Congressaan Carroll Reece, the Tennessee Republican, received a telegraa today - which certainly looked like a political sensation. The wire signed- "Harold I. Stassen". Calling on liberal Bepubllcana - to toss out the "Nlxona and ltnowlands." • • Vr~ all r••ber how Harol~ Stassen, President llaenhower'• adviser on dl1UW11ent, c ... out agalnat the ~ t 1 o n or Vice Prea14ent Hixon. And Senator~ 11 a Republican Conservative leader. Stuaen Pl'CIIPtly denied - that he ever sent a the telegraa. Veattm Union hu begun an ln•eatlptllln - to IN who did. At the a0119nt, all that la known 11 - that the wire waa tiled at Staford, Connecticut. All this . - 1n connection with a new · national cha11'118n tor the o OP to succeed - retiring Leonard Hall. One pl'Ollinent candidate - H. Nead Alcom, Jr., GOP National c011111tteeaan troll Connecticut. The telegra - calling tor the STASSD - 2 election of Alcom. One aap1c1on 1e that the Msaage, with its dlnunc1at1on or the ' Nixona and Knowlanda" - •• •ant - really, to hurt the chance• or Alcom. But it's a pussler - the telegram signed with Staaaen•a nae. ADD_STASSEB Later in the day, Western Union aade its re p ort - nd here it is. The sender of the telegram - definitely not Stassen, the President's disarmament adviser. The night manager of the Western Union office in Stamford states - th a t the man told the girl on the de1k th a t he was •Harold Stassen.• But - not the Stassenmo'• in the governaent.• But there's a lot of confusion about what happened at the Stamford telegraph office. Thia character sent other wire, - and the word ia - that other GOP aeaber1 of Congre11 have received siailar telegra ■ a. Denouncing - the •Nixon• and Inowlanda.• The aystery - g etting more and more complicated. LOAIS In the Senate - a bill to provide a huae 11.11 tor gonr:■1nt low to holle•buying veterans. Dellool'atic leader, Senator Lyndon Johnson ot Tena, lntroduclng a •uUN that would put up one billion, tour hundred llillion dollan, to 1tlallate houalng construction, 1n behalf ot war veterana. lllCm&IRDIJ In Washington, a w011&n wltne11 expreaaed rear, today - rear ot the kind or thing that happened to labor colmanlat Victor Relael. Who waa blinded - by an acid throwlilg thug. Nra. Geraldine Taylor ot Bayonne, lew JeraeJ, told a Senate lnYNtlptlng aub-cCllllltt•• - that ahe wu atraid ot llhat wo\lld happen to her. lt ahe told all ahe knowa • about JotalJ Dlo, the union ottlolal - charpd wlth autmllncU.111 the ma attack on Victor Relael. Jira. -r,.,_ylor, a aecretary aploJed by the union - - then queatloned 1n a aecret ala 1e11lon. 0 LD The Senate 1a acting - to bring Robert I. Lee back into the Union. To restore - the full c1t1zenah1p or the taou confederate General. The aponaor or the Senate reaolutlon - a Yankee, H01118r Capehart or Indiana. The reason, Well, the tact• about the aitlsenahip or Robert I. Lee were •de public bJ a "cl•ll war round table ' 1n Indiana. The record ahowa that, after Appoattox, General Robert I. Lee retained - a part or hla rlghta aa a cltisen. He could Yote - but could not hold Ill political ottlce, or aene on a , - jlll'y. In 11ghteen Sixty Slx, Lee applied to President Andrew Johnson - tor a Ml pardon. But, nothing ever happened. Vhlch - 11 now to be raedled. Today'• action 1n the Senate la tlaed tor an annlveraary - the one-hundred-and-tlttleth aMlveraary ot Lee'• birth, January Nineteenth, two daya tl'OII now. All or which la +• - that we should send along to thoae llyalan t1elda LIi - 2 - are the 1hade1 or great cOlllllllldera torepther - llennder, Ham1bal, Cae1ar, and Robert I. LH. The United States - to have atOlllc tuk toro•• at atrateglc trouble 1pot1 ■di around the world. So 1ay ottlclal1 ot the Detenae Departatnt. 'n\e ta1k toroe1 - to be UMd wlth ground-to-ground ala1llN, CU'l'Jlnl atald.o nrhNda. 'ftle plao•• where they'll be atatloned - countr1•• llk• Turkey, Iran, Japan, Okinawa; Aluka and polnta 1n -t•m lurope. The ldea - to be able to atrla 1wlttly, with atalllo wapona, 1n oue or neceaalty. Secntary ot S t a t e ~ Dullea hu aaaund Congre11 that Prealdent Eisenhower wlll exerc1ae all poaalble cautlon - 1h taking action Wider the propoa3d "111enho11Wr plan." Secretary Dullea uaed the expreaalon "lean over backWard," Dl telling - how caretul the Prealdent wlll be about ualng Aaerlcan troop, 1n the IUddle laat. "➔ o••r backward" - 1n ettorta to ••old any auch thlng. So atated 1n aecret natlaony - ade publlo aoan atter apeaker Saa Rapum, today, threw hla powerful aupport behind the Prealdent•a prograa 1n the Nlddle IUt. GAZA - In the General Asa•bly or the United Natlona, tonight. Auatralla proposed - that U I forces occupJ the ~ Gau Strip, ,. the area along t h e ~ ot Aqaba. a llhlch Israel seized - and 11 reluctant to give up. Israel Pore1gn 111.nlater, Jira. Golda llelr, •de a reply - wich did not conllltute a tlat rejection ot the resolution, To put the Gau · Strip and the Oult ot Aqaba section - under U I control. All thia tranaplNd during the debate on a resolution aponaoNd bJ Atro-blan countrlea. Which IIOUld give Ilrael tlve da)'I to get lta troop• cCllll)letelJ out ot all occupied Bgyptlan territory. BRITAD The new British Priae Mlnlater auut on televia and radio, today - and gave the British people a pep talk. Which, they say, was ln the aanner or a football coach ,.... ... 1n a pre-game session with h1a playera,-The good old "do or dle '' apir1t. Harold MacMillan - d811Uldlng an end to what he called "deteat1at talk." Putt1ng it 1n these words: "All we need 11 confidence 1n our country and 1n ouraelvea. So don't let•• have any aore .a deteatl1t talk, ot second clua powers, and ot dreadful thlnga to COM." He took up the all 111portant - question ot Br111ah-Allerlcan attalra, saying: "A lot ot people are 110rrled about our relatlona with the Un1ted States." And acldinl: "The life or the tree world depends upon the partnership between 111." Any partners are bound to have dltterences now and then - but true partnership 11 baaed upon respect. Ve don• t intend, 11 he declared, 11 to depart from the AMricana. And - we don't intend to be satellites." lllITlD - 2 Arter which Prlile Nlnlater Mlclllllan detended the Brltlah-Prench lnnalon or Suez. Ina1atlng: "I bell••• hlatory will Juatlty what we did." Meanwhile, tol'ller Prllle IU.nlater Iden la leavlnl tor lew Zealand. The doctora have orJeNd h1a to take a cOlll)lete reat - after the atraln ot dl ottlce, coupltd wlth RAP On the island of Cyprus, the Britian Royal Alr Poree will hold a court-martial in an affair, the like or which - I don't think I've ever seen before. An RA p pilot accused of shirking an aasigraent - in the attack on lgypt. Taking measures to •ke sure that he wouldn't have to tly - in an alr raid against the Suez Canal area. Plight Ottlcer Dennis Kenyon, Captain or a Canberra Jet boaber - to take ott 1n a squadron or other bollbera. But, according to the charge against hill - he had no 1tcaach for the• ■l111on. So, 1n the take-ott, he partly retracted the under-carriage or hl1 Jet bomber - ao that the plane ... wrecked, before leaving the gro'1ftd. I • ••··· beltftti1 1 «e < NR haam~a-- t:ltQ::::4-etllM - Q..pilot court-martialed tor wrecking hla -,>lw, to avoid carrying out a miaalon. A big tiae 1n the Krealin, today - •• the 11111d • Prt11ler of Red China Joined with Soviet leaders in loud propaganda. Thlrty-tlve hundred ottlclala - hailing Chou In Lil, Jut returned rro. a tour ot · Poland and Hunau-y. Bltter attacks - on the United States. The ChlnNe Red PNlller Jolnllll J.. the INlllln leaders 1n denouncing thllt "111enhowr doctrine" " u a u.s. lllperlallatlo plan to ••l•• control or the IUcldle laat. POLLCM MOSCOW Later, there was a sumptuous banquet for Chou En Lal at which - Khrushchev held forth on the subject or Stalin, again. Eating hls words, it would seem. sort-pedalling h1a previous condemnation or Stalin. Thia t1Jle Khrushchev described the aurderoua dictator as a "model COllllluniat." Waving his flat and shouting: "I do au not separate Stalin from C01111unls11. But I conalder that, u a COlllliUnlat, tlght1ng to~the interests or the worklng claas - Stalin was a JIOdel C011111Unlat." At one point or the harangue, Bulganin whispered to Khrushchev, "enough, enough." But IChrual'n:hev a grinned and retorted: "No, not enough." And - continued his harangue. Adding - that Stalin had his faults - but that Stallnism was true C01111unla■• All or which was Ql applauded by Chou Bn Lal, the Foreign Minister troll C01111unlat China. HUMOARY The puppet regime in Hungary - striking at leaders of the workers, in the factories of Budapest. At least five members of Budapest workers councils arrested - under a new decree which threatens the death penalty t;hose inciting "- - - workers to strike. - 0 The Kadar government continuing its persecution of Hungarian writers, a number of whom have been arrested. The Hungarian writers association - outlawed. - - ~ Refugees reaching Austria describe • • M ~ ,,... as "a reign of terror." IRELAND In a Dublin courtroom. today - the disclosure of a document. Outlining plans for the Irish Republican Army - I ~ for terrorist raids in North Ireland. The~ police declaring they found the fifteen page record in the apartment of a Dublin journalist. Sean Cronin - who once worked as a , a newspaperman in New York. The document lists_ four "Flying Columns". Bands of armed men - with raiding assignments. And routes to take - into North Ireland, targets - to strike. Including - police an barracks, bridges and various industrial installations. The outlawed Irish Republican Army ls being prosecuted by the Dublin government - for a whole series of raids in North Ireland. Now the discovery - of a plan or campaign of the I. R.A. MARIE MCDONALD Marie McDonald appeared before a Hollywood Grand Jury, today, and said: " I am not looking forward to this. ~16' I I don ' t see how I can convince th~ if I can't convince the police. II She says the cops have refused to issue warrants for two men who, she said, kidnapped her. And now hopes - a grand jury will issue the warrants. All implications are that the Jl police are skeptical about the kidnap story told by Marie "the body" McDonald. HYPNOTIST In the judicial chambers of a Milwaukee Judge - a weird scene, today. Ending the case - against an amateur hypnotist. Charged - with having put a spell on a woman. Convincing her that she had married him - in Seventeen Seventy Six, that fateful year. Sylvester Werra sued Jacob Apsel for damages. Charging that Apsel, using hypnotism, had convinced Mrs. Werra of that previous marriage in a previous life. As a result of which Mrs. Werra would have nothing more to do with Mr. Werra. The case came up, today, before circuit court Judge Harvey Neelen. With Apsel declaring - that he, himself, believes that he married Mrs. Werra in Seventeen Seventy-Six, but he was willing to de-hypnotize Mrs. Werra. So the Judge took him up on that, and the occult business m was transacted • in Judge Neelen's chambers. Apsel did some chanting - and then rubbed Mrs. Werra•s temple with his thumbs. Telling her - she must forget HYPNOTIST -2 him - and return to her husband. "You will give him," the hypnotist coDlllanded, the same love and respect you did before you knew me." When it was all over, the husband said: "I'm satisfied," he al withdrew the lawsuit, convinced that the spell was broken. Mrs. Werra - no longer believing she married Apsel in Seventeen Seventy Six. DUEL Political news from P eru - having to do with high government affairs. A.n aftermat h - of the Peruvian presidential election, last summer. So what's today 1 s political event? A duel - a meeting on the field of honor. With sabres - those heavy slashing blades, which can u take an ear off. Or, for that matter · : , _ - a head ~ eff:; I In the election, last June, Gernando Belaunde Terry, head of the popular action party - was defeated by President Manuel Prado. Remaining - chief of the political opposition. Then, at New Year's President Prado gave an address to the nation - which made no hit with oppos1Uon leader Belaunde. Who, thereupon, published a reply. And that, in turn, was answered by Eduardo Watson. Who, with his Anglo- Saxon name, ls a member of the chamber of Deputies at Lima. Watson - criticizing Belaunde severely. That's what brought about the duel - Belaunde challenging Watson. Their seconds, top level politicians - DUEL - 2 - meeting at Lima's aristocratic National Club, Tuesday night. Making - arrangements. The field of honor - a terrace at a Peruvian Air Force base outside the city. Where, today, the duelists - went at each other with sabres. The contest - lasting for half an hour. Ending - when both were wounded. In the melee of slashing blades, Belaunder - sustained a cut on one arm, Watson, a cut on u one ear. -If_ 11,,~ - Showing A that politics in Latin-America can be lb livller than mere oratory, counting votes, and all th.1-; LTP.1957.01.17i.pdf LTP.1957.01.17ii.pdf