GOOD EVENING EVgRYBODY: The President's record p eace - time budget calls for fi•e billion, nine hundred and sixty million dollars in ne taxes, with the hint that future overnment costs will be even higher. The total ~f the budget adds up to forty- one billion, eight hundred and fifty-eight million. Half of which will be used in the Cold ar. This Mr. Truman described as a rock bottom estimate. Be spoke of his budget as paying for past wars, as well as for carrying on the Cold War, and giving all Americans a sound social • welfare program. Today's budget message was thirty thousand word• in length. A record of one thousand, four hundred and twenty-nine ges -- weighting over six pounds. ~r. Truman told Congress that the costs of our military prepared ess are unavoidably higher this year than formerly, and that they are likely to be steeper still in ye rs ahead. He described the Onited ' tates as the strongest bulwark of freedom in the world. And that our budget is large becau s th n ti n's res p nsi b il iti e s are large. I n lh tax pr og ram, e President advocated t at ur bil i n do l l a s of th in c r a sed revenue sha l c m fro m h i 6 h~r corp o r ti o n taxes, and from incr a e st a t e and gif tax e s. H wants one billion s e v n un r e d mil l ion t o b e raised from the Social Secur i ty r ayr o l ax, a ike her e fr o m one p er cent t~ o n e and a h alf p r cent. T bun r e d and sixty m1 i on is ached led for compulsory ati o nal eal t h nsurance, this to be payrol l tax - ~ o start at o ne p oint two of one per cent. But no word yet as t whether t i s ts to be levied on employees al ne, or d ivi ea equally between workers and the ea l o yers. rourt n bil ion, thr e hundred million goes to Nati o na l f e nse. "'f which three bil l i n, six hun d r e d mil l i o n is for the air f rce. In respect t t his , t he , r e sident ur ged t h e ni te d ~tates to mai n t ai t n m st po wer f u l mi litar y orce. And he r ma s d a c o nt i n u an c of ih U. S . Fi r m Policy to · ar t oviet Union. w j Lh the continuation of our Len -Lease ro ram to Anti- Communist Nations. ~ODGET-=-~ The Republi ns a re escribin 0 P esi ent 1 ruman•s Forty-one odd billion dollar budget rec less -- dangerously infl tionary. least the n a tion can s p end he Democr a ts sa y it's the a practical udget. enate Republican leader berry led the attack. Be termed the President's budRet as havin a eal to about everybody except the taxpayer. Congress an aber of the Bouse ppropriations Committee added that Mr Truaan has boosted the budget out of sight; that his oo ■■ ittee will have to bring it down to earth. On the Democratic siie, Vice-President Barkley says he thinks Mr. Tru ■ dn has done his best to pare down Governaent expe~se. And that President Tru ■ an will have the cooper ~ tion of Congress. ~ 1/ AC --- u ic n or 1 g n Polic y ex pe rt, J hn F o t r u vi i l _ l Hou se t is visist ollo ct uic ly h n mi a ion of an Ach s o n to c c r e ar 1 at th ta e D p artm nt. r I ly e a of th T ruman ch oice . Later 1 r r tha r. Ac 0 as sh n the C y a ac·ty f r carr i n y on our For i n P icy wit. l · srupt· · • 1l id u 1 1 e s : - " Any isru t. · n an vac cil alio now, w uld disastr us.• hich in icRt a that the Dean Aches n appointment ,d 11 b l e R p ublican • In a i n t n we hear tnat Mr. Truman appointed ean Ach s non a personal recommendation of retiring er l ry f tat •arshal l . For six months Dean Ace J arshall's rig t hand man. That was in rty-seven. ' h e n t.he ne ral l o l op cabinet p ost Ac hes n •ant . d t u it. ui · n r Ya s all persu ad im t lay on . It as an Ac h at ri ba /\w h at Seer a cri a , a ma r r in a in , u p h ar hall ::::::=:::: ::!:~ ol a r ur p a ~ r c o v r . £.tl.J._A r is l m I ian g K ; l in ... r t, av l, in a. Fr o m an in h ar l Gen r l i pP r 0 a l 1 a s er t, file and ' ' ix auL i ' n V alr dy l n ent t, th lao r a. ' l ank·n cabinet ir r : v l t be iog aheaa ith lan for a comp omise peac it the eds -- a peace c nsider d imps ibl as lon as the neralissimo r ma · ns in Chin~. Formo a, the beautiful, as th Chinese call 1 t. Year ago, •h n ~hina was overrun b the Manchus, exiled m mbers ~ the Ming Dynasty set up their tin am under~ n-Chung-Kun a descendant of Confuciu, r ynasty" i n i f n 1 A l t 18. 1'' ' o. o the 1 out for forty year on er l,hian, head of th so cal l "oong no ing int1 an1eing s urces / o v rnm nt i vicl r e can exile. ay hat. in-exil by i t, th ' n ralissi in ar . licipali n in Ch·na: r r m ~ . - -- A t f r "as in t n ay th G neralie i110 n o ur av i V rt t 0 l n at e • 'fh ar l oa d ' th a m s (l t ~ a n 1n B ndin g al t f t h n t 1 ' r i ntsin, e seized by th ' h ' ta l F r s • At, , i n t, i ol t i b in ' an r re nacted:- the American consulate has or r all th seventy Am rican 1 t, in tl besi city l la e refuge in lh cos l a t . J u t as in h days of the Boxer b lli n, Tientsin i x ect . d t, ra~l to the Reds at any mm nt. The already have t.he north railway staion ; an the opulation i re ort. d t.o be in a sta f anic. One report has il that the Communist n ra re pr i i th ir tr p t.h y'l e al ed t o s c t ~ rich r si n 1 s cti ns of that num r • l t hina ea rt. lhat does uncle Sam think about the recent air battle between airaen of Ureat Britain and larael? lerely a regrettable incident! Our ~tate uepartaent 1aya it has confidence that the shooting aown of the fi•• aritish planes by the lsraeli on the •11ptian frontier - will not interfere with the peace ae1otiation1. Tbe latitr are set for th• lslana of Rhodes - when ur. aunche, u ■ aediator, arriYta. 11ahington announces that inforaatlon haa . come froa •11pt and from Britain. lord about 1hootia1 down of t ·,e planes • .asut our ~tate vepart ■ent deniee that ~ondon has asked us to take •any kind or stand•. The tiritish aeanwhile ha•e ordered Mia ■ ajesty•a Mediterranean 1leet to the scene. in tel AYiY toda7, the lsraeli go•ernaent announced that it had rejected the ~ritish note of protest. That it was wrongly addressed - to •the tlkf~tAII - 2 Jewish authorities in Tel A•iv•. ubviouel7 that was done because ~ondon hasn't recognised lsrael. The laraeli govern■ent claias the ~ritieh planes were flying over ~aleetine aot over &17pt. uat there ia the desert the frontier liae 11 not aarte4. lt would be difficult tor an7 air■an to locate ~l•••lr with an7 certainty while fl7ia1 over the aaoita\ wi14•r~••• of ~inai, where ■qaea 1uided hi• people ■ore tbaa t~r•• tbou1an4 7eara a10. aiator7 tell• •1 the7 ••M loat part of that ti ■•· I I 10~LOW.(AklSTII! ~ . . At ~ate Sucoea1 today, u I Secretar.1 Trr&•i• ~ie ••4• a personal appeal to Great Britaia aaa to lerael. ae asked thea to keep their dispute out ot the s,curit1 Council. This in order not to jeopardise the aeeting on the l1land or Bhodea. Israeli officials•• ~ate &ucceaa, howe•er, 1a, tbe7 kaYe contrary order• froa Tel AYiY. They h&Ye •••• told to ■ake their co•plaint in the Security Uo••cil. Tb• weatern powers are said to bet• a littl• worried that 1a1sia aay atteapt to inter•tne; per.hap• offer to aediate ~* between Britain and larael. JIIWABf A party or refugee s rrom Hungary arriTtd in luaioh, Ger ■ any, by plane today. They tell of air bases being built~• at top speed in westera 1ungar7. ~o•iet authorities taking o•er whole bloot1 of houses in Budapest, and screenin1 otf the area,. 1 lar1e part or the ror ■er 1a1 cit7 on the uanube ~ ao• otf liaits e•eh to Hungarian,. gyer7where 1i1n1 ~ of areat acti•it7: labor gang• wortiag franticall7 - witb ■ore and•• ■ore Ked planes arri•ina, 4a117. 1IAIQl ,ranee in the grip of an epide ■ ic of 1rippe. 1ort7 thousand cases in Paris alone. 1ospltal1 ••• crowded. ,actoriea closed with ■ore than alf their ••ployees sta7ing at u■ home. Buain••• in aetropolitan ¥aria alaoat at a standstill. The ci\7 1o•eraaent today e•acuate4 two ho ■•• fort.be a1e4, 1ent. th• old folks to the country, and 1a•• their to q•artere i■x■t 1rip p e Yloti ■a. So aan7 people are aow affected la all part• of the oouatr1 \bat the authorit.ie1 are sight••• -- one that 1'11 neYer for1et, becau•• it hlt ••• and when! ca•• too! was in a at.range ho s pital on the outskirts of ¥aria - taken there 1 ne•er knew how. o t he r a p ea r a 1 a 0 o l l y ood c o urt t od ay. ~tal l ~ conc e rne t h e s mok in g of re e fer s . Att o rney Jerry Ge i s 1 e r s u r p r i s e d eve r · y o ne b y d e c 1 i n i n g a j u r y trail f or h is c l ient. R e as o n -- n o defense. with th e others throwin g themselves on the aercy Of I " I .J.-_-~ ~ J ~ "-◄~ the court1 ,. .. ,.._..., ~.......,,, ' ' Attorne y Geisler, addressing the judge, described his client, Mitchum, as a forthright ' and honest young man -- who would n o t stoop to perjure himself. ne added that when ~itchum comes up for sentence on february inth, he will ask for probation. ) 0 1/ WEATHER now in Los Angeles today. Another freak of the weather, as r~sidents in outhern California are warned of a new cold wave. This is expected to drive tempera- tures down as low as eighteen degrees almost unprecedented. The last week's cold wave cost the California farmers crop losses amounting to aillions of dollars -- and now there's more to coae. In Watsonville, California, early this aorning a motorist saw a chilled figure using his thuab on the highway between Watsonville and Salinas. A celebrity in trouble. The motorist was a movie goer: so he quickly recognized Bing Crosby. A nd he pulled up to he a r from Bing how he had left his car out all night. Be didn't know it had frozen up on him, and soon after he started this morning the engine gave out. S o Bing set out to walk in the freezing cold -- with lots of other motori s t s driving by with th t frosty look they bestow on hitch-hikers. l3LAC112/! H LI A The Los A n ele s p olice toni g ht booked Jack Sands - r t : _ ~ ~ - ' a twenty-seven ye a r old bellhop~as a suspect in a two- "- ye a r-old crime -- the Bl a ck Dahlia murder case. ands, we are told, got in touch with P olice Psychiatrist 4 Paul De River and offered to help him •~ite a book on an ~ o b j e c t . So the P olice Psychiatrist arranged a meeting, a t which the conversation tu~ned to the Black Dahlia case. Whereupon the suspect began to reveal details of the murder which had never been printed. Clues that the police were kee p ing secret in the hope of trapping a possible suspect. And Police Chief Borrall says that the arrested bell hop could not know so auch about the Bl a ck Dahlia murder unless he had access to the Police Depart•ent's files -- or had firsth a nd knowledg • The Chilean governaent ia eending a thir4 expedition to the Antarctic. A group now well on ita ••7 to ■ arguerite Ba7 -- a thouaand ailes aouth of Cape Horn: Three hundred people, 1cienti.t.1 and carrison troops, aoiag to bact •P Chile' r olaia to those waatelanda around the South ~ole, in which the U.H., Argentina and •rltain are all aucb intereate4. Our &atarctic slice of fro1en pie if 7ou oaa call it that, is •••eral hundred ail•• nearer tbe ~out~ tole than 1ar1uerite •a7. ••t that•• the suppoae4 destination or this ~hilean expedition, which left Yalparaieo last weet. Mon4on re1ards lar1uerite ••1 as a dependency of the .alkland lalea, and a part of ti, . . the British &apire. lhen the Chileans arri•• at the bottoa of the world the7'll find, waitln1 tor the■, a ••!l Brit tab., established base occupied by A■erioana, andi•**••• ! t sounds like it ■ ight reault in some frG~ty fireworks. lf &xplorers rinn Honne is listenin1 I'd like to ask him to tell us just what he think• the Vhilean explorers are going to say to the &aerican• and British when they meet on the Antarctic ice? that would be the polite remark to open such a conursation, iinn? &.,,. ~ ~ ..,.._c..l ~ - , )\J&.,._