GOOD EVENI G VERYBODY: Late news tonight from Tokyo -- states that Genera Bidge•ay has sent his Pub l ic Information Officer to Iorea to •clarify• the atrocity statement issued yesterday. Be will check the figures for \be Communist ■ urder of p risoners of war, which inclu4e4 ■ ore than ti•• tbou ■ and American prisoners killed b7 ttie Re41. Tbe release ol the atrocity report, aald to have been unautborized, was a 1hoct at Sur••• •••4- quartera, where the belief was expressed today that tbe figures were -- •exaggerated.• The •ord wa1 that General Ridgeway would iasue a •clarification• tonipt. But, in ■tead, he sent bis Public In!oraation Officer to do eome •clarifying• in torea first. That is, ••• if the figures tor the ■ urdered • r is one rs should not tie re•ised downward. st r ort of th h le al mur ~ of American / y Chin n Ko~ n R,. - m d~ a ~ttr in thi country. But th . 's a still greater disturbance at upreme He d arters in Tokyo and among n gh officers ;hough in a dif erent way. ~t was a shock, down the and produce an angry re~tion. The wor · from head . qual'ters is that upreme ~ I I H will issue a - clartfic ion. . ' by the release of the ~tatemen, ich represe t more tha can prisoner's, murdered by the Reda. The statement was issued at the Pusan base, tn lorea, by Colonel James Hanley, Judge Advocate or the Eighth ArtQ, who says he w~s authorized. "I got clearance to release the figures from the Public Infortnation Office at General Headquarters," declared the Colonel today. To which the ublic In formati n ffic r pons that thy gave a report and ok a in rinci le, but asked ob inf rme abo ut the matter of a rel e ase. That was month b fore last, and they heard no mor about t - until the trocity report blazed into publicity yesterday. Colonel Hanley says he went ahead and gave out the figures, because he thought people should be informed. Headquarters, app rently, does not agree - especially as the account of atrocities came out Just as the negotiations for an annistice were at an especially critical stage. The indications are that General Rijgway 1 s "clarification" will revise those ugly statistics - revise them) ~downward. They were arrived at by questioning America ( and soldiers and Koreans, witnesses, - . survivors • A -- the families of South Koreans, gathering all reports on the J. Red murder of p~tsoners-of-war. In Tokyo today, the suggestion was that Colonel II P q Hanley•s method of calculation was based on - "maximum ATROCITI - 3 approximations." In other words, figures might be exaggerated, a nd there might be duplications - all involved in a method that can only be approximate. Colonel Hanley thinks that the AL actual numbers are likely to be - greater. But thit seems A R8lt to be the view in Tokyo - where General Ridgway 1s reported to believe that the murder figures are exaggerate~ and sbou d be revised downward. In any case, we're to have a "clarif1cat1on" frOll () the Supreme Commander. KOREA - TRUC In the Korea n truce t a lks, the enemy seems to have made another concession tod a y. It's hard to figure what the Red negotiators are up to, but the appearance is that they're weakening 1n their demand for a cease-fire right away - without considering the question of prisoners-of-war • ... 0ur chief negotiator, Admiral Arleigh Burke, asked them " flatly - were they changing their mind? The Reds replied with evasion, going off on a tangent, with a complicated statement. The gist of it is that - they didn't say N. , , KOREA - WAR The war on the ground was at a standstill in chilly, driz ly Korea today - and the only action in the air was by big bombers. B-29s blasted two Red airfields in Korea - where the Communists are trying to establish facilities for operating jet planes, south of the Manchurian sanctuary • ... JA AN Treaty. We h ve an opinion tonight on the J panese Peace es the document corfi:r,n Soviet Russia in the acquisition of the Kurile Islands, South Sakhalin, and other islands near the Japanese coast? Th answer is - No, ac ording to John Foster Dulles, State Department official who played so prominent a part in the framing of the Treaty. He was asked by Senator W tkins of Utah,and gives his answer in a letter. He points out that the Treaty does not confer any rights or benefit on countries that ftllv did net sign the Treaty - and Moscow did not sign. Senator Watkins intends to demand "reservations" when the Treaty comes up for a vote 1n the Senate. He doean•t want Congress to do anything that might be taken as a ratification of the Yalta Agreements - and those Japanese islands, in question, were turned over to the Soviets at the Yalta Conference. u. . A report frrnn th U.N.G neral As embly in Pa ris ( pictur s a n in crea sing c a mp aign for a top level meetin g of the i g Four - Churchill, Truman, Stalin a nd French P remier P evin. Today,,Yugoslavia got beh i nd the project. the delegatNt for M~hal 'Pito stating: "rr.tre or ~ e .rests prirnartl~ on the - meeting f the highest in, w{th it way toward a free and cone-rete proposal• regar~ a general Winston Churchill has declared in favor of another Big Four conference, and the project was proposed by French President Auriol when he opened the present session of the General Assembly. B itish For ign Secretary Anthony Eden gave some support in his opening speech on Monday - and, yesterday, Indian Delegate Sir Benegal Ra u called for talks u . . - 2 ' confined b etw e v n t he B ig F o ur , a l th oug h - h e 11,r:l"-himself to the m ore limite d su gg estion o f s cr et p ar leys by the Foreign ~ i nist e rs. o n S turd a y, from th e ro s trum of the General Assembly, U.N.Secret a ry Gen e ral Trygv e Lie will urge moves for a settlement of the C old War - and he's dXpected to favor a . meeting of the heads of state of the · four great powers. All adding up to an 1ncrea$ing pressure in the General Assembly, for a top level get-together. The advocates understand that there's a large obstacle in the attitude of President Truman. Who, aftAr his experience at the Potsd a m Conference, has expressed his opposition to another oft se Big Four meetings. Here's the latest fresident Truman repeats his r efusal. At his Key 1 est vacation home, a he told newsmen, uoda1 i\ ~that he has not changed his opinion, and does not want to go to any face-to-face meeting with the heads of state,1nclud1 Stalin) · a e thinks the negotiatin g should be donel::/..the United~ations. . shington di s clo s e s that the Ai r Force is having to delay th e dat e of · ·ts goal - of ninety-five groups. They x e cted to p ut that many into service by the end of this c oming year. But there's a la g in pr0duct1on, and fewer planes are coming off the factory lines ttll:ln had been expected. Also - Western Europe needs aircraft, for General Eisenhower•• defense army. So the Air Force now figures it won't have the ninety-five groups until Ntneteen Fifty-three. The ttnal goal, a hun . dred and forty groups by 11neteen Pitty-aeven to 'Fifty-eight. JOHNSTON c nomtc St bilizer Eric J o hnsen has resigned. He steps out after Congress f ailed t , o pass control laws, which he thought were nicessary to avoid inflation. Today President Truman accepted his resignation - without giving any indication of who the new conom1c Stabilizer will be. I n toc kh o l , a n a nn un e m e n t f th r emai nder or the r vi o u l y , th m ed ical award w a g rante d to a N w York .. hysi i a n. Th e ea c . ri ze - t a French La bor Union e ader. To dy, the honors for literature, physics and chemistry. Swedi s h Author Paer Lagerkv1st takes the literary pr1 z e.F Q r physics and chemistry, the honors are all atomic. An &tglish and an Irish scientist share the phystcs award - tr John Cockcroft, Director of Br1ta1n 1 s Harwell Research Center, and or. Ernest Walton of Trinity College, Dubltn. The two were pioneers in the splitting ot the atom. Chemistry - well, that •s the most interesting part of it for an American. The award - shared by two scientlsta at the University of California, the Berkeley Radiation Laboratory. Professor Glenn Seaborg and Professor Edwin the McMillan - for- I\ joint discovery of a new radioactive isotope, uranium two-thirty-three. Ordinary uranium has an atomic - 2 ~ e 1 ht f two- th rty -e Lgh • llli Th tom bomb isotope - two-thtrt fiv. S two-thirty-thr ee ts another vriant of that a ma ing atomic stuff, uranium. sanctuary or W 11, it all points to that extraordinar"'e•u• ■-t>Lat science, th e R diation Laboratory at Berkeley - which is directed by previous Nobel . Prize W1nner Dr. Ernest Lawrence, creator of the cyclotron. It has been the good luck ot this program to be on * frlend~aat at tems with those wizards in their world wonder - thanks to a long time friend, Rex Barton, who is administrator at the Radiation Laboratory. Every time welre 1n California, we so to Rex Barton•s home over in Berkeley, for a party With atomic physicists and their wives.Yu couldn't meet a more pleasant and unpretentious crowd. · The last time tie were there, we kidded Dr. McMillan about'+' fantastic announcement in Argentina, J Peron's atomic scientists claiming the discovery of the secret ot the hydrogen bomb, in a weird sort of way. We painted a picture of McMillan n the other Berkeley scientists - ta 1ng a.long behind eron. The rofes or took 1t wtth a smile - but no arroge.nc~. He wa n't the kind to laugh anything off with easy ~_!lat was / ridicule, without having stud ed tt. 'knot-nle way ot the sc"'entist - who today shares the ' Nobel Prize for chemistry. PO !TICS Th political kettle is boiling - and out of it comes a poll taken among Republican s in the Huse of Representatives. T ft or Ei enhower - which do you prefer? The straw vote w run by Congress man S terling Cole of New York, and the ngressmen who repl ied show - seventy-one votes to~ Taft, Fifty-four - for Eisenhower. Interesting mater1al for speculation. Seventy-one - for the Ohio ~nator, who has taken the lead in campaigning for the nomination. Fitt7-tour tor General Ike, who has never said publicly that he wants the n011tnationo:t~. In hio, meanwhile, a px,ominent Republican leader breaks away from Taft. Allen Corlett, former State Senator. I I comes out for Eisenhower, following the lead of fol'ller Executive Co•ittee Member Morton Zaller, who declared for Eisenhower a day or so ago. These defections in Taft's h011e state might mean symptoms of a break-away - or they might not mean anything much.Jfil this occurs as a director is named to run the Eisenhower-for-President campaign. Senator Henry ) POLITICS - 2 Cabot LOdge of Massachus.,tts, who will open a head . quarters in Washington, and organize - the boom for General Ike. A candid a te for the presidency was nominated today - with a song. In a convention a t Indianapolis, the Prohibition P a rty nam e d Cowbo y EVangelist Stuard Hamblen, · ho composed a hymn th a t made a success on the radio - a hit gospel song. Evangelist Hamlen scored a surprise victory. 'hen the delegates assembled, h was not considered a likely posa1b111t But the delegPtes were st&11peded ~ by the hymn he wrote. In the stately First Baptist Church, where the Prohibition Party Convention was he1ng held, the organ sounded the strains or the gospel hit song -"It's no secret what God l~~~.~~ - - - can do." . . delegates began to parade through the aisle - - - .,4,. A singing. the scene was like that in any political conYention, when they whoop it up for a candidate. But this tille the burst of enthusiasm was - the gospel hit song • .2;t- i0 ~ sta11peded the convention, which went ahead and nominated EVangelist Hamblen, who describes himself as a - converted alcoholic. He's the presidential candidate - on the Prohibition ticke t . PROHIBITION PARTY - 2 He admits his chances of winning are mighty slim, but says he'll wage a v1goro~s battle for votes - and you can guess what the prohtb1t1on campaign song will be. Fro• Coast to Coast OD the CBS radio network today, li ■ tenere have been urged, all 4a7 long, in vlrtuall7 every prograa - to ple41e a piaL of blc 4 tor our over•••• tiabtera. I bave Ja•t receive4 wort that tbe reapon•• baa been won4erful. It 7ou bave aot already ple4ae4 your part - wbJ not 4o ao Dow, tbrou1b 7our local radio ation • • Q BO AT Do w n t t he e ntr a nc e of Ch e a peak e Bay th e re's a n exampl of a thi ng th a t c an p u zz le even a n expert sailor - the w a y vessel can go a round. A t Smi th' s Island,V1rg1n1a, a l a rge a nd h a ~dsome schooner ran on a mud bank - stuck so Lare ahakirutJ completely and hopelessly that Coast Guardsmerr; iLrini r "" {\. heads in wnnder. The schooner ran aground yesterday on the Atlantic side of Chesapeake Bay - and called for help. The Coast Guard responded, but they had a lot of trouble f1nd1ng the craft - because the distress call gave a wrong position, titteen miles off. The delay added to the trouble, and today Coast Guard Lieutenant E.W.Rinehart s · poke in amazement. "She is stuck tighter than if she were glued. That schooner," he added "draws nine feet, and she's 1n only two feet of water. I don't know how she got there, but there is where she'll stay." You try to figure it out - how a ship, with a draft of nine feet, could ever get itself in a shallow, two feet deep. Even reckoning with tide and wind in Chesapeake Bay - BOAT - Do w n t t he e ntr a n c o f Ch esap eake Bay there's a n exa11pl of a thi ng that can pu zz le even an expert s a ilor - the way a vess e l can go g round. At S m i th's Island,Virginla, a large and ha~ d some schooner ran on a mud bank - stuck so Lare ahaki~ completely and hopelessly that Coast Guardsme~; !L~ r ~" f' heads in wander. The schooner ran aground yesterday on the Atlantic side of Chesapeake Bay - and called for help. The Coast Guard responded, but they had a lot of trouble finding the craft - because the distress call gave a wrong position, fifteen • ■ilea off. The delay added to the trouble, and today Coast Guard Lieutenant E.W.Rinehart s · poke in amazement. ' 'She is stuck tighter than if she were glued. That schooner," he added, " draws nine feet, and she's in only two feet of water. I don't know how she got there, but there ls where she' l stay." You try to figure it out - how a ship, with a draft of nine feet, could ever get itself in a shallow, two feet deep. Even reckoning with tide and wind in Chesapeake Bay - BOAT - 2 it seems impossible. The people aboard were taken off, and \-1- tonight ) the surf is pounding t~reck. I (this on late show) I'• , i vin this · ro ram toni g ht -- at a reuni n. An anniversary tb ~ ring -~ of a band of adventur rs as re aa rkable as any in the Second World lar. The American Air Commandos of Burma, who staged the first all-air invasion -- in collaborati v n with the legendary British General Wingate. The same ltngate •hot before the "ar in Palestine, by the way, founded the present army of Israel. In Bur ■ a, the Air Comaandost with lanes and gliders, aeizea jungle clea~ings -- as bases from which Wingate'• Britiab jungle troop• operated. The reason that I'• attending th!s reunioa, mates an od , d ■ torJ. During the Second lor, ld lar. Gentral Ha Ar : old, U.S. Air Moree Command~r, at a banquet, told about that Air Co ■ mando exploit whcih had begun with an odd experience for him. Wanting to select a co ■mander for the adventure, be diapat , cbed an order through Air Force oha , nnels -· send in candidates. So, presently, said Hap Arnold, in what be called •the tou he t little Irishman I ever saw.• •ae nearly snapped my head off,• Sap Arnold added. Which was really - something. A young officer nearly snapping off the ~ad of the Commander of the U. ·· . Air force. That was Phil Cochran, already faaous - in a co ■ ic strip. He was the original of Fli Corkin; in Milton Connift's •Terr and the Pirates.• Bia trouble waa that h • didn't want tbe command of some outfit, operatln1 in Buraa. Be was a fighter pilot, who bad beeD tlying in air battle - and wanted to kee on doing just that. Genera~ Arnold, however, persuaded bi ■ that the job he was offering• was even more of a thriller. So Colonel Phil Cochran got the coamaml-- in partnersbi~ with bis old-tiae Air Force buddy, Colonel Johnny " Alf ison -- and, together, they .:.ed the Air Co11 ■ ando adventure. Righ~in the ■ iddle of his remarks that night, General Arnold turned to me and eaid that he wi1hed I would get the full • tory and put i t in a book. At 111\ that ms been done. It i ■ called BACK TO MANDALAY, published by Greystone. And the Air Co ■mandos, Cochran and Alison; Colonel Bill Taylor, their glider co ■mander; Dr. Cortex Inlow, the flight surgeon - and other,, h••• ■ ade the book an excuse to bold their first reunion 1illce the taae when tbey flew an army by night behin4 the Japan••• lines in Bur.■ a on the road IACI TO IAIDALAY. And that•• the 1cene for ttii• ne•• proe?a■ -- a hroadc11t that now beings with a acene, atran1• and 1pectacular, in Cairo.