PARLIAMENT In London today the opening of Parliament was staged with the customary British formalities. Much of the pomp and pageant was missing, but in all essentials the new Parliament went into session in the traditional way ~ though London is under the bomb^ The King made an address from the throne, and spoke his confidence of a British victory. Using the customary form of speech of Royalty, he said: r,My peoples and my Allies are united in their resolve to continue the fight against aggressor nations until Freedom is made secure.” And George VI spoke of British- American cooperation:- ’’The relations of my government with that of the United States of America,” said he, ”coula not be more cordial. And I learn, with the utmost satisfaction,” he added, ”of the ever-increasing ammunitions of war which are arriving from that country.” The Kingfs address was followed by a statement from the Prime Minister. referred to the war as having been foi^h^be^en what he call£^- "a fully armed Germany and a A A half-armed or quarter-armed British Empire." "We have not done so badly," he told the House of Commons.* And added, "I look forward with confidence to the time when we ourselves shall be as PARLIAMENT - 2 well-armed as our antagonists.w Botii the Kinr and the Prime Minister denounced the Italian attack on Greece. Churchill called it "pure unmitigated brigandage. The Italian angle was amplified in the House of Lords by Foreign Secretary Viscount Halifax, who said he thought the Italian people were not too happy about the whole thing. 51M5-UG T^e bombing oi Britain continues tonight, but there’s no^ -ii'Jch precise news — iittie indication that the Nazi air force is continuing the terrific violence of the past few days The Berlin report mentions various sections of the industrial Midlands as being blasted, also London. FOLLOW BOl.iBING Last night the bombing of the midlands was concentrated on three cities. The British don't tell us what cities they were, and todays Berlin reports were Aot much more informative — that the Germans mentioiyBirmingham. Last night we had the supposition that the steel center of Sheffield was being bombed. Sheffield is in the Eastern section of the Midlands, and today!s London story states that an East Midlands b industrial center was attacked — bytthe bomers were met with such heavy anti-aircraft fire that they were not able to inflict any large amount of damage. Today's report of the British counter-attack tells how R.A.F. jblanes blasted the big Gorman industrial center of Duisburg. S Warehoused and sMoping devastated, explosions and ires. There A were also R/A.F. attacks on German air fields in French territory^ dramatic _ A 4 blast an airport nearspotted a German bomber -- at low altitude. Apparently the Nazip}.ane had just taken off, and was on it way to bomb Britain. Th* R.A.F. war plane instantly attacked, instant*. A Blenheim bomber speeding to Thopg" one and shot down the bomber bound for Britain. PRISONS TheBritish ^ir Ministry announced today that one of its highest-ranking officers h^s been taken prisoner — in italy. ne is Air Marshal Owen Tudor Boyd, recently named to serv- as Deputy to Air Marshal Sir Arthur Longmore, British Aviation Commander in the Ne^r East* Air Marshal Boyd was flying to Cairo, to take over his new post, he left Gibraltar in a big Wellington bomber, and the plane was forced down in Sicily. Rome c reports that the bomber carrying the Air Marshal was damaged by Italian fighter planes, and was disabled. It burst into flames GU~UZ- when it landed, but the Air Marshal and six companions wttre A Apparently they had set fire to the plane to keep it from falling into enemy hands. London first*reported that Air Marshal Boyd was missing; then later today that he was a prisoner of the Fascists. This bit of news has a companion piece tonight. The scene,ffc a fashionable London club. Bombing or no bombing, the aristocratic Englishman must have his club. Into such a Sadi sedate and xii aloof place sauntereu a figure that drew startled glances. A man most outrageously dressed — dash it all. He had on a plum-colored jacket of the most singular cut and fit. PRISONER - 2 His trousers were still more extraordinary - they and baggy they looked almost like a pair of skirts. And the IT shoes were enormous brogues of a startling yellow. This amazing person walked sajaiy coolly to the bar and ordered a whiskey and soda. *«-nd you can be sure that the glances directed at him were both startled and icy. Even under the bombs ttes fashionable /A West End Club maintains its traditions^ and perfect tailoring is one of them. ' Then the weird person was recognized, and there ertijvnrtL^ was an astonished — "By Jove!" Captain the Earl of Cardigan, heir of the Marquess of ‘Ailesbury, whose seat is at Savernake Forest, Marlborough, Wilts. The last they had heard of Captain the Earl of Cardigan^he was a prisoner of war in Germany. ttEHi^been captured during the retreat to Dunkerque, where the British made their far-famed evacuation, quickly the vr story was toldf— he had escaped. Hefd got out of a German prison camp and had made his way to France. There he had wandered about until finally he had contrived to get across the channel. he was still wearing the clothes he had managed to pick up dur ng his long get-away. Upon arriving in London his first thought had been to ~ clothes. dr^fiTut his il^bliTl^iT^- still clad in those shocking^ PRISONER - 3 So that's the story of Captain the Earl of Cardigan, heir of the Marquess of Ailesbury, whose seat is at Savernake iasS Forest, Marlborough, i Thu Dies Committee today handed out an order for the seizure of records of various organic pro^Nazi, pro-Fascist, pro-Communist, and pro-Japanese^ Records are to be seized in eight American cities. This followed the publication today of Dies Committee evidence revealing wide-spread German propaganda activities in the United States. It shows that the Nazis have cooked up an elaborate scheme for relations between German business and sections of American business after the war is over. It isn’t any too clear from the evidence released just what sort of commercial tie-up they exoected to achieve, but it is some way of gearing part of American business to work along the lines of Nazi economy. One feature in the plan is a big bank, which the Germans plan to establish oveijhere — tans to finance commercial arrangements. Furthermore, the exx evidence tends to show that German diplomatic officials in this- country ^h*lped—dissemin^tj^ kx Nazi propaganda. Some German agents reported that the best way to keep the United States out of the European war was to promote bad relations between the United States and Japan. And there are intimations of espionage - in whole lot of complicated evidence. /y STRIKE at~ The strike o# the Vultee plant is almost settled — the first walk-out to eflect a plant manufacturing armament for national delense. ioday an agreement was reached concerning wages and^ it essentially a wage dispute. The company A agrees to raise the minimum to sixty-two and a half cents an hour. Thatfs a fifty-fifty compromise. The old minimum at the Vultee Plant was fifty cents an hour. The union demanded seventy-five « Only one thing remains guarantee that there shall be no further strike S /A for the period of a year. Xkxi This no-strike proviso is demanded by the company and is also requested, they say, by the Vlar Department^ who has been tiaking part in the negotiations, A crrrtT—tnz pmd- I,U m imTk-UlTLa LABOR rrom t <. ch oi the two Labor Conventions today*s news tells of - a Resolution. In each case the Resolution has to do with charges that have been made against the A.F. of L. and the C.I.O. There has been much accusation of Labor racketeering in of L. Unions — V.'estbrook PeglerJ On the C.I.O. side the charges have concerned Communism. At New Orleans the a . f . of L. convention has before it a Resolution against Labor racketeers. Oust all Union leaders who have been convicted of crimes. This Resolution is sponsored by David Dubinsky, head of the International Ladies Garment Workers It has led to some bitter argument, and today there were a couple of fights. The ^ubinsky Resolution to purge the racketeers provoked the hot disapproval of Joseph lay. Vice President of the International Union of Operating Engineers. Dubinsky and lay were at a table. Words grew loud, and Fay took a punch at Dubinsky. over- There was a fracas and tables wereAturned, before other Labor leaders were able to stop the rumpus. Later on the fight was renewed in the hots*-lobby^where the Convention is being held. This time a couple of Labor men were knocked down. Dubinsky went to his room and later telephoned - asKing police protection LABOR - 2 for his wife and daughter. t Atlantic City today the C.I.O. passed a Resolution denouncing the Communists, Nazis, and Fascists. This is rather notable because it*s the first time the C.I.O. has taken an official stand against the Red elements. < The Rogolution mcntloag. -^-J1 Ihe-^Bic tart or ships ~aiid Totalttarlanrsm-- of Nazism, Communism;^ ^bor and-destructive to our fo-na ^f~Government.i!— This is regarded as a mandate to purge the leadership of the C.I.O. Unions of all Communist elements — a mandate given to be Phillip Murray to be Phillip Murray^ Mur. ay sriia says ne uuesn t want the job. successor to John L. Lewib, but it is believed the convention /A will draft him by acclamation. ROOSEVELT President Roosevelt celebrated Thanksgiving today vvith all appropriate ceremony. He could hardly do otherwise. Eor not only is the President a great celebrant of the day of gratitude, but this is his own particular Thanksgiving Day — the date that he appointed a week in sdg advance. The States are still split on the subject, some are observing today — while others are waiting for the ixaxx traditional date a week hence. The President and his family went to Church and there heard a suitable sermon pxmdi preached by their pastor, the A Reverend Frank Wilson, gave thanks for various things, ' A culminating with the following! nThe grandest thing oi all,” said he, "is that this great country enjoys peace and enjoys a great amount of security." -and to this sentiment we cc.n a.11 respond Amen. CRIME There were new and glamorous Hollywood revelations today about "Bugsie" Siegel who is being held for trial as a Lig-shot of Murder, Inc. £ t . pp . 1 - TT rmiiyj- ^ ^ ir rn ■ rtTr» Mupde r,—Ine» aobstoy^ tii A halo of Hollywood glamour was thrown about n Bugsie" and recently revealed that in Jail he!d been having roast pheasant for dinner, wore a prison uniform especially tailored for him, and had another prisoner to act as his valet. In the past forty-nine days hefs had slr eighteen leaves of absence from jail — time out. On one of these occasions, as I mentioned last night, Bugsie at a night club entertained a motion picture actress, the star, Wendle Barrie. Today -- another big-time Hollywood name is connected with Bugsie.of=MtxrdHT^rdBBfc» The District Attorney^ office announces that in s , when fcxxy they were seized, was a cancelled check for thirty-two hundred dollars -- a check which Bugsie had given to film star George Raft. What does George Raft say about it? He readily admits that Bugsie gave him the check, and expl ins it as follows: "We went to school together," said ne film star ,TA few ye<trs ago Seigel was hard up and asked me to lend him thirty—two hundred dollars — and I never did turn a pal down.n Later on Bugsie paid back the loan, with the check that the District Attorney reveals today. As if all that Hollywood glamour were not enough, the District Attorney adds another detail — and high finance it is. It concerns a former convict who is now said to be a millionaire in Minneapolis. This millionaire ex-convict gave Bugsie of Murder, Inc. the Siam of a hundred and five thousand CRI:.'vB - 2 dollars. STUDENTS Colleges nowadays have all sorts of entrance exams. And they’re a headache to many a seeker of higher education yun^>~ / firt along comes Professor SoroKin, head of the Sociology A Department at Harvard. The Professor proposes a new kind of test. i something startling and spectacular — a kind of exam that any fellow would love to flunk. Making a mark of something less than zero would be ideal. Wait until you hear the glamorous details. The Professor suggests a new kind of college to train lofty leaders for this nation. Intellectually,TT he says, T,our politcal leaders are all right, but ta. they are not so good in their moral character. A small proportion of these corrupt leaders," he says, "land in Jail. But," he elucidates, "the proportion that should be behind bars is larger." The Professor seems to think we should elect them to jail So he wants a university in which national leaders Q**Jl trained to stern ideas of moral character. Sg the entrance would j kind a fellow^love exams would be along that line ------- A would be to flunk. Zero being too high a mark. , wav. Young men seeking to qualify for It would work this way. iolu 6 thg University of national Leadership would be required to pass repeatedly through a beautiful room, furnished with every luxury. There^sum tuous tablet would be set with the richest and most delicious of loods, and the most perfect wines. Not only that — j' i but beautiful girls, ilata Ravishing damsels tsiuS?. A TheyTd be imported from Hollywood, says the Professor, the kN-v loveliestof tTie Queens of motion picture glamour^ Lluj-^tTrdegffs WJS 2 - 0 O — passed through, the food and wine would beckon to them — figuratively speaking. And the girls would beckon — and not figuratively at all. Any student who might fall out of line and sit down to dine and wine witn the girls -- he*d flunk the exam. The ones who could survive the repeated test for three days, would pass the exam cum laude. Well, it*s too bad that I*® not back in my under- -£cnA-Jt*L graduate years. As for cum laude I1d merely bo load saying. "Why hello girls, how long has this been going on? And my mother would croon softly to herself. ’I didn't raise my boy to be a national leader.