L-T. SUfjQCQ. WEDNESDAY. DEC BRIBER 7. 1958 GOOD EVENING EVER2BODV; When the American delegation arrivedin Lima, Peru, today. Secretary Hull issued the customary friendly statement* Among other things, he said: "The American republics have made substantial progress in building up an international order based upon peace, confidence and a consideration for the welfare of all of its peoples*n One of the first things Secretary Hull and the delegation encountered at Lima was the information that there was also a substantial delegation from Germany* Nazi agents are conspicuous among the visiting diplomats.* Perhaps the most important bit of news about that Pan- American Conference comes from Ottawa. Ifc was a statement by Prime Minister MacKenzie King. He said: "The Canadian government have been giving careful consideration to tie questionof participating in the forthcoming Pan-American Conference to be held at Lima." LEAD - 2 That leads to the inference that Canada may either ask to become a member of the Pan-American Union or at a ny rate ask to be represented JAPAN The Japanese government extended what looks like an olive branch to Uncle Sam today. Relations between Tokyo and Washington % have been, to put it mildly, strained for months. Protests from < our State Department against the way the Japanese have violated the Nine Power Treaty and also discriminated against American business men have been answered in most unsatisfact^S?fashion. Today itTs announced that the Mikado’s Foreign Minister, Arita, has asked.a conference with our Ambassador, Joseph Grew. A. And it is presumed in Washington that Arita wants to talk to Grew about our numerous notes and pr otests PfiOTKST FOLLOW JAPAN Our State Department has sent another remonstrance to Hitlers government, it concernsthe latest decrees against Jews, decrees issued the day before yesterday by Dr. Funk, Minister of Economics, excluding all Jewish people from retail business after December Thirty-First. Our Foreign Office insists that those decrees should not apply to Jews who to are American nationals. their property. This is the second protest A juadw- in two weeks. /v COLONIES ( John Bull gave an answer today to one of the demands of the German Nazis, the clamor for colonies, John spoke through the voice of His House of Commons• And the answer was a vociferous The vote was unanimous, against any surrender of British colonies or mandatesJ And this — came from both sides of the House< Malcolm MacDonald, Colonial Secretary, said: "I donH believe there is any section of opinion in this country which is disposed to hand over to any other country an acre of territory or the people for whose government we are responsible*” Then he added: ”^hat view has been expressed this afternoon in every part of the House and is shared by His Majesty's government.” Up spoke a labor member. Said he:- "Germany as a nation has proved itself unfit to govern backward peoples.” ITALY It began to look today as though the tension between the French and Italians was no superficial, temporary affair, (^Official circles in Paris heard a grave report. fcsSlcsw- Although Mussolini’s government has announced that it is not associated v/ith those popular demonstrations, the Duce has called upon Hitler to back him L \ up on Tunisia^airt Corsica^ ^ There was an interruption to the conversations between Hitler’s Foreign Minister Von Ribbentrop and French Minister Bonnet, Ribbentrop had to break off conversations until he had specific advices from the Fuehrer. It is understood that Bonnet put it up to Ribbentrop quite frankly: "Fnat will Germany do if France goes to war with Italy in defense of Tunisia,Gorsica and Djibouti?11 And the rumor is that Ribbentro^ja±cfcte^=S5^yes or no, but was obliged to hem and haw and hedge. He had already said that the Nazis -3szJ~ were not supporting Mussolini’s colonial ambitions*^at the same time T^t he emphasized ’’the Rome-Berlin Axis is intact,” It seems likely now A that Ribbentrop will return to Berlin ¥/ithout having been able to give the sort of answer the French want. Latt rwvv'v^n-, VW-vhLA rv^rV^_ -bwo-n-jMi "te "tf-c cq- T~ uAW . BtdUJ. iiStD-siisr goTemaiciiit .In nur'jpe sfe-emE d^s-tiafec to f^lj. at £ res in. t of tbe Eiwfealsn CiTil U;ar * Sssi "fne ^overnmeiit of BelgiSB- A dls psocfc from nrussels carries tiae ’rumor tnat tnt 4 Camoet of Premier Bp&aa is expectec to resign snortly. Bpaax mi* oliiET day aonononoed at vas gonin to seas a represent*t ive of Belgium to tae nationalist government of Imiaif ’-xiit franco. Taet aroused tije- fury of the Belgian ianor jwrtj, v<nlta is Boeiaiis^ There .are fotff Socialists in tae Spaas CaL-aet., 'S sbb & zxs S**^ mat ting, tnlr afternoon and ^Eagr^glg:' *&mm jsri^ferfyag- ’as Bpnerr-fetrsae^ is tne Belgian gorerjEaem is a coalition affair, tnat means a resignation ail •around... airplame A British airliner from Paris had reached Croydon, apparently all ready to land , when disaster threatened. Twice the ship dipped and rose into1 the air again. The thirteen passengers on <•) that liner realised something was wrong. The first one aware was J.A. Celler, an American of Hew Haven, Connecticut, His first thought was, n Well, if we smash, I sure will make the first page in the Hew Haven newspapers.” And his second thought was, nWhat a vacation for me just out of one of Hitler^s prisons!," The Fuehrer had thrown Celler into the Berlin cellar for "being too free with his candid camera. Hew Haven Mr. Celler*s third thought was expressed out loud with the words, "Has anybody got a flask or something, we ought to celebrate this?" The answer came with the French words, "Oui, Oui," followed by two large, handsome bottles of champagne from the suitcase of Mademoiselle Anne Chagno of Paree. To be sur, two bottles of champagne were not much among thirteen. But luckily five wefce teetotalers — at that moment. Champagne was quaffed by an American cabaret singer, a British movie actress, a lieutenant of the Scots Guards who is also an equerry to the Duke of Gloucester, and several others. AIRPLANE - S Meanwhile, the crew of that airliner were wrestling with the landing gear, which had Jammed, |hat being the cause of the danger, A pleasant but somev/hat fearsome time was had by the eight congenial passengers, as they raised their glasses toasting:- wTo disaster! If it comes,” There*s a happy ending to the yarn. Though the electric landing gear had jammed, the plane made it — finally. Said Miss Frances Maddus, the American cabaret singer: ”1 thought it was the end, but during that half hour I made some good friends, and it was fun.!* Fire engines and ambulance crews were on hand. But not needed. The passengers were driven to a hotel in London where they continued the party that had started so dramatically. Late flash — the party is still on. dies The Un-American Committee of Congressman Dies today once more took up the case of Harry Bridges, Pacific Coast leader of the C.1.0. The or intipal witness was the chief of detectives of Portland, Oregon, Captain John Keegan. Not only Bridges but Harold Pritchett, another 1st Coast union leader, has been investigated by the Portland police. And says Keegan, "The investigation showed that Bridges and Pritchett are both aliens and Communists, seeking the overthrow of our form of government. Pritchetthe said, Ris a Canadian and President of the Timber and Sawmill Workers Union, 1 nBoth menjebers of the Communist Party," said Keegan, "and using their gobs as labor leaders as a cloak to disguise their real purpose. He added, "That purpose to make this a Communist government." This statement about Harry Bridges led to an announcement by a Republican member of the Committee, Representative Thomas of New Jersey. gaid he: "I am going to move in the next Congress for the impeachment of Madam, Perkins, Secretary of Labor." This for the failure of the Department of Labor to deport Bridges. It was explained in Washington that the deportation of Bridges had been held up pend in., a decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in another similar case. PROFIT-SHARING The Profit-Sharing Cormaittee of the Senate heard an Executive Secretary of the Tax Research Institute of America, And this Is what he told the Senators:- more than eighty-two and a half per cent of the members of his organization would expand their business if the tax laws gave them a chance. And he added: if the taxes were devised so as to allow business men deductions or credits for improvement or expansion, seventy-four per cent of his members would employ more men. complaint of American business men, the tax on undistributed profits. He told the committee that seventy-two per cent of the firms of his organization reported that they had been definitely r handicapped by that undistributed profits tax. indna^r-half— ........................ ..... ■ ■ ny^otrid-eyeft--^a£er^fc^aat^cQrpor81 e tax-of— This tax expert then referred to the principal ^OFACTURERS Kew York City at the same time, the leaders of American industry were getting together on the momentous questions of the day. Virgil Jordan, President of the Industrial Conference Board, spoke to the Congress of industry, the meeting sponsored by the National Association of Manufacturers, in their convention at the Waldorf. He uttered ominous words:- ’’The flew Deal,” said he, is about to make ”a final desperate bid in the name of oatriotism for absolute political power over enterprise, property and personal liberty." MAETIN Wild-cat strikes in the automobile industry are to be outlawed. Outlawed, that is, by their union, the United Automobile J3 l . Workers. President Martin and other heads of thaefc union are as much upset by the recent epidemic of unofficial strikes as the heads of the motor car companies themselves. Martin expressed himself forcibly today. Xfe&xiuw He used the words-'J’any union member I or officer who fails in his duty to take a strong position against unauthorized strikes will be held accountable for his action." 1 And he said further: "Local unions must not strike until they I have the official approval of the heads of the union. They must first have a two-thirds votes from members of their local, then get the approval of the regional director of the motor union, file reports with the president, and finally obtain xlgiiixM written authorization from Martin himself to go on strike." added: "I am willing to take any action necessary to stop unauthorized strikes." MARCUS HOOK This lorenoon I sp nt several hours at the mouth oT the Delaware RIv r, at a place called Marcus Hook. In * ‘ .T*. ^ Is famous as the home of the VyWn^^o. a^L. 1^le sy the world of oil gre t Sun shipbuilding yards, and the largest Sun Oil Refinery. A While there I saw something of the plant owned by my sponsors, the most modern plant of its kind in the world, ffkinr 1» one of the reasons why the Sun Oil Company occupi ;is Its present Humber One position in the world of oil and gasoline. Among the many interesting people I met at Marcus Hook was a sea captain who has been with the Sun Oil tanker fleet for some twenty-five years, a captain who, fifty years ago, was a sailor before the mast, and a windjammer skipper. ill ! I asked the veteran captain what he thought about the possibility of our building up a new merchant marine. His reply might fl interest all of you. Said he: "What this country needs is more iron In the blood of its people, more moral stamina,n He said life has become too soft. It is difficult to get sailors who have the right sort of backbone. In fact, he MARCUS IIOOK 2 believes that it would be a great thing if all the young men in this land could go through the old training of a sailor before the mast. If Commander Donald MacMillan, who takes young men to the Arctic in his sailing ship, and makes sailors out of tliemj...... If he had a fleet of a few hundred ships, that might give us a start. At any rate. Captain George Snyder, the veteran of the Sun Oil fleet, looks you straight in the eye and tells you that this country, right nov/, Is lacking in moral fibre. : & MACKAY There was tumultous fluttering of social dove-c'otes mrhen Irving irtxtKg^Berlin, once of the East Side and gfte—carteuurj^t singer s# Nigger Mikets, married Ellin Mackay, daughter of feiag^ttg multi#mi11ionaire Clarence *Aackay» Mackay disowned his comely young daughter, wouldn't have anything to do with her, for a while* But today there was eloquent testimony that the millionaire had long since forgiven that love match. Incidentally, he himself intf made oneto ■the aoteorilshmcnfr n^f Ac/ Anna Case, otmm of the Metropolitan Opera, Today Mackay*s will was made public. He left his widovv, the one time singer, two and a half millions. The rest of his property, after charitable bequests, he divided among his children, among them Ellin Mackay Berlin. iiKX*± But also in a codicil, dated last July, he left twenty-five thousand dollars apiece to eight of his grandchildren, including the three little daughters of Irving Berlin CLOTHING Here s one for the man who doesn’t like the hats his wife is wearing this winter. That ought to take in quite a A If you don't like the wife's hats you've a perfect right to put them in the fire, the furnace, the incinerator or any other place. You don't have to take my authority for it, a Boston Judge says so, itfs the common law. The judge said it in the case of a young Bostonian who was arrested on a charge of wanton injury to his wife’s apparel. He had only been married six months but already his wife’s taste had exasperated him. He hadn’t learned, poor fellowl At any rate, he took an old-fashioned razor and with it made some impromptu improvements on five of the little woman’s dresses, two pairs of shoes, and a fur coat. That much of it was all right with the judge. But after that, this husband went too far. He went to his mother-in-law’s home, found his wife there, and cut up another one of her coats. But this time his wife was in it. Sa^The court (2^J( u. ~ •+-- n-u said, that’s bad. -cee4—him, A -hr f —rn—other w s - h -,i4^he^)udgre----