EUROPE Lr~ a -ru-d ½13, 19s~ . In Pari toda , tl'l-e Council o f Ministers of l · es t Eur op ean countries voted - to p ress for a "United of Europe." That 's what it am ounts to - a unified E uropean political communit y . The Ministers repr ese nt the Schuman Plan countries - France, e s te rn G rman y , Italy, Holland, Belgium, a nd Luxembourg. They sa the plan should be pushed - "without delay." They favor a European assembly, with fourteen countriee represented. Moat of them think that this assembly should be elected by universal suffrage - the people, not the governments, to select the delegates. A CoMtit1tu1on for Europe has been drafted, and the Ministers hope for further action at a conference to be held in Rome, in July. Slowly, that old vision seems to be taking shape - a United States of Europe. SUB CONFERENCE This afternoon, we had the first official reaction of the Eisenhowe r administration to Prime Minister Churchill's proy sal for a Soviet-W stern power conference. Tne reaction is not enthusiastic. At the State Vepartment, & spo e sman indicated that, before any such meeting cou d be held, Moscow should give some evidence of bejng in earnest. Bring about the truce in lorea, conclude an Austrian peace treaty. of that sort would be•••••• concrete evidence. One view in a4min1etration circles 11 said to be! - a meeting with Nalenkov would only help the No1cow Preaier to strengthen hie leadership ir/..u•• Well, I suppose it ' would &44 to hi ■ prestige - Malenkov in a headline get-together with such leading lights aa Eisenhower and Prte.'11FMAMM Churchill. In Congress, today, Senator lnowland of California, Chairman of the Senate Republican Party Policy Committe , charged that Grea~ Britatn/1• tryiGg to coerce us into what he called a •tar eastern Munich' sue co1r1111c1 - a !hich would make World War Three inevitable. The California Senator, an ardent aupporter of the Nationalist reg1 ■e of Chian g K ai Shek on rormoea, aaye the British want Red China to be admitted lnto the United Mati o na and 1ven a place on th~ Security Council. Senator McCarthy of W 1 sconein 1aye that he'll make a Senate apeech tomorrow, an s wer1n1 the ,iatemente ■ade by Clement Attle e , leader of the Labor oppoeition in the House of Co■mone. Attlee denounced om torelgn polloy, and McCarthy aay1 he made - a •toul and daetardly attack on the Pre1ident.• said he didn't know who wae running the foreign pol1CJ in Washington, President !1eenhower or Senator McCarthy. Here•• an opinion fro■ the uemocratlo . standard bearer laet Boveaber - Adlai St e veAaon. On hia trip abroad, he was in India today - Rew Delh1 - where he -■■ 0 1poke in favor of the Churchill euggestlon tor a t o p level conference. •we should always; said Adlai Stevenson •teep the door op e n for wide ) aus QQl[IBSHCI - 3 coneultat1on1 and negotiations, with a view to a peaceful resolut1o of the conflicts that divide an4 torment the world.• In Paris, strong demand for & co ~ ferenoe. 7 I Th11 eaanates from th~owerful foreign affair• co■■ les1oft the rrench national a1s1mblJ - wblcb lhrea\1n1 to block the ratlf1cal1on of the European ,a Ar ■J pact unl1a1 the F rench goveruent co•e• forwar4 wlth plane for a tour-power aeetlDg. The Reds h ave rejected the O.N. ro p o sa l; the one t a ken to Ior e a by General Mark Gl a rk, hiaself because it wa s considered t h at importantL The p lan, okayed in ashington, calls for the release of p risoners-of-war who don't want to go hoa e , - jut turn the ■ loose in South Iorea. Act~ally, the proposal aaounts to a ■ odificatioD of the coapro ■ ise offered by the Reda; which 1u11e•ted that a neutral coamission take charge of such prisoner• for two months after an armistice - their final diapoai- tion to be decided by a high level conference. Our answer, today, w o uld keep the p lan for a neutral coa ■ ill w h ich has been a greed upon - the Co ■■ unists, in that four-aonth period to be given a chance to talk the prisoners into going hoae, if it is p os s ible to persuade them. Then turn loose the ones that refuse - instead ot having the q uestion go before a conference, in which the Reds ■ ight stall interainably. But our proposal today would apply to Chinese only- TRUCE TALK 2 not the North Koreans. Th se, we say, would be set free right away, when an rmtstlce was concluded. No neutral coaission for the North Koreans - only for the Chinese. It sounds complicated, but one supposition is that it ~ might cause a split between the Chinese am Ile orth Korean Reds. The North Korean Conmuntsts would have no chance ~ to argue with North Korean prisoners, who~ be liberated right away in their own country. The Chinese, on the contrary, would nave a chance to try persuasion on Chinese prisoners - who, it they retus~o go back, would be liberated in North Korea - not their own country. They might prefer to go home. It still sounds complica•ed,klt that's the only explanation that the news dispatch fran the Fer East can suggea EGYPT The Sue Canal 1.s taking on a warl k asp ot again. Today, the Brit sh garrison of ei hty thousand was for possible violenc. Troop leaves are canc e ll ed . Armed escorts guarding au omobil es and trucks. Trenches and fortif1e red for trouble. R 8 1nforcement - on the way. Royal marin COOUIElndoes in full battle kit - sailing fr011 Malta. The reason - the breakdown of British-Egyptian negotiations. One point in the deadlock is this. Both sides agreed · that British troops should evacuate the uez canal Zone - as the Egyptians demand. But the British should have the right to put soldiers back in, should there be a crisis, the danger ot war. That left the question - who should d cide on the danger of wa ? :~he ther 1 t might be serious enough to Jua t i fy a return of the British to Suez. The British said they should. Th e gy_ tians insisted - t ey'd make the decision. Hence the d e adlock.) Today, Cairo newsp ape rs blaz e d with anti-British EGYPT - 2 1nvectiv. Pr mier M o hammed aguib, th Strong Man, denounced statements on th Suez Canal made by British Prime Miniater ' inaton Churchill.1In Lon on, a government apokesman discloses a whole new series of outbreaks in the Canal Zone. Egyptian attack against the British~Thirty of these incidents - 1n the past six weeks. All adding up to the fear that the situation may flare up again - renewing the violence and rioting that happened a year ago. IRAN The brother of the Shah of Persia is leaving the country - bound for G e rmany. "F or reasons of health," it ts announced. But that's one of those diplomatic fictions, apparently. The word is that Prince Ali Riza is being forced to go - on demand from Premier Mossadegh. All - part of the feud between the Premier and the Shah, ajor odnfl ·~--·r , ,, ,gh•s , ,° / U polic1, aeiz~ / / ,,, / / the / AnglG-I p perti , ng on a,JYec / ar1.ais he ~rch 9 poses / ol toting ~ t ~ use of • mier , w nd e • / / / ra d mob sup Shah. He })a m e m ~ t TJole roya y - / ) Reza Pahlevi's queen is in exile in Europe, and now - his brother goes. OOLLES Here 1 s picture of a magn1f1cen r ception, with no end of recauttons for safet . American ecretary of State John Foster Dulles, accompanie b Mutual Security dministrator Harold tassen - arrived in I rael today. Aa their plane approachei Tel Aviv, it was escorted by a squadron of Israeli fighter planes. At the airport where they lamed, all approaches were guarded by four hundred police. They were welcomed by Foreign Minister Moshe' Sharett, and Secretary Dulles reviewed an honor guard of Israeli paratroopers. They were escorted to a bulletproof aul0110bile - which, by the way, was a gi ~ t of former p-qsident Truman to the late Chaim Weizmann, President of Israel. On their way into Tel Aviv, they were guarded by military units armed with machine guns. Orders were - to arrest m1J111 anyone approaching the .Atlles par . The 1nistry of the Interior gave a stern waming - tnat ther should be no demonstratiorus agatrust the American Secretary of ~tate. The warning was addressed to the Canmunists DULLES - 2 S, and other malcontent element~ Altopther, the height of welcanejand precaution. FALLOW IBBAIL Here•• the latest - fiat-fighting and briot- throw1ng between Commun1ete and ant1-Co■aun1ata. A, a Red ma•• meeting, Communist orators shouted anti- American 41atr1bee. Ant1-Co ■mun1eta attacked the ■ an4 1••• that waa when the brick• ana fiats began \o flJ. GERMANY - OFFICER Here's a nov e lt y - an offic e r fl e eing from promotion. A Colonel running away from the rank of - General. In West Berlin, Colonel Siegfried Gerber is a refugee, after having fled from the East German army in the Soviet Zone. He •s the highest ranking military officer to escape from behind the Iron Ourtatn. Today the Colonel stated that, when he escaped, he was about to be promoted to the rank of Major General. And - given camnand of the coastal defenses along th f Red shore. He says: "I hate Connnunism. It's just aa bad aa Naz11sm." So he fled from the rank or Genet-al. HURRICANES This year of Nineteen Fift y -Three ts e stablishing , _a count~ a record - and a bad one. This is clear f r o m ~ of - hurricanes. Following the disastrous twisters that hit Waco and San Angelo, Texas, we have a tabulation from the W eather Bureau.-rsince January First, the tornado rate has been two and three ~imes more than u the average. January - thirteen twisters. February - fifteen. March - forty-eight. April - sixty-two. For the first eleven days in May - thirty-two. The tozasz average for the entire month of May is thirty-three. Almoet equalled in a mere eleven days. At that rate, May will more than double the average. Dt Jl •11 IJJ t• nwt•w , lcaca&. It's a bad season for the black, funnel shaped cloud that rips a path of havoc. SAILOR ne of the survivors of the shipwreck in Lake Superior tells of what he considers a miracle - the way he was ~ _t _ o,:m. L saved. With the ore ship foundering in a wild ~ S a i l o r \f..reez~ Bernard O b erski found himself in th~~waters, lashed by the gale. H e co, ldn 1 t have survived for long. Then he saw a lifeboat with two men in it - but the seas were so heavy he couldn't swim to it. "Then, like a miracle," he relates, "the boat drifted toward me. I pleaded with the two men inside to help me. But they were so numb they couldn't do anything. "Just then," he goes on, "a big wave tipped the boat sideways. I hooked my elbows over the side. Another wave tipped th e boat to the other side, and threw me aboard." N o wonder Bernard Oberski calls it - a miracle. MEXICO Mexico reports a most unseemly incident. The Governor of the Stat of Tamaulipas - hi in the face with tten tomato. Gov rnor Horacio Teran and a party of officials were the targets for a barrage of over-ripe vegetables. And, squash - he G vernor got it! The cause of the trouble - a magnificent plan to b~ild a five million dollar theatre ln Victoria. The Oovemor sponsoring the spectacular showplace. What irked the local people is the fact that - their city has no fire department, no fire engine, no hoses, no strealll8 of water. So, juet when the five million dollar theatre project was being booned, you can imagine what happened. A fire broke out, and the middle of the town went up in flames. Today, the Governor of · Tamaulipas came to inspect the ruins. The mob that hurled the shower of decaying vegetables consisted of the owners of seventy-five shops that burned out in the fire. BLONDE Now this next is the limit - the extremes to which a Hollywood publicity gag will go. That a blonde of the movies will do - to break into the news. Take advantage of almost anything. In this case - that offer made by General Mark Clark of a hundred thousand dollars for the fil'Bt ' Miga Red pilot brings in. So how does a Hollywood actress · 1atch onto that? Take a guess - it 1 s easy. Kathleen Hughes proposes an addition to the hundred thousand bucks.~ What addition? Why, herself. She suggests our military conaamer over there make a supplementary offer. Promising any Red pilot bringing in a Mig, that he'll be taken to Hollywood - for a date with Kathleen. She describes herself as - "affectionate," and