Program Preview

For the week starting Friday, Aug. 31. Times are E.D.T., subject to change.

RADIO

Lux Radio Theater (Mon. 9 p.m., CBS). Bette Davis in Payment on Demand, with Barry Sullivan.

The Telephone Hour. (Mon. 9 p.m., NBC). Guest: The Metropolitan Opera's Mezzo-Soprano Blanche Thebom.

Japanese Peace Treaty Conference in San Francisco (Tues., all networks, radio & TV). The first coast-to-coast telecast over the American Telephone & Telegraph Co.'s new microwave relay project (TIME, Aug. 13). Conference highlights:

President Truman's address (Tues. 10:30 p.m.); the first regular conference session (Wed. i p.m.); the signing of the treaty.

TELEVISION

Meet the Press (Sun. 4 p.m., NBC). Britain's Anthony Eden faces Newsmen Marquis Childs, Alistair Cooke and Herbert Matthews.

Colgate Comedy Hour (Sun. 8 p.m., NBC). Jackie Gleason leads off a parade of comics returning for the fall season.

B. F. Goodrich Celebrity Time (Sun. 10 p.m., CBS). Variety show, featuring Binnie Barnes and Roddy McDowall.

Lux Video Theater (Mon. 8 p.m., CBS). Hollywood's Wendell Corey in Forever Walking Free.

Westinghouse Summer Theater (Mon. 10 p.m., CBS). Roland Young in Dorothy L. Sayers' Mr. Mummery's Suspicion.

Studs' Place. (Mon. 10:30 p.m., ABC). First-rate, informal comedy of the relaxed "Chicago school."

1. Is It Time to Invade Burma?
2. McCain's 7 Steps to Beating Obama
3. Obama: How He Learned to Win
4. The Five Mistakes Clinton Made
5. Klein on Obama
6. 'Jesus' vs. Ahmadinejad
7. Obama Takes Superdelegate Lead
8. In Burma, Fear Trumps Grief
9. The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power
10. Al-Sadr Wins Another Round

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