I ) Prealdent Elaenhower won a lot of support tor h11 roreign aid program - with his address last night. Thla 11 clear from reactlona 1n Congress - as well as from the general public. Secretary of State Dullea appe.j:;,betore the Senate ) I Pore1gn Relations COllllittee today ) Br found the atlloaphere 111ch 110re cordial ;,r aa he defended the tore1gn aid part ot the budget. Secretary Dullea calling foreign aid "our greatHt 1ateguard aplnat agreaaion - at the _ leut C!)St." ftle ....,.N or the Cciil1ttee ,e_d aore inclined to agree with h1II - than ..., ever ••• . laltl before. Over 1n the Houae, Speaker Raybum ot Tena aald - he - lllpreaaed by the Eisenhower address - and believes Congre11 wlll glve the President a lot ot support on foreign aid. And Deaocratlc Leader Lyndon Johnson ot Texaa _..1 8Md on the noor ot UA,,'t~ the Senate Jj that the President's general principles are right - 1n view of our foreign policy cOllllitMnta. Public response la clear from the telegrua arriving at the White Bouae. 11111 telegrams, alJloat ten to one 1n favor ot the President ~ 't.u~ , c o nfere nce today, r es i ent E is nho er e vot ed ost f 1 s ti~e - to a further efense of h is budget. i c h is ,., t e ne smen ex ~ e cted. Th e r s i en t , to a y s 1 e h o es the - en te will restore - re d uctions mad e in t he ouse. n e threatened to veto any tax r e uctions th t w ould leave the government short of funds. As ed about Re J ublic a n o p : onents of his bud et; oes he intend to p unish them? He answered "no". That of course members of is own party have a right to disa ree. But at the same time, he admits he h a s, what he calls, "de rees of enthusiasm• for o osition members of the G O .t-> . - T O NA ' 0 ------- The ' e a th r B ureau f orc as ts - t ird strai g ht ni h t of torna oe s . rnin s to I ll inois, issouri, r ka n sas an T exas a nd s t tes between. An other round of tornadoes, a cc om an i e by 1eavy rain. A t Fremont, i souri - a h eavy t h un d erstorm h s been holdin ' u sa lva g e work, with ost o f the Fremont p o p ulation now bein g cared for in the nearby town of W inona. In outhern Il l inois, nll rivers are re orted rising. F a milies, evacuated by motorbo a t. isaster a g encies, stru g lin to save the victims. ln Okla oma, the hi g h winds have knocked over t h usands of tele · hone oles. The latest count, more than fi f ty dead, hundreds injured. ..... ADD TORNADO Later toni ht, President E enhower declared part of Missouri a major disaster area. Hardest hit of all - iansas City - battered by seven tornadoes. J , EC[ -- T t. e r ident o1 t h e U n i ed A to ork r s a ys t e e a m t rs n ion 1 1 b t ~ ro n u t o th AFL - (;IO - u nles s i t e ts ri o f v · eek. , lter Reuth e r, telling Mat i o n a 1 re s s ' 1 ub 1 u n ch i n a i n to n . Re uth e r, ice . resi ent of the hu e combined l a bor organization; told the ress club he o es the teamsters will clean house for themselves - by oustin 1 Beck. If not the AFL - CIO ill h ve no alternative but to drop the Teamsters. · ean hile, the AFL - Clu has . ost oned hearings - on corru tion char g es a a inst the eamsters; to ive the a t e rs ti e to clean house tl emselves. MOR E ~ ubli can . in th e Senate are emanding an apology from their emocratic collea e rom Ore on - Wayne Morse. The reason - that attac ~orse made on resident Eisenhower - at a Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner in Detroit, last Saturday. Morse charging that President Eisenhower allowed the Idaho power company to get away with a tax write-off -- for the construction ~ of dams in the Snake Rive:~. Morse saying that President Eisenhower is in the same class with av Beck. Beck, ccording to More /- i . ' . (. . money from his union members - ~118 Mr · ; ~aa::::CGine- the~~•ti~ ~ the American taxpayer , · // < ' · t Well, the Republicans in the Senate are angry about that comparison - and o are quite a few Democrats. Senator Bridges f New Hampshire remarked, 11 it is shocking to compare the President of the United States - to a man who has taken the fifth amendment more than two hundred times. ' Senator \ Capehart of Indiana said Morse might have been subject to censurE - 2 1t he had ade the statement on the floor of the Senate. Morse at once took up that challenge. The tol'ller le ublican from Oregon, repeating his statement in the Senate. s aying again, that P resident isenhower and Dave Beck are, in h1i words, "the same kind of innnoral 1s ts." Morse, 1nv1 ting I the GOP to try to get him censured { F ~ statement. A new Senate Sub-Committee will investigate our relations with Red China. Its Chairman, Senator Ma6nuson of W ashinton. Te p ur p ose of this Sub-Committee - to see why we are still taking a different attitude - than the rest of the world. Magnuson ,ointing out that of 11 the nations of the free world - only America d c11ne1 to tr a e wit • o' ;, eo le. According to the Senator s exty -nin e s hi s d ocke d at Sha n g hai in ' a rch, "from every nation in the world, exce p t us." The new S ub-Committee will reevalute our olicy, s ee if we are still ri g ht in forbidding trade •th Red China. In Jordan, roar •n were executed today - publicly. accused or spying tor Iarael. Accordlng to the lnd1ct•nt, they f\tmlsbed Israeli agents - with 1ntor11atlon about the strength and 110v91Nnte or Jordanian troops. b tOUI', hanged 1n public squares or tour clt1ea. '!be curfew, lined 10 Cwt . tlla the public could aee the executlona A wam1ng to anJITJ who ante to overturn the goverment ot Ung Huaalen. Shi s of the U.S. avy passed through the Suez Canal today for the tirst time since it reopene. Two d estroyers, a troo p carrier, nd a sub chaser - entering f ro• the e diterranean, at t ort Said. Altho' they ~aid the Egy ? tian authorities in American dollar• - the7 did so •under p r,oteat•. On~e in the canal they Joined a convoy south bound for the Red Sea. The tresident of France has cancelled his voyage to the United States. resident Coty, scheduled to sail onday - a oard the Ile ae France, oblieed to stay in Pa ris because of the olitical crisis. The fall of Premier Mollet. resident Coty must find someone to re p lace Guy Mollet. Mow President ~oty says he hopes to make his trip by air, still hopes to arrive here on June third. That eivea hi ■ only ten days to find a new govern ■ ent. And ~olitical experts in Paris predict - it will take longer than that. Tonight, President Coty ia in the aidat of a round of talks with French politician• - many of them, foraer rremiers. The Mollet governaent was the twenty-third that France has ha since the end 0£ the war! HAITI --- A dis p atch from ort Au P rince describes - a s~lit in the new military junta now governing llaiti. Y sterday, a grou~ of military officers seized p ower. But today, three to p staff officers of the g rou p - resigned from the junta, and went home. The others - still in control - but somewhat shaken b7 this split. As for the ousted civilian government - it baa gone underground with its leaders, issuing circular, - calling on the people of Haiti to resist the aray, and also askin g tor a continuation of the strike - that baa aralyzed most of the nation. H-BOMB )/il ll 'Ct . { ' - !he' British Prime Minister , ~&N• . .,. Britain will not ban the hydrogen bomb, unless other nations agree to do the same. Harol4-.JIIHJU.~ i°peaking before a meeting of the Conservative Party - 1n his first mjor address, since Britain touched off an H-bOllb last week MacMillan, describing the . ~· test as "very successful. 11 And addillg - "without the H-bollb, A Britain would be almost defenseless against the might of the Soviet Union. The British Prime Minister, repeating what 10 -lie t- many weatem leaders have said - the H-bomb ia a deterrent to war. BILLY GRAHAM In Hew York, the Billy Graham Revival continues 1n a big way, and I'd like to give - a personal impression or this n\Dllber one Evangelist or our time. He has a magnificent voice, a baritone. Clear enunciation - with just a touch or the drawling accent or hla native North Carolina. His manner - forthright and eamest. With a minimum or tricks - and a manner ot direct simplicity. He projects a quality or fervor - with nothing at all theatrical. He preaches - basic doctrines or Christianity. Without trills - without moderni11Dg complications. 11-ntary Christian dogma - to which almost any Christian den0111nat1on would subscribe, with little exception to what he says. His approach la moderate - stating Christian 1deaa.,.- aomet1mea 1n a rather •tter or tact way. When I heard him, he expressly disavowed - emotionalism and hysteria. Making clear - that he deliberately avoids the wilder kind or revivalism, familiar 1n years past. BILLY GRAHAM -2 In a way, you wonder at Billy Graham's illlllenae popular effect. Preaching Christianity 1n a moderate, lucid way. i • I ~ ~-ti~ 7 :i( l U\.,{.a,.L COIIII Today Federal agents picked up Mickey Cohen 1n Chicago. The former hoodlum - who now is a good friend or Billy Graham. The police say they want to question Mickey Cohen - about alleged connections with the Chicago underworld. But Mickey says he doesn't know anything about that. He clallli he 1 a 1n Chicago to consult his lawyers - about plans ror a l 1,\. movie version of his life. Otherwise, he 1 a nothing but a Loa Angeles florist - who has become interested 1n religion, under the influence or Billy Graham MISSILE That terrific explosion near Cocoa Beach, Florida - was caused by a guided missile. The explosion - unintentional. The missile, going off While it was still on the firing platform~ · Patrick Air Force Base. The mlaalle, V a big one - fortunatel~ not armed with an atomic warhead. It was standing on its platform - when some of the fuel spilled - and a fire started. ~caua~/the missile to go up. The blast, awakening residents tn the area of Cocoa Beach. The mlaa1le, Toni t the av is searching Central Florida - for a• od" of ma nesium flares. The• od", described as "extremely dangerous." It fell from the wing of a jet , lane - traveling four hundred and fifty miles an hour - at five thousand feet. hich means it could be anywhere in a tremendous area. And it's hard to find, because it's only £our feet by two feet. The• od• contains fifty-two magnesium flares, all fifty-two of ~hich could be triggered by the heat of the sun. And if they do up together - they'll have th• brilliance of over two billion candle ower. That will be a light so bright it w uld make limes Square seem like a aark tunnel - not really - but by comparison. FLIGHT ----------- J.s you no doubt alr ea y ve heard, 1 st night, lane l n · _ d t LeBour et air ort, •••*•• outside aris - after a record fli ht from America, to co memorate th , thirteitb anniversary of Lindbergh's flight May ~ ... ir t, i neteen-Twen ty -S caven. Lindy in a monoplane, his famous S irit of St. Louis; in thirty-three hours. This time, Major Robinson lisner, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, in an Air Force S bre Jet, covered the sa■ e route in six hours and thirty-eight minutes. One fittb Lindber h's time. Thirty years ago, hundreds of thousands of Frenchaen crowded on to the airfield at Le Bourget madly cheering Lindbergh as he taxied to a stop. Tis ti ■ e - a few officials rnd photogra hers that's all. Flying the Atlantic no too common - Henry - to draw much attention, evAn if you break all records. ANNOUNCER: And now Lowell Thomas recalls: ~.T.: A year ago today - a lot of us were shocked by the rate of an old veteran of American history. The battleship Oregon - sold for scrap. Sold to a Japanese firm - dealing 1n Junk. , The Oregon, a survivor of the Spanish-American War. She was on the West Coast in Eighteen Ninety-eight - when she was ordered to Join our Atlantic fleet. And she made a . . L t famous ,,.111111~ around Cape Hom. - around the tip of South America - seventeen thousand miles tn sixty-eight days. 1 · · That voyage proved the 1Jllportance - or a canal across the Isthmus or Central America. Which was how the Panama Canal - came to be built. In World War One, the Oregon was the flagship or our Pacific fleet. In World War Two, she served as an ammunition carrier. A year ago today, sold for scrap. 'rhe end or one or the historic ships in the history or our Navy. LTP.1957.05.22i.pdf LTP.1957.05.22ii.pdf