Show mission to saudi arabia AN ULTRA hush hush military mission left recently toy for saudi arabia just what this group of about american officers and technical sergeants will do in arabia Is supposed to be a strict secret but real fact is they are to train an arab air force and re equip abandoned U S air fields why this secret mission is leaving at this time Is not known put but behind their trip is an agreement with king ibn saud by which he gives a pipeline concession to the arabian american oil company bl members embers of the military mission were selected after elaborate screening tests then given instruction in the arabic language espionage and demolition work the group left from washington new york and miami all ail wearing civilian clothes in order not to attract attention they will proceed in small details and by roundabout round about routes for instance one detail will go to paris then germany then greece and finally to the arabian iranian border another red circle YOU CAN PUT a red circle around april 18 as the next big day for red russia the date of the italian elections and the date when the communists will attempt their next czechoslovakia the russian goal in italy is to win 40 per cent of the april balloting if so they will attempt to move all other political parties out of the cabinet and take over italy completely ely in preparation a secret red battalion of about men including yugoslavs Yugo slavs has moved into northern italy and infiltrated into key places meanwhile also the russians are spending millions of lira alra in italy money is being pumped in as never before to undo the results of the friendship train and other american relief to italy most important fact about the soviet money Is that its spent where it counts most much of it goes to subsidize key labor leaders in contrast the american propaganda funds were cut to the bone py by congress last year 0 o the picture changes DURING THE FIRST FEW MONTHS hayry hatry truman spent in tho the white house he kept insisting to friends that he did rot want to run for a second term one term was enough he wanted to get back to his old love being a senator from missouri mrs truman who carries a great deal more weight with the president than most people suspect felt exactly toe the same way possibly more foreso mo reso so at that time however mr tru mans close friends and poN political leaders felt just the opposite they were determined that he should run again believed he was the only candidate with whom the democrats would win i now however the situation Is somewhat reversed today the political leaders desperately dont want mr truman to run but are arc afraid lie he has the bit in ills his teeth and cant be persuaded to bow out bob hannegan the man mail who two years ago repeatedly denied that mr truman would not run again and who was the first to propose his name publicly for reelection now is privately sorry he ever made the suggestion ed flynn of the bronx who helped nominate mr truman at we tire 1944 chicago convention also is convinced that thai mr truman Tr s name on the ticket means certain defeat southern leaders of course are not even private about it they want to junk him at any cost but although mr truman two years ago would have been quite in the mood to bow out today lamay it may be different alter after all human nature Is human nature and i marry harry tryman is known to be a stubborn man sometimes when his friends such as tom or ed pauley or gen wallace graham are under fir alre i e he has gen gone eto to extreme lengths to buck outraged public opinion |