L - IIQLQTQV ------ ~J .:_ p ; . .:J,~) ~ 4-, ,1i1-1- _________ At this moment the news wires of the world are buzzing with sp culation about the remo v 1 of') ••/\Molotov rom the post of Foreign Minister of . Every ao rt ~oviet Russia. tllx••~i• of co ■ ment is being It. expressed in endless numbers of words, especially by any news ■ an who has been in oscow recently. But the fact ia that the conclusions to be drawn fro ■ the ousting ot •olotov arP. pretty ■uch the 1aae aa any of ua can arrive at by a minute or two or siaple thinking. That is, the Iron Curtain bein1 what it i1, we don't know anything beyond the bare statement that Moscow ■ akes, and can only apply tbe ■ oat ■ •R ordinary co ■ mon sense. liitberto, ~oviet Ruaaia bas acted in a way coaaon enough in bu ■ an affairs. ixf■ • If you and your poli*iea ■ ate god, youz;/ace is high. It you and your policies fail, out you go - a thing not unknown in average Aaerican affairs. Only -- (.•PP lying) the ~ovietl have a way of a,11p■aJl it in a plain ~ A ~ obvious way. MOLOTOV - 2 ------ In all of this we are thin k in particularly of the•• dramatic ca e of Litvinov -- Uoloiov'a predecessor:'\ ,s ■ •••••• ■ sx as Soviet Foreign Minister. Litvinov A back i the days before lorld lar lwo, pursued a pol i CJ of co opera ti on • i th the western powers - - against lazi ~,raany. Then, Litvinov was toased out. At the tiae, everybody tried to guess the meaning. Then the meaning becaae startling obvious. The firing of Litvinov was followed by the Hitler-ltalin pact, which led to the Lecond World War. lben Litvinov went out, bis , ■■ policies of cooperating with tbe liberal countries also went oat -- and Molotov negotiat e d the treaty between the Soviets and tbe Naz.is. So oo• Molotov goes art., and the question ia -- can we applJ the saae reasoning? Under Molotol Soviet Foreign policy has scored a series of recent fai l ures. The Berlin blockade, atteapting to drive out the western powera,has been defeated by the Berlin air lift. Under the regime of Uolotov, a Soviet - - sat ellite has r e belled, Tito o f Jugosl a via cr e ating a rift a ■ o n t he Sovi e t puppe t s. The or t. h At l ant i c A 1 1 i an c e ha f o r g ed ah e ad , i n t be work of c r e ating an armed nlliance ot the l e st against Soviet Hussia. Only today we ha•e news that Norway baa rejected a ~oviet offer of an alliance, and baa joined the talks in the negotiation of a western power treaty againat. the Soviets. ~c these aay be•• scored aa failure• of &ii Molotov and bia foreign policiea -- just•• Litvinov, ten yeara ago failed in his policiea of cooperation with the liberal nation• of tbe leat. ~ : n i g h t , it aigh~ogical to a1auae that the dis ■ ia aal of Molotov aay aean a big change in ~oviet • · oreign Policy .. But in what direction? That ia the pu11ling paradox of it al l . Molotov represented a policy ot angry hostility toward the lest. Dut e is bstq succeeded by Yiabinsk7~ who i ■ a in all bis public work has been juat as aucb opposed to the tree natio n s. Molotov displayed a lWtQ1Q!_ - 4 stubborn, nas t y bitterness. Vishinsky, in his many appearances at the Unite · Nations, and in other d i p 1 om a t i c co n f e re n c es , ha s b e e n no i s y , s av age , and envenoaed in his enmity toward the lest. As between the two, there seeae not much to choose, " If the firing of Molotov and the promotion of Vishinsky bas any meaning in this respet, we don't know what. It aigbt be a ailder Soviet attitude in the oold war, or it might signify an even aore belligerent line of action by Moscow. •11 tbia is the product of the ■ oat ■ zf ordinary reaaoning by any ot ua -- and it leads ua nowhere. But, it's about as good as anything you wil. tind i i in the crystal gazing speculation, of the experts tonight. - 0 rerbapa the real aeaning is in another direction altogether, not international politics, bat Soviet internal politics. Molotov has been naaed aa a likely successor to Stalin. So ■ aybe hie deaotion is a sign that he has lost out in the internal J!OLQIQI 5 affairs of the pclitburo. The Uo co• wo d has beeoftbat lolotov's rival aa a poasibl s ·c cesaor has been Malenkov -- the d · b B 1 b ·k pu g:) young1s o s v1 who is supposed to be very close to Stalin. So perhaps the removal of Molotov as foreign Minister aay represent a victory for Malenkov - with Vishinsky as a sort of stalking ~•a■ horse. Or perhaps the whole thing is utterly the / 1P_Tb. i t i t d rewerae. 1s one po n s o be note 'J that lloloto• out as la ■ Foreign Minister, auat go to a lower poat, which can only ■ ean a thorough going defeat -- in any lower post. ! f be were taken out aa foreigb liniater to be promoted, there is only one atep higher - ~rime lliniater, which post ia now occupied by Stalin. fo it is not surprising that with e•erybody guessing everything all around the (Molotov world, there is a surmise in London that~ ■•llk ■ • might. posaibly be slated for the job of P 1! ■ ier - taking Stalin's place. This, on the ••••iP sasumption tnat ~talin, advancing in years, may be ready to retire IQ1 QTOV - 6 from the iEi Premiership and assume the em · nence o · the gr and old man of the Savi t.s. There havebeen ru ■ ors that Stalin might do just tha t . Along with Molotov's removal, we have the dis ■ issal of Mikoyan, Minister of Foreign Trade - - replaced by his Deputy. lhis is also completely •nigaatic -- as is, in fact, the whole ahakeup in Moscow. lbat we do know is that it is a shake-up -- the biggest in Moscow since the mginning of the Second lorld lar. COMMUNISTS 1 Congress is going to start promptly on an anti-co ■ aunist law to control the &ctivities of the A ■ erican !,ed1 -- this after the statement by the top A ■erican Co ■■uniat leaders, pledging support to Soviet Rf11ia in any war with the United States. Yeaterday ~ President Tru■ an called thoae red big-shots -- •Traitor■•• Today ~ ~ i ~ c t . ; i:..~h• ,__ N '-• I•••• at B1pacae•••~isea ■ua-u111c ■d tl1 ■ t l:w1la, ~ le\iN ••--la• ~• -4raw11 ap i••••l•\•l:)).tor a crack-down on the coa ■ uni1t1 and tbe protectio~ ot tbi1 nation fro ■ red aabatoge. - Henry Wallace also add• bia voice w tt.a •8M"'•••/\-- aaying that be, in bi• own words -- •!• not in accord• with the pro-~oviet proclaaation1. Be says be think• that Co ■■unist le,derabip ••• •unwi1e• in declaring for the ene ■y in case of an Aaerican- Soviet war. Well, wise or unwise, the A ■ erican rede were \ ■ erely dancing to their ■asters tune. The French and COIUIURISTS 2 and the Italian co ■■ unists proclaimed war allegiance to Moscow and A repetition by the A ■ erican reds was, - obvioualy, part of a world-wi(e coaauniat pattern -- Z:Q ~ Moscow, for so■ e p urpose or otbe r, ordering • • l'ecl• '7' - to declant against their own country, in case of war. 0 Manila -- the co ■■uni1t party of the Phillipine• ~,.._e, '+rv7 toda1,-.Lol-n1t it.aelt 6i Soviet Russia in any war. / \ 0 . .:v1 Copenbag-■ -- ~ • p a t c h readr,_ aa followa, •Dani•b coa ■uni•t leader, ts Aksel Larsen today pledaed Danish coa■ uni1ta to support Soviet Ruesia • in ca1e or war. BULGARIA 1 In Bulgaria today the Red prosecutor demanded death for the four leading paatora aaong the fifteen Protestant Cburch■en on trial.In~ long, thundering diatribe, tbe prosecutor burr1', v : o l e n t ~ at ~ - ~ tbe United State ■, and called for death peaaltie1 -- banging,if b bas bis way. The fov defendants, wbo ■ he 1ingled out tor thi~ dooa, are the Bul1ariaa repreaent ti•• of tbe eon1regatioaal E•••1•lical Cbarcb, the Sapreae Superwl1or or the letbodi1t1, the Secretar7 of tbe Ba~ti1t Union Boari, and the Chief of th• Peataooatal obarob. ror the otbera, pri1on . 1enteace1---Sucb 11 tbe de ■ aad ot tbe pro1ecutor in that wierd trial of tbe Prot 1taat paator1 on charge• of trea1on, black- ■arteting and e1pioaa1• -- the trial characterized by weeping coafe11ion1. IORIAY l Norway baa joined the negotiations tor a to lasbington, Mor1en1tie conferred this afternoon with Secretary Dean Aobeso and •be envoy ■ of tb ~u•••cl into the ••k,,-it ei&bt - i~ludin1 Th•~ . were • ~/ / aee, Bel ■, Bolland, / the United St way re t ~ aboat , poasi)lJ -- D n ■ r t,.)'ort al aH I••l••.., odaye entrance of orway followed a rejection ot a Soviet auggeation ot • lorway-Ru11iaa ~ treaty, non-aggreasion pact. Laat night•• beard that /i Norway bad 1en l■ Jl■a■■■x to the Moscow proposal, the ru ■ or was that the lorse had said __ •no•. Tbia is a ■ ply confiried today in an NORWAY official announceaent. Morway sending a fir■ refusal to Moscow; llllltl this . . . O['d by a aecret 1e1sion ot1JI..A lorwegian parlia ■ ent 7e1terday. The wote was o••r- wbel ■ ing -- one--bundred-eight~=~ Lo elewen, the ainority of ele•en being Co■■aniata.1f At tbe •••• ti■• the or• 1ian parlia ■ ent, litewi1e, Toted to Join tbe lortb Atlantic talk• -- which dec11ioa wa1 pat pro ■ptl7 iato effect, when tbe lorwegiaa A ■baa1ador iD 1a1hiD1tOD entered tbo1e le1tern-power-•11ca11ioa1 JAPl 1 In Japan there is talk of a ecbe ■ e that wiuld ■ ean the laraeat ■ igration in the history ot tbe bu■ an race. The propo1al -· to tranater balt of the Japan••• . popuJation to tbet\I1land ot le• Guinea, wb re there 11 10 ■ucb e ■pt7 laad -· great dark lew Guinea, 1parael1 ,■,■ta&l■■z popalat d by tribe, of tazzy-wussiea. Oae-balt ot the popalatioa ot Japaa would co■• to 10■ • tort7 aillion -- b7 all odd1 the lar1••t ■ i1ration ewer atte■ pt••· !be word fro■ Tokyo ia tbat tb re 11 talk aboat tbi1 aaoag Japa•••• lead•r•,•ho ■ ugg et ao■• lar1• ' aiaration to aol•• Japaa ■ na■ber one probl•• •· o•er- populatloa:f But the Japaaeu . ~ Hlldi•I' ,11e ••••u of Heir peeple i : a \ ~ are aot talking altout tbe ■,tter in pabiic. It 11 priwate converaation 1Lrictl7, ao far•• they are concerned. l • .. ~ ~m,A --C!YJ1 The public part o! it co■•• erica}r■ u•■1111■t, • }f<.~i4 A Doc~or Stanley Jonee. • is protagani&iag the idea t\ 1, in Yigorou1 faabioa, and ~tate1 tbat a plan for JAPAI 2 Japan••• i ■■ igration to Hew Guinea was fa•ored by tbe late Franklin D. Roo1e•elt. in the cour•• of•••• effort ■ for peace that Dr. Jon a••• ■ akin& A during he day ■ b fore Pearl Barbor. Tod•~• di1patcb fro■ Tot70 · quot•• bi ■ in tb• tollo•i•& word1: ' •1 waa of tbe opinion that Japaa• traatio eapaaaioa probl••• which••• labeled by tb• world•• •11re11ion, ■aial7 reaulted fro■ it■ 1arpla1 population. I propoaed to th• late Pre1ideat 80011- Ytlt that tbe Oait14 State• •ahould parch••• ■•• Oaln•• aa4 giv t./:ft•d to Japan -- 10 that Japan ooal4 fia4 a vent ~1arpla1 popalation•. A Doctor Stanley Jo••• ••1• be bell•••4 at tb• ' ti■• tbat auob 1olutioa woald oal■ the cri•A• in the Pacific. So wbat did tbe late President Roo••- •elt bave to 1ay. Be 1a•• ht• approYal, accordin1 to tbe !vanailist -· wbo cQntinu~• •• follows: •11th tbe alll■•* all-out conaeat of the lat• Preaident I discu11ed tbe plan with Dutch and Auatraliaa JAPAN 3 authoritiea for the purpose of buying up the island to ••ert the threat " Then, on the day when I was at the point ot ■ ating a speech on ••Peace• I I learaed that •1 •bole ettorts and ache ■• bad ••nlahed . , in S ■ote•. Tbe a ■oke or Pearl Barbor, tbat ia. ~ , , ... 1f So now, aft r the defeat of Jap · an, t b • ~ = 1■ /\ prota1aai1in1 the idea all o••r aaain. One •1tticult1 11•• ia tbe tact tbat ■•• Gaiaea belon1• to Auatralia -- aad tb• letbtrland~diYide4 between th••• So they would ban ■o ■etbiD& to uy aboUt it.1"' In Tokyo Patriot Sh••• •••b•r ot the Allied Council tor Japan, apoke tor Aaatralia. Be ••14 he doubted that the late Preaident Rooae•elt •••r adyooated the aiaration of Japan••• to le• Guinea. A• tor the new re•i••l of the proJect be declare• that laatralia i• oppo1ed, would ne•er conaent to the•••••• or people tro ■ Japan 1ettling dn that ••1• Island just to the lorth of Auatralia) a . I ~ ~ ~ ' COUGAR l There ia one frightening atteraatb to the great blizzards in the leat -- the appearance ot large nu■bera ot Cougar,, Mountain liona. Tb••• k■•• •••• ~~ lrhu out or th irA..z.tftJ'-l!A .... " by the great IDOHo Tb7tollow th be1'dl of deer that hawe co ■e to the lo ■ laada to ar••• where the anowa bawe ■el te4. 1f OrcliDarily, t.be Cou1ar la no 1reat tbr at to ha■•• lite, fat th~•• ■oun\ain lion• are ■ addeaed by haa1er, --r aai ••1 be dri••• to attack bu■aa bein&•· On tbe Ol7 ■pio peala ■ ala, tbat 1ection ot th• State ot la1h- - ia1toa to the le1t ot Pu1•t - Soand, there ia lood aport, ~•ting tor Cou1ar. Do•••• haYe b••• 1bot, and dozen• ■or are expected to tall to the rifl•• of hunter• 1bo like the tbrillf!ll1 1psl"I, ot atalking the . >\ fierce, powertul oat.a. rro■ Britiab Colu ■bia, the ne•• ot • bunting party who trailed and tilled a large ■ ountain lion that attac~ aan in a logging caap. The Cougar atol• into the caap -· driven by hunger, a ■ ountain lion t K ~ COUGAR 2 out to beco ■ e a ■ an-eater. Tbe huge cat leaped upon a logger na ■ ed Reubea Ba1e, who waa unar■ ed. Be••• badl7 bitten and clawed before hi• shout, brou1bt reacue -- tbe ■oantain lion frightened ott. lbereupoa the buntiag part7 took up the trail. They foaa4 tb Coa1ar deYouria1 a borae, •blob he had A. jaat killed -- aad tbea a Yoll7 of abota ■ade aa ead " to tbe ■oaatala lion that bad tried to tura lato a -- JOHNSO 1 Indications in Coagress are that the nomination ot tb~fecretary or Deten1e, Louis A. John1on, will be confiraed pro ■ ptly by the Senate. Thia••• indicated toda7 by tbe Cbar■ an of the Ar■ ed Service• Co ■■ itt••• Senat•r 1ldin1 ot lar7land. Pr / pre ■ ent anitication o ole • 7. • of i■proT •• th• •• Secretary, Co,.••• tor ,{.aet.een -• e11. -- o t'eel the ar .. d tore•• ~ So, ~ tb Lou ' On tb• ■ore inti■ate aide, tb• appoint■ent of Johnson•• detenae cbiet 1• regarded•• a pay ■ent or a political debt. Thi• phase ot the ■ atter goe1 bact to tbe day& dent Truaan yeaber election when Presi- ...,.., . . @ao_.,~.-.~ ... ·· ~ a little chance ot going back to the bite House. There•••• critical JOBNSOI 2 question of raising tunds tor the ca paign, ■ any ~•ocrata declaring tbat it would not be po11ible to procure contribution, tor what aee ■ ed to be a hopel••• cause. The word bas been in1i1taat that Secretary Forre1tal, •ho then wa1 obiet of d tense, .... - ~J io~_,...,. toot a di ■ •i•• or tbe Tra■an chancea"- did not~•------& biHelf .-f But Louis Jobaaon, wbo bad bHn an Auiltant Secretary or lar under rraatlin D. Roo••••lt, 1 I ~ a diftereDt Yiew. Be ••Dt out and rai1ed ca■ pai1• taada, wben otber1 tboa1bt it could aot be 4one. ~obnaon ia a law7er of Clartabara, leat Virginia, witb a..lar1• banking aad indaa,rial inter••~-•llih connection• were valuable when he u•••rtoot to .. -- d,,f -l!l. repl*ni1b the Tru■ aD ca■ paign obe1t,(- ..a did.--. ' .... FIRE 1 At Peachland, North Carolina 1 National Guarda■en ~bilizing today, the State soldiers joining in a battle against• tire -- one ot the strangest fires on record. M A veritable ■ ountain of aawda1t . . . burn- A in1, apouting tlaae and 1■ oke like a wolcaao -- and threateaiag to deatroy tbe town. Peachland ia a lu■bering co ■■uait7, with two big ••••illa. One of tbe1e, ~be Peachland Luaber Co ■- ' ~ paa,,Ari1bt in tb• ■ tddle ot tbin11, not so tar fro■ twen t7 1 ••r• tbe 1awdu1t baa piled up in a h•1• ■ ound, three aar11 iD area and one hundred feet high -- ••tall•• a ten 1tory buildina. The firat sign ot trouble••• aix •••k• •10, when a ■ oke atarted to paur fro ■ tbe ■ ountain of aawduat. oftbia •eek, the blaze was FIRE 2 eruption. Vast clouds of acrid s ■ oke, with a- blast~ --r<A 4 7.'4leld!,.J of flaae•. -- ~ people aonallr • • ~ driven fro ■ their "' A boae1 by the choking a ■ oka, while the blaze hurled 1hower1 of 1park1 tbat 1et tire to buildinga. A feed aill aad a cot~oD gin fla■ ed and burned to tb• ground. hey That••• tbe wolcanic aituation, and it••• eati■ated that, if tbe aountaia of 1awdu1t were lett to burn, tbe tire would laat for aix year• -- that leagth o~■e before the iaaeaee ■a••~••L "fj conauae~,Athe whole to•• deatroyed, the people driven out. Bence, *kacJ tbe aobilization today, fir• fighter• with equip■ent joined by units of the Rational Guard of Horth Car o lina. They are on the job of IBE 3 putiina out ibat ■ tran1••t ot tire ■ -- wbiob, toniabt, ~ i ■ llkeAa:=tNIII-- in tbe ■ iddle ot a town, the fl•••• ~ oa1\in1 red baleful 1l•r• tbrougb tb• atr••t• of ~ Peaoblaad, wbil• orowd1 co■ e fro ■ atar to witn••• \be aaeartblJ apeotalle. IILLIB l Toda71 n••• &i••• ua the ■ tory ot tbe alxt7- - 1••r~old woaaa aad t.be one-legged killer. At Joplla, Mi11our1, the ■ an with one leg, walking on crutcbe1, eaterecl •• aport.iDI good ■ ■ tore a . , ad a1kecl to ••• ao ■ e piatol1. ••• fully oa1t.oaera. I• looted ••••ral 1••• ower, tatia1 one tba\ ~ l••••• •· ••~, co•erecl t.be olert • cl to•r Alt.lao111b be bad oaly ••• 1•1 aacl ••• oa ers\ola••• be ••• able to keep tile 1a• poiat,ed at, tbea - - ,aoki111 out tti,oap tb• ao , or aad iato tbe atreet. f Tbere Ile tla11•4 aa4 belcl ap a laa0-11 tadoalt •U.b ••••••• lt plat.o poiat, tdae p•••• orcl•r•d t.b• clrl••r t,o 10 apeecliDI to a boa•• oa tbe oat.atirt• of Joplin, lttl/;l&Y,oa oaa 1■agia1 t.be fHliac• ot Ire. BughH -· the ■ore 10 • • ab• bacl a beart conditio • •• and had b••• goin1 to the doctor. On tbe ••J the gua••• told ber •~•* what he intended to do. Today ~he quoted bi ■•• saying: 1 1 •• going to till two people tonigbt aad t.bea ■7aelt. Thi• (ILLER 2 i1 ■J laat day oa earth•. Ira. Bu1b 1 1a71 1he tried to talk i■ bia o•t ot hia aarderou1 plan, but the au•••• wouldn't liat n. I• kept ia1i1tia1 on bi1 ■urderou■ plaa -- aDd ■be with ber beart condition/ '/ - . lbeD tbey arriwed at tbe boa•• be told tbe dri••r to 1\ep oa tbe 1••• aad aet •••1 -- to1etber witb Ira. I I••• •Tber• i1 101•1 to be ao ■• 1booti 1•, ~• ••l•, T • aad I woalda'\ •••t you people to a•t hart•. Tb• oab 4rl••r ••• oal7 ~•1111•1 to obey, ••d •••1 he •••t -- wl\b Ira. ■•1~••• Tb• oab ••• rollia1 wbea tbeJ bear4 • 1\1 a 4 \be aor••• of• woaaa. Tb• •proar ••• • 1•• battle bet•••• tbe woal4-be killer aad \be polio• -- who were oa tbe 10•••• Tb• one-1•11•4 1••••• ••• abo\ aad tilled. Tonight lr1. Baah•• declares: •1 •• tbrou1b 1oiD& to tbe doctor. lly heart •••t be prett7 atron1, or I wouldn't ba• liwed tbrau1h thi••• Tonight in Hew York retiring Secretary of St te General Geor e arshall is being honored with a gift. The Over-Seas Presa Club ia holding its tenth anniYeraary dinn r in honor of the Commander ot the 0D1\ed States Armi • in the Second World War. So what kind ot present are the7 giving to the fa oaa Soldier? A sword with a gold hilt i&ht •••• appropriate. Bat not at all. Tb OYtr-S aa Pr••• Cla• 11 &lYiDC to General Marshall -- a gold-plated type- writer. Maybe that• a hint tor hia to write hi• e■ oira, ~i• own pr onal 1tor7 of his career as top 0nit ~ d Sta~•~ Ar■J Co ander in the gr ateat of wara. And In Riles -- the aan with the gold plate4 voice. m ell, I am on y ay now £ o r a wee -end auto obile drive to Portland. And then next eek, a aeries of ne-night stands down through Oregon and California. Stopping at a lot of places, and trying to 1 . •t ideas of the local scene along the Paci:f ic coa1t. Stopping for a broadcast in on• town, then on to another the neat night. It will b liYely going and I hope I can pick up 10 ■• liYely information -- on tho•• on•- nl1bt 1tand1. And now ln 7-League Boot• down the coa1t to Boll7wood, and you, Iea Ill•••