1 J.J . - ~ 1 ~ &A-#, ~ I~, l</lfJ . I The day-by-day stories of a great Japanese concentration of power in the southwestern Pacific coae• to a climax today in an Australian dispatch that the Japs . have a11ssed two hundred thousand troop• at their bases north of Australia and have hugely increased their air strength. And w-or.J today ' s "1 pat f f ro ■ lea&!-al- MacArthur's headquarters i4a Aa••••lk gives warning that a full acale enemy assault may be launched at any ti ■e. An estimate of the situation is given by General Sir Thomas Blaaey, Commander of Allied ground troops under e~n\!'!"M MacArth~r. His thesis is that . the Japs lost a lot of face by the defeats in the ~ Coral se,, at Midw y , Gu a dalcanal, Hew Guinea,,.\ the Bismarck Sea. T heir p ride is hurt, an d they have do something to retrieve their asse m b ~d forces to injured prestige. A!L§!fil1!A - 2 General Blamey explained that during recent months, the United Na t ions have won the dominance of the air in the southwestern Pacific, and this the Japa ~ intend to challenge. !ha• is why they have been /\ aassing p lane e, and launching a series of big tiae air attacks. They hurled ninety-eight planes against Tulagi, forty-five against Oro Bay, then the latest - a hundred planes against Port Moresby. This happened yesterday, when the Japs lost fifty-two aircraft shot down. In all the recent raids, they have lost ninety-seven. Figuring froa the reports that have coae ia, our own loas was only nine - giving us a ratio of better than ten-to-one. 7'hat would seem to b e 11i , hty encoura ing; but1 what we get is a stern warning, a warn i ng that the Japs have concentrated a great abundanc troo p s and p lanes, a nds · em to be u p to of strength, something. AERICA In North Africa things have pretty well shaped themselves for a final battle - the Nazis' last stand at the tip of Tunisia. Today, the forces of the United Hationa, British, Americans, French, continued to push forward - tightenin the ring around the beleaguered Axis army in its fortified stronghold - Tunis-Bizerte The British Eighth Army, ■ oving up from the south, ~ """thrust to a point twenty -miles above the captured holy city of Iairouan. And north in the Tunisian tip, the British First Army scored advances today. So did the Americans and the French. Romm•l's Afrika Korps is trying to slow down the Allies by means of ~inefielda and rear guard resistance, to give more time for the · last stand. Students of history will be reminded that the ti p of Tunisia is the site of Ss:e ancient liXJX»tx Cartha £ e, which was ne a r the present nav a l ba e t Bizerte. There, in a memorable si ge, the Romans drew their lines around the Carthaginian stronghold, and the record of war knows of no more bitter siege than the one that ensued. Modern battles being on a scale so much larger, the present-day · replica of the f=il of Carthage includes, not merely a town and citadel, but the • general area of the ancient Carthaginian homeland. lrct • In many respects, the antique story is repeated. The estimates are that the Axis have soae two hundred and ten to two hundred and twenty thousand men in the pocket at the tip of Tunisia. A~eut • auajred and fifty thouaana et \heae axe 8e1mana, Lhr~ ~@&~ Italiaae. Baring •ae !aaieiaa fisatias ef the~ aeeeraing t~ Meanwhile, Allied a i r ~ continuef to strike at Italy. We be a r of two more Ame ican ~e•~•• ~ < & ~ ~ . raids a g ainst Maple~ They wer~&aylight a fairs, eM ~ smash, at the largest port that the Nazis in Tunisia can depend on for badly needed supplies. E!fGL!J!L In the London House of Commons tod a y, some bitter words were spoken, and your Uncle Sam was in the ~ thick of a blister in~ blaze. cf aw tl'li.. This country was angrily assailed, and the assailant was just as scathingly denounced:t½he violent critic of America was Captain Alec Cunningham-Reid, who got upfnd s id that ~e<e. the United Sates 1l:la not appreciate what Great Britain A has done in the war. He contended that if it hadn't been for Britain's g allant defense, Americans would now be under the domination of Nazi Germany ..... ~~e used these ironical words:- "if it were not for the little incident kno n as th, Battle of Britain." That ia -G what saved America,• soid he/ andAadded: "It is moat r g rett b le that Am ric n ns have a perverted view of nd B · r it is h a i me • " British nchiev m n s t st a th t a n . , for m of H _ \ " n o n i O l ion i m i i v o p ing in the Unite tete , and ENGLAND - 2 ________ _,_,__, added that certain American elements want to t~ke Canada, and Aacquire British bases in the Atlantic and Pacific. Captain Alec Cunningh m-Reid got around to hia climax when he charged America with aimin at worldwide domination of the air and a monopoly of world commerce. In other words, your Uncle Sam was given a thorough going-over by the honorable gentle~an, who, in turn, was skinned alive by another U.P. - Brendan ~ Bracken, British Minister of Information~ X- described the Cunningham-Reid statements tith these words;- •a story of distilled insults to the United States.• Jae for Am ricans not appreciating Britain's part ~'~ in thew r w referred to American news men who t / . covered the bombinps of Lond~• .,,here was aptain Alec cunnin h m-P id at th t i m e? "Beach-combing in Honolulu durin the Battle of Brit in," s~id ~•x the i~ister of.Informetio . I ems that th hon r ·b e ENG L AND - 3 ------- ent l eman w a s in d eed in Honolulu at the time, a uest of American h e iress Doris D uke Cromwell - who has a fabulous estate in iaaal ■ix Hawaii. However. the -tlv,.,wvJ! beach-combing~ hardly remind you of the old-time derelict who grubbed a livin g on a South Sea shore. J:t- · w;/;ach-coabin g de luxe - as Captain Alec Cunningham-Reid can tell you, after his sojourn as a ~uest there during the boabing of Britain. - n . ~~~ --¼l.t~H~e • • Out in the Atlantic, a merchant vessel loaded • i with war supplies was torpedoed by a German submarine. The crew took to li f e k rafts, and present,. the U-boat a eared on the surface. The Germans took the captain of the freighter aboard the submarine. There, the U-boat skip p er a d dres~ed him by his · full name - ■■z*•:bliJ which c~rtainly surprised the American ca tain. 1h e more so - becal.: heh been assi i? necl to the vesse · 1 only • t,o ho urs before s a i in g . He was a replacement. The ca p tain, who , as to h . ve co mm n ed the craft, had become su dd en un v i L a l e, n substitute ha d been pu t in. Yet, U b S l. J p e~ n ew his name in full. h,~ - fl GOS IP - 2 ---- Not only th a t - he proceeded to mention the port from which the freighter had sailed, the destination to which it was bound, and the exact nature of its cargo. 'tr low where had the undersea prowler acquired all of that GJ r/-1- ~ ~c~ .J precise information? Admiral Train today gave the answer: ..1.1\ »•~al In\elliosnts diaclac!'1)~ · lf■alaiasall,1■aii•iiaaiaa~he4~ust before the Aaeric a n ship sailed, a sailor of the crew went to a hb h d bar and there he blabbed a few loose words. ~- ~g or oo , Eneay espiona g e was waiting for just that sort of thing - ~ i c e . n sh~om~d. 5 ~Admir a l Trai~ peiat.r, the following ••••lk ~s• •:,t•) • "There are--:'iny enemy a ents still in this country. ,. ~ i o k i a 8 up a n d re 1 a y i at: ;1: :1: • a 8 a ey loose-taikiftg Aaerieeae, • !a~ CMPe ene j pxo ■- So ,. \ket , . 01 &e• /\don't g oes ip. The question of the news men and the forthcoming United Nations Food Conference has produced still another angle - the conference and the Senators. If ~e~ertere ape ~e ee barred fto ■ the United Na•ieaa.. 1athe1ing, should not rep1°eseutatiTes of the 8enat,i11 then t - ~ ee ■promiae - ~he United Nations get-togetherAto he he l d at Bot Springs, Virginia, where there are mighty few .ac ilities for news gathering, and where the reporters ,ou d be allowed to attend only the o enine and closing ses i ons . rQ.Q.!LCOBfEREN C t - 2 that isl a .s:.~. Today George of Georgia deplored the bar!ing " of newsmen froa the conference, and Gillette of Iowa hoped that Senators would be invited to attend. •r would dislike to have ua demand representation,w said he, ... •but it wou l d be courteous and helpful if the State Depart m ent c m e forward of its own volition.w afgpaation sho•Je be e iven about tbe deW.bePat.i.1ae o'- -f&a 'st- ~di J&N@: t .-rt a · t d 11 ;t a 'lfl ll ts Of Iii8iaft . "' . :;l513'irt/\ 1 Theilla.. e n 1 e • - - - • ~he~ l a as a ceneide 1 ab l e zac~nt of ft@edoe if f, - FOOD £Q!!.[,E __ filt • 3 iaf or ■ at i ott~ ru1 -,; +c iii ;::2-1:f t, he re i 8 +, 0 be a I' 8 eple • 8 ~ peaoe,I And Nye of North Da ot called for "a Fifth Freedom, Freedom of Information.• Here is the latest~ Congressman Bradley of Kichi ~n has introdu~ed a reSolution~--;!;/&&-:{!o-,, Nation• 't.n the UbitedAlsas ■ a Food Conference riH be ' ' A A reported by the representatives of the three big news associationa and attended by a joint congressional committee of senators and Congressmen. Even with all the violence of war dinning in our ears every day, there is still a resonant ring in th hrase - •escape from Alcatraz.• It was tried again today - a pri on bre a k at the Rock, that rison fortress in San Francisco Bay wh~h is re arded as escape-proof. ~ S nlY two convicts have ever got~out of Alcatraz, and they are not regarded as having escaped - at least not by the prison w a rdens. This happened six years ag o, when t w o prisoners sawed the bars ot their win d ows, a nd got off the island - and out into the water. But the swift and treacherous currents off Alcatraz are considered to be no less a barrier than the prison walls- too difficult for escaping convicts to swim. !here ha•e V Nea •u•e•• ~~a4 \ae two wae ge~ e~i half a aomen year• , ~ ~l . . . . , be lha ··••l&ft& aaa hawc aeea &@Q rowl.y ■ auc -0ne11 u ~ ~ " • ~u plaoeo, Qk:rtiha ■ ll ,uui Sg1~ta Aaorioa. ALCATRAZ - 2 ------------ ana eelieue +,he t.we W@Pe drewaea :i:n the car1en~tJ 1ff The story of today's prison break repeats a phrase that once was so familiar - •public enemy Number One." Time was back in the gangster era when Floyd Hamilton, the Texas desperado, was Number One on the public eneay list. Be was captured, and sentenced to thirty years of Alcatraz. And he it was wh~ led the attempted escape today~here were four in all. They made a sudden attack on two guards, over-powered them, ran to the shore of the island and dived in. Guards were vigilant, and a hail of bullets followed them. A prison 1 unch went speeding out, and one was recaptured, a Philadelphia kidnaper and bank robber named Brest.\fHe tells how hew · s , mming with another of the e sc a plers, Boarm an by name. The latter was hit by a b u l l e t , ~ disabled. T } e Pennsylv a nia desperado ALCATRAZ - 3 ----- supported hia in the water, id so as lon as he could - and then had to let 11'!11 go. The other convict sank immediately. ~ All ct whi~ accounts for two of the four jail breakers. The other ~~~ ~ two are believed to have~••~ ~ the currents off Alcatraz. One of them - Floyd Haailton who used to be rated as Public fneay Humber One Jt."F f r 0 ---- - ---- Th vi 1 or to Washinton no ad a a mu itu e o f new bui l in , and of these the is on th t caches and hold the eye. It is of gleaming whit e m rble , exceedi ly sim pl e, Roma n in character, with a dome. It is, in fact, mo eled on the li nes of ~ the Pantheon.,t;r::'tt:01~ 7t p ropriate - for Rome 's t o thousand year old Pantheo a structure •••n•• tale!lted architect. And f e new bui ldi n g in Washington is the Jefferson Memorial. T~day it was dedicated - on the Two Hundredth Birthd of the author of the Declaration of Independence. President Roosevelt presid ed, and the dedicatory address. There was one point the Pr sident made th at seemfd to me particularly apt and timely. He 89 oke ef hew much ~homes J eff ersgQ of tbe R l t · ary 'lar Jeffer~on the t:ihi:rti PresiJeRt ef the eve u 19R 1 , United State~ , me o D s to us toi.i ay at ±bis mome nt~ mePe,a 8 ta t.. lly, ta e. n he--me n t to i, r eY iews A!BePiea n&. :JJv ~he Preei d eat r epea ed t he idea t w ice. O n ce he said: I\ "Our e n r t ion of Amer · c ns can understand much in Je f fers o ' s l ife which intervening ener ati ons could nots e as well as w e ." Then lat r he p ut it in these o rds : closer to living men than many of our leaders in the years between." Th a t made me start thinkin g , trying t o figure - wn ~ t point of Jefferson's ph iloso p hy'would mean so much more to us tha some whil e ba ck? it cou l d have meant to Americ~ns of ~ ~ . d ) u . ) ~ tLt- ~ - f c - /hJJ. - And thte eeew:&to le enc &Rglc - • A~ ~ Jefferson' s vi s ion of the human bein g in a state of li berty , the free hum a n bein confronting the universe a a n in i v i d ual on is o w n. A cou p le of ener tions r tty mu h · K e n for g ranted, but J no a Y ~ h veto ·ght a a i st theorie th a t p icture hum n e i s r 8 a herd, w ith e j c h a a ere submerged unit of the m ich in turn is ov erned by d es . otism. In other ords, tot a litaria 1ism. In bhie k ½1ti'@,,, "Jeff rson' s concept of th e free man facing the universe becomes, not a statemen t of the obvious, but fi hti n ~ /UAJ, ~ I tf.j- it; slo a n. And w~ is just another form of the sim le Christi a n princi o le of the human soul a nd it s in ci iv i d u a 1 r es p on s i b i 1 it y i Ii I b v fa,: a I f ta e ' , EM i P Hf,..,,.. That, I beli eve, iJ one of the things 11:i:frtl ~~ m a es Thomas Jefferson soA• •,: t; i me' for us in these wartimes, Jefferson who-said - as the Presi d ent quoted him today: "I have sworn, upon the altar of God, eternal h o sti l ity a , ainst ny f o rm o t y ranny over the min ' of man." r ADD JEFFERSON -~---------- · Yesterday I passed throu gh Charlot t esville, Virginia, famous as the home of Thomas Jefferson~ ~~~ ~ his beloved onticello. On the w ay into Washington I met three of the officials of Charlottesville, who were bound for the nati o n's capital to take part in the ceremony dedicating the magnificent Jefferson Memorial. The City Manager, Seth Burnle7, Postmaster P e t e ~ and Bead of the Ration Board, "Foots• De<t%eaid the7 had hoped the in their town, Jefferson Yemorial would be erected,;x• ■■ txfz ■■xxx but that the1 were reconciled to having it in Washington, D.C., in the same group with the Washington ~onument and the Lincoln Memorial. I eappeee Juat as 1 have, yov ha•e heara Jeff@Peea•e heme, lo# ,•oaeanced Montt-sello and Monti ohelle, ,,,tae1 aeicJ- ieffereon himself haa always pPeaoyaeea i i Yea\i!J!ell., •~ieh meaa1 = a amail moaa~aia~ These eminent gentlemen from the home of fll t il the Jefferson said that,<'• ■ zaxaz~ second World War complicated matters, more than one hundred thousand - visitors, from all overthe world were visiting Charlottesville each year, to go through Monticello. And they prophesy that as soon as this war is over the Ame1ic&n ~eeple will ~e ipaqelling mere ~haa e•e• ~efePe, and the1 ere ~~ leekias forward to weleoaing two hundred thousand visitors a year~ the shrine of Jefferson, hie own home in Charlottesville. - ) Postmaster Perry then told me the interesting effect which he said this broadcast had had on a /,z,... little girl in Thomae Jefferson's home town. Her naae is Betty Newman. And, froa the tiae she was a little baby, her parents apparently tuned me in each evening at six:forty-five. Betty became so accustomed . ' to my closing words that she adopted them in her prayers. Said Postmater Perry, Betty would pray: wnear Lord, take care of Yummy and Daddy, help ae to be a good little girl, and now, dear Lord, So Long Until Tomorrow.w LTP.429.086.045.pdf LTP.429.086.046.pdf LTP.429.086.047.pdf LTP.429.086.048.pdf LTP.429.086.049.pdf LTP.429.086.050.pdf LTP.429.086.051.pdf LTP.429.086.052.pdf LTP.429.086.053.pdf LTP.429.086.054.pdf LTP.429.086.055.pdf LTP.429.086.056.pdf LTP.429.086.057.pdf LTP.429.086.058.pdf LTP.429.086.059.pdf LTP.429.086.060.pdf