VETO That Eisenhower veto record~roken today) When overturne d the presidential rejection o f f inally - Con ress a b11~('1ss~ - the billion dollar public works measure- ,,.. .which the President vetoed,_yesterday t,,,on the ground that it was spendin g extravagence. Today, in both the Senate and the House, there were two-thirds majorities - to over ride twelve Republicans voted against the ~ 11£~7¢1__ -- eight votes more than two thirds. /l ~• aee Go P congressmen were against the veto. In the Senate, PresJdent.-S- provided " In the Jl.ouse, twenty-~ ~ r t . ( ) the veto:)fhe majority - twel e more than the necessary two-thirds. During his six-and-a-half years in of f ice, President Eisenhower had vetoed one-hundred-and-forty -f ive bills. Not one v eto thrown out - until today.~e Democrats have had control of Con ress most of the time - which made the record all the more surprising. The Democratic leadership - f rustrated, angry. But they woo their f irst eto uccess today. VETO - 2 Immediately afterward, the House of Repreeentatives made a peace ul g esture toward the White House - extendin the traditional olive branch ,By passing a u&i housin bill - which had been altered in a way to meet President Eisenhower's ob j ections. He had vetoed a previoutousing bill, so another version was ' prepared - according to Presidential speci f ications. The Senate - passing it yesterday. The House - today. President Eisenhower will si g n the olive branch - if an olive branch can be signed. EISENHOWE R Presi d ent E isenhower - on radio-television tonight. Reportin to the public - on h is trip t o western Europe. The 1st o f it bein - that there's harmony amon the free nations. Concerning - those f orthcoming talks u between the P resident and So v iet P remier Khrushchev President Eisenhower - commentin g on the Khrushchev visit to the United States. Askin g - that all due courtesy be shown toward a g uest of the nation. INDIA The Parliament at New D elhi , to ay - was told o f an exchan e o communications between India and Red China , during th e past week. Prime Minister Nehru - reading the documents. One, a Chinese note - lllaia insisting that the Indians et u out of 11 all areas that have been invaded', as the note phrases it. The Reds - continuin g to accuse India o f a g ression. In reply, Nehru sent a communication saying: 11 Indian troops cannot possibly withdraw, under intimidation, from areas which are part o f India. ' Sounds like a head-on · clash of diplomacy.-iut, Nehru today, took a mild attitude. Saying - it would be oollsh to go to war with the Chinese Reds, because o f what Nehru called, "this mountain or that, however beautiful they may be." At the same time, Nehru expressed annoyance - with the the le gal ruler o f Tibet has made an ta Dalai 1,ama. Because INDIA - 2 appeal t o the Uni t e d Nations. skin the UN - t o help t he Tibetan people a g ainst their Communist oppressors. Nehru told the Indian Parliament that he h ad repeatedly advised the Dalal Lama, exiled in India - not t o brln the matter -m be f ore the United Nations. Ar g uin g - that it would serve no use f ul purpose. ROCKET Yes t erday , at ak e Islan d, a n ai rliner o B ritis h v erseas A irways - was t a k in o f . t the controls - Cap tain John P asco o f Chippin Norton, Oxordshire, E n land. Today, Captain Pasco relates: We had t axied aft out, when we saw a terrific explosio to the north of the island." He says - the explosion was preceded by vapor t alls. They looked" he adds, 11 11ke giant f orks o f 11 g htnln. It was a wonderful thin to see," says he. The airliner took of f , and then, later - Captain Pasco called the control tower at Wake Island. Askin - had they found anythin g out about that blast in the sky? What was it? ~- The answer - the Atlas rocket. Our first operational I' intercontinental ballistics missile - going into regular service. Launched in California - some five thousand ta O miles away. The Atlas - set so that it would explode at f i ft y thousand feet above the tar et area, one hundred miles nor h of Wake Island. Captain Pasco says the control tower told him - the missle had come down on the tar et, exactly. ROCKET - 2 An eye-witness account - of how the A tlas became operational. BUS To ay's horror at Oakland Maryland - one o those thins, a ainst which all precautions s h ould be taken. A school bus loaded with children - crossin g the railroad tracks. Any motor vehicle may stall, and this one did. , /n the tracks - as a Band O express train came speedln. Children in a panic, ighting to get out - as the train bore down on the bus. Striking it- hurling it. Seven children killed - nineteen injured. Two o f these - in critical condition in a hospital. HA WA II Now some sad news - f rom iashin ton. \hich leads us to say - entlemen o f the ena te, it's t oo ba. The won d er f ul t rip - won 1 t happen. Yesterday , a number o GOP lawmakers had a luncheon, and when it was over - Senator Dirksen o f Illinois revealed the beauti f ul v ision. s'aying au resolution had been adopted ) - t o make the dream a reality. The entire Senate, on P hundred strong - to make a trip to Honolulu. Attending the c elebration - of Hawaiian statehood, on Thanks g iving Day. The tut estivities - to include a giant 11 luau ' . A magni f icent barbecue - in which the assembled Senate of the United States would participate. The cost of the super-Junket - would be - two hundred thousand dollars. The bill, o f course - to be r ooted by the taxpayers. But, alas, it was only a dream. 11 A f light of fancy" ~ as t~e Senator now remarks. Ima g ine i.a the howl that would g o up - f rom the taxpayers? HAIAll - 2 Today Senator Virksen st a ted - that a small delegation of lawmakers will go to the luau. A bout five - lucky lawmakers. He adds that, of course, other legislators may make the trip. But - they'll have to do it at their own expense. Hot such a good •1uau•, when you have to pay. And now Von, before you go home to your wahini and your luau - ONEY ' ~ { ( C 0llta. / J - u let's all sin J the ol /) son g : ave your con ~ eder te m oney, b oys the south will rise a a in. 1 The value of con f ederate money - is risin . Thanks , lar ely , t o th e centenary o f the Civil ~ar. &.atu Coin collectors eelin - they shoulfa v e some con ederate bank notes in their display o f assorted currency. The confederate overnment printed seventy-two types of paper money. So much• that it rapidly declined in value. Then, o f course, when Grant took Richmond - the Con f ederate money wasn't worth anything at all. Today, however, the most ordinary kind will z■ bring rom twenty- lve cents to a dollar - per bank note. In the case o f some o f th e rarer varieties the bills are worth• up to three thousand dollars, each. Recently, Mrs. Helen Hardin g, a French-speaking negro I woman in Louisiana, ma, led an order to a Mont g omery ',• ard store . To pay f or which - she sen t three-hundred-and-two- MONEY - 2 th ousand ollars in cone erate bank notes. A undle that had sur 1 ed in some ou t o the way place. The company sent her a shipment o merch and ise. cceptin payment in confederate money at its present day value. Returning to her - the rest o f the hue bankroll . . OJ Yes, ind e e() " save your con f ederate money , boys, the south will rtse a ain. 1