PEACE i! • *J. - pi dr. ^ tylc \ D -o^-w<grlQ ueaae--w&^' fQvope^- wit>n ■■gome -dewla. l»iu:x&l—-fre-Mrm —i>i Waohin^tjo^ to^ay-j—tivm nnn^nnrrrmtin nno by P^ouiricnt-Roosevelt and~-cs:,uttiGT^by~tjgci,,e1aary of-State i-itrlln _ . j ttm The President •tuld- ut.s ending 0? Assistant A ^ Secretary of State Sumner Wells to Buoyrt^on a mission of peace. Sumner Wells goes as a personal representative of President Roosevelt to sound out the four principal nations of Western Europe, belligerent Great Britain, France and Germany, and neutral Itay. / „—— j IWcU-ia ’ The scope and limitatl^fiBr of ssionclearly I % stated by the President in his announcement:"This vist,nsaid he, "is solely for the purpose of advising the President and Secretary of State as to present conditions in Europe." And the statement continued: "Mr. Wells will of course be authorized to make no^ proposals or coramitraents in the name of the government of the United States." r.u, f rcoi J~'~‘ '■ Hrs-tetot-hls nowly-uupointcd cniraary American dlpl-e^fte^e-abrondT' by Qoundir:-* ^ai^.^Fg---*!;PTgTiL!iewt^ amd -eeordinating yjaa^fc ley ^uppl nTinonrlf|g th"1 work of A ti'icy •~hattggr^a^sg£y PEACE - 2 A later announcement stated that Sumner Welles will sail or* February 17th aboa d the Italian Liner Hex. On that same ship Myron C. Tailor is sailing — the personal envoy whom President Roosevelt is sending to the Vatican. The purpose of that mission is to discuss peace possibilities with Pope Pius the Twelfth. The action announced by the State Department concerns the smaller nations, the anxious neutrals. Secretary Fhii i t announcenerrC^ states that the Onited States government has begun conversations with several of the neutrals. »e relate jrfft- these woro si »rastfiration ag-it-efa \ hg-?r»s.w ^mt.-hnwgTrpj:1—wi4ir~rTtLggar>iiii»< find ..aa ultimate- a»i». The immediate objecti&f in confabulating with the A neutrals is to line up ideas of economic policy -- the solution of problems that are side-issues of the present war. The negotiations do not directly concern peace-making — not right away. mte-reaction DT the d ott bie■Hjarrrgl—hi ef^ly e^rtcems the of■ 1 eTent> In Washington Administration Senators and Congressmen spoke up with prompt approval, but on the side of the isolationists misgivings PEACE - 3 were immediately expressed. There were remarks about one asnect of the a:iair that will occur to us all. Doesn*t it remind us of that World War of 1914-18, President Woodrow Wilson and Colonel House? In Congressional circles it!s being said that President Roosevelt and his em'ssary Sumner Welles are a duplication of President Woodrow Wilson and his own special envoy. Colonel House — who toured the nations at war a quarter of a centry ago, representing the President of the United States and reporting to him. In Eucope the first response comes from Great Britain and it’s not too optimistic about peace. \London will welcome the representative with all courtesy, but London do^s not believe taat his mission will bring about an early and of the war. vfhe British fall back on their statement that they»ve already fully their war aims -- and that's that. And London too is reminded of President Wilson and Colonel House. FRANCE The French Chamber of Deputies was in secret session today. We arenft &ki.K told what transpired among the deputies. An official statement confines itself to generalities, saying that questions of national defense were considered, with a view to strengthening the war effort of France. All that sounds quite innocuous^ but the fact remains that the Chamber of Deputies went into secret session in defiance of Premier Daladier. The Premier vigorously opposed the secret business, declaimed against it - but was overruled, defeated on that point. immediately after tfmtv Daladier made a rather sensational public statement - asserting that German and Soviet Russian secret agents were busy throughout France. Busy doing what? Why, gathering information about how the French people feel toward the war, sounding out French public opinion. Daladier gave a series of-five questions, aiixar of which, he said, the Hitler and Stalin spies were getting the answers. The first two questions go like this:- First - what is the extent of Daladier's popularity? Second - what is the FRANCE - 2 popularity and strength of the Premiers opponents? It look® *is—i-f-the- Daladier rev-eletion -of eomethin^ to-4o with tho DaiutcLjLQr defeat ooeret sessiotw The French are denying that the Alsatian spy who was executed two days ago was doomed because he was opposed to French rule in Alsofiie. This is being charged by the Nazis, who say that the case of Karl Roos had its points of resemblance to Great Britain1s trouble in Ireland and India. Paris authorities today revealed the evidence on which the Alsatian doctor was convicted^^ cc . One clue was a notebook he had in his pocket. On a page fKjSwbooic he had written the secret telephone number and the secret post office'-box-number of the German spy service. He had torn the page out of the notebook and destroyed it - thinking that would make everything safe. But it didn»t. The French police say he had written the secret German spy numbers with such a heavy-handed pencil, that they made an impression, on the following page - an impression that the French were readily able to decipher.and F INLAND Today %e have some inkling of last night's report about reverses which the Finns were said to have suffered. Today, for the first time in a long while, the war bulletins from Moscow claimed a decided success. The Red army communique declares that on the Mannerheim Line heavy Soviet attacks captured thirteen forts of the Finns,- c©nBl*«r*bl© advance* The Finns counter with a denial that the Mannerheim Line has been broken or even endangered. They admit that the Red army did make an advance and captured some forts, but state that the Soviet troops could not hold their gains - tea* were driven back. ‘ Theymore than- a alia and ppeeapioue held ^ poeibione^hcy captured—--so- say-d^ie-hirnne. In the northern part of the country, a great manhunt is on, a search across the frozen wastes. This is the latest angle of theSoviet strategy of using parachute troops. The Finns say they've killed and captured numbers of these Soviet soldiers who came floating out of the sky, but they add' that parachute patrols are still at large. They were dropped deep in the wilderness in the FINLAND - 2 Finland Arctic. TheyTre dressed as Finnish soldiers, and speak the Finnish language. People have been warned far and wide to be on the lookout for the parachute patrols, and a manhunt is on. C ■^£ YOUTH The American Youth Congress, meeting at Washington, is conxrented wi..h the usual issue - Communism. ItTs an old story, tne charge that the Congress is dominated by Red elements. fivery y oqj ^,—fw severai—yearsy attGffipt>6--hQve been made to have-* friae QQtiYGG at Ion of— ."gppqsod tg» in general and—Soviet Russia—in partictrlar—Thinga have been ooaplioatod-fey -White an^.la^. Mrs. Frani-JLin D. Roosevelt is a supporter cf the YouthCongress, and defends them against attacks. And the present gathering is to be addressed by President Roosevelt tomorrow. Today, at his press conference, the President gave an indication that when he talks to youth tomorrow, he will touch upon the Communist issue. Today, a movement was announced to put the Youth Congress to a test - a test of whether or not the Reds **re in control. It is stated that anti-Communist groups attending the gathering will introduce two resolutions. One, to be a declaration of opposition to Nazism, Fascism and Comunism. Hitherto, the Y^uth Congress has been eager enough to shout anathema against the Nazis and Fascists. But they'd never go on YOUTH - 2 record against the Communists has been ttitr-Number One amapl flint acaiiih't— The second resolution to be entered will condemn the Soviet invasion of Finland. That!s a sort of key test for Communism right now. If youTre in favor of the Finns - you1re not a Red BOY SCOUTS Tt4 President Hoa^esrBit has sent congratulations in which ±fc* he employed the phrase - tTa generation trained in good citizenship”. Presidential usage in saying ^generation” is precise - a generation being commonly reckoned at thirty years. This is the thirtieth anniversary of the Boy Scout movement in America. All over the country, for a week of celebration, there’ll be gatherings of a million Scouts and eight million Scout alumni. All representing that generation trained in good citizenship. .SRS. ROQSi^LT A Congressional ^o-imittee today heard a witness such as no congressional committee ever heard before. For the first time in history, the wife of a president of the United States, first lady of the land, appeared and testified. Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt gave evidence concerning the condition of welfare institutions in Washington, the District of Columbia. good-, g^id-she3 and ehauld“-be inuroTed-a iot-r- -Onetne-Pi-rat hQ 4 y--i 3 -fre <>£- told nI have never yet found an institution in the District that was a model institution,n said she. They all need a good deal of improvement.” And then she went on to give some of her ideas of how things could be made better. GArtNER Vice President Garner hi.s entered the Illinois primaries. A Garner group has filed a petition to place the Vice-PresidentTs name on the ballot, and this is accompanied by a formal declaration signed by John Nj^Garner, a declaration that tJut he seeiis the nomination for the presidency. The most interesting part of it lies in the fact that there1s another name entered for the Democratic nomination in Illinois. That other name is - Franklin D# Roosevelt. The President was entered last Saturday 'l&dt by Third Term supporters - though was not accompanied by a signed declaration from F.D.R. Today's Garner entrance makes the Illinois primaries a clean-cut test of Third Term sentiment among the Democrats^ It's to be held 'on April Ninth, just two months from today. On the Republican side too, the Illinois primaries will be a test - a trial of Dewey strength among the Republicans. The New York District Attorney has entered his name - and if he can win Illinois his chance for the nomination will be vastly increased. Today a second Republican name was entered - that of Representative Hamilton *ish of New York. In filing the peitition, the supporters of Hamilton Fish declared that his platform will be, "Americanism versus internationalism." There was a battle of statements today between the G-men and the Civil Service Commission. It all proceeds from a FTH.-J*. ^ statement that Chief J. Edgar Hoover made to Congressional A Committee last Tuesday - the statement* that Civil Service had recommended Communists for jobs in the Federal Bureau of Investigation, thsk F.B.I. which has,been given such an important A part in guarding against spying, sabotage and other subversive TT activities. Hr happened t*> *t-w- J? Edgar-Hoover-- trhat—empi^y his Bureau-ape-*Mftder O it II—6ervioe^—fire tho G-men?—He" s^±d-» ^y—only- of fiagerprint-s r~a~o^rpo of-highly-. worker-s * —the* pros out—arguinont about . •G^uiBunl-fen -cono&gnfe-1 he f ingerprint- ^lassi^ier-e^—some thrs® TheCivil Service Commission issues a blast against J. Edgar H0over, saying that he wants to run a one-man Civil Service all by himself. And as for Communism, the Commission denies that it could possibJj have any sympathy with the Reds. Then it adds:- "The Commission refuses, however, to place any individual in this category until it has evidence which would F.B.I. - 2 Justify the action," So says the Civil Service Commission. J. Edgar Hoover replies with a statement which was read today in Congress. He puts it on a basis of red tape - technicalities which would permit a person of Communist beliefs to be okayed by Civil Service. Whereupon J. Edgar Mjaaxcx&xxguL Hoover gives some figures. He said that"the Civil Service Commission has sent him five thousand one hundred and nine applicants for jobs as fingerprint classifiers. He says the F.B.I. investigated these, and found that only three hundred and sixty-three were suitable. Among the unsuitables were persons with criminal records, forgers, some with disturbed minds suffering from hallucinations - pinks and reds, with Communistic tendencies. ho adds bhab the F.DTiT’-^—abev-e all-y auot he careful about—the people—artr■ pubo-on the ■ -^ob-in fi.-*igcepr-int ■ divloton-off* ■eriae1 suppression. LABOR more the old question - what about labor peace? What are the^oondlt^onii of the A.F. of L. and the C.I.O. calling off their quarrel? Today an answer was given by PresidentjRoosevelt. He made the statement that John L. Lewis and the C.I.O. have rejected proposals for peace-making. The President said this in response to a request made by the A.F. of L. 4-Theive— f ^ »f—fehe-Ee^eration a^ke4--h4«-ta--jaak^---puf^ric the rooulfc * * ef-forte- to-gefr fehe two-bat Lllng-TJranches-frf labor -together *a^f£ert—whiok the Preei4ont—initi&ted~a~year Shortly before this past Christmas, there was a Roosevelt-Lewis then conference. Since the C.I.O. chieftain has been blasting against the President and the possibilities of a Third Terra. But just before Christmas they had a talk, and in that talk Lewis stateo into that the C.I.O. would not go any further peace conference with l\ the A.F. of L. TV.KEDfri^UIK Tonight the condition of Lord Tweedsmuir, Governor- General of Canada, is grave indeed. He was submitted to a brain operation today, as a result of a fall last Tuesday, in which he sustained a cranial injury. And the latest word is that the consolations of zxixfclAK religion are being administered to the Governor-General. The Reverend Alexander Ferguson, Rector of St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, was summoned to his bedside. Lord Tweedsmuir is sixty-four years old and for some time his health has been none too good. PATROLMAN One of the recent classics of radio is the story of the New Jersey policeman who took a lady for a ride in his police radio car - and all the time he had his radio transmitter on. So, unknown to themselves, the policeman and the lady were m*- on the air all the time, giving a broadcast. People who happened to be listening in on that wave length were much & What had happened to that calamitous cop? Thatrs in the news today, because he came up for t*?al at Milburn, New Jersey. There were six charges against him, one of which was - nconduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman.” The courtroom was packed, because it was hoped that the testimony would repeat what the policeman and the lady said to each other while on the air. A lot of people who missed the memorable broadcast, wanted to hear it reproduced in court. They were disappointed. There was no testimony at all, for the pathetic policeman pleaded guilty. He confessed, told his story - but he left out the all-important part. He said he was out in hi^ radio car. POLICEMAN - 2 communicated with headquarters, and then forgot to switch off the transmitter. Then a young lady asked him to take her to the railroad station to catch a train, ^e said they were driving along, but his confession refrained from stating what the conversation was. ^That was left a complete blank - with the authorization of the court.^The cop!s confession goes on with these melancholy wordsX n0n the way I was stopped by anotner radio car and advised that my transmitter was on." That was the painful moment. What*s the penalty imposed on the hapless cop? It happens that three times in the past he won decorations for bravery - before he mustered courage to give a lady a ride. I The court took cognizance of his record for heroism, and let him off with a five hundred dollar fine — to be paid at the rate of twelve dollars and a half a month. Also, the loss of his days off for the next four months - which means that he retains his job as a policeman. Hereafter, he'll keep a wary eye on the radio transmitter, and when a younfe lady asks him for a ride he'll