LONDON In L ond on -- all se t for t e l e ct ion. The Queen, toda y -- dissolvin P r li ame nt. ~ A n ece ssary o r limin a ry -- for p o litical cam~aigning. Lon g time traditio n b ein -- that the M P's don't start o ut canvassin~- in their districts, until the term of Parliament has ended. Election, May twent y sixth. So they have twenty days to make - - their appeals to the voters. Public opinion polls favor the Conaervative hz~ Party -- most emphatically. The l a t e s t ~ straw vote~ indicates that Prime Minister will win a majority :t .,_,. sixty-five to Anthony !den seventy seats. In the Parliament that passed out to ay, his Conservative Party had a majority of eighteen. In dissolvin g Parliament Queen Elizabeth Read -- by sent along an ad ress. r»~~ff1cials in both the House of Com one and the Ho use of Lords. Usually, this kind of Royal speech is perfunctory. But, today, it had a ti me ly point. Oonnected -- with foreign p o licy. , LONDON - 2 Her aj e ty saying:- "T h e rat1fic ti o n of the P a ris agree m ents (for the full s o vereignty of western Germany) is a ma t t e r o f great satisf ction ~ 1 ~hat will," the Queen went on, A to my go ernment. •provide a basis on which my gov e rnment hope to the enter in t o fruitful negotiations withJ.:3oviet Union.• Ee oin g -- that British desire for a too level confeience between the west and Soviet Russia. M OSCOW H •- r ' r d1s p a c h ro m ·.O cow -- intro d uced by a no t e fr o m t he U ni t e P r e s s • w .. 1 c . sa y s : • P a s e d b y Soviet Cens o rs~. The c en or in oscow -- reflecting the ap p r o a l o f th e Kr lin. The fir s t para~raph - reads as II follows: The Soviet Unio n has Shifted to a new foreign policy -- of tr in g to ease the cold wart.rough conciliatory diplomacy, -- i11e -- pressing for a meeting of the Big Four Hea~s or State.• The dispatch goes on to point out -- that, today, the I■ official newspaper Izvestia spo~e with approval of a prediction in London. British newspapers declanng that Foreign Secretary H a rold MacMillan will press for a meeting of the 1 estern Chiefs of State with Soviet Premier Bulganin. The F oreign Secretary to do this -- at a meeting of t he Foreign ~ 1nisters o f t e estern Big Tre e , in P a ris, this w eekend. AUST~lA. Te ne o ti ti o ns in V i nna -- ran i nto , n e ther snag today.Te point at issue Austrian oil satts% fields. Thes , ori inally, 1 ere owned by western companies. But itl v r seized those oil fields in ti Nineteen Thirty Eight. Te Soviets -- controlling the ~ since W o rld War Two. So what to do about them nowt The Western envoys t ink -- the shoul.n be returned to their original owners. The Soviets want the oil to be nation 11zed. That was the cause of the argument, today -- bringing disappointment to the Austrians. \vho have been h o ping that ther would be a full agreement today. A treaty -- drafted. But, now, the negotiations will have to be resumed, after the weekend. FORMOSA The C 1nes e Nat1onal1 t r e m1nin t . e China coast. ine fi e l d s -- laid in • r il t rs off the Qu moy and Matsu Islands. The Chiang ai S h ek r eg ime on Formosa announces this -- as a defensive measure, a ainst t e threat of a Communist invasion. At the s& me time, those off- shore islands lie just outside the great ports of Amo and Foocbow. So mine fields -- could block those important harbors -- sealing them tight. At the same time, the Nationalists a nnounce -- the heaviest artillery barrage against Qu Am oy, since last September. Communist guns -- hurling a long bombardment. PRISO E ~ T in R e d cross will distri b u e relief pare ls an on A eric ns im n ri oned 1n Rd China. There are f o rty-four of them -- including the ca p tive airmen. The agreement was negotiat d by the American Red Cross. Parcels -- to be delivered, twice a month, at the Communist border near Hon kong. The edge -- of the Iron Curtain. INDOCHINA ln S 1 o n, t h e word is t h at t h e Emperor , Bao Da~may r e turn h o me fr om t e Fr e nch Riviera. Indic a ted -- byt e f ~ ct t a t t h e aaEK absentee sovere1 n has ent a summons to his uer s onal pilot. The flier -- in Sai g on. Th ~m ror - calling him to France. Today, the pilot boarded a French airliner -- on his•~ way. The assumption is that his task will be -- to fly Bao Dai back to Indo China. Where -- the layboy monarch will make an effort to retain his throne. It is believed, in Saigon, that a return of Bao Dai would mean - that Premier Diem does not want to go to extremes, and sever all ties with the Emperor. A revolutionary junta in Saigon has declared -- for a Reoublic. Butte Premier is known t o be in favor of a more moderate procedure. The r ports are th t t . e western nowers have advi ~ ed Premier Diem -- to retain Bao Dai as emperor. ATC IC A stud y o f "Sur 1 a l Tow n" in d i cate s th a t every h uman 1n 'II it in a m il e of t he b l as t w ould hav e been By k1lle • i~xx••\ the s hock o f t h e at omi 1 c ex n losion, t he fl 1 n ~ r e c a , o r by ra di ation. Beyond t e m ile limit, people co u ld hav e survived -- in roper buildings and shelters. ~~ppraisal _/ This is the 1 ~»zmat••, ma de by R rold Goodwin, Ato m ic Test Chief of the Feder a l Civil Def nse Administrati o n -- wh o , today, took newsmen for a tour of •survival Town) or wh the replica of a ty p ic a l t wa left of it. They say, A m eric a n town -- looked as if it had been h it by a super tornado, with all the aasasz•• de s tructive power of nature. Instead of a manmade device. Houses flattened -- a scene of wreckage. Dummie s , re p re s enting human beings -- f url ed about in a g rotes q ue way. A il e from the blast, wooden an d brick houses w ere utterly de s: royed. The be . , t sh ow 1 n g t-. s made b y h om es c on s t r u c t e d of c on c r e t e , wh i c h wer dama ed -- but cold be renai r ed. ATQ•IC - 2 Te su ary, today, would indicate -- t a t the a&x ar a of ad ly de tructi o n is in a r ad ius of one mile. B ond t a t , t e r e a r e c ances of survival. T h at's the civil defense les s on -- tau gh t~~ by the atomic e x p losion n the evada desert, which had b e en dela e d so often. The Surgeon General of the United ' tates testified before a Congressional committee today - on the subject of the Salk anti-polio vaccine. The committee beginning hearings on bills calling for compulsary feder 1 controls ■ f over the istribution of the drug. Dr. Leonard ~cheel e spoke about the ~alk vaccine today. Be said it would provide protection in a high percentage of cases. Be confirmed a count - forty-four children have developed polio, after having been vaccinated. A tiny fraction - considering that the nuaber of children innoculated is now between four an d six million. The Surgeon G e neral repe ted the observation that some of those innoculatei my have, a lre j y, been infected with polio-virus. Before - rece·ving the shot& YACQINE - e a ve o t the :nfo mat1o t a t the gov rnment a top d approvin newly manuf a cture vacc i ne un 11th r h as be n a review of s fety tand a rds. The anuf acture of t . e drug is not stonned. It's m · r 1 a ca . e of ch ck1n te t , as a afeguard, b fore Jr the prod ct 1s d1stribu ~ ed. Dr. Scheele indicated that, af ~ er a full study has been m ad the government I might make s ■ i test of all ant1-nol1o vaccine. Instead -- of relying on te ts made by manufacturers. In Washington -- a recommendation t h at the Idaho P ower C mpany b granted a license to build a d a m in ell's Canyon. T h e c om any wants to construct three dams. The recom ~ endat1op-~os1ng an o k ay for one v~m, of t h ese, The B rownlee~ The ot er two -- to be decided later. Thie advice comes from Federal Power Com m issioner W1il1am Costello w h o . e been acting as an examiner. ~ • • ~ ~ t u d1 1ng the project for dams in Hell's Canyc~. r4RK LOANS T h e Sen te Sl b -c m m ittee tod a y, voted unani m ously -- to cut the rate o f 1ntere t o n farm disas t er lo a n s . Which would r everse a decision made b y t h e De p artmen t of Agriculture in January. The Department -- then hiking the rate from three to five percent. Th&t stirred a protest among De m ocrats a nd Repu b licans. So now -- a unanimous decision by an Agriculture Sub-committee. Lowering the interest ratf on farm disast e r loans -- fr o m r1·~e percent back t o three percent. GENERAL MOTORS I'm in Denver, tonight - just i n from Salt L a ke City. Where, I attended t _ e o n en1ng of -- a sort of institute of mec h anic a l learning. Classrooma, lecture au d itoriums -- equipment for the study of what makes an automobile run. I~!~sh~~n ~rou 1 nd by ~ / !:};, ~ fi T/, ' /J A.. . • V ~ ~ ~ / \ w h o explained the purpose of this training center. On this western trip, I had axaka• in fact, visited several others -- in Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles. And, in every case, I was impressed by what they are doin~. Training mechanics in the establishments of General ~ otors dealers. Giving them -- mechanical edu c ation, with regular clinics. ¼eachin h tr.em -- all ~-•~x• that needs to be known about z•~•atzt repairing and servicing the various makes of General Motors autom biles. So the customer, if he brings bis car i~, will have the s e rvices of experts. Th ~ re are now twenty-eight General o tors training c e nters in this country. Two mo re will be GENERAL MOTORS - 2 in operation by t h e end of the ye a r, at Omaha and Pit t sburgh. In addltlon t h ere a re ten ln Canada. Four m ore in other parts of the world - including one in M exico. Zach oft e se General , otors training c e nters built and equipped at a cost of a million dollar s or more. DUii or WINDSOR The Duke of Windsor w s in a m inor air lane accident, today. He was returning to P a ris, from London. The Dutchess -- not with him. She doe not accompany him on trips to England -- the former Wallis Warfield Simpson, never having been accepted by the British Royal Family. The British airliner, with forty-five pa1senger1 aboard was x ■ sazatag landing at Le Bourget airport -- when a wheel of the undercarriage collapsed. The plane, toppled over on its right win~, smashing a propeller. Passengers shaken up a bit -- including the Duke of Windsor. JAJI& - 2 oh put 1t up to , the British m1ral. Who e&1 lor, and a&1d: • Jones ,-;; limb up l h ~ I , throu g h the funnel, and y n d 1n the en room.• , / Jone• turned to )~ e Admiral, d said: do 1t your bloom1n• eelt!• ~/ 'Nov that,• /4117 1a o ~ e . • In ~ranee, they're telling the story ot an A■erlcan ■ 11lionaire who was touring the world - 1n a ,e, plane. Ae they flew along, the pilot exolalae4s ~Look below. That'• France.• To whloh the American replied eoorntull71 •ak~p the detalla, 3uet ■entlon the contlnente.• In Vlenna, the story le about a Soviet ~ Ruaaia.n who went through the Louvre, looking - at the pictures in that tabuloue museum. When he c&11e out, a Frenchman aeked him - how he liked it! •very good,• replied the Rueaian. •1 especially liked the Kona L1aavaka. Painted by the JAJI& - 3 grea, auaatan art11t - Leonardo da v1ah1n1)cJ. 1 Rational character11t1oa - portrayed in joke•.