EUROPE .-■,' ' : ■ -- - ■:"" 'V ^ The European crisis has a ceremonial front tonight - the visit of French President Lebrun to London. The President of Fran and ^adame Lebrun were received with all the ritual and splendor that befit a visit of state.^ On the etiquette side, they're repaying isit tke*4 Their Majesties George and Elizabeth made to Paris London ceremony tna some months ago. But in the background of _________ , ........................ ' were negc tiations and plans,*— what■ be^d'cn^ to stop the expanding power of Hitler? For example, the French President is accompanied by his Foreign Minister, and right away upon arrival today Foreign Minister Bonnet paid a call to the British Foreign Office and had a long talk with Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax. It is understood that Bonnet put his okay on the latest British plan for a common front against Hitler. Common front ideas are in the headlines — the latest is a British program for a four—power arrangement. ^His Majesty s government today submitted to France, Soviet Russia o.nd Poland, a plan for a Joint declaration. The idea is for the four-poeers to make a formal announcement that if there is any further aggression they'll immediately hold a consultation^ Mere K! EUROPE - 2 - doesn* t consultatioii^^oeetj^ seem to be anything so decisive, but it Here1 s a late dispatch, right off the wire — and it looks as if the Four Powers might have something to consult about right away• Lithuania has decided to surrender the port of Uemel to Hitler* This is not confirmed* The report A comes from the Lithuanian capital on what is called — reliable information. If it be true, what will the democratic powers do about it? Will they consider the German acquisition of Memel as an act of aggression? That port on the Baltic has long been a Hitler goal. Memel used to belong to East Prussia — it was given to the Republic of Lithuania by the Versailles Bzx Peace Treaty. Today it is still strongly German, and it has been feared that the Nazi city authorities would do something drastic for reunion with Germany. There have been reports of a possible deal between Hitler and Lithuania, a deal to give Germany control over the Lithuanian republic — maybe another Bohemia-Moravia sort of would least a show the four powers are working together. protectorate. Today1s earlier word related that the Lithuanian EUROPE -5- Parliament was in session, and that it was likely to proclaim a state of emergency throughout the nation. Now, comes the latest ^ report that Lithuania has decided to surrender Memel to Hitler, in return for this Hitler will grant extensive trade concessions to the little republic. — ^ — EUROPE - "toili^liL me.J.t Llle vltSlii Is iwi* ■“■ tw *-3WpVQ¥ift*v the Pity nf TAome-l to Magi GGl^,l^a^3>,. Tlilb -"Hi ujLLlmiifeu ■ ^^ei1 trsag atlvanla^ou to be by""Hltlcr*— ^erefs late alarming word from Roumania# w hich-iir^isw ^nLlimtid a,ru "Q-Haikoly* The government of King Carol A is calling troops to the colors - several military classes ter^fco summoned,-There are rumors that fighting has already broken out * __ between the Roumanians and the Hungarians - Hungary is said to have German Jupport. Frontier clashes are described, with A Hungarian raiding parties pushing across into Roumanxa. And more serious still, there's talk about troops being summoned in Italy. There's a report that Mussolini's cJe&J I 11 government has summo**^ four or five military classes to the colors. $ud— interpreted in the light of important Italian This is to be diplomatic news that we have today J ITALIAN AMBASSADOR TO ^ essafee to Garcia, famous in song and story^^S^an A exploit of renown - but it probably wasn’t half as important as a message being delivered right now. The Italian Ambassador to Berlin went speeding to Home today - carrying a written personal communication from Hitler to Mussolini. What’s in that written personal communication? A lot of statesmen would give their eye teeth to know. But there’s only surmising. One guess is that in the message Hitler is reassuring Mussolini about the Nazi destruction of Czechoslovakia. There are reports that the Duce is none too well pleased by the sudden stroke his partner launched. It is pointed out that the Italian Ambassador, who is carrying the message tonight, was not in the Berlin welcoming committee that greeted Hitler on his return from his Czechoslovak triumph. That is only now revealed. At the ceremony of the Hitler home-coming, the Nazi radio announcer described how the Nazi chief and the Italian Ambassador were ^ shaking hands, and clasping of hands. It turns out now that there wasn’t any hand-shakteg- at all -'the Italian Ambassador wasn’t there. ITALIAN AMBASSADOR _ 2 And there was still another thing absent. Among the many congratulations Hitler received for his Czechoslovak coup, there was no felicitation from Mussolini. These omissions raised coup, the surmise that Rome was not so delighted with the Nasi exploit at the other end of that famous Rome-Rerlin. Ax)sT*So=3IS» Hitler There’s another guess about the contents of today’s modernized version of the message to Garcia, This surmise is that Hitler is giving the Duce a guarantee that Germany will support the Italian demands on France. These demands are soon to be made - probably in the speech that Mussolini .is scheduled to deliver next Sunday. In that address he's expected to make a declaration of intended policy. It is noted that today's message to Mussolini goes speeding just in advance of the Sunday speech in Rome. the Italian Ambassador will remain- in Rome long enough to bring back a written personal message from Mussolini to Hitler.^He’s A quite a messenger boy the capital on the banks - that Ambassador from the River Tiber to ks of the Spree. And tonight in Rome, au ITALIAN AMBASSADOR _ 3 ten P.M* Roman time, the Fascist Grand Council gathered in session - to hear about the message from Hitler, N CZECH A big headline today reads this way - l^he United States formally iefuses to recognize the German seizure of Czechoslovakia. Specifically, the United States rejects the German diplomatic note in watch Berlin officially informs Washington of the destruction of the Czechoslovak'republicp^Let's see what' s in the German note that the United States rejects. Its contents are interesting - being a formal statement of the present status of wliat used to be Czechoslovakia. It hasn't been any too clear in the American mind just what kind of an arrangement Hitler has made for the republic he took over - whether the Czechs^become German subjects, A their country incorporated into Germany, or what. Here's the answer. 0 The German note describes the land of the Czechs as A __ protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. XV ^tahtw^Jdfeiong to the domain of the Greater German ReichT) The Germans in the / protectorate, become German nationals. The Czechs remain Czech nationals, citizens of the protectorate. They're autonomous and administer their own internal affairs, but over their government is a Hitler official called - the Reich Protector. Members of the CZECH - 2 Czech government must be confirmed by him, and they must consult with this Heich Protector on all laws^* foreign affairs'trf erJ^^^d^he Hitler government. &o aT»-i^ transportation and communication systems^- also ££$ tariffs and customs. And the German army maintains garrisons in the protectorate. Such is tae new status of what was Czechoslovaid.a# math jar^Seems a good deal like # protector at ^ that nations maintain over foreign colonies, Itfs something new, however, within Europe itself, a new kind of domination by one state over another, (3~Jl sfci x f arrangement which the United States summarily rejects - as illegal. The State Department negitaA reply is brief and to the point. Acknowledging the receipt of the German note, it says: "The Government of the United States has observed that the provinces referred to are now under the de facto administration of the German authorities.’’ Note the term "de facto" - meaning in point of fact, and not in point of law,(rhe American reply -rtatu^--C**choSj.9v*-, — SayS! CZECH - 3 "The government of the United States does not recognize that any icgal basis exists for the status so indicated*" The exceedingly brief American note was accompanied by a copy of the declaration the State Department made several days ago, the declaration which accused Hutlerfs German^of - wanton lawlessness. In that statement the Nazi acquisition of Czechoslovakia was referred to as - temporary, not regarded as permanent. Another key word symbolizing the American attitude - temporary then, de facto now. ROOS.VBLT Conservtive Democrats joined with Republicans on tiie reorganization question in Washington today. It ■as a fight over the Wheeler Amendment* This amendment rue — would make all €1?^ organization# dependant on the consent of Congress* if the President decided to change or abolish the set-up of Government bureaus, Congress^H^. have to he consulted before it could be done. The' White House doesn,t like the amendment at all, and the Administration leaders fought it hard today. But twenty-three Democrats joined a solid line-up of Republicans, and the Amendment a was carried. The vote was as close as could be, X2i2Dd^3J Majority ---- < 3 £> -¥S©=^foi ty-five to forty-four. RELIEF Democratic Congressmen of the House Appropriations Committee toaay held a tViO-hour meeting and considered a figure - a hundred and twenty-five million. Should they agree to appropriate that many dollars for immediate relief? The President asked for a hundred and fifty million. The economy bloc countered with the proposal to shell out - a hundred million. The word is that the administration leaders are convinced they cannot put through the jJl larger figure so theyTflfC offer^a compromise - split the difference between a hundred and fifty and a hundred. They^e willing to take a hundred and twenty-five million. That’s what the Democrats of the Appropriations Committee were debating today, and the latest is - they weren’t able to reach a decision, deadlocked. -fn the battle on e^rgency reliefmove was ma&^ today to stop lobbying by organization's of relief employees - the Alliance in particular. A hundred de^gates of the T/ihs^rkers Alliance are in\rashington, lobbying for the hundrh^ and fifty million dollar appropriation. The^jve been informed th^ employees mike extra hbijrs on the V•. P. A * \ SMUGGLING In New York today the judge imposed a prison sentence on a man described as — the worst enemy of the century* The describing is done by the American Border Patrol — government agents who have the job of stopping the smuggling of aliens. They declare that Satirios Syrkos, a Greek, has been the champion alien smuggler of them all. He has been operating top of money* He worked in cahoots with an American who owns a big estate near the Canadian border. for ten kx years along the Canadian border, and^brought Into this <Kn***£f country of illegal aliens — mostly Greeks and Chinese. hundred and fifty dollars each. money on ^ /I The Border Patrol kept after their woret enemy of the century, and finally him. Today he was sentenced to /v seven years in prison. ROBBER A candid camera fiend likes to get his picture, and in Milwaukee Taxi-driver Donald Elliott is an addict of the peeping film. ae was anxious to get a picture^jhe»^F man jumped into his cab today and shouted - «l*m a G-man - step on it!" The candid camera fiend was just as eager to get a picture when the supposed &dman poked a gun in his ribs, "6# emphasize# the command, "Step on itI" Just an escaping robber. Taxi-driver Donald Elliott had to forget his film and lenses momentarily, as he drove at top speed, in a wild ride, wh##|>ing around corners and bouncing the robber in the back seat. Finally, the driver took a crazy turn and headed for a garage. The lurch knocked the robber to the floor* /the garage station^SoW' A /v In the astonishment and scramble, the robber bounded out of the police cars. It was full of cops. /V S* taxi, pistol in hand^WJ# blazing away. There was a gun-battle chase down an alley and across a vacant lot. And that gave the candid camera fiend his chance. He sped along snapping pictures. , , j +-r>T and fell on his face. And the Finally the robber itrippe pictures of the capture, taxi-driver was right there snappri t p SPRING Our next - the weather. And that impels me to quote Hugh dames and his Blue Sunoco commercial. "Spring," quoth Hugh In his most dulcet tones, "spring is here - with the stirrings of new life out in the fields." And this beautiful sentiment was accompanied by the melodious strains of the spring was ushered in today with freezing temperatures throughout the eastern states. It was chilly and frosty. Last year on the first day of spring New York registered a torrid temperature of seventy-four. to talk about thj^rnuslc than about the weather. ThMtune played on the latest, as* most ultra-modern of musical instruments - the Hammond Novachord, which is a sort of orchestral organ that employs the electrical science of vacuum tubes for the production of tone. Highly scientific - though the majesty of organ music of organs - a thundering music-maker of the dim Middle Ages. song. s LetTs look at the cold facts - and cold they are! Spring So as J wasn’t always that way. Si Let's look back to one of the earliest SPRING - 2 The historian Wulstan, writing in the year Nine hundred and fifty-one, describes the giant organ in the medieval Cathedral of Winchester. It certainly must have been a joy for the pipe organ pumpers of those days. Thirteen pairs of bellows were required, to produce the tone, and these were operated by seventy pipe organ pumpers^ The keys were so huge and clumsey, each had to be pressed down by a fist - or maybe by an elbow - for better leveridge. The giant organ played only ten tones, but these had the roar of thunder. Very different from^^p spring song, which celebrates this frosty beginning of spring! In Philadelphia, home of Blue Sunoco, the vernal equino: was hailed today amid appropriate surroundings - indoors. There ^ the flowers that bloom in the spring tra la were beheld in ^ profusion - at the Philadelphia Flower Show.' Saluting the were newly created types of roses, a new red and gold marigold, A novelties of carnations and sweet peas. And - the Joseph^E.Widener n collection of acacias, 'tc oJ2Q. ^