~IALII is prepared to talk things oTer with ~ ~ ffe,ele 81" So he sa~ toni g ht,•• Mu•••• in an •open• ~~ c«W-4 ~ totl..t- ,\ a~•H~ ; o •~ •open• letter :ent hia by 8-;;[_ :a:.;..ace-) Wallace read the letter at ts:H campaign~~ la- ladiaoa A ~ ,-t . - Square Garden, Bew York, aa May eleventh. Tit• I l e ~ ~ ~ hail• the W1l11oe ~ea,'8■ •• the ■ oat iaportant docuaent of recent ti ■••• •••11• ce1,e1atlob a■ odg pwuphe who caa i1••r• ,h11 pruara■"► l■l•••'■I hlr • S t a l i n x , a ; that the Unite~ State1 and SoTiet Ruaeia can co■e to a peaceful aettle ■eat of current probl•••• know whether the United State••••••••••• approve• of. Henry Wallace's progra■, bat •11 tar:• th• go•ernaent of the USSB is concern•~ -- these are Stalin's words -- •It could aer•• as a good and fruitful basis for agree■ent, oHP.ft(IOt' · • and the develop■ent of international co■pe~i\iea. And llALII he adds that a peaceful settle ■ tn f o our difficulties ia, in bis opinion,not only possible, but ale• •doubtlessly• ~ ~ , / necessar1/~in the interesta ot general peace. Qui:~ t :1::1: li - - - ~ tc,~ • n~ a1a Jy enrJ Wallace, ia 1 tubilant over the Moscow reaction to bis open letter; Wall••• hailing Meaeow eo•••aieaiion N Stalin's offer ot peace!,. \he pe1pl• of,~. ~ntted State•. As yet there ia no word Ge•ern•••• A it.ate &.part■ent apokea■an 1a1I. •there can be no co ■■ent until the full text ot Stalin'• dh.P naarka can be studied•. A second otfilial 1 ~•11la1 •••••• t h a t . ~ • • eff•• calls for no official repl7,-11Doe •b-...••l~l•a,J..'f...,P--e•••••••-a•••••••••~r..-t.t•o-Hl:l.e-e•••PJ~l~arMiea~•~•~'•~•rnot a co■■uai- ~-••l. tii ow-, cation~•,~. U•i,1i It•\~ Govern■ent,11•ntfx*k•aaxta De ■ ocrat the Saith-Moloto conversati proposal ••• rankin& itt••• aaid f it. EAJ.laI!IL.§YiillIYU . . Bews of the fighting in NI G HT SHOW May 17, 1948. t'alestine is contradictory . .. ~ force•~captured the old walled city ~f Jerusalem. But a pooled despatch fro■ ..,. l■erican corresponden1l. in the Hol7 Cit7 1 ~ 13-.o':i i'; ~-r::!i:~:.u,., · ea7■ that the old i1 now entirely in po11ea1ion of the aray of Iarael. the cli ■ ax of fifty-one hour• of furioua fighting.•~ •• • A late dtapatch fro ■ Beirut, Syria, however, aay1 that troopa.ot ling Abdullah'• Arab Legion~-• entere4 the ~ t 7 carr7ing th• Jewi•h fortification■ b7 a■■aalt.) rroa la■ an, Tranajor4an 1 co■e• a word picture of Iin& Abdullah in Jod,ur riding breecbe1 and t w eed coat directing the firing of lraqai• artillery--■en;shellin1 the Jewiah center of Geaher in norther• Palestine • • There is no direct co■aunication fro■ Jerusalea tonight -- the radio blacked out through a power failure. """~ Fro■ Tel · Aviv we le••• that the aray of Israel has won ~ ,.._ strong positions inside the city, holding the Arabs at ; . - ~ • ~ a ~ " ' bay: and th t the Sternl~ang ~ cPtt, .-J.-Wl--ui:~ /\ ~ ~ ~ 1 £ . ? c . r ~~-"~ Th Holy Cit~ has been under bombardaent all day. "/, ~ Arab shells bursting 1 ,in the heart of Jerusalea.lee- Arab guns on the ai1k*x site of the toab ~f the Prophet Saaue. (110 word - ye~tha;:- tim• c:::e-fire o r d e r ~ ;.. Jerusale ■ .N • ~••li\,- All•• kno~ that aeabers ot t,b ~ . ~ \ United lations Truce Coaaiaaion er81-Jot<w-tf;_to bringA.11a1111Pe ~ - Jr:~"".$. IU'f' about.)li•king their lives in"-N4P!:¼fff•. The Jew1"1a14 a -~•• ~ to haTe agreed to thD truce; but the A?ab1 j.!l••••••..a•pe, W\11 • .t' k ' ! - ~ ~ • ~ wait for aut.horit7 troa ling Abdullah. c:, ,L. /. laan.a.ti~roa Tel , lViT we 1 ,hear that~••i•b 1book- wp ~ e.-...i; troops are beaeigin& tour thousand Araba in the old wall • fortre■• of Acr~flt ~ . ~ o / e a g a n a h haw, taken thf.t1-■• h i l ~ ~ " ! ! : ! : o n ~ 7 9 9 . 1'i" ~d,t_ ■asaed his artillery on ~ aua■1t.:=­ mi1::it:L~ ~ : : " ' ~ ~ t h e fortress with it■ - ~ ~ \al forty-foot thick walla~urrounded by a~aoat. lwlliWill the li~l§I!ll_§ql§!!I~!!_=-J. ~ ~ ~ r ; _ : c ~ ~ h v ~ C n J ~ • rC.( Tel Aviv dispatch states that the Arabs in Acre~ are running low on fooa,,and u■ualtion,k~'f \ are expected to surrender shortly. ~~ ~ -,-t::c_ ~ A !(el AY'f."tas bo■ti°.f;t;day by E11pt.hn planes. ~he cenaored Cairo dhpat.cb~:t !'\ exteneive da■age 1 and n~r.:;::1oiliji.. l■I ■lfeta c::, i.ater n•••~'Britiah forces in Balta 1a7 the J••• have been forced t.o retreat. iD ■o■il ~ " fll -tLJ- ~ ~ larola1'- Jeru 1al••j the lrab1 oaptur.11116 tb~lts•t1sl_..l "'-1-&~ Bank builcli DI• froa tbit Stern G&DI• 4eal9kti, Ar•• )A 1••• ~ h•••llJ •~•lli•C •~• Je•l•~ 1eelle• ef The voice of Uncle ~am was beard aiain at Lake buccees today. •arren Austin, the A■erican ueleaate, calling on the ~•curity ~ouncil at fluabin& to order a truce in Palestine. Arabs ana,Jewa to cease fire in tbe next thirty-six boura; and neither aide to ■oYe fro ■ it1 present position. Thj'."'Aaerican reeolutio~iaYot . . . tb■ e ■ er1ency chapter of the United lation1 charter wbioa authorize• tbe uae of aanctiona tn ca••• of breaoaea of world peace and act• of a11ree1ion. Unaer thi1 1eotloa of the charter, international ar■e4 foroe1 oan be aaed to aaintain peace if other •••n• t · a11. ·1·ae •••rloan re1olution caae after the atate of Iarael bao aated tae ~eourity ~ounoil to oraer a ba l to the Arab inYa1ion of its 80YereigD state. - 0 - n ~ fbi ■ •t ■ A.latest A■ erican ■ oYeAa■e •• a ■ ajor aurprise to the Mzdx U.N. delegates at Lake ~UCC818. tio• can the United iationa, •hicb baa ■ ade auca a poor showing in handling the Palestine question, be expected to back up its request for a truce? By the ~Al-t) use oi' armed strength? - - . where A · •ill that strength be obtained -- the men, the planes aDG ~ tbe guns to atop the fighting in the Holy Land• lth• •••• ££( old question. Tae Uel•t•\••~s•ie te ~• woa&Nia1 •beta.• \ell••• na\iea, ~ ~uaaia •••••* supported our p•opoaal tor• iaaedlate truce. ~roayko urging the council to take to atop the war without any further di1cu1aion. • (The ~oviet govern■ent today r•cognized the .!_tate of Israel)-- this according to a stateaent b7 r radio Moscow picked up in London. Tbe British foreiaa .- - - - office says !_t cannot recognize Israel t"or the ti ■• 0 being, because the Jewish state ha• not Jet fulfilled the basic condition& the ~ritiab bol« easential tor aa indepeadent state. i:-. (ariti•A recognitioa of Iarael_.:.. withheld purely for legal reasons, . . ••1• tbe Loa4on forei&D Oft'ioe1•~c_A deniea that Britain h pr■Juclioed aaainat Iarael. 1114&k . ~ vr. ~baia 1e1saann accepted hie election a1 the firLt PreaMlent of toe ~tate of I•rael)~•• aged ~ioniat, aick ia bia bo\el rooa, iaauin& a foraal atateaent froa ht1 ~ea aa7lq h• acc,pta the honor in a hu■ ble 1pirit aau that be dedicate• bi ■ aelf to the service of tbe lanu aai \he people, for tbe years. be baa been privileaeu to labor t!d'o•1• (Arter tao reara of 4iacu■aion, an4 ■n41••• , reports, the U.M. Atoaic ~nerg7 Coaaiaaion haa 1iv1n up. They say it'• hopeleaa -- the atteapt to establiah international control of atoaic eaer11.) ¥roa aow on, each aan for hiaaelf -- or rather eacn nation tor i\aelf, - in the atoaio ener11 race. 11th Uncle~•• wa7 out ia \Ae lead. ~oda7 the U.M. vote••• \aaea oa waal \e do -- • • • • di•o•••i•& or &ive it up. the voie •a• DIN to two. Two ooviet vote• to 10 oa ar1uia1 - ••• 1•ttia1 aowaere. Huaaia wanted i~ p•t up aezt to tAe beouri\J Couaoil when it •••t• in Paria. Groa7ko, inaiated that atoaio a1reeaeat ••• atill poaaible. OnlJ be inaiata that we are a1a1aat aareeaent. Me piead •i~h the Coaaiaaion to &eep oa talking, keep on tryin& to arrive at •o•• aolution. •The United Mationa offers the only poaa1bility for tAe control of atoaic energy,• £aid ~roayto • But the . coaaittee aajority voted that it aeeaed futile aaaaxfal since full cooperation would have to be had by a!l tbe powers to preYent an atomic araament race -- and that•• wbat the lrealin 1a7a it will not aaree to. ~o, toda1,(the Atoaic Energ7 Coa■ittee adopted a report throwins al! bla ■ e for tee failure on Ru■■ ia. l••r1 atte■pt ■o far blooted b7 the lre■lia.) R•••l• aloae to bl•••· (la •••hiagton, the lhite tiou■a aaaouaoa1 tbat our ~toaic Eaer11 Co ■■ l11ioa baa Ju1t •••• 1uooe11f te1t1, of tbr•• atoaic •••poaa. &acb a weapon of••• §IIGIAlt About that loacow atory ot the twenty-one year old Aaerican Seraeant who wa, ■ educed troa hi ■ post at the Aaerioan laba117 by a So•i•t woaaa 1p7. The State Departaent t~lla u1 aore today. S•raeaat Ja••• Molillan •f Boulder, Colorado, aaid to ha•e beea lured away by a Ira. Dun•••• Biooaiab. Tbe o.s.atate Departaent tera1 her a trained lo•iet A1eat. At aa1 rate Ja■ e1 lolillan ••1• he'• ready to apead thereat ot bi1 lite behind tb• Iron Curtain - - lu1oovit• lata-Hari. Today, laabia1ton r••••l•d that b• ia the aecoad Aaerlcaa O I in 10100• to fall tor tbl• ••••• Pre•iou1l7, •h• lured aed aarried a B•rc•••t Joba Biconiah wbo ao■ebo• eaeaped th• wile• of th• &o•i•t Siren, and i• back ho ■• aow -- •*• 1tud7in1 at the Ara, Ground School at fort BileJ, lanaaa • • Ji ■ Mclillan, the latest Yicti ■ ot the Bed circe, 1• the aon of a prote1sional 1oldier, Colonel Jaaea Molillan. The ne•• of bi• deaertion •• are teld today, co••••• a abock to hi• ta■ ily. Pa•rioia, hi• _ sJBQIAIT -2 7oun1•r aiater, · a aophomore at iadolit • t · • College, ateadfaatly refuse• to beli••• that her brotber Joo woul• atay in Moscow. •John'• an Aray ■an,• ahe ••1•• •ti••• indoctrinated in the professional aoldier•a coGe of \ I lo7alty.• ~o u •h• ta aure he . . il ooae bo••• If McMillan doea return to tJle Uai\etl ~tat••• aaya the •ra1, be faoea fl oourt-aartial oa obara•• of deaertion. But, Uncle for the return of their ~a• will not aak the Sowieta W~w-.'-R aia1in1 aolClier. ff J '1' l•••• hl ■ to the wo■ an of hia choice. 0 "W~ lhat can•• do to pr•••n~ boy-11eetia1- 1irl in Moacow! Bow oan we block the way oJ a ■aid;that runs it• oourae •••n thouah the ■atCl la a Sowiet-citiaea! Conar•••••~ ~. M. Coaba ot Texaa ca■• ~P with a aolution todaJ. ••hJ not aaa ••no ■arriea ■ea ~..J .fl,_ ~""~.'- only,• aaya the Texas ~ongreaaaan. ~ aeno Ma• aloaa to keep an eye on Pa•••~•••>•· •Ma• has intuition and auapicion. oAe knows •hat'• right in lin;,-.~h• foraer goin& on, ana abe keep• Pa• ~ 11..e _J. texaa: Jud&•, addiiiif· -:ta 'I" iilclil6Nl'.. -3 ••:pti• •t ■loa-P •It works pretty •el! in tnia country, so it ought to work in Moscow.M ii•••~••• . \e keep aa eye••~•• -- a••••*••••••••• I The new ■ of the world aowadaya take• notioe, ■ore and aore, of the new1 fro■ the aoathern■oat part of the world - Antarctica. So here•, the late1t abo•t politic• on tb~ 1outb polar continent. Politic• a■oa1 the peDJUina, Joa ■ i&ht think. Bat no - ••'•• beea hearia& about international riTalrJ bet•••• tbe Briti•• \ and South Aaericana. Tb• late1t - a ten•• 1it•atlea. I h••• \bis fTo■ Coaaaader fiaa loaale, ••• - ba1 Ju\ ret•rned fro■ AD expe41tion that ••4• a •••l•• of li100Teri•• la Aa\arotioa. B• tell••• that •h•• i i i ~ - expe41\loa arriTe4 oa-tb• polar aior• la1t 1•••• ,,., lriti1h atatloaa oat•• latarotioa laaC ••••• wbil• \ie Chilean• aai Ar1ea\iai••• h••• two. le, o••••l•••• ha•• ••••• le •••4 ezpe4itioa• to ezplere, bat d o aot eatabliab aa7thin1 peraaaeat • • fin• loani• ••1• that the Britisher• ••r• •••1 troaty. at firat. Tb•J toot an aloof and torbid4ia1 I Britiah attitude toward th• Aa•rican expedition. _...._. ~ ~ ~~ ~ "'='•b point there were h,lf a dozen of th•• liTing in a , ~ . shack, stationed the year round in the bleak polar ice and cold - and all they had to eat was aeal ■eat and peaican, dried beef ground up with suet. •te were able to &i•• the■ aoae treab ■eat•, Finn Bonnie told••• •tbat kind?• I a1ked. •teil•, be replied, •all we had wa1 what••••' at a 8. s. ■ ••1 au,■arine 1ta\loa ia ~ana■a -- 10• baa4red1 of po•a41 of filet.ai1aoa.• So tba\'• wbat th• Bri\iab 1•t fro■ \be A••I•• ezplorer1. Ina\ea4 of ••al ■eat aa4 pe ■ loaa -- file\ ■l&•••• 111 of wbich thawed oat that troat7 Bri\iab re1er••• aad thereafter \her were cordial aa4 friea41r. Tb•J ••r• aot roa1b, to•&h charaoter• - aot at all. Fina Roaai• tell••• that th• ei&ht Britiai Antarctic 1tationa are held aoatl7 bJ Oxford and Caalrid&• ■en, doin& \belt bit tor Britlia in the old British bulldog waJ - baa1in& on to their aouth polar positions with a bulldo& grip. 61%48Q%1~& -3 But wh7? Well, there is intereat in Antarctio weather obserTation - but tbat•a not the rea1on tor international riTalr7. Tbe newa, aoae little while back, pictured the President of Chile as announcina the diaco•er7 or Antarctic uraniua - aaterial tor ato■ lo boaba. But Finn Bonnie told ae there waa nothina ia \ba\ J••t a Lat1n-Aaerioan dreaa. Be aa71 that the 1oleat.ia\e oa hia expedition were well equipped with Geiaer Co•ateN for 4eteotiaa ra41o aoti•it7. Th•J dii a lot of 1••lo1ioal esploratioa, b•t their Geia•r Co•ater1 ••n• oaoe 4eteote4 ••1 hiat of tbe ra4iatioa that •••1• 1i1aif7 t)e pr••••c• of uraalu. Oa \be other•han4, th•J 414 fia4 otb•• alae••l• The r1an Boanl• expe4ltion conflraed plenty of pr••io~• report• of an Antarotlo wealth of ooal an4 aetal• like copper. rroa the air th•J 1potte4 what looked like aouatain• of copper ofe. But anJ auch aineral wealth ia of no •al•• - not now, the shipping aituatiou beini what it ia. It wi1 I Al%AICtIQ6 -4 be 7ears before traneportation deTelopa in aach taahloa aa to perait an7 exploitation of south polar ■ini•I• Bat that•• juet where the Britiab co■• ia - with their lODI ran&• Tiew. The old wa7 of the Britiah l■plre - lookia& 7ear1 ahead. lhioh is wh7 the7•re baa1ia1 oa, wltb •l1k\ Britiah Aatarotio atatioaa preaentin& a defiant fa•• \e So•th Aaerican claiaa. Tb••••• baa relate4 h•• \be 8ritl1h . 1ent a powerful crriaer to aoatb polar wa\er.1 • . Cbllt reapoa4e4 , , •••4iaJ deatroyera aa4 1u~oa\1. r1aa loa•i• tell••• \hat •h•• h• let\ the la\aro\le 1bore, \be Bri\lab aa4 So•th l■erioaa na•al foroe1 ••N 4owa there 1larla1 at eaoh other - the P••~•iaa leetly oa with oo ■plet• aaooaoern. Here•• an od4 itea fro ■ ~o ■ ba7, India. It•• about th• ainiater of education for the United Pro•incea who waa baled into court today,x* at the holy ~indu Ci\J of Benares -- and••• fined fi•• annaa; ten ceDtl iD aoDeJ An4 •bat waa tbe cbar&• a1aiD1t tbia Ai&b ao•erDaent official! bat cauae tbe police to ta&• tae Minister of ~ducation into court like a coa■oD for Dot apeakina Urdu: taat thou1btle11 ca~iaet liaia\e, bad apoten fl•• word• iD 5D&liah, lD publio, &Dd for word 1A tbi• no• banaed for•l&n lan1u1• ta• J•••• 1ooked hia oDe aDna, two ceDtl; ibe f1De to 10 t o t • aupport of the ~ooiet7 for Tae ~poaaoriD& of Looal Uialeota. 0 A atraD&• laad India: u7tbiD& oaa hap,•• there. The newa of the !igbtini in Pale1tine ia contradictory tonight. A cenaored diapatob froa ~airo report• that Arab force• ha•e captured the ola walled city or Jeruaalea -- the area •bich incluaea the aoat ~ ballo••d~•••• in the world. ~ut a pooled diapatch froa ~, &aerioan oorrespondenta in Jeruaalea, tran1aitt•d~b7 radio,by the United State• ia•1, report• that tle ~la !_it,J i• now •••irely in po•••••ion of th• Ara1 of I1rae1! Tlie& oli■ax ~ t·1t · ty one houra of furioaa fi&tittna. A /\lhen the Britiab ••acuated the ol• Walle& oit7, tt •a• oocuplea b7 Arab 1uerrila1. U1irs tb• 1tron1 point• ••aouated iJ tbe lr1,11ti, tbe Jew11b aolalera laaaobed • conoertei a\taot aaalaat the area. Tbi ir••• ••P•l••d the flr1t adYaaoe1, b•t no••••> are reported to h••• aurrendered, •1th tbia keJ area in Jewiab b There 11 no direct co■auatcation fro■ the Bol7 Cit7 -- the radio blocked out throuah a power failure, only acattered infor■ ation •• to condition• inaide the walls available. l i Jerusalem resident arri•ia1 ' at Tel Aviv pictures the army of Israel aa hol~in& th• Allen by barr a cks;:: the/' auard the approac l froa the aout.b. •nd, what he describes as an iapor t ant Uer■an buil~in& a few 1••• yards froa the Vaaaacua Gate. He al10 report• that the ~tern Uanj ha'9 Joined the Jewiab Aray, and=. I\ in a c t i o n ~ 1'....., , Meanwhile, tbe Holy City ii unuer boabardaent, Arab abell• ~•••• buratin& i ri&ht in the heart of Jeruaal••• Mo word 7et \bat tbe ceaae-firpra•r ha• becoae a realit7. Meaber1 of the Unit.ed latioa• truce coaai11ion there are workin& deaperately to bria1 thia about, riakin& their live• in the bo ■ bard ■ent to tr7 to aet both aides to aaree to a truce. The J••Y•id to have aareed, but the Arab• aay they muat wait fz■ tor authority fro• Iin1 !bdullah in Aa■ an, Trana-Jordania. But another new• diapatch ••1• that Abdullah is not at A■a~l• laadinl his troops, the desert king in battle dress, personally directing operations. Three times yesterday aeabers ol the truce commission tried to make the cease-fire order , f6Lt~ll!L -J effective, but each effort aet with a ataleaate. Late laat ni&ht the firin g ceased, for a few minutes. rhen it began again, the Arabs claiming that tbe7 could not•• reach the French consulate to arrange the final detail• for the truce. The Arabs are said to be ahellin& the citJ, froa the toab ot the prophet ~aauel, which overlook• Jeruaalea. rJl9ae euna aovea up troa tae Mabel pa••• through the ■ ountaina of Judeah. ADA there appear• to be a fierce battle at Latrun, out oa the ooaatal plaia, a battle for the road to Je ~ uaalea. Word fro• the HolJ ~it7 toai&bt ia t~at lara• a Arab force• are expected to atteapt to ator■ i the city. To the aouth ot the~•• of ~alilea, tb• Ar■J ot Baaanah repulaed an attack bJ Syrian Ar•J rroopa, .n4 di. ~ - tan~s. the •rab capturing araored care ~ • • Legion ot lin& Abdullah aaid to be in actioJ, in tAe aa■e region pressing up towards th• aacrea city.