DUL 0 e D . 1 sa t h e a o oun 1 Ba n kok. ak n a h l e rn oo he c one nc le 0 e OU h he e e e hei atn o ec ve co - ha 11 ac 0 fen any member a a1ns a re sion om hout, or su version fr om ithin. 1 o, he ~ OU c il 11 1 ro te he onom can so ial tren th 7 o a 1 he a o con erne . In . the e c etary s ,ors, hav cis ons t hich 111 make he council an e f ve b od . 1 'JJ.e . he inal communi ue agrees ith AD ulles. tresses he f a t that the Beat o ers want only peace and securit n sou he s Asia - rhich the ouncil ill promote . .. ulles as res onsible for the f a c t th t the e w as not le ·t llAtl1 unname . Hes onsore a su estion a ter a onal ommunism b labele o enl as he hing a ains h h ea o is staR 1 uar. An the ele ates DULLES - 2 opte that Dulles suggestion. All the members a reed that this first con ference in Bangkok should serve as a strong deterrent a ainst ommunist aggres&ion. in Ta x es ri g ht after 75. The key struggle was over the question whether the c ut should ax be a rider or a separate bill. The Republican move to make it a separate bill was defeated 210 to 205. TAXES bitter epu b li ans and Democrats in the House fought a battle toda y - along party lines. The issue -#cut " in the in ome tax. R epublicans opposing it -- the Demo c rats for it. President Eisenhower has already called the cut ' irresponsible . But today, the Democrats had the upper hand - an~they pushed it through. The vote overwhelming, two-hundred-end-forty-two to one-hundred-and-seventy-five. Now the bill goes to the Senate. If it passes there, then it will be up to President Eisenhower to decide whether or not to veto it. AB of now, his appeal has been turned down by the House - the members putting their okay II ibl II on a measure that Mr. Eisenhower regards as irrespons e . CONGRESS T he two houses of C ongress disagree today - about whether members should get a pa y raise and a spe ial expense account. Accordi to the bill, Senators and Repeesentatives w ould b e ~ from fifteen thousand~oH-llre a year, to A"lkc, 1i, more than twenty-three thousand. Each member~ have a ~ - 4 tax-free al!:: a~owance of over a thousand.< 11e•~~--M'-',..91•a .... _.. .. ltftiia ... ie,..a.., N ~ six trips home every year, ■■ at g overnment expe~se - instead of one. The House liked the bill. The Representatives, announcing their okay in a voice ( vote - that was more like a shout. They weren't frightened by the old political argument - 4tte voters back homes:•• not too keen about politicians who can give themselves a raise. ~ elections a,.. more than a year away - - apparently the1 "ayA." .f Keaee- felt safe, and voted "" The Senate voted II 11 no. The reason - too many Senators obje ted to the expense allowance. A lot of them C ON RESS - 2 agree that t heir pa :· s h oul d be raised -- but they weren ' t ~~ w illin g to vote themselves~ thousand ~ tax free., H- ~ - So the bill didn 1 t make it in the Senate. Now it g•• goes ba c k to a House-Senate conferonce comm1 t tee - to see C' tho/ ee~eie can adjust the differen c es. MISSI LE T he i r F or ce reveals t hat it is w~rkin g on a new guided missile - a1me~hi~ g hat sounds ee■ple&oli, fantastic. 'PAe 1A f epma~10n Game 9wt 1Q a atatement ey ~ Air Force hief of S taf f , eneral Twining) Net'=l-F&lly, bhe ee 11 era-l oul n t g ive an y etails.- whieh ape-.$till top secret. But observers in Washington believe Mlet the missile will ~" be fire something like an artillery shell. 1'-:ange ~ Tl; miles, - Sid 1 t wt,t crash down from r be about five thousand ~ outer space at a speed of perhaps ten thousand miles an hour. The experts add, that no defense against this weapon has yet been worked out. Meanwhile, Secretary of the Navy-;:: ehm:•1Mt Thomas, says that two c ruisers, carrying uided missiles, will Join ~ the fleet this year . '11111e weapons ce •d•pted be e1rr,1ng - I atomic warheads .• tna ,~eef'e~ary eaye that his De partment i\ is pushing f epwaPd wit-ft experiments on a whole series of new w eapons_ ~~eapefte that make tifle traditional arms look anti uate ct. DISARMAMEN T Another interr1ational co nference. This one in L ondon, on isarmament. The nations 2 0 represented - there today ere Brita in, Ca nada, F ran c e- the United States - and ussia. The announced purpose - to f in a disarmament formula in secret talks -- if possible. representatives The R■p■a■ are t o meet four times a week, until they either n reach some sort of agreement - or disagree completely. The London dispatch says that the Soviet and American delegations are seated opposite one another at the table. Oromyijo , for the Russians. Cabot Lodge, heading our rtelegation. UEMOY eneralissimo C hiang Kai hek has or ere itch efens e o e a 1onal1st leader «•fl e 1 ring - that there 111 be no ore retreats. T he ne l \ ~ order comes after the evacuation of anchi 1~1and. The Nationalist forces were remove from that former northern anchor of the Formosa line. The connander of the garrison saying that the Conunun1sts will find only "a dead man ' s land " - everything useful, destroyed by his troops. The Reds did not attempt to interfere, as two thousand civilians and five thousand soldiers were removed. A evacuation, similar to the withdrawal fran the Tachens. Now the Cormnunists have turned their attention to atsu an uemo y . Strong patrols uadrons of planes, flyin over the islands from fields 1n Fukien Province. And reports cont1nue to pour into hiang s hea uarters - of big troop build-ups on the mainland o posite Matsu. CHINESE NA_ ussia 1s helpin g the hineee e build one in a hurry. So says Londo. ui a Navy - T his is a fol low up on a stor in he ndon T imes that the Kremlin has turned over almost a hundre warships t o ao T s e - Tung - J ust re c ently. In c lu 1ng iv submarines. The official statement by the B ritish government confirms the Times of London story. And adds that Red China has been getting ships from the Soviets ever since Nineteen Fifty. With the Chinese Red Navy build up accelerated now in ordee to increase their naval strength along the hina coast. BONN - T he ro lem o t he Saar s • -r~e argument in he ' est German parliam ent O a J . ar es in the A enauer coalition - e la r1ng he · t voe against the Franco - erman a reement, to ~n h he ~ha e lor has already g iven his assent. ~ D r. Max Be ker, of he Free Demo rats, ar ued that the Saar agreement woul pla ea German population under a foreign government. part y would never accept that. Shortly afterward, a spokesman for the refugee party, announced that his group agree 1th Dr . Becker and the Free Democrats. So these to members of the coalition - will vote against A enauer. o is ! eader of the oalition. The hancellor promptly enounce e ker or what he terme ' a nationalistic speech. The "han el r arguing that it w as ag ainst the -•i bes inters are boun u p with the ris a reemen · r rm - wh ich BONN - 2 - A enauer sa s ~ A not ay he a e hat Britain an erica are not boun o s1 e with France o her o the Saar, a t future onferences. FO OD - A forme r official O he rm an y - say s ha he r e i s r1 t i cal f oo 8 r ~ a p e o he r s i d e of t he I ro n u r ta in. Ac c o r d i t h i ng o s re ee , s h t hins as suga r, butt er and flour are be 1 n 0 a p ear from the marke t . The situation, so bad t ha h 1 h e . e re me as fcrbid e n ~ stores to handle certa i n c onnnodi t ies. ~ ~ / r o o d supplies now on hand, barely su f fi c ient to t(. 5. 5. 7<, rn ~ 4 - / } cover the ~ food rationing system.,:;.-.. ~• .. --- e.. ~ ~- Ff Will America use her food surpluses to ease the situation in East Germany, We hear tha the J ustice Department has turned thumbs down on that suggestion - saying ~ ~e~~ may not be either sold or g iven away to C ommunist c ountries. The Department ruling that ac c ording t o a la w passe by C ongfess last year - food cannot be shippe an yw here behind the Iron · curtai n , e e pt i n ases of extreme emer en cy . DOROTHY ARKER A famous American humorist refuses to say whether she ever was a member of the Communist party. Dorothy Parker, appealing to the Fifth Amendment_ 1n testimony befo e a New York State leg1.:s ~ l~at ~ 1~v~e ~ co~11111~i;jtit1&. ...,,.....-. . ..-~ ~ ~~ ~ JIUss Parker was National Chairman ot the Joint Anti-Fascist refugee committee -llluch 11 under 1nvest1gat1on ~ - - - . J l u ~ t e listed as a Communist front by the Attomey ~ A A \ Generals office. Witnesses have charged that the conn1ttee ___ ,,.J collected a million and a half dollars - Mt spent the money I- ite I only to aid,_ ie Miss Parker was called in to tell what she knows about this. But they didn't get much information from her. She wouldn ' t sa y whether or not she was once a Coimmmlat. 8tle.ja1d she didn , t know how much money was collected when she was ~ had " National Chairman, or how it was spent. She-••M confidence in t < ~~ the committee • n L ~ ~ & a l l l i ~ couldn remember and that was enough. ~~mcu .n•- "/\ DOROTHY PARKER - 2 if she had ever been a sponsor of the civil rights Congress - - - which is hared with diverting money from its collections to tM.-defense of ommunis?~w,. The executive dire tor of the Civil Rights Congress also refused to tell whether he was a Coaaun1st. William Paterson, appealing to the Fifth Amendment - and adding that the present investigation is, 1n his words, "a witch hunt' and ' B•d baiting." CHURCHILL A London newspaper calls for the retirement of Sir W~ . nston C hur c hill. The Daily Mirr~ arguing that the Prime ,',.. , Minister is just too old for the Job. t q . ~ the Mirro~ -.QNh has ~ ~ - . ' - ·.t 'I::." demande~ the ~lml8 IIR =1;::;etuw t:~ ,~n- fM . _;;f- years. But this time, \h96-pepep is particularly lnaistent I,. , because of what it terms "Churchill's failing memory." The r · eference being to that famous Montgomery Telegram - the one in which Churchill is supposed to have ordered Field Marshal Montgomery to stack German Arma tor possible use •lllllll against the Russians. After mentioning the telegram, Churchill admitted that his memorY. might be at fault. ~wz;t °".! - · ~ ~ -'6.::t-'! < 2 ~ !!'hat ' s the main reason why the Daily Mirror thinks - ~ --~~ he should retire now. ,~etL!&Ch~ that a man as young ~~~ -toG.•e $. ~ ~ - as MIi Anthony Eden MS"....,-..lll()P:J ~ • • e ., 1•4' laetitses 'IIM ·~ ~ . ' HOUDINI A dispatch from East Providence, Rhode Island, revives memories of the most famous of all es c ape artists Houdin i . The dispatch tells of the , 1eath of Elbert Clark _ who was Houdini's c olleague for many years. Clark helped him design the strait-jacket from which Houdini would escape under water - one of his most baffling acts. Houdini and Clark came to an agreement - that the first of them to die, would try to communicate with the other. This is another angle on that story. Well, Houdini ,s V the first. He died in Nineteen Twenty-Seven. And tor twenty-eight years Elbert Clark waited for a message from h11 former colleague. It never came. And now - well Elbert Clark has joined Houdini in the . magicians Valhalla where all foregathered there have the explanation for Houdini's magic_ and the explanation of what has always baffled Man - the Riddle of the Universe. PLANE A professor or physics at the University of ~ Wis onsin - has been grounded by the Madison City council. The c ivil fathers telling Professor John W1mans that he is not to fly his plane from the frozen surface or Lake Mendota. The point is, that Professor W1mans hu a peculiar method of taking off. He wants to freeze a barrel in the ice - and then c onnect the wing of his plane to the barrel with a four hundred foot aylon rope. And then? He says he'll taxi his plane round and round the barrel - until hes airborne. Then he'd drop the rope, and fly away -- like a bird. The Professor insists 'that there is no danger to it. In fa c t, he believes .his method is safer than the ordinary w a y of taking off frbnl an airstrip. But the City Council isn't interested in the experiment. It forbids him to use Lake Mendota. The Chief of P oli c e says they will not be responsible for such an unorthodo x take off. PLANE - 2 ,/ / / ~-- ~ - , In other words, city officials at Madison1 want /~ It./ I' the Professor to stick to his lab. ~ave flying to the birds. I"