GOOD IYIIIIG IVIBYBODY: l late bulletin froa Budapeat 1tate1: •&uoaariao rorti&D lioi1try offlciala and &aerlcao diplo■ ata declare that no news oan be expected tonight on the rel•••• ot the four Aaerioan air■en.• Thia create•• atate of coofaaion, hard to explain. teaterday the Buoaariao Leaation ia - laahinaton anaouooed clearly aad definitely - - that the four flier• would be ••t tree to4a7. Later the Red pr••• attach• at th• Leastion repeated that the U. S. otter to pay th• on• hundred aad twen\7 tbouaand dollar tiae bad been accepted. But now all ta clouded with uncertainty - - about when th• airaen will be releaaed. There 1a eTen aoa• doubt tbat the Coaauniat reji■e 11 acceptin& the pay■eat - - the ■one7 for •biob 1• read7 at th• &aerican ~eaation in Budapeat, waitin& to be collected. leanwhile, Conareaaional ana•r continue• to &11111 - 2 boil. lobody likea to••• hia own country black- ■ailed in such brazen taahion. To4ay Senator Brid&•• ot ••• Baapahire called the Co■■uni1t ranao■ -deaand an •u1l1 blot on the national honor.• Allot which la echoe4 an1ril7 b7 &aerican public opinion. In the exoiteaent o••r the led blackaail, there'• talk of the 1004 014 da71 - when oar • Go••r•- •••t ••••r 71•14•4 to extortion. loal4n't pay - raaaoa, or tribute. Dar• ot Tboaaa Jett,raon • - and Theodor• loo••••lt. •11111oa1 for 4eten1e, but not on• oent tor tr1,ate,• •• the 1lo1an wa1 when•• cruabe4 th• 8ar,ar7 pirat••· Bo••••r, •• do 1oae\ia11 i&nore a f•• taota about the herolo 4a11 of ol4 - a thin& pointed oat b7 Arthur lrook ia the ■•• York Tiaea today. A• tor not pa7ia& tribat• to th• 8ar,ar7 pirate,, the hiator7 ot it 1• thla: Tb• United Stat••• in the earlJ da71, did aubait to extortion b7 th• buccaneer stat•• ot lorth Africa . - - aa did llllll - J the oountrl•• ot lurope. Then, in the tiae of Jeffer1on, tbia11 aot 10 bad that au. s. na•al force ••nt into aotioa •&ainat Tripoli - - aad pat an end to tribute•• had been pa7in1 to that pirate 1tate. But•• ooatiaued to pa7 the othera, like Al&i•r• - and in one caae, had to ranaoa an &aerioan warablp, pa7in1 1lat7 thouaaad 4ollara. The black- aail coatiaaed aatll 181S, wbea Coaaodore Stephen Decatur captured &l1ler1, aa4 pat a flaal ,ad to &aerioaa tribute paid to th• Barbar7 plrat••· I• tb• ca1• of Tbeodor• loo••••lt, an laerlcaa cit1•••• aue4 Per4ioarla, waa kldaapped, and a 1troa1 &aerioan diploaatlc aot• 414 the trick. lo••••r, aa I recall, the ranaoa wa1 aotuall7 paid to th• bandit, Balauli. Bat - - b7 the Sultan of lorocco. I! tbouaht it cheaper to pa7. Th• Sultan aoi 1tuok. &11 of wbiob illuatrat•• tb• ••1 •• tend to &i•• 11aaour to th• paat - • by ianorin& aoa• of the fact3. &11111 - 4 Payin& off pirate, and br1aan41 1• not at all uncoaaoa. for 1ear1 the Britieh in India found it tbe cheapeet war to keep 4owa briaaa4aa• aaoaa th• •114 lahoa4a, laaira aa4 lfridia aloaa the Ia4ia-lf&ban froatier, where I apeat a part of one 7ear. th• aaae. la4 now the 1o•••••••t of Pakiatan do•• Late word fro• Bu4apeat. Th• l•aaariaa rorei1a llaiatr1 baa aake4 th• laerioan Chara• 4'lffairea to oall there fri4aJ aornlq - apparentlJ about tbe flier,, tbouah thi• 1• aot aade clear. &Ulll&~QI Th• lo1cow new1paper1 and radio are i1norln1 th• appolat■ent ot Geora• r. lennan a1 o.s. Aaba11ador t~ lo1cow. Only 7e1terda7 they had been bla1tin1 at lennan, who waa a prl•• arohiteot ot the &aerioan polioy ot obeotiaa led •&1re11ioa. B•t to4aJ, aot a word• after tor■al notice ot leaaan•• app~i ~ t•••t bJ Pr••14eat Tru■an. Th• So•l•t 1o•eraaeat • - aot obJeotl•&· 10100w Rb}l!lli! Clrol••• ho••••r, reoe1••4 the aew1 with 1urprl1e; tb•J ha•l•& been ••r• tbat th• lrealln would ref••• to r101i•• an llll•lo•l•t prota1oal1t a1 IE!lillli •• ••• A■ba11ador lenaan. There ba1 been one 1ll&bt break in th• dead- lock, ••rJ 1li&bt. It oaae when tbe 0.1. ne1otla- tor• hinted that•• ai&bt band o••r the prl1oaer1 •• ba•• in return for the pri1oner1 tbe7 b•••· Tbia, ia apite of tb• hu1• difference ia the fl&•r••• I• bol4iD& o••r one-hundred and tbirt7-two thoaaud. Tbe7 - l••• than •l•••n-tbou1aa4 and alx haa4re4. - 0 - Oath• battlefroat, there••• ao ala• that . th• pa•••&• of the 4ea411a• ■ l&bt •• followed bJ a •••aptioa of lll!I tl1btla1. the leda 414 aake a 1•••• oath• la1t••• rroat, aad eaolrole4 a ••all lt laat report•, a puab ••• oa to reli••• the b•l••&••r•d patrol; 0.1. troop• paahla1 tbrouab 1•••1 ••ow. - 0 - loreaa 1kie1 ••r• clear tor the fir1t ti•• in 4a71. So tb• J•t• ••r• out. There•••• two encouat•••• but little 4a■ aa• ••• 4oae. One li&-15 1bot do•n - - to add to the total of ••l•J jeta de1tro7e4. - 0 - lQIIL=-tlR;I - 2 th• truce t•••• !!~ •&•in at Paa luu Joa toda7 - - an4 iaaored tbe ead ot the thirtJ-daJ period •••i&n•4 for•• ar■i1tioe aar••••nt) Th• deadline••• tor la1t aidaiaht, but th• ••aotiator1 ••nt riabt on, a1 if there had ••••r been an7 deadline. ID tact, there wa1 oal7 on• aentioa of the deadline· - whea the chief deleaate of the led1 blaaed the u. ■• trace tea■ for tb• fail•r• to reaoh an a1r•••••t ia a aontb. Tb• Coaauni1t ••• bitter about it, and laerioaa 14airal LlbbJ 1aappe4 baok Ju1t a1 1barpl7 - - 1a71•& the failure••• beoa••• of led 1tallia1. PekiD& la41o baa J••t broa4oa1t a Coaauaiat threat that th• peace talk• will be broken off lf the u.1. ae1otiator1 ooatiau• to iaaiat tbat no led airfield• aa7 be built or repaired durlna •• araiatice. Tb• Cbin••• Radio accuaed our ••1otla- tori of pr•••1•& •tanta1tic deaan4• for interference ia our Internal Affair1.• Then added,••• are ••11 lQlll-=-1'"1 - 3 aware that 70a are afraid of oar arowin& air power.• leaawhile,the T~uoe Teaa1 baTe Ja1t 1\ar\14 •••tin& aaaia at Paa Ian Joa. llll~ The ateel atrike ia oft. To4a1 the pollc7 aakera of . the union ooaplied wltb Pr••i4ent Traaan•• reqaeat to keep ateel production 1oin1 - - and oaaoelle4 tbe walkout aobe4uled tor••• Year•• da7. Th• atrike ia dela7e4 at leaat until a apeoial anion oon•ention •••t• at Atlantic Cit1 on JaDua17 Third - - to &i•• it• deoiaion. The belief la, bo••••r, that tbe oon••ntion 11 •lrtaallJ oertaia to air•• - • that ~•1 walkout 1ball be pat oft while the 4i•p•t• 11 before the•••• ltabillsatioa Board, the aro•J wbiob will aak• a reooaaea4atlon after• • oar,tal ata47. To4a7•• 4eoia1oa b7 th• pollo7 oouitt•• •••• tbe 1ix-ban4re4 aa4 tlft7-tboa1an4 1t••l worker• to 10 on with - - tall pro4aotloa. IIAIIII ( Harold ~••••n 1• in tbe raoe tor tb• Bepublioan noaination. Thia••• aade foraal to4aJ, when tbe President of tbe Dai•eraitr of Peuai,lYiaaia aet tortb a plattora on which be •ill oaapa11•) Be propoaea •bat he calla - - •a ■odera 1014 1tandara• to~ oarreao7 in the U.S.&. tnco■e tax•• - and the ~a1tin1 ot two-buadre4 tbou1aad &o¥eraaent loafer,. T,bat•1 what Sta••• Be want• tax i1s1aiiu! to !l!!IE!I! corpor.atiODI to 1hr.e profit• witb their e■plo,•••; aad - - a 41,aa■ ic forei1n polior to defeat ooaaaai1■ wiibout a worl4 wart Sta1 ■ en 4ealare1 that he •••k• the GOP no■ inatioL tor Pr••i4eat on hi• own, but la1hin1toa tbinka that, in a po11tbl• ooawentioa 4ea4loci, h• would throw 1upport in ta•or of General liaeahower. Staaaen aak•• it clear that be will not back Senator Taft ot Obio - - wbo ha•• head atart in the quest ~ f tLe noaination. r1rat applau•• tor Barold Staaa•n'• bid for ll&UII - 2 tbe pre1ideao7 co••• troa - Go•erDor larl lar,rea of Califoraia. larreD, •ho 1• ia tbe race biaaelf called St••••••• fiae laerioaa• - aD4 \bea be a44e4: •111 oaa414ao1 will be•• l■por\aa\ tao\or la th• lepablloaa Coa•eatloa.• •••••bile, tb• Ual•erai\J et P••••Jl•••i• baa araate4 St••••• l•••• of ab11ao1, whiob ia to be •ooat1•••4 or teraiaate4 at tb• pl•••••• of th• • 8oar4• aa4 will be 1ii~1ll lll!U• Utll!II Seaator latea lefauYer of'•••••••• ii coaai4eria1 a bid for tbe Deaooratlo ao■iaatloa la 1952. Thia••• 4efiaitel7 dl1olo1ed bJ tbe Beaator fro■'•••••••• at Cubrid1e, laa1aobu1ett1, to4a7. lefau••r told••••••• at lar•ard tbat be••• •appralaia1 tb• altaatloa and woald ■ ate aa aaaoaaoe- ■eat fairl7 earl7 la tbe ••• tear.• l1 be pat lt: •1 a■ aot raaala1, bat I a■ aot raaaia1 awa7 fro■ tb• opportaai\7 of raaalaa.• IQQI In Cbicaao, tbe laerican latrono■ioal Societ7 la holdin1 • •••tin&, where there are to be ■ any aew 411cloaurea about tbe won4era in the 1ty. Th••• beaan toda7 •1th the Ian in tbe loon. Profeaaor Barold Ore7, lo~el prise winner an4 proaineat ia the 4•••lopaeat of tbe atoaic boab, 1a7a 1111 feature• - the Ian lo the loon•• - were oar••4 about a billioa 7ear1 aao • - when fra1■ent1 of an ezpl~de4 plaaet bit tbe aooa. The bla1t1 created 10 aach heat that late, of liqui~ la•• were foraed. Tb•••• now turned 10114, are the dark patch•••~ aee on the aoon, 411tributed in auob taahion •• to loot lite a fann7 caricature of the buaaa face - - the Ian ia tbe loon. They were 1tudied firat by Galileo, the flrat buaao beiaa to look at the 1k7 tbroaab a tele1cope. Be thouaht the dark area• ••r• bo41•• of water; and for tbia rea100 they 1£! atlll callo4 •1ea1•. Bat later indication• ••r• tbat there wa1 no water at all on the aoon - - which left th• dark 1paoe1 a pu11le. IQQI - 2 Th•J ha•• peouliaritl•• wbiob, aocor41a1 t.o Dr. UreJ, can oalJ be explained b7 th• tbeorJ tbat th• aooa waa bit bJ fraaaenta of an explo4e4 planet a billioa 1eara or 10 a10. l&ID Today, briaaa forward aoae new and wonderful pioturea of poaaibl• thin11 to coae. one __ areat aountaina and canyona rialn& out ot the ocean. so declared Dr. lenneth Laadea of tbe UniYeralty of llobi&•n la addre11ln1 tbe laerioan l11ooiation for the l4Yanoeaent of Soience in Philadelphia. Thia ••r~b 11 1brinkin1, ••1• the profe11or. Our cl~ ,A ia becoaiaa 1aaller - - 10 indicated bJ the lateat 1a•••t11ation1. Thia, thiaka Dr. L . adea, ia becau1• tbe interior i• ooollna off - • a liquid core turain& 10114. 11 we all know, when a 1pherical obJect ,tart• to abrink, that caa••• wrinkle,. ln apple dri•• out and 1brink1, th• akin 1et1 crinkly. In th• oa•• of tbia earth, the wrinkle• would be aoantaina in 10•• plao••• obaaa la otbera. Tb• aballow part• of th• ocean would be puabed up, th• deeper part• aiakin& lower. SeotiODI of the ocean floor would ri1e abo•• the water l•••l in th• ahape of aountaina and caa7on1. But don't a•t excited. Doa•t 1•t ready to Ultl - 2 ao 1kiiD& down tho•• n•• aountainal 8ta7 •h•r• 7ou are at S•n Yalle7 or Squaw Yall•J or It. Bood. Th• n•• ao•Dtain rana•• tb• UniTerait7 of llobia•• prof111or talk• about woa't •••r&• froa tb• ••• for a aillion 7ear• or 10. Down in Brazil the ••rry Cbri1taaa 11 ower for laria Coata - - who bad a bri&bt idea tor celebratin& the Yuletide in a bi1 way. laria 1 1 a &irl lo a Brasilian citJ - attracti••• witb a prett7 face and 100d fiaure. Sb• wa1 1bort of aon•J for Cbri1t■ a1, and had tbe brilliant idea - of rafflina beraelf off. Tbi• turned oat to be a flaaaoial auoo•••· laria 1014 obaace1 oa beraelf, and found pleat, of oaatoaer1, tbe raffle brla1i•1 ia ••••••hundred and fiftJ dollar, . - pleat7 of Cbri•t••• aone7 in a 1aall Bra1lllaa town. lat toda7 - retribution arri•ed. In a raffle, 1oaebod7 baa to wla tbe prise and, in tbi1 oaae, a watob■aa at a Bahia tactor7 bad th• luck7 naaber. B• ca•• to collect - - to collect laria. Sb• dida't like bi1 looka, and reJected bia - - 1a7ia1 •12,• wbicb i• li!I in ordiaar7 courtablp, but a,t in a raffle. Tb• diaappointed winner felt he bad been cheated - - and who could bl••• bi■? B• went to - - illll - 2 tb• police and today tbe 8ra1ilian cop1 1rab\1d larla. Tb• re1alt - - a coaproaiat. Tbt nlabt- watohaaa do•• not collect the prise, but be 1•t• all that Maria baa left of tbe 17SO. froa tbt ratflt. 1,11ptat ISOO. and the niabt-watobaaa a•t• tb• reaaiDiD& 12so. Tbt echo would 1eea to be a •ariatioa of an old tbeae; l•l•o• • - laot7 in raffle, ••laot7 ia lo••·