PA L E S T I E ------- - - • T • . & T u e d ay, eb. ~ 4, 1948. In t h e U nit ed tion s , t h e cruci ~ de l i b era - tion s on Pal e s tine t od ay be g · n w i t h a st a tement of the American po si tion. A t the ecur i ty C o unci l , L a k e S uccess, ew Y o r , A m e rican e l e g ate A ustin p resented the v·ew of ur o vernment a bout wh t t o do in t h e p resent crisis o f terror and violence. The Americ n s t a te ent t od ay was not deci si ve, a nd o f fe red no definite p l an. Our de l e a te, W arren A ustin, o~ened the momentous debate i n t e S ecurity Counci l by p re po sin g that a co mittee of t h e Big F ive sh o uld be f o rmed, a com ittee re ~ resenting G reat Britain, t h e U nited St tea, oviet Rus s ia, F rance and China. Th e ur ose w o uld be to h o ld - PALESTINE - 2 big power consultations on the question of whether or not an international army of the United Nations should be sent into Palestine. There was no mention of whether or not American troops should go, or what kind of 1ntemat1onal &1'1111 might be ~ formed. Should• big powers send troops - which wou'ld include ~ Soviet Russia? Or should the smaller nations provide the soldiers? Or should the U.N. recruit an international ailitary force by enlistments? - - , , ~ -ii.~ a.1/J The Amer1c8'! t this now be discussed JJ a committee of the Big Pive. Also - that the c01111ittee should renew negotiations with · ~e Arab states and the Jewish Zionists - urge the Arab states, tor example, not to encourage violence 1n Palestine. These proposals wer-e framed within the usual formula - suggesting proceedings to determine whether or not the violence 1n the Holy Land is a threat to world peace. The American statement today has the full approval or President Truman_ so stated 1n a message from the pAIBSTINE - 3 presidential yacht 1n the Caribbean. Nr. Trwlan, giving a tull okay to the declaration made by American Delegate Austin, added, 11 The Palestine situation has been and ia the deep concem of this government." From behind the scenes at Lake succeaa, we bear that pressure is being brought upon the British to delay their departure. They are r..ow scheduled to renounce control on May Fitteenth and have all British troops out by August F1.rlt. The idea would be to have the British stay longer - while the U.H. makes up ita mind about an intemational army, and what kind or arra1r that would be~'t'tle BM.t1eh 1n Paleetine, or course, are 1n trouble Jlnll that grows dee!)er and deeper, with the constant increase or Ar&b attacks and Jewish retaliation. They are 1n the hottest kind of hot sp~t, and don't want to stayfToday at Lake Success British Colonial Secretary AHthur Creech-Jones stated that the British are going to get out on schedule, and will not use British troops to entorce the partition 1n Palestine. He added, moreover, that Uri the PALBSTIHE - 4 u~ted Het1onsJBrita1n will abstain from voting on the Palestine issue. To emphasize the British point, the news trom Jerusalem tells ot a bombardment ot British police headquarters, a bombardment ot mortar shells. The area 11 closely guarded, a security zone that contain8 police headquarters, law courts and a hospital. Br1t1ah troopa were holding maneuvers 1n street fighting, when the Z1on1ata opened tire tram a position 1n a tort1t1ed JeW1ah sector. Three aortar shells tell and burst. No casualties, though the ~ matemity ward ot the hospital w&s damaged. 'l'h1a Acannonade ~ represents a climax w the attacks on the British 1n Palestine. I\ C'LECHOSLOVAKIA ~t•s all grabbed everything ~ e e n lmown for ~~--tt.t. over 1n Czechoslovakia. The coaaun1ats 1'... today, complete control)The Czechs hav their devotion to modern liberalism, western freedom. The other Soviet satellites, one after another, 1nstalled Red dictatorships, Communist police states - Czechoslovakia alone retaining some semblance or constitutional goverment. But that 1 s f1niahed now. Jor days ,ie !ve been hearing how the government at ~ had brok~ up, the Reds applying increasing pressure, moving toward tull Communist control - and today the Job was completed 1n •umary and overwhelming fashion. The cl1max came toward the end or the day. In Czechoslovakia, local self-government, and plenty or it, has been exereised by mayors and town councils - and these are now put under control of the Communist P arty. The Red - authorities at Prague sent an edict to all the mayors and town councils, commanding them to take orders from local A ction Com1ttees of the Communists ) S o, with the communist government C Z ECHOSLOVAKIA - 2 in power at Prague, all municipal government becomes comunist - which makes it a hundred per cent. even the O position political parties are suppressed, and Social Democrats,~ have been playing with the "' COIIIDWliets, were hit hard today - when their party headquarters ~~ was occupied by>-lu mta111i.;( There were police raids all over the country - two hundred non-COlllllunist political officials placed under arrest. Opposition newspapers and magazines ~ - - & , ~ put out of business - worke~ered to seize all factories. ,4- A ,t ~- In this Red ; ; . ~ complete power today, tt.re was one feature particularly v1v1d. All along the tront1era of Czechoslovakia, border patrols were reinforced and ordered to keep tug1t1 . ves tran slipping through, prevent ll8Clbers of the non-Communist opposition from getting out. Meaning - ~ that Czechoslovakia 1s now sealed tight• the Iron Curtain. A All of which leaves one person to be heard from, President Benes .tong a world exponent ot· political ) itwt liberalism,~ the most 1.nfluential single figure CZECHO~L0 1 AKIA - 2 - in power at Prague, all municipal government becomes Comunist - which makes it a hundred per cent. even the 0 position political parties are suppressed, and Social Democrats,~ have been playing with tbe C'XIIDW11S ts , were h1 t hard today - when their party headquarters ~~ was occupied by>, I n lfltD\;8..( There were police raids all over the country - two hundred non-Coanunist political officials placed under arrest. Opposition newspapers and magazines - I _.I?. ' -,I, : . ~ • - /J ~ ~ ~ ~ w,,, ... ~ put out of business - workers ordered to seize all factories. ,,A. A ,t In this R~~ complete power today, there was one feature particularly vivid. All along the tront1era of Czechoslovakia, border patrols were reinforced and ordered to keep fugitives from slipping thrOugb, prevent 111P. bers of the non-Communist opposition fran getting out. Mdaning - ~ that Czechoslovakia is now sealed tight• the Iron Curtain. A All of which leaves one person to be heard from, !'resident Benes) ~ng a world exponent 01· pol1 tical iiml liberalism,~ the most influential single figure CZECHOSLOVAKIA - 3 1n Czechoslovakia. Today•s dispatch from Prague states that the conaun1sts received orders to go ahead - and never mind Benes. --«'The national President today was silent, announcing that he ould make a radio address to the Czechoslovak people t0110rrow. It rema1n8 to be seen wbat Benes, the great liberal, will have ~ to say about" final tranatormat1:on ot his country into a Co.unist dictatorship, a Red police state, behind the Irou Curtain. ., . - ... . - - . --- . - - ;. - - -- - - .. - - - - ,:;; - - - - - :.. - t .. - • ---~ - - .. ·-- -- .. - - ::. r - -- .. - - - . - 'I' STEEL f'HlCE This m rn1~ sixteen i its were paid 1n various cities of this nation. teach of sixteen shiny and impressive business offices, a caller appeared and went in conference with dignified and i m ~ ~ a n affair of the A " f.B.I. and the steel industry. Later_. in the day the news was given out that President Truman, from his vacation yacht 1n the West Indies, had ordered an investigation of the boost 1n the price of steel - annowiced by the leading companies last week. The price of steel increased five dollars a ton - all along tbe line. The ~ ashington word is that the administration ia gravely disturbed by the boost in so basic a cOlllllodity as steel, fearing that this may be a serious blow to the •rruman drive against inflation - iN-JXU leading, as it may, • x - to a new round of wage increases. · Su the question was raised - with sixteen major steel companies aunOW1c1n8 a s:lmultaneooa ~ price raise of five dollars a ton, might this not indicate collusionadprice fixing? Might it not constitute a violation ,A - 2 of the Anti-Trust Laws? Hence the presidential action and the , -v,.,t order issued from down the Caribbean - directing the Attorney ~ General and the F.B.I. to make an investigation. Which ~ 1nvest1~at1on began with• round of visit& this morning. A ~ ow . r 4 1 4 :, . T 1 ~ TS . I n , a in ton t i evening, th e Senate vote d to extend nation a l rent controls on housin until April Thirty, I ineteen-forty-1ine ) The present rent law to continue with sli~h t modifications. Most important of these modifications iL this temporary law ap p rove d by the Senate i the elimination o f the cl a use providing aat ■ t criminal penalties - fines an d impr,sonment for violators. That is out. Those who break the new rent law being subject to civil damage suits when t . e bi 1 becomes law. Te Senate voted shortly after the House had rusbe through a ta ■ ra JX slop-gap mea c ure to continue the present a w for one more month. But this bill must be s igned by the President before Monday to prevent a na t ionwide lif ing of rent ceilings, whe n the presen t la is due t o e xp ire, and so t.he :ll'IIX ne w bill for mo dif ied rent controls is being flown to th e Carribbe n where P resi e nt T rum an is on ,acation. LT l . , • ' - -- - - · - - .... n r u t i r p lan e , t · l i r r 1 of e ' ri - ht r 1 ers, f e a ure hem rt 'ind fam· i r i n t ram uf r o m nee a m l oclr m , e uns i n d , i 11. ny f i cti n story h been u n a r u u r. d th e notion somebody pre rin ill, providin f r one thin r n ther nd then f i in 6 t si~n it. In th will that w:1s pro ted, urville 1 right still was u11reconciled in t.e old uarrel between the 'ri ht B rot ers a11d t e umit soni1n Institution in ashin g ton -- tt e mithsonian cope, i n t e pas, havin di sp l y e ~ n t h er p ne s we.r t 's firs airer ft, the .., n6 1ey 1-1lane. uhich w~ why, u of ch rin, or i i n a l \, 1 r i h t p 1 an e h d be e n s e n o t . e Jens in ton useuru, uondon, instead of beine, Kept over here. uring the years that fo lo ed, t , ~ it soni n retr a cted, nd m de mends f r h e s i t inf icte on the t ri ht B rol ers. e que n ion s - - . 1.d urv i le · , · r i ht, f ter m~hin the wl n w rob ted, c , an e hi · 1n l so , 1 v e lo e i1 •, ri .- in ccu r in t er of i ne < wi (' 0 s t er nythin ' in wri in & ' " fin 'll wi 1 1, unsi · ne , l ns been found by the administr tors u f the ~rvi e ~ ri t~ e, di rec· in the ationa l ,, useum w ich is run y mi s t e place he wished t . e p ne o. ~ t a t settles it. rvi le ri ~ , c . angin g his mind about the old quarrel, had m de out a new will, o now action is t be ~rompl. The government in i shington is ta in me sures to bring b ck the first plane. T da y fre I el y sated : "A committee, sent by !resident T rum a n, will arrive in Dayt n to orrow, to ma e prelimin ry rran 6 ements." The ori in 1 V ri ht plane 1 i ' be re urne ome to t , 1 e United t te ab r an Amcric n ircr f aarrier its h m ecomin an tional cere m ny." n t>i oric celebratiun __ as a resu l t f the un si& ned wil. 2 ome, A 1 a, r e or It he care avia or. Cyrus ~ Se d cran,.e d u . is private plan e , for et in ~a t e throt le i e open. e pl n e too of f eavin a ver y sur ri~e owner be ind - with t e cranA handle in i hand, we pre.ume. With ga oline for two hour in its tanks, the little plane climbed to £our thousand feet ~bove Nome, and then beg n to stunt, zooming and turning in a manner •~citing - an at• ■ ~iwgx alarming - fort ose underneath, homes, sc ools an ' the bu3ire ss section of t ~ city. Housewives left the dinner to burn to watc, and child~en ~ de i g t~t the free aerial circus. A Final y Bil is always in th e ne untz, the veter n bush pilot who oin 0 something daring to hel his neighbors in tha t wild country, climbe into his plane •it a h ot gun_ inten ~ in& th e shoot the runa ay ou sky. The f ly-a - way ane mus t have hear Bill c v ming, becaus e i ~ promptly s ed way across the Bering of the straits in the general direction of ~iberia, here the Russian anti-aircraft gunners were probably waiting to shoot it down on sight. Joral: don't crack your plane with the throttle open. WALLACE Another or those congressional inquiries, and another of those amusing sessions - With Henry Wallace giving his opinion ot· the Marshall Plan. r rhe Third Party candidate for President 1s agin it, as we all lmow.- a.rid today, appearing before the Foreign Relations Co111111tte of the House or Representatives, / he repeated his c,ntention that the European Aid Program would lead to war with Soviet Russia. He proposed a substitute - a ten year, fiftyftllion dollar scheme or American aid, to be administered by the United Nations, a sort ot World Hew Deai( These global economic notions were received 1n silence by the Coan1ttee and by the crowd offpectatora, ever,boQ coo' and unresponsive except Senator Olen Taylor or Idabo, who last night accepted second place on the 'fflird Party Ticket. Sitting at the other side or the table, the vice-presidential p Candidate beamed across at the presidential candidate - with• " Third Party smile. The tum or the spectacular - and the laughs - t around to matters were provided when the testimony go I ' I ( ~ ---- -- - presi nti T s C •' 11 I 11r v l 1ce arle r ec ommen Li 0 1 ,,. f r t i n o n . i ce u l P. r :n,. l ,. Viet R u i . lie u ] t II e s oul ave some new f ces in the xecutive br nch the vernment . " That c used t h e e ublic ns n t e t,; mmittee t beam . " e ex ect,' s id . U . P . C n ressm n ~mit f · .. i consin, "to achieve that re s u 1 t in ovember." Tow ic Henry made a sna py colllebac "I than · you f r y ur su ~ort i r, " said e . The "allace idea th~t we sh0uld ave a new president 1 vember ple sed everybo yon tr.e Committee exce t the e er ts - and the sµect t rs roared with laughter . H e n r y ; , a 11 c e t u a w s n a · f a b e w i t n e s s , ple sant smilin , exce t · en submi e o ne li ne f uestioning. t ew Y r" ref rre Party move ent is e m c r t i c C n O r e s m · 1 n o l l o o m o f t o , . . e •I ~ ac e T i rd e Comm un i. t' I ,J Au C -3 --- --- - Bloom 'l d"ffer n e e en y ur bjec iv s \, e o mu ni. ., J e C l V "" · , 1t en y 6 c., irri ~ cl ~1•m n t fami i r wi the Communist obJec tives," he sn µ f\n 10 w, Nelson , with w at re yo u f mili r · , • LTP.1948.02.24i.pdf LTP.1948.02.24ii.pdf