, OOLLES A .. . ~ - ,-~--, -::J-~ ~.> ,_ '~''!. Secretary or State John Foster Dullea, today, clarified this country•s attitude 1n the matter or suspending w-e atomic tests. Declaring that Ulb e might accept a .A auapenaion - before there was a halt 1n the production of atomic weapons. Which might seem to be a reversal or the prev1ou1 { / Aller1can atand. Which had been - that atomic testing would be stopped, only llhen atomic-weapon-production was &110 stopped. Bllt the Secretary explained that, while there must be agreeaen on both points - the testing part might go into effect tint. Before production was actually halted - although, agreed on. 'l'hia c1ar1r1ea a contusion following a statement - made bJ Preaiden~iaenhowr last week. ll!xlu,wqx,,.,,,.,_,•••·•••pdbn• At the London Diaaraaent Conference, today, American delegate IIIIIIOM Staaaen ottered a proposal - that - '2.. both Soviet Russia and the United States reduce their manpower to one million, seven hundred thousand each. ~ - 2 { In Moscow, 1'..,._. Soviet Poreign Minister Gromyko tumed loose one of those familiar Bolshevik diatribes. Denouncing a declaration by American General Noratad, Supreae coaunder for Nato. Who said that Nato now poaaeasea enough strength - to "destroy everything of military significance in Rtlflia. 11 Gromyko calling this - the 11 ravings of an aggressor." Saying - that Norstad injured the prospects for an agreement on disarmament. - NICKERSON At Huntsville, Alabama, Colonel John c. Nickerson - pleaded gu i lty, today. The Army officer under charges - because or the way he protested against an order by the Defense Department. Colonel Nickerson - a top figure 1n the Army's guided missile program. Angry - because the Al'ffl1 was limited to short range missiles. The Air Poree - given &Ytapnq the long range projects. In protesting, he released material - that brought about his court-martial, and a long list of charges. The prosecution, today, dropping two of the more serioua.1hel'St9a. Incl1ldlng - espionage. Colonel Nickerson - pleading guilty to oncem~, ........ 11, carele1ane11. the rema .n ing fifteen count Penalty - still to be determined. I He could get a possible thirty years in prison, but nothing like that 1a expected. The detenae - bringing fa forward a series of character witnesses, today. Top experts - praising Colonel lickerson•s contributions to the A1'1117 guided missile program.) GOVERNORS At the Governors• 6onference, Williamsburg, Virginia - no great enthusiasm for President Eisenhower's proposal of last night. The President suggesting - a study of ways by which some of the powers of the federal goveniment might be given back to the states. The states, also - to take over some of the job of taxation. The general opinion among the Qovemors seems to be that they'll be glad to cooperate - but they doubt anything usetul will come from the move suggested ' by the President. INFLATION Another hike - in the cost of living. The government announcing - that the consumer price index Jumped three-tenths of one per cent last month. Rising - for the ninth month in a row. Bringing the cost of living in May - to an all-time high. Three and six-tenths per cent above May ot last year. ► 9 TBAMSTERS I RETAKE. In Washington, the trial of James Hoffa, Vice-President of the Teamsters Union. Charged with bribery - trying to put a spy on the staff of the Senate rackets investigation. Today's witness, John Cheaaty, a New York lawyer - who told a lively story ot what went on. Row Botta - paid him to get a Job on the Coaa1ttee start. So that he euld give the Te•ster Vice-President - inside information about plans tor the investigation of Labor racketeering. Cheaaty said - he•• first approached bJ IIJIUrl Piahbach, a N1•1 1a111er · - llho 11 a co-defendant 1n the trial. P1ahbach making overtures - then taking Cheaaty tor a ••ting with Hoffa. Who said - be wanted somebodJ inside the COlllllittee, tipping him ott - to llhat was intended. So that Teamster Union otticiala, called as witneaaea, could be "prepared. 11 The price agreed on - eighteen thousand dollars. i Cheaaty saying - he wanted money in advance. Whereupon Botta - - 2 h nded him 9 one-hundred-dollar bills and two fifty- ollar bills. · aying: "I o we you seventeen tho u sand d ollars now." There was an intimation, w e a e told, that Hoffa already had a couple of s . ies on the job, including - one in the office of the late Senator McCarthy. Today, Cheasty said he had a talk with Lawyer fishbach, the intermediary, and asked him - about the danger of being caught. Acting as a s p y - on the Committee staft. Fishbach replying - there wasn't a chance. •we are too smart for that,• he explained, according to Cheaaty. Which was ironical - that business of being too smart. Because Cheasty had his own ideos. Goin g to the F.B.l. _ and telling them what had ha .p ened. They, instructing him_ to go ahead with the scheme. today. Hoffa a nd Fishbach, on trial The net result - BASWIJ, - More testimony by baseball stars. at the congressional hearing 1n Va1hington. Bob !Peller • tor twnt, . years a speed ball pitcher or the Cleveland Indiana. low, speaking•• the President ot the NaJor IAague Bueball Pla,-n Daociation. And Stan lllaial, the great hitter on tbe st.Laid.a Carda - V1ce-Praa1dent ot that oraan11at1on."°b hller•• te1t111oriy - 4raat1c. :. Ia prote111ona1 bueball a bu1De11, or a aport1 Should it cCJM \mdar the Ant1-trut Law! . "CertainlJ," decl&Nd Bob ,e11er, "bueball 11 a buineaa. What'• Wl'OIII with calling bueball a buainell! I th1nk," be wnt on, "tiUeball IIO\lld be better ott under the , Anti-trust Lan, w1 th a tn exoeptlona. - II I ,, Ill I li'ftDI ,a11Nll a f1ae hllra To llhich the tomar apeed pitcher - adMd other cr1t1c1- ot the wq orpniHCl baNball 11 run. lie detendad tbe "raHne clauae" - llhich t1e1 a ballpla,ar to a cert•~ te•, but he thoqht - that the "NHne clause" lhould be lWted to t1ve para. After llhich, BAPIIY• - 2 the ballplayer - could bargain with any club be wanted to. Stan lllaial l&icl • the "reaene clll.lN• 18 oa, U it 1tand1. Peller•• teatillonJ ... - . . 1tartled aeMcan r...- 1N114ent Wlll Barrldp • llho tollowcl the ballpla,-n an thilt ntne•• atand. Barridp aa,ing: "He 1urpr1NCI and lbocbd • a bit bJ 11aDJ ot hil ■ta---"""•tl. 11 IIUIRICAIB The tirat hurricane ot the Nineteen P1tt1-Seven 1 euon llh1rl1ng - 1n the aouthweatem quarter ot the Gult ot llex!co. Moving - 1n the direction ot Texu and Louiaiana. Being the tirat, 1ta nae beg1na With "A" - Hurricane ~ 1 • JllffID'Q SECOND Alas• poor Mayflower the Second. In ■ore trouble - worae t~ver,,A ~ ~ } . ..,_.IIUie ..__ •• •••• <.--- - ----- ;< " t•gal trouble , a lawau1 t. In London today, the financier mo put up the IIOneJ to build the replica ot the Pilgrim hthera• ship - uked tor a court 1nJunct1on, Pellx Penaton - llho -~::C..:. ,A, reputed twenty-t1ve thousand pounda, n1net,-e1ght thousand dollars. Aaking the court tor an order - enjoining Warwick Charlton, naaed aa p1'0110ter ot the llartlowr the Second. f Mltan ■-18 - W Cbllrltan adll a •pntl.wn 1 a ■cn-t• to tum the veaHl over to the lllrflowr l'oundat1on. 1nJ ■oneJ aade out ot the Narflowr the Second - to be UNd tor educational purpoH · a. aat Charlton, according to the account, nnta to tum the craft over to another organ11at1on - the f "Pl111outh Plantation", at Pl,-outh, lluaachuaetta. A contl1ct of plans - having cauaed a split 1n the partnerahip that promoted the vo,ue of the 111.Jflowr the Second. low bringing about a lanuit - the kind of trouble the Pilgrill IPathera never had. .,,,., Italy - growing balky about the depo~tat1on ot Italian-American gangsters. Sent out ot the United states - back to their nat1 ve land. An ott1c1al ot the govemaent at ROiie 1tat1ng - that Italy doean•t want the hoodluu. And 11 ready to tight, by legal and d1pl011&tic •an• - to atop the cOlling of an, more. Por acne 19ara now, aerican authorit1.e1 have found a convenient way ot pttirig rid ot Italian-•rlcan pnpten. lore than five hundred• aent back to Ital.J. So, todar,, tbe govenaent ott1c1a1 declared: "ve•ve got enough ot thllil alreadJ. 'l'beae •n wnt to the United Statea nn theJ wre children. t'heJ bee- ganptera 1n aerica, not Ital.J. VhJ should w take the reapona1b111 tJ'l Iver, tille • pt one cttheae cbaractera, it • • • extra police work, extra aoney to watch tbell." Well, all account• 1nd1cate - theJ 1 N a nu1aance. tti.e/,J Al '1'he Italian police - baY1iil t~"•A the 110b1tera. Vbo are kept in reatr1cted areaa. rorb1d4en to leave certain t011111. ITALY - 2 10ne alal'lling angle - the deported racketeers don•t seem to be getting along with each other. '!be n\llber one character 111011g them - Lucky Luciano. Who ii''"'•••• ,, Ji••• la,i1.ei .. Conlidering hwelt - better. S011e while ago, Joe Adonis arrived 1n ItalJ - a b1g-t1ile pngater deported fl'OII the United State■• And IMOQ IAaciano na uked - would he - t Adoni1 at the boat, To llhich he replied: "••, I got nothing in cc•on With gup like that." Snobbe17 - llhlch ■ilht, poaaiblJ, bring about a gang •r uaong the deported boOdluu. llhlch the Italian police - WOUld not enjoy. Saa ot thall are broke, and have no way to uke aoney - not honestly, 1n ll1J caae. "'8 altuatlon 10 bad - that a lloun prleat thought he'd do 1011etbing about 1t. Pather I!ALY - 3 Jlichale Bland1ne - plam1ng a h0119 tor old gangsters, outside ot ROiie. Tocta,, the govenaunt ott1c1al prev1oua1J quoted, uked a plaintive question: •~,• he deunded, "don't the •r1cana send ua a couple ot lnr1co hm11, it b J ant to pt Md ot some~?" ~ F ... ~ ,.,.,__ .~~ "'f too bid, Si&nor, bllt IIIPNM►l neYer had an, idea of ,, ptting rid ot t.be great atomc 1c1ent11t • lewb \ LmDOII RIOT wild riot at a dog race. Called - the worat 110b disturbance 1n the history of British racing. All the aore ahocking - because royalty wu in the middle ot it. Prince Blmbard of Holland, huaband or Queen Juliana, having to 1l&ke a hutJ getaft7. At the BarrinpJ Stad1• - a thrilling dog race - 1n llh1ch the favorite, "1111Jcan Sprint" - beaten out bJ' • 1 "Rubella Caai111on" , a long lhot, at ten-to-OM. • • • • • • ti :J,,'r._n.16 . AOCll1ng 1n MCond • or 10 it . . . ,d. 918 riot breaking Ollt • llhen "Blllrcan Sprint" -■ d1■qual1f1ed bJ t.be Judpa. lllf? V.11, that•• an 1ntere1t1ng point. Al the - peJhoUndl Nil to a clON t1nllh, •11111cm Sprint" - bit , the other dog. •au17oan" can alao blte. llhlch - outrapoua - and called tor DIIICliate 41■qual1t1cat1on. When the Judge■ announced thia, a 110b ot 10111 t1 ve mmdred loaing bettors _ c - 1tor111ng. V1th a wild choru of lAaDOlf RIOT - 2 booing, they charged the judges• stand. '1'he judges_ fleeing 1n a hurry. The mob, growing larger and more violent - •• ._, a bumed the judges• stand. 'l'her aet tire to the grandstand - and invaded the race track restaurant. In the restaurant, at the tille - Prince Bemhard ot Bolland. Who got anr tl'OII the trouble - 11hen polic-n aneabd hill out W a back door. After llhicli, the r1otera - atole llb111te1, gin and beer tro11 the reataunnt bar, twntr-•i&bt hundNd dollars' wrth. And - aet tire to the bar. Police wre aob111HCI troll all over London - and charged the raging crowd with beav, wooden truncbaana. llh1le t1reaen - tumed hoNI on the riotera. !he IIOb tigbting back. b t1rrnr - hurled th1'0llgb a Uu:_-:. ;:::::;,_f.. n•ber ot 1n.1ur1e1 and arre~t• - 1n thi'ti;c7a~AJ.l becauae - ~ dog bit ._\all' dog. t >. ill A NNO UNCER: L .T.- B ecause of one news item today I recall d ifficulties I've had abroad, talking English_ to p eo p le who know little English. Jean Seberg, Hollywood movie actress, in P aris, was interviewed by French reporters. The conversation - in English. Jean told thea - that none of her relative• ever had any ambition for things theatrical. Except her grandaother - who, when a girl, wanted to be a bareback rider in a ciroua. After whioh one Pari1ian reporter quoted her aa saying: •Ber grand■otber wanted to ride a bear.• Another said: •Her grandaother wanted to ride bare.• Lite LadJ Godiva. Ah, those frenchaea! And the way the7 can interpret some of our ai ■ple American words! And So Long Until Tomorrow.