MASARYK ~ ~ ' ~ ~~ ~ q J 1 1 1 / • (Today brought one of the most drallatic actions 1n the history of diplomacy. At the United Rations, the chief CzP.choslovak delegate filed a complaint against Soviet Ruaa1 - tor the rape of Czechoslovakia. o. After the Red seizure of that country about 2 _. ... I\ I Jan Papanek stayed on as chief delegate for Czeeboalcwatia tbe Security Council or the United lat1ona. So, when he•• today, be was the ott1c1al representative or hie coantr, - ailil ot 1te cm .m11t goYerraent.,~ . Wblob featured • dinlaUo angleJallloat without precedent,.. I 1uppoee - •• lie flled bla proteat, cbarstng that Soviet Rua11a had 1.na,1.pted 1:be Reel ... ~1zure ot p01ter, whieb inatalled tbe preamt c,,..aniat r,•-«, -----~--~~~~· (Th.11 happened a r .. bouN atter the - 1ll'Oke - .;/A.-t the suicide ot Foreign 1111n11ter"11aaar,t ot CzecboalOYUU, •on or that tuous 111&1-m,rnerred as the rather ot Czechoslovak independence~ When the Reeta grabbed the ~~ pemment at Prague, Porelgi1 M1n1ster~laaaryk stayed on - MASARYK - 2 (•• did President Benes, another liberal or renOlfll. How co~ld they endure it? We wondered at the time. Row could they endure being the servants or the Ccamnist tyranny? Well, Jan lllaaaryk couldn't - and he took the ~1c way out. L £ Today 1n ~ United Rational C011111l1ttee ro011, ,._IAke Suoceaa, lew York, Cb1et Delegate Papanek called a MWI oonterence. H11 voice choked with aoba, as he told the nn-n ot the aotion he bad taken. Porelgrl M1n1ater Naaaryk a au1cicle - ;.apanek . couldn 1 t endure it ani longer either. So he bad t11ecl ,.. an official CsechoalOYak proteat w1tb the 3eour1t7 Couno11, cbarllnl that SoY1et Rual1a bad inltipted the Red seizure ot power, u■inl t1ttb oolUllll tactio■ and a threat ot toroe. tr1•• ~ SARY! - 3 An that's a thre t to the pe a ce o f t \ ' Orld, accordin b to Chief Dele g ate apanek - which is the reason he gives for filing a protest wi h the United Nations. But IIIJIII Trygvie Lie, Secretary of the U.N. refused to pass the dramatic complaint of the grief- stricken Czech delegate, to the Security Council for consideration. Trygvie Lie iaii~I ~ that • Papanek's letter was a communication fro ■ a •non- governmental org a nization•, and as such could not be placed on the Security Council's docket. It will be pigeonholed at U.N. headquarters, and be ~vailable for examination by O.N delegates on request. lews11en asked Papanek, after he bad · read his statement, whether be considered himself as spokesman for a government in exil.e. •In exile?• echoed Papanek bitterly "That depen4s on the other meabers of the United Nations. The fate of Czechoslovakia is in their hands. I can no longer postpone my duty to my terrorized, silenced an d enslaved people.• - 3 T e su i cide f or b '. lir i s er J r . s produce w r d w i e . reµer c u 1 T o i ', , a hington, of icia s of t e ' ni " e c t te ~ : overnment · ere shocked, n e riti.\. 1 rei , n v . ice ec oes a similar entime t. he mbre n e fr m r ue is ta·e as an-ot er indication of . ow im o. s i b e it is for one of liberal ides o live in he wor f tyr ny behind the Iron Curtain. But o ~ er opini s ~re i~e,ise expressed - was Forei~n Minister suicide~ The only definite news MasaryA real a l ~ e announce■en t " by the Red government in Prague - t . a saryA t rew himself from window to his dea , and at e Red ma e uneral nor ) Te atest be was immediate y succeede t ay y ommunist Foreign inist e r. There ere inst~nt urmi c. es - h t M ary IIASARH - 4 had been IIUl'dered, sunaiaes voiced 1n goverrnent circle■ 1n waah1ngton, the State DepartlllGnt, and 1n Congress. One ot those to express doubt about the ort101a1 story 11 Congre111181l Karl Stetan ot lebraaq, who waa born in Cachoalon.kia. !be death ot Jlaaar,t, 1n the worda ot the Congreallllft - "Could ~111t •• ••11.y haTe been illrder." To which he added: "!be ~. INillln baa neTer ■topped at mrder." So here . we baTe a blnt ot a 11Di1ter Siilternational .,.ter,, wbiob waa eoboed todq - tm Cucboalonlt Consul at San JPNno11co - a Mpbft ot PNa1dent Benel. lie Ald,t, "I ean•t help tb1ntinl tb11 . ia nr, ftftnp. It 1 1 alaoit tM - thing tbat bappwcl w tba 1JE~Tinlll 1tn11ter ot the Iaterlor, lllPfdM. lbieb refer■ to tbl taot tbl.t laat week tbl ,oretp IU.n18ter who bad ""eel 1n 1iM coalition 80'.Yenaent before the IN■ took ewer, • • reported to baTe JUIIP8d from a window 1il a 1111e1de att911Pt - gra•elJ 1nJured. so what~ the real truth - •id all t#auap1c1o~ ·•' ~ ~ ot Reel mrder, not au1c1de? Today, trying to procure s011e IIASARYK - 5 1ntoiw.t1on that might give a h1nt,...D..~ ot thil ~ ' - o n country's foremost diplOllllts, wbo occupied illportant po1t11n EurOpe tor years. Be••• a friend ot Pore1gn N1n1ater Naearyk, -4-.;;/ 1F and what he A,, •~L• gave ■e a abook ot rnelatton. Re said that r \ / \ laat tall~ -++w 1• • • ~ he had lllaaryt tor dinner at bla belie - tbllt wu when tbe Czechoalonk Porelgn 111.niater na laat cwer here, attending the General Aalellbly ot the United latlona. •1 notect,• ~,raa1nent Alllrican dlplaat told•• • - , be ,... 1 1 •pt; to oClllllt au1clde - Id I would 1t I bad tm •----•• llwolYed IION and IION 1il tm toil• ot the Recla . . . bad aottr oontrol ner Cseohoalovakia, and • laaaryk bel1ned he coald eollaborate with tbe SOY1eta, am pre1ene the treed• ot b11 country - in partnerab1p with the Reda. All be Ill.a got ... bttter d11illu1lon, torced to play . the Ca.amiat gaae, IIASARYlC - 6 .. .. ~ ~ l t more and ■ore, surroWlded by Red F~ and Red ~ eapionage. The Aaerican diplomat with whom I spoke tocsa, told• that at the San Francisco conference, where the United lationa Organization · na toraed, the Czecboalcwak PoNiln 111n1ater found htllaelt dogged b7 SOT1et apiea, who bad dictapbonea placed 1n 11aaar,1c•a botel roC11 - that 1n - -- San 1ranc11co. Well, be na tm ion ot one or the peat tipN1 ot 11beral1• 1n Burope, bllllelt a liberal ot 1ilternat1anal NMIIII. lnD before tile SO.let -1Dap1red--lte6- H1mre or bl1 oooat:r, ~ --~w(.J- • • • ~ f t l tatng. Vbich illpelled bill to D7 wllat he dld at Im ... !Orlt dinner taltle - tbat be oaibt to ocadt ntoide, aid would, u be bad tbl oounp. 'ftlen cw the c~ 1111at coup, and be went along if1 tll 1 t tor a couple ot WNka - thin toad the courage. 'ftlat would ae• to be the real 1to17 ot the trapdy - the 1ollbre bit ot table talk 1n lew YOrk beiJig draaattc evidence in what 10111 ~ regarding aa a aini■ter international 113"atery. I my e lf c r oss e r t r i from ime to t im e - es p e ci · 11 n ec u r e ur s i n hi c our r . I n recent ye r e id lo f e . in • v r l er e . Ms ryk tr vele t e e n · . n b r e f e Uni e St tes a s Number v ue ro t e c ri n e of freedom, liber 1 d e m er cy. ·i e ad t . e sa me l ecture manager. The last time I s a w him was at a dinner where Vishinsky spoke. It was at t , e time w~en the statesmen of the world were over ere f o r t e uenera l Assembly ., of the United N ations, and an 3ss o ciation of forei g n newsmen, entertained a number of t ~ em a d inner. At the table for t h e g uests of onor s a the S o viet Deputy Forei 6n inister, Vis ins Ky . A f ew pl aces down the line fro m Vishins · y a t U s ar - and t e Czechoslovak Forei g n ~ inister o o ~ e a de j e c e as if he then sur m ised w hat t e future wou d brin g . Te latest i a c t i in , s emen by Secret ry f te . . ar a 1.. l , m m entin on e e t of Forei 0 n inist r . r . ' e ec 3re t . is a tern on that co nd it i c, n s i C z e c c s o : . i n w cons i u t e w a be c lled terror. Freedom su pre ~ e ! Civi l rib abo is r e ! - and this latest ed a ~ 0 ression ma · es worse than ever. Secretary ars a 1 , e • r d crisis ascribing the state f international affairs, used ~ e words - •very, very serious.• IIARSHALL PLAJI In the Marshall Plan debate, Senator Tatt or Ohio stated today that he would support a move to cut the European Rlcoyery Prograa to ■a.c.t four billion ••llua tor the tirat ~ar. Senator V!llldenberg, llllmber One Republican protagC11111t o?. ,. by-partisan toretgn policy, 11 w-1111 fighting tor the total ot t1Ye billion, three hundred a1llion - which~oa,ed by the " Senate Poreip Relationa Coalttee. There•• a oaagrea■iOlllll groap, tbe NY1■ ioniata, who nnt to alaah the llanball Plan, ad DOlftlleJ bl.Ye the aupport ot senator htt to the extent ot • c t ot am billion, ~ e . _.___... ...... •1111on. ~ .. .t, the POLITICS ( At Milwaukee today, a llacArthlr-tor-Preaident rall7 l I waa called - • rally or six states, to whoop it up next week. 'nle Mthod ot boosting the b0011 will be to organize llacArthur tor-President clubs) lational Chairllan - - • Lanaing Ro7t ' ~ v . h J 1ta~c11r that auoh claba ex1at -11t1saa, 1n twenty-two I\ A 1tate1 - and the idea will be extended to •••17 atate 1n '11a Union. leamrhlle, tbere•a a llacArtbur-tor-Pre11dent -.e • - - the •e~NDa, altboqb tt•a not encti, what 7ou tdlht tlllak - or would,-, 1t Chicago today, a group ot ton11r I.I•• e1tab11amcl an orpn1atlon to 1,e mown aa - "Yet.NIii aptnat llaolrttmr." '1'111 - thing 11 true at llanard, wmre larnrd Crtuon, the wl4er-graduate nenpaper. Tbeae collegiate yet.rans declare tbat they all sened 1n the Paaltlc theatre ot war wider the co snd ot General llacArtbur, and they are organtztng to oppoae hla D011ination on the Republloan ticket. e 'I , n t e D . r u e r a t . • 0 ose t. e re i e t ill ri i u , re e co an er •• . ' 0 . e • e or · e inb 11 "' e . e r s r r , ca DO • nde~stan IIIIIIIX EA T BE R • • The eather is m ak i n · n e ws t oni · t - bad ne•s. Te col d e s t weather o f t h e • inter in the id d le n d Southwest -- an it' s been a mighty cold •inter already. low a great blizzard - w h ip p ed by a forty-fi•• ■ile aatxs■aax wind is sweeping down fro ■ Canada. Bor\ber - n Texas I Oklahoaa and •• - ••• alr e ady atruck. In Western K ansai one third ot the highways blocked - schools closed - emer g ency aeasur•• bein& taken to preaer~e fuel. Alli is with S)rcing bat t.ea da.ys ahead. Stock•• in the Leoti re e; ion or Kansas - that's about forty ailes from the Colorado border - report that theit cattle are •drifting• -- the berda runnin1 away fro ■ the snow, in zero · temperatures. When cattle •drift• they don't eat, and so if these herd• can't be located, the cattle w ill die. In part of Missouri, sixteen inches of snow, the Mercury below zero. (l,t Kingman, Kansas,dust WEATHER 2 blowint w ith the snow, threataaing the winter wheat, 'froa Buffalo, Oklabaaa a re p ort that thia storm is •the rougbe1t blizzard in twenty-fiYe 7eara.• And the weatherman baa bad news. Still colder weather on the way, aaya be. auu••~•• Aa unforgettable winter aaking its last freakish kick with a furioua March blizzard. PAI MAIL - ~ - l'm getting 1n deeper and , deeper - sinking in that Recently lake 1n Louisiana, drowning virtually. i-.. a radio friend 1n ~_:__ ~ \ I\ I Michigan,( recl!"rV~ a correction - 1n verse, saying that I had ll11pronounced the naae or that noble body or water. So I apologized to the radio audience - and the lake. Row, howeYer, • along caaea a letter troa John Kent, a tellow newacaater or .., 0rleana - ind he should lmolr. Be correct• the correot1an, . and al■o puta it 1n rl\1IN - as tollowa: "'ftle people here are up · in arms In o1t1e1, hulleta, tawna and tU'IUI, You'll pt to be an alao ran, It you keep aa,1ng Pontchartrain. 'ftlat P7 frcll N1ch1gan ta inane, · you•re rigbt L.T., it•a Pontchartrain." By this time I'■ ready to call it - Lake Erie. DID - This next bit ot news 1s tor lad1ea who have had trouble with help in the household. You know, the u1d who never dusts ott the bureau and the cook who breaka the handle• , ott the expena1Ye China teacups. So shed a 1yapatbetic tear tor Sir John and Lady Rigb7 over 1n LOndon. Sir Jolm and Ber Lad,ahip hired a new •1d, and . here• a what happened: - <>Yer a weekend, while tbe taa1i, • • na,, tba •ld P•• a party, and aened Sir Jolin'• -"beapep. 'ftleJ drank 11P IH>ttle after bottle ot Sir Jolm'• beat vtntap. Dia mst ..,, ._ ald tbNw another part7, and thta tia her preteNDN - tor Sir Jolla'• rare old port. Sir Jobn prtclea Jl1eellt • Ille euell•c• and ant1qu1t7 ot the port 1n ht• aple cellar. le had a lot leaa, atter the bl& weekend celebrated bJ' the The cliaaX c - when the •id called 1n a Jeweler, and asked - how auch would he bid? The articles ahe ottered tor aale were Lady Rtgb1'• d1aaonda, emeralds and rub1ea - the tu11J heirlooma. DID - 2 'ftlat b,ought about the downfall or the teat1•• Mid · - the polioe called in. 'Ibey 1nveat1pted, and here'• what the7 found. She 11 a tor11er oabaret dancer, who waa releaaed trca prison on}t three daJ• before Sir John enppct her. , So it•• another Nd atory about the bou■ehold hilt, all the aore •lanohol.J becauae ot the r1■11'k that Sir Jobn •de llban it wu all onr. Be ■boot h1a bead, •tped N1NtVal.J.,, aad Nici: "Sbe - rNll7 a waadffflll ooot.• T ~ srn. r~. ~ ~ ~ ,48()a.~ ~ -tLivi~Jl'SCrJ~.