... ,, ~3~ R.0 . 1 ,&-11, ;i,J,I .. 1¥, /9..N. IQIS%1%.Qll_Llil The gues1ing ga■ e baa started -- about G~bitcheT. The 1urpriae today waa startling -- the convicted •PJ retu1in& to aeoept freedo ■ · and go back to Ru11ia. So ■JatifJin& -- ~ a l l • • can do ia grasp at aural•••• One t h o u g h t ~ i■■ediatelJ co■•• to ■ ia4, • that Gabitob•• ■ i&bt prefer to ataJ in thi1 countrJ --•••• tbou1b ia priaon. Ot~•r Soviet citi1en1 ha•• aone to area\ · l••1tha in avoidin1 a return to a Co■■ ani1t Utopia. Bat tbfa woald reallJ be the bei1ht of deter■ ination -- Qublto••• beina under a jail ••ntenc• of fifteen ••ploaa1e. Toniaht ••••••• took the au•••i•1 &••• to the oitol•• of the 0.1. -- aad there the apeculatloa 11 \bat Gabitoh••• refu ■ ing to 10 through th• tor■ alitl•• to•••• bi■ back, ■ ight be acting on order• fro ■ Moscow. That ia, the SoYieta ■ ight be u1ing hi■ aa a pawn -- in the battle propaaanda. When th• State Departaent intervened, to get the aentence auapended, the re ■ ark ••• •~d• -- that the Soviets ■ ight like to have Gubitcbev i ■priaoned over here, 10 that be could be represented as a marty•. I o I A n O • circle• it ie noted that the Soviet E ■ ba11y repre1entati••• who wa1 Gubitcbe•'• interpreter durin& hi• tria~ baa •i•ited hi• ••••ral ti••• in pri•o~ •x-»•1•~ , be he was passinJ alon~l -•-1111ta .. .,.A•••~•Aruction1 troa loecow -- about what to 4o today. But thia gueaaing ga■e 1• futile. All we know i ■ wba\ happened today -- when the critical an&l• wa1 deoi4ed. ~~ After the trial, conYiction ana~••u~•nce, Gabitoh••'• lawyer aa4e aotion1 for•• appeal to th• hi&h•r covta. Bat ttie Jada• poiated out tbat, it be appealed, the•••\• coald barlly be au1peaded. Suppo•• tbe higher court• 1hould ooatira the con•lotion -- ••11, that would•••• to ua1uapend the sentence. So GubitcbeT wae required to drop the ■o•es tor an appeal. Today it waa believed he would do just that -- when hie lawyer, Abrahaa Pl■erantz, appeared in court. But instead, there waa a sudden change -- the lawyer declaring that Gubitcbev inai&e4 on fighting hie caee through the -4 higher couriJI -- an d '\ ask _ s to be releaaed on bail aeanwhile. It would, of cour1e, ta k e ao■e ti ■e to puab the appeal -- aa4 Gubitcbev will stay in tbie country. On bail or ia Jail. The Judi• aaid he would decide later on about tbe twiater 't. th• 1tor7 of how J•4ith Coplon an4 the Soviet lnaineer were tri•4 aa4 . toua4 1uilt7 on th• charge that ahe oon1pired with hi ■ in a •Pr Job of trana ■ ittin& 1ecret infor ■ ation fro ■ tbe De- partaeat of Juatioe. After tbe J~dge auapen4e4 aenteaee on GubltobeY, tbe word waa that be would 10 back . ••ti.iii •••••••••• , ••• -~···' I li••· ......... ft•■ •• lei Pol•••s But that'• all in a tan&l• tonight -- witb Gubitcbev refuain& to drop the appeal, the technicality that would per■ it bi■ to escape a fifteen year prieon tera and return to the land of Stalin. UDAIB In Lollclon - the ""latlon ot a dlplaa,10 1eoret • ... MD tr,1111 , .... tablllb dlplcaatlo NlattODI wttb - u. utratlll. Well, . . all lmow tat tbl UltniM 11 a 11depeadl•t llllftllll qNl■ID\.-wbeNiJ tbl Scw1e'8 baYe tllNe • · • • aoMllllJ..-- ta Ille u.■.<=f-. IIO■c• ....-.nt all al.GIii _. . . . IPNII, tbi trailed StaM■ . . 14 N entitled to tort,~i&llt • (~/ . YOUI - . . tor MCb of tba • • • • • So IIOaOOlf,'~ , . . . . , nib •rel.J tbNe - Rua1ia proper, tbl utra1.M, ud Vbtt• lua■ta, •• 1.ndepeadent republtc1. Praa all of wblcb the London 1oveft11Nnt dNw a 1011aa1 ded11ot1on - tbat 11. would anl.7 H proper to ~ "-- dlplGllltlc Nlat10DI •1th both tbe Ukraine and White Rua11a. ; . . , ■tarted out with the tor111r - &114 1111191W to ■oeo• that lt would be nlo• to ••taltlllb a ll'ltl1b leptlca at 11n, tbl Ulcralnlan capital, Uld ••• d1ploat1o deallnp w1tb the lndependeat aw•n111at there. a ooY NlpmN. lo repi, at all - oni, a tNlt, 111aoe. lrt.tllb ...... dld trr to atend tbl ldN to Wlalte bNta • • . . . . . . . . at IIOlo• 11 D0t · · - allowed to Y111t till two Nlpeotl•• oapltall, Kln and ■lnalc. All tbll nnt GD 1a tbe ■ecret obllnnell ot dlpl_c,, to be mealed toa, bJ prooNdillll 1n Parllaalnt - tel11111 ot . . ot tbl tlate■t tallllN■ 1n tbe h11tory ot 1tatecratt. In W a shington, H rold Christoffel has been sentenced to a prison term of froa two to six 7ears -tl..t. ~ toraer Union official found guilty ot coamitting perjury when he told a Congression&l Comaittee, under oath, that he was not a Communist. (chriatotfel was the President ot the Milwaukee Local of the Auto Workers Onion, CIO -- during the time of the Alli• Cbalaera ' strike. That was a long and bitter labor conflict durlq (L ~ iJ.J- the tiae when the United States was araing . iapeded~en1• preparation during • . /:ta the period before Sov · • t · Rues ia w &s in the war. J ( Qhristotfll WIS eonviet:ed a~• f••••• trie], J 111t tb.e • erdie\ ••• t,hr••• ••~ ~, •h• i•p•••• Court, PD ·t•ehaieel gre•aae. !he eeeeae ~•i•l has ~••n dtagging to it~ aa•t.her ,ezdtet or An utter and abaolute denial waa entered 1n waaht.qton todaJ, bJ 11111 Dorot~ len,on, fol'ller U.S. repreaentat1Ye to Iba United 1at1on1, who baa • n naaed b7 senator ■ccarthy 1n b11 charpa ot pro-c~ 1n11■. She told the Senate Pore1p Relat1ana cc.atttee that •~ 11 not, · and baa ••er • • • a Cl nm.lat - or a rellow-traYeler. ( The cona1n Senator . / r•cS Ni•• len, aa a -ber or ~ miat Pront orpn1ut1aaa. ~ ~ • • t d the Ca.it • : . lad nHeJ' ~arcl ot . . OD the 11t, and a d lhe bad Jointd ptOllPI which -MG ✓-ftinl t pod O&ll■e■ - tiut that ■lw bad alwp qlllt ization at once, tr it abowed •tana ot be1DI Wider CCIIIIIWl'l■t oantl'Ol. ) ---------- - - - - -· - - - - - - - Th11 rollwed{!;turther nuainl or DUii bJ Sen tor llecarthy - tour nuae1. John Stewart Senice, State Departilie diploat now 1n Mn India, whoa the senator called "a mown collaborator with C c un11ta." Dr. Barlow Shapley, the barvard aatronoaer who ta a M■ber ot sa. a United State• t d 1th the u. 1 . Dr. ,rederick Schuaan, c0111t111on connec e • CJILJJIISTI - 2 ot wt.111- Collep, mo 0110• 4el1••Nd a leotllN on dtpl-01 at tbe State Departant. And Gu1ta•o Daran, who ono1 worked tor ta State DeJ)&J'tlNnt - the ani, one, bJ tba wa,, wba s.ator locarlbr oalll outrllbt - a Cui1-11a 'lh•• acoll8at1au are couateriel bJ 1U.IMI tr.ca all OGDHned. IUlt ' bo-o In Quebec - Albert au, tOWld pllt1 ot aarderf In the ■etropol11 ot l'Naob Canada, a JPNnob-1peat1n1 31117 deliberated onlJ' twent1 ■lmlte1 todaJ - before llturnlill a , ••rd1ct ot &11llt7 apinat a defendant aocuaed of tbl hldNU orial ot plantlJII a bcab aboard a cl'Olldecl alrllMr to lllrde bll •lt• - aad twent7-two 11••· ••re loat. The verdlot ot p1lt7 •an■ ani, one peMltJ - banlilll, wblob 11 wndator,, and the judp 1 ediatei, ••t tbl date ot exuat1on - Jae 'flfent7-'1tilrd. IOOl'l'IIS At Ottawa, oap1tal ot cam~a. the Board ot !rad• bepn a oupe.1111 todaJ - to 1•t ■GIie boraea tor tile Ro,al Canadian Nouated Polio•. --•ra ot tbat taaoua outfit ue GD d11t11il Ottan - and JOU 1 d tbiilk a 110wat1 would be a a bOne. ✓ lllt not at all - an duty at Parlimaent Bill. ,._ Which can be dteappo1nt1nl to ■oar, - Ille Otlan loUd ot 'flWI• •1tns: " !be AMr1cau o«- alOIII, and ut otun 11 tr,1111 to 1•t a tn ot the Royal canadlan llounted POlioe an bOrleNck. I PIIIODI ~ In the Canadian proyiftoe ot saaatcbewan - a aanlunt, ipoa1n10ll1J. llblob caae to an ~ • a,end. At tbe town at ••111111, tm alarll waa aent wt laat n1pt - prtaorwr eaoapedl One ot the jailbtrcla waa ■i■■ inl, and the polloe ~•re alerted tllroulhCMlt the awthlrn part ot Saalmtebnan. Raito can ••re aob111acl,1nd tllaJ aot out thl bloodboUllda to plot llP !hi llallbamt t•••r •• on - wbln, 1n tbe Jail, tbeJ found 1iM pr1aoner. Be•• aal••P 1n a cell - 1n whlob • bad be• 4111.J locked 11p. TM tl'Oll,le WI that m bad • • P11t ta tbl WNIII oell - aild tm i'tibt one waa tomd apt1. !lie N■ult - mob .-.rr&••-•t . . . . . the bloodhound■ let Gilt - a... IMI& 7elp 1n dtaauat. 1--- m1im F A cur1ou1 proble■ ot tbe law developa 1n Ohio - ~~ llbere OoYemor Lauaohe ,ranted a reprieve to a conylot Wider 1entence ot death, dela11n1 the executiOQ tor 11.xt, da7a. 'l'ba rea1on tcr th1a • • the 1nterpoa1t1on ot, what 11 called - the •court or wt Reaort." That'• a aort or tneattptlnl ca.1ttee run bJ Arp17 Napzine, and the 11111Nra 1nol11de IJ■ter, Writer 11'1• Stul•1 Gudner, Crliltnoloat1t Dr. MMpe Ii 311,Jder,~Prlftte Deteotlwe RaJlllllld Soldadlu ud lllp11De Publ11her llalTJ Steepr. 'l'MJ decided that there waa IOll8 doubt about the -~ correctna1a ot th• death - 1entence 1D Obio - perauaded ,-;.,,. the CloYemor to 1ta7 the exec11t1on at the la1t ■1.mate. '1'be Go•ernor n1• be acted tor what be calla - b11 own "peace ot ■1ncl. n Thia baa aroused prote1ta troa Ohio J11dpa, proaecutora, parole board -bera - who state there ia no doubt that the prisoner 11 guilty or the 1a1rder or r Cl e •eland UPRIIVI - 2 arocer durin& a robNr,. So t0da7, Go••mor Lauache ,., Ollld tbl "Court ot Laat Reaort" to appear before tbe State Pudcm and Patrol Board and ■bow wbat evidence ttiaJ 11111 ba•• to iridloate tbat the pr1■0lllr ■llbt be innocent. Allot whS:ob 11 a peculiar twtat, a1 the CIOYeraor bmiellt ezplalnl. "!here la an 1.ntere■tlill q11e1t1on bare," aq1 be, "u to w11a, extent a 1elt oonatltlltecl poap, ottertaa to inaaN the adldntatrattcn ot J111t1ce, ■bould 111utttgte ttaelt tor thtlt dul.J recopized illid caaatltated &lltbor1:t1••·" cnm ACfflBSS In Hollywood today, the police ~ . frantic ■earob - tn • kidnap ■care. The child tlla actre11 1 Lora Lee Niebel. vant1bed troa her hOlle - and the tear ••• that abductor■ had carried an, the nine r••r old ■tar, holdtq her tor ranaoa. But today abe wa1 tound at near~, liarNlill, kl tbe hOlle ot • ■1rd : 1ter. She aaid 1he ran an, - becauae lbt wu buqrt. J <r-.~ -~~11::a!.b:iiir~Uk, &l•INI ancl 1la11e1 ot ■ilk. !h11 11 tm late1t 1n the irrl trouble• NYOlY1nl al'Olllli Lora r.ee, wlao eama a mmdri(I dollar■ a daJ 1n the ■o.te1 • ~up battle• between her ■other and her to1ter ■other, wbo hal char1• other. '!'hi acc11ntlon n1 tbat the ■-11 aotre11 wa1 kept tumpy, ataned - 10 tblt ahe wo11ld reaaib ■-11 enou,h to play 1n ptct11N1 1n 1iltant1le role■ • . Laat night, ~ Boll,-ood taxi driver ■potted tbe nine 1••r ol:d cirl on sunaet Boulevard - baretooted, •••rlnl paJaaaa, and cl~ytng. Th• driver picked her up - and, 1il tur1, abe told hill ahe had to get away. "I've loat ten pounda 1n the CIIU> lC'l'RISS - 2 1a1t aonth," abe 1a1:d - and a■ked tbl tuian to take her to the bG111t ot the Reverend Alf.Nd Sund1trua, the tatber ot •e ot blr pla,aatea. 80 tllllt, toctv, ... tb• 1ol11t1on ot llllat looked lla a lcldalp -,ater,, t t . ~ t ttla •tar •&Jiril: 11 1 m'Hr. want ,.,,_ to be a tbe 110V1•• aptn." It would be a reat thing for medical science and suffering humanity -- to h a ve a sure cure for an agonizi• malady demonstrated in the moat stately circumstance and under august auspices. And that opportunity came during the present va c ation cruise of Presi ent Tru■an -- who right now is voyaging in Southern water aboard the 7acht l i l l i a 11sburg.'7fihen they started out, they hoped tQr £air weather and calm seas -- the ocean like a mirror. But they ran into storm, winds and high-running •••es, the presidential yacht rollin g and plunging. ei, That was where Brigadier Gener al le llace Graham came in, the White House physician. H*alaught along some pills -- to cure seasickness. So there you see the llllgnificent opportunity. fror long ages mankind has endured the ony o f the malady of green-around-the gills. ~Jwouldn't it be w o nde r ful if, onc e end for I' the final cure for s a ~ ickne ss w e re to be emonstr ted on so st tely voyage? The atient -- the President ot the United States. So what ha•e we to re ort tonight? When the weather grew rough, the lhite House physician passed around the pills -- which were duly swallowed. P:,~,1!:. ;~~lly everybody aboard the presidential " yacht grew greener and greener around the gills -- and toot 1,o t · eir cab ins. ~ The President today a, teell ~ a bit better -- and able to swallow a bit of breakfa1t. was b ecauae the s a had become calmer. "'- ampion patient is Gene?al Vaughn, that fa■ oua lhite House aide w 10 ha& been ~n various co~ic scrapes. "-L He is described in one word -- •prostrate.• ~ ~ Lf9" l\&...1M. I~,-. ~ ~ - ~ ~ ( ' So tonight, unfortqnately, I cannot report that • J the pills worked -- end i■ kept President T~•uman and \ \his arty from ettin s asick.