00 y ') y : I am br o 1ng fro st o n, en v · nia t.oni ~ ro :n E. a n uet t a b e. h o cc a sion, the n inau ur ' o n o P s i d ent of o o f he reat colle es f Ame ica, named after the arquie 'Lafayette. Lafayette hi elf p resented his own sword to Lafayette Colle e. Th new Presiden installed here tociay is one of the b es due ors int e country - already with a top reput io n , as r si d nt of l'ashi ton and Jefferson. Gen ral •, a d i r ls - I' 11 refer to one of them later - some of at on, e n a i o n's usiness leaders, like Thomas J. h o is sitting beside me, a.d four or five hundred pr i d ents an d re re e nt tives of ot r colle es in a o un d us a t his Pnd uni r i i e here; si ban q u b -"- . ne o f them, Pre • i ent o Johnson of 'F - I'\ =- - .:. - Te pl h .. a " . m t o t. ' t h at h i p . ' ~ · l el hia, ' h e 0 0 h m E. horn o f th Unit ati o ns secre l t , co n i and a em 1 . Bob J o hns o n used to be h o n b o n m y b 11 m, the ine Old Men, so for h i m , n for Sunoco sponsor s I'll ut in a boost f or PhilEdel hia . The d e iPion i oin o be raade soon on wh th r Ph i lad el p hi a will , et it, or Sen F rancisco, or H de Park , or om o h r p la c . hy n o t E an ton, Pr i a en Hu chis on? s I men io ned ni ht before as t, the On i ted a ions is l oo kin for a general seer tary, • and perha p you ·oul handle tha ssi n ent as well as be the ne P si d nt of Lafayette. nd no b news of the world , a it bas been comin in o m over sp c i 1 wi e here at Easton. The lat e st a bout Labo r 1s the pro apeot o f a strike vote 1n the world ot ateel. C IO President llurray announoed late th1a afternoon that the ateel workers unions will requeat a atr1ke •ote, 10 aooordanoe w1 th th e prov1a1ona ot the Sm1th-Oonn&111 act. 'l'he Tote will be take n among seven hundred thouaand worker• in the at.eel, al\llllnua, A 1ron f/11111. o re indu1tr1e1 to baok a demand tor a wage lnoreaae of two dollar• a day. The 1t.r1ke Tote in the auto11obile plant• ot Chry-aler haa Naul te4 1n a twenty to one maJor1 ty - - A maJor1 t1 tayortng a atru .. lo now the Ohryaler eaplo1eea Join with the worker, ot Chneral lotora ti> ill authorizing the autoaoblle union to call the ■en out - , entorot.. a nge ratae, a thirty peroent boost. Regotiat1ona between General Kotora and the Union were l'lllned toda.1 - - w1 th the Union demanding quick aotlon. senn -- In the London House ot Commons today, the Foreign Secretary ot tht Labor Government 1nted a sombre picture ot proipeota 1n Europ•• Alld Erne at Bevin Plfe•d a large share ot the blame tor evtl oond1 tton, The Foreign Secretary toreseea approaching d11aater on the oont1nent, a dieaater of tam.1.ne. 'Hunger and privation, • aald he, •-, br\ng further h loa1 to Europe more devaatat1ng than gun1 • or tTen the a tom o Re 1nd1oatea that Ruaa1a 11 to blue, becauae ot the regtoul 111t1a 1.llpoaed by the 1ov1et1. Area• oocup1e4 by the Soviet, art out ott trom other 1ect1ona. lo the 1nla.nd waterway ayatu ot luropt 11 blocked - and that waterway 1y1te1:1 1a n1ce1aary tor the tranaport of food. lloreebTer, the layout 1n Europe le 1uoh tbat the mamtaot.ur1ng part.a ot the we1t depend on the oountr1e1 ot eaatern IUrOI>• tor too4 ~ 11kt Poland, Hungary, Eastern Oerm&nY • Tho•• eaetern area, are 1n Soviet control, and the eurplu1 food auppl1e1 they produce are out ott. That leaves 1 t up to Great Britain and the United Sta tee to teed th• J>eOple 1n the eeo c,ore they occupy. Bev1n pointed out that Congreaa 1n Waah1ngton baa before 1 t propoaal1 to allot one billion, eight hun~d million dollars tor food t,o be distributed by UllRM • He said that it thia huge tund 11 not provided, UNRRA will break down - •1th utter d1a&ater tor Europe. a dis p atch trom 0 scow stat.ea that 8t,al1n 1 ■ expeoted to renew a Red army p arade 1n lloaoow on November ■event.h, ann1Ter■ary ot the Bolshevik Revolution. Thia 1a attrtbuted to what are called •reliable souroea, • and 19::ts obv1oual.y intended to counteract rumora tJlat Stalin 1a 111. There have been in1i1tent reports about the health ot the 8oT1et Oeneraliaaiamo - not so good. It had been said that Ital.in tbo•ed 1isna or phya1oal failure at the Pot.ad.am Oonterenoe or the 81g 'fhree, and it 1a not1oed that he haa been ab1ent troa ■oaoow tor w11Jt1. Reports or his 111 health, while ourrent in the out11de worlt\, ••• not been publ1ahed 1n Russia - not a word laid. The Moscow lensor, however, has pe?'llltted 1011• reterenoe t,o the rumor■ to be made 1n word 1ent out or Ru111a, an4 toc1a1•• 411patoh tro11 the Soviet oapital 1tate1 that Stalin 11 1n good health at a ,aoat1on resort on the Bl 8 ak Sea, where he went aome time ago. Finland annoW'lces that the Sov1eta have hiked the amount ot tht nr indemnity that Finland 1a required to pay Ruaela, a boost ,o the tWl e o f si xt en hal 1 11 on dollar 11 . Th northern republic, aa a reeul t or taking part 1n the lolins n r o f the Na~1s, agreed to pay a fifty 111.llion dollar indemnity to the 9ov1eta. And now lloao01, baa hiked the figure to 11xty-a1x million, tive hundred thousand dollara. Thia was stated in Btoothol.11 ~ a '1nn1ah repnaentat1Te io ~ ~ ~ who 11 on h1 a way to the United Sta tea , arrange k loan tor rlnland. 'fell, 1n the daya before the war, Finland waa taaou1 tor payt.ng her debta, the only nation who baa alway, put. the aoney on tile 11nb 'l'hat would 1eem to make the ored1t ot Finland okay • altho . u~ 1t looka aa it money lent to the Finns would go t,o the 9oT1eta. .. Japan 9C The eurpr1s1ng te a ture in the newe trom Japan 1 1 the ■ent1on ot two and a halt million dollars wort.a ot radium • Thia oo••• along with word ot other American ae1zurea ot treasure atolen by the Japs. llao,!_rthu 1· • s troopa, tor example, toot over hidden gold and allver boullion t1 the amount ot tive and a halt 111.lllon dollar•• That 11 the usual aort ot thing - but radiwa 1• exoeptlonal , aurprl1~ We are told t.bat the radium belonged to ozeohalovakia. - ' 14. lo bow did the Jape get hold of it The ■ tor., th1a~-Way baok ln ,. l1neteen 'l'hlrty, Japan needed radium, tor hoapltal uae, an4 got a 1Uppl1 or it trom gJeohoaloYakia - on loan; apparently af harl table propoa1t1on. When the Nazis 1e1zed ozeohalovakla, they oontl1oate4 the - ~•oh1lov 8 t radium 1n Japan. They told Tokyo that now it ••• the1ra. -t& And Japa agreed to th1e - the radium 111zed tod&Y being found 1n tile /\ Taul.ta ot the Ger...an Oon1ulate at Osaka. Meanwhile General 11,ao~ur has iaaued another order to the , - °j;ok1o government - deoreeiDS the i•edl•t• oontl1oatlon ot all weapon• PG••••••d by Japan••• olviliana. The order inoludea t1rearaa, exploalvea, knlvea, aworda. The only weapons the Jape will be pel'llitted to retain are gun a and kn1 vea uaed by hunter a, also artobJeots and muaeua piece,. Figbtln 1• ■ till go1n on 1n Indo-Ch1na, nth Annaa1te Jat1onal1ate in battle agatnat the Jl'renoh authorities. Proa Saigon we hear ot a heavy :.,sa\'.l t a.~1net Br1 tieh Indian t.roopa, who are cooperating w1 t.h the Frenoh. The Annamltea aeeailed the Br1.t1eh column W1 th such 1trength that re1ntoroeaent1 had to be brought up • Indian troop■ blasting aga1nat the 1n11Urgent1 w1 th ■ortar1. At another plaoe, an advanolng rrenoh ar11ored d1n11on, ua1ng Amer1oan Lend-Lease equipment, was stopped by roadblook1, and heavy t1ght1ng ensued betore the barr1oa411 oould be toroed. Theae are merely typ1oal ot a whole 1er1e1 ot olallle1 - reported at var1ou1 plaoe1 in Indo-O,h1na. 1[1!=1M Storm The eouth coaet ot Britain ie having what •••• Uk• a rep1t1Uon ot the war, like the bl1t& and boab1ng all OTer apln. fhun4tr1D6 detonation• along the 1bore, roaring bla•t.• ot blgh 1xplo11ff. It. 1 • all beoau•• ot the 1tor11, the iale of Br1t.&1n eb4ilrlllg one of tu aoat T1olent t.e11pe1t1 lJI 1t1 h11t.or,. '!he n••• • • been float.1D& at.nee, the•• d,rlft,lng onto t.h• uore, ■oae of tllall expl.o41il&e ~ t . • • at. l t.1 o l ~ t.o4a7 - tile tolll"tb da'f ot t.be ■tom. In the ••otor of Brighton and J'ol:k■ton•, ezplodou baft anat.e4 wtdeaprea4 dM•g•, bou■•• h1 t, an4 1flllctow1 ilh&t.t.ere4. A nae bll t &long the ooa■t 1111 1t.retm W1 tb brOken gla•• an4 ot.her ctebrS.•• And explo■lon■ are boCJai,ng out. of t.lle abannel, s.aa.oaUllg \bat. 11111-■, not. ■wept. alUre, were bl01flnf£ up, bat.t.ere4 M4 a.t.oaaW 'llr the ng1Dg ..... loore■ of ■hlP■ oft tile ooa■t. are U"Y1D6 t.o r14e out t.lle gale • 111th tort,y gat.bere4 ott Deal 1n t.be et.ra1t.1 of Do•er. In tile orowd of llllp■, tllere are ■o■e t.ba t dra6 t,belr anollore and go 411.ft.lag 40Wll ~ Untted Sta~e• hoep1t.al Nip Jobn H Meany, 1r11.1p Stora -s 1ne ot atiipe toaHDg 1n t,lle eel 1n gettt;lng a ae6ure anollorage, 1ent 1t drlfUng agaln - narrowi, tanker. alon~a / / Ro••••r., t.he great a\ora ••em■ to be 00111ng t.o an •net. !lie raln and the heavy a•••••• sf olou41 AN bfti•t1ng, alllaoup. Ula WlaA - .A. .-,J'Z,._,-y\ ~ ' - ~ • Nit ..... , , . . 11 •• wild ....... 1)\. toter a . . .,. C I ., al,£ mt s on tsa 11 ■; •• l&•N• 9111•• •• L 4 I •w ...... .._ ' I 0 ... 1 1 ~ • a Th n ho ~ y d t h e n 1 1ole in the dev lo n o h ~ o i · b omb , t h is, heh t e ov ra ll job o r d ir tin the hole thin for the rmy, is s·t in f i d e m e - ajar Gener 1 r ves. I often wonder d Wh t.l l r speci J. 1 r rinin t o r special m ind, a m an must h e i order to h a n d l e the big g est industri6.l and sci ntific job of the whole wer , the cre a tion of tm at mic bomb th ,, pl yed an ove rwhelming par't in brin ing the war to an abrupt end. Now tkat I ha v e at least a parti 1 ,x pla n tion. General Groves of atomic bomb fame is t h e an h o uil l the P enta on, the bi est and most bafflin buildin in the world. Aft r bui ld in t e P ent heo1 , uen ral uroves, re ~ch ' n o ul for n e w orlds t o conque, bui t the atomi c bom . An d th r e h hey wish he ~ ould e some o s y o m b c- erp iefes h o t i , drop an &to~i bomb o n n f o n - u n ot n i1 inm te ~ . The 1 h en t lli us r b o ut a t o i OW r , much of Gen r which he has i b e f or . H e t h i e de~ini ely are en in a n 8 ' h e 0 0 ic po r, but th a t it w ill be any s be - ore it •ril l become a factor in indu try. Hee is on e striking s atement Generel uroves m de oday: "We re now c o nfronted," said he, "with the possi ility th at even a small third rate power could reduce a i F hty in ustrial nation to helplessness with a relativel small number of atomic bombs." But he h as faith that etomic power ill be d e vel oped, henc or th, not for human destruction, but for l uman l f re. to wh er we hou,d ive the secret s of the a omic b o mb n other n ions o n that quesLi on en ral Groves i n i llin e to be q u ot ed. r,a111tlne London tells u1 that Pr1ae ll1,n1ater Attlee 1, golng to 1ntora the House ot Coaaona within the next tew 4ayi tba\ he baa naob•4 an agreement with Pre114ent Truaan on a pol1oy ocmoern1ng p&111t1De. Prea1dent. Tnuaan, aa n know, baa atrongly urged the 81'1 Uah to IIOdity tbelr Wh1 t.e Paper, wb.1ob 11T1re~ reatn.o\a t.he entranoe ot Jewa 1nto Paleat.1De, and to perm.t a great.er ,1-. At the NIH t.J.ae, we hear '11at, Ibn 8au4, tu Arabian klng, baa Wormed an Amer1oan repreaentat1T1 t.bat he 1a prepare& to Nt.aliat.e aP1D1t Aaerioan aupport, ot z1on1 ... Ibn lal&d 1• reported to baTe 1tate4 t.bat he will oanoel Aller1oan 011 oonoeaaion• 1D Arabia, l t t.b.1 Aaertoan PNa1dent oontlnuea, what Ibn S&u4 oalla • 1 hl• anU•ANb 1tancl. • And at oa1ro, Arab lea4era precllowcl t.ba\ Ibn laud al.pt ao ao tar aa to break cllploaat1o rel&t.1ou with the Un1t.e4 ltawa. ., In London, aeamrhlle; the lntluentlal -&1n• loonoa1at, 1tate1 t.hat., while PNaldent Trull&D baa aued the Brlt.iah goYernaent to &4a1 t more 111a1grant• into Paleatlne, h• .baa retu1ed to rlak the po111b111ty that uerloan troop■ a1ght be 1nvolved 1n trouble Wit.Ii \he Arabi. H ~~ ~ ! - Earl1er 1n the day t.he newa 1tated t.b&t., 1n ooaJ.t.tlng 1 u101de, Robert Lei, the one-t1ae •a&l Labor ohiet, had left, a po11utl II teat&llent. 'l'h11, •• were told, waa an ama&1DS doouaent - and now we -~- 1t, brought by the late newa th11 ••enillg. Betor• he hanged b.1aaelf 1n hie oell, Robert. Ley wrot.. w!aa\ !Le oalled a ••••as• to the Geraan People. And 1n W.1 he talked of Ula\ aroh Ylo• ot the Na&1e - anti-Seal U•• 1 0nly a tew week.a ago, • he wrote, 1 I would not.••• c1aNd to touoh the aubJeot ot ant1-1ea1t1aa. 'fo4ay lt la entlnl.7 olear to ••• I am po••••••d by t.hia ldea. • The 1de& he ez:preaae4 •• tellowaa ••• ha•• toraaken · God, and theNtor• n are toraaken bJ 004. Ant.1-Seml t1aa d1atort•d our outlook, and n 11&4• S"&t erron. le la&1a, 1 th• one t1■• a 1t.ler big ahot went. on, •maat ••• t.he oour ge to r1d ouraeln• ot ant1-sea1t1aa. We nat tell oar youth lt Whereupon Ley nnt on to outline a progl"UI tor ant.1-1e111 t1 • 1n oermany. fbi • - to include th• f ol"II(. ~on ot Joint board ot Jewa and ant1-Sem1tla who would be, 1n Ley•• word1 1 hone1tly • prepared to 1" 1 nd oond1 t1ona under which J••• and a.raan 8 oou14 11 Tl together. 1 It 1• perhap• a •1sn1tloant thing tor P•:roholog \bat ao aotor1ou• a a 8 &1 a• B1tler•• 1 8 bor oh11t uoul.4 llaTe esperltDOe4 aa 1.Dt.en•• reT\llalon aga1nat, a oard1nal orl.111 of lasl-. lo ■uoll ao t.u.t., bltor, kllllng h1aa1lt, he 4tTote4 h1 • thought.a t.o 11&7• ot oleanalllg Glr-.n, ot \he ant1-leal t1am that he and h1• 11.k Md clone ao lllloll t.o to1t.1r.