BRITAIN L.T.-OLD • w. : ' JI '\ . . The British have no intention of giving up -- their special relationship with the United State .• Pri~e Min1Btdr MacMillan made that cl P. er today - in the Commons. Tell1n6 the M. P's that the alliance across the Atlantic - is one guarantee of world stability. _ ., .,. And, no threat whatever to the other nations of the Atlantic alliance. Seid the Prime Minister of Anglo-American friend~hip:.■ I cannot 1ee why it i~ a grievance to our continental friends.• \.v~ ob■ervet1on brought the Common• to their feet amid a burst of cheering. Not one of the MP'• taking the line that London should weaken the t1e1 with w~ehin~ton -- to make General DeGeulle leee intransigent. DRIVER The oddest casualty of the Common M~rket fiasco - Henry Ph1111oe of London. Henry w stopped by the bobbies - when they••••, spotted h1B car I weaving bac ~ and forth across the highway. They hauled him into court - on a charge of drunk driving. DrunkT Not at all. Said Henry Phillipi of London - •when I heard the newe about the Common Market, 1t went to my head.• Said the Judge - •twenty while under the influence.• - pounds for driving j iviJ :r A d a y later, how d o . s u pe · e 1 nbout DeGaulle's o ~ osition to B r" - ish ntr in t o the C om mon rket? Som e re sayin g the P . esi d ent of France - is tryin to live in the past , an d others, th at he is tryin g to move into - the f uture. The Bel ian press is sati rizin DeGaul le - as a contemporary o Louis the Fourt enth and Napoleon - that is ho p ing for Fre nch lories that vanished at Waterloo. The Finnish press, on the contrary terms DeGaulle --- •a visionary who thinks he can turn today into tomorrow.• Be is accu sed o f thinking - that the Russians are about to throw Communism overboard and return to their old place in European councils - f or fear o f the Chin e se Reds. DeGaulle, accordin to one Helsinki newsman consi ers this the moment to p ropose an alliance bet ~ ee n th e Common Market - and ioscow. pr.GAULLE F o r ~ DeGaulle - an o ther victory,-€1( ~' o I another defeat. Victory - in Luxembourg. The Fre nch d~legate, forcin 6 suspension o f the talks - aim e d at br1n 1ng rita1n into the continental coal and ~teel pool. Defeat - 1n Baden-Baden, West Germany. The other memb rs of the Common ~arket refusing to discuss French propoeAlB -- for a curtailment of Anglo- American investment on the continent. PE[i;-NSE The testimony of the S e cretary of D efen~e before t he House Armed Service C omm ittee - was realis t c and optim is tic. Secretary McNamara, not un d er estimating - Soviet military SK s trengt h,- ;(ut 1 } pointing out that we have - a big superiority in retaliatory arms. Namely, nuclear striking power ~ b a ed on ~ix hun red and fifty bombers. bid\ over 7f. ~ A three hundred m11Etles. A second strike capacity i"'~o-V\NJ ~ - - that could devastate the Sovi e t Union - even if Khrushchev pushed the button first. CubaT McBamata admitted that Moscow has sent an arsenal to the island - tanks, artillery tactical mteslles, and so bn. But, our Seer tary of Defense repeatg - that caetro ha s not received any offensive wea p ons since Khrushchev pulled out the ones alr ead y there. .. A DD DEF ti: tf §E Red China? Secretary McNamara believes t h at Peking and . of cow - may h ave reach e d the point ot no return. Khru hchev, cautious - because the Soviet Un i on h as so much to lose. Mao, bolder, because Red China has little to lose. ' l ~ A4 ~~V4 •More belligerent, more recklees)• ~ ,J '"• the American Secretary of Defenee describ e s the etron m an of Red China. - PATRONA E One b11 ntroduced into the Senate today - 1s so . n et hi ng that many pol1t1cal sc1ent1~ts have een calling for. ~ubject - political patrona 6 e, and k u ~ kw'> , how to /d\1114a..tl8ffi.,U\. Spec 1f ical ly, 1n the appointment of po l' t ma t e r s. Senator ~1111am Proxmire proposes - an end to Senate conf1rmat1on of apol1can~\1 poetmaeter~. ~ selected ~M under a mer1 t system. In the wordF oft e Wi~consin Democrat - •1et•s take the post- >) masters out of politics. -\ z_ :30 0 1. In m y r eports rom the Antarctic I f ailed to tell you man y ot the thing our men d o down there, at the South P o le. referred to a Some of the . en j oy whRt my son once the greateet luxury of ~11. He ea . id thie after ein ~ on Rn Arctic ice field tor mor than a month. And, it's the same at The South Pole. There they enjoy the luxury of catchin~ up on their reading. In the Antarctic I carried a thrilling book by G rald D1ckler. Title - •Man on triPl". A history of ~rest trials - from Socrates to Oppenheimer. While those cold Antarctic wind~ howled at The Pole, I wae deep in the prosecution of ~ President Jo· n o n Andrew• - ~~-~~ Remember how America's Chief Executive dur1n reconstruction was impeached! Called by northern radicals - unfit for the PreridencyT SRV e d- by one •••• vote! I found ms oook a r.eal thriller even at The south Pole - wherE;.thril.11 t:tre all a part of the day's routine. U O' AT 1 ER ----------- A h, an ~ wor :- eur o · , t r? An u e ly neolo • isn u ld n't you say? E row e at h er is what they now call the w ather a c r s urope fr om S ai n t o Russia . Bow is it? It's bad. Thos · o lves of Hun ary a e no not only roamin g he Car p athians and t h pla in o f Run " ary, they ar e r ai in g mountain villages in J ug o slavi a, Italy, Spain, and France. Wolves driven by hun er out of the mountain p asses - of the Balkans, the Pyr e nnes and the Alps. The toll o livestoc - beyond counting. Oh yes, an ~ snow on th e lovely isl e of Capri. Eu roweather - almost like Your nether - Dick wo ma i ne a e al i v o n i - ht - b ca s th y w e n t in f o wnt o l o in H i h sch oo l . J h n M a h an a n d Ji m C i s t ler - both o ~ hit tler , C a li f o nia. S 0 tu .. a Y, th e i r tr o o s h i p 1 e · t e ar 1 H arbor, fo r O k inawa. Su dd e n ly John r u s he· o the a i l for the us u a l r e ason. Buth ~ r us h ed s o hard he w ent over the aide. Jim, who saw t h is - ov e in af te r him. The ship - disa p p eared. Ther e we r e the two marines - thr ee miles from lan d - a l on e at s ea. But, they w e r e wat e r p olo veterans. So t hey ea sed out of their uni f orms as they tread w ater an d th e n b e an to swim. Three hours later they stag g e r e d a s hore, and toni ht are on their way again to Okina w a, by air. Wonder i f John a ban will et ai r sic k .