I PARIS A dispatch from Paris, Premier Mendes-Prance and Chancellor Adenauer in conrerence tonight, untll about thrff A.M. Paris ti.Ile. Trying desperately to save the accord on Oerman rea1'118118nt from - a laat lllinute collapse. The trouble - the Saar dispute. The security a agrNllenta .. rt to be signed some time t0110rrow. But, today, Mendes- l'rince declared - "we will not alp an, agreeaenta toaorrow, lt the prob la ot the Saar 11 not settled." Bence, the -rgency talka tonight with Adena•r reporting - "10119 progress." But adding - "tbe NM 1er10111 protil•• lett." Leaving all 1n the balance. The United States 1a willing to Join u in talks with soviet Russia - when the new set-up of West European defense has been completed. Today's dispatch from Paris 1ntoraing us Ma that Secretary of State John Poster Dwlta has given the proll1ae to the British Foreign Secretary and the French Preaier. Telling th• - that we are will~ to Join tha in opening negotiationa with the Kremlin - tor a settl9118nt or the cold war. But - only after the pact tor West Oel'llan aoYereigntJ and re&1'118111nt haa been assured. Meaning - it would have to be rat1t1ed bf bJ Prance and Vest Ge • 'nlen - we'll be willing to go into high level talkfith Soviet Rua11a. In Paris, there's influential opinion, favoring "parallel" talka. That 1s. start negotiations at once - llhlle the new 1ecurity a7at"e■ goes through the routine or being ratified. But the American contention la - that thla would be rushing things. U.S. d1plo•ts point out - that the Soviets have been trying to block the real'll&lllent of Weatem Germany by •an• or peace talks. Dangling - the prospect ot negot1at1ona as a sort ot bait. So, if that angle Vere taken out - there would be a better chance of doing business in a serious way. Noacow, no longer able to lilake it a propaganda 11111e, alght be aore serious 1n hlgh level con1ultat1on1 With the v,,t. The White House announces - Premier Mendes-France ~ will visit Washington next month - as a guest of President Elaenhower. The French Premier - to arrive on lovember Elgtlteenth, and remain in the National 1-,,■1 Capital ror at least two days. Previously, the President had expressed the hope - that Mendes-Prance would c011e ror'a visit at h1a earlie■t convenience. The DD invitation - under dlacuasion during the past couple or days. Pollowed - by the sett1ng of a All or which •ans that in the space or leas than a aonth - President Eisenhower will have a chance to d11cuaa international arta1re with the heads or both the French and the ball Oennan government. Chance~r Adenauer - to precede Mendes-France. Adenauer, scheduled to be a guest at the White House on October l"enty-_!.1ghth. Looks as if , Mew 1nternat1onl planning may be 1n prospect. At the United Nations, Soviet Russia, today, Joined the West - in sponsoring a call for new disal'IIIUlent negot1attona. The proposal was put forth originally, by Canada. The Canadian delegate• announcing, today - that VilblnakJ has agreed. Jloscow - to ~obi 1n tallt1 tor a reduction ot al'IIIIMllt■• The Canadtan annou.nc ... nt wa• conttl'lled bJ VlebUiaq, who aatd: "1 procedU1'81 &ll'ffll8nt hal been reached ~ " The negotiationa to be - 1ecret. 'l'he Aae:tlcan vin 11 none too optlm.atlc, tiut we're will test tbe good fatth ot the Soviet■." "Ve await the teat wlth 1ntereat," he aas:a, and t 11 "The United States will do its par. LG1Q91 REPUGEF.S - England has a case ill of Polish sailors. go1:ng over to freedom. Aboard a fishing boat, the crew or seven revolted against the captain and the political officer. The latter being the Red agent sent along to promote Co..unia■. He dldn I t do so well.- apparently, because the sailors •de the captain a prisoner, llhlle the political otficer barricaded tituelr 1:n his cabin. Then they sailed their craft across the North Sea into the Yorkshire port of WhitbJ. The seven aalora -- a1t1ng tor political asylum. / 'ftle Red govermaent or Poland insisted - that they be extradited as cr1111nala, mutineeN. Brltaln has an extradition treaty with Poland - which provides, however, that political offenders shall not be handed over. So now the case 1s in a London court, where there was a hearing post;oned until next week. Per111sa1on to enter the United States has been given to a party of jOlish sailors - now on Por.moaa. Which_ ends a controversy in Washington. An arguaent - behind the acenee, that had been going on for weeks. Earlier in the year, Chinese Nationalist warships, blockading the coast or Red China - seized a freighter and a tanker rrom Red Poland. Taking the vessels - tnto Fol'II08a. There, a number of the !M Polish sailors asked for political asylum. Thia was granted - and arrange•nts were made tor th• to come to the United State,. Where - ant1-COIII\Ul1at Polish eleMnts guaranteed the■ Jobs on far111. '!be plan was backed · by the State Depart119nt. But then - was blocked by the inlligrat1on service or the Department of Justice, under our 1Jlll1grat1on law. So an arguaent was on between two branches of the government. 'l'he;~intral Intelligence agency, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Foreign Operations administration - entered the controversy, we ga hear. Backing - the :::::::::......,.-~T~~~ "':":'" ~ ~~~~-- - J, , ... _ state Department. So now, the illllgrat1on service gives 1n. Attomey General Brownell - granting special entry pe1'111t1 to th~ &wenty-two Polish sailors, who fled Coaunl•. ilUl.,_,IVI PARTY 'ftle Senate Internal Security COllllittee releaaes teatillony - that the Co•unista controlled the progressive - .!!.arty in MineteenPorty-EightJ)'fian fol'ller Vice Pre11dent Henry Wallace and Senator Glenn Taylor ran for President and Vice President, respectively, on the Progreaaive ticket. The testiJlony was given by a one-tille FBI intonaant Who 1n the COIIIINniat party, Herbert Philbrick. llx"" told the sub-coam1.ttee! "When the Progressive party was toraed 1n lineteen Porty-eight, the COIIIIWl1ata were in c011plete - control of every single 110ve, and eveey single polic7 carried out." Earlier in the week, both Henry Wallace and Glenn Taylor denied previous evidence ot the a - sort. Wallace declaring that in Nineteen forty-eight, he had insisted - - he would not tolerate Co11111unista or accept C0111Uni1t backing. Glenn Taylor who 18 running tor the Senate in Idaho, said~ ~Ir there were anJ COIIIIWliBtB in the Progressive Party, I never recognized them as such. " ~U.,SIVE PARTY - 2 Today's disclosure or testimony includes a stateunt - that COlllllUnist party headquarters objected to a campaign speech Wallace prepared, 1n lineteen Forty-eight. The Red ~ leadership - revising parts of it. The one time PB I 1nroraant says that Wallace, on a coast to coast ~dio network,• delivered the speech aa altered by the Co t.anlat party. Governor Dewey, tonight, •de a charge again . ~ ~ Averell Harriman, candidate tor Oovemor II or New York on the Daocratic ticket. Dewey charging that, 1n Nineteen twenty-five, Harrillan and his business associates "•de - - a1111ons" out or a Wall Street deal...,.1n which the 1nve1tor1 were deliberately ■is1n~to:1'118~~d:_· _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ People bought bond1, and lost seven ■1111on dollar,. 111aJ Dewey said - the caae 1a now before a federal court, and the question 11 - whether Harri■an and his aaaociatea should pay back the aeven 111111on to the vict!M . ~ This bu11ne11, aa described by the Oovemor, concemed ainee in Polish Silesia. The bond bQera - 11111•~. Harr111an and h1a associates concealing the tact that the S1lea1an corporation was - tn "serious financial d1ft1cult1ee." So says Dew~y. Earlier in the New York political c111Paign, Senator Ives, Republican candidate for Governor, charged that the til'II headed by Harriman paid a hribe of a quarter of a million to a Brooklyn Judge . Tonight Govemor Dewey said - be was preHntlng chapter two, ~be S1les1an Mine deal. And pr01111ed _ u another chapter t0110rrow, 1n a speech bJ Senator I•••· Tonight, Averell Harriman called the Dewey charge a "distortion and a smear." - - - --------------f'--- In San Francisco, aeanwh1le, Senator lnowland or Cal1tom1a gave his opinion ot election prospects 1n the tollowing words: 11 It is 11J belief that, aa of today, the lovellber elections will be aaong the closest 1n our h1ator,." The Senator tll1nka that, no •tter who wins - the •Jor1ty in the Senate 11&y be only one or two Totes. And the House - not more than half a dozen. • Lm AIGILBS The Governor or California has asked the oil industry to close down all refinery operations in Loa Angeles county_ as a teat. To determine- how rar the oil refineries •Y be responsible for the a110g. Today, for the sixteenth straight day, Los Angeles was in a haze - those tUMa that sting the eyes and irritate the throat. Governor Goodwin J. Knight · says - he has no authority to stop the oil act1v1t1ea. He 1a •rely ll&king a request. The ccapaniea declare that 011 refining 1a not a •Jor cause or the a110g. 'ftleJ aay their aouthem California refineries have 1natallat1ona to reduce the pollution or the air. Taking 110re precaution•, actually - than required by law · 'ftle latest - the leading oil cOlll)antes have reJected the plea · Saying - that shutting down or th~ refineries would prove nothing. Such a teat, they claim, would depend on the weather at the moment. Meanwhile, California Senator Kuchel has made an appeal to President Eisenhower - asking for federal ai d -- - 2 Tectmlcal assistance - 1n the crisis or saog at Loa Angeles. In the Brlttlb lnveattp.tton ot Jet aL!'llne• l (u:. q~atton ot tb'lng aaucera entered the problq. So atated bf Sir Amold Hall, Director ot the Pamboroqh Air Jll■earcb Center, Brltatn•a 11ltr&-HCNt laboratory. Slr Arnold headed a tecbnlcal group ltadJllll till clUH ot tbrN cruhea - 1n 11h1eh J•t atrllnln, tlll ca..ta, o - to dlaa■ter tor no apparent reuon. !M lnft1t1Ptllll board, flooded wltb aqpatlon■ trall tbl public. lan.Y people ..-1■1111 - •rbe thNe 111 tated all'l1mra ran into tl1t111 1aucera'fo that poea1bll1ty WU daly inYeltlpted . . . .;.lt • neptt••· Sir Arnold lall declarlnl - 1 tm 1t11d1 ot wreelrqe renalN no ■tan ot colluton wttb an.~tna. Incllldt111 - tlnnl 1aucera.~.,. •~lalna;it -■ ._tal tattaue/ w. ........ b I 11 IIPUJI · · · · - tba otbar ntlbt. 111 191 11••· I LJl■ll 17 r A . .. tel, uMer SNat atraln, ataply ll'01li we~ mil ~ • Y 111dden1,.f'rhat'• wat happened to the Jet a1r11nera, t1,1 .. at sreat apeed. ThOlllh - 'lletal tattgue" UJ 1011nd u odd u "r1,1na aaucera. " In the Cleveland case or Dr. Samuel Sheppard, a jury hll been seated - ten ta t1 vely. Today, nn,r juror nUllber t•lve was chosen, in the case or the doctor charged with the aarder or bis wife. On Monday, however, both aides will ba•• an opportunity to challenge the aelectiona. 'nle Jury now atandlng aa rive Mn and Hven woaen. 'l'h~011&ntic days of old man river cqe back -- when the "!te111boat Mail" arrived at St. Louis. For the first tille, a since the days of the civil war -a river-ooat traveled up atreaa from New Orleans, with a cargo or U.S. Mail. Today's dispatch telling - of seven thousand letters. A convent1o+r staap collectors is on at St.Louis. 'ftle philatelists - hiring a river boat, and 11&iling letter, to theaselves. All - for the nostalgic, aentblental cancellationa on stuaps and envelopes. River boats Back in the days of yore, the M1aa1ss1pp1~1•••x•r carried the mails regularly. Which ended whe~ the railroads cue. But now, once again, the · steaaboat •11 ~ The country - as we heard last night_ 1 8 commemorating the seventy fifth anniversary of Edison's invention of the raa111ar electric light, the incandescent laap. In Eighteen Seventy-Nine, the 11 Wizard or Menlo Park" brought out a auccesatul fora of the electric bulb, which we now see everywhere. Well, todaJ, the news wire gives ua an interview with Wilbur Hua ton. Who'• he? That's the ator,. In Nineteen twent7-nine Edison aponaortd a nationwide contest - to pick "Alller1ca's brightest boy." To be sent through college at Edison's expense. Expected• to follow in the footsteps of that prince or inventors. The w1nner , - W1lbur Huston, sixteen year old son or an Episcopalian Minister at Seatlle. The famous inventor sent him to MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Te~hnology - where he took a degree 1n physics. Then. was given a Job at Edison's New Jersey laboratory. Expected to become successor to Edison. But, after four years, Wilbur Huston quit the laboratory EDISO N - 2 - quit s ci en o ay he e plained th a t he felt the worli nee e somethin more th an e c hn o lo y. M oral e velo pm e nt neede - spiritual val ue s . S o he evote d himself t o the mov e m e nt al le - mor a l rearmament. But, h a l f a o z en years later, he went ba c k to science - through a ve r y practi c al c hannel. Drafted into the Army i n Nineteen F orty-thr e e -and given an assignment at Langl~y science Field Ai r Force laboratory. There he found a&a1ma congenial, once a gai n, an d staye d on at Langley Field. But he is no su cc essor to Edison. Today he explained: "The days of the individual genius, like Edison, have passed. ~ To d a y' s approa c h is that of a research team, rather than of in d ivi d uals, trying to explore alone. II So he's working with a team, and says: "we are trying to c reate better an d safer airplanes. II All of whi c h is an apt interview - for the seventy fifth anniversary o f Edison 's incandes c ent lamp. S EARC H Th e town o f ow e r s la k e , N or t h Da k o ta , h a s , n o rma ll y , a popu l at io n o f sev en hu n re . To a y th e people num ber e d as man y a s - s ev en t h o usa n d . A l l - be c ause of the d i s ~ppearan c e o f a s ma ll b oy . I ~ F our y ear o l d L a v e rn E n get , g oin g to meet his f ather V in the fiel ds - van1she . A sear c h g oin g on - for days. People - r a llying to fin d the boy. Thi s morning, a thousand men, on foot,formed a human chain, sweeping the countryside. Two hundred on horses~ rode out. Six bloodhound s - trying to pick up the trail. Thirty airplanes an d two helicopters - scouting from the sky. The human chain expected to cover one hundred and thirty square miles by nightfall. ~ o many volunteers have thron g ed for the search - the t own can ' t hold them. Hundreds have to sleep in the fields and emergency canteens have been set up to f ee d them . · Showing - how