent, when it ca■ e into ay office -- and it did not lea•• •1 l§PlOIAGE ~-~ office until it waa taken out and burned.• On that ground he told the newa ■ en: "I a■ convinced that there was theft, i ■proper dealiir-'1-- and that a cri ■ e of reat gra•ity •a• co ■aitted.• tie confir■ ed the contention that only tour peraona had acceaa to the three docu ■enta -- bl ■••lt, his wo ■ an aeoretary, his alliatant Alger Ki••• aad liiaa•a own aecretary. Copiea ot the others ■ igbt h••• been traaa ■ itted by other people, but those three with hi• own sta ■ p were acce11able to tour peraona only. So ••1• the Por■ er Aaailtant Secretary ot Sta~•- ABMEP FORCE~ A late atory tonight telle of a pay booat recoamended for the Araed Service•. Secretary of Defenae rorreatal iaaues a report of a aurve1, a report indicating that aoldiera, aailora and airaen in tbe aervicea ahoald 1et aore money. So the reooa■ endation i• -- a hike avera1in1 fif\een per cent. Other benefits for aervice aen are ~ auggested, the whole thin1 to coat a total of aoae ailliona of dollar• a'year. Secretary rorreatal told a•••• oonferenc• th• reooameadationa will be aubaitted to treaident Truaan. iADI,ATlOI_BX.1BDIESS The news tonight brings a new angle into that story which could be so tragic - radiation blindneas. The threat• of sightless darkneas for pioneers of Atoaic Science. •e heard several daya ago - how five A■erioan Physicist, who did early work in Ato ■ ic Reaearah, are developing cataracts. leaning - eventual blindness. But n~w the •~rd ia that their eyeaiab\ can be aa•ed - b7 the uae of artificial lenaea. That ia, the cataract• can be re ■ oved by aur1er7, and lenaea of glaas oan be aabatituted. The newa tonight give• vivid detail• in the dra■ a of thoae Ato ■ ic Scientist• of the early daya. Early days aeaning - aa recently aa ten year• ago. That'• bow new atoaic reaearch ia, a product of tbe laat few yeara. They took what the news diapatcb calla •foolhardy risks•: They ai ■ ply did not know the effect of radiation on the eyea. 1 ' bey were working with Cyclotron•, aachines that aplit the ato ■• We IAPIAT1CI BLIJIIESs.~ 2 re ~ all how leas than ten years ago the lobel Pria• waa awarded to the Cyclotron creator - Dr. Erneat Lawrence of the University of California. They neYer gueaeed the effect ot high apeed neutrons. lhich are uaed in splitting the ato ■• le are told of Atoaic Scientiata who ooked into beaa, of neutrons - staring right into the radiation. The1 didn't know that neutron• haYe a deatructl•• effect on cell• in the huaan eye - the cell• that ■ ate . up the outer surface of the eyeball, the natural lena. The effeot waa not i ■mediate - it waa gradual. Tb• full 4eatructi•• effect doea . not ahow up until 1lx to ten yeara afterward. So already ti•• of tbe Atoaic Pioneer• ha•• cataract• - threatened with blin d n•••• But her••• the angle of hope. The Atoaic Radiation affect• 10 ■• kinda of cell, but not otber1; lor ' exaaple, while the len1 of the eye ia daaaged - thereat ot the eyeball, like the retina, 1 8 aade of cell• that re1i1t the Ato■ ic radiation. brain. ~o do the nerve cell1, and the ~•111 of the RADIA!ION BL!!DNESS -__J But suppose th i s wee not the caae. buppoae that all those other cells were da■ aged by the rays. I ■ agine what would ha•e happened to the Physicists who atared into the bea ■ • ot high apeed neutro&a. E7e1, nervea, brain, ■ ight ha•e aone. ~oaething to re ■ ind ua or the rtata tatea by the aodern wizard• who delve into the unkaowa, the secret• of nature, with uDknown perila. But that aort of Abfaal' tragedy did not happen. Only the lena of the eyea affected, oat- aracta developing e•entually - aad tbe blind•••• can be averted by the uae of artitical l•n•••• Today's infor■ ation, e ■anating troa th• Biology and Medicine Diviaion of the Atoaio Inergy lo ■■ iaaion, reainda ua that ao ■• ti ■• •10 Ty Cobb underwent a aucceaatul operation for aataracta. After bi~ retireaent fro ■ the ga■e, that pladin of baaeball ~layer•, waa threatened with blindness - bis aigbt aaved by aurgery. So Ty Cobb ~~ l f hope in the caae of rnow cited aa an exa■ p e o I-. BISCOE The Ravy to the rescue of The Air Force. In Washington tonight it was announced that The Saipan is leaving Forwalk, Virginia, tomorrow, with helicopters aboard. This tiae Naval and Marine flJers will see if they can rescue the eleven man ■ arooned on the Greenland ice-cap. Tonight wind• up to a hundred ailee an hour, and ■ ore, are blowing across that lott1 se•en thousand foot ice plateau. The Air rorce bas aaae ■ble4 quite a variety of rescue craft both in Greenlan4, and Labrador. A four-engine C-54, gliders, two helicopters, and a four engine transport plane equipped with skis and rockets for an assieted take- off. So far the winds have been too strong. 11th huge snowdrifts pulin~ up. The men have moved from their igloo -- BJSCUI - 2 made of blocks of ice, into a plywood house dropped in sections, by parachute, and assembled on the ice. They say they are warm and comfortable. All set for the winter. But with no desire to stay there! The latest: The Air Force hopes to have another go at it tomorrow. Then if they don't succeed they'll drop a Christmas tree and eleven turke7 dinners, plus Christmas gifts from home. When will the Navy arrive? The Saipan hopes to be off Greenland by next Wednesday. TRUIIA! Preeident Truaan ie oller•ing the Yuletide Season; - wbich,is okay. But you can overdo thinga, even in celebrating Chri1t•••• Too aacb can tie too auch. A newe diapatcb fro ■ Independence, liaaouri, atatea that the President slept late today - a thing unheard ol in the caae of ~-.,,.,.~ that jets 1 •~ early risera, Barry Truaan. · 1 !'bi1 aorning h• lolled in bed, and didn 1 t get up - until eiabt ~ o'clock. lhicb certainly would•••• to be carrying thing• too far. Ordinarily, tb• Pr · ••iclent ia up at about 1ix a.a., and tat•• hi• •~rning oonatita,tional, walking a couple or briat ail••• Be ia tbrouah with that well before•••••• and then buckle• down to work. But &oday - aad to relate, Chr.iatsa5ooaea bat . once a year, and a lot , can be forgiven. A fellow ~~ b · t 1 --.... 7 -agine a allowed te aleep a 1 onger • .,.....,.. - ~ not getting up until eight/ However, upon arising - the Pre1ident did IBVNAB ;- 2 atrike out for his two-aile walk - atriding tbrou1h the atreeta of Independence tor a atrenuoua twenty- five ■ inutes. After that he drowe to laaaaa City, where be baa a hotel rooa for a teaporary office •• ~~ _ . pluaged into official buaineaa.,~sza A That ia to be applauded - but, aa tor that aleepyhead buaineas· of not gettiag ap antil ei1bt .e..n... ~ ,. 1., «iAalM w.l. . abould •••d the Pre1ideat a A- .I\ •••••1•, reaindinc hia of the old aa1cin1 •1ar.l,: to bed, early to riae,• and ao onT IPO§li In Pocatello, Idaho, tonight they are talking about a aoose. A big f ellow who doesn't 0 lite auto m obiles. Last night Lynn Carter of Idaho Fall1, pulled up on the road to Pocatello when be aaw a 1iant aooae in hia headlights ; But the aooBe didn't. Instead, he lowered his horns and charged. The moose won. Car daaaged. Moo1e eYidentl7 ••~• readJ tor ■ ore. Anyhow he charged a second auto. lnd then aablt4 off, to tell the 1tory of hi• two •ictories to anJ other