StlllIT LT- C)t I )) \A, I The State Department - - I 1n Washington has finally ~ A a reply - to its letter of March Sixth. )fflich asked Moscow J to give a clear account of its notions about a summit conference. - - Such a fog of Soviet propaganda - you couldn't figure what the Russians might really have in mind. The call for a plain explanation - getting no answer tor two-«nd a-half weeks. Although - Soviet Premier Bulganin sent another letter - to PNll.dent Blsenhower))lhich didn't answer the questions - in the March Slxth cOlllllunication. Then, last week, we heard how the State Departaent had a gone out of its way - to prod the Ruaaiana. Trying - . to expedite an anner. Issuing a declaration that the next move was up to Moscow. And saying - that the Bulganin letter was nothing more than a repetition or the old stuff. The Russian attitude - peculiar. In Washington, today, ta Sovie ta Ambassador Mensh1kov was asked by a newsman what about an answer to that message of March Sixth. To which Menshikov replied - that he wasn't sure it required SUMIIT - 2 an answer. However, the Ambassador doesn't seem to be aware - about what goes on in the Kremlin. Because not long after his negative statement, the news came - that Moscow had sent an answer. Handed - to the US ambassador to Moscow, today. We dJ)f{"' t know wha s 1n epart / spokesman ✓ - not public. ,. s ~ ADD Tonight the Moscow radio disclosed the text or the reply -- the j1st being- that the American inquiry disappointed Moscow. The Soviets declaring - it doesn't help the prospects tor a aumm1t Meting. MOSCOW Important conferences may be going on 1n Moscow- but we don't know. Dag HanunarskJold, Secretary General of the UN is in the Soviet capital - for talks with Connnuniat party Chief Khrushchev and Foreign Minister Gromyko. But Hammarskjold isn't saying - what~ it's all about. That's his way. I The Secretary General, preferring ■euNt diplomacyp.Wlthout ballyhoo or headlines. So, aa 11■■1 usual. he I a working in the background i ;"rely telling nen•n - that he's 1n Moscow to dlacuaa world proble•. 'lhen, becoming t\ d " t•-· " a little more loquacloua, he expreaae op .a.uu.B•· ; kJ ld 11 re88e8 "optimism~ Well, Dag Hlllllara O U8Wl Y exp .. ~o~t as far as he'll go 1n i1ii converattion. oERMAJ!X - In West GeI'llla y, the Adenauer government faces what 1s called - the gravest crisis ever since the Chancellor took I office in Nineteen Forty-Nine. A crisis over the quation of atomic weapons for the West Oeman army. Twenty-five University professors - have issued an anti-Atomic protest. Including - a Nobel Prize wiMer. The central committee of the Evangelical church baa come out with a similar statement - backing the demand that West Germany must reject aDi atomic armament. A general strike - threatened by the trade union . federation. The leader of the ~ocialiat party stating - that he will back a general atrlke pl aga1I1at atomic weapons. for West 0 DASIR London reports - another caae or a celebrity deaerting co•uniam. Thdre have been a nuaber or headline cuea - people fleeing the Reda and choosing treedoa. 'l'hla • t l • - a Roumanian dancer. A ballet troupe tram ROUll8ft1a - touring 1n Britain • . With a final appearance - at Liverpool. llhere the star - ) dilappeared. Dolna Trandabour - the headline ballerina. She ts. ~ lett the hotel occupied by the tro11P9·• the other• haven't ' A. INn her alnce. . Preferring treedoa to coaaani.a■? lo, not accordlnl to the Roumanian Reda. And - they ad.gtlt be right. Today, an ofticlal or the RolUllllllan lllbuay 1n London aa1d: "She wrote to another girl 1n the COIIP&nJ - that ah•'• getting aarried." The ballerina - deserting Coanunia, not tor freedom, but tor marriage. Sir Winston Church111 1 a new 1llne11 11 called - a "alight recurrence. ' His phy11c1ana declare there'• nothing alll'lllin8 about it- but he's 1n bed with the 11118 1ort ot pneUIIOllia and pleurisy that attlicted hlm la1t aonth. Churchill thought - he 1 d leave the Riviera on Saturday,and return to Britain, atter a three 110nth vacation. BGt bad to go to bed inltead - because ot that "alight recurrence" ot ttajctte1t conpatlon. Today hll daughter Nary and hla peraonal phJ81Clan 1J Lord Moran, tl• troll London to the villa on tht lediterranean. But they aay - they intended to •ke the trip IIIJWl.1. lothlng to do - with Sir ws.naton'• 111nea1. ~USIA - The government or Indoneala reports - new vlctorie1 on Sumatra. Claiming - that their rorcea have cleared the rebel• out or the oil field• or Central Suaatra, over the ... kend. And - have gained control or a wide area around thl north SU111Rtran capital or Medan. Q.. The lnaurgenta admit - that th•YA" taclng the b\llld-up or en8111J tore••· Which threaten a two-pronged attaok, by land and sea. DGLLD Secretary or State John Poster Dul.lea went to a bat today• for the adlllnlatratlon Foreign Aid Blll. Telling a Senate Connittee • that the 1\111 ot tour billion dollara req1.Ut1ted by the Pre1ldent 11 nece1aar, tor national 1ecurlt1. To llblch he added - that lt 11 alao an "antl-rece11lon" -•ure. f AlllOlt everrthlng la an "antl-rece11lon" -•ure nowaclap. "To C\lt the•• tunda," th• Secretar, argued: "VCMlld c11t t11plo,-nt here at hoM - •• •11 u endanger our national 11curlty." He pointed out that the goodl • ••nd abroad u torelgn aid - •an Joba tor AMrlcan 110rkera llho produce the■• DOIISI A bill- introduced 1n the Senate, today, with no partisan tight 1n the orr1ng. The ••sure sponsored Jointly - by Democratic leader Mike Mansfield or Montana, and Style• Bridges of Hew Hampshire, chairllan or the Republican policy coalttee. Leaders or both partlea, united- on a plan to reorganize the detenae depart•ht. '!be bill, actually, la the -aue - u one introduced 1n the house laat 110nth.)'Or the purpoae ot checking what 11 ) . called - the growth ot "illlitary bureaucracy." 'lhia congreaalonal action - the reault ot the uproar, when Ruaala beat the United States into outer apace. Oetting there with the two Sputnlcka. Republican Senator Bridges, ln back1n8 the hill, says the purpose is to Jump the gun on the adlllln1atrat1on. Which plans - to present 1t1 own measure tor defense reorganization. senator Bridges adding - that he also wants to aerve notice that he's opposed to any plan that Luld scrap he Joint Chiefs of staff. }id substitute - a singlfchief. ' [ . ,v.tr" . ; h '-1.. • l.<. w / t?'l~ ~ Th ~ recOIIINlndationa,A include •uure1 to control J llftlon funds, promote union de110cracy and checlt dlahoneat tlt•\&P• betwen companies and union ott1c1ala. The Senate Rackets Committee issued a awmnary, today, aett1ng forth its findings, after the long inquiry lrtto labor racketeering. The report chargea - that crooked orrlciala or the un1ona, investigated by the coanittee, stole more than ten 11l1111on dollars 1n union funds 1n the past tirtNn years. These unions are - the teuatera, bakera, operatinl engineers, unite~xtlle workers and allied 1nduatrlal worken. All or which have been brought up on charge• before the A F or L CI O which, ror example haa expelled the Te11tatera and Baker• The coanlttee report atatea that ottlclala or the unions investigated, stole an average or rive dollara out or the pocket or every member or those unlona. And that, 1n the cue ot the United Textile workers - crooked ottlciala misappropriated - - • about e1$hteen percent or the annual 1ncome or the union. The comlttee •k•• charges llkewlae, against employers. Alleging - company collusion with la8 labor racketeers • The news today states - that the enterprises of ike Todd will be taken over by his 10n, following the ragic air crash on Saturda7. Mite Todd - having planne4 series of new projects. It wouldn't have been Mike - he hadn't had large, tlaabo7ant project• in ■ ind. I, tor one, knew the scope - of his fertile agination, hie endleas resource. le worked together, e p aring the first Cinerama piature - when Mike r1uaded the opera high poo baba L at Lascala - to let u1 • Lascala in that firat Cineraaa. The far-ta■ ed opera hou•• in Milan had never uccuabed to aotion picture• of an7 sort. lever before - had a La Scala ertor.■ ance been filaed. No movie camera •••r allowed in that sacred ho ■• of opera. Until Mike Todd talked the• into breaking their rule. Convincing - the Board ot ~irectors of La Scala that they should collaborate by staging the triuaphal scene of Aida tor Cinerama. 1111 tRRR The news today state• - that the enterprises of Mike Todd will be taken over by his son, following the tragic air crash on Saturday. Mike Todd - having planne4 a 11ri1s of new projects. It wouldn't have been Mike_ it he hadn't had large, tlaaboyant project• in alnd. 1, tor one, knew the scope - of his fertile iaagination, his •~dleas reaouroe. I• worked together, preparing the first Cinerama picture - when Uike p1r1uaded th• opera high poo baba i it Lascala - to let ua u11 Lascala in that firat Cinera■ a. Th• far-taaed opera hou11 in Yilan had never 1uccuabed to aotion picture• of any aort. lever before • had a La Scala erforaanc• been fil ■ed. Ho movie ca■era •••r allowed in that sacred ho■• of opera. Until Mike Todd talked them into breaking their rule. ~onvinclng - the Board ot ~irectors of La Scala that they should collaborate by staging the triuaphal seen• of Aida tor Cineraaa. ll~S t9PR - 2 Bearly tYerybody would ha•• said that exploit - wa• iapoaaible. But Mite Todd, ••11, he was one or th• aoat p erauaai•• ■tn ot our ti ■•· 0 PRISLIY And now - about Private Presley. That's what he 11. 'ftle King of Rock 'n Roll• inducted into the IU'llJ at Ne111>hls, Tenneasee 1 today. Seven o'clock th11110mlng. to be precise. So does that •an• that Elvia Presley got up early? lot at all - he stayed up all night. Reporting to the dratt board, he aald - he hadn't been to bed, because he t1nda it hard to get up early. OrdlnarllJ, llv11 the Pelvl1 - 1leep1 all daJ, and ge/ up at night. Silt he's 1n the ANJ not, - and he'll hear the bugle call - "you got to get up, you got to get up•. And now - about Private Presley. That's what he 11. 'ftle King or Rock 'n Roll - inducted lrito the &l'IIY at Neaph1a, TeMe11ee,today. Seven o'clock this 110m1ng. to be precise. So doea that •an - that llvla Presley got up early? lot at all - he atayed 11p ail night. Reporting to the dratt board, he aald - he hadn't been to bed, beca111e he tlnda it hard to get 11P early. Ordlnar11J, 11~1• the Pelvla - 1leep1 all daJ, and ge/ up at night. But he'a 1n tbe Artty not, - and he 1 11 hNr the bugle call - "you got to get IIP, JOU got to get up•. In Rio de Janeiro, 110vie actreas Linda Chrl1tian - 11 in a Jam. She wants to go h011e, but can I t. The tol'lllr w1re or actor Tyrone Power aaya -t5he I a the " victim ot anSN1\t1 · · betlllln two Brazilian• ailllonalrea. One ot th• - want• her to go h0111. The other - retualng to let her go. * Which he can do - because he haa her puaport. The trouble roae out or . a N •Jr1tlc plan - tor a trip around the world. Linda - to Mke th• clrc\lll'l&vlptlon •1th Brazilian alllionalN Pranclaco Plgnatarl. Bllt IOlllthlng went wrong down 1n Rlo - and the ' actNII and aillionalre apllt up. Plgnatari so dlagruntled • about it - he'• been picketing Linda's hotel. Marching back and forth wlth a sign saying: "Linda, go home." However, Linda spent Sunday aboard the yacht or another Brazilian millionaire - named Pontoura. Who - proposed marriage. In fact, he insisted on it. Taking her ll8aJ passport - so s~ J can't go home. ,~-2 It was a pleaaant day" says Linda, "but he d14n't ret\ll'll 1111 puaport. He aald - I've got m to arr, hill." Linda - a Mexican. So ahe aaya - ahe-, have to appeal to the Mexican Consul General. Alaa and alack - all becauae ot the "anlllollty" of the two Braz1llan 111lllonalrea. "'l'heae tellowa, 11 Linda L I c011Pla1na, "have been rlvala over each other'• glrl trlenda tor yeara. But," she adda plalntlvelJ, "I don't like beinl 1n the 111ddle." I She aap N 110n I t pt arrled, - .tuat to prov• that - one ■1111onalre c~take a•J the other llllllonalre'a girl friend. ALI DAI New York - having a big party tonight. A United Rations reception - not ordinarily ao wildly popular. But tor thla one - eleven hundred lnvltatlona, aent out. Nore than eighty percent - tol'ID&lly accepted. Which 11 a lot -,re than average - tor a UN atrat.r. Morover, ticket■ have been forged - 10 they IQ, with a black aarket 1n phoney 1nvltatlona to the party. So what aakea the u R 10,. popular -- all or a 1udden? Well, the new delegate troll Paklatan la throwing the iD party. Prince Aly Khan, pla,boJ · aon ot the late Ap Khan. Fol'll8r husband or 110v1e aotre11 Rlta HaJWOrth. ant All or which lndicatea the power t publicity - not to 1a1 notoriety. ~ ~e 11; 0 ey or torged 1nv1tatlone coaa trom Pak1atan1 j ott1c1ala. Who aay vigilant a precautions are being taken - at tonight - to keep out gate crashers. The Prench police - announce the arrest ot au s ArflY deaerter, lett over f'roil World War Two. Quite a while ago/- tourteen yeara ~ 1n tact, alnce Wayne Powers diaappeared trcll h11 outtit. So where baa he been tor all thoae fourteen Jeara? B1dden 1n the howae or Yvette Belewse, 1n a village 1n northem Prance. Bia place ot cc:mceal.Mnt - a cCllll)artaent under a 1ta1rwa,. So clever - that it tooled the Aaerlcan NP'• mo wnt aearchlng tor hill - and knn about Yvette. Even the local vlllagel'B were fooled . "' or a long tllll - until, t1nally, goaalp got Ima around. When the French police 1nveat1g&ted., what dld they find'? Well, fourteen yeara ago, Yvette and the GI were 1n tteplace alone. Now - five children, 1n addition.