i 1 . ,. . McKay S cretary of the Interior, Douglas McKay, announced 1n Salem, Oregon, tOday - that he intends to seek the purpose - epublican nomination tor the Senate. The _Y-tt~- to un;Tat Sena.tor Wayne Morse - who won as a /, Republican, and then switched. parties. Since then, A:. s na tor Morse has been one of the lead 1ng cr1 ti cs or the Administration. Secretary McKay says that he wants to save the Eisenhower program from hostile criticism 1n the senate. Thats why he 1s going to try to get the seat now held by Senator Morse. It is sure to be a slam-bang campaign - with McKay a strong candidate, because he was Governor o! Oregon before he entered the Eisenhower Cabinet. If nominated, he will give up his Cabinet post in June. WHITEH OUS E ~ W ashi ngt on reporters would like to know what was said at the Wh1 tehouse last ni g ht - during President E1senhowers "stag dinner". The reason tor the interes~the 11st of guests. On hand were the usual members ot President Eisenhowers pol1t1cal family - Vice-President Nixon, Attorney General Brownell, Presidential Assistant Sherman Adams - and so on. But there were others too - like ronner Governor Thomas E. Dewey or New York and General Luciua Clay. a -tic!- " - , ; list or dinner guests 1ncludea top t1gures in 1, ,A. A the a.o. P. who were 1ntluent1al 1n winning the , nomination tor Mr. Eisenhower in 1952. So t h ~ ~ that the subject ot conversation was political with emphasis on the coming campaign. WH I TEH OU E (2) Did they d iscuss a possible running mate tor Mr. E isenhower. ~omeone besides V1ce~President Nixon? We don't know. ~ The President aoo his advisers ~a I '- A I-- Say anything at all ,A.bout the dinner. ., AI RO A apecia_ emissary mad e a ram ti c flight today - from Ga1ro to orda#) and then back to ca1ro . The .s-J Premier or Syr1a . , se!lt Ohazz1, on a ias!on to yo~ /l King Hussein - bearing a secret message rrom the Chiefs or Egypt, Syria, and Saud1 Arabia - who are meeting 1n the F.gypt1an Capital. Sal Ghazz1 refused to d1sclose the contents or his message when he lamed at A.Dinan . He drove <11re . ctly to the Palace tor an audience with the King . hen he raced back to the a or , aoo took ott !or ca1ro . s 1 A.'ma. belleve he essage incl ed an otter by t e hree Ara s a es - mate ' .::i 1 ta1ne s ts1dy 'f\.' t .,.0 a~ rl .ee "'J e .nan :. 1rty - 1 n - . , we • ear -:ooa.ys :'I~Ssa~e X2.."J :-.av~ a . AI O (2) that Egyp t, y rta, and a u d1 Arabia are willin g to make ~ up that sum, .!£_Jorda[will eradicate the l as t vestiges of British influence. Back 1n Egypt, the three leaders went into the rourth day of their strategy talks. But like good Moslems, they took time ott to tultill their religious duties on the Moslem Sabbath. , They went to Gairos historic Mosque, Al Azhar - where, during the rites, crowds shouted anti-Israeli and anti-Western slogans. Arter that, they returned to their discussions - oi how to meet the situation in the iddle Fast. C YP R US ~ Cyprus 1 s 1 . w\'8Pt~...H1iil,lt---U~- r ol lowing the arrest of the Orthodox Archbishop. ' l ' he British, seized Archbishop Markarios - in an attempt by Governor Genera1-= Sir John Harding, to break the Nationalist Violence by force. The Archbishop, 1s head or the "enosis" movement- ~~ demanding independence with Greece. He is accused or ~~-~ being behind the terrorist army. A ~ ~out to leave tor Gree~e toda~ -wasa he was seized at the airport, and flown into exile; et some und 1 eel osed d est1na t1 on. 'l:mlcL. Br1 t1 sh troo~earch:rr his residence ~ r e p o r t ~ that they round an / automatic pistol. That would bring the Archbishop under CY P R US (2) the emer ency regulations established by the British - which makes -tM possession ot !!rearms, punishable,--,.. ~ - . . 5 ~ ~-..Q. • .--e-:t;- Sir John Harding~ has stopped all telephone calls and cablegrams between Cyprus and Greec~ .(m m has deployed t1tteen-thousand troops at strategic points 1n the Island - trying to crush the underground army_. OC- The arrest ot the Archbishop seems certain to ~ more violence. Today, six bombs were t°'hrown at British army vehicles • ...-\ At the same t !me, crowds 1n Athene have been • demonstrating 1n the streets - shouting, "down with Britain and denaoo1ng the return or Cyprus. DUL L E: S S ecr e tary or 8 tate D u l les wa s g iven a col d r eception )'4t-f4~~ c,vtR ~ - : - wh en he arrived in r n/i;-~ay. The Indians, still angry I' with two points ot American F o r ei g n Policy - our backing o! Pakistan in the dispute over Kashmir, and our support tor Portugal 1n the dispute over Goa. Consequently, only a tew persons were on hand at the N ew Delhi airport. The Indian M1n1ster or E:xterml Affairs g reeted Mr. Dulles o!tic1ally. Otherwise, there w er e only members or our diplomatic corps, and American residents of New Delhi. Mr . Dul les spoke a rew words at the a i r port. ~e said he hoped that both sides would gain from hts talks ( 2) 1th P rime n1ster N ehru. He admit ted that th re are difference s bet Ne en India and America. B ut - tbaD he added - "d1f !erences are chara ct eristic or tree people." From the airport, secretary D ulles drove straight to Nehrus hane in New Delhi. The two statesmen posed for photographs - am then plunged into their talks • • DE T he B ritish P rime Minister today issued a special warnin g to the people of B ritain - not to be taken 1n by Camnunist anile s . 9k» Anthony Eden, referring to the official announcments just released - that ronner Soviet P r emier Malenkov will make a guided tour of British At0011c Research Stations next week. And 1n ~ April, Britain~ get the full proP,aganda treatment A rrom Khrushchev and Bulganin - when they arrive tor their ---1c,C1'{/JuJ. good-will tour. ,4. Sir Anthony did not m ~t1on anybody by name. But he pointed out that the men or the Kremlin openly boast that they inteoo to take over the world. A111,_!9 no one ~ 1n B ritain should be taken 1 n b y ~ amiable behavior M-;6, I\ ~or the visitin g Russians. T ASS EN Toda y s m tin o the S e n a t e Investi ga tin g Sub- C ommit te e was a b it stonny - and at th e c enter or the storm a enator who~ to / , ~~~ b e / \ ~ tor that kind or v <1"c- I t all happened when th1ng, Mccarthy or ' isconsin. A Fpreign Aid ~h1e1 Harold Stassen was testifying about trateg1c goods passing behind the iron curtain. McCarthy and Stassen were once g ood friends - not political enemies. AM ~tone point Senator McCarthy~ ilt ~ - ~ Stassene report to Co ng ress el being as the • ~ / , Senator put it "as tar as I know deliberately !alee." A - - - - - - - - - ·- - - McCarthy charged tbat two-hundred-e.m-t1!ty million pounds or copper wire have been shipped !rom Britain to the iron curtain countries. Stassen denied that, but :t:RF- added "I won't give you the fi g ure". STASSEN (2) Senator McCarthy also attacked secretary ot Defense Wilson and secretar, ~ ot Camaerce Weekll - because they retuaed to let their subordinates teat1ty betore the C01111l1 ttee. & l ~ ! W " ' e a l . ~ OPftl'>"I ,_. II'•• FARM BILL Yesterday we had the Adm1n1strat1on victory 1n the senate - the rejection ot a Democratic plan to restore rtg1d h1gh price supports on basic crops. Today, the .' ' • ' follow-up to the Adm1n1strat1ons concession. The senate, vot1ng to increase th1e years acerage ot corn. The I Senatore agreed to increase the amount :to rttty-one a1111on acres. AJ.ao to impose price supports on certain teed grains. ~ &ebate on the Farm B111 is st111 go11- ~ . -,/ • . -ha6',. ~d Senate Leaders say there 1 s no hope ot getting a !1nal vote this week. Meanwhile, Secretary or Agriculture Benson 1a ~ - - congratulat~ tor yesterdaJs Semte decision~ ~ ,~ The Secretary told reporters that the thirteen vote margin against r1g1d price supports 1188 greater than he FARM BILL (2) ~ had expected. And, or course, he 1SVU!,' happy about a.. t;k. 1, So 1s President ~.enlacr'".ePt who congratulated~~ 1 '4~~ .. ,Q;b ~ ilf secret1117~ ht• arr~at the Whtte House~- 7..._ NEUBERGER Senator Neuberger ot Oregon proposes that the 1nvest1gat1on or lobbying be taken a.it ot the lands ot the senate. The Oregon Democrat, cla1lll1ng that Senators elected with special campaign tunds - can hardly inquire s into the campaign tund ot other senators. His solution - the investigation ot lobbying 1n Washington, to be " ~~ utc:tertaken by a special coD1D1ss1on beaded ~ a 3udge. I\ HOLDUP A daring daylight holdup 1n New Yorks lower F.ast side. Two messengers arrived at a housing project - carrying the weekly pay-roll. As ther passed through the gate, three men s\lidenl.y raced through on toot - bandits wearing talse noses and dUDDY eyeglasee•• &riled with two shotgun■, and a sub-machine gun - they held up the guards and seized tbat payroll ot twenty-thousand dollars - then jumped into a car driven by a tourth member ot the gang and fled before an,one could do anything about it. N ORWAY Norway seizes another Russian fishing vessel. Last month we heard how a .,ovie'\i fleet moved into Norwegian /G.•-~◄ _;~ -~~ waters, and how t h i r t e e n ~ were captured by the /' A Norwegian Navy. The Kremlin had to 18Y a big tine to get into Norways territorial waters am began taking tish. A ~ ship ot the Nqrweg1an levy •s promptly sent out - am brought the Soviet vel•l back under guard. It 1s being held now pending an investigation.- ,1ae Norn&k• TITANIC A dispatch tran Dartmouth, Nova Scotia mentions one ot the most dramatic and tragic events ot this century - n, the sinking ot the great line•, Titanic, after abe hit an ,( iceberg. The !i tanic comes to mind because John Fassett 11 dead: ~ - I P one ot the radio operators who relayed messages about the tragedy. Ba.ck in 1912 Jolla Fassett was one ot the worlds t1rst amateur radio operators - one or the t1rst •baJu•. On the night or April 14th 1912, John Fassett began getting messages stating that saneth1ng had happened to the Queen ot the sea, the Titanic on a run between smashing into an iceberg am going down. The "unsinkable" TITANIC (2) sh1p actually sinking. Fitteen hundred lives lost. John Fassett kept relaying the story all during those two days ot April when other ships tried to eave aa many ot the survivors as they could. Now th1s •ham• operator is dead - snapping one ot our 11nks with the Titanic. ANI'ARCTIC Here's a question about one or the mo s t 1naccesa1ble spots on this globe - the Antarctic.Congressman Thor Tollefson ot Washington has written a letter to President Eisenhower - saying that we ought to make rormal claims to terr1 tory at the bottcn or the world. The CongresSDBn points out that we have done more - • Antarctic exploration than all other n~tions combined - ! yet we have not claimed any territory formally - have not not1Ued other nations that they have no business J • entering the parts or the south Polar ~ont1nen!r,~ov~~ i ~"'""~J'~.~ L ~ ~,~ by our explorers llke Admiral Byrd;(:J And ~ongresSDBn Tollefson 1s atra1d t hat .Kussia w111 1,.-,,... .~...., planting the Hammer and Sickle near the us to stay away. ANl'A RCT IC (2) ~ ~~d eo~ress w111 not act unless / \ 5o 1t gets a Presidential rec<mnendat1on. He hopes Mr. - - ~ Eisenhower will make such a rec011111endat1onYthat ~ Co~ress pass leg1slat1 on declaring ou~ rights in the .lntarcttc 1 -t:t'.( ~ .,,_. ~ ~ ~s~~~. L.A. WTORAMA I've caught up w1 th tM Motorama a g a i n , = - ~ __;;,.,.._LH. ~~~ - -.J " General Motors D1~trict Manager Blair tells me they /\ are breaking all records. Up to last night three- hundred-am-sixty-three-thousand-nine-hundred-am- twenty-tour Southern ca11rorn1ans had seen this exc1t1~ :, ~ spectacular show. Last Sunday broke all records tor one day or Motorama anywhere; one-hundred-thousanct-t1ve- hundred-and-t1tty-three. District llall'lger Blair bel1e~es that a1x-hundred- thoueand people will have attended Motorama here 1n Loa Angeles by the t1me 1 t winds up on Sunday night. Then on to San Franc1scoJ ) (./)\) _ ~ -tv)~ ' 'A..y.) ~ { ~