A t Lake u cce ss today, the British propo sed a sto - a dministration f r Palest ine. British Delega te rthur C r ee ch-Jon es a pealed to the U.N. Political Committee to shelve the p ro posals for p artition and trusteeship. Instead, create what the Britisher c a lled ' a nautral authority", to insure a central administration when the British pull out on May Fifteenth. Creech-Jones went on to say tha¾t•s too late now - too late to set up a trusteeship, and impossible to go back to the original United Nations plan for partition or the Holy Land. He added, something must be done. Eleven days remain before the British leave the Roly Land. And the London Colonial Office says the evacuation will be carried out. They do not intend to change their minds! The British proposal at Lake Success was made Juat after the International Red Cross offe1 : ed to step in and try to arrange a truce 1n Jerusalem. The International Red Cross proposing to take over the Holy City, in the emergency. To be PALESTINE - 2 responsible for food, w a ter and operation of hospitals. But only if the ArRbs and Jews agree to stop fighting. At the time the Red Cross proposition was first put before the U.N., there was no word from either side as to whether they would agree to the Holy City being handed over even to the Red Cross. Meanwhile, news from Palestine of British pouring 1n reinforcements - by sea and by air - two•• thousand troops landing 1n the last forty-eight hours. Coming from Malta, Italian Horth Atrica, Cyprus, and Suez. The situation is now under control, say the British. THey have enough men to enforce peace 1n Jerusalem and elsewhere. Immediately, the Tommies arrived in Jerusalem, the twelve members of the Arab High Conanittee headed for neighboring Arab states, leaying behind only a few minor officials to talk with the British. •■nsalaDc t1•lstJ ltioll&JJCQJQJJX&11~•~~M«d'; an:A1Jc}C)l'x ia~kient•xx --0--- NIGHT · SHOW May J, 1948. This afternoon in Jerusalem, American, French nd Belgium Consuls announc e d they are leaving for Amman, in Transjordania toaorrow morning to confer with Iing Abdullah. A consular commission seeking the Arab monarch's views on a truce for the Holy City. The news wire toAight reports that the Bol7 City bas been ~uiet all day; only an occasional ■inor incidenta~ritiab Marine Co■■andoea, A ~~~ tank regiment, su:wd ~ t o keep the peace. /" P ~ TINE - 3 The 'jew s a re said to be angry at the British, for what they term "a new inv a sion" of their country. The British reply that the Ir g un attack on Jaffa forced them to send 1h 0 new tr c s. Eith er this or allow the armies from the neighboring Arab states to undertake a full scale invasion. The Arabs, on the other hand, apparently welcome the British action. A Ciro paper, "Al Abram", publishing a story to the effect that Britain has come to an agreement with Abdullah of Trans-Jordania. The British to protect Jerusale■, Nazareth and Bethlehem, 1n return for which Abdullah will not invade the Holy Land until the British mandate ends, 1n eleven mo1edays. The newspaper quotes Abdullah as saying:-, "Every victorious war ends in an · armistice. If the Jews want peace, we want it, and we want to give the Jews their own administration anywhere in Palestine where they are in absolute majority." The ca1ro newspaper also quotes Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia, as saying that he too will fight for alestine until - P ALESTINE - 4 it is established as an Arab stat e . All of which leads some to believe that the Arab nations are holding off until the British evacuate: then laui1ch an invasion. Which lends urgency to the suggestion made at Lake Success today, that a neutral authority be given the task of keeping the peace. The problem being, where to find anyone to take over such a thankles;, dangerous task. Eleven days more! ., POPE -- In Rom e today, the Pope as~ Catholics the A world over to pray for peace in Palestine - - peace in Bethlehem where the Prince of peace was born. And peace in Jerusalem and Nazareth where he dwelled or sojourned .. "If there ls one region in the world which should be dear to all," sai~ the Pope in a special enc1cli~al, •it should be Palestine. froa where the Light of Truth came to all huaanit1.• Be goes on to urge ever7one, everywhere, to pra7 for peace in the 8017 Land. (Gen e r al Ike is no offici al ly a " m ilit a ry eld r s tatesman." Pre s id e nt of All Tod a y h e bec am e P~e s ident Eisenhower, Columbia Oniversity) this came up to d ay when Chairm a n Andrews of the Bouse Armed Services Co m mittee challenged the Gene . "' al' s right to have Army pebple now working with hi■ The Congressman also anted to kn~• about that matter of fifteen thousand dollars a year re~ireaent pay a Five- Star-General gets from Oncle Sam. What's it all about? Well, the Army baa assigned Military Elder Statesman Eisenhower three of its personnel, a major as an aide, a Wac warrant officer as a · secretary, and a master sergeant as a chauffeur. All to help the General in private life, and no time limit placed on their services. Congressman alter Andrews, Chairman of the Armed Services Committee objects! General Pershing, sa~ he, is the only living soldier entitled to be served by military personnel, in retirement. For Gene al Pershing'1 aides were authorized by Congr e ssional action •.•.. EISENBO ER - 2 ---·--~--- Furthermore, insists A ndre w s, Pe r shing is the onl7 man to hold the rank of General-of-the-Armies. General Eisenhower being only a Five-Star General. To which the Army replies that General Eisenhower needs some help in order to continue to serve the nation as a •military elder statesman.• For instance, the · mail of a retired General is heavy, bags of letters every day, both official and semi-official in nature. Then, too, the General has to be on tap, at all ti ■••• to advise Oncle Sa ■ 's Army on any problea. So, how caa General Eisenhower direct a great Oniversit7 and answer War Department queries at the same time -- without ao ■e help? Who even to put stamps on all the letters he has to write in answering his heavy mail? Chairman Andrews, apparently, wants the General to do it all himself -- or hire a good secretary and pay her salary out of his own pocket. Looking further into this, we find that in Nineteen Forty-five, Pre s ident Truman sent a letter to *I IIJ!BOWER -_J_ the Army to the effect that Elder ilitary State ■■ en would need office help in private life. All Five-Star Generals to be asked how many they wanted. That was the presidential edict. So General Eisenhower suggested a modest atatt of three, a ailitary expert, a secretary and a cbaatt1a~ Illegal! charges Chairman Andrews. llder Military Statesmen should get along on their retire ■ent pay! Well, it sounds like an exceedingly saall t1 ■p11\ in a small teapot. In New York this evening 1 new s men asked General Eisenhower if he had any ambition to be president. Bad he changed his mind since be wrote that letter last Januar7 saying he had no desire at all for the preaideno General Ike, we ring a .new civilian suit• and a broad grin, shook bis head. •I slaved over that letter• he said. · •1 wanted to make it accurately reflect •1 opinion -- and that still goes•. Someone asked hia whether he would allow hi■aelf to be · drafted if President Tru■ an withdrew in bis ta•••• •10•, said the General, •1 cannot see that the act of any individual will change ay convictions•. lhen the newa■en suggested there aigbt be a ■ ass ■ oveaent to -tu l'\A,W-IA•4'+e.&.•&-fVl.-,Jl'•~ draft hi■ for the presidenc1, "La"8~,somewhat sharply, •~ou can drive this thing to the real■ s of fantasy if you .want to keep on this way, but I have already stated ay position•. ~ On the chances of our being nearA•~war, our u~srn~l!!Al._1!~-1~llR~-~~!!.!!b~~!tl .: 2_ . . . . •Elder Military Statesaan" said be didn't think that an ' ~ country -- ~~~ Russia_, aa.-ants war, but. ~o■e stupid act ■igbt cause a conflict. And be added with aolean eaphaais1 •tr any American boy steps on a battlefield again, I shall feel defeated•. President Truman today nominated Boward Bruce, a Baltimore banker to be Ueputy Director of the European ecovery Program. A Seventeen-thousand, five-hundred-dollar-a-year job. On hearing of his noaination, the Baltiaorean said be would . resign as Uirector of United Statea Lin••• Aleo drop out of all corporation• with whioh h•'• oonneoted. Give all bis ti ■ e, sixteen hour• a da7., to European recovery. .§lmlAlillE, The Navy has been - holding•••• secret war ■ anoeuvers off Vallejo, California, with secret subaarines. Three of our fastest undersea craft launching rockets and V-two boab1 fro ■ their deck•. lgainat battleahip1 and shore eaplaceaenta. ~~ lo word,!rom the lavy on the r.e1ults of the boabardaent of the rockets launched fro■ aab■ arine ■ ; /'the words •tiighly effective.• And what elae did the · lavy learn fro■ th•• ••l ■whe tea ta f- - -0.ree fast aubaarinea a g ain1t a w-#h~dl-- twenty-fi•e abip fleetxcruiaera, carriera, and deatro7er1? The 1ubaarine1 ran rings around the 1arf••• craft. So aucb progress aade by our auba, aaya a navy apotes ■ an, that the advantage of attack ia now •all with the underwater craft•. lhi~~•ana to think up new and better anti-sub~ic••• . A we haYe §OVIET LOAI The rulers in the Kremlin are asking the peopla of Russia for four billion dollars. To speed reconstruction. Part of a postwar fiYe-7ear-plan; aa4 the third loan since the war. So announced in a SoYiet publication with an appropriate title: •The A1itator•1 loteboot.• Red workers to give up three or tour weeta• pay to put oyer thia loan. E•er7bod7 to sub1crlb1. •lot a 1in1le oiler ■uat atan4 a1id1 fro ■ thl• iaper\ bualn••••• la the way' the editor of •The lattator•• loteboot• pat• i~. lo foreigners allowed to contribute. ix Only Russian aone7 accepted. Pravda today tol~ Russian faraera their apria1 planting is lagging, in southeastern Russia and in Siberia; urging thea to speed up. O•er here, faraera · are free to bla■ e a late spring for not getting thelt plowing done; but Moscow won't accept any such excuses. Ro delays permitted.t:= anywhere, sa7s the Bed paper. SOVIE! LOAI - 2 If some areas of the Soviet are alread7 plowed and aeeded, no reason why others should be waiting for the frost to let up. Don't wait for tbe spring, Coarade! Get busy, with . that plow, Iyanl If you haven't got gasoline for - your tractor, u•• hor•••· If you haven, got lrora•s, use 1our wo■eatolk. · That'• the old iltl6 way -- let the woaen pull tbe • !URIADO A tornado struck northeastern texas thia afternoon. Ripping a twelYe-mile path. At the towa ot Uclinne7 it toppled a grade 1chool and a textile ■ ill and then headed for the cit1 hoepital -- which lt cleared airaculoual7. The only damage at•• brotea windowa. Daaaa• ln tbe to•• lt1elt ••tiaated at t•• ■ 1111on dollars. Telephone llnea down, no ll1ht, ao power. In laablngton ioaigbt the Red Cro11 repo•\• •• •••1 •• tweat7 peraoaa kille4, three baadred 1•~••• ~peoial ra41o unlta troa Dallas ti••• been aent to tbe atrlcten town to asaiat in the reacue wort. tttchena are feedlnl the hoael•••• Th• ne•• toniaht la that Molinn17 le a olt7 el deaolation. The downtown section a aha■blea; with littered streets haapering the mo•taent of reacue worker•. lo full details regarding daaa1e or caaual\iea yet. The Red ~ross answered . a call for blood plaaaa b7 flying it in fro• rort lorth, and rushing national T .. ; . -- -- - diaaster workers from all parts of Texas and Oklahoaa. troa iclinney the twister roared on to Princeton, twelYe miles to the eaat where it flattene4 halt the town. lo oaaaaltiea reported there 10 far. Late word fro ■ Molinne7: aoat of tbe ' 4ea4 an4 laJared were in a grade school, where ola•••• •••• la pro1r••• when the atora atraok -- with Do tla• an7oae to aet oat. Jl!ll.BQA~ . . ... ~ The prospect of a rail strike_,6:1 !fil&■f t liili►t,, Govern■ent Mediator Frank Douglass bas been at work all daJ, but he says •both sides are as tar apart as ever, the ■ediation getting nowhere. le have propoeed ••••1- thing in the book late this evening, but neither aide~•• de•iated fro■ the position they held when the1 eaae ben. Be added that he will ■ake one final effort to■o•••• -- putting in a full day on tbe Job. If there 1• •• oo■pro■i•• att•r that final eftort, tbe 1••erueat ••4iator ••1• be •ill have to give up. So,a nationwide strike of one-hua4recl-aa4-tlft tho•aand railroad••• on la1 eleventh looaa ••areal poaaibilit7 tonight -- unless the lbite Bo••• •t•p• la. Eight day• re■ ain. Only eight. Ilf'IRO. TO GUY HECKBR Let's take time out from the newa for a minute, and go back to an old atory - a tunny one or aome yeara ago. I'• broadcasting tonight before a banquet ot the Aller1oan Transit Aaaociation, at Hotel Rew Yorker. At the table■ are repreaentativea or c011panies that operate aubl,Q1, elnated railn,a, trolle7 cara and buaea, both 1i'l the United 8tale1 and Canada. The theme tonight 1a - aatet7. 1 1 ■ here, beoauae thla new■ prolNJI baa often t•tved nawa lteu to illustrate the •naoe ot aooldent1. Aleo - I 1Ye 3u1t been worldni on a tll■ iiiade bJ the latllllll !Naait Aaaoclatlon. It•a a ■otian picture about •t•tr • the hlpn7a, called - "DrlYen to 1111." Today, I looked baok through atorlea we•ve bad on tllia pro~, bunting tor an anecdote about reokleaa driYi.111 to relate to theae aaae■bled aatet, experts. You gentlean here are engaged in a cruaade·tor careful driving. So here•• an it• ot newa we had on thia prograa aome while ago. Let ae relate it aa - the horrible example. INTRO. TO OUY HECKER - 2 At Kalamazoo, Mtchigan, a freight train waa Nllftlng along at a raat clip. The engineer looking out of hla oab window could hardly believe hia eyea. Down the traok be - an autoaob1le - no, not croaatng with danproua raalmae1. 'l'hl auto was 1tanding right on the track. That, 1ou•11 adld,, waa no place to park 1our oar. '1'he engineer J• ad on the airbrake1. There•• a acreeohlnl and a lurchlrig •• the panderou..- tre1pt tram oni, a tew feet trca the parked auto. '1'he ..,_er .t■r-1 •• ot Illa cab, daahed to the car and Janked open the door. The aan 1nalcle woke up. "fl'lankl," he 1ald ■lNplq, "I waa Juat lw.vtng a nap.• VheNUl)Ol'.l he yawned, atarW Illa oar uid drOYe ott, leav.1.ng the aatolaiahed loc011ot1ve engineer standing there and muttering - "What a cook-eJed place to take a napJ" That waa an e.xtreae eXB11ple or the sort ot thing against which you, gentl9119n, are contending. , t now, let•• IB'l'RO • . TO GUY HBBKER - 3 have a word from CJuy Hecker, executive head or the Ailerioan Transit Asaociation. ----- OUY HBCDR: I want to thank Lowell Th011&1 tor the help " be has 1iven 10 often to aatety caapa1gna throuabOUt tile nation. And I want to g1•• hlil a apeolal Allerican 'lNna11 aatet, - r d Mdalllon, bearing the tollOWing 1Jilorlpt1•a • 4 ' ' ' • • • "Presented to LOlfell ftt011a1 who, b7 aollal •• narrator 1n the tilil •Driven to 1111 1 , baa Mde a real oontr1biat1on to the oauae ot street and h1ghlraJ aatet,.• llre'• the 118dallion, Lowell - and oonsratulitlana. ---- Thanks - to you au, Becker and to the JMrloan Tranllit baociation • .And now let•• 10 on to an elephant -- although preauu.bly you gentl•en ot the Allerloan 'l'ranlit Asaoclation do not uae elephants ln your bu1inea1. Still, tbl■ next it• ot news has to do with 11te-aav1.ng. Today at McKeesport, Pennsylvania, a nine-year-old lll'l'RO • TO CJUY HECKER If. happened at the circus, where the lad, Robert Yednak, • • taecinated by the ponderous pachyderms - as what n1ne-,ear · -014 ian•t? He Yentured too near, and a long curving trunk reaobei out and encircled h1Jfl. The elephant lifted the boJ into the air, • 1 - d hill to the iz'ound, and rai■ed one ponderoua rorele1 - to cru1h liijl. 'ftle haro or re1011e todaJ waa an elephant-v.1n1r, wbo let out. lhout. In the nioll: or tille he yellN. GI JIii • . the order that•e g1Yen to elephants when theJ are told to •treeze", hold the aue poaltion. '1'he elephant about to 0111 the boJ waa well tralned - and froze. The great antal atood with one uplifted toot, while the trainer daahed 1n and anatohed the boJ away. 'rhe aoral or which would aee11 to be to the danger or l'eckleea driving on the highway, there 11 alN the peril or boy1 tooling around with circus elephants. l •