1111,11. In the telephone strike, the Union has pro■ i•ed to try for an agreement - according to which they euld withdraw their picket line tro■ the telephone exchanges. Tbia was stated b7 Secretary ot Labor Schwellenbach, who is trying to appl7 federal conciliation to the strike tbat baa tied ap lona 411tance 1ervice acro11 the nation. In the biggest, l■erican citiea, onl7 ••ergenc7 long distance calla were accepted toda7 - with condition• Tercina oa a coaplete ti•-•P• Tbin11 look oaiaoa1 in the threat ot a 1teel &rite, with •rter1 going out in adTance, Ja■pia1 the&••· Th• steel &rik• includes aluainaa workers, aad toda7 at lew Iea1ington, Pean17lTania, C.I.O. workers at a plant of the llu■ i••• Co~pan7 of Aaerica ■ tarted walkout oat. Thi• waa six hours in advance ot the deadline set b7 the Onion tor a general ateel- al••i••• 1trike. STIIII - On the othe~ hand, there ia la t e word that tbe steel strike ■ ay be settled with a wage co■pro■ i••· · T~• Union ia de m an ing a two dollar ~ a daJ increase, and•• h ar that the workers may ae ~ tle for a pay boost ot a lollar and sixty cent• a daJ . • Late word la that General lotora haa turned down the propo1al by the ,~ct-Finding Board ot a nineteen and a halt cent increase an hoar. llIUMQI ' Bere'a illu■ ination en a q uestion that has been a puzzle. At the ti■e the Mo s cow agreement for Allied Control of Japan••• announced, Geaeral lacArt•ur 1tated th a t he bad protested in advance againat any acbe■e to diTide tbe ad■iaiatration~ a■o■1 ••rioue nation■.~ laebington, tbe decla r ation wa■ ~- aadt that laclrth•r had a1reed to a tour-power control ot tbe conq•ered countr1. Tbi1 lacArtbar denied,..._ Jl ••• open to contradiction.- aai~o •a• rl1ht? 1tated To4a~, in Tok70, 8ec~7~•r1 of lar Patteraon that be bad ne•er ■ee~■e■aage that General lacl•th•r ••at to la1hin1ton, objecting to foar-;.ower . . control. The lacA•thur objection was a dispatch b7 radio to the Ar■J Cbiet ot Staff, to be traneaitted to Secretary ot State Byrnes. Logically, tbe ••••age ahould baYe been pasaed along to the Secretary of lar, but now Secretary Patterson aays he neYer 1aw it. ~ That•• the illa■ ination we have today - tlRI kind of A illuaination that adds a bit of new darkness. What happened to the MacArthur ■eaaage? fAlllll~QI - 2 Secretary Patterson bas been looking thinga over in ~•pan, and he expresses the h ighes t praise for lb• lacAftbur adainietration. Be speaks of - lltllt••* •brilliant leadership.• ifs oae tiae ago, General laclrthur stated the belief that the occ111>atlon of Japan would require no aore than half a ■ llllon A ■ericaa troop,. T~at 1tateaent was attacked at the ti•• bJ people who declared that ■ aay aore soldier, •o•l4 be needed. lo• we have the statement fro ■ Secretary Patterson that of •11ht h•adred thou1aad 1oldier1 in the Pacific at preaent, aore than four h•a4red tbo••••d will be sent ho■ e within four aonths. · lnd • •ithoft repla~nts; it won't be neceaaary to send other soldiers. ~bat will leave soae four b•ndred thousand in the Pacific - incluaing the occupation force in Japan. lbich would•••• to indicate that the figure naaed by lacArth•r i• being cat down atill further. Sec~etary Patterson, in a news interview fAUR!QI - 3 today, went OD to the debated subjeot of the Japaneae cyclotrons. The Japs had four atom splitting machines, and these were destroyed by the Aaericaa A~•Y out there. Pscientiata a■r h■A protested •igorou■ly - ea7in1 ,..._._ ~~~ -1-eQ.., that the Jap cyclotrona • preserved for further ..T.,IIAA ... ~ A ;;;m~ reaearch. Today Secretary Patter1on took the blaae for the whole thing on hi■ aelf. Re 1aid that the c7clotroa1 bad been destroyed OD an order over bia 1i1aature - and the order bad been a ■ iatake. Re aaid he ahould have con1ulted scientific •••lms advi1er1 before directing that the Jap atoa •littla1 aacbinea be destroyed. Ftnally, the Secrettty of War apoke of deaobili1ation. T~e G.I'a out la. the Pacific have beea criticizing hia, denouncing Patterson for the alow down in ■ndh1 the ;(o":,~t■~ecrttar1j:t"i~~ that the War Department is deaobilizing the troops . as quickly as poaaible - doing its best. And he denied the report that he would refrain froa going to Manila oa hi1 present trip. The G.I. newapaper, Stars and Stripes ~ -------- - -- tAlllRfil!! - 4 had printed a report that the Secretary of War would not go to the P~ilippine capital because ot the ho■eaick soldier de■ onatrations there. Patterson •tated today that he ia going to laaila. A To ease the mobilization crisis, tbe Ar ■J A is cutting the training time for new soldiers. Hitherto, the sch~dule called for seventeen weeks ot trainin1 for new G.l'• drafted into the army. low that 911 bein1 oat to thirteen weeke - so as to provide repla c e ■ente the• ■ore rapidly to sabat\tute tor the ho•sict ••terans in Europe and the Pacific. leanwhile, the protests continue. Toiay we have the case of another soldier newspaper, which i1 being censored - forbidden ·to print aaterial about the · ho■esict tro•ble. '-l ► la. the G.I.paper at J laaila, called •The Dally Pacitician• -- I 1appo1e that•• how you pronounce it, Pacific with an •ian• •* •**••l■tx tacked on. Aayway, the editors of the Pacifician i■aued a ■ tatement today - declarin1 that they were being prevented tro■ giving their G.I. readers what they call - •the full truth.• The7 have been prohibited, ~or exaaple, fr~• publishin1 a list of Congressmen to •ho ■ ~e G.I's ■ ight send their DIIOBILIZATION - 2 uni•ereal mesaage - •r want to go home.• In Bawaii today, a ■ass meeting ot G.I's ■ade • de■and tor what they called a - •clear • foreign policy.• TJ.ey want an explanation ot the foreign policy taxt-■xa angles that are koepin1 'C) l■ trican aoldiers overseas after the end ot the war. A•••• •••ting ot three thouaand troopa was ataged after the weekly ar■y boxing bouts at Honolulu. Tbe tights over, the G.I'a turned the boxing event into a ho■esiot ■aaa meetin1. In London, there was a rowdy diaturbance in front ot the headquarters ot · Bri1aditr General Thiele, Aatrlcan co■mander in the London area. Thia . ta1 in Groxvenor Souare, where the l■erican labassy . ia located - Grosvenor Souare traditional ot London aristocracy and fashion. It was typical London weather, . drizzling rain, but that didn't deter five hundred · • I G.I•a. Gathering in front of General Thielel! headquarters, they chanted - •we want to go home.• DIIOBILIZATIOI - 3 They 1houted for the General, but he wasn't tbere. ~ ., In1tead, they got a talking.to fro■ an officer of the Redeployment Section, who told the ■ - •you have no right to fora ■ obi ot tli1 aort.• Fro■ the General'• headquarter~ G.I•1 trooped to the Claridge Botel, aad there they aade a prote1t - to•••• looae•elt.She waa oa her ••1 to the l11e■bl7 of the u.1.0., to which 1be 11 oae of tbe l■er.icaa delegates, whea a aiz-aan oo■■ lttee, repreaeatlnc the crowd of G.I•a, preaeated their oo■platnt to her - de■obili1ation too •low. lr1. loo1eTelt ezpre11ed her ayapathy aad ■aid ahe would 4o what 1be could to help the■• • 0.1.0. At the ■eeting of the U.N.O. 1n Lon on, an ar1ument develpped today - an argu ent about non-peraanent aeabers of tbe Security Council. The Constitution of the U.1.0. provides that the ~ powerful Security Council ahalll\con1ist ot •••••••*•**• - representative, of the big powers, all the tia• - ~~ .... per■ anent representation" 1110 - delegates of aiz of the leaaer power,~ these to be changed fr• ti ■• to ti ■e, aoa-per■aaeat, rotating. lo which aiz oft•• ■ iaor power• are to 1>e represented oa the Secarit1 Council - at the start! Tentatively, the tollowia1 bad beea aoainated - Canada, Mexico, Brasil, the letherlanda, Poland and E11pt. Bat now there'• a apiit, the diaagree■ent question .T4.. be argued I\ la developing todaJ. The out tomorrow. FOLLOI 0.1.0. The delegates to the U.1.0. are being spared an ordeal - an ordeal of thirst. The buil d ing in which they are •••ting was rented fro ■ a religioua areup - tbe lethodi1t1. And the lethodist1 iapo1ed the condition that no intoxicating liquor• be 1er•ed on the preaiae1. So who baa coae to the reacae? Why, . the Cbarcb of lagland. T~e An1licaaa are not IIO atera abo11\ be•erages, aad h••• e1tabli1hal a bar in a cb•rc,••• two budr■-' 1 a r ~ b • ■eetin& place of the 0.1.0. 111 of thi1, however, ia acadeaio 10 far•• tbe ~oTiet delegate• are concerned. T,e, weren't bothered about a be•erage predicaaent. ArriTiaa in ~~ London bJ plane, tb•J brought wit• theaAlarae aapplie1 ot caviar and vodka. 0 IO!Lb PA~LIAIEIT. ' ' • loacow radio today denounced tte idea of - a lorld Parliaaent. SoTiet broa e casts, of course, are rua bJ the Stalin goTern■ ent, an4 today•• prono•nce ■ent i1 taken as•• official la ■ aiaa coa4e■aatioa of the idea of unified world control. preaeat laited lationa Or1ani1ation be taraed into a world parlla■eat. The lritiab, ia particular, h••• beea talkiaa •P tbi1 ldea.roraer Foreign SecretarJ lattioay . Idea ad•ooat•• it. l•t aot the So•i•t• - the loacow ., radio todaJ oalllag the World Parlia■eat 14•• haraful ,, and reactioaarr. QlllllI le hear that the aurder of three A••ican officers in Ger■anJ i• belie•e4 to ha•• been coa■ itted by Germane. The officers were founcl titatea to liatl't ia t.be bo••• t.beJ occapled. Th• bouee had thereapoa beea drenched with •eollne, and eet on fire. l~■z l laJor, o who••• lat.he place, escaped - · and be 11 1a1ln1 . aot.biaa, beoa••• of official aecrecy. T~• whole tbla1 la bei . . oo•ered bJ eecrecJ. It 1 t1 aot. •••• offlclallr at.ated that the ■ar4ere4 ot~icera ••re A ■erlcaa1, 1 . .t- • t, t be report at laericaa bealquarter•~Frauf•n, ia 1 tbat Iat•lligeace officer• beli••• the crl ■• waa co■aitt.e4 bJ Geraaaa - lasia of the ••r••o~t type- out for r••••I•• JAITI. Late n••• ot r•••lutlon iD laltl. A ••lletia baa j••t co■• throe~ 1a7ia& that Pr••14ea\ Leaoo\ ot the llaot lepa•110 ••• •••rt~•••• te4a7 -- l llJ'•ter7 of ••rtiH ••• dlacloaed toda7 - wtiea tbe 1tor7 ••• told bow aa office ••••1•r la Caaa4a pat in a eo■plaiat abo•t a alrl e■plo1••• Tb• co■plaiat ••• ••••••1. The efflee ••••a•r aald ■be••• too W••tlfal, to eb•r■ laa, teo f•• · elaatla1. lai tile • qaeatl•• ••• ral•••• a qae•tion to ••k• a e7aie •••••= ■•• ooald tile 1lrl effloe ••rt•~ 4r••• •• 1•r1••••1J • nlaet1 lell••• • aoatbT 8a~14 •••d•r - tile •t•••• ••• tbe ■ lat oo•t. fl7ia1 effloer•, tboqll ao■etl•• wltll el•lllaa■ llea4q••rt•r• of tbe lo7al &lr reree Tr•••port Co••••• - wllioll terrle4 ,oaber• aero•• to lrltala. • Tb• 1lrl ••• q•••tioned -- lier •••Nre appeare• to be ota7. Tben, abortl7 atterwar4, •he and ber ■otber went to tbe Oalte4 State,. Sbe ••• beia1 watebe .. lllJ, - 2 . . aad laerlcaa Iatelll&eace a1eata intercepted a pack•1• that •h• ■ailed to loatreal, to ao•• ■71terio•• in41•ll•al there. Ia the pact•1• ••• teua4 a let et allitar7 4ata coacernin1 the Dor•al Airport, fro• will•~ the •o•••r terr1 ••r•lce aent warpl•••• to larope. tile war. It l• aow r••••1•4 tllat the airport••• a•-'• •••t t• Caaa4a to•• iatene4, "r• eoataotet •1 ••••• of the Ge1ta,,. Tia• prl••••r• •r• laatracte4 te •al• •••r1 atteapt to ••o•p• la Caaa4a, and ••k• tlletr to D•r•al tor ••••t•1• atte■pta. ror thla iaforaatioa waa Hin1 1athere4 ,, tile - girl at ferr1 ooa■aad bea4qaartera -- the office e■pl•J••• · who waa aucb too goraeoua. lllat baa bappeae4 to ber? Tbe 41aclo••re toda7 atatea t~at, letore A■erican Iatelligence a1enta could cato~ ~•r, ••• •••i•b•4 -·••4 la bell•••4 A11at no• to be la lr1ea\taa. Down in Brazil, in the gay city of !io, official circles were 1hakea today by a tragedy of Tiolence aa4 roaance. A . piatol blazed, and broke up a triaa1l• - the principal• in which were •••••r• of fa■ ilie1 doainaat in Brazilian aocial and political life. The story be1ina with two friends, ar■J officera,_.o bad be•• 4e•oted coaradea. One, Li••tenaat latelita, aoa of a prosiaent Jadge and aeph•• ot a repreaeatati•• ia the United State• ot the Bra1lliaa Tr•a••rJ. Th• other, L1eat•aaat roaaeca, of a 1tata1 eqaallJ proaiaaat. The two frlea4a fell ia lo•• wi\h \be•••• &lrl - ■ aria Yale, one of th• assd beaatie1 of aociet7 ia Rio. In the 1a1 life ot the Bra1illaa capital, 1he ••• adaired and courted - and laria •~l• ••• attracted to the two friead1. Ber choice between . the■, as to wbich ah• ahoald ■arry, ••• not •i1ible.1\IJ: ' Fon1eca ••• already aarried - bi1 wife the daaghter of a for■er Brazilian Aabaasador to Veneaaela. So Maria becaae engaged to Eatelita - their aarriage to be held in all aaitable aplendor. . tllil12I-- 2 leanwhile, E 8 telita was 1ent to the Daited Stat•• to co ■plete hi1 air tra . ining. Be was gone for aonth1, and when h• returned be found hi ■ •fiance waa atill associating with hi• friend. It••••• that roaaeca . - - - ~ , ~ ~ could act 1ot oYor hi• iatatuatloa •,:..•• •'f\Coilla,od ' to accept tii• attention,. I • l•t~lita •••t to h•~ boa•• - aad there he fo•a4 roaaeca, where•poa •••*,. · tragic •iolence en1•e4. ~ l•t•lita drew bia pi•tol to kill the girl he coaal4ere4 fal••· la, l•ti •• he tired, ron1eca threw hia•lf ia front of ■ aria Yale to shield h•r~ le a1a 1hleld her - at the co1t ot hi• own life. Where•pon l•telita turned the gaa upon ht ■ i• - killed biaaelt. The di•patch troa lio atatea that t~e at.fair baa . ••hakea the city•, t~e proaiaeace of the people in•ol••• being what it 11. •