Good Evening Everybody: The odd way of the world at this moment of history - is reflected in the latest about Ihruabc The stories that the Soviet leader is in trouble at home - are coaing froa Communist sources. Beginnin& with Roae's Red paper •L'Onita• - which describe• Moacow aa passing through •a sensitive political period•. Another Coamunist paper explain• this to aean that lhruahchev is being badgered by bia The boas of the Iremlin - if he really ia the boss - trying to explain the failures of his re~i••= \he dispute with Red China, the backdown in Cuba, the•••• in Soviet agriculture - and so on. But Western observers in Moscow - are discounting these reports. They note that Ibrushchev is vacationing on the Black Sea - as usual. And if be were really in trouble - he'd be back in Moscow dealing with it. LEAD - 2 ---- Still, some Kremlinolo g ists - not persuaded by this - recall that Trotsky was away from the Soviet Capital - in the crucial period during the illness and death of Lenin. Trotsky's absence, allowing Stalin - to outmaneuver him. Could something similar - be happening to Khrushchev. JQII - FOLLOW KHR U SHCHEV Todays note from Moscow to Pekin g - could be connected with Khrushchev's anxiety. The bosa of the lremlin, moving to patch up - his quarrel with Nao Tse-Tun~. At least, Khrushchev says he'• willing to meet Mao - in a Red summit conference, if - Yao will coae to Moscow. A Ihrushchev trip to Peking - that•, OQt. All a Khrushchev maneuver? Maybe you caa see - the point. Bow could the Bolshevik Tzar handle his hoaegrown critics aore effectively - than by restoring the foraer unity of the communist bloc? In West Ber li n, Hu hie Green said today - •Most excitin show I ever starred in•. The Briti1b TV personality referrihg to - the incident in the air corridor to lest Berlin. Green's private plane, harassed by Soviet fighter pilota - who tried to force him down in East Geraany. They even fired machine gun bullets - past hi ■• But be ignored the• - and lande4 at the airport in West Berlin. The question tonight - are the Russian• launching another driv ,1 to cut the access routes aero•• Eaa\ Ger■ any? L. T. - 3 SOVIET. The Iremlin has just delivered a message - to Soviet writers. The message - •confor ■, or get out!• leaning - write according to the party line. Or head for the lest - and per■anent exile fro ■ lu1aia. This - the outcoae of the aoul-aearohing bebli4 the Iron ~urtain. Ihruahche• d.-oidin1 - h•'• been ■ iaunderatoo4. Th• writers, interpreting hla llberalia ■ to •••n - that they llight write freel7 about, their ho ■elud. But all the boaa of the Ire ■ lin ••••t - ••• that they could la■baet• Stalin ae ■uch •• the7 wanted to. Critlcie ■ of the Leninist dogma - and ~o ■radt IhruahcheY? Definitely verboten - 1a71 litita. Hia point, picked up by - the luasian lriter's Onion. Randed on to - lhrenburg, Y••tusbenko, end th reat of lusaia'• •angry men.• l t they wait to keep sa7in1 what they~• angry about - the7'd better not aa7 it in loacow. A R G E tT I N A --------- T h e confusion in Ar , e n tina is due to - t h e size o · the country, and the number of points at w h ic h f i gh tin g h a s broken out. But t h is much seems clear. Retired u eneral M enendez - h as raised a revolt. Motive - to head off both communists and Peronists. The G eneral, joined by contingents - of the Armed Forces. P led g in - to overthrow President Guido. Loyalist troops were rushed up - and when they met the rebels, shootin g be g an. The apolo y that w ent from a vana to Washinton today - shows t ha t Castro is becoming worned about those re b el rai d s. Or - that the Russians h ave the bearded dictator un d er ti ht control. Either way, Castro s ays he's sorry about - Friday's attack on an American frei gh ter. Cuban MIGS, firing at - the Floridian. Which was all a mistake - according to Castro, adding that he hopes we'll put a stop to those Commando raids by Cuban exiles. Somethin g we've already dec la red to be - official Dnited States Policy. LOWELL THOMAS PA WLING, NEW YOBI April 2, 1963 LAOS. That assassination in Vientiane - has removed a pro-~ommuniat from the Laotian government. And - disturbed Washington. Sounds lite a paradox - laahington, in favor of a Red politician. But it's a tip-off on - just how tanaled international internatiollll eYents have becoae. Our diploaata worked hard to aee installed - a Coalition goYernaent tor Laoa. Beds on one aide, deaocrata on theother - with a aprinkling ot neutrall1t1 in between. Thia being the nearest thina to a tree reai ■ e - that we could hope for. Now, the balance in Sout~east Asia ••1 haYe been tipped - by a twent7-7ear-old Laotian soldier. Corporal CbJ Iong - who poured a fusillade of aacbine gun bullets into &ed foreign ~iniater Quinaa Pholaena. Bow far - will this new Laotian criaia spread? The ~hancellories of the free world - are watching for apprehenaio,. the answer. latching Laos - with a good deal of e RAILROA S ----~---- I Presi d ent K e nedy and former ~ re ident Eisenho er ever in d ul L e in some close armony - they might try "Ive een workin on t h e r ilroad", which they sure have. Bot h tryih to solve the q uestion of - featherbeddin. Railroad jobs the companies claim are superfluous. That the Unions want retained - to keep their members from peing thrown out of work. President Eisenhower appointed a Commission that studied featherbedding for over a year - witl,~ut coming up with a solution acceptable to both sides. President Kennedy may· ~ve - only sixty days. Two months for an emer 6 ency board - to try to head off a railroad strike. All of which results from a rulin g - by Federal Judge Sam Perry in Chicago. Jud g e Perry, lifting the inunction that barred chan g es in the work rules. The companies, announcin ~ im 1 e iately - t h at those rules will be overhauled to et rid of featherbed d in. strike The railroad unions, threatenin g to/ -\ / L .T. - 4 LUNII. The news that Lunik Four is headed for the Moon - is a self-evident truism. At least, if you go by etymology - the science of word origins. •tunikf'f ' · ob•iously from the Latin •1una• - meaning ■ oon. So ■ uch - for linguistics~ Aa for apace science - i~• rather i ■preaaive. Lunit Four weighs - one and one-half tona. And will reaclilthe aoon - within four daya. The aophiaticated inatru■ente/ca(ooard - to ■ end bact detailed infor ■ation about our IIIIIIU natural 1atellite. Aa alwa71 - politics ia ■ ixed up with 1cience. Th• Bo•ieta, pointina out - that A ■erican acientiata ~ havfn't been able to rocket that auch of a payload into apace. Our apace ■ en, calling for - a greater effort to catch up. ALPS ------ ... ni ht. Here's a ollo v up to a story - we had last h e one abo ut nin e skiers - overw h elmed by an avalanche in t h e Austrian Ty rol. The worst Alpine tra g edy o the season - except for t h e bizarre typhoid epidemic in Zermatt. Tonight - fear of tra edies to come. Fifteen more skiers - missin f or three da y s. Lost in what often been called •the land o f t h e avalanche" . - the Bavarian Alps. A massive rescue operation is underway - led by Alpinists of the est G erman Army. Still great ski country - but dangerous at times - G aylord - the classical mountain range of Europe. The ru ed, towering - lordly Alps. The Bouse Bankin g Committee is willing to release - more than million ounces o · silver. The horde of precious m etal that t1 e reasury has on hand - to back up t e one ollar bills in circulation. And the Com m ittee also o ays a Treasury proposal - to pay more for the silver it needs. Looks like a boom in the silver market. The kind of boom the west bas lon hoped for.