_!!_ B T I T o day' s resignat i n o f Se cr e ta ry o f t he In t e r· o r Krug b r o k e j us t a bout ev er y rece d ent tha t coul d a p ly to u c h a case. U s ually, n o m at t er what the real f eelings may be, there i s an e xchang e of p lite letters and co liments -- the Preadent accepting the re u ignati c n with deep regr e t. But late this ,._. afterno n in Washington, President T~uman did net know about the resignation of the member of his cabinet, until IJ lhite Bouse ecretary Ross handed him a di patch fro ■ a news wire. Moreover, e cretary Krug, a phy s ical giant, a de the anno ncement with juat about the s ■ alleat use of wordst as follows: I am leaving. I have wanted to leaYe for a long ti ■e.• Behind all this are lon time report s , that 'Cap Irag' as he is called, has been u . happy in h i s positi n•with the White H o u c e z ■ ai,z ■ aa reci ro s t ing I that lt at e o f emoti n. We bear that, in r es i d n t ial SUB KRUG - - ------ circle, it w a n c te that th e~ cretary of th e Interior did n o t di play any g eat a nt of en liu "' iasm for the Truman cause in the electi o"' n l3st year which yas true of a number of othe · ,rominent D e m crate. Washington think that [rug's successor will be Oscar Chapman, Under Secretary of the Interior who did come ut anj battle· igorously in that political campaign. STEEL --- -- I t l oo k a s if t he ~ te e l st rik e wi ll b e s ettled t o m o rr o w morning, bor tl y a f t er t n o ' The biggest of the companies, t:R O S Ste e l, today p resented a p en . i o n and in urance offer t o t~ union, handing it to the lawyers representing the steel worker. They ha•e studied it - and the company will p resent the program to union President Philip Murray in the morning. Tonight Murray indicates - that the ffer is okay, and will be acce1ted. Steel follows the "Bethlehem Formula," ~-plaa .J.a-..... hillt... MM.pen s ions of a hundred dollar a month for steel workers, with insurance benefits t the co ~ t of which the steel worker,._ them s elve r will contritute. COAL ---- In the co al controver y, John L. Lewis gave a brusque re p ly today, and got an e ually brusque mes age in return. Summoned to Washington for government spons o red talks with com p any repre J entatives, he sent back a curt notice that he would s how up on Monday. 8- said he had other things to do today. - To wh ich federal mediator Cyrus Ching responded that he would not be available on Monday - he, too, having other things to do. lhich wa followed by a warning that the govern ■ ent wrll take action to prevent a new coal mine strike on November Thirtieth - Lewis having sent the miners back to w o rk until that date. TRUMAN ------ President Truman today sque lched a p ersistent rumor - that the United States intends to increa s e the value of gold. Which would, in effect devalue the dollar. The report has been going around ever ince the British devalued the pound, and other countrie s followed suit by making their own currencies worth less. The story was that then United States would follow the trend - and devalue the dollar by cutting the p rice of gold. ~ ~•• st po s it· e terms ,,.~'";,,~ .Jtt:. -Pl'U. ,,..,,......... it , ~ _ . . pYMt-..QE=--aeJ.asc ~ put o strongly as to say that the dollar will not be devalued this way, as long as he is in the White Bouse. DEMOCRATS -------- In Washington, the Democrat . are cheeriDg thew election result j bu\ a number of the big time politician s in the p arty have rea s on to moan. - They' re going to have a big harmony dinner, put on by Congressman Frank Boykin of Alabama, and the main course was to have been bear steaks. But toda1 down in Alabama, Congressman Bo7kin looked on with a aournful air - while a game warden went into the Congressman's deep freeze, and hauled out a dressed bear. Game killed out of sea on - and, accordin1 to law, the bear steaks go to a local Alabama hospital. This is the clfmax of a story so ad - it's al ■ o · t unbearable. S oae little while ago, the news told how Congressman Bo7kin had invited President Truman to go on a bear hunt in a region of wilderne ■ s the congreaaaan owns in southern Alabama. The President did not accept. lhich was luck7, because the congressman soon had to DEYOCRATS ... 2 ------- explain in a ha ty way that he meant he wa . inviting the President to hoot rabbits ors uirrel s . Because b~ar hunting was out of season. But, nevertheless, a bear got shot on Congressman Boykins property, and found its way into the I deep freeze - read1 to be sent to the har ■ ony dinner ot the Deaocrats in lashington. The explanation is that the I bear was a ■ enace to the countryside, raiding the beehi••• on the Boykin property, and consuming Twelve Hundred Dollars worth of the Boykin honey. o the beekee pl • r couldn't stand it any longer, and opened fire when the bear was raiding the beehives again. Which is a good story, but that Alabama game warden is a bard hearted man. o hospital patients are getting the bear steaks, and the De ■ ocrat will haYe to do with filet aignon. Literally - unbearabl8:i:._ CR A SH ---- - Tonight we have the st ry told by the Bolivian flyer, Eric Rios Bridoux. Relea s ed at the investigation of that worst of air a ccidents, his accounts state s that an engine of his fighter p lane was working badly, and he radioed that he wanted to land at the Washington Airport. He says he received what he understood to be permission to coae in - after another plane had landed. Be looked for the plane, looked up, and saw a plane, thinking it was the one he wa s to follow in. Be heard instructions - clear to the left, repeated again and again. He says he was looking to the left, and never s aw the big airliner until he era . hed into it, pieces flying around hi ■• There are a lot of technic-litie s but a layman might well get the impression that a fi r st repo rt ed - a defective knowledge of I Engli s h wa s one reas o n for the worst . of air crashes. ATOMIC ------ At the United Nations late this aftern o on, oviet delegate Vishinsky talked - atomic. Be said Russia has, what he called - "As many bomb as we need, " no ■ ore and no less. Bis version is that the Soviets are using atomic energy at a great rate for peace-time purpo ,es. "le are changing mountains," he said, •te are irragating deserts, cutting through jungles," and so on. Speaking of atomic control, he mentioned huge and elaborate plant needed to produce the bomb, which is taken as a tip that the Soviets have had to go through as huge a process as we have. BIG THREE ---~ In ari ~ t o night the Foreign ini s ters of the Big Three co · pleted their c c nference. Tonight is co rect -- two-ten Paris time. Secretary o f State Acheson, Briti h Foreign Secretary Bevin and French Foreign Minister Schuman, stuck to it until that late hour, after a eries of talk for fourteen hours today. lhat decisi n did they arrive at? le are told little or nothing. For example, on the questi n of dismanteling German factories -- not a word. contented ~ The Foreign M i n i s t e r s ~ themselves' issuing • a bulletin in the most general term, saying they agreed to promote what they called -- wa progressive integration of the Geraan peoples into the Euro ean community". Also - that the three we tern powers will never again per ■ it any country -- 'to enace the eace and security of it neighbor . BIG THREE - 2 - - - - That r ound much to the A mistice Day but the phraseology could ap p ly to other nations than Germany. CHINA --- La ~ t night we had fr m C hina the s urprising tory of airlines deserting to the C o m m unist official. A ~ tonishing - American aviators going over to the Reds, along with the Companies that em p l o y them. The Chine e airlines u e American pilots largely, and today Forty-Five of these announced that they were going to keep on flying their planes - but o n the Communist ide. Eight of them have already gone - the rest going. A spokesman for the group gives an explanation which the news dispatch fro ■ China puts in the followin1 words: Their lo7alt7 lies with their firms~ - not to ■ention their salaries. ( They saj they have notified the American state departaent, and argue: •There ia nothing illegal about it.• lell, maybe not. But it does aake our comment of yesterday a little ridiculous - that changing sides is an old Chine e custom. Because now we have to amend the news, and say that the airlines have gone over to the Communi - t o fficial s , planes - and American pilot. } - DOR S EY ----- In Richmond, Virginia, a milkman cla im s that band leader Jimmy Dorsey hit him o ver the head with a clarinet - causing a big bump. Why? The milkman says that he didn't do anything, except to go up to Jimmy and ask wa s he a brother o f the trombonist, Tommy Dorsey? Whereupon, wham! Sounds ay s tifying, but the report has long been that the two ausical Dorsey brother s have been on the out for years. Maybe thats why the milkaan has a buap on hie head. QUB ACY ----- We've often heard about p etic ju . tice -- and here's a glittering exam,le, in New y rk, Uacy'r Department store, advertising low price ·· , preache s a doctrine of save your pennie . It's smart to be *•i~ thrifty that' s the slogan. So now what have we? A clerk at Macy's embezzling fifty thousand dollars. But he saved it. He squandered n o t a nickel. Be salted away the stolen fifty th usand with the utaost frugality. So what cou d Macy's do - being the great ex onent of thrift? In a lew York curt today, Hugh Hickey faced the judge. A mild mannered bachelor of fifty- eight, who had worked at Kacy's for twenty-six years. Be was in a positi o n to deal with customer L bringing goods back and demanding a refund. So he wrote o ut fake refund orders, and sent them through the pneumatic tube - and back w uld co m e the m o ney. In that way he SOB MACY - 2 embezzled u p to two hundred and fifty dollars a day. Be saved it all. Store i n vestigators faand that he had eight accounts in saving baDks, and owned fifty i■llaza shares of Macy's stocks, not to mention investaents in other gilt edged ecurities. At first ~ the clerk tried to pretend that he bad squandered the ■ aJey n wo en and horse tracea. Be wanted to hang onto it -- still thrifty. But finally he handed back the fifty thousand to the penny. Today the Judge asked in ama1e ■ent: •Did he not dissipate any ot the fund•?• •■ o• replied th• Assistant District Attorne7 -- who thereup , n recoamended that this p r o digy f e ■be11le ■ent and thrift, be released on parole. lo prosecution. That•. the way Mac1'1 wanted it faithful to their adYertisiug. Be bad practiced what they preached_ it's smart to be thrifty. And as it turned out -- it was. BASEBALL and :rire boss the Br Dod Ph17oso er - ers B1 a.nch There's ta.lk of bringing back the suit-ball - ~ that evokesAmemor1es of long a 1 0. The younger gener a tion ha s never seen a pitcher, with a jawful of slippery elm, put the ball up to his face and give it the saliva.. But now Ford 1rick, President of the National League, proposes a revival of that ancient practice - to improve the pitching. But Branch Rickey does not agree. He thinks the fans like home runs better th n a. pitcher's battle - and he harks b a ck to the history of the spitter. In the old days a pitcher, in addition to slippery elm, might use emery to grind a rough place on the b 11, or even C have a n 11 in a hip ocket to s • , r a th it. " •Why•/, C ys Br nch Rickey, •1 ev n knew a pitcher who h a d a cial metal p l a te m d e or his L BASEBALL .... .. front teeth. He'd brin t he ball do,n in front of his f ce, nd 1 into it - cuttin i roove • thin · th a t b 11 wo uld d /,, o. e c 1 - 1 ms t3l 1, I hou l d think so - - the ball i th fan of metal. ch Rickey also to learn much skill. "When co ching at niversity of good team - but no So I found law students, fellows, never for - but They learned the tter, and were my leadi g pitc ers t ha t But there's still another r ument. ~~e boss of the Dod ers rec a lls with a smile th t, wen the sit-ball was bol1shed in Nineteen Twenty, one reason was that the name didn't Now, that re a lly sound di n1!1 ed , not refined. 1B a r e eon! But "f!!::r..--a•eo. coul d ~ c 11 it the s 11v a b 11 or thee pectoration . LJ,t..f - , b a ll T~Awoul d be aGat r !in , wouldn't 1 t, :elsonT 1\- _ Y"'- ~ ,..,.. ~ ~ -:r,..;r,1 1,IAD Here's tbe latest news - Secretar7 of the Interior [rug has just resigned. This follows a long aeries of reports, that he was unhappJ in hie position, and that President Truaan has not been too well pleased. Bia announceaent toni1ht is terse and brief: •I•• leaTing. I've wanted to leaYe tor a loa1 ti ■ e,• sa1• J. ·,. lrug, aa he quits the poet ot Secretar7 ~-, :..., .,..~ . of the Interior. - , • ln.tA - ~ ~ -..... . -A -- -..a j;) . W'1ll4 , - ~ , -.n..v.- ~ le've often heard about poetic ju s tice - and here's a glittering example. In Bew York, Macy's Depart ■ent Store, adverti s ing low prices, preaches a doctrine of thrift. Save your pennies. It's amart to be thrifty - that's the slogan. So now what have we? A clerk at lacy's eabezzling Fifty Thousand Dollar s . But be 1aved it. Be squandered not a nickel. Be s alted awa7 the stolea Fift7 Thousand with the utaost fru1allt1. So what could lac7'1 do - being the great exponent of thrift? Bere'a the an s wer - and, ae Justice, it certala ia poetic. n In a lew tort court toda7, Bugh Bicte7 faced the Judi• - a aild aaanered bachelor of Fift7-li1ht, wbo bad worked at lacy'a for Twent7-Six 7ear s . Several 7eara 110, the doctor told bia he bad an ailaent that ai1ht cau1e bia to retire soon. lbich aade hia think of accaaulating soaething for that rainy day. He devised a clever s cheme. Be was in a position to deal with customers bringing good s back and deaanding a refund. So he wrote out fake refund orders, sent the ■ through the Pneuaatic tube - and back would co ■e the ■one7. In that wa7 he e ■be1zled up to Two laa4red . and Fitt7 Dollar• a day. Be thou1ht he would aeYer be detected, because lacy'•• that bigge s t of depart ■ ent atorea, handle• a Yolu■ e of sales thst so ■e ti ■•• lit• a Million Dollars a day. So the a ■ ounts tbat he toot would ne•er be noticed. Actuall7, the1 · n•••r were, but the 1tort detectiYes aoticed so ■ethin1 else. Ieepin1 check on e ■plo7e••• the7 obaer•ed that the clerk whose wa1e• were lesa thaa sixt1 dollars a week, had 1i1ht account• in 1aYia11 banta, aa4 owae4 fifty •h•r•• ot lacy's 1toct, aot to ■ention iaYest■enta ia other 1ilt ed&ed 1ecuritie1. S to hi. lit tle trick, and found be had run o tbe7 1ot oa bis daily thefts up to a total of Fifty Thou and Dollar&. The game wa s up - and, at first, the clerk · tried to pretend that he had squandered the money on wo ■en and horse races. He wanted to hang onto it - still thrifty. But the detectives knew better, and finally he handed back the Fifty Thousand to the last peaa7. Be ha4 ••••4 all of it - liYing in a cold water walk-up flat. Bent, Twenty lour Dollars a ■ oath. lo expensiYe clotbea, ao expenaiYe tun. Toda7 the jud1• asked in a ■ a1e ■ en~: •Did he aot disaipate any ot the funds? •■ o,• replied the a aiatant district attorae7 - who thereupon recoa■ended that thi• prodi&J of e ■be11l••• and thrift, be released on parole. That'• the way lac7'• wanted it.( faithf•l to t~eir adeertising! Re had - practiced what theJ preached - it's s■art to be thrift7! lad, a• it iurned out - it was. ffe ~ ~ - SQBIA On e of th e str ng est of l wsuit 1s b 1ng held - uit for Four nd a H lf illio n D oll 3 r in a Communist country. ~ ~ 1 ' • Red Yu osl a vi a . ~•' •~eu• ' During the First orld ar, one of the prominent figures in st a tecraft was the Serbian premier - Pashioh, who figured largely in the creation of what is now Yugoslavia. He was a w9althy owner of mines, silver and lead. After his death, his only son appealed to the Yugoslav courts - claiming that he should h ve inherited e,t4rMN~ He o arged forgery - against his mother and sister. That was Ml 5tae,d'Ml k r n i t , ~ Twenty year• a o. The case went dra g ing · t h rough the courts. • eeiwe 4wlr.-.e 8 lP8'tJ ne4 ~ The Second World · , ar came, the a ff ir till not settled. Com m unism ca m e, the Red dict a tor hi . of lhttl!IHl"I Tito, a nd all t e min e s of Yu osl vi sgJBIA . .. · · 2 or no Com m un! m , t he c e k e t o n oin - a n d the trial be a i n t e c i t 1 in · el r e tod yJ ~ WOT d t:s 1. s lilf, ub 11 shed • about th.,c a se - which mi ht seem little too odd to eo le in a Com1 un1st · nation.