E V Y y : Th new i · a from Lon o n t o ni t - from the U l isarmament c o nference - Va l erian ' orin, the Russi~n el eg a t , thro~in g co ld ~ t e r o n any o e of e rly a reement. orin 0 tol an ws conference that there are still conside~able areas of difference between the g re at powers - R ussia n the U. · • s ecifically. And Z orin added that American delegate Harold tassen has been far too optimistic in suggesting th,t agreement may be near. Then orin went on, to make another , 6oamunist attack on the merican p osition - this time an accusation that we are deliberatin g tryin g to delay the talks by injectin g the German unification issue. TU N ---~---- ln osco the merican mb a s n or is makin g a 1 s t-minute ffort to et those y o un American students to ch a n e their minds about g oin to Communist Cina. They are due to eave oscow in a few hours time now - an the last count in icates almo t forty of them still p lan to defy State Department warnings, and make the trip. Today they a · ointed a five-man elegation to call on the hmbas ador, Llewelyn h o m p son. He gave them another strong talking-to, warned them of the serious propaganda im lications of their trip, and the enalties they might incur by disobeying the State department ban. But the la t est word - fe of the forty have chan ed their minds. The next few hours, when the histle blows an the train chugs off for Peiping, will tell the story. POLAND T o n i ht oJa n i f ac e with the thre a t o f an u p risin by t he wor k e rs . T he cen t er o f t ou bl e - L odz, t h e se c on d l ar es t c i t i n he c oun t r y . F ive thousand wor k ers are on stri k e in L o z. h e y 're sti ll demanding a fift y percent increase in their wa es. T he y sa y i.R■Jfltt they'll stay out - s it ti z:\ g down t ill they get t t . Tonight, the y 're still/in tim two main bus depots - and the transportation system of the city is in trouble. The strikers are described as in an ugly mood. They told reporters - the Communist newspapers have been lying about the m . The papers charging - that the workers attacked the police yesterday. The workers' reply - the police attacked first - and touched off the violence. It was then that the m ilitia fired tear as bombs - injuri ng five women. And the strikers add - anything can happen - if the authorities order another attack ai them. So the Gomulka g overnment is in real trouble. POLAND - 2 The Communist Premier can't give in to the workers - because that would touch off a wave of demands for wage increases. At the same time, he can't allow the transportation industry or Lodz to remain paralysed. Which would seem to leave only one alternative - force. But that could very easily trigger another "breal and freedom" riot - similar to the one that Jtruck Poznan 1n June of Nineteen Fifty-Six. - r •-. • - . ........ .. • a: 7 .u - . a coo 0 - ~xne 1D Bu GeNIIQ - • DO one .. • lcb • ecm1d on e STRIA The government of Syria demands the recall or a diploMt attached to our Embassy 1n Damascus. Howard Stone, declared uoacceptable - ordered home. He's accused or trying to entice otticera or the Syrian army - into a coup agalnat the present regime. According to the Syrian charge, 10M or these otticera revealed the plot. ~e deaand tor Stone'• exp•ion tro• Syria - • • handed to the' American charge d 1 attalrea 1n Da•1oua, Robert Strong. A apokeaan tor the !lnbalay denied the chars•• agalnat Stone- calling the attack "obvloualy • COIIPl•t• fabrication." And 1n Vaahington, preaa officer Lincoln White aa1d 1ta "like an E. Phillipa Oppenheim mystery thriller." • PROT~T The US has protested .:"8xtn:,..Ntltt to the Soviet Union - over the closing or part of the Pacific. Our State Department, sending a strong note - about the way the Kremlin has sealed off the naval baa~ of Vladivostok - and closed the waters on both aides to foreign ships. Any veaael entering the area - now haa to receive permlaalon from the Soviet govemment. Veatern obaervera believe the reaaon la - that Khruahchev 1s puahlng development or a blg Ru111an aubmarine fleet ln the Pac1tlc. The American note calla the Soviet act "contrary to 1ntematlonal law," becauae the Ruaalana are aelslng part or the high aeaa - which all nations have a right to uae. AID - President Eisenhower may call a special session of Congress this fall. So announced by House Republican leader, Joseph Martin - following a meeting at the White House. According to Joe Martin, Mr. Eisenhower la "deeply concemed" about what has happened to his foreign aid program 1n Congress. The President, telling his guests this mom1ng - that it would endanger the safety of this coWltry if Congress cuts the IWI he 1 asks for, too 111Uch. If he doesn't get a bill he can sign - threaten to . the President/.,.. bring back the lawmakers to Washington 1 for a special aeaa1on - for a second look at the foreign aid program. MISSILE The has appointed Allr Secretary of Defense/lAAQltllia a cormnittee - to decide on a single ballistic missile o~ intermediate range. Secretary Wilson telling the coaaittee to investigate the Army's "Jupiter" missile - and the one developed by the Air Force called "Thor". The co•ittee, to end the rivalry between the services - by selecting either "Jupiter" or "Thor." is The connlttee,/headed by Wllllu Holaday, one ot our top experts on guided ll111lle1 •. Aa 100n as Holaday and hla colleagues Mke up their mind - allot our production 11 expected to be thrown behind the weapon they think beat - a b1~~•••tc ■laalle with a range ot tltteen hundred mil11. I . . . • DEFENSE has ordered Secretary of Defense Wilson/ QI t •• a fl ve percent cut back - ln "progress payments" to major defense contractors. "Progress payments" are sums handed over by the govemment to companies making military equipment / that takes a long time to produce. For example, planes. Until now, a contractor ' ay producing a plane costing/a million dollars - received seven hundred and fifty thouaand aa the work went along. Under the would new Wilson plan, the same contractoi,' rtPP get seven hundred tho1.1aand. The "progress payments" run into quite a lot or . , money. The Defense Department now has about four billion dollars• worth of them 1n existing contracts. A five percent cut back would mean a saving or about two hundred and s1xty four million. But the saving la only temporary - because the full amount has to be paid on delivery. SENATOR The Senator from Connecticut - wants his colleagues to show a little more dignity. Senator Prescott Bush, referring to what he calls "publicity stunts" that hold up debates in the Chamber. The Connecticut Republican objects to hla colleagues who introduce guests 1n the gallery. Senator Buah mentioning famous personalities from the stage and T.V. - for example, Arthur Godfrey and Jimmy Durante. They've both been introduced to the Senate, while sitting in the gallery. And then there are leas famous d1gn1tar1es - like high school students, mualclana, and winners or spelling bees. The point Senator Bush makes - is that when introductions are made - 1t 1 a customary for the Senators to rise and applaud. And that puts a temporary stop to the debate going on. So the Senator frOIJl CoMect1cut proposes a new rule - that would prohibit members from introducing anyone in the gallery - while the Senate ls in session. Senator Bush saying "let's keep the Senate free of publicity stunts." i;. :i.=... ~ , . - -----i- - - ~ - - - ~ - - - - - - - - ~ - - - ~ ~ - ~ - ~ ARMS Another shipment of Communist arms - has reached the Arab world. So announced in an official British statement - from the protectorate of Aden. The report mentions guns, tanks, and planes - entering Yemen - which borders on Aden. We're also told that Red instructors arrived with the al'ffl8. The consignment, unloaded yesterday from a Russian shlp. SPY - The alle ed leader of a Soviet espionage ring, Colonel Rudolf Ivanovich Abel, appeared in a New York court today. All by himself. He didn't even have a lawyer with him - as he faced charges, that could br1n him the death penalty. Abel, told the Judge he would need about a week - to find a lawyer. The alleged spy, also saying - he wanted to see a copy of the indictment. So a copy was tumed over to h1JI. Abel, reading a charge that he conspired to steal 1nfonnat1on about our military bases and atomic operations. Also, that he tried to recruit American soldiers to work foJ\hlm. He was allowed a three-day delay - to find a lawyer. After that, he'll haveto answer some of the moat serious I accusations ever brought against any alleged spy in an American court. The police of Miami toda y seized a cache of weapons - bound for Cuba. Included 1n the haul - rifles, machine guns, and fifty thousand rounds of ammunition. They were earmarked for the rebels, who have been trying to overthrow President Batista. Two Florida highway patrolmen stopped a trailer Just out or M1am1. In it they round several rifles. The driver, 011 De 01baJa, took them to his home - and showed them a lot more illegal arms. At least, he showed them the boxes in which the arms were hidden. But he denies knowing anything about 1t. He says he thought the boxes contained farming toola. Tonight, the police or M1am1 are trying to find out just how the guns gothto the boxes, and how the boxes got into GlbaJa's house. ARChAEOLOGIST An American archaeolo 1st - found guilty b • E ptian court. Charles Muses, o India Hills, Colorado - ordered to pa a fine of more than fifty th ousand dollars. Muses was excavatin at Dahshour - burial place of the ancient pharaohs of Egypt. Last spring, he was about to board a plane at the Cairo airport - when customs officials found a lot of archaeolo~ical remains in his luggage. Pieces of pottery, ancient sculpture, and so on. So Muses was thrown into jail - accused of smuggling valuable relics of the ancient Egyptian empire. was Muses, als~/accused of playin g the black market in currency. He pleaded 1Mocent to both charges. But the court found him guilty today - and clipped him with that fine ' of fifty thousand dollars. Muses insists he won't pay/for one s~s reason, because he/doesn't have fifty thousand dollars. DRIBIIE Passengers on connercial airliners, won't be able to get a drink any more - 1f two Senators have their way. Senators Thurmond of South Carolina, and Neuburger ot Oregon told a Senate sub-co11111ittee that the use of liquor while in / ~~~ - the air is dangerous. The Senators are both tee(otlersl\ 0 lleuburger told the aub-comlttee hls oplnlon 11 ~ Y .. ,,-1 ~ . . . . -,A,</ 7~.J ~~.:..A..,J'\ on hear say • p becauae he doesn't fly Ml'J often. But anyway, he reels that tire-water should be banned on all flighta. Thurmond was more decided 1n his testimony. He aald he tllea a lot - and he haa yet to find one good reason llhy an airline pusenger should have 80 much u a martini during a flight. The Senator from South Carolina charging that drinking 18 a threat to satety - 1n an airplane as 1n an automobile. • But the Vice Chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board took the opposite view. Chan Gurney, telling the sub- coJ11Dittee his organization has investigated every complaint - DRDllDIJ - 2 and has never found that drinking endangers the operation or a plane.