FARM The Administration won th e arm battle today. The House - passing a bill for flexible price supports. The measure now goes to the Senate, but the backers of rigid supports have little hope left. They do not think the Senate will reverse the House in this buaineaa of farm policJ. Actualy, the measure 1s a cClll)r01111.ae. Until now, baalc farm crops have bean supported at nlnetJ percent of parity. President Eisenhower reconaended flexible price supports that would range ta from 1event7-five to nlnetr percent. But the White Houae consented, wh8G the tlg\lrea were altered. Making thi' - tro■ eigbt,-two .. That's what •xa waa adopted by the Houae todQ. The vote -- two-hundred-twenty..nine to one-hundred-aeventy. Farm policy is a number one feature in the Eisenhower domestic ~gram. The one - expected to run into the most opposition. ('ow, the vote in the House ap · pears to set.~le the matter in tu favor of the administration. TA X BILL The Senate okayed the tax r e form bill, today. The me a sure - that g rants tax relief, of one sort or another, for twent~five m1111on people. And includes - changes to to encourage business expansion. The Democrats wanted a general income tax cut. - But a final att•pt was beqten today, and then the bill waa paaeed. A maseive document, with a multiplicity ot details - the first general overhaul of basic tax laws in many year■ • ( The Senate biii will have to be haraonlzad 111th another vereion or the sue, paeaed by the House. There 11 only one 1mportant difference - tlw Senate haYing killed aoat or the provieions at to give rax relief to persona receiving income frOlll stock dividends. There are many other ~ differences n between the two measures - but they,\re small, questions of mere deta11) Another large step forward• for the Eisenhower domestic program. C OMMITTEE The o ression al Committee inv e ati a tln tax- exempt oun ations, 111 hol - no more public sessions. Too much trouble, ' fran ling and ar g \Dllent. Constant clashes between Republican C hainnan Reese or Tennessee and Congressman Hays a1 the Ohio Democrat. Hays - ridiculing ~ testiJDony that mult1-111111on dollar foundations, Rockefeller, A C rnegie, Ford, and so on - have been promoting 1ocialt1t and collective ideas. (Today, the Republican •Jorlty on th~ c-lttN voted to end the noisy public proceedings. Further teatlllony - to be taken in secret. la Or, 1n the form of sworn, written statements) ALABAMA Alabama, today, nominate a ca n d idate f or Attorney General) / 0n the Democratic Ticket, - _!hi c h means election. So John Patterson will become Attorney General. He's the son of Albert Patterson - who had, - previously, been nominated for the post. A crusader against underworld eiements which have made Phoenix City, A)baaa~ a haunt of gaabling and vice - he was killed in a gang1ter - shooting. So now hia son takes his place - to bec011• Attomey General and_, continue the crusade. BUNCHE Th loyal y h n on r . lph Bun he may result in - prose utions. The Department of Justice 1 now studyin a transcript of the proceedi s - looking for evidence of possible perjury . . n the testimony - against the Ne g ro Director of the Trusteeship Department of tne UN. waA ~Nobel Prize ~ ~ q _ Doctor BunchEj as c eared unan1moualy1bJ the Loyatty Board - of charges that he had Connunist connections. · Attention is fo~sed on testimony given by two Witnesses. Not named - but they are said to be former members of the Comuniat Party. GUATEMALA Guatemala City wa in a ala moo today. This morning, Church bells rang out, and factory whistles blew in a jubilant chorus. Hailing the news - that[j peace agreement had bean signed f the two leaders of Guatemalan anti-Co1111::un':::ir•~•:~· :_ __ ... ~ ~ -------~ The report was that the two Colonels, r e t ~ by air, would arrive 1n Guatemala City by noon. Wherew,on a huge crowd. thirty thousand peop . le - went 1trellling to • the •t-,t airport to greet them. Only to t1nd - that th•~ The agreement signed in El S lvador. today, 11181 Tl,~ turn out~ a shaky sor.t of peace pact. Colonel Monzon, head of the Junta which took power - becomes provisional President;/Keading - another Junta, ot which Colonel Castillo Arm&s, the rebel leader, will be a member. Together - witn another insurgent officer. This is to last for two weeks-~ ltien the Junta will choose a permanent President. The belief is that Monzon and Castillo Armas w~ll ompete for the Job. · GUATEMALA - 2 If su, the si tuation will be the more interestin - because of the presence, in 01:1atemala C 1 ty, of both Monzo . n . ' s regular Army troops, and Castillo Armas• iil insurgent force,. Today's agreement provides - that the rebel amy shalt aarch ;tn the capitol city and share barracks with the regulatf arlly. Mean, hile, there al'e reports or pro-CGllllmliat upr . 1alnga tn the oountiry districts. ~lnolted - tiJ tll81t1•• Red leaders. Who £led upon the overthrow of the pro-0 I reg1Jllt\. UHITED FRUIT The Federal govemment has filed a sui t againat the United PRUIT COlllJ)any. Charging - violation of the anti-trust law. United Pruit - aa1d to have obtained control of nearly all ~he land in Central Ail8r1ca uaed tor gl'CJlldng . c ,>an, hu vut holdlnp 1n a.t . . ia 111111 alnc over tbrolm. low, the g o ~ 1n Vaahlngton claiu - that United Pruit obtained a aanop«;,11et1c 1X)■1t1cm 1n 11119 . lll•llll ~ FOREIGN POLICY he's UN, Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles, declares - afraid there'll be a drive to admit Red China to the this fa~tat-l this, todaJ, at a aecret ... ti!!I A or the Senate Foreign Relations c01111ittee. So •t•e the attitude of the Secretary of State - in the• race ot Ihle po111b111ty. Th• Acting Chairaan or tM CCllllllttH, s-- Alexancler Smith or New Jeraey, aaya - Secret~ lA&llN ~ "re-artlrlled,\ oppoaltl• to the recognlt1on or Red Cldna •• 1tro11111 •• anpodJ could." (so we'll fight aplnlt it. B u t ~ • 1.. H Suppoae the UN goee ahead and admits Red Cblna. t i t Will w. do 1n that case? Secretary Dulles appearing before the c~ittee, did not enter into a di1c11111on of that point) Meanwhile, on the floor of the Senate, Dlllooatlc Leader Lyndon Johnson of Texas - spoke 1n support or a Republican leader, Senator Knowland of California. On Wednesday, Knowland said that, i f the Chinese Reds g et into the UN, he'll resi g n his po s t as GOP leader. And - FOREIGN P O LI C Y - 2 camp a i n for an American w ith d rawal from the international organization. T oday, Senator Johnson argued - that the Alllerican people would refuse to support the U I. With Red China - in. 'lbe word ta in Congresa 11 that all thla Nror growa • c:_. =· 1 ~ - out of report■- d. the -white House meeting betWNn BPllllli A Prtae N1n11ter Churchill and PN11dent 111inhc,•r. lllllt nnt on 11 an otf1c1al 1e0Nt. But reports are around Mt ~~~/. Chuchll~-,: llaenbower - he expeata Red China to M voted into the UN thl~ fall. 'ftltre•a also a 1u1ptclon thal Prance 111.ght agree to back the Chln••• RPda 1n Nt\lffl for a favorable armistice in Indo China. We hear - the State Department la making 1nqu1r1ea in Paris. Asking - why France decided to abandon the aouthem half of the Red River Delta 1n lndo China. Washington - trying to learn the 11 1ntentions 11 of Paris. GERMANY West Germany gives a waming to France. S ying - the French will either have to ratify the European 41'111 pact, or the West Germana will go ahead and tora a national army of their own. So stated, by Chancellor Adena11er - 1n - one or the 1,1arpe1t pronounc-nt■ he'• ade tb111 tar. ( Ad-uer indicated that tbe U.S. and Uber IINWII goverraent1, including Weat GeftlUIJ, have oonaideNI • alternative - if Prance doea aot ,ue action • *' lnurnatlonal An1J plan. '1'u Chanoellor lndleaMI * altel'lllltive 1n theN worda: "It we wre ~lled, bf PNnoe, to NiH a Gel'Mll lat1ona1 AmJ apln. "} CRASH A jet Ji fighter plane which crashed near Utica, New Yo~. today, had been on a miasion "to 1nveat1gate an unknown aircraft in its area. 11 So aaya the Air Poree. It was one or the two Jeta that were 1ent aloft - to intercept that 11 unkno1m alrcrart:T- All' Poree declaNI that there waa"a aucce11t\il intercept,' ltut it had not htn ucerta1ned, u yet, llhat the 11J1terl0111 pllM tlifflid on 'l'be Jet that cl'Uhed had trouble - the coolcplt N "unbearablr hot." The pilot ordeNCS hie radar obt•"• IIO be.11 O U ~ ~1led out. Tb• Jet CHlh1Jlg • 1nto houae1 and an autoaoblle. lt1111ng tour peraan■• PHILIPPINES The Philippines had a bad earthquake today. Hardest hit - the 1outheaatem part of the ialand of Luzon. Huge duage - and aany casualliea. In one town. a church ,ower waa ahaken down - the debris falling on people below. 'ftle Red Croaa - flying a dlaaater te• to the town. 'Ille .Mf eenter or the quake . . 1n thil Galt ot RagaJ, aou,heut ot llllilla. Where, deep 1n the rooa. IMN'~ a tault - caulng earthquakes fr011 tilll to t1M. CIRCUS Here's a story of the circus. At Dllrban, South Africa, the big show was playing. One feature -- Coetze••• lion act. Coetzee - known as the Pearl••• Lion Trainlr. Another act - Brodeky, the Juggler. They were cloee friends - the lion trainer 111d a the Juggler. V1th - Coetzee forever la.lng at BrodalcJ) .J'cauae the 3ug11r had• a 110rtal cl •Silal• • e1peoially thoae 11ona. The pertoraance waa on la1t night - with Coet1N putting ■even llona through their act.-,. auddenlJ, a lion aprang upon hill - and the others followed. All aenn • attacked hla. Help c - quickly - a llllll darting into the cap. He grabbed a chair, and drew the 11ona away trOII the fallen trainer. Who waa he? Brodsky, the Juggler. Seeing hla friend in desperate peril, he forgot hia fear of the 11ona. CIRCUS - 2 Soon it was time for Brodaky's Juggling act. H1a legs were bleeding where the liona had clawed him. But he went on with hia performance - aa deft and ak111M as ever. In the aagic - of Juggling. When he waa th.rough, they told bill - the llan trair. r waa dead • . . &'le .. IP-Hfttl t l ~ ~ N g l c ltor, of the ciroua. COUITESS In London, today, the octor ordered Countess Beatty to stay in bed -- and recuperate. But - d instead, she was getting ready to fly - to Loa Angeles. Vowing - she'll get back her seven year old son, TimothJ who waa taken from London and brought to the United State■ bJ her fol'ller husband) / The boy's father - William V. OConnor, DeputJ Attorney General in Callfomla. He aay1 he brought the lad to th1a ln a divorce agreeaent, Countess Beatty had agreed that the _ l a . - ahO\lld be raised an American. She, heraelt, la 11 the tm ■1r Adele D1111.ngh• of New York. The Cal1tom1a Deputy Attomey General declarea, likewi■e, that T1aothy was being kept in a dingJ t.lat ln ~dignantlY' London. Which - the Counte11Abultpwta1•b'A denies . The British nobleman in the case lf Earl Beatty, son of that f•ous Admiral Beatty who was a British sea hero in World War One. Comander of a mighty squadron or warah1p1 / in the battle of Jutland. '!be present Earl Beatty got into the COUNTESS - 2 British newspapers, recently, when he was charged - with slapping a woman in public, on a London street. He'• to appear tn court on Monday - to answer the complaint ■ade by Nurse Margaret Evans. Who, it appears, doesn't want to be slapped even bJ a Peer or the Realm. LONDON There's rejoi in Britain - ver the of rationing This weekend meat rationing 111 be 11 te - the last of the food restri tions imposed in the British program of "austerity." Rationing was clamped on at the beginning or the Second World War, and has continued ror nearly t:ifteln ,ean. Poat war Britain, dreary with food shortages. of austerity. Then,ln the paat several years, re1trlctlon1 NN lifted from foods, of one kind or another. Meat ratt :, )\ NLqg:. the last to go - :ti. th1■ weekend J / 11J&r arly ke ng th 11' a / ovemment - havUig " ation of J'lt1ontng. Lo ell horn , July 5 , 1 ? 0 - Kaiser. oo Eveni Ever boy. Many unexpe te things ha en to those of us ho are involve 1n athering an reporting the orl 's news. Well, I thought almost everything already ha happened to me in the past twenty-four years, everything that could happen to a radio newsman. But, this evening -- ithln the past few minutes, I have had a brand new experience. Mebbe I had better tell you about it after I have iven you the high lights of the day's ne r ~ . But, on se ond thought, I think I'll do it now. It may explain rhy I am out of breath, and why this broadcast may be more ragged than usual. What happene w s thi . s: for the first time in t ent7-four years on the air, I entlrely forgot this was a broa cast day. I suppose that in my subconscious mind, for the past couple of hours I as just thinkin of this as another week-end. with today Sunday. Oh yes, I ent to chur h --- yesterday. But, only even that seems/hours ago. 2------ r, mayb it a the olf that thre · me off. ol, as you may or may not kno ,has a strange affe ton some of ua all of the time and all o us some of the time. It's one perfect way of taking your min d off everything else. And, my golf today wasn't so goo, although I w as in pretty good company. That is, this morning I played with my son's in-lawa, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Pryor. That ls, we played and also talked about our young people who are now flying somewhere in Atrlca, in their own plane -- at latest reports with the Pyp1ea ln the Itur1 Forest, deep in the Congo. Then, this afternoon I played a round with a couple or local farmers name Thomas E. Dewey and Edward R. Murrow, and a fourth, who isn't exactly a farmer although he started life on a sheep station ln Australia, His name ls Joe Kirkwood. Many of you kno w him. Joe Kirk w ood is perhaps the bestklown go lfer in the world, or nearly that. He has played and put on exhibitions everywhere. After our roun this afternoon, he put on his ol f sho w . An w hat a s ho w that is! T he best I have ever seen. An if you h aven ' enjoye the Joe Kirkwood Sha, w ell, hurry up an see it. It's 1n a lass by itself. Maybe I was so absorbe in watc hi Joe KirPood perform his go lf miracles --- maybe that was to blame for my forgetting all about this broadcast. At the last moment my wife reminded me. So here I • • But, without a broadcast prepared. However, the news hal been c011ing in over the preas wires and I'll pass 10119 ot lt on to you and make it has clear as I can. Let's see, the firat, and in a way ,ne of the moat illportant 1t8111 ot the day 11 from North . Africa,