l'be tieut,e • · orei1n ~•la ions Coaaittee ~ - - .)\ a Yote,,Aon t,h appointaent of Dea t■k- Ach•••n aa Secretary of Stae, and the reau lt ia •• wa• to be expected - a a• unani■ __ oua ota,. , Thia follow.a ~C.., ~ - ~ cloaed hearing•,~, during which Acheson g~•e tb• Sena tori oo ntidential inforaatio n concern in1 hi• attitude toward SoYiet Bua•i• - anaweri•& talk that. be aigbt f&Yor app••••••nt. ooapl•t• •atia tao \ioa of the Senate Couitt••· • It. la •1 Yi••• aaid h• •tut coaauai•••• a dootriu la econo ■ ioally fat.al to a free 1ociet7 aacl t.o bu••• ri1bta aa4 fuaclaaeatal free4oaa. Co•uaiaa, •• •• a11r•••i•• factor ta world conque1t• h• a44•4 •ta to independent. 10Yernaeat1 and to fr•• peop lea•. l'hi• wu followed in laahington b7 a declaratlea fro ■ the State Departaeat, which aaid in blunt wor4a that, becaua • of the ■eaac • of Qo•ie1, Rua• la, the Dnited ~tatea au1t Join in alort.b Atlantic Security Alliance, and auat proYide •••pone to the free ' &CBISQI - 2 countries ot •••tern Europe. Thia doou ■ eot na diatributed a■ ong aeabere ot a 1athering •••••ble4 in laahington to debate plane for 1upporti11& the hu■ an right• progru of the United latioaa. ~ he Attorney General baa sent to Congre11 an outline for sweeping regulation, against espionage. The bill propo1ed 11 one of the tougbeat. ever preaented ia thi1 country, and would perait, wire tapping in the detection of 1oreiga 1piea. President Truaan receiyed an inYitation today and the logical question would aeea to be - did be accept? It, wa1 an in•itation to bi• owa inauguration, next Thur1da7. Bia answer waa: •weather peraittiag, I hope to be present.• . ••11, I don't quite know what kind of •••ttier oou ld keep a t'r•• ident froa hi• own laau1urat.ioa, but let u1 hop• the aki•• will be fair enoup t.o peraua4e aarry Truaaa to at.tend. The w:,"1-10 •• it. 11 1oia1 to be oae of th• bi&a••t par••• •••r. aa7where. The Chineae go ■auniats report that they haYe replied to the 11••• peace offer ■ade by Generali11i ■o Chiang [ai-Shet. The Red radio states that the Coa■ unist leader, Kao- Tse-tung, has listed eight condition, under which the R · eda would be willin1 to negotiate a 1ettleaent. One condition ia - the puni1haent of wba t, t.he Coaauni1t1 call •war oriainala•. lhioh pre1uaabl1 would i~olude the ~enerali11i ■ o biaaelf, the Coa■uai1ta haYiDg listed hi ■ aa a war cri ■ inal. Ot.her coadition1 call for the abolition o f t • Con, ti tut.ion adopted laat year by the Chi•••• la&t■aali■ lational A•••■bly and a coapl•t.• cbaa1• o? the present fora of 10Yernaeat- Bed lea4era adYooatia1 what they oall a •people• republic•. l l i l lhich iDT&riably aeau, Bed do■ iaatioa. lhe Chin••• ied &r■1, ■eanwhile, announce, a driYe into Tient1in - the 1r e at port of lorth China. They olai• they ha•• forced their ••1 deep into the city, and Aaerican diplo ■atic official• at ·1·ientain report · that 1hell1 are falling in their neighborhood. ... uw I suppose that this next bit. ot new• was to be expected from Japan - a ru ■ or that Tojo is ati!l alive. J u st as ao ■ e people express tha opini n - that Hitler 11 1till alive. The ru ■or i i rife in towns north of Tokyo, and takes the following for■: In the hanging of the Japanese war lords, the official witne11e1, watched representing the Allied powara,A••t•~ fro ■ ao ■• distance away, not clo1el7 enou~h to••• what really happened. So what did really happen? The J apaneae ru ■or · is tba t there • ere no aooaea in the bangina•• lhen the trap wa1 1prun1 -- Tojo and hi1 fellow war lord• ••rely dropped lo•• to the tloor, a abort diatance tielo• uainJared • • After which they were taken 1ecretl7 to aa A■erioaa air baae, and f:own to the Philippi•••• The report 1tv•• no explanatio - . 01 -- - l ~ rea1on for the 1ubterta1• to•••• Tojo and the otber• - i ta just one of tho•• 1 ' '1 ■ ora. froa London aa optiaiatic and enthusiaatic report on talta between Great Britain and France. French foreign Minister Robert Schuaan ia in th• Britiah capital,on invitation tro■ Britiah Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin. they have beea holdiag negotiation£ tor a aettleaeat of dittereao•• between London aacl raria - auch aa diaagr••••nta aNII the reconatructloa of Ger■ ay. So aow we are tol4 that they have arrived at what ia called••• extreaely tar-reaching agreeaent on all Interaatioaal probleaa•. trench Forei1n Miniater Sohuaan, la a atateaent in ~oadon tonight, aiaply exude• optiaiaa aad eathaaiaaa, aa,ing •I have never attended a Conference in which 1aob cordiality and deair• for underataading esiated.• lNT~O_IQ_AMBASSADOR HUSSEIN ALA --------- 1ver since the days of the ~tar of Bethlehea hristian peoples have looked upoq Persia as the home of Wise Men. l ' or that, we are told, is where the Three Wise Men came fro ■, the three who arrived at the Manger, in Bethlehem, bearing gifts, for the Christ child. I have a wise man from Persia sitting beside me, at the ■ o■ ent, Husae1n Ala, first A ■baaaador froa Iran, as we now call modern Persia, to our country. Mr. A ■baaaador, ever since the daya ot your aighty kinga, Cyrua and Darius, between two and three thousand year• ago, and auch ancient Peraian •1•• aen as Zoroaster, ■ en have ad ■ ired the wisdom ot your philosophers. And the world ia ■ uch indeHad to your country tor so ■ uch that is beautiful, such•• the poe 4 .ry of Hafiz, and Firduei, to say nothing of the works of your artists. • l!.ven here, thousands of mile• away you can hardly look around an American rooa without seeing evidence of Aaerican indebtedness to Peraia,A tti Iran. bo it is not alto g ether inapprqriate that we now be tryin to d somethin to repay the d& t b y doing something for your ancient land. However, your mighty next door neighbor seems to be objecting. -00- !LA: T here is no ground for objection seeing that Iran is a sovereign, independent country, seeking only peace and friendly relations with her neighbors. What we want is a breathing space, free from alarms and excursions on our internal affairs - so baneful to Iran in the past - in order that *ith American technical assistance we might concentrate all our attention on rehabilitation and constructiYe worl for the raising of the standard of li of the people. The Middle East, which is toda7 one ot th most, if not the moat, critical region of the world, baa been the cockpit of rivalry between t h e great powers; causing us distraction, anxiety and danger. Our relations with our aeigbbora are now relulated b7 the Charter of the Onited Nations, so that if any neighbor of Iran has any griev a nces against her, its onl7 proper course is to refer the m a tter to th e S ecurity Council for actio; just as we did in ~arch Nineteen forty- ix. It ALA -3 - is the duty of every member of the Onited Nations to refrain from the use of threat of unpeaceful measures no matter what treaty arrangements existed between them prior to the adoption of the Charter. Like other members of the Onited Nations, Iran belieTes that the hope of peace and security among nations lies in the faithful fulfillaent of all countries great and small, of the pledges giTen by them when they signed the Charter. L.T 1 : There was a time, in the days of the great IiD&• Cyrus and Darius, when your country was the moat pow~rtul on earth. Today, Iran is of eTer increasing iaportanoe, partly recause of its geographic position, p~rtly becauae of its T&st undeveloped oil wealth. What are the aims of your young Shah, this modern successor to ~yrua and ~arlaa? ALA: Exactly as Cyrus and Darius, in the first world empire which they founded and consolidated, considered the obligation of the sovereign to promote the welfare of his subjects a fundamental p rin c iple of government, so now our present Constitutional onarch, Bis lmper·a1 Majesty iohammed Reza Shah Pahlavi, is ani . 'tcd b y the same high ALA -4 -- ideals of service to his peo p le ado · devotion to duty. Our seven year plan of social and economic development is now in its second phase. the five experts sent to Iran by the Overseas ~onsultants last November haYe now returned and just presented their report which is moat encouraging. Arrangements are now being made for the Overseas Consultants to send out a larger group of fort7 technicians, for about four to six months, to assist the o ganization, already set up in Iran, in planning the program and its execution. The whole purpose is to raiae the standard of living of the Persian people by prowotiDI their welfare in health, education, agriculture and irrigation, · transportation, industry an'1. public utiliti••• The project will be financed by the Iranian Treasury and credits will be sought, for the dollar expenditure, fro ■ the World Bank and the Export-Import Bank. 1.T.: Yr. Ambassador, nature has been rough on you at times. Iran seems to be in an earthquake belt. 1.,ike some parts of the o.s. recently. Has there b e e any more news regarding that mysterious Middle ~astern uake of a !1! -5 fe w months ago? W e bad word th a t many had been killed, b u t nothing definit~ except th a t m ost of th e damage apparently occurred a cross the mountains in the boviet . ' part of ~entral Asia, at Ashk a b d and other cities. It was one of the mysteries of the year. !LA: The loss of life north of our borders must ha•• been great. You will, however, ap p reciate, Yr. Thoaaa, that with all the wisdom that 1ou have attributed to the _ sages of my country, we . would belie your gooa opinion, were we to undertake to report what actuall1 happened on the other aid• of the border. It is regrettable that with all the facilities which invention has given to aea in aodern times there are areas which do not welcoae the interchanae of inforaation, even on hum a nitarian ■ attera. In Iran most of the earthquaked mage was in the north eastern part of our countr1, ne a r Yesbed. e have a full report on American relief su p plies th t e r e s ent to the s tricken populatien. The p eople of Iran a re profoundl7 gr a teful for the a ssistance s ent by A mericans in teheran ---~----=-~ .~~--==========::::~~ ~;;;;; ;;;;;;;;;;.;;;;;;;;;; ;;..iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiii ALA -6 -- to the affected area. It grieves them particularly that a false rumor should have been started that our Red ~ros1, which we call the Red Lion and ~un, should haTe disposed of any of the supplies to ersons other than the unfortu- nate earth~uake victims. Ur. Gurne1, cultural attache, of your Embassy in Teheran, who · visited the stricken a rea, bas been able to report from personal obserTationa that there is no basis whatsoever for this accusation. L.T.: I am sure that the Aaerican people appreciate 1oar --- expressions of gratitude nd are pleased to hear that the rumor was contrary to the facts. !!ISACBUSITTS_ Toda7 the ~eoate of la11acbusetts failed to elect a ireaiding officer - failed once a1aia. TbeJ ha•e been tryine to pick a President of the Seaate •••r since ~anuary fourth -- bat ita au 10. &a a re1ult, the Ma11achuaett1 legislature ia tied iD a knot. The trouble 11 all beaaaae of that ■ o•e■ber election, whioh produced 10 ■ aob 1urprl1e. Ia la11aohu1ett1, tbe oonteat for the State Seaate, ••I Yotera elected twenty Bepublicana and twea\J Deaoorata - a tie. So wben they oon•••• oa Jaaaar1 fourth, the •ote tor ~enate Preaiclent •a• tweatr tor Bepubliou Marria ilobardaoa, and tweatr for Cheater Volan, De■oorat. lbich ■eant they had to tat• another •ote. &ad the7 did -- ti ■• afiter tiae. Duriag the tea daya that ha•• elapae4, they haye taken eigh\J- three •otea -- atubbo~• Bepublioana and atabborn De ■oorata. In la11achu1ett1 legielati•• utter• are foraal l1SSACBQa1,u - 2 with cereaony. !n the State Senate it is a solean routine, the proceeding• headed b7 the Assistant Sergeant at Araa, Arthur Driscoll - in a cutaway coat, striped trouaera and a tall silk hat; an4, he oarriea a aace of office. Into the State ~enat• Uha ■ber he lead• a balloting coaaittee which aoes arouad and oolleot, the Yotea, 1lip1 of paper. The twenty Kepublicaaa each write dowa the naae of - iiohardaoa. But the twenty Ueaoorata by now ha•e ha4 a card printed, with the naae of - Uolan. Save• the trouble of writiq it out. T•o •epublioana, State Senator• Lee aa4 01•••• · uve been aakin1 a calculation.11th• tape aeaaure they have aaoertalaed that, with each~•* ballot, the Ser1eant at lraa and the coaaittee walk• total of three hundred aad forty-aiz feet. BaYiDI done that eight7-three tiaea, the7 ha•e walked a grand total of ti•• axa and a half ailes durin1 the paat ten daya. IASIACIV~ltll - 3 Toda7•a final ballot ba•ing produc~d another tie, the7'll atart walking •gain on loada7 - the &11i1tant Bergeant-at-Araa, weariag hia outawa7 coat, striped trousera,and tall ailk hat, aDd carrying the aaoe of office. I mou14 think tb6. b7 thia tiae he would feel lit• uaiq the naoe oa 10•• 1tubborn h•a41. They haYe touud a tr . aaure ot art in San Francisco, nine hundred and fifty paintings - including Re ■brandt•s and El Grecos. l~•J Theae ha•• been identitied aa baYing been taken tro■ Mexican churches in lineteen Twenty-six. That was the ti•• when Mexican President =alles ordered the nationalisation ot church property, and widespread diaorder resulted. ln the tura~il, hui• aaoaata ot lexioaa church property di•~~p•ared, 1aola4itl the oil aaater paintings that haYe aow oo■ e to li&ht in ~an Franciaco. They ha•• been tound in art galleries, wbiob procured th•• recently. Oae art dealer tell• ho• be brou1h t paintin1• in Pa ■ adeaa, where they ha4 been plaoed oa oonaiga■ent by a Doctor who •••••• apparentlJ bad deed• and preper title to the treasure of art fro■ church•• in Mexico. Fro m Fort Bragg North \.;aro l ina, comes a story o f naked hero · sm - the supr em e coura g e of discipl i ne. P a ratroo p exercises werebei ng held, and aboard a C-eighty-two flying box-car" crowded the thirty- seven soldier s of th e J!;ighty S e cond Airborne Division - famous for training and skill in the tactics of invasion from the sky. •~~ o~ taree,-lhe flying box-car toot off. and a few ainutes later - oo ■ ething went wron1. Both engines conked out, and a forced landing had to be made in dangerous country. So what did they do? lhe pilot, to sa•e bi1 hu ■ an cargo, held the plane in a long glide, and an order was barked by the juap ■aster - Sergeant Bobert ~ee Bodgkias. •Bail out•. The :111:;a: was low. The tiae to get out was aeaaured in second•. All the a kill, apeed and ju ■ ping discipline ot the Eighty-~econd ~iviaion wereneeded - and were di ap lay ed. ~ergeant Bodgkias got the ,aratroopers out in rapid succession as a ■ oothly as if it •r• a taat I manoeuvre. The thirty-seventh was the juap-master, himself - he the last. But by now the flying boxcar was 1ki ■ aing just over the ground, and as it crashed into a tree, and~• burst into flames, the sergeant was still at his poaition near the ju ■ p door. Miraculously he still was able to leap to safety. 'the --pilo~ and M""l"""""Orew -.errgs.,.itle4 ~ +,&4 p.i 1~ wae had a\akecl e'Y , . , i.h tug; ill"Ci11d:i n~-bk""1.ite ~ N-g~ the paratroopers ~ri. ..QQJ!Y.lil At Oklahoma City tonight a federal judge is ■ taax missing and the explanation is -- au ex-convict is on a ■ ad trail of vengeance. back in Nineteen Thirty -two, th.re was a hold up of the t'irst National bankat Ringling, Oklaho ■a, and the guilt was fastened on Roy Frank Godbey. Be was tried and sentences to thirty -five years in prison.Al the time he ■ade the bitter threat: •1r I ev(, . L ~t out I will kill everyone of you, and it you re d 9ad I will kill your children, and if they are dead I will till your grandchildren.I decently after seventeen yers, 8odbe7 was released fro■ the peni t.ent iary and la1 t Tuesday a aurder occurred in Otlabo ■ a C~ty - th• killing ot a lawyer la•s Earl Pruet, axl■ xa who in lineteen Thirty Two was the p-osecuting attorney in the conviction of ••- Godbey. 'foday the word is that the police baYe found that the ex-convict waa in Oklabo ■ a City on that day. In that convict ~ on, of long ago, theJudge who sentenced Godbey was £ugene Rice, now federal Attorne CONVIQI - 2 Today he dis ap eared, under the protect.ion of the F. BI - and the word is that. he is secluding himself, hiding from the -.engeance of the convict be sentenced in Nineteen Thirty-Two. There could be elements of comedy in thB next bit of news, if the possible consequence had not been so deadly serious. At Philipsburg, Pennsylvania, two fourteen year old boys tried to blow up the liigh ~chool with one hundred and eighty sticks of dynamit~. They sure ~re disgusted with school, those two. They stole the dynamite, a case and a half, fro ■ the storehouse of a aining compan7. Then, at night, they went to the high school, and got in by shooting off the look of a front door~ with a rifle they stole fro■ a sporting good• store. Their plan waa to plant the ninet7 pound• of high explosive in the ■ain entrance, and then connect it with fifty feet of wire - and bang. They were in the ■ iddle of this, when they were frightened off by two ■ en coming down the atreet. They took to their heels, but were later apprebende4 and today the full story came out. The police aay that, in blowing up the high school, the7, theaselves, •• would have been killed, and •••rJ ~Q.li - 2 building within four blocks of the school levelled to the ground. After which let us all rise and sing - achoo 1 days. II SMILE ----- liere is the story of a girl who does not smile. She appeared in a Bostom Curt today, telling how it hap ened - that she lost her smile. Her father, Richard O'Leary, is suing the owner of a stable that rents out riding horses - on the ground that one of the horses kicked hia daughter Marjorie, injuring her face. Apparently, the only damage done was to make it. painful for the girl to give the facial expreseion of gladness and mirth.for that ■ iahap, ten thouaan4 dollars ie demanded, that ■ uch - tor the loetaaile. Today in Court, .-arjorie eaid: •It hurt.a t.o 1aile, so! don't s■ ile very auch•. lhich coal4 also be aoaething for a philosopher to aay, contemplating the state of the world. •It hart• to a ■ ile ao 1 don't aaile very ■ uch•. o L h c an with the 6 olden smile - in his