../ ' J u , 4 . R!JlIH._R. A 1 t bull tin toni t 11 o f e . oo ing of w l r R u r ... ident 0 .1. t uto or ere Union .. unman ired t im rou window of · iS ome ~ - .'.io I\ • - his •i report d to t e olice. ho t e g unman my have been is mystery t the moment. We only know th t Walter Reuther was badly wound ed,)fis wife"!~••• ~ t o just)al~ the United ress -- •he is seriously hurt.• This is a startlin episode in the case of the young head of the Auto Workers Onion ... who has had such a rapid and brilliant career in the world of labor. - - ------------~-------- ----------------------------- L. T . - 1 NI HT ROW Ap ril 2 , 1 9 4 8 . §Yft§!lIY!I _ LE t ! § . T he co a l : ine tri k e o f prote t grew so l a r g e to da y t h t Jo h n L Le w is now intervenes personal , _ ...._ _ ~ wit h t h e mine r s. One hundred a nd fifty t h ou s nd abandon d " t h eir jobs ~t•i•J w h en t e news came that F eder a l Jud g e Goldsborough bad im osed a fine of t w enty dollars on Lewis, and a financial penalty == - == =====-::::::_:=-:.:=...::: .::.: _ ,__...__ ··••i••· contempt of court~ never gone back l, strike that caused on the Union -- punishment Another hundred thousand miners have ' . w o r ~ ~ ~ be innin g of the a ll the trouble. So that left a ~uarter of a aillion out --with the g ravest kind of peril to t h e n a tion's coal supply. During the day word caae th a t local officials of t~e Union were urging the miners o go back -- arguing t h a t - t l . . e _ ~ ~ o u l d be appea ad to the Supreme Court and it would be six months before the High Tribunal w-o~la~t s final decision. So w a it f or the Supreme A. Court_ a n d meanwhile go back on the - job. G h L appeal of the local Unionleaders, however, w a s not doing the trick __ L.T. - 2 Hence toni ht's news a perso al plea t o t th a t(Lewis . 1ii e miners" himself has made it l In a t ~ g ram to the field officials oft 0 Union he wired •I do hope you will convey to each member my wish that they immediately return to work•. It was pointed out that0ud e Goldsborough, in iaposing today's fines, threatened severer penalties, if the drike continue0 John L Lewis and the Onion wer~ convicted of both criminal and eivil conteapt of court. Today's punishment was decreed for the criainal contempt part of it, and Judge Goldsborough bas still to take action on the civil aspect. Bence his threat~ of imposing new fines, or even a prison sentence if the coal ia miners continue their strike. All of which ~~ produces a kind of parad~ j.:... l~I!" y,.J i°?I o-{ 'Punishment being inflicted on John L Lewis because of something done by the coal miners. Suppose they should reject John L Lewis' appeal and fail to return to work --which might indeed be the case? Tonight the head of one of the L. • - J 1 rgest Pennsylvania districts of the miners' Union expressed his own doubt as follows -- wyou would have to be a ■ agician to tell what the boys are going to do"_, ~~' L. T . - 4 A lmo s t co mtlete r t urn s f rom t t h e Italia n el ec tion a re in, t h ey sow t O s t s of 1' 1 fig ures -- the vo t ers h a vin g cast their b al l o ts in two d ifferent contests. One w s t h e election for the It alian Senate. The other - - ~ or the C ha mber of De p uties. In the battle for the C h amber of Deputies the i Communists got about two percent more votes than they did in the contest for the Senate. Just why this should happen is none too clear -- but, in any case, it leaves ~ the Red parties just about where they were in the two 7eara ago. Tbe7 made no progress. (The huge p,eno ■ eno ■ waa the sweep in the Christian De ■ ocratic Part lead by Premier De Gaspari -- which ■ oderate part~a• the news has been telling ef a.-t, came close to winning an ) absolute ■ajorit7 over all other parties)-- fort7-aeven . and nine-tenths percent for the Senate and forty-ei1bt and a half percent for the Chamber of Deputies. 'l'loe ~ ( m edhte res.ult in Ro■e toda7 was the appearance of signs •bat the Communist front aight fall apart __ consi s ting as it does, of Communist s a nd their L T . - 5 . §!!!!§I.!!Y..T E _LE~.Q-!IAb.X_.:_~ Sociali t A llie s . The newsp a per s of t two win g s of e the Red front were not t all in a rmony b out t he electi o n result -- t h e Communists a n d t e S oci a li s t s ta kin g e a c h a dif f ere n t line.t ■xsazz~ T h e prop a anda twist of the Communists was th t t e election a ~ for them, w h ile the big Socialist d a ily, •Avanti•, came plain out, calling the election a triumph for ~remier de Gasperi - which it is. The Communist twist . went so far as an announcement of a victory parade in MilaL, to celebrate Red auccess in the election. I'd like to bear the laughter of the Italians on the sidelines, as th a t parade goes by - only it won't apparently. The Govern■ent at Ro ■ e today forbade the deaonstr a tion, t i s t y ing in with rumors th a t the Communists . mi g ht try to start a revolt. Sne surmise bas been that they might beginl an insurrectio£ with a claim of an election day~victory. ( There were reports today of thre a tening Red sedition, rumors of Communist partisans g athering in the f • d t i a l ~1.·lan~ _ But all that is vague, an area south o 1.n us r • ) L. T. - 6 §Yn§IlIYii_~AR-II_~X_:_J_ there seem s little r e ason to anticip a te a Communist revolt as an immediate follow-up to the election day defe a t of the Reds. I P.\LESTIIE ia willing to put American troop• into Palestine - but oaly if · other countries contribute their abare ot ■ilitary force'. Thia was stated today b7 U.S.Delep Warren Auat1n, 1n a declaration to the General uae■bly 0 1' tbe ~ United ationa, whtell-" holding a apecl~l 1e111on on Paleatt.ne. Tbt.1 country will agree to uae the U.S.ArllJ to entorce a tN1tee1hlp, which the Jewa oppose, or any other k1D4 ot goyer111ent tbat the U .I. • 1 aet up 1n the 1017 Land. JIit •• will not do : 10 unle11 other natiou •IID4 aoldlen ot their own tor an 1nternat1onal toroe:lf TO th11 Delepte Warren A111t adclecl that, ~o tar, all atteapt■ to p1Nuad1 otb.i• o-tr111 to contribute troopa baa, in the word• ot oar del ... te - I •prod11cecl no tangible N■alt■;;) In other wordll, nobcKl7 elH nnta to aen4 aold1era, and.!!. won"t al••• tbeJ d,- •C?, wbat doel 1t all CCll8 to! lothtng, apparentl7 - the probl• ot tile nr in Paleatine atill deadlocked, gett1q nowhere. That nr tatea on aore and ac,re aapecta ot regular ■i11tar, operations. Today the Jew1ab ■111tla, Bt.pnah, reporta PALBSTIIE - 2 the capture ot an Arab village, a strong point d0111nat1ng a highway to Tel Aviv. They blew up all the houaea ot the village, which had been uaed as poata ~or antpinl at Jewlab tratt1c rolling along the road. °Nweea !'el ~ and .JeNl•ii• Thia 11 said to be the eighth vlllap..&fortre11 el1111nated bJ llapnah aloq that highwaJ.,.. 10 vital· tor Jewish ec 1nicat1on~ , PALBSTIIE - 3 1 o1n V ~ •• d e e gh/b ")!lqe J aal an Av . ( Today, large Wlita ot the .Arab Legion 110ved into tlM outalc1rta ot Jeruaal•, and took over a big ■111tar, baae, .llaan cap. 'l'hey entered, aa the Br1tl1h were w1thdnw1ng/ • • °1 • • I I • I t c tbat long prca11ed Br1t11h evacut1on ot Pal•~:i:.·1111 nlng. A l - ~ llrpat 1n th• l1'N ot JeNaal•, ~0111natea one 1ect1on·or the Jftlah quarter - a aeotl• where the Jewlah ■111t1a trade• gunfire wltb the Araba •••17 clay - uct tocta1•• event•• a headline uaaple ot bolf the Arabi are taldill ner trail the wltbd.rawing Britllb 1n Arab m,1- 1ect1ona. (1.n the J e w i l ~ the Br1t1ab, 18 they llln'I • , out, IN turning th1np over to llapnah-) 'fodly, at a pollc tortre1a 1a the south ot Balta, a tranater na accOIIJ)lllhed by tonui cere■o~. British aoldlera lined up, and 10 did tu ■en ot Haga.nab. Proa the flagpole the Union Jaok or PALESTIIE - 4 Great Britain was lowered, and up went the Zionist colora, tbe tlag ot the new Jewish state - blue and white. lhe tol'll&tion of that nn atate Haa gone so tar that th~ Jewish Agency today gave 1natruct1ona for tbe paJJlent ot incoae tu••• beginning llaJ Pitteenth, when the Br1t1ah 11•• up their Palestine aandate. 'Blereatter tuea will N paid into what today 1 1 umounceaent calla - •tm Treaaurr ot tbe Jewlah atate." lloreover, an 1a1ue ot poatage atap■ 1■ beilll printed, poatap ataapa tor tbe •1la,1n the IIOdern rnlnl ot ancient Zion. LATilf-AMERICA lews trom Costa Rica - President Picado has resigned, ou1ted by revolution. Bia govermaent 11 making an unconditional surrender to the inaurrectoa led by General , Joae Piguerea. Thia would aee■ to bring to an end the uproar tbat began when the Coata Rican Congreaa, backed by Red ele•nta, cancelled an election 1n which the conservative candidate tor preaident won out. Thia the conaervat1••• retuaed to accept, and tbe Ooata Rican tirnorka were on. 'ftle pemNnt baa \ \ - \ beea 1011.Dg, and now.- thia ny out, Senor • • Earlier 1n the day, th!9 word waa that the whole tb~III bad been to11ed into new turao11b71oldier1 traa 11oarapa. !beae croaaed the border to coata Rica,* plQt.ng , . . lwld ot band 1n the revolatlona17 COlll)11cat1on. Jut wb_J the 11caraguana acwed in, 11 -,,. ndne too clear - the..,. or Latin-Aaer1can 1n1urrecto pol1tlca being apter1ou1, •• ot uaual. However, tbe whole t.b1ng mat have bee~h•1apbere,- abald.nl, it not world-abaking 111portance, becauae the LATII-AJIBRICA - 2 Pan-Alaerican Conference proaptly got excited - that ••••bly ot the Aaericaa baa, of course, reauaed 1t1 Metinga, atter tbeJ were interrupted by the revolution 1n Bogota. So now there waa new agitation because ot the licaraguan puah into the NYolution 1n Costa Rica. Bi.ving Juat aunived one re•olution, the delegate• were 1-diately tangled up 1n the probl- ot anotber NYoluti'on. tk(_ ~ - , -tfk ~ ~ ~ - t o ~ ~ I Z . ... -l- ~~~. Manlfhile,·tbl,"haff blld tbl funeral ot 0 _. liberal leader Gaitan, wboae a11a1a1nat1on ca11aed the NYOlutiOD 1n ColOllbia. 'fodaJ be-· jiTeD a 1olem and 1tatel7 funeral. Vhlcb, 1ttll, - i1 not the llbole ator,, becaue tile nna brinp 111 word ot a tbird reyolution. '!bia one - a plot to oYertbrow tba goyel'IINnt ot Paraguay, and aaaaaainate the Preaident. A bulletin r... Par&IWII' tell• ot an 1twa11on . ot what it calla - qata ot international terror1•. 'ftlat aowada •1,gb~ Red, llat ware told that the terroriatlc outfit c into Paraguay troll Argent~. We know, ot • course, that LATII-AJIBRICA 3 -AJ',8ent1na, wled bf Strong Jlllti PerOn, ls hardly Caaratnt.eti-e - I ,_ al-ao ta a llf8Ml'f- - 9 am we can only reflect that, 1n tb11 ? atlll1c era,•• atill have with ua tboae Lat1n-Aller1can rnolutiona, a la 0 1 Renry. Which· r•1.nda • ot a story told -- by a Lat1n--r1can colleague, who worlca on tila at the llo•ietone •••reel. le tel11 bow a bu11De11118ft 1n one ot tbl ~ • • • repabl1c1, ,M,• letter placing• order tor an eQllM oapable ot a thouland NYOlllt1ona a ldmte. !he letter .... 1nterceptecl bJ goyeraant apat1 - whereupon tbl baat.Maa - na oalled before Bl PNa14•te, who 1aid: •c.e NYolat1• . a cla, •• can handle. aat a tbou...S rnol11t1ou a ■1.llllte : -- tbat 1• too mch." - L.T. - 7 ADD LATIN AMERICA. ----------------- The latest from Costa . Rica tells of disorderly scenes as soldiers of the ousted government . ~,CJ turned in their weapons -- twelve hundred r e c r u i t s ~ been enlisted to fight a g ainst the ~ . They streamed through the streets of the capital city of San Jose, firing their rifles in the air, and cbeerin1 Coaaunist leaders. Most of them are coffee or banana workers, turned hastily into soldiers -- when the ~eftiat• mobilized against the insurrection. Their cheers tonight for Coamunist leaders would see• to indicate that Red ba1 elements were indeed supporting a regiae that iaxnow b••• forced ou~President Picado is on bis way into exile, his place taken by a seventy-four year old ciTil engineer Santos Leon Herrera\ who becoaes Acting President of Costa Rica. IONIIATIOIS President Trwlan brought forth a aurpriae today - the latest in a aeriea or quick changes. Be n0111n&ted -ber1 or the At0111c Inergy c01111111on, reappointing all five; t , • 4 I e f including Cbairllan David E. Lilienthal - and aent their naae1 to the Senate tor contirution. Earlier 1n the daJ, the Vbite IIWuae bad stated that the n011lnationa would not be aent - tbey 1 d be held up tor a while. 'ftl11, 1n 1t1elt, na a reveraal ot a previous deolaion.- •• biiM tae lenal•-;th► aaat&atl-. So 1:t waa - 7e1, no, yea . . All ot tb1a cbanp-aboat 11 tied 1n ntb word tl'Clll _-,AJ- ~ the Senate - Athe Reptblioan -~orit7 11 1D tbe IIOOd to tab lt ea11 With all White Bouie appointaent1. Toda7 Senator Tan declared: "The lnclinatioa 11 to alow down." All ot wblcb 11 a reflection ot Republican hopes. Why contil'II the appo1ntaent1 ot a Dellocrat1c Pre1ident, when, 1n a tn ■ontb1 a Republican President will be •ting the appo1Dtaent1 - or 10 the o.o.P. believe,. It they let the TrUllan appointllenta ride, whY then thoae aa■e appointllent• would be •de b7 ReJ>Ublican lmn&TIOIS - 2 ~ Prea1dent --- wbat•a h1a naae? The o.o.P. chiettaina are wondering about that. Such, we are told, waa the Truaan had decided to hold up reappolntaent of the Cla11'11Ul and -bera or t At0111c 1ner11 C011111111on, reyer11ill h11 tol'Mr tentlon. But tbla afternoon be and aent tbe 11U1e1 to the Se•te. of tbe report that, at the openlni of tba baaeNl ····-, tbt Prea1dent would tbrolf Ollt the tint lliill I rigbt . . . . bllt be tbreir it with b11 left.tr I. 1F: His■ tbe7 aa, tbat trolilen are tlcklel ~ a:.. """" n 11_. ~ ~ .µ - , ~ . ~ ~ =tt..t.