Ouat ... la 11 in the throw■ ot •• 1nva11on tonight. t i StateDiplrtllent in Walhliigton announce■ netghl,or1"8 Central Aaertcan Republtciiia. land . . . . and air. Poroea ot anti-CCIIIIUnl■t• lillft publ'd acNII tbi boH• t,Nill Bondura•. Shlploadl - · · . . . . . . , . CartlMan coa1t ol Qutilill ~ ~IN~-... r,pl... : 1 :; • - - -- ~i Nllbiiai paollne 1upplle1. 1"9 Cld.oaac, 11111-tUIII 11111 a cllapatcb q110tlftl tbe - - '°"• IU.lil11-r lat !n~lltnted ,,X. 1tatlng: 'l'M battle tor ouataala ta°"· He aclda liliit .... antt-~ rl•t NNl• aNt dr1Y1ftl to cmtrtlu'OII - govern-.n~) 1111 M_,.\ and ouat the Jled taction. CIUATIIIALA The London govert111tnt re,ect1 the Alli~laan requelt to let U.S. 111.Nhlpl Mk• a ••arch ot - . Brttllh vee1el1 on the high 1eaa. Wa1b1ngtoa wants to atop gun- running into Caaunlat infiltrated Ouat8Mla, and think■ - the beat waJ would be tor the U.S. Navy to llllk• a cheai on ablpa or other tree nattona. Today, at London, a apokeaan tor the 1'oretp Ottlce Mde public a atat8118ftt - that the Ro,al laYJ will do the pollcll'II or Bdtl:lih YHHll. (a. pointed mt that Brltalh, nreadr t1a1 an anu ellbar(o -- lllpOMd on Ouat..la ln 11neteer Port1-l11ht. At il\1ich tllil, the Ouat-lana were tbNatenlq to invade Brltllh llondune. !hat abar10 "111 be entorced - and, tt there'• to be an, ~ ~ - check on pn•Q rvmlrta1,.b1, the Bl'itllh lhtp1, the Royal ••• , wtll do it. Not• tlill' U.S. warlhlp1.) The London reply w111 probably be followd bJ other requeata. In various capitals, today, the caaent on the Aller1can propoaal varied from cool diaapproval to GUATEMALA - 2 indignat i on. Only West Germany, it appears. might be willing to agree to a search of its vessels by U.S warships. FRANCE Th e new French Premier will go to Geneva trying a quick ar~!stic~. fa st night, P ierre Mendes-France won the approval of the National Assembly by ar. overwhelming vote. But on the basis of a promise -- that he would bring an -- end to the war in Indo China within four weeks. Or -- resign. In Paris the satirical wits are calling him the - "four week Premier. " In Washington, today, President Eisenhower sent an appeal to the French government, urging France to consider an American plan for "united ft defense 11 in Indo China. Also - calling on France to ratify the West European Army. President Eisenhower suggated- personal talks with the new ministry headed by Premier Mendes-France. He noted that Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden are due in Washington next week. And added: 11 I shall look forward to resuming, with the government of France, such intimate conversations that .. I have ha in the past. II FRANCE - 2 US diplomatic officials are afraid that the new Premier, going to Geneva, may conclude the wrong kind of arm.istice in Indo China. One that might be - a auj axua set back for the free world. Which would seem a natural apprehension - considering the fact that the "four week Premier" 11 going to Geneva to get an armistice in four weeks. - Or - resign! - INDOCHIN A Five U.S. Air Force men have been captured by the Reds in Indo China. Five techni c ians - who did maintenance work on American built planes flown by the French. The U.S. Air Force technicians were stationed a t first, near Hanoi - the Red River delta. But a Communist offensive now threatens that area, and the Americans were moved to a safer sector. Or - so it seemed. Stationed - in the town of Tourance, two hundred and sixty miles to the south of Hanoi. Far - from that perilous Red River delta. ~&Q 7'.1-~- -,{,Jr'" ~e five Air Force men- went swimming. / ln a ~ ~ French automobile, they drove to a beach, a lonely shore three miles from the base. There, they were in bathing trunks - when seized by a party of enemy soldiers. The Reds, it appears, came from nearby mountains - a haunt of Red guerrilla troops. !al The last seen of the five Americans, they m were being marched off by their captors. Five prisoners of war - still in bathing trunks. INDOCHIN A - 2 U .S. officials in Indo China refuse to cormnent on measures that may be taken to obtain the release of the captives. DEFENSE The Defense Department made public, today - a modified plan for universal military training. This ~ould call for a reserve force of three million men. Trained as soldiers -- who would be illlllediately available 1il the event of war. Congress has hitherto been cool toward universal military training. But now will get a lllOditled plan. WET BACKS The Mexican border reports - a stampede of "wet backs. 1 1 But - the other way, back to Mexico. ' This follows the beginning of a full scale feAeral offensive against illegal aliens, who swarm for jobs - in « southern California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas. 'l'he1,{re being rounded up on farms and in cities - and sent back to Mexico - a huge bus operation - transporting thousands. But many other thousands are swarming back of their "- own accord - beating the authorities to the punch. TheyAre expected to stayJ wai ting1 on the Mexican side - until the deportation campaign subsides. Then, back acroea the border - in the usual "wet back" migration. BOB O - The t a n g led marital a ffa irs of Winthrop and Bobo Ro c kefeller are to be settle on Saturd a y - i f a meetin g - between the f eudin g c ouple works out okay. A five and a half million dollar settlement - that much for the coal miners daughter and her son. The meeting - to be held•• at Reno. Blonde Bobo on her way by train. Wit Winthrop Rockefeller - flying to Reno by plane. The meeting, we hear, will be at a bank in Reno. Bobo- to seek a divorce if there is no final hitch in the settlement. UEEN u een l i z beth, to ay, w nearly - e c apitate . That 's her own de s c ription. Her Ma j esty and the Duke of E inbur g h were attending the Ascot races - an, this morn ing, took a g allop around the famous old racetra k. The D uke 1 an expert horseman, and polo play~r. The Q ueen - also an accomplished equestrian. The Duke was galloping in front - when he suddenly ducked, and lay flat on the back of his horse. Shouting to the Queen - look out. A telephone wire had sagged, for some reason or other - dropping down to about neck level for a horseman. Like - a dangerous trap. The Duke, by ducking fast, just got under. The ueen, warned by the shout from her husband, saw the wire, and ducked under. If she had run into the neck high wire, at full gallop - well, it was as she explained, later. Lord and Lady Roxbury were Kllawt waiting for ti 1 them. Her Majesty laughed and called out we were near y decapitated." " CHT A Holly ood ... t o E b e atin on the h e art o f uthor B e n H ec h t. He p ublished an au to b o g r a ph y, and the remar k s h e m ade about Hollywoo d w e r e - e xcor ati n g . " The mov e s , 11 writ e s B en Hec ht , 11 re one of the bad hab t s t hat corr · upt ed o u r century - an erup t on of trash that ha s lame d the American m i nd and retarded Americans from b ecomin a cultured people." The Hollywood reaction i e a vers i on of the old song, "Don 1 t bite the hand that 1 s feeding you." Ben Hecht admits that the Hollywood hand has been feed n g him well. But says - the picture s on which he wor k ed, earne d a tota l of n i nety million dollar s for the producers. S o you m ig ht sJy - he 1 s biting the hand i nto which he helped to put a bag o f g old. we l l, i n a way I c an b ac k u p my o ld fellow reporter, Ben He cht . In the years I spent roamin g the wor ld i t seemed to m e th a t our s econd and t hi rd rate Ame ric a n f lme di d mor e harm to ou repu at on a ~ a nat on than an yth n else . our g ood f 1 Q thy rarel y see _ n most countr e~ . They buy the cheaper one Q . DEWEY Governor Dewey says he's ons1der1ng the question - whether or not to ~ll• quit public life. Reports ~ - he' made plans to set up a law pr a ctice in are that New York Ci ty.lut)moves ~ on to draft him to run for Governor again. ~-~-- .. ~ today, Allaps, I a t ~ his decision / - /\ In A lbany, depends entirely on - 1 personal and fully considerations." - He was asked about a published story - that he might replace John Foster Dulles as Secretary of State. Dulles - to go to the Supreme Court. Tom Dewey refused to co•ent, other than saying: "John Foster Dullea 11 a m••••• wonderful Secretary of State and will be there for many years." DBMOCRATS-HEARIMGS The Democrats on the McCarthy sub-coDl'llittee have issued a demand - for a 11 house cleaning of the sub- comittee staff. Which would apply, first of all, to coalttee counsel Rot Cohn. Also, possibly - to Chief Investigator Frank~~C~arr~~-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The Deaocr sat the sue time, call on the Eisenhower Adminl ration to fire the Army "principals" All of which follows a suggestion by Republican Senator Potter yesterday - for the d1111i11al of "•11Pl•1ee1'! on both sides who were proainent in the uproar. On the McCarthy sub-c01111ttee Senator Potter n would hold the deciding vote. The Deaocratic demand for a sub-coaaittee "house cleaning " waa ,. 11• proaptly denounced by Senator McCarthy as a move to stop investigations of the Conununists. McCarthy - voicing his usual arguments. And supporting his comittee staff, especially Roy Cohn. SECRETARY STEVENS Army Secretary Ste'ens declares that, in the future, he is willing to cooperate with Senator McCarthy. At Quantico, Virginia, the Secretary was asked for oo•ent - on those headline hearings. He said they proved the "integrity ' of the Army. He, himself, has no intention of resigning. He will stay on the Job - ready to work along with Congress and its connittees. Including - the McCarthy Conmittee, 1n lts 1nveat1A8t1ona of C011111W11a■. >~ .A..•a• ~ ~ -t;.e ""' ""-"'° ~ .,.,_~ ~ ! JR'oday, he see11ed 1n good humor about the mole thing. but said - Army officials won't go to the party thrown by Senator Mundt on Monday. Yesterday, as the hearings closed, Chail'lll&n Mundt issued an invitation.a A "subpoena" he called it. Suaoning all who had ••••••• participated in the television spectacle, to the festivities. Stevens now states that it would be inappropriate for Army men to au attend the party. ... HEARING -ARREST The Washington police, today, arrested a man - demanding to see Senato~ McCarthy and Army Counsel Welch. A New Yorker - exceedingly angry. But - impartial about it. Angry - at McCarthy. Angry - at Welch. Angry - at . both aidea. Because the television show has ended. "As far as I'm concerned" he shouted, "the hearing• ' are not over." - He liked the show - which, after all, waa free. HEARING-TELEVISION Television officials, today, were adding up the figures - pertaining to the biggest TV show of all time. They estimate that, at one time or another, some fifteen million sets tuned in on the McCarthy hearing. The rating for the daytime show - more than sixteen. 74t~- ~ more than sixteen percent of the TV sets were tuned 1n~ld\1ch is higher than the figures for favorite shows run on the regular daytime schedule. The response 1n letters, · telegrams and phone calla - enonnous. Many people even sent money - financial contributions to help pay the cost. The production cost to the networks, including the TV time -- came to about a million and a quarter. The connercial sponsors we r e relatively few. A 'I-V official explaining; "business firms are reluctant to 1 II sponsor anything controversia. · Well, it all amounts to something that we'll have to reckon with. It may be that, in the future, all important - HEARING-TELEVISION - 2 events of government will go on television. For centuries, the trend of liberal political systems has been - to make affairs of government public. Not - to operate in secrecy. The public - admitted to parliament, Congress, law triala, and what not. In time to come, a political proceeding, attended by a few hundred people, My . be considered -- virtually