L. T. - P&G. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1952. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY: Here's another Cabinet appointment - Ezra T.Benson, Secretary of Agriculture. So announced at Eisenhower headquarters today. And there are points of especial interest. In the name, Ezra T. Benson, the middle initial "T" stands for - Taft. Ezra Taft Benson. He's a distant relation of the Ohio Senator, going about six generations back. Also he was a Taft supporter. Tonight, Sen tor Taft said that this is the only one of his recommendations for posts in the Cabinet - that has been followed. He suggested Benson. (The name of Ezra T. Benson will be unfamialiar to most - but not in Utah. The coming Secretary of Agricultur 1s one of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Latter Day Saints. He's the first Mormon ever to be named to a Pre&idential Cabinet) although many have been high in the government_ Reed Smoot, Rueben J.Clark, and others. He has long been associated with fann oooperattves. When he wa named a member of the Gov e rnin g Bo a rd o f the Mormon Churc h , he w a s E xecutive Secr e t r r y of t h e N a ti o nal Co u nci l o f Farmers' Coo p eratives. Eary this ye a r, h e was elected Chairman of the Bo a rd of Trustees o f t e American Institute of Cooper a tion - a farm organi z ation. This a p p o intment leaves only three remaining Cabinet p osts to be filled - Secr e tary of Labor, Secretary of Commerce, and Postmaster General. The . names for these are like l y to come along soon - the President-elect assembling his Cabinet romptly. There~ another appointment today - though not to the Cabinet. Governor Sherman Adams of lew Hampshire to be - Assistant to the President. Thia is a post cre a ted by President Truaan - to ease the chief executive of some of his heavy burdens. The Tru■an presidential assistant has been Dr. John Steelman, s p ecia l izing i n the field of labor relations. Actua l ly, the duti e s inv o lved a re fairly indefinite. Sherman Ada m s was the Eisenho w er c a m a ign chief-of-staff - and tr a veled with the Gener a on those long drawn out whistle stop tours. So now he will carry o n in much the same way, as chief adviser to the new President. ( The General had a conference, today, with the Vice-President-elect. Senator Nixon told him - he'd like to take over some •administrative duties• in addition to the Vice-President's regular job of presiding over the Senate. General Eisenhower did not aake any commit ■ ent on that plan, says lixon, but said he wanted the Vice-President to take an active part in putting through the legislative prDgraa of the new ad■inistration) EISENHOWER r e sid e nt- elect Eis e nho we r went t o t h e U nit e d N a tio n s Ju s t a social visit. to day - th o u h no t on f f a irs . of st a te',\ llacxlublttXfll( • ~afuenoex ~• x1nbenmttonaax11a■akDWAx x ~ m a 11«1abc t t - oj;illlnt.»ixlc~•~JdnexVxl .. a,:iijig,xiaixk()(Gtf:lx■eclecrrl sinlilm:lellX■l:lllltlBdx·H~:IXl&1111<:m~:-axncdmm:■■ .. aMXIJtl'M,Qfl~~IX]Jy' ltMX~~alfMst ~x ~~~~ ,,. p,ltikoax ft1n ~ x snpcbex ,..x t&peue.tx•ba >U:iax1111.'1Bbsl In the spertacular meeting hall of the General Assembly, the walls are cov e red w it h pictur e s - and it's modern art. The y tell an ns p irtng story - but in a modern way. The General gazed with ey e s of am az m e nt - a n d pe r leiity. HP st · red a t one series of u ltr a -mod e rn mu r l s , a n d asked: "Tell me, wh i ch 1s the front end?' e ll, th a t 1 s mod e rn art. om e times you c n't t ~ ll r ig ht from l e ft, o r to f rom bottom. u .If. - In the U.N., Soviet Russi a rejects that Indian compromise - turns it down flat) This evening, Vishinslcy bl sted the proposal for a way out of the truce deadlock in Korea. nd - took a surprisingly hostile attitude toward India~ has b the Indian c tryi take a iddle p ~ o n - tH ught. Bu Vishins~y romise ~a a decep on again al~ . Which turns things upside down at the U.N. The U.S. delegation objected to the proposal - which had the support of ' Britain and the British Commonwealth. Over the weekend, the disagreement brought a sharp split between Britain and the United ( that States 8erltez i.11 the de:,, 4'he naport=" w&s f\"f.everi-8~ of'fopts were ~ ~ems lllllde ~e br!:ng aboat -12 tlrttlsh•~irerle&ft ag1 ee,nonlt - llhe .JIA&lan eompromiee) But no - Soviet Russia kicke the whole thing out of the indow, with a heavy foot. 'hich would seem to put an end to India's effort ■rf for a truce in Korea. JAPAN - A l a te Bulletin - just in from Tokyo, states that an American Air Force Sergeant has been charged with plotting to sell military secrets to the enemy. Still another Sergeant 1 8 implicated, and has been arrested. No details. An Air Force bulletin. That's all so far. INDO-CHINA In Fr nch Indo-China, th ey a re saying - another v rdun. Today, the Communist army began t he slege of_ Na-san. one hundred and seventeen mil e s vest of the capital city of Hanoi, Na-san is an a ncient stronghold - history going back for centuries. Now a fortified area - with all the armam~nt of modem war - including a vital airstrip. The R e ds, hav~ surged acrOse the Black River, must capture Na-San - if theyf to drive on Hanoi. Troops, munitions . n d a rmament are being flown into Na-san, and the French are vowing - they shall not pass! - gzECBQ§~Q!~K!A That fantastic trial in Czechoslovakia brought forward an American citizen today - according to R~d radio reports of the weird proceedings. Oscar Langer, a native of Slovakia, who oame to the United States aid was naturalized - then, after the Seoond World War, ' went back to his homeland and became an official of the Slovak Coaaunist Part7. Bis testimony today repeated that keynote which do ■ inates the purge of the satellite country. Langer declared that, in Slovakia, be aet a Dr. Winteratein, head of the Czech Zionist organization. The Zionist put bi ■ in touch with Slansky, then the Secretary General of the Czeoh Co ■■unlat Party - now on trial aa a traitor. Slansky is accused of having played a part in Jewish conspiracy against the Red govern■ent. So the gist of today's testimony by the alleged Aaerican citizen was that be joined in the Zionist plot. DIYA At Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa - a grim trial began today. The chief defendant - Jomo Kenya ta, called "the Burning Spear." Charged - with directing the murderous campaign of the Mau-Mau terrorists. The Burning pear, educated in England, is the head of a political organization called the : 'African Union, 11 with one hundred thousand members. One offshoot of which, say the British, is the murderous Mau-Mau. The trial begins against a sinister background of new violence - a clash in which twenty natives were killed. Members ot the Kikuyu tribe, stronghold ot the Mau-Mau, gathered for a meeting at a jungle village. A party of African police, wtth British officers, tried to break it up. The tribesmen answered with a barbaric chant, which grew louder and wilder - and the frenzied mob advanced against the police. •Jho, to intimidate them, fired at the ground. But, chanting their barbaric song, the tribesmen came on, until the policemen to save themselves, fired into the crowd. Scores of Prisoners' were rounded up - in the Jungle village. PRISS CENTER - We have an announcement of a project_ that is much needed. A Press Center - in New York. Hard to believe, but this great focus ot' world news has no place where journa11sts can foregather and exchange ideas. San Franciscij~ngton may f ! 1 . . . J ~ L ~ f > ~ - ~ ,, have "tt;1r famous press cl6bsA. New York may ha e aeeting p.lace~ tor engineers, insurance people, and what-not. But - no press center. The new proJect 1s being launched by the Overseas Preas Club - as a memorial for correspondents who lost their lives 1n the Second World t•'ar, a long list. In world W r Tiro, the casualties among news reporters were greater than in any ~~~~-~~ ..,.,_ a farger percentage killed. The aemortal to them takes A .. a form they would applaud - a living creation tor the advancemen or Journalism. Here •s one angle that comes to mind! - In our presidential election, coreespondents of British newspapers went all out_ in predicting the election of Governor Stevenson. So the London papers virtually had Stevenson 1n the 1 · 'hite H o use. ~S CENT E R - 2 - Their correspondents adopted the anti- E isenhower argument_ a.-.....,R . A - . ~ ... ~ ---,. surrender to Taft, McCarthyism, isolationis~ Which caused British papers to take an alarming view of that Eisenhower landslide. It left them - astonished and dismayed. 'hich didn't help British-American relations. Now, I suspect the British journalists over here would not have been so badly off base - if they had associated more with American reporters. Suppose, at a press center, they had exchanged views with newsmen from all over the country. Mighty tew or these would have gone out on a limb - the way the British journalists did. 'hich points up the value of a New York Press Center. BISS - he F d ral Parol e o ard deni e s the plea of A lger Hiss. hich means, r ppa r tly, that Hiss wi ll have to serve the rem ai nd er of his p ri son t erm. Th former State Depa r tment offic1aI. convicted of perjury when he denied Rd espionage, was given - five years. Of this, h e has no w served n ea rly two y ea rs - twenty months. And - w a s dtgta■l eligible for a parole. In the federal penitentiary at Lewisburg, Pennsylvani a , H i ss has been working - as a prison clerk. Hts conduct has been excellent, and h~ is described as - a 'model prisoner. 11 - is app,arfor role c / " ,.. Washtl}iton, t Chairman r. Geor Mis Pl"'eee~ St,e?e~J In today •s decision, the Chairman merely s ta tes that the denial is bas ed , on what he calls - ,, 1 d " careful co n siderat ion of th e officia r eco r • Subetitute f~A!I A dispatch froa Alaaka 1tate1 that the wreck of an airplane baa been •ighted - belieYed to be the Cone twenty four Globe Ma1ter, which diaappeared with fifty-two 1ervice aea aboard. A aearch plane sighted the wreck•&• near Cape Cleare, the •• ■ tern tip of lontague Ialand in the Gulf of Ala1ka. It ■ ay be another Air Force tranaport ■ iaaing for ten da71 - that•• a po11ibilit7. Toni&ht, Coast Guard Cutter• are · beatin& their ••1 throuah 1tora7 aeaa - to inYeatiaate at Cape Cleare. At Wilson, New Yor k , the Exley Methodist Church has a fund of more than Six Thousand Dollars_ to pay off a debt on the church bui l ding. That's the report on a novel plan of money-raising dlvised by the Pastor, the Reverend Walter Ii~gsley. Months ago, the church had nine hundred dollars in the till - only a fraction of the debt. So the pastor distributed the cash among the parishioners - ten dollars each. Asking each - to invest the aoney, and brin g back the profit, if any. Yesterday was the day - and, at Sunday Service, a financial reckoning w a s held. Sbowin1 - a profit of more than five thousand dollars on the original nine hundred. Some of the parishioners bad invested in seed_ planting this, turning over to the Church the p roceeds of the harvest. The Reverend Kingsley, himself, did that. Mrs. Glenn Stimson laid out her ten dollars in materials for •ing. She made ninety-nine ,prons, among other things, for a p rofit of one hundred and eighty-one dollars and fifty cents. 1I · he Principal of the Loai High School, Ernest Tarr, advertised lily bulbs in a magazine - was flooded with orders, and made one hundred and fifty dollars. Some of the parishioners did so well with projects for the church - they plan to continue the ■ as p ersonal sidelines of their own. The Exley Methodist Church, meanwhile, is paying off the debt. Here's the to p s - in deer-hunting stories. Could be a bleak tragedy, nimrods shooting each other simultaneously - father and son. But they are both gettin g well - which makes it an absurd classic of the Northern Woods. Deer-hunting season has opened in Wisconsin, and out went Frank Thunder and his son, Gordon Thunder. Looked bad for the twelve point bucks - ~ - 2 ~ . , ? a - P . ~ ~ ~ , that thunder~~ were st~lling through the IPMe all forest at Black River Falls, and ~ere some Jards apart - when a deer made a dash~ right between them. Each Thunder whipped up his gun. and fired. The7 ~ missed the deer, and hit each o~herJ \a.O -'~' The deer just kept _ on g o i n g , A ~ H-Na11aa-=hip, 1-ftic&= •ottld ba•e ena p ~ in---.