Rockefel l er congratulates Ford. That is, the President of the Rockefeller Foundation, D ean Rusk, said toni g ht that the new Ford grants are "magnificent.• Dean Rusk adding, that Ford support for our colleges, universities, hospitals, and medical schools - will help sustain our free society. The grants total half a billion - and that makes the Ford Founda~a Santa Claus.it-4h~••• ~ lore than two hundred million will be /\ distributed aaong more than six hundred college• and universiti• - liberal arts and science institutions, ~ privately supported 1 and accredited,~ ~ - A large part of this money will go for teachers' salaries. The larges grant for t h i s ~ goes to New 5 ~ dd..1'•Y.•. York University. ~ Chancellor.,_B1ni~ H e a l d ~ I- / '- ( ( ~0 the new& e,;~~h~.....:i-1t the greatest thing that has ever happened in e d ucational philanthropy." Anotler two hundred million goes to thirty-five hundred hospitals - to provide hundreds of thousands of new beds, and to replace obsolete buildings. Finally, ninety million are alloted to privately supported medical schools - many of which have suffered froa a long financial crisis. All of this money amounts to more than the total the Ford Foundation has given away since it waa eet up in lineteen Thirty-Six. I guess all of ue agree ~ith Dean Rusk - that what the Foundation is doing is - •Magnificent.• BISENHOW'ER President Eisenhower had a .f.tt-U-~6"'4 sessiona with S ~ c 4 - ~ . G.O.P. leaders at the White Huse, today. During the morning, ,,A. he talked with both ecre tary of the Treasury Humphrey, and Budget Director Hughes. '111&4! ~ , - . d & Y u t e ~ the fiscal .. - ~.A!-. situation - in relation to schools, highways, and water resources. Afterward, the White House reported that both~ Humvhrey and Hughes believe they can balance the budget next year. ~ o u l d mean a tax cut in July. f... • ~.,J. . .:t In the afternoon, 11Po--lM-tttm1MJ11~ talked over a whole A. A series of problems with his Republican colleagues - things like farm legislation, civil rights, and postal rates. --p~. The point ts that JIil.. Eisenhower will send his A legislative program to Congress next month - and today, he was discussing the problems involved with the leaders of his Party , and his Cabinet. . ~ w a i f ~ ;the -PN.81:~µ J ~fomorrow;Cwith Secretary of EISENHOWER - 2 The idea being to slow down for the next few days. Shake off those signs of fatigue. All who saw him today say he looked great - top shape. C a ngressman Halleck of Indiana came away saying that he's "cebtain" he will run again. SYRIA ~ Syria isArushing reinforcements to her southern border - following last night's battle with Israeli commandos. The attack came in a driving rain - the commandos, swimming the A ~ River Jordan, then attacking Syrian outpost~ .tlll mountainsA • ~ /-- The Israelis,( supported by an artillery barrage laid down by _.e~ field guns and gunboats - ~ bf,,r,- some hours, aad four / the Israelis withdrew. on Lake Galilee. The battle ,, Syrian outposts were overrun - before Israel claims that the attack was caused by the ~__::>~4 Syrians - who fired on Israeli fishermen on l;ala Galilee. A Both s i d e ~ ~ ... iM r1lf casualties - although 8~----~-■~~ ~ - t o ~ 1N1Nl11Me""'J~dUM:.a'8~~;:2r•- each si,.._minlmil!ing its own losses. -TAat•• ~S,rian reinforcements 81119 moving into the ,4 , , ~ border area.,,/{ E&yp;/(s conferring with Syria about a coaon defense.-l2s the tinderbox of the Middle East shows more signs of bla2ing up into war. M ac MILLAN T he Br i ti sh F or ei gn Minister believ e s that Russi a has switched her a t tent ion fr o m the W e st to the Middle Ea st. Harol d M a cMill a n, saying that, in the Conunons this afternoon. The Foreign Secretary pointed out that the Kremlin has been halted in the W est - by N to and the new West German r epublic. Bulganin and Khrushchev, knowing they can't go any further there - without starting a war. ( MacMillan, So according t o ) 1 - - - I " the 3oviets have turned to the Middle East - as a place where they still can gain something from stirring up trouble. That's why they're offering arms and economic aid to the Arab nations. The British Fore1&1 Secretary termed this "a new and menacing situation. !' But he also had a bit of optimism for the Connons. He noted that Bulganin and Khrushchev have been extremely crude in dealing with the Middle East - and may go so far, as to get burned w ith their own fire. id the British diplomat, "They may even fall into traps - of their own making." KHRUSHCHEV ~ The Rover Boys from the Kremlin arrived"in New Delhi today - a nd were given an enthusiastic reception by Nehru. They were taken out to the village of Bhatgaon, which the Indian government has developed as a show plac,ror its housing program. In that town, Khrushchev got in some typical Communist propaganda. He said that the way to raise the standard of living - is to put political power into the hands of the peasants. The Kremlin boss adding, that in Russia, it's the peasants who run the state - that old Communist line about the dictatorship of the proletariat. Khrushchev plainly hinted that the Soviet system might be good for India. During his tour of the town, he was handed a booklet explaining what the community development is all about. One interesting thing - nowhere does that booklet mention the fact that merica-tae contributed lwel:M million~ijollars for th._t a. Jl1evelopment. And apparently no on,thought to mention the fact. Khrushchev and Nlganin attended a series of games - KHRUSHCHEV - 2 weight lifting, wrestling, and so on. Khrushchev, as ebullient as ever, ~ posing with the wrestler~~ ,tio,es, ...... ~ Jhow~interest in a Hindu swami - who was ~ /' thought of that -,1t1cal performance, - the re1ult or 11,111 training Ml,,,._ Indian oft1c1als still seem pleased with their gueata particularly since that Khrushchev declaration - that xaahllir belonga to India and not toPak1stan. COMMUNISTS An army of East German Reds attempted to invade West Berlin today - storming across into the French sector. ~vious.Ly 1ntend-::ito start a J.ot of trouble - 1n Co11111uniat rashion. !MTn~ w!r:;•~~a a l m o s t 6 - , - t £ , ~ I\ ; ~~ ••t. ■cs po11ce - 111':11 ••••shed with night sticka and water hoaea. ,. --------- The dispatch eaya t h a t ~ de■o!IA'atora have never been ~ eeen to retreat eo fast before. AndJ~bilitted to arre■t, ~a~-- - ■ore th~\wo hundred of the■ - / , in jail tonight. A •*NAP ••• ,.Q C0111111ni1t de■onatrat1on - that was supposed to touch of · ll bllid& tK rioting in West Berlin. BATTLESHIP The Defense Department announces that the battleship is coming back. once tL 11 the "queen of the fleet" - tla ~ --~ los,\ mat title to the aircraft carrier Liu l:na W orld w ar Two. ~t■ thought the battleship w~d~iaappear. A ~ But now another use has been found for it - 1, 1 1 • ~ A U ~ . ta lil1e base for launching rockets, 1 capable of hitting targets A ' ■ore than 9'houaand miles away. The Defense Department atatea ~ that the battleship is the perfect platform for -- ■1111lea. /, ~ -- The first battleship to be equ1pped 7 w1th the at011ic ~ ' ... - ■iaailea will be the u.s.s. Kentucky · - whieft ft• ~••n in ■oth ~-L /1'•.t•~- ~-~- balls since the encfor'the war. Now th-& battlewagon •• 1, e•l'ieto4 .J.a-,ti• to carry tm first of the new rockets. MERRILL A fabulous figure of World War Two died today. General Frank Merrill - of "Merrill's Marauders ' , the legendary unit that operated behind the Japanese lines in Burma. Merrill, whom I last 1aw in India in Nineteen Forty Six had formed his famous outfit in Nineteen Forty tour, to help clear the way for the Ledo Road - through Bunna and on into China · . They were in the jungles for five months where they fought five major battles, and soae thirty lesser ones. The climax a cue when toot "Merri 11 1 s Marauders ·· crossed an eight . thousand/mount a in range and - captured the Myitkyina A irfield. That cleared the way for supplies to begin moving into China. Later, Merrill wes aboard the "Missouri" Big No, for the Japanese surrender. Then hOIN, and retireHnt. Ironically, he died today, Just as a new civilian career was opening before him - he had just been elected President of the American Association of State Highway officials, 8e1SeaeeJ MERRILL - 2 General Prank Merrill dead at fifty two. Merrill of "Merrill's Marauders " who wrote a blazing page of history through the Burma jungle. CRASH American Air Force units, based on Rabat, Morocco, are scouring a desolate part of the Riff Mountains with helicopters. Gle,.a.!l&Srearching tor an Air Force transport that ~T._..,~,.,.~ - craahed last night. Our legation .;.,.n,..n ..... ~-... there were at least ;A. ~ eight ,era91111t aboard at the tille - and t~lane apparently cae down in an area near Spanish Morocco, where the peaks ot the R i f t ~ rise over seven thousand feet. SATELLITE Today the Navy awarded a contract to the Aerojet General Corporation of Azusa, C a lifornia - a contract for a liquid motor. The story? W ell, it's to be a motor to be used to u carry an artificial satellite into outer space! We!re already had a lot of stories about that man-■ade moon - to circle the earth n at eighteen thousand ■ilea an hour - traced by optical and radio instruments. The contract for the launching rocket and tor the first stage power - has already been awarded• to the Nertin Aircraft C011pany ot Balti■ore. But the rocket will go up in three na• stages - and today's contract concerns the second stage. AeroJet, to build the liquid motor that will take over when the first thrust weakens. Another step - forward -- into the world ot tomorrow. 0 NBS. WHITE The Indianapolis housewife who thinks that ''Robinhood" is Connunist propaganda - today told newsmen about her campaign against books that were suggested for the Indiana schools. Mrs. White's opinion carrying some weight -because the lady is a member of the State Textbook Commission. Last Friday, the Commission followed Mrs. White's recomaendation - and banned a health book and a home education book fr0111 the schools. Mrs. Whit~says that she opposed the health book - because it puts too much stress on alcoholism - and narcotics. ll?~bt,\clu+ that books like that increase the number of drunkards and drug addicts. - She dislikes the education book on the ground• - that it suggests that people who own property are not good or honeet. Also, Mrs. White charges that the text makes fun of those who came over on the Mayflower - instead of treating them, with reverence. ~~12a ~ ~ o l'lll1M •'•'ed her objectfons before the --t:U-./J IJ,.- /, Commission_ .~greed to withdraw th~ two books. I\ MRS WHITE But - refused to go along with Mrs. White on two others - dealing with geography and history, that she also wanted tila withdrawn, because she said the geography showed America and Britain as land grabbers, but not Russia. SHIPS A dispatch from Vancouver brings memories of that drama of the sea - remember Captain Carlson and the "Flying Enterprise" - four years ago? This time it •s the Greek Freighter Macedonia " , and the Canadian tug ' ' Sudbury." Seven weeks ago the "Macedonia" developed propeller trouble on the run from Japan to Vancouver. The Captain sent out an SOS - and the "Sudbury" under Captain Harley Blagborne, was promptly dispatched to her aid. It took the tug fourteen days to reach the freighter. After the t u g h ooke u a li ne t o the f r i ghter - Vancouver, f or the lo~ ,ow but ,o .,_c-NwtJ th e y ran into a series of terrific storms - winds of seventy miles an hour. The tow line snapped four times in one day. When they got there they had covered more than three thousand miles. A record. ( CAVE Three students from Indiana University climbed out of a cave last night - after more than forty hours underground. Br.rbara Reahard, Lawrence In Cooke and Robert Jordan were with a party that entered an abandoned cave, from which salt peter was mined during World War One, to u make gunpowder. The party slid through the cave entrance - to explore the passagew a ys underneath. Three of them managed to get up on the ledge - but they loosened an avalanche of dirt and rocks, that trapped the other three, down below. Those above gave the alarm - and soon~• blankets and coffee were being lowered to the students trapped below the ledge. Imagine how terrified they were by the thought that the might be no other way out. But tila other students said there was a second entrance. nd four went through that. And they made the rescue. By a lot of squeezing through narrow openings and wading in underground water several feet deep for a quarter of a mile - in the inky black or that cave. adventure like that, Hugh? How would you like an