' , !. r.1.LlQ.a.-1.2/Q T w o e eks a go Gen a l Eisenhower told a group f o s ha t b ig event s were ending in !t a ly. I doubt that any of us f u lly appreci a ted w hat he aeant and wh t a tip he was giving us. At th a t time we all had our eye on Berlin an d he approa c hing juaction of the Russian and A l lied araies. At any rate, I am glad I got to Italy in time for the final days during which our forces, coming do~n from the heights of the Apennines a nd up the Adriatic Co u st, crushed the German s , hurled them back a gains ' the Alps, trapped th em, n d f o rce~ them b g ive up. The war in I ta ly is i rtu 1 1 ov r. There is no other way of inter preting Gen a l r k C 1 rlt ' s s p .. i a 1 a nnounce n t to day , in w h i c h he s s : "Th e G rm n Armi s i n It a ly A • 1 1 0 - P.o-. 2 ~2U--"'------a.:..- have been virtu lly eliminated a s a military force.• Th e , after referring to the twenty-five German divis· s "torn to pie c es,• a n d ~ver one hundred and t e ty thousand p risoner s c ptured,• he repeats the good new by s aying : •The militarf power of Germany in Italy has pra ctically ceased," even though there is some mopping up still to be done. Almost at the same time that American troops of the 34th Division were pushing into Milan this afternoon, where they were joyously welcomed by the Partisans already in full control of the city, Japanese Americans of the 442nd regiment -- the same stout fellows h o helped capture Genoa -- were ~arching into the big i ndus trial metropolis of Turin. And hours ahead of them, the Ne Zealanders, under one of the most das hing a n d co lorful military men of our time, r yberg V • • , were having thei r first loo k at what perhaps is the mot ro antic city on earth __ Venice, with its c n ls, it gondolas, its bri dg es, and its al rs. Yes, this has be n quite a da y in Italy. lthough it has also been a bi 6 day for the Allies el ewhe re in urope, Italy is the big news. The re por t that the Russians are now in the heart of Berlin, fi g hting along the Wilhelastrasse and around the Ghancellory - that:s big news. But, so far, here in Italy e h a ven't heard that Berlin has fallen. More than fifty thousand political risoners released fro ■ mo e of those horror camps in Germany, by our araiea. That's im p ort a nt too. And the news thst the Seventh A Army is in unich , and th t the French, across the border in A tria are heading for Innsbruck and the Tyrolian end of the Brenne Pass, th a t~s exciting. But General a rk Clark• s pe cial announceaent tops all that. I t didn't exac tly come as a surprise to•• the ann oun c em en t -- because a I sat a·one with him yester da y, b fo re his big battle map at h .,. adquarters, he g a ve m e t r sa e inform a ti o n, . in far greater 0 y detail. . ., w a s on my way north, to ~ he Brenner Pass ' ... country , to visit some of my old :i ing and mountain- cli ■bing friends who have en fighting with General Clark's toughest outfit, the Tenth ountain Div'sion. I stopped off to report to the General, and when Ral Burton took me to headquarte r s, the things larkClark told me made m~ decide there was no oint in going nn orth t t h A l s, because as the General put it officially to da y: the Germans in Italy h av e been mashed nd "virtu ally liminated." I did th nk he might ut off his announcement unti tomorro . B cau e tomorrow is a rk Cl rk's bir thd a . nd h to d e of ha t a magnificent birthday present h · s troo ~ h d given hi -- twenty- ive of Hitler's divisions nocked out o the war! for the oth r big story that broke here in It alv over the wee en : ussolini caught trying to escape, shot, then hun , then shot again, you have beard and read something a bout that. I le a rned about this, also, a econ as the ne s got out of ilan. When I talked to Gener 1 ark Cl e rk wo d had come from Ita ' lian Partisans, that ussolini had been picked up. That was all, at ·rat. But a we at at lun . h a encilled note as hanaed to the Ge n era l. · It red: • ussolini, his mist.res , and a ro up of his lo e s s oci et es -- eighteen in all - have been sho, nd their bcdie are now on xh~bition 1) in public q uare in ilan. On y e min ut es before, I bad sked he eneral i e e e te 0 V th all . uc br t to hi headquar e B B i ' ' u t t he Pa ti . ans sti l h bi . . d he ed l u olini a urned over to th m ic roop , h oul ass i on sout to ir Harold le a . er nd the alit1cal heads. But II ssol1ni a r _ ady · s dea .An , ther are t 0 tories about tba t: one, th t he d etta Petacci, in cars i e in i th convoy of fle - ing Germ ns, ere pie ed p ne r Lake Como, -. e tried by a peoples Court, and the shot at a place called c ino d' e - zzadri Rama iaot in the Province of Como. On the other band, some Partisans say they not in C rmar convoy at all, but ere in small at . the t o of ongo. That anti-Fascist surro n ed the ouse Tb - t u _ olini in erso c me t-0 the doo, thinking th e ere people who h co e to ave hi, r scue · bac in the autu n of 194 • i l ---- . 7 --- n di cov re d hi m i a e h e pl ' and e t , n d ai t i n n 0 his fr dom h o ul d g i v a hi a ed for. One of hi arguments .. t O U a · rec i ou 0 n such , as cou 0 U C f o r t 1 . t y ' he ere both shot, a nd alon ·t h th ~· " n or ' includ'n uc h Fascist not ab le s Fa r in cc i, ar , Pavolini, a nd other s . Eighteen n n t q ga oline i l ing t a ti on in ' ilan, nd re ot g in n ag in nd cubbed n d reviled n icked a b ou . One hotogr ap h t ake n b · a loc a l i n ca eram 0 u ss oli i b n ing beside Clara Pet cci. Ano the hows her bod ac res hi s i n t e Piz za o reto, b or t hey wer a en to th mo rgue he e t he y a re t on i ht. The r i mu c h more that I could t el l a bout it. Butte e i n't t im no .. ' b t are \ the eo le in It a ly ril .. ---- sa in che ' c 0 . ---- h mo o d - - t i b e s c ' ae a 0 0 fir d iv u 1 ho e fo my fi i . lb co u ssoljni ' . clo · f i ~ o a i 1 0 T . u ' h n C a · om he or e r C r c. bo t t · hi oric co un e ule d g a n a l ? ell , one t int hi l i mp body, crying: on s ho e t i lled !" n 0 a n w 0 on e a n . Pi etro nn i, i a 0 ·t for the n n spa er en e e or the a t t enty y . he r i n d r 0 th t. 8 j this f rn o n : " I 1 ca n no es i . . h the r of C un ry bat h be e n t victim o f a e d n u ~n . l i h no r in p from the de t " All th p o f om d u the · h bi he lin e . . 1 but on . L • o er tore 0 0 ' Y ' (; ' F on , l; t a 11 tim aud i n c he "'ou Cla ., of th t e t a ' . t o 8 _ n 0 . - - ., 0 . announc z i h t t 1 , V ' C a C g i 1 ... ' es 0 e h 0 n 0 u d ta y or n Y- 0 i h i . b saini a n u e ed n o n i th c re a t e .. r of c i o g a d e a e on 1 I 0 0 e i m , or r ther that a t r in the e . But whe General , t C ' e l in 0 the coll a e in It 1 . n en th a t rumor from ' he w ~le urop an r a r WO ld end tomorrow b rocl a i rn , I cided to fly o n t n , an g t to Su reme Allied H d- o t rou h yron T lor ' s of ice I asked h a ny c nee the Po ld See e immediatelv. •. u ,J - . 10 --- -- - - 0 m a r e · o C me o r to bur y to h . a t ica n a t o n ,. c . T r oug h o ute 1 c o u rt rd of . . • e I dro , o n t h OU h n "tee t then afoot h ro b ma n roo it th co lo f 1 iss u rds with th ir r t a e lut · ng an eta:r t ling me, o ' n thro ~ gh o r r oo a 1 . n re d , a sed long by monsignora in th ir pur 1 robes a n d oth r ho looke as tho ug h t 1 m ust e field mar h ls. And th en , suddenly t a door opene an as alone in a great room, alone except t a t at a desk , ri g ht near the doo r I entered, in his famili r whit robes, sat the he d of the g reat Ro a n Church, one of the most power ful fi ures in he • orld -- the o e. thou h rotes nt, be gre ete d me wit h the utmost cor d · a lity. He ask ed me to si t be ide him, and held m h s e spoke bout various per ens fri nd . n t . n al ed about the a roaching end of ur o a e nd 0 the a in C uss olin i ha c o m t o th nd of t e ro d h as is t e l r co ps s. ut the Pc e ai d nothing abo t the ing for ublic ti n. E s ok only 0 e ce " n 0 m ch it is n d d b 11 man ind. c·m · a uch i r b his ch rm and a th o nn An no I am lea ing Rome, and Italy to which ce l e d se m to have come. I all off to Paris, ho i g h t the t be or ver long, there ill be mar word about peace . I ender when? Aud now ac k 0 t t !,Uthority on e • c e, EJugh Gibson, in York. --o-- (L. 'l' . on fro r. ome , 9 minu e , 12 sec o n s) Aft e r t a t vivid report from Lo • e ll Thomas right on th e s ot in the E t rnal Ci t 11 I an O is top ckage the n to ,ou in bull ti • First th e Philippin s, Ameri can infantry a r e t ea ring t ou dana o , fin din g nothing but spotty an d disorg ized r e sistance from th e Ja pa nese. he a r e onl y se v en t een i l ~ s fro m Philippine g rrilas to o k to the southeast in D vao Gluf. On Luzo n , Jl.acArthur's men pushed east a n ca tured Fort Jolm Hay , an old U.S. Ar American plam have freighters and transport shi~s. Al s o t harbor craft. o n Okina w a the Yank Infantry soldiers captured the a ch n a O air fi ld on the es t co ast . They are n ot less ' t h an t O mil 5 a a from the c ap it a l c ity of Naha. -------0------- At San Francisco , S oviet Commissar olotov lost out LEAD - 2 in his 1ght to r vent the Onit ations f om inviting Arg nttma to oin th orld the Steer ng Committ tiry Conf ren e. Earlier in th day ov er-ro de the Sovi t protests. At th ple n ary se ion his a ternoon olotov made a dramatic sp ech, b gged the delegates for time , said the matter n eded furth r study and PACIFIC - 3 ------- C onsi eration. The pl enary es ion turned im do wn by a vo t of t wen ty · t eig O s ven. A the ) 1 s me time, Mo scow won the str uggle to O tain separa e votes or the Ukr ine and White Russia. I n os c ow , arsbal S alin broke 1iee " wi th a f e ords which ■ a»a &o~ dtama~i1 i• •~e1ealvo1; \w t contained an implication of enormous moment. Be said/tre+e in an order 11 ••• day celebrating May Day; a., J J e I a 8b@ ti~: - I ■ •Germany is defeated and stands alone in the world,• rs! J I i 11n. Then he added t e words: •except for Japan•. In the Soviet Unift~he /\ Empir e . short, he committed crushing of the Uikedo's ---------- I n Berlin the German garrison is on its last legs, and even those legs are tottering. The Red flag of victory flies tonight over the - Reicbstag Building, once t h e home of the parliament of the Reich. What is left of the defenders P A CIFIC - 4 ------- - co n s1s s of a couple of ock t · t h e 8 in e Ti rgar t en, " of ika Berl j. n;_ Ano t he r g.»eup is• en tren ch e d along O nter den L~nden~ ~ , i?ePlt A oenae 01 llicl1igan eaal@vtifl! or P,@flHt. I t is a remnant sworn to fight until the death of the l a t man an d wom a n. Y . es, part of it ia U~~ - battalion~ loath; of Nazi women who from the first brutal have been the most savage and ,.z,•riat Bitler worshippers. More tragic still there is a unit of Bitler Youth, just high school boys, a tragic demonstration of wbat the German people did when they entrusted their de s tiniis to a •~t wretcbed1 ~ . ~ Jiu raced little Austrian'1 not even one . of their own peo le . I 'J ) GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY: Of cours the whole country is still about that peace report of Saturday which set a large pa~t of America rampaging on a premature celebration. The explanations why and how it ever ca ■ e to be - printed, are a, ill confused and conflicti~g:SThe onl7 official statement on the subject is that of President Truan which, boiled down to two words, is •without foadation.• The White Bouse issued a stat1aea\ today through the mouth of Secretary Jonathan Daaiel1. •~•n the Germans surrender, the President will take proper read ova air a notice of the event. B - ~~ it h the p claaation soon as are a thenticate . And that, i i the - n this r1 • fro ■ the Th air all o ver t he or ld is full of reports of peace of e r . An u nc onfi \iM h a it th t Him m l e r/\ se nt anoth st0 ry fro Stockholm proposal for un o ndi t i on l s urr nder to all three major powers. Like .,., uncon ired. the other rumor s , 1·t 1· f I it i a fact h t thee meeting o itish . the f cedure . the questi _,,,,, peac e wa According to the story from Stockholm, Count Bernadotte, nephew of the King of Sweden, mPt Bimler in Denmark yesterday afternoon and a g aiu today. The story runs further that - Hitler is a s ick man and may ot live another twenty-four hours. Anoth e r Stockholm story claims that Himmler ~ i a , no w in t he c a p it a 1 of S •eden . A British wire service decla e s positively that Downing Street expects to receive at any moment an unequivocal Ger an surrender to all three big po es, without any con d it i o n s . Another junction betwee th e Aaerioana and the Russians on the W stern Front! cavalry of the American Ninth met some Red patrols at a villag Just three miles west of littenber1 on the £lbe. That •eans there ia now a fifty mile solid line froa littenbera to Rieaa, and another in the Stendal di trict, reachia1 fift7-aeven ■ ilea northwest. That is on feature of ------ tonight's news fro ■ German7. Another is the complete occupation of l•nich. 17 six o'clock this evening, the Germana were all out b _ except a few small pocket• hiding in cellars aad a 1an1 . f lazis who locked theaael•ea iato the Iron louae, --- lleadquarters of the Brown Shirt ruff b,ns • ing ef Munich, Pattoa tkrtw alaoat against line Isar River, ,~- a junction with the Russia OD the anube. - Six di•isions of iafantry and into They auch • i 1 , in a day. , t a away froa in A pitched . ai1e/w1 only Aside froa that, two infantry diTiaioaa aad one i iaion of araor ef the 8 venth tore into\ Alps fifty ■ ilea to the south of luich. Their ••P••t 1p1ar-head reached to less than twelYe ail•• fr• nortbera 1atewa7 to the Ir• aer P•••• . Actually, they are now oal7 a •ndred aad fiYf ail•• • away fre■ th Yangwarda o~ l1rk Clark'• Fi!:!_ &}a, aarchin1 north 1a Italy. On western edge First twent7-ei ate Constance into Friedrichshavea, nc the hig liih\ The Aaericaa . Eight7-Second Airbor Divi■ ioa achieved a new croeail)g of the Elbe, tiaitiag ■ id•~, alt with the British Second. On that froat, t~• lllie4 \r opa are onl7 twant7 - Dine miles to the aowtb of th ~•lticf, drivin1 for Luebect, for■erly eae oft.he taaoua port• of the Baaaeatic Lea1ue. ~- The Baited Presa correspendeat i luioi reports that the laericaa rort7-Jecoad and ren7-flt\• Diviaiena •••• ■et ri1ht iD th• center ef luie~. - That auat have put the■ cl••• te the f••••• lenrl•••••• the Befteater Cafe, the Cafe Leitpeli, t.•• ~rial _ z_ '\.. l~enten Jheatre, na■ea that refall ■aa7 • plea■ aa\ afternoon and eveniag •p~at 1• the Bavaria• capital~ At looaburg, the Third Ar■1 1et fr•• ■ore i••• 1 huadred and ten thousand Allied priaonera. Taere, tae Geraans 1et up their Stalaa 7-1 Caa oa tae liar Bl•er, aortbeast of unich. Aaong the Allie• were at lecat elena thou■ ai4 Aaerican■• Ab•ut the •••• Uae Jr. SeTenth Aray took Dacha•, that not ri••• c ao11\r1W:•• :-.. ca■p full of thirty-twe tk4u ■ aaa J•litical 1ri11per1. tori•• a~ Gut troc it i•• ia Dae Ila llat:e \••• •••1•1 11ros1 the aea for years, aad it was toraerli •••ll•\•• ot btiag the wor1t ef all. l•t tile r•••latleu et \u Ni.&J~ l11t aonth •••• ah••• tllat t • at1•-•• were 1re\t7 •• I \ae •••• •••r1•her• ia their ee■4•ot. 0 !Yerj year the newspaper ■ / fraternit1 , Sig■a lelta Chi, issues award citations for the eat wort doae \J aeabers of that profession. The honors for• c 11 nc in spot news this year goea t o B ry T. Gorrell ot tle - -- United Presa. And for the second year . r•aaia1, t~e Judges picked out the late!rnie Pyle for hi• war correspondence. Bis articlea, they aa7, haY~ '••• - aagnificent. For the beat lashin1toa eorre•p•ndenoe, \~•la• l lea••• got larq•i• Child• of I it,4 reatur••· Great B'r i tain will not recognize the••• pro,isional go•ern ■ ent of Austria whose for■ati,a waa announced this morning. A ■ pokea ■ an at Bownina stree\ ,aid the British do not recoanize the regi■• t r. Iarl ,~nner as a proYisional go•ern■eat, or ---aillla else. The formation of that 1overa■eat ••• lir1\ •• -- ha• been ap~ointed for Austria, consi1tia1 ae1tl7 ef ailitar1 officers. So ■e of thea ~r• aow i I\al7. lut the Alli•• h••• not Jet~••• · a\le to ooapl• • · arr~ngeaents for gettiag th•• adaitted \o Yiea •· '') On Okinawa, Aaericaa trcop1 dro•• to 17 \e ,1~hi two thous and 7arda of tb I cond . large ■ t ci\J a tb• is land, the town of Shur i. That place 11 aow •• er the fire of A ericaa ae•enty-fi•• ■illaaeter I 1. 1aerican infant17, dri•ing forward through tll I r ... •• central aection of the Japanese lia~, 'beat off t.llr • lap oounter-attack1 today - ant tllea u1h1i ai = • = • = • ~ • ~==:=t I 5o lroa the Swiss border we bear once again of Laval, the arch• collaborationist, who waa a litler poppet in France. We'•• been hearing that Laval baa beea trying to get into Switzerland, but baa heea twraed ,act. • l And now the news 1• repeated - Laval at th• 8wi1a ,order, once aore. There ia news too, about Iin1 Leopo14 of ' . BelgiuJ, word that h e ~ tak_;jrefuge ia Liecbteaetei - which principality ia a tiny neutral state on tbe ,orde~ f • of Au■tria and Switserland. l~ ■ ore haYe '•••that\~• la1i1 intended te holi the lelgiaa ling as a laeata1•• . . '11-0 lk Others - . that he • be in1 released. _ Tlaia latter report would see ■ te be the correct one, if tla• · •••• . . froa Liechtenstein ie correct b. AAh-1,. r ~ - - •••• - Ii•& Leopold, •• ,._,. • > It looka as if • Liechtensteia ■ i~ • ••••P•• with a flood of refugee•. The Preaier of the •i••t• Stated today that between thirty-ft•• aa4 principality forty tboueand are waitin1 pcr■ ia1ioa to enter, aad the . ' I ~ fear . . . expressed that the ■as1 of refugees aay terce their way across the border, t•e araen force of Liechtenstein being so inconaiderable that it ■ ii\ \e tYerwbel■ed bJ the •~eer wei ht of aa■ber . ~ Liechtenstein Pre ■ ier atated today , t~at a■ oaa tile refq••• are coanectiona of\~• lritiak ~oyal fa■ il~, 0 ~l~q~~~E~- ~ ~ h e word ia ieai1ht that the great ■aJorit7 of Aaerican prisoners ot war heli ~, the Geraan 1 haYe beea . . 11,erated. Thia co ■es fr9 ■ A■erican ■ ilitar7 autk ritte, • inside of Ger■aa7, who ata~• t~at onl7 two lar1• pri••• - ...__,_... caaps reaain to be taken, both in the Yicini\7 of lerlia. fro ■ the Aaericana li~erated at the loo1e,wr1 Ca■p, we ha•• a ator1 of ho, t~ prisoner, ••t, and earned a large aeasure of Ger■ an r••P• t. la . ., the flrst batch•• of prisoner•• re.._. ~•r • l•t~ , . loo1bar1, t~•~ were driYea to a lar1e ucoY r• ~ le ia the middle of the caap, aad · oo•pell~• to 1(17 ture - • ' W\,. •it~ no protectiga t~•• the weather an4Athe.w•r•t -f 1anitar7 condition~. ~h•J endured t~i~ for J••t \~ • •hen the7 weat on a tind of ,trite - ~lio•tia1 th•~ protests and refusing to perfor ■ ••1 of the taata t~• G,r■ana orderes. The an1r7 Ger■ana shouted, ~Yo will•• f' what we say or we will shoot you.all.• •Go ahead aRi shoot,~ ~he prisoners Jelled bact, •but we won't budge. Both side• were etubbora, ••t eventually the Americans woa out in the iattle of will power. Th Germans proYided proper barrack,, aad the treatment of the prieon~rs 1apro•e4 1r•atl7. th re Nre . eleTen thouaaad of thea, and they aaintaiJled discipline. Thia was lar1•l1 b•cauee o~ Celoael Pa . l 1. Codde ot CerYallis, Oregon. Be was a teraer iaatr• \ r . ~ at lest ~oin\, who had been captured ia itriea. T~•J •nderstaa• diacipline at Weit Point, and the fora,r , instructor kept ~h• Aaericaa pri1oner1 •~ th~~r tot•• Be split the• into regia~nt• an4 ,attalieu, aa4 ~elt reg~lar inapectiona. Thia was aqaethia1 that the •r••••, with their loYe tor discipliae, ce•ld reap~e~ - 04 prison caap condition• 1riw conatantl7 ietter. Tbe ■or• 10, when it iecaae apparent thJt th• Alli•• were winning the war. what we say or we will shoot you.all.• •Go ahead ani ~hoot,~ ~he prison~re 7elled bac~, •but we won't budge. Both side• were etubbora, •t eventually the Americana •oa out in the battle of will power. ~h Germans proT14ed proper barrack,, and the treatment of the priaen~rs i ■proTe4 1reatl7. Tbere Te leYen thouaaad of the•, and tbeJ ■ aintaia 4 rl1i discipline. Thia was lar1•1.J because et Celeael Paal 1. Goode of CorTallia, Oregon. Be was a ter■•r ia■ tr••t•r • I at lest ~oint, who bad been captured ia ltric~. f~•J 1aderstan4 diacipline at leat Point, and the tor■er inatruct~r kept ~h• A■erican priaoner• o~ th~ir to••· ~• eplit the ■ into regia~nt1 an4 battalieu, aa4 belt regular inapectiona. rhia was aqaethia1 tb1t the •r~•••1 with their love tor di•c~pline, ceal4 res,,e~ - ua prison caap conditions l1'4W cun1tantl7 ~etter. Tbe ■ore •o, when it ~ecaae apparent that th• Alli•• were •inning the war. The news tella o~ a whole atriag o personalities in Germany, who have eith~r been picte4 up by the Allies, or who are trying to get out of tke tall.a nation. lu,ber One ia - Adairal bll lorthy, foraer ~egen of Hungary, who aade Central luropeaa ~iatory for aore than a acore of 7ea~s. Borthy it waa who re r11ai1e e,o Vlr"M,lol :J- !ungar1 after the defeat in and wh during the tiae wben hi• co ntry \ec••• i Yo1••4 . 1111 Ger ■ an,: h~ard that, •~ la1i 4eteat tr.,~ near, Admiral a · urrender luagary to t. • ., lua1ians - he was restalled ••4 ■a4e a pri••••r )7 the Geraaas. Re was aei ed b7 Aaericaa foroe1 1a ao•t~we1t. Cerman7, cailed - On :a •Ill are two German ---.. en plac~cl aer ' wbat 11 prieoaer• ef . the list o!. pz••••I*'*• x■f the ~nricaa, ~~ field ■arshalf, ~ capture •I•~••••• 11 d in the early announced today. Their na■ea were head ne 4 118 of the war when th laii ~litskri I••• railq fro■ one triuaph to another - Fi 14 larahil• Toa lie•- •~• a lu~b•r Oae litltr co■aander in clothe• at hi• hoae in ~a1ar • 14 \ke • l■ericane that Bitler had 4epr1•ta · la et ~la ,au at the ti•• of the Qeraan aapa11a •1aiaa1fl.1 •• T~i• happened after the fielt lar1hal ~•• nf••• launch an attack oa ltalin1rad, that.wo•l~ Jlay • loscow today had its greate1t la7 Da7. l~er •1••• the foundation of the Soviet atate, Buaia ha, eele\n\el tbe first of May - Sociali1t Labor Day. Toda7, wl\~ tlie war in Europe Yirtually at an end, and the e &ra, capture of Berlin rapidly beinc co ■pleted, ■••••• ••• th• scene of a 1tupendou1 ■ ilitary 4e ■oD■ tratl••· On• h•adred thouaaad Red Ar■y troop• ■arehe4 t~r • • ----- led Square, with ■ aases ef ■echaai1e4 equipaeat. l\alta, glittering in hi• aarahal's unitora, re•i•••4 t•• parate, . 1tan4ing at attention for hour~-~•• ef tle 1peo\a\en in the diplo ■ atic box••• the Japauese lab••••••• \e loscow - oYer in one corner, a 1olitar7 obeerl••• Tke Jap Aabassador had few pleasant thoa1ht• - ti.. 4onfall of Japan' a laz i all7 pro• iding u oaiao • . \actground for the di1pla7 of Soviet war power, •~io~ • 1 1 be turned against Japan at an1 ti••· ~•~!!~ There ie a general theory that we A ■erica I are easy ■ ark•, when it eo ■es to handin& out ■ oaeJ for •••I causes - or alaoat any cause, for . that aatter. In Washington, Robert E. Burst, ciYiliaa e■plo1• . • at tlae laT&l Air technical Training Center, tlao•gllt he' . cl tr7 - - oat that theory - and eee how far tie coul• 1• •• tke - 111uaption that people will 4onate aoney to alao1t aaything. Be aade up an i■pr•••i•• look I oar, introducing the cauee tor wbic~ he wa• o~llecti•I t~• caeh. And he went around pre••~tin1 tlae oart - • eoatrib11tioa•. d~~~ t T~i• cara; t f th• worthJ warti■• ••••• the following worde: •tidow of tb• lat•••• lel ier'• ' lith that intrecluction, ~• pr c••••• t~ oelleot 4onation■.ln a ~ few ■ia•t••• be gathered 1• •le••• dollars - before he figured he la.ad •~ply pro!ecl th• tao\ that people do not even lQok to••• what kind of ca••• the7 are auppo t r in1 with donat1 oaa. 111At191 - 2 • f • • ' Then he returned th elevea ••llara to the ,arioua contributors - who were no little eabarr . •••• ot,v0 by the proof of how 1enerlll th•~ were, and how ea~•leae. , ,, LTP.1945.04.30i.pdf LTP.1945.04.30ii.pdf