Secretary of State John Foster Dulles made hie declaration to the American public, to~ight, on U.S. olicy in the For ■ osa crisis. ~e said - our govern ■ent is not co ■■ itted, for ■ ally, t defend the off-shore islands of Que ■ oi and Matsu. But we would intervene - if the Chinese Rede should assail those islands as part of a ca■ peign against Formosa. 1 Which sticks to our m main point, Formosa and the Peecadores. Leaving Que ■ oi and Matsu - merely in relation to the larger issue. At the same ti ■ e, the Secretary left an i ■plication - that Red China might gain those off-ehJ~e islands as part of the overall settleaent of the ror ■ oea question. Which would see ■ to be in line with the British vie• - that Que ■oi and Matsu are subjects for negotiation. ROMANIANS The siege of the Red Romanian Legation at Bern, Switzerland - ended on a note of high drama, today. The embattled anti-Communists gave up, when a priest entered the building - and released them from a vow. The, had been under siege for tortv-one hours - after ' . ~ "ithe Legation. Killing - a Comunist chauffeur, in the process. Apparently, there were six to begin with - in the anti-Coanunist band. But one was arrested, and two are believed to have been able to escape. Leaving three - alt~ough they bluffed that their number was ~ater. Today, the Swiss Army was all set - ready to storm the building. The besieged anti-C0tm1Unista had been infomed - that they would not be sent back to Red Romania. Instead, they'd be tried in a Swiss court; under Swiss law. But they insisted - they'd fight to the death. Having - plenty of armament. That was the situation, when the Police Commissioner of Bern, Kurt Kessi, addressed them with a final argume~t. ROMANIANS - 2 Standing outside the Legation building - and talking to them. "I told the leader," relates the Police Commissioner, "that a fight was hopeless. H 11 e rep ed - they had sworn to their anti-Communist organization to die, if necessar,. Be said they had taken the oath - before. God. "I told the leader," continues the Commissioner, "that he would not break the oath - it a priest relieved hill of it. Be finally agreed to think it over - and at three P.N., teaaked to see the priest. Then it was that the authoritie,s brought in , '1s1gnor Sekinger, Pastor of the Trinity Church in Bern. "ttwent into the Legation building, with what the police call, A "exemplary courage." Inside, he was taken into a dim rom, with curtains drawn. There, as an ecclesiastic, he released the anti-Comamists from their vow to fight to the death. That was followed promptly - by the surrender. Monsignor Sekinger - returning to hie church. The three prisoners - led off to Jail. Their identity is not revealed. But, the, are, urnoubtedl,, anti-Connuntst Rcuantana. FRANCE In Paris, Christian Pineau has accepted the task - of trying roform a new government. He's . lining up a list of to - Ministers - Wft''l<Jll'P-1Wl~~~e..-before the National Assembly, on A Friday. He'll make the bid - with a full slate of C a binet nominees. Which is in accordance with a new regulation - requiring a Premier-designate to select his Ministry, before seeking a parliamentary majority. So, today, Pineau was consulting prominent politicians offering them various ministerial posts. He wanted former Premier Mendes-France on the list - as a Vice-Premier. But Mendes-France declined, saying - he "wanted to remain apart from political life, for two or three months." Nevertheless, Pineau has the support of Mendes-France - the Premier who fell from power a couple of weeks ago.rThe Popular Republican ,, Party, predominantly Catholic, is backing Pineau - and he's offering a Vice-Premiership to former Foreign Minister Robert Schum 1 d f th Popular Republicans. In addition, an, a ea er o e FRANCE - 2 Pineau can count on his own Part . - the Socialists. There's opposition to bim by the Right Wing · factions - including the followers of General Charles DeGaulle. The Communists are hostile - and extreme ' Right plus extreme Lett, could beat Pineau. However, he expects a number of Conservative deputies to break Party ranks - and support him. That•s Pineau 1 e hope - in the showdown on Friday.) SECURITY The Defense Department reveals - that, in the past eighteen months, four thousand defense plant workers have been suspended - on "security risk" accusations. About one-third of these have been cleared - and the workers are back on the Job. The other two-thirds are being checked, as fast as possible. Today, Wilbur Brucker, Counsel General for the Defense Department, told newsmen - that "more than a desirable number" of defense workers have been suspended. Too rnan,v. So a new program is going into effect. The creation - of a "central office" in the Pentagon. A new kind of security board - to which all cases will be referred. Counsel Brucker save - there'll be an "over all, common sense approach". " Eliminating unnecessary suspensions - cutting down the total number. REPUBLICANS The Republican Convention of Nineteen Fifty-Six will be held - at an Francisco. So decided bv a Convention Sub-Conunittee - in a vote, sure to be okayed by the full G.O.P. National Committee, meeting in Washington tomorrow. The Democrats have chosen Chicago. So this will be the first time that the two Parties will have their conventions in different c i t i e s ~ since Nineteen Forty. The custom has been to meet in the same city - for - reasons of econom.v. But San Francisco made a strong bid - agreeing to match offers made by Chicago and Philadelphia. Putting up - a quarter ot a million dollars toward Convention costs. And offering - a Convention Hall, rent free. e - for a short cam ai • question of state laws - requiring an early filing of candidates. But Republican Chairman Leonard Hall says that the states, which have such laws, will change them. They given have~assurances - to that effect. CONGRESS The House of R presentatives voted a pay raise, today - for themselves. A hike - of ten thousand dollars a . ear. ~ Right the legislators now,A~Aget twelve thousand, five hundred - plus a twenty-five hundred dollar expense allowance. Today's vote would give them - twenty-five thousand dollars a year, both sei ~ ators and Congressmen. The Vice-President and the Speaker of the House would also get a hike. And so so wo~ld the federal judges and the justices or the Supreme Court - in a bill, which now goes to the Senate. The lawmakers were timid and bashful - about boosting their own pay. How would the vo,ers take it? But their courage .. was bucked up, wh~e7Speaker, Congressman McCormack ot ,.( Massachusetts, read a telegram from foraer President Truman. Who said - he was "heartil, in favor" of the increase. Adding - that members of Congress are - 'hlwaya underpaid. " So, with that strong encouragement, the Congressmen voted a pay hike, two hundred and ninety-three to one huoored and eighteen. RUBINSTEIN The break in the Rubinstein case - produres a weird sort of character, who tells a fantastic story. Herman 3cholz, a chauffeur - held as a material witness. A wizened, woe begone individual, fifty years old - physically frail and 111. Detectives, while questioning him for hours, fed him glasses of hot milk - to quiet his ulcers. The detectives had been trailing him, ever since a couple of days following the murder of Serge Rubinstein. He had been noticed, at various times, driving his yellow (past the notorious automobile, a car.-for-1\ire, ,aunMXJtl:■■ft}(~■llau .t< millionaire's ~ansion on Fifth Avenue.~en they locked him up, they found in his home - a quantity or cord for Venetian blinds. The kind of cord used to tie up Rubinstein. Also, adhesive tape - the kind used to gag the victim. Furthermore - a stack of newspapers, beginning with the date of the Rubinstein murder. And - a submachine gun, three pistols and ammunition. Nevertheless, Scholz ts not suspected of the crime. But he has, declare the police - named the killers, RUBINSTEIN - 2 The chauffeur has a criminal record - beginning with a robbery conviction in Arizona, thirty ~ears ago. Recently, he was meditating - bank robbe~. He also had ideas of - kidnapping. The pol.ce declare he once planned the abduction of Frank Costello, that notorious big shot of racketeering. Which would have been quite a kidnap - the abduction of Costello. But that notion wae dropped. He also planned - to kidnap Rubinstein. Going so far - as to enlist a confederate. But the project fell through. After which - the chauffeur mentioned his "interesting idea" to some underworld hoodlums. Who thought the idea of kidnapping Rubinstein "interesting" indeed - and took it up. Theyffe the characters whom Scholz has named, The theory being - that the murder of Rubinstein was a kidnap attempt, which was bungled. When - the shady financier fought , 0 back, and was strangled. Apparently, the would-be abductors RUBINSTEIN - 3 Today, Scholz was brought into court, and held on ball of twenty-five thousand dollars. Apparently, he 1 e not eager for liberty. The police declaring - the underworld might, likely enough, try to wipe him out. WHALE SHARK Peru reports the ca p ture of one of the largest fish - in all the ocean. A whale shark - thirt~-five feet long. Of course - whales, themselves, are ..-much larger. But ther•re mammals, not ftsh. 1111.i The whale shark is a true fish - a k 1n d of shark. The giant, now reported, was harpooned by Peruvian whalers out in the Paclfi~ - and was taken to shore. Put on display. One of the largest fish - ever to be reported. The voyagers who made the trip on the raft Kon-Klki, reported t ' at they saw a whale shark in the ocean west of Peru. But this one, today, is the first ever caught off the Peruvian coast. CHINESE In Milwaukee, there's a court ot law - perplexed b, a Chinese puzzle. Gong Hong - suing Yep Lee. Evidence - a promisory note. Which Gong Hong sa;1s - Yep Lee signed. Gong says - "Jep." But Yep says - "nope." The question - the validity of a signature. So call in a hand-writing expert. But the aignature is - in Chinese characters. The court wanted to make a comparison. Having - Yep Lee sign his name. But don't think they Just handed a fountain pen to Yep Lee - he wouldn't know what to do withe pen. Yep Lee can onl, write with a brush - in that ancient way ot China. So a brush 9.nd ink were brought into court - 1,--- writing materials tit tor a Mandarin. With which Yep Lee wrote his name - as clever as all chop sticks. So - were the two signatures in the same Chinese hand-writing? The court was baffled, and at last reports - was trying to find a Chinese hand-writing expert. BEAMS At Keokuk, Iowa - they sure spilled the beans. At Farmer Richard Ichelson's place, two crooks made off with suety-two bushels of soybeans. Sheri1f' Harry l■ldlm•■ De-la-hoyde and his deputy, Frank Anderson, made an investigation, and picked up the trail. A trail - of beans. Which they followed - tor fifty-eight miles, along the highway. It seems that the crooks, making off in a truck, had stowed their loot in such careless fashion - that beans kept leaking from the sacks. Illinois. where the The trail, on the higl11fay, led all the way to Neyer, The line or beans - ending, finally, at a store, loot had been sold. Descriptions weN o b t a i ~ arrests:- P-)-~ ~ ( 1,.,,-- ~ ~ - s p i l l e d the beans. BRITAIN - PLANES The London government acknowledges - trouble with Britain's latest models of jet fighters and bombers. "Serious development troubles", are the words used. An official statement names the "Hunter" and "Switt" fighters. And the ''Victor" and "Vulcan" bombers. In the case of the "Swift", a supersonic Jet plane - tour models have been produced. Hot one of them - acceptable. They simply didn't work right. A fourth model is now being tested - but they're not sure ~ wil~rn out 81\V bette;r. { The production of the "Hunter." Jet fighter is being continued - although tsxta its jet engine stalls, under certain conditions, when the guns are fired. They hope to rectify tnat. The production of the two types of Jet bombers has been held up - foll<111ing - - - ~ccidents to models.) J The result, according to a government White Paper, ts that the Royal Air Force, at the present moment, has to depend on old-fashioned Jets. The onl~ up-to-date fighter are the squadron of American Sabrejets, planes in the country ,:...__;;;==-~ b ~ a = s ~ ed on Britain.