L,T,-OLDS~ TU~S L AY, ~A R CH.~l~ 1261,_ GOOV EVENING EVEBYBODY: Here's a heartenin 6 re p ort - tor the Free World. Communism is faltering - in what used to be a Communist stronghold. U.P.l. news analyst Phil ~ewsoa p oints out that Italy was almost do ■ int.ed by the Co ■muniat part7 after the war. The danger of a Bed coup, hanging over Rome - as late as uineteen fifty-six. Soae experts think the coup would have taken place - except for the Soviet attack on Aungary. The brutal suppression of the Hungarian freedoa Fighters - shook the Italian ~ommuniat party. Causin1 - mass defections. A trend that still continues. The arty admits that less than sixty p ercent of last 7ear•a membership - have paid their dues for this year. So the Free iorld has one solid lus - to set down in the black-ink side of th~ Cold War ledger. LIAD - 2 Communism is a growing threat - in many places around the world. lt's a decreasing threat - ia ~taly. U p in Toronto, thratre-goers have co ■e to the conclusion - that Brendan Behan is funnier off the stage than on. Last night th•J saw the boi1terou1 !riah plaJwright - go out on the boarda. ~ la7iag a atar role - in hia ja11 reYue •Iapulse.• ell, B~endan-tbe-actor strolled on-atage and of£ - pretty ■ uch aa the spirit ■oved bi ■• Answerln1 - his own cues. He told joke•, 1ang funny aongs - and leota»ed the amience about ever1thing fro ■ Shakespearian traged1 to lriah whiake7. The \rouble ia - that ~eban•a audience didn't stay wi~ hi ■ too lona. Th•J first beca■• restive - and then started to walk out on hi ■• By the end of t h e show - the la,wright-turned-actor waa perfor■ iq to a lot of eapty seats. Is he discouraged? lot at all. S ays ~rendan Behan,downin g a sh o t of firewater - •1 had a lot of fun~ iY19LAB When Harry Null of St. Louis was in the Aray - they sent hi ■ to the school for ailitary o lioe. There he learned criainolog7 - the techniques of cri ■ e. For exaaple, the way burglars •case the joint• - before breaking in. How to ransack a rooa - without leaving finger prints. The eaaiest way to open a aafe - witb nitroglycerine. And ao on. Private Harry lull aer•ed hia hitch aa an l.f. lben he returned to ci•ilian life - he decided to keep puttin, hia cri ■ inoloa to work. Reault - he's in the ? Okey, tonight. Accused of - eleven burglarie• in St. Louie. Harry Hull, who worked both sides of the atreet - as an ex . ert on cri••· Today a big B-52 landed at l:dwards Air , orce ba s e, California - a nd the p ilot radioed to the tower, 'Get Joe out of the cock p it.• be w as referring to test p ilot Joe W alker - in his X-15 underneath the right wing of the B-52. The big p lane - the ■other ship. The saall one - our spectacular co ■bination of aircraft and rocket ship. ~ alker was due to have a shot at the s p eed record - when the X-15 developed a bug in its electrical systea. So - t.blr return• d to base. As the B-52 hit~• runway - fl a me and amok• burat froa the right wheel. i;ndang ering - th• miniature X-lS. H ence the warnin g radio messa g e - to g et J oe a lker out. W ell, he came through unharmed - and so did his plane. Both, rea d y for another crack at - the & ? eed record tor manned aircraft. AIONIC Ame ican Lelegate hrthur Dean brought concessions - to Geneva. Dean made this clear - s the talks on a ossible atomic test ban resumed. He said e're ready to go, in his words - •more than halfway, during these negotiations. Our only condition - that Soviet Delegate Tsaraptin show that he means to negotiate in good faith. Specifically - that he really wants an inspection system trut. would prevent cheating by either side. Our concessions mention such things as - inspectio of the nuclear devices we explode. And a reduction of the nuaber ot inspection oats - to be s · et up inside the Soviet Union. So far there's no indication that the 4 useiana will meet us - halfway. Today, Tsarapkin repe at ed th• old boviet deaands - that in effect would permit a Soviet veto of the whole ins ection systea. The newly elected hea <l of a ~uban g overnment-in- exile - is no amateur in olitics. Jose Miro Cardona was rime Minister of Cuba - when the Castro regime got underway. lie stood by the ~ictator as long as he could - and fled into exile only after Castro's Communisa disillusioned hi ■• Miro ~ardona•a new title is - P resident of the Revolutionary ~ouncil. He says he'll ask Washington for recognition - as soon as hi• governaent is established on Cuban soil. • The re p orts about what is ha pp enin g in s ide Angola - are stil l contradictory. Two d ifferent ans P rs to the question - • ho are the terrorists op erating along ~e Congo-Angola border?" The ortu g uese authorities re p eat - they're berserk soldiery tro ■ the Congo. tiut soae refugees who have just arrived in Brazzaville call the terrorists - native Angolese troop• who mutineed against their i ortuguese officers, and now a r e on the rampa e in the jungle. ln any event, officials in Luanda describe th• situation - as under control. The terrorists fleeing - before the loyal Angolese army. Their remnants, under constant strafing attack by P ortuguese plan••• ortuguese settlers - returning to the area. He turning to their homes. LAOS Today's hite li ouse conference on Laos - was the second in two days. nd that indica t es how seri o usly th e ad ministra ti on is taking - the Laotian crisis. Esp ecially - the oviet airlift, which continues to drop supplies to the Communist rebels. . . P resident Kennedy's p osition is - that we connot permit a communist takeover in Laos. ~nd must use all the force at our command - to prevent it. ~ ecretar7 of State Busk tried to make the point very clear - when he talked with Groayko at the State Department on aturday. Secretar7 Busk was at t he 1 hite douse toda7 with theother residential advisors - for a foreign p ollc7 conference at the highest level. Meanwhile, Laos itself seems less in dan g er - than jungle rumors had suggested. The loyalist ara7 has gone over to the attack - after sto pp in g the rebel drive on Luang Prabang. £OHGQ From the Congo, some good news £or the U.H. - and so ■ e bad news, too. To mention the bad news first - U.1. forces are said to be losing their hold on northern Iatanga Province. Losing to the age-old inhabitants of Katanga - the Baluba tribe. Ethiopian troops barely escaped from one village - by fighting their way through Baluba siege lines. The U. H. has lost two more villages - and may be force to eTacuate several others. The reaaon - is pretty obvious. The U.I. is si ■ pl7 outnu■bered b7 the Balubas. Outnu■bered - at least twenty to one. The ,>od news - concerns the Congo port of Matadi. The govern■ent in Leopoldville is allowing U.I. civilians - back into the city. Which means - that ships with supplies for the U.N. command can now be unloaded at Matadi. Our mba s sador to the U.N. today drew a fi g ure of sp eech - from horticulture. ~ aid hdlai Bteveaeon - " e must sto p p ulling u p the roots of this p l a nt every five days, to see if it is still growing.• Terming this a sure method of killing the p lant, Stevenson added •1 suspect tiat is exactly what some people have in mind.• Let's analyze - the Stevenaonian figure of speech. The •plant• referred to - is an orderly Congo governaent established under the auspices of the U.I. •soae people• - are the Soviets. The business of •pulling up the roots• - refers to the ~ussian attacks on the U. N. and all «,;ongo leaders exce p t those of the Leftiat faction. A dlai Stevenson's rhetoric adds u p to a crushing retort_ to Gromyko's ban-handed attack on the U.N., again today. ~ARTHQUAIE e re's a follo w u p - to a story . e had l a st week. T ha t e a rthqu a ke on t he island of Fl ores - in the East Indies. T h e l at est word is that casualties of the tremor - have arrived a board our m ercy shi p , the •Hope.• Th a t's the vessel we've sent to the Far ~ast - with medical aid for t he ill and the injured. P rovidentiall7, the •Ho p e•was in E ast Indian waters - just when the earthquake struck. The injured now a board the ship d escribe the dama g e - as catastrophic. Eighty percent o . f the city of t:ndeh - knocked flat. !jut they add - that most of the p eople got out of the city at the liret jolt. Casualties - light. LTP.1961.03.21i.pdf LTP.1961.03.21ii.pdf