lu,T,- P .& 9.:.,_ TOESDAY, ] ~QA R Y 24,_lill.t_ WllJL N ATIOl!§. The General Assembly of the O.N. got under wa, again today. ~ot much business - the meeting lasting onl1 eight minutes. Assembly President - Lester P earson, of Canada, in the chair. Be read a message froa P resident Eisenhower, in which General Eisenhower praised the ON for what it has alread7 aocompliahe4; and pointed out that it now has a great opportunit7 to advance the cause of peace! The delegations are maintaining silence about the future. The foremost problem before the 01 is the Korean war. The head of our delegation, Benr7 Cabot Lodge Jr. refuses to reveal in advance what atand be •ill take on Korea. And Russia's leader, Andrei Vishinaky, has still...not produced any of the propaganda for which he is so faaous. At any rate, all sixty delegations are present. And all the member nations will have a chance to put forward their views when the discussions begin. ~ CLARK - General Mark Clark replies to the R de. on that subject th . •ve been harping on - germ arfare. The Reds repeatedl . accusing us. Last ntght again, we heard how the Peiping radio once again stated that two of our airmen had dnlitted the ge nn warfare charge. General Mark Clark, refem.ng to our captured pilots, says: "Whether the statements ever passed the lips or these that unfortunate men ts doubtful!" Then he notes ... the Communtata have methods of forcing confessions from their victims - 81\V confession they want. So, if the Americans did make the statements attributed to them, it was all because of torture or fear of torture, or one of the other well known barbaric practices of the R e ds. Adds Mark Clark:- "The men themselves are not to blam , a nd t _ ey have my deepest sympathv for having been used in this abominable wa . • " Our Far Eastern Commander points out that the germ warfare lies ma" have an origin different than that alleged by the Corranuntsts; that epidem ics mav be raging among Commudist ~ CLARK - 2 - troops, because t~eir masters have no satisfactor~ health service. Then he repeats that none of the U.N. forces in Korea has ever used b a cteriological warfare, or an,thing that might be mistaken for it. And that the Reds know this as well aa we do . .. IOREA .. GROUND - In Korea, ground fighting has erupted all along the across Korea. e Communists stepping up their attacks, bringing up tanks; two of which the U.N. forces knocked out at one point. Near the truce village, Pan Mun Jom, a hundred or more of th e enem, were killed or wounded in a tour-hour engagemen . The Reds ambushed an Allied raiding party; pinned them down in No Man's Land, b~ artillery fire. Then the Reds surrounded them. The Allies managed to hold out through seven attacks, until Allied artiller, could get at the Reds. Whereupon the U.N. raiding partv managed to break through and escape. At another place a patrol was ca11ght in a Korean graveyard, at night. The Americans a mile and a half out in front of the U.N. lines. Here the Chinese attacked as they often do - blowing bugles, firing tommyguns, and screaming. After a hand-to-hand fight in that g1·ave ard, the Reds retreated IOREA - GROUND - 2 gnd the U.N. a trol began to move out. Then the Chinese charged again. Suddenly, from a neighboring hill, llied searchlights snapped on. The · hole scene now visible from our lines. What happened then is described b Lieutenant George Yates ot ount live, Mississippi. He sa,s:- "I'd never seen an.vth1ng like it. Ther they were in the rice padd,, all the goom1ea who had hit us. We couldn't miss. We hit them with everything we had, and they fell 11ke ducks." Allied artillery and mortar fire likewise zeroed in on the Chinese, and tanks too. In a few mcnants it was over. Thft patrol back safel~r - leaving a nundred or so of the enem.v killed in the skirmish. JtOREA - AIR - ir ac ivit . ne 11gtble. Due to heavy clouds. But a dispatch fr m ore a oes 11Blt1on a rescue of one pilot who was shot down sixt . m iles b hind Communist lines. M a jor David Cleeland of Santa Ana, California, on a mission in orth Korea, when his plane was hit by anti-aircraft f re. here he came down th re were Reds all around circling the wrecked plane, firing at the Major, one of them on horseback, just 1 ike the Redskins in the old da. s. The Major made a · dummy of his flight suit and crash helmet, and set it up, to draw their fire . He hadn't much hope of escape. 'I never thought a·,1 . bod. would reach me, he says, because the ground fire was so heavy." But his pals knew he ~·as down, and the . swung back and forth, blasting the Reds, keeping t P.m off. Then , a helicopter came in, and dropped to Within a foot of the ground, hovering as th Major raced toward it and climbed , o a d . The helicopter then carr . ing him back t his bas . 1 Democratic leaders in the Senate e dor s e an Eisenhow e r d 0 cla ration] ~ ~ r M i o . . , - . ' conde■~ of Russian violation of agree■ents ,, aade during the second World War. The particular one, which everyoae has in mind - that Yalta agree■ ent. at which so many concessions were made to ~alin. Now the t.. e a te Demo c ra tic policy committee statet== .. hat it agrees w i t h ~ l!:isenho.-er..,_ re olution • And i OPS 0 i th t e wordf "unanimously and ,hole-he a rtedly." Sen te Democratic leader, Lyn d on Joh on of Tex a~ , describes t c tJ Pres id en t' s re ~ o 1 u t 1 on as "perfe ct ly sa ti .... f a ctory." He prai s e s 1?~ ! i s ho •, er for introducing a re 0 olution which both pa rt i e s c a n a cc e pt. Senator Taft.- states that Congr es wil l pro ably approve the re elution 98 ehted liy the Preside~ Bu~ there may be an vt; attempt by ~ o m e Repu licans to strengthen ~be 941 soln t ioD.- In which case, there could be a fight in the Sen a te~ for the Democrats might not accept any 1 ord i ng oft he document which would seem ttl crit ici1e . ei t her President Roosevelt or President Tru■an.,) IRS LUCE ______ ____. ... -- The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approves the appointment o f ~ - Clare Booth Luce as our Amba c: s ado r to Italy. The ap poin tmen t was con tee ted one Protestant group fearing that Mrs. Luce might become an envoy to the Vatican. But ahe assured the Committee that she has no such intentions - she'll represent us in Italy alone, and not in the Vatican State. Then the committee unanimously approved her appo iit■ ent. At tr. • same time, the co ■mittee reco ■mended four ot ha- bi gh appointments - James Dunn, Ambassador to Spain, Douglas Dillon, Ambassador to France, Carl R an k i 11 , Am b as sad or to ft at i on a 1 i st Cb in a, and J a■e s Cabot, Aesictant Secretsry of State for Latin- American affairs. .r . j o. e ,.. t. ., ' e -~ - M} 0 r " 1 ... 1 o ff .;, e t. I" :; I" .. .. - J. i nt I :n a r l-t .. e "' r u o f 1 m .ho 1 on t h f r a e . e lea - f e, h 1ed 0 urn over h - h o :- i 0 ne, t rn ff G nero.l, ·~'311 r 1 he 1m n Ci n did no 1 g 11 r l e a 1 11 h se off - shore oi l re rves. 1 cti n, , ner al Eisenhower stated that - b r h 1 o o the various st te . No, h Inte!'i r, Do las McKa . , gives us some '1 rif C ti hat t sta f r ~ r 0 C r t of farther - over f · h h ul .t m c 'Tl le he res d n me nt. The Interior f ore the Sena e Interior Committ e, sa . s ontrol their off- ore oilfiel s , s unl.lar Tes bound ries extend in ou ... t, sea r om th low ti mark. In th s boun a s exten ~ to the G 1 of M i o. The Interior TI • .., . . . l 0 i I. c.r . s 1 0 1 e . :s.f j ... ,_ 0 . 1( . • r ,._ O U " l, h r 'i . -- '- "' o 1 b e l o r t t e !1&. 0 0 1 lr S "' o ul U C V ::.r C l e ed ov r a ide "e of h tel t,' t l i land mass wh c h n some ca e , hi L, out to sea . . ~isenho er WJIJUI 1s for a 1v1s1on of th 1 0 t al s err -- between the national gov nment n t ndi i al Rtates . Interior Secrete~ McKa,, no\ r n s t r e s settle the ssue , b legislation -- and mak t a l , le r, one and fo . a 1. BRI t ' V · ~ ,. n c 0 "' r • & ~ .. . [ - ' , _ .. _ l , !. I I, f t t . .. - n , f 1 r a it 1 n - • 1 .l h 1. '11 r s O U of Br'" n 1 L • ~ t 0 . ., ~ l; , ' ... T s are op 0 d 0 r . . h crats - X ept of the Mosco t . rant V r .n • G. e r li ion. 0 wh re t e . t, ron ment of ueen E li abeth , int e resen f .., .., r s and Lad es of the realm? And the f e b he Archbishop of Canterbury in the bbe ? pa te r I lliam Humphre . s, of the New rk H r 1 T L , 1 s th C mmun st vtew, f r om the London ::. 1 0 C r ino to the editor of the Work e r, th "'ornm n ra r t, 1 ot cel e brat the C oro nation, as su c h. Bu ' p n t OU h at he s ca hordl avo som ar 1 ' t on '" h e v n . he vi sh. omrade to treat the da . m 1 ' - a l o l a . such rec e, tion s a BRITISH RE - gran rom f r ch 1 ren." T t ' .., he wa . he puts it. And 11 , n h stgns o f f ~a:ing that wh t an individual Red does on cordnation D • J will e left to h i s own conscience. S t 's the Coronation part~ line. No actual participation. Just "a grand romp for the children." , ·1 1 n e 011 train' is go·ng O t of servic . 1 1 umber ~ v n- t wo-o 1 -n i n e h s been on the run between ew a rk n 1 1 bethport, N w Jerse . , ever since Ei gh tee n Se v e n t - o . In t h ~rd a . , old Sev n-two-oh-ntne pulled three pa nger c a r , each loa ed with almost eight ~ passengers. Then came m de rn ghwa~s. Customers deserted 7209 for autos and bu e . R c n l . ', Old 7209 has been carry-ing an average of onl, onP. passenger a day! And earning around sevent . :r-fiv dollars per year! It costs six hundred times that to operate 7209. So now the companv has decided to send old 7209 to her last station - to Limbo. Because she can't compete with what he:r boss calls the flexibilit . of highway travel." The railro ad will give the old veteran a ro,al send-off. MRn~ railroad officials aboard on the last run. lso, tha one faithful passenger who has often been th8 re for the run between Newark and Elizabethport. Mrs. Carl Rosenthal, of Montclair, New Jerse ~, , who has been on board every Frida . e n ,. . \ . . ' kn h a I'l _ t 0 f 1 k . V nder ilt, wi n Th e en o f t h e r d for 720. I have a letter from Mrs. • L. Hilton of Springfiel, Massachusetts, who encloses a newspaper clipping -- and recalls a d isaster one night on this program. llr • Hilton writes: •The enclosed clipping s remind -8 us of the ti me you tried to pronounce a " foreign name, a~aughed so heartily ~ :,ou could hardly f i n i s h th e b ro ad c as t • • ~ ~ o . . . _ ( ~ ~ , I do get tangled ~ - and sometimes I D have to laugh, at myself. Th~ewspaper clipping tells of a recruit A. for the army,at the town of Chicopee. llassachusette. His nickname is wur. Alphabet.• Because hie last name has twenty-six letters. It's a Greek name, and the whole moniker goes lite this. Laabros A. Pappatoriantafillospoulous. ~4M-~ ~ - the laugh is on J I me again.