A con res s1 onal •• committee voted, thle e venin , to cu t o f A erican financial supp o rt from the UN - if ommunist China is admitted to the u 1. he com ittee, e a l1n with a pp orpriationa, tacked &n amendment ont o a money mea1ure - aa an expre111on of congre s io nal indignation wit h au geatlone, e1pec1a11 &bro a d, that an armistice in Kor e a might be follo e4 b y an expulsion or the Chinese Hationallate fro ■ the U I. 'l 1 h eir place to b e taken - by the Commun1at1 •~o now control China.Which would mean, of course, a seat as ae a permanent member of the security coWlcll. China b eing entitled to that. IPJJA-TRQCI W e a ve ne w re p orts about the truce propo ■ al h&nded to t h e Reds. It•e still an official eearet, bu, no w we hear t h at the cr i tical point 11 -- the queet1on of troops that would guard pr11oner1-ot-war who don't want to go home. They, would be placed in the custody of a commission or five countries, India, Sweden, Switz rl a n d , Czechoslovakia and Poland - with India ~ pl&ying t h e leading part. laking charge of prisoner• would mean sending soldiers to guard them. The Reda want e d these to be provided equally by the nation■ on the commiss1on, which would include, of oouree, Czechs, and Poles, Communists. The South Korean government d oesn't want any Reds let in at all -- and t h e risoners, the■selvea, might well be intimated by h avin g C om un1st uards over them. In an , arlier p lan offered by our side, only Indian tr o ps would be allo w ed in, to guard Prisonerl c a mps. But the new comp r omi s e c ha ng e s that 1n s ome s ma ll de g ree. It calls for fifty- W e l a ve ne w re p orts about the truce propo1a1 handed to the Reds. It's still &n official eeorel, but now we hear that the cr i tical po1nt 11 -- the queitlon of troops that would guard pri1oner1-ot-w&r who don•, want to go home. They, would be placed in the custody of a oommlaaion of five countries, India, Sweden, Switz rl and , Czechoslovakia and Poland - with India -« playing the leading part. laking charge of prisoner• would mean sending soldiers to guard them. The Reda wanted these to be provided equally by the nat1on1 on the commission, which would include, of course, Czechs, and Poles, Communists. The South lorean government d oesn't want any Reds let 1n at all -- and t h e ~ rieoners, theaselves, might well be intimated by havin g Com m unist uards over them. In an . arlier '9 l&n offered by our side, only India n tr o ps would be allowed in, to guard pr 1 s oner• c am ps. But the new compromise ch a ng e s that i n so m e small degree. It calls for fifty- IABJA TRUCE two bun re d ar m d for 1gn sol d iers, five thousand India, fifty e oh f ro m Sweden, Switzerland, Poland and Czec h oslov ak ia. One hundred communiets out of fift -two h und r ed a t the prison c am ps. That's the 1 s t of t h e report. But w e hear - that South Korea still refuses to let in any Communists tall. Byngaan Rhee and his ministers are angry about the comnroa11e, and word is that they won't accept it. But what can they dol Well, one rumor from Korea la that they mlghi pull the S o uth Korean Army fr o m the warfront. Or, they mi ht defy an armistice, under the comprom11e, by launching an attack against the Reds. HoweTer, the beli e f among A m erican official1 out there 11 that South Korean Pre ident Syngman Rhee 11 not likely to resort to despera t e measures. (1n Wash1n i ton, there's quick reaction to t~e statement issued by Senator Taft of t•ks Ohio last night. H e su g g ested t h at, i f the present ne1otiat1on1 19814 TRUCE - 3 fail, mi~ht a.swell, in the s n tor's worde, •abando any idea. of wor k in with the UN in the !ast and c onserve to our elves a. free hand,• T D t notion was a11ailed today by Senator Fulbright of Arkansas who, like · Senator ' laft himself, 11 a member o the Senate Foreign Relation• Committee. Saye Fulbright: •we've got to do the best we can lo keep the UN countries working together.• The White House ha.a made no comment on the T&ft St&tement-} A Japaneae court handed down a deo1 ■ 1on to4&J __ wnich promises to stir up a bitter fight. A polltloal oonfl1ct inside Japan -- ana a quarrel with Greal Britain. The ~our\ decision -- on the aub3ecl ot Iranian 011. A Japanese ahioping company brou1ht 1n lwelYe thou ■ and tone of gasoline -- brought fro ■ Ibo•• Jraa1&a o1lfielde, which were nationalised. Se1se4 fro■ tbe Br1t11h controlled company, Anglo-Iranian. Brl\ala claim ■ that all such oil belong• to lhe ooapanJ, an4 1ay1 that any of lt shipped -- 11 atolen. lo \he 1nglo-Irantan Company went to courl 1n Japan -- claiming ownership of the cargo of 011. Today the court ruled -- that the nationalization act 1n Iran 1• legal, and Iha\ the com p any has loet all right• to Iranian 011. So tbe Br1t11h petition 1s denied. Which leave• Japan••• bua1neas firms in a position to import quantitie ■ ot Iranian oil -- and oil 1a badly needed in Japan. This puts the Japanese government in a l!f!l - 2 Thd Briti s h c o uld make r e prisals, by restricting Japanese tr a de. It a l l adds up to new trouble for the Tot10 govern ■ent -- all because of affairs in !ran, wbtch is a long way fro ■ Japan. JIPQ-CHIN4 In lndo-Ch i na, the rrench high ooamand ha1 evacuated p art of their •Maginot L1~e.• Thal' ■ the nue given to a series of powerful fortif1oat1on 1 defendlAI the c1ty of Hanoi in the great rioe growing Dell& of lhe Red River. Harking back to that original Ka11ao1 Line in France, which failed so m11erablJ 1n the Second Vorlt Var. Thirty miles to the south of Hanoi, & 1trln1 of eight forts has been evacuated, the 1teel and ooaore blown up. But, -- not becauee of &DJ &ttaot. The rrenoh high command explain■ -- that an oul1J1DI 1eolo~ of the In4o-Ch1nese Maginot Line ha1 beta abaadoaed, 10 as to tighten the defenee, ~horten the line. th11 -- la the face of Red preparation• for & huge offen■ iTe. the Communists are massing for a drive to ■ e1•• the new rloe orop of the Delta. · a41c1 ln r • Paul R ynaud made an ap eal ton1ghl, ask1n- t e a A embl t vote for h1a a.1 Prea1er. The re a rka e ar of 1t 11 -- the way he a.de h11 appeal. Be alle ~O'T &n overhauling of the 1rencb Con1titut n , with drastic change,. Re . na d, the seventy-four year old ve,eru, who was Prem1 r a t t e time of the fall of rra.nce 1 World Var Two -- gave a. bla.z1~g descr1pt1on of pol111cal 1natab1l ty. The r1 ■ e and fall of Oabine,1 _..~ 1& 41••7 succe1110n. Be ~escr1bed 1ranee a.1 the •11ct au of lurope,• recalling the phrase once applle4 lo lhe 014 Turk11h Empire, 1n 1te decline under the lullaa1. ereupon Reynaud preecrlbed a reae4J for tu ~ ange the French Parlla.aentarJ a71tea -- try to gets met h 1ng of the atab111tJ of Par11a.aenta.r7 government 1n Great Br1ta1n. e f ature that he p roposed was th11: ! f a M n1s t ry n P a ris 1s o vert h rown by a ma3or1tJ vote in th e at1 O al A ssem ly -- there would h ave to be a ll&tional e e c t10n t h in a month. He figure• that the legislators would not be so ready to overthrow a government -- if, by doing so, they'd have to appear - ~ ~ . . a . ~ before the voters and 1 ;ry to get elected all over agala. Aa it stands, they can go blithely along, vot1n1 Premle out of office, and keep their jobe juet the••••• But, if tney had to go into a new na~ional election ever1 time, they'd think twice - and a Premier would be able to run the government for a longer period. \It isn't cl1iar how far Paul Reyn-'114 wlll 1et with his program of Conatltut Be'• , r working get Aase■blJ, ls ■ade. may come in a.t roLLOW F RANC E dere'e the latest from Paris - the vote. Renaud fails to win a majority in the national a11eabl7. The Ad m inistration has cut the f igure for foreign aid, trim m ing the amount the Prealden, asked for. C o n g re11 was told of tbl ■ today __ an economy move made by the White Bouae. The Administration, to begin with, called tor five-bi ~ ion,-eight-hundred-ancl- tweniy-etgb, a1111on -- that much to speed the rearmameni of our Allie ■ , the free natione. The cut now ■ade co••• to tbree-llundre4- and-rifty-four million, and the White Bou■• ■ till bopea - ~ for another reduction.,. fifty a1111on. I.. Senator Wylie of Wi1oon11n, Cbalr ■an ot the roreign Affair• co-lttee, 1ay1 the eoono■ l•• wlll not reouce the effectiveness of the foreign a14 pro1r&11. { •• explains t h at, in some oaeee, co1t1 b&Te been lowerecl. For example, tank production hae been increa1ed, outttn1 - the price P9 r tank. &.a---.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-al tulc1 are belDI ~ sent to our Allie• abroad inetead of 11-2,,, which are more expensive. In other 1nstancee, it hae been found POBaible to c ut the costs of packing, handling and ■ hipping military equipment. All in the intereat of -- econoay.) n ress is an ered by the c&ae of the rtr ■ I secretary of the Red Romanian !mb&ssy, in V&ahtngton, who tried to •b1&ckma11• & naturalized American 1nlo acing a spy job for the Communlats. The State Department has ordered the ilplomat, Zambett -- expelle after the story told by V. C. Georgeeou &n4 h11 w1f¥. Bow Zambet1 promised them that they would be untied w11• their two young eons in Koman1a, if ;eorge1ou would enl1at in Re4 espionage. Today, Congreasm&n Kersten of ll1con11n 1&14 1t prove, that all Red lmbase1e• here are 1py center,, and ehould be closed. 0here are I Iba\ the whole staf of Red be expelled. "fhe Stale ,,.. , ou:J' e r1rat Se~tary -- ~s. diplo cy can do for actl .... " and 1~•• hard to •e• al Cou l ,, f h i refusal to turn tral tor to thelr P e, , a ter t e r a pted country) ,u1cULTURE The S ena te has Just okayed President Eis e nhower's reorganiz a tion plan for the Department of Agriculture. lhe Sen te refused to reject 1, - 1n spite of De m ocratic arguments that it would give secretary of Agriculture, lzr~ Benson, a •blank check• to chan g e fa.rm ••tttt policies. l'ha.t • s that, as f · ar as the Senate 11 concerned, and the reorganization plan goes to the House of Representatives. here, we hear, there•• little chance of defeating 1t. A l&te dispatch fro m etroit 1tate1 tha, t h e r y sl e r · or ration has agreed to a rev111on of i t s c o ntra c t with tn ~ union. It'a a long-term contract, b ut t h e auto workers organ1zat1on aate4 that i t e reopened - with a view ,o higher wa1e1. Chrysler agree~. follow1n the example of General Y.otora ana rord. l!ADAAD If you are go1n to lurope ih11 auamer and 1 you have 1n mind visiting Hol l and, by &ll me ans keeu tne land of tulip■ and au wind ■ 111 1 , on your scheduie. Prince Bernhard of the letherlanda tells me that the spring flood ■ which did 10 much , J . ~ ~ k d ~ 4 - o - e f J damage .n picturesque Bolland -••11ed~e•• ... ,...._ .JA in the ar e as where traveller ■ go. Prince Bernhard · told me to tell you t h , you will receive a royal welcome 1n that fabulous land of dyke ■ and p10,ureaque cities such as Rotterdam, Am1terdam, B&rlem and The liague. talking o a friend today, aoo •e got around o conversation - next Tuesday 's pageant of royal in ndon. ou' think there might not be anything new to sa. bout i , ut h remarked: "Here's a question, sometbi for uiz. · t as the most famous and important coronation in all histor .hat crowning of a king or queen had the great t ffect on human events?" me thinking. 11, th a t sounds like a timely topic, and has had recall om thing to make us ~ o n our high achoo and coll ge books. Could be something, in fact, that a fu•••• sophomore o r a Junior could answer beat. As for me, I'm looki in o a few books - to answer that question. Which was the most fam o u n important of all coronations ? CORONATION t H ouston, Texas, Mrs. Louis Cochran decided_ to attend the Coronation in London. That was ten<llya ago, and her friends ridiculed the idea. Saying - at that late date, she'd never fin d a place to stay 1n London. IA>ndon too crowded. She s hould have made a hotel reservation weeks before. But Mrs. Cochran 1B not one to be discouraged. She thought she I d inquire, and her 1dea wu - go to headquarters. She sent a cable - to Queen Elizabeth, Buckingham Palace. !:fer cable read: "Arriving London Sunday M a y Thirty-Firs t . Urgently need accOlllllodationa. Please advise. " You 'd u ose /\firJ she idn 't get an answer - but wait! A dispatch tells d t th from Houston, today, ~~ how a messenger boy arrive a e Cochran home, with a cablegram. Reading: "Her Majesty sends you greetings. Ha v e arranged accommodation! for you at Kensington Pa l ace • " ai 1' = no, 4't\ft1t • a ft&11 a pe,ail 1'• 1 ••• • That's a Lo n don hotel . T he cablegram was signed by Sir Allen Laacelles, H e r Majesty 's p rivat e secretary at B~cklngham Palace.