The British Gov rnment h ~ s decided to insist on an East-West Conference -- at the top level. That's - - - - the word from London. ~tating~h a t Brlt11h Foreign Kin11ter Harold KacKillan will seek an agreement for Al<- ~ meeting of Brit11h Pri ■e K1n1ster Iden, rrench Premi . . A 14gar raure, President liaenhower, and oviet Prem1Q. Bul1anla. A1 11 atand1 now, the progr&11 11 to hold . a conference at a lower level, to begin with. the tore11a ■ tnl1ter1 of the •11 roar -- to lay the groun4wor~. ~ I < ~ / •• , lhe Brlti•h DOW think -- lt JIil ~· i i ~ to ,,ar, al lhe top.f Let the chief• of •~ate lay dova broad principle• tor a aetllement of the 0014 war, if po11ible. Then1 - h&Ye their decision• - if any - worked out ln detail b7 the foreign ■lniatera. ~ That, we hear, 11 the progra■ the British are urging. The rrench are believed o be in agreement. Qut it remains to be 1een how President lisenhower will take it. Be haa expreeae4 himeelf, repeatedly -- as in favor of laying a lot of ground work first. IJIIIIAYII - lABHASA Tod a y the Pre s ident w a q ue s tioned on that famil- iar subject -- would thla country intervene, it the Chinese Reda should attack those off-shore i•l~nda ot Quemoy and Kataul Once again he didn't give any 1peoltlo an■wer of -- y11 or no:1fsu, he 414 g1Te 1oa1 ooamen, oa the question -- of how far atteapt1 to lake lb• 1aall 111aa4a •l&hl be oona14ere4 a aove agala1t rorao1a, whlob of courae, we are ple4ge4 to protect. •• 1A4ioate4 that th1• •l1ht depend lar1ely oa lhe build-UP..,r--&OOO■ panyln1 any auob atlaok. If th• &e4a aoomaulate4 a hu1e war aaohlne, aaea111n1 lhe ott- ■ hore lelaa41, thal might be taken aa a alp -- that their real ob~eotlT.e wa• roraoaa. Bui he 11111 4idn 1 t 1ay wlaal we would do lf that were the case. • RIP CHIBA A week ago, the British Government made a d1plom&t1~1.~~he Communist . . offer to negot1&te / ~ ~,t;,L),b the rormoea question. The London government,••••-• ~ . t,( I ~ I ? _ ■t as .a: l!F=a:ii:wt-1 ~ in Pe 1p1ng to have a talk w1 th Jle4 Pre■ lu Chou In-Lai. Asking hi ■ -- about hie ofter, made at the Bandung Conference. Where Chou In-Lal ■ a14 he waa willing to go into talks with the United ltatee. So what's the result of the British maneuTer ln Pelpln1T •othlDI at all. A week ago the British EnT07, BW1phre7 trevel7an, aeke4 for an lnterTiew with Chou maybe, Chou In-Lai 1a not in the Red Capital. b. may not yet have returned home from the Bandung CoDfer- :~ - ence. Bia whereabouts -- unknown.) ~ The pol1t~--!.! ••~••"1n Southern Viet Ram 11 approaching a cr1e1s -- with a Political Assembly• tomorrow. meeting of •A National Indo Chinese ~ussle The"•• gltDJl -- compllcaled by the ex1etence of two separate group1. One-- the Aseembly, with a large memberahlp. The other -- a revolut1onaryAunta, a smaller group. The~ta -- the more extreme and ra41ca1J ~ 4 1 n g -- the dethronement of the Emperor Bao Dal. T h e ~ n t a ~ already paeeed a reaolut1on •~ toaaln1 out the absentee monarch who llYe1 on \he rrenoh /) ~ &1Ylera. ----~w• {Alao 4eaan~ --w1th4rawal of all rrenoh ~roop1 from Southern Vlet •aa. Charges are belng made that co-unlat1, or near-Co■munlat1, have 1nf11trate4 the ,Tunta. The rrenoh, we hear, haYe conYeyed 1h11 warning to the United ltate1. The a11eably, which meet, tomorrow, 11 ex~eote4 - to be ■ ore moderate. It wlll be -- lf Premier Dlea ha1 hle way. Bla program la to have Bao Dal turn over hl1 JIPQ QHIIA -- 2 lmperlal authority to the Assembly, for the ~urpose of 6alling an election in Soutnern Viet Ham. To decide the political future of the country. Premium Die ■ - to have the authority to organize the election. fhe Junta, much more radical, w111 try to dominate the meetln& of the Assembly, tomorrow. ~ Preml_. ,.,. Diem -- m&kln1 efforts to prevent th1e. foday he called a lar1e nuaber of Aaaembly member■~ hie offlolal ~ palao~ / Preeent1ng . - thei\h1a program;V)'r1lng thea to take the more moderate course. fhe lateet dispatch, froa Saigon ■ &Jing -- that Premiua Dle■ wae winning overwhelming eupport among nearly 1,000 provincial off1c1 a 11 who have been called to 1it on the backed by the United ~ Bat1onal Assembly. The Pre■ lM, ~ ~ ,.,, Sta.tea ~~apparent17 1 ,1n full" control. In the meantime the battle of Saigon has ended 7P with a complete loss for the rebels. However, we hear, ~ that llll insurgent re11g1ou■ ~pol1t1oal aeot 1a moTlng " forces to the capital to renew the struggle. 4FGHAJISTAI A ha'1 1Stan ha . order e d -- a. general ob111za.t1on The la.t es t 1n t he dispute b tween th a t coun t ry and Pakistan. •• Quarreling -- over t e posses . ion of the North 1 est frontier province. The neighborhood of fa.r famed Khyber Pass. Today the Atg ., an government announced that relations with Pakistan had been deter•orat1ng 10 badly-- that Afg anista.n was mob1lizaing its military forces. Calling up all able bodied men, between twenty-five and thirty-two.· Here are some facts about th e national debt; fro ■ Sen a tor Byrd of Virginia, an arch proponent of conservative govern ■ ent finance. He discribes the national debt in these wor s "equi v a l en t to the full value of all the lan d , all the buil in g s, all the ■ ine1, all the ■ achinery, all the l ivesto c k, everything of tangible Talus - in the United ~t a t.es•. So DO wonder the senator says: •1 think DO one can deny that we are ■ ortgaged to the hilt•. At a •••ting of the United states Cba■ber ot Coa•r~• in Washington, Senator Byrd praised President Eisenhower for his efforts to balance t~• buget. But be criticized the ad ■ inistration's ■ ulti-billion dollar program highwq and school construction. Be called this . I 'l'ederal paternalisa• . . . •• IAVY -- ATOMIC Senator Jackson ch a rge• -- the Wavy 1a lag g ing 1n the developaent of an atomlo aurface Teasel. The •avy has, of cours e , the ato■ le submarine, the Wautalll1. But what about a warahlp on the surface - 4rlven by nuclear ~owerT The Merchant Karine, as announced bJ Prea14ent ll1enhower, 11 conatructlng u . ato■ lo fre1&hl u4 paaaen1er 1htp. But Senator Jack1oa aaya the ••YJ 11 - •1a1glng behlnd.• The •~nator fro■ Waahlngton, who la a ■e■ ber ot both the J~o■1c s;;!}-.co-1 ■■ 1on and the Araed l•r•1••• Coaa1e■ 1oi:'A.Z:.:.., "Atoa1c power 11 encoUAter1n1 the aa■e kln4 of reluotanoe ln the ••TY that ooourre4 wllh the 1ntroductlon of aircraft oarrler,.• Which refer, back to the tlae - whea they belleve4 ln battleahlpa. •we entered the Second World Var,• aay1 the Senator, 'wlth too many battleahlpa and not enough carriers. The same,• he adda, •aay hap~en on ato■ lo powered ehlp■ 1t the Wavy doea not step up lte program.9) IAVY -- ATOMIC - 2 Admiral Carney, Chief of Nav&l Oper~tions, repl1e ■ - that the Hayy 1a p l ~ a r g e ■ urfaoe warah1pa, w1\h atoaio power. \ha\~ 1n ,en 7eara, ~~ ... a ■■ oJ ,\h&ve atoalo warehlpa of aanJ kla41. AZ91IC llPLOIIQB !he Atoa1c lxplos1on on the Bevada Deser, 1s st1ll echeduled for tomorrow morning. But they are g1•1ng 1t only a 5 -so chance. The weather pre41ct1on euoh -- that the pro1pect 1• -- maybe ye•. maybe no. y4cc111 rroa the White Bouie, the etatement -- that Pres14enl liaenhower would consider having the re4eral ~ ~o•ernment buyAent1re available aunply ot the l&lk ant1-po11o Tacclne. -- an4 have the dru1 dlatrlbuled -ti.t• f~ee,Jt 1t were eT1dent -- that ohlldren were being deprl•ed ot lhe T&cclne, for aoney rea•ona. the aubJect oaae up, flrat, 1n to4aJ'• Vh11e Bouae lewa Conference, Pre ■ 14ent llaenhower 1l&lla1 - lhe GoTeraaeal la deter ■ lned that no chlld aball be 4enled .._ protect1oa fro■ polio becauae of 1nabl11tJ to pay. lut 11 wa• not clear how thll deteralnalloa ■ l&bl be carried out. lo later, the new• reporler1 look tbe queatlon Prealdenll&l atate ■ent: lo the White Bouie. And•~•, 1ot lecretar7 J1• B a 1 1 e r \ 7 ~ h • A. ; A.. followln1 'If a altuat1on ever develop ■ ln thle country where children were deprived of the vacolne, because of 1nabll1ty to pay -- the President would immediately a ■ k Oongreea for authority to permit the Secret a ry of YAQCIU - 2 Bealth, lduc tlon, and Welfare to buy the entire output of t~e vaoclne. Other #than that already allotte4 lo the •at1onal roundat1on tor Infantile ParaJ7 ■ l ■• 1 !he 1tate ■ent goee on to say: 'The »eparl ■ent, la turn, would be ln a position to distribute, free of co ■ t lo lhe ■ tate,, thelr allotted share of the vaoolne over an 8Jlr1eno1 perlo4.' tf"ii1■ aew• ooafere~~re■ld■at ll■eahower --.ti&, ~galau federal coauo1.- of the dlUrlbuUoa ' - ~ / 6 l , . _ ~ ~ . of ,be antl-pollo 4ru1/\ Be ■ al4 he ha• been 1tu47ln1 4eaaa4• that lbe ~overnaent ahoul4 lake over. But be le oonvlnoe4 that the preeent voluntarJ prlorlty ■ 11tea la the beet. The method now ln operation -- the qu1oke ■ t a.n4 fa1reet way to get the vaoolne to the oh114ren. c> 1400111 - §UPPLIIS • The production of the Salk ant1-pol1o vaccine . 11 laying. Suppllee, today, were nearly? m1111on 401•• leea than had been anticipated a week ago. 11 • alllloa do1e1 had been ant1c1pate4 by now. The actual ' f11ur• - 10,&00,000. lo ata~e4 bJ the hbllo Beallh 8erY10e ln Wa1hla1toa. Par, of lh• expla.natlon beln1 -- Ille withdrawal of Yaoclne produoed bJ the Outler L&boratorl•• la Oallforala. FIRST »API Preaident Eisenhower, today, gave a report on the health of the First Lady. He told his newa confereno . that Mrs. Eisenhower has had a very serious virua infection this spring. Although, baaicly, & she 1a aa sound, healthy person. A The respiratory ailment, said the President, 1a all the more perplexing -- because Mrs. ~1eenhower has an allergy toCBrtain drugs, wh1oh are normal in the treatment of the kind of virus infection that she has. He said the doctors are having a real problem in restoring the First Lady to her usual health. Atthe old city of Dover, in England, they are getting ready - for a big anniversary year. It was Just eighty years ago, back in 1875 - that Mathew Webb swaa the English Channel, that was th~ first tiae. The fir at cg annel swia. And it led on to innu ■ erable other att•pta down the years. For so ■ e - success, for others - failure. But in every case - the swi ■■ ers found it a brutal task. Beating their way against the chilly tide and currents. Diver ■ates a proffession of collaboratiDI with channel an■ ees. Providing boats and boat■ en, trainers and eqaip■ ent, including - supplies of the heavy grease the swi ■■ers use to protect tbe ■ selves fro■ the cold. The prediction h· s been, recently, that channel swimming is finished as a sport. Too many have perfo the exploit - so tough and trying. But the Dover people just laugh. Today a local vet ran said "Back in 1875, people were sa ying - there wa n't ny re a s on to swi ■ the channel any aore. lot - after Mathew lebb did it. But hundreds have been trying it ever since. The Channel Swi ■ aing Association announces - it baa DottficatioDs, already, fro ■ thirty proapectiTe ch&DDel awi ■■ers. And ■ore are expected - bu the ti ■• the season co ■ea around. Beginn i ng in e rly July - wbea the water war■ a up enou1h to keeo the swi ■■ers fro■ freezing to death. One entrant - Florence C hadwick, of ~ alifo~n~ The f ~ r ■ er ateDographer - who of course has already ■ ad• the channel swi ■ - setting records. S he says that this ti ■ e she rill try to beat her way across the tr 4 acherous water, both ways, non-stop. record each way. Hoping to set - a so ■ en's