| Show W mission to saudi arabia I 1 AN ULTRA hush hush milita military ry ax mission left recently for saudi arabia just what this group of about american officers and nd 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 V U S air fields why this secret mission is leaving leaving at this time is not known but behind their trip is an agreement with kith king ibn saud by which he gives a pipeline concession to the arabian american oil company members embers bl of the military mission were selected after elaborate screening tests then given instruction in the he arabic language espionage and demolition work the group left from washington new york and miami all wearing civilian clothes in order n not ot 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 GOP sen styles bridges of 0 new hampshire was commenting to colleagues about president Tr failure allure to mention the civil rights program in his jackson day speech the democrats bridges are haunted by the past befuddled by the present and terrified by the henry wallace I 1 ace f future 11 ture 11 another red circle YOU CAN PUT a red circle around april 18 as the next big da day for red russia tle the date 0 of y the tha italian elections and the date when the communists will attempt their next czechoslovakia ube the russian goal in italy is to win 40 per cent ft of the april balloting it 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 int into key places meanwhile also the russians are spending millions of lira 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 tact 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 by congress last year next step la in army navy catlon cation will be merger of army navy water transportation most alost people dont know it but the army actually keeps more vessels afloat than the navy 2953 this Is more than the navys total fleet on top of tills this the air force operates an additional vessels the picture changes DURING THE FIRST FEW MONTHS harry truman spent in the white house he kept insisting to friends that he did not noi want to run tor for a second term one term was eno enough ligh 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 the same way possibly r more so at that time however mr tru mans close friends and political leaders felt just the opposite they were determined that he should run again believed he was the 0 only candidate with whom the democrats would win now bov however Fever the situation Is somewhat reversed today the political leaders desperately dont want mr truman to run but are afraid he has the bit in his teeth and cant be persuaded to bow out bob hannegan the man 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 the 1044 1944 chicago convention also is convinced that mr Tr name on the ticket bealis 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 to ini the mood to bow out today I 1 it t may be different after all human nature is human nature and harry truman Is known to be a stubborn man sometimes when his friends such as tom or ed pauley or gen wallace graham are under fire he has gone to extreme lengths to buck outraged public opinion |
