GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY: The p ower of the B-bo■b is •uabelievable.• so aaya Defense ~ecretary lilaon. The ueteaae secretary told a news conference today that •The whole ooacept of ao4ern warfare - is in•olved iD reall\t•• which are hara to accept.• Be ezplalaed hla ■ eania1 by aayia1 \bat \be B-bo■b aurpas••• the atoaic boab - aa ••ob aa t~• aloalo bo■b aurpa111d the glut t.1.,. bo■ba of lorld •ar Two. Secretary lilaoa ar11d Aaerlca■ a to take ■ore interest la ciYil 4ef•••• - beca•s• a 1uddeD ••••J would be so deatructi••• And another war would be, aa \he secretary puts it, •a war 01 aur•l•al.• ~o be •••t• - tighter ci•il def••••• But a ■ e■ber ot the Coa1re1aional Ato■ ic ~aer1y Coaaittee makes a differeat proposal. Bepreaentati•• Holifield saying, little that would be effective could llLIJI - 2 •Ci•il defense against atoaic-hydrogen attack is a delusion.• He adds, •Kasa extermination of millions in any or all nations - can occur during a weekend.• Congreasaan Bilifield'a propoaal 1• that dtaonstrations of the B-boab be giYen publicly. Bt wants people •••rJ•h•r• to tnow the trath about the aew boab. Be hope, that such dtaon1tralloa1 will con•ince eYeryone that war au1t be •••rted at all coata. lDd ht thinks that world leader• lite Preal4eat Eisenhower, ueen lll1abeth, ud laleakoY, should tell their people the truth - tbe·trath about the 8-bo■b. !Aftlff President Eiaenbower aalm Congress tor the power to ~ 1 t r a . The President, sa:,tng tn a speotal . . . ..,. that we ought to cut our dutiea on 111lport1 traa abroad. Mr. Biaenhonr pointed out that our Allle1 ttnd lt ditt1cult to atreQlthen their ecOD011te1 - u 10111 u they cannot sell their IC)Od1 in 0111' aarlteta. !bl PN1ldent add .. , that we also lose aamta 1n other comatrl••· So bl ua to • allowed to cut tar1tt1 by u aacb • tltlffn per oenl. !Ill reducttona, to be sprud OYer the ' 111st tbN• pan. !he Praatdent prcatatna that thlJ will not 111r1 Alilrt11n llu.1t•••· But he alao lllde tbt.a point -- no obanp 1a our curb on trading etrateatc Mlerlala ifttb Iron Oartaln c••Rl• Today, Congress approved cutting tederal excise taxes by about nine hundred and ninety-nine million a year. The Goverraent, to get that IIILlCh le11 tr011 the sale or ture, Jewelry, household appliances, aov1e t1cketa, and 10 on. The bill now goes to President 11Nnhower. President originally oppoeed the outa - beoauee he wanted to balance the blldget flrat. aa~.f~ted to alp tlw b111:; . before t011orrow night - beouee otblrw1ae an &11tcaatlc w reduction would go lnto ettect, ooatlbl the !Nuur, •••n •"• What doea the bill prc11l1e ua, conata1nT lfell, we hear that the pr1oea ot thtnp aay not IP don ••l'Y •oh • beoauae operating coata are r111n& - wblcb •am that thlnp like 110v1e tickets will bi allioa . t u lallb. i1it t11t • • • al ti& s a tall pa 111.. But J 1 s the bill will 1 1•• 111 • _.uwtJ,AA/~· little relief r • lta PL C &il IIRB TAP The House Judiciary C011111ttee poatponea a vote - about wire tapping. That controversial taaue • lbCllld evidence obtained by tapping telephone walls!! uaed 1n tbl oourta? - - Wire tapping it1elt la lepl - uaed bJ tbl J.B.I. aat 1n ltneteen Porty-Seven the Supreae C o u r ~ : , \ ~ o b evidence in the tederal court,. • The Adllintatratlon olatu t i t lt could pro1ea11te persons imolved in eaplonap cuea - it wlre tap nlclenoe nre - adlllsalble. For ex•ple, it could pl'Oleoute Judith Coplon, wbo - treed atter wire tap evidence 1n ber oue bad bNn tbrallia out. The ROIIN ludlclar, COllllttee bU been eoDllclerlnl the problem tor 10111 t1Jile. A yote due aoon. aat poetponed today. Beca111e ot d11qrewnt on wblbr tbl AttornlJ Clenlral or the tederal cOlll'ta should have the ttnal Juclplnt on t~ uee or wire a tap evidence. Tbt Collllittee a110 dillll'"lftl about Attorney General a-owne11•1 111ae1tton that wire tap ••ldence be used in kidnap and ex t ortion caae• • u well 81 1n I IJRITAP-2 - the prosec'1t1on ot aptea, aabote'1ra, and traltora. In otkler wordi - the dispute concerns the ltaitatlona to be lapoe.ad, and who 11 to have authority to '119 the ••1denoe. C011111ittee Cha1Nan Reed ot Illlnola aa,a that he hopes to get a teat vote at a secret wtlnl tCIIOrl'GII. Be adds that d11cuaa1ona 10 tar•• tbat tbl 411pate nttatn * Ccaittee cute acroaa Party 11.ill■• A dispatch froa Hanoi. that the French and their Viet la■ allies have Dow knocked out enough of the eneay artillery - so planes can Dow relieYe the besieged atron1- hold. Yesterday. we heard how an &llled assault a■ aabed saashed and then captured the tey artillery po1itioa jaat outside Vien Bien Phu. And aow. the troopa are 41111•1 ia to keep the landing field open. A french coaauatque now 1a7s that fourteen bjndred of the eneay were killed ia that sudden thrua\ by araored coluana out of Dien ~lea Pha. 11th only twenty freacb Onion troops tilled. And - at least halt of the led anti-aircraft gun• were deatroyed or captured. Rebel artillery tire froa the hill• - now 4eacribed 11 •sporadic.• ¥reach patrol■, aoYlDI out ■ore than a lilt, not aeeting any Reda. rtench rt-grouping •ht, the rebel• 1eea to be pilot• report - a -- gatherlDI their 1cattered forces north of llPO:~Bll.4 - 2 preparing for another all-out attack. perhap• ■ till hoping to capture Dien ~ien Phu before the raia7 ••a1oa. But we hear that Tiolent cloudburata are reported troa northern Viet laa. lhicb aeana that the raiDJ ••••o• aa1 be starting two •••k• earlier than uaual. BAST OERNAHY The Red boas of East Oel'llany calla tor a militant anti-Western foreign policy. Deputy Premier Welter Ulbrloht, laying dO'llfl ~ make Eaat Cler.n.T a coaplete SaY1et satellite. The Deputy Prater apote betore a C0111N11 ot Bast Oerun C~l1t1. On hand - the SOY1et Hilb CG1111.a11oner and hie aides. 'ftley were seated ln a apeclal box. At the•- tiae, security polloe barred U.S. • • - n - nen tboe•p Br1t1ah and Prench repremtatlYel ot tlll pNII " " ldliltted. 'Ibis, reflecting the bitterly antl-Mlrloan Nlllft'.I tbat Ulbricht made during hie speech. He said that iuropean natlona lhOllld COM toaetblr in a bloc - to exclude tbe Unlted Statee. lie declared tbat, if a West German aray la tor111d - lt will be, what he tel'llld, "a 11ercenery ar11y." lledllll - that it will be supported wltb Aaerican money. He threatened to create an Bast Oeraan ll'IIY, to contront that in the West. He den011nced the Allerlcan troo.,_ JferaanJ;~ rl~~ .,~tbe SoYtet troopa 1n UST 0BRJWtY - 2 - East Germany - are there merely to de tend the peace. Ulbricht alao 118nt1oned cond1t1ona within Eaat Germany. And according to hla deacrlpt1on, things aren•t too good under the Red regille. The Deputy Premier stating that food rationing will continue. Aleo, little chance that prices on conamaer goods will be cut. In oth.-worda, even thouiti East Oel'llany is no111nally "tree" trail SoT1et control - austerity conditions will 1'9111lin. 1110, the anti-Veetern foreign policy. And, ot coune, the R11111an 81'111· SALTOlfSTALL bill - to withhold veterans• benefits tr011 all aoldiera who refuse to sign loyalty oaths. The Saltonstall bill, deaipd to cover loopholes in existing procedure. According to detenae otticiala, aubYeratvea are entitled to veterans• benetits - it they are not diahonorably - - discharged. And a suspected C01111Uniat camot be dishonorably discharged - unless he hQ been court-aartialed. Thia la WI\Y suspected subversives are entitled to penaiona, am 10 on, atter they return to civilian lite. ~ Senator. 71 1111 aa,a ii L hla bill would J)Nffnt this from happening in the tuture. It it pa11e1, it will, ti ~ s a ea words, "mike IIUJ'9 t ~ an not pa:,lns pensions to C01111Unist1." All benefits ~ be withheld trOIII G.I•s who refuse to sign loyalty oath8. _,..,.. .... • .... , blll woe1Jd ■eu it Segator s1 1tmz:1tall - • ••• •• • I; I al; a.t tMJ QN 1u1peot~ po11lb2e to d•ett Joete••• pl9•• 14 ot being 1nbure 1 xe• 1 -etaed at ■ek1M tbeJI otr1cere. ,,,,., ----- -- As a result ot our Tibetan journey several ye a rs a go, Lowell Jr. and I came in contact with ha■ ra d io o p e rator s in various arts ot t h e ~orld. Reg Fo x , who •as then in Lhasa, had a short-•••• oatfit, and aaateur radio operators everywhere conatantl.J tried to get in to u ch with him. If they could, then tbeJ had accomplished the ultimate. On• ot the baa operator, ~' •• __. tough roz ••• D.B. Mitchell, at llnnebaao, ..... . ... / .. 111,noi1, whose short-wave call letters are 19101. Kitch has just sent ae 1oae interesting information, and tonight I am wondering whether he or so ■ e other m emb e r of t he 6 · 0 rt-wave fraternity, can t ell me how th a d ve n ture turned out. T h e e s s a g e from Mitch tells ot an ex p edition f h m os t re m ot e i sl a n d s in t h e on i t ,. , , . a y t o o n e o t e Yi o r l d . C i h u ndred mil e s f. e s t of e x ico, erto n , seven 11 an uninhabited atoll. He say• th• ex p edition was I; . organized a s a p art of a world-wide radio contest -- haa o p erator s trying to get on the air trom remoie p laces not p reYiouely represented in a■ ateur radio. Leo Olney and Bob Denniaton, tro■ lewton, Iowa, •tarted tor Clipperton, a journey that aight prove to be ,u1te an adventure. I only happen to know about thi• island b ecauae a, aon returned fro ■ Auatralaeia witb a ator7 about an air■an fro ■ Juatralia, who is to tbia air ••• wbat Magellan, Colu■bua, Yaaco daG•••• B•4•••• T•••••• aad Coot were in their 4a7. Captain P.a. Ta,lor, plaJ•4 a aajor role in o p ening up the ' oYer-ocean air rout•• of the world. While ao doina, be••• th• fir1t •••r to land a p lane at Cli p perton Island. Captain Taylor, bJ the way, • as an a aaocia t• of I ingaford Sat.th. h l · t looked aa tho In Nineteen forty-two,• en h of th• Pacific-· and the Japanese ■ ight over-run auc did •• he fought tor th• opportunity to open up 1 new air route froa America to le• Zealand and Australia, a route tar 1outh and east of the regular route •ia Hawaii, Canton and Fiji. Captain Ta,lor wanted to fly from lexico to the Marqueaa1, and oD to Fatu Hutu, Naputa, Puta Puka, Tahiti, Bora Bora, lutualopa, and then to Auckland.• lot 10 ea17, becau•• it aeant three tbou1and ail•• to the Marque1a1 with onl.J one island in between -- Clipperton,about whioh alaoat nothing was known. Caftain Ta,lor explored that rout• ~ ,-..f,t,1.~a..,t:--- in a PB!, and wrote a ■oat intereatin1 bootJ\entltlei FORGOTTEI ISLAID. And now these two baa opeeator.1 fro• Iowa••• trJingto get t o Clipperton, •here no one has been aince the war. They may be out OD a ator111 ocean, right now, h Per ha pa tb•J are loat./<Tttt! o h • • n I■ unting for it. •• t eaptaia Pois 14111" • Queen ~lizabeth should start eating_ crocodile 11 at. ~o says an Australian ati•e, who aaw ~lliabeth and Philip driYe through a town near Perth. aate4 for hi• opinion, the bu1haan replied, •she'• a nice little ,o■tn. ~ut I could carry her in one hud.• then he ad4t4, •They both need lota ~t 100d fat crocodile aeat - to fatten thea up.• But the royal coaplt, becaa•• of the polio acare, are liYing aboard the ro7al liner. latla1 their aeala there. And on tbe Liner Gothic aena - no crocodile ■tat! • llPJAI In u p per Rew York State, Indiana on the warpath. The reason - the traditional one_ the white ■ an. One whiieJ man. Michael Chect■an, who aarried an Indian ■aid - ■ ad• her his aquaw. - and then settled on the re1erTation. When the paleface aoTed in, the lndiaa obieta brought vp an old law that li ■ ita reaerTatioa land to ae■ber1 of the tribe. ~o they told hi ■ to Tuoa1. Be refu1ed. The cbiefa 1ued. the state ~upr••• Coutt rule• that a white••• ■ ay re1ide le1all7 on th• re1erTation. The Indiana appealed. Today the appellate Court reTeraea tbe preTioaa ruling; deci4iDI th a t while the ehite ••• bad a legal right to aarry an Indian aaid - he had no ri1ht to insist on settling with her on the tribal reaerTation. so, Mite, the Indiana haTe won - for once.