• T. - T u C · 4 ~ . . . E ) e ro i b on ni h - { ' r i Tru b er V e in I. se e er enc iven hi un er t, a r y c . ~ ins e f ur old co l stri e,)lnf rmed urce s '3. re . ite Hou m y ct tom rr is er e er e i tio irec or Cyrus C ing conferred ith residen ia id, a e hite House, following separ te cone ences witr on ~ - ~e is, and ~zra Van Horn, trustee Qf the Union 'elfare nd Retirement Fund. B t uewis ard Van Horn . ve compiled with a Congressional Commit ee's demand for st tements on t eir posi ions in he dis ute over ... pensions for miners. uewis un i l tomorro to join the operators in petitionin 6 the F er 1 Di~ ric Curt for a t ird trus ee for e retimner fund. en hie, t e vernme t ay cam ed curbs on soft coal exports - n e r y ove t c nser e ur recious re erves. Then, on 011 ay, co . 1 burning p se ~ pr tr in ervice in the U. i be cut Q __ _ enty-five re t. imu t ne u r er iven e r ilr U.D.t. d ecret ry f Co merce rri e stri e ' av in 6 alre dy re uced our re erve C pi e ft coal - vit 1 to the industria life oft is nation, the U.S. not on y beinb t e orld' 1 r e roduoer of cal, but the bi 6 e t user. I t i stri e is prolonbed, say ' shington ob erv rs, ur bover ment' s t in dealin with oviet Rusi may be e kened. UC is e the importance of oft ClJ'a to t is na ion' we being. So far, efforts t set e t e dis u e ave failed. A complete deadlock bet · een t e Uni ed i e orkers and t . e operators. John . ~e is c ar 5 es t e o ners did not ive up o t eir contract to set up a e sion plan r h ' miners, and so e ca ed t e stri e. But he did not reveal hat beca e non t y that the o er t rs consider , is p n f r e t i ! in pensi ns f r m i n r ~ in ci . un ound. T t osi ticn a substa ti ted to ay y 'i e, vernm nt actuary bree th if e i i e s t e miners' elf re fund u d so e different firms f actuaries rep rtirb $ Lewi rejecting them bo , be u e i e , 1. th . 1m. ex ert, an ere fo 0 ed, b n ru~ . 0 n t r is matter. no a 1 ree Between the met or ers and the miner, more than half a million men are on stri e in the U . . A. toni ht. ·hat doec; o cow a ·, T t i ' politic 1 tric - - to et vote . T , t e officia try v ay f o e oviet ne · a ency, c rr· ed rum n s eech .as been s ar criticized by pr · ressive American olitician . · hen it c me d · n to mentioning them, it turned ~ut t t the" ro ressive American politicians" consist of enry a ce and ben r en Tay or f Idaho. As a matter of fact, Renry a~lace i far more excited over hat t e } ' resident said ast ni 6 . to t~e Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, his remar · t. at e'd r ther lose the election tan .ave the support of Wallace aad his communists. Henry allace ent on the air toni ht to reply to President Trum n's call for a reviva of the dr ft. allace saying that the doctrine of stopping communism wit American arms now as been expanded o the pint here it thre tens t e life of ever uman bein~ int e orl H ch r " i U en wi riv in e~ . t are, what he c ll · e "tr , fickin in , . or c mmun i m" in deliber t at , mt ob cc rd1n to Henr OU L n . ce, r. a t t lly r · on ppro ch t sto oom m uni 0 m - um s in E . urope nd el e ere sprin in from t e fact t t reform i vitally needed. • al lace rec ed . t a year ago · e c lled r. Truman t e re tes s esm n communism ever had , and toni ht he repeated the charte. In the estern Eur pean countries, t e officials and journalistic reaction w _ s one of enormous reli e f. Te British Forei n ffioe s i at t e messa e came as a complete and most we come sur rise in official British circles. In fact, one J nd n pa~er id a t Presi ent Tnuman d promulgated o rine. Ofiicial aris today escribed i a istorio document that puts teeth into the ars a 1 an. At Roe, t e Truman m e em o ene Pre ier de as eri to sue . n e · ten t t e st rted on s eech- in t ur f n r ern Italy, r u t , e cities most infested wit Com m uni ts. T e Forei n u · ·r· ces f · 11 tre Be elux c un- tries reeted the Truman ronounc ents with lad relief, lite ise the ca~ inavian n tions, and Tur · ey. Indeed, causin the Scandinavian countries and Turkey to start talking about joinin in the ive-po er treaty signed yesterday at Brus els, joinin 6 immediately. Th re ction in To · yo was curious. Shares in munition companies ent up on the cu mar et, that is in comp nies th t once manuf ctured ar materials. In Buenos Aires, the gre t ne spaper ua Prenza characterized the Trum n me sage as a strong r ument for international pe ce · ad a plea for olitical and civil liberty for 11 eo e, ~ ver ere. --0-- Here in America, ere 1ot ne of our t us nd of da i.Ly ne · s papers bu h d n the Pre ident's m e. Thoe vie ing it ditoria it a ab ut m re ch i n t e minor·t • even n . e Re u ic ress. Arthur roe in Te e Yori imes, s been a pretty severe critic of the President, but today be said r. Tr man d dischar ed high responsibility. Congress no• cannot escape fu l esponsibility for what happens to the world," says rock, ttand for the state of national security int e immediate future." Be weat on to say t a t the resident's poli ical fortunes ere t a low level, up to twelve- thirty yesterday. r. Truman s ddressin many who have decided be does not me sure u t t e residency, continued rock. Then Arthur rook concludes with t ese words : "If Congress i l receive the 1 · re ident's a ' ress as tbe exert com osite it is, Ur. Trum n'~ ers~n nd political interests and weaknes es can be disre arded in con iderin its merit." One conse uence of el re ident s s eec an attempt by the ' remlin to make out that Mr. Truman anted t revive tte draft j u t t t e time that the oviet Union s demobi izin. Accordin to the best available estimate, there are four million tround tr ops now in the Rd Army, three hundred thousand int eir · avy, more than six hundred thousand in the Ru sian Air Force. as In spite of the favorable countrywide reaction to the President•a call tor a draft, so e Senators re11&1n obdurate. Th __ ed Services C ittee or the U p per Chaaber heard troll Secretary Porreatal and Secretary ot the Artq Kenneth Ro,all today. Both flt ,111 ■ ••t;tf testified that our ■111t6ry eatablillnent should be raised above the present legal l1111t 1P ot one 111111:on, 1even mmdred thouaand. At present we ••• only titty-tour tbouaaild soldier• 1n this country Na47 tor action. (or th-r only thirty thousand are organized 1n diviaiona~ Ot the aeYen or -eight div1a1ona over•• •• not 11 ready tor caabat. ffie Rtae•tana, an tbe other band, ba • aore than a hundred d1~1a1ona well organized, well tralntd, &l'lled to the teeth. '1'he satellite nations ot ea1tem Buro~ MM seventy-five d1v111ona 110re. ~~ The plans which the Ar,q bra•~~ drawn up tor Sitective Service would •ke same three million men subject to the dratt, ■en between the ages ot nineteen and twenty-tive. They would not be liable to more than two years• service. • JUNPERS Since parachutes ere first invented, plenty or 118D have used them, even civilians. Over Berlin today, three W0118D saved their lives by bailing out troa a crippled tranaport pl:am. The big C - 4 7 . , ; : t f 1 1 1 ~ u • • T pelhot ~-14~ ..., A1rdl'Oll8/ ~•t■l"X Berlin, bound tor luraberg. on board were Brigadier General Telford Taylor, pretty Mrl. Taylor ot the auburn hair, Mr. and llra. J8118a B. Ncllaney or Little Root, Arkanaaa, and lllr. and Jira. BenJuift Jerencz ot Long I1lalid c1ty, lew York. The big tranaport had just taken . oft when one ot tile crew noticed '-i ll 1purttng trCII one engine. '!be pa11enpr1 were wamed to P-Qt on their paracbUte harne11,anc1 keep it on. Pora tew ■tnutea the plane continued . on 1:ta wa:, until,•• air got buapy and the plane acted aa though it••• ettivertng. Lieutenant w,-W ~ Squyres .ot Lubock, Texas, the - - •1t*l1Mssa · pilot, gave the order to abandon ship. By that time the plane JUIIPIRS 2 was losing altitude tast. The men got the rear door open when ~~~ ••• aratt • • about seven hundred feet.ill•• air ..-ea, Berlin. who is the mother of two small c ildren, Mrs. TaylorJsa1d ..._. none ot them seemed to want to juap/. One of t:M w01111n wanted to stay w1 th the plane~ her eband ordered her to juap. When it caae to Jira. Taylor•• tum, lbe heard a voice saying, "Youtl have to kick her to get her out.• •1o1t or ua," added Jira. Taylor, "had to be . . pushed a little.• And abe aontlmled. "J111t atttr I Juaped I pulled the rip cut,• and no one bad eyer told her that 1:t comes looae ti-oa tb8 ohuM. She went on to aa, that 1he found tbe rip cord 1n her band DIii l l ~ thoqbt lhe n1 done tor. . . . 'Vien ihe added: 1 I bepn to p down gently and it wa1 k1nd ot nice." Until abe hit the top ot the building and then ahe wtalted she was atill tloattng 1il said the air. Mrs. Taylor••••••••-, - . t i t aeeaed to be over ao quickly that she wouldn't have ■1nded staying up there a while longer. . All three women landed without"'''" inJury, so did six other passengers. Only one, an enlisted man in the crew, JUMPERS -3 _____ ..__ as injured seriou ly •• e er1 TY~ r, c ief ar crimes prosecutor at urember~, landed in e Russian sector with a sp•ained back and severe bruises. Tonight he's in hospital for ob ervation, se i• rs. Taylor, nursing the bruises she couired when sh fell on top of that buildin. Air Force Officers say it's miracle , so many escaped wit so few injuries. A parachute drop into the heart of Berlin, with all its jaiged ruins, is rated as decidedly a ong sot . • TELEVISION ~--~ .... _. , .... . .._ ... ·r~BT SHCJW Americ _ n televis1 n to ano er ste forward today when t.a.s. · and t e t er major networ s signed a t rea year a reement wit the American Feder tion of usicians --- an , rbumeti t at m es it possible for union members to a ear on te evisi~n broadcasts. Hitherto television has been silent - no music! BJ order of James Caesar etr1llo. ow it's okay for sound~-tor live music on your television sareen--or the one you are thinking of buyin~ - with your favorite net or ma in immediate pans to tele- vite t e best in music and musica entertainment. Everyone in the television studios delig ted, and looking for ar to a ne era int is ne form of radio entertainment. Joseph H. Ream. executive Vice -l resident f this great network hails ,he new contract as bein a particu arly great aid to his p _ ans f r greatly expanded television pro rams. " it work under ay on the lar · est television studi l nt in he nation," he says "C.B • . intends to utilize ive musici ns, and further television bro de ts will be enriched by music from the scene of thee dnt." ell, many of us ere onderin ho tele¥ision could get alon 6 without music. Te new contract between the etwor sand t e American Fede tio 1 of usicians is the answer. R dio's ne o by being allowdto !h~! it with music. A famous n me int e rld of science in difficulty with t e U . . Immi rati n offici ls tonight. adame Irene Joliot-Curie, Europe's outst nding nuclear physicist, elder du ter of rie Curie, e discoverer of r dium, detained at a uardia Fie by air from her native Fr nee. on er arriva Madame Joliot-Curie came to this country at th invit tion of the Joint nti-F~soist Committee to a~eak on behalf of Spanish ~oyalists w o escaped from Spain to France. This Refu ee Commi tPe is featured on that list of subversive or 6 anizations issued by Attorney ~eneral Tom Clarke; which may bet e reason• y the scientist has been detained. FIRE ------- A bulletin from tersbur, Indiana - the Big Inch" pipeline carrying natur l as exploded oni ht near Winalo, ten miles southea t of etersbur. Fire Companies from four Pie Coun y owns ave turned out to Eight the blL. • • EAi ¥AIL I've just ~een reading fourteen pcmtal cards which re resents the height of something or other. During 7 t i e on the radio I've been a devout student ot the morning's ail, and now I think I can say -- I've seen everything. The other ev nin• I noted that co ■■unication1 tro■ the radio audience have a political slant-· thi1 election year. So now here co es a long election diecuesion fro ■ a r dio audience pbiloappber, who wrl\ 1 ' ---on fourteen poatal cards! 'lb••• arri•=="• 001 the ~ 1andr7 letters, not to ■ention bills. the ■ ail ■ an brought~ The cards 111 nu■bered, tliilllC.11 I bad to do was ar 1buttle them into the proper order, and read the --,Le politic 1 treatise -- onAfourteen poatal cards. Another disclosure, not on fourteen po ■ tal cards, comes from Edward B. arsh of Spriqtield, asaachusetts, ~ho refers back to an election-ti■• reminiscence hat we bed some days ago. I told of a campaign anecdote about George • Stearnes, a Boston political figure of s me ye rs back. So••• now Ed ard a. sh sen e a co i i • B t 11 about th ti e he tearne a Attor e fort a 1 wsuit rought by an Iri h an• oh Defe e in been bu pd by a railroad train -- nothing serious. Lawyer Stearn addressing the jury, de cribed xactly what had happened to the Irish an in the following tactful word bat entirely clear. In eloquent Tole• h • cried: •Spanked by a locoaoti •! Gent n ot th Jury, this ■ an was struck in . the cushioned portion ot hl• uato y where God Al lghtr eant t a t h • oal be