To d ay brings a Taft Eisenhower dis p ute,-it see ■•­ the first possible rift between the two, since the1 joinea fore•• in the election ca ■ paign. The S enator doe1 not approve of 1eaterday•s nomination - Martin Durkin to be S ecretary of Labor. Re eyas the job should not go to a Deaocratic Union Leader, who supported Stevenaoa. Be oal the selection -•incredible.• And saya: •tt•a an atfroa\ to ■ illiona of union ■ e ■ b•r• and officer•, who had tbe courage to defy the edict of offlciala, lite Ir. Dartt ■, that the1 vote for Stevenaon.• Taft had •de two reco■■ endation1 of hie ow■ for Ch• Labor p oet, adviain& ? reaident-eleot li1eabower to na ■e either Clarence Manion, for■ er Dean of the lotre o ... Law School, or for■ er Sen,tor Danaher of Connecticut. I•\ that !Isenhower choice is very different - a Union Labor backer of ~tevenaon. Th• ~ enator and the General, after their battle for G.O.P. n o ain ~ tion, had that fa ■ ous ca ■ p aing love feaat~ But there have been plent y of su p positions that, in the EISENHOWER - 2 S till business of governm~~; they might clash.•t•&l\nobody expected --¥~ ~-ir~- a rift so sooA The Taft opposition to rurkin could be serious since the nominee for Secretary of L abor, like any other cabinet member, r nust be okayed by the Senate. Taft, however, malcea 1 t clear that he has no objection to Durkin personally. He atatea that his conanents are, what he calla - "no reflection on the ~WrMi/ 4~e-t. to- character or ability of Mr. Durkin." .aatcb wq,t~ indicate - that he will nctf1ght the nomination in the .senate. What's the reaction to all · thi~? ? I Well, let•a first consult the principal character. Yes terdal, w h e n ~ • . •• I • I I ~ !Alnformed of hie own selection, - • • Du!!.!A) •Aca.11~d for a ••ting between Senator T a rt and the Union leaders on the subject or the Taft-Hartley Law, to tmlch tha Unions are so hostile. The Senator and the Labor leaders - to discuaa revisions of the law, which would •ke it acceptable to both Unions and Management. Today, when infomed or Tatt•a opposition to him, Durkin did not change his opinion. He said he hopes for eventual cooperation with Taft. Prospects might EISElfHOWER - 3 not seem so bright for the meeting he suggested - but he remains hopeful. "These matters." he says. "tend to resolve - when people sit down and talk about them." \ One interesting reaction comes from the C I.O., immediate! Yesterday. there were cheers from the A.F. of L - Durkin belonging Dia to that branch of Labor. The P l 1111bera• Union, of which he la President, 1s an A.F. of L. affiliate. Leaden or the C.I.O., however, re1181ned a-ilent - 11v1111 the impression that they might not be ao enthuaiaatic about l a top man in t.be rival organizat.ioD.\ the naming orJ I J I I ~ TodaJ - there's a change, following the Taft ~last. At the C.I.O. Convention in Atlantic C i ty, prominent ott1c1ala COIie to the support or the Eisenhower nomination. David Mc Donald, Acting President of the Steel Workers, denounces the Tart criticism. and says: " rhat is more natural than to have a L a bor man in the C a btnet?" At Eisenhower headquarters - no comment. From other Republican chiefs - no outright support of Taft in the EISDHOWER - 4 argument. O.O.P. Senator Dworshak or Idaho declares: "Thia is Eisenhower's show." And adds: "I made up my mind long ago, that 1t was bis prerogative to na• hla C&b1•t.• - - COMMUNISTS - U.N. (A Ne w Y _ rk Grand Jury accu ; es the State Departmen, - . in c · onnection with _ Reds in the u.j . ll'XOJ ~ ...... · x tll•• apiX9xaix11t• ■nid.:-■we• vbonx••• ~--••--•••-- . fwAmerican \ statement is tha~allltg :~Reifs were c l e ~ lk I •• illllfAt\ •j[tor important posts ln th e U · • ) One . . ti •• individual who acted as a Soviet espionage agent while in tbe employ or the world organization. Hewes questioned, and retuil to answer whether or not he still was oot1ng as a Red apy. ,. The Grand Jury declares that tWe d1sloyQl Aller1oana are nearly all roraer govenwent employees - h&Yilll held YU'l- \ there / poats in W a shington. And adda that ,...: was • - a "detlntte, ~ " / p ro-coaauni .. ~ planned, pattem." BJ which - :--g•Ddlllll&l(o1 ticlala 1n Washington surrounded themselves with iubvera1ve persona, and then shifted them over to the United Hationa. To which they were transferred - okayed by the State D e partment. So aaya the Grand Jury. -r"'- Lateat - State Departaent ■at•• a replJ. r~- ••••••• the Departaeat 1• •aot ia a poaitioa• to \ell th• Uai\ed latioaa whclit ahoul4 hire. llllll / Philip Jeuup ha■ rui1ae4 - · the .l■'baiiH4•• of\ea uader a\\aok by lcCar\h7. T••••• aooep\e4 \be r••iaaatioa wl\h ezp••••i••• et •1 re1ar4 for &■baaaa4or Je•••P• A\ ashington Grand Jury is going to investigate O wen Lattimore - looking into charges that the Far tastera expert in t ~ stifying to a Senate ~ub-Coa ■ ittee, diatort•d what he had to eay. Thia goee b ack to an in 1 uiry into charge• that U.S. p olicy in the far East had been influenced by p ro- Co ■■ uni&e, acting in the interest or the Chin••• Meda. The Institute of P acific Relations, often under fire, was ■ entioned. Owen Latti ■ore, a tor ■ er truet•• ot tba\ Institute, was questioned - he hawing been denounoe4 , , Senator McCarthy of Wisconsin as a ~o•i•t agent. The Far Eastern expert denied •••rytbin1 - aa4 the Co ■■ ittee thereupon accused hi ■ of hawin1 teatifte• fal1el7. tor exa■ ple - a,out bis relation• wttb ~ear, Vanderbilt Field, called a financial angel for pro- Co ■■unt1t caase1. Tb• attorney G~neral ordered the F.!.I. to loot into the ■ atter. So now, lcGranery atatee: •Tb• r.!.I. investigation has been coapleted, and I have directed that all pertinent facte be gi••n to the Grand Jury.• U.N. t t h U .N . , th olit ic 1 C ommitt e votes down the ovi t pla n for truce in K o rea - b a sed on a forcible return of prisoners-of- wa r. \ ~ :i tY - Th e \ ~ - forty-one to five. ,/\ Which was to be expected, fter action l a st night - when the Committee passed the compromise presented by India - a lthough the Soviets and Red hina had rejected it in advance. ( In spite of the Communist opposition, people at the U.N. retain some faint hope that the Indian compromise may bring about an armistice - with its proviso that R - d prisoners, who refuse to go home, would be placed in charge of the U.N. for final disposition. The Indian delegat~, whose government 1a in \the / constant communication with Red China, sayf!\_. rroposal may, A I ~ in his words - ' ' form the bridge across present difficulties." Hope seems to die hard at the U,N) A A R In Paris, F or e i gn Minis t e r 3 hum a n announces - th a t h w i ll ask for a r e sumpt i on of n g ot ia t i ons on the question or the Saar. O v er the w e ek e nd, th ey h a &lection in that 1 , disputed coal min e s ction Nt cut off from Germany a t the end or · ' orld War TWo. It was a victor y for the French. The Germans urged the Saarlanders to boycott the election. But a sizeable majority of the total voting population cast ballots in favor of the present international regime. Opposing - a retum to Germany. feud. ~ e ' NE Z UELA We hear that the we e kend e lection in Vene z u e la c ntinue up~{overwhelming victory~ the Left A I-- to build Wing arty - as against the military junt a that has been running the South American c ountry since Ninet ee n Forty- E ight. This was indicated by the first published returns - after which, the government at Ca racas clamped on a censorship, to keep further election news from getting out. But, in the neighboring republic of Colombia, radio listeners are able to pick up broadcasts intended for Venezuela only. Presumably, the military junta is telling the local people about election results - while trying to keep these from the outside world. ( So that's the origin o ~ .toni~t•s dispatch, which ,, / states that radio listeners in Colombia have picked up word that the Left Wing party has nearly three hundred tho~sand votea The g oyernment in power - less than one hundred and fifty thousand. A conservative faction - a bout ninety thousand. Such are th e fig u res - with a bout a q uart e r of the t ot a l vote <.-O unted , ) VENEZUELA - 2 The L ft ·' ng party favors a n increase of taxes on American oil companies - operating in the rich Venezuelan But / . .\in fields. ~states,~spectfic terms - l91\kthey do not advocate any nationalization of Venezuelan oil. Substitute !i!l~Yl~A Bere•a the latest fro ■ Vene1uela - the Minister of Defense baa proclai ■ ed hi ■ aelt ProTiaional President. By what authority? •sy the decieion of the Ar ■ ed Forces• says Colonel Carlos Pere1. This is the answer the Vene1uelanMilitar7 Junta gi••• to the eiection oYer the weekend - which resulted in an o••r•h•l■ in1 aajorit the Lett-lin1 ~ Part~ running in oppoaition to thJ~:1:'1!11.,..~~&roup. Tie announceaent ■ eana that the election is cancelled bJ a Coup D' ltat - the ailitar1 fore•• retaining power. SAINT Remarkable scenes a r e being wit ness ed at rtug a l 1 s ~ old cit y of Goa, in India. TheyAre commemorating the Four H undredth nniversary of t h ~ f St. Francis Xavier, the A ostle of the Indies. Tens of thousands of pilgrims throng the c ity. They come from all oveithe world - a large part fr011 British East Africa and ortuguese Est Africa. Presiding over the ceremonies, th e Papal Legate, the C rdinal of Portugal, \Vho ha ,{come from Lisbon. For four days, the body of St.Francis Xavier is being exposed to public view - strangely preserved after four centuries. All recalling a fabulous episode - or profoundest importance in history. Beginning with a young Spanish soldier, Ignatius oyola, who was wounded in battle - and became converted to religious e · nthusiasm. Gather i ng around him a " - w ich / - group of c ompanions - became the nucleus of the Jesuit ,{ Order. One of them, a fellow paniard, Francis Xavier. Loyola, founder of the Jesuits, had his career in Europe, organizing the Order, which battled for Rome against Luther and the 'AINT - 2 r o t est a nt Reformation. But Fr a ncis Xavi e r bec a m e a miss onary in distant ands . In those days , t h e P o rtuguese had a fabulous empire in the Est - Indi a , the Indies. S to that e xotic world the . oung missionary went, voyaging to the shores of southern Asia. In time, he made his way to the Far East, the China coast, Japan. His missionary exploits won for him the title - Apostle of the Indies. He died in China, in Fifteen Fifty-Two, fotrbundred Y.ears ago, his body taken to Goa, the city the Portuguese held ~-f4~_r~ ~~&?}~~~. in IndiaJA His tomb there - a mecca , for pil~ims, cul.Jalnat1ng now with an enormous pilgrimage, commemorating~ Four Hundredth AnniversaryA-£ ~ 4-.:fo s ~ GIR story - of the G. I who became a girl. N o w, Miss Ghr1st1ne J rgensen, after servtn in the U . . S.Army as a soldier - no different, apparently, than any other G. I. Joe) The news has been telling how J 1 . rgensen became disturbed, and was in some curious transformation. · He went to nmark, where medical scientists changed the ex-G.I. -- from him to her.) Today's odd side light comes from '' Miss Denmark of - N1neteen Fifty-Two.u , Who says she owes her own rise to faae ' to the one-time American soldier. He was always interested tn photography - and, in Denmark, made pictures of a radiant blonde named Henne Sorensen . . She submi tt.ed one of them to the "Miss D . umark' contest - a nd won. That sent her to C a ltfornia . for a uM. ss Unive~se '' contest - though she didn · • t win that one. Today, M i ss nm.ark said: "I liked Chris very much. But I never kn w where to place him, or her - as a friend, or - · - a girl friend. Although ·hri~ seldom spoke - awar of great personal difficulties. e felt the flavor of n 0 • • ,_,,. .. f>.-' •••• the Rio Grande - vicious kidnappin& ca1e. -1 I\ Mexican bandits abducting two iexaa tar■ bo7a, and torturiq tbea until a fourteen hundred dollar ran10■ was paid. Tb• Mexican_S lured the boya aero•• th• ior4er. on a pretext of selling cattle cheaply. the ■• Then - ••i••• Chihuahua City, where be put in a co ■ plaint to the Governor. Tb• Mexican authorities got buay on tb• ca1e, aad announcef three arreata. \ BRINK News from ton, th t indictments are comint in -, that famous Brinks affair - th t record breaking robbery. A f deral gran jury is hearing evidence presented by the F.B.I., and accusations will be brought against three men - charged with having played a part in the one-million;-two-hundre~thoueand dollar hold-up. The robbery er the Brinks armored car, loaded wtth a treasure of money, was two years ago - the crooks making a cle getaway. It looked like a blank mystery-, with no clues that led anywhere. But now we hear that three men have been identified by the F.B.I., as having been seen in a truck that carried off the masses of loot. This vehicle, it turns out, was a green panel tr~ck, which had been stolen. It vanished, never seen again - not aa anything on wheels. They found tt cut into small pieces - in a dump heap of junk at Stoughton, Massachusetts. The crooks, after having reduced ~he truck to bits of metal, thought 1t would never be~JR~~~red. But they were wrong about that - and it now l o o k ~ the Brinks hold-up might eventually be solved.