.. . LEG ISLATIOH Th1B w a a ~ ~ Y for the admlnlatratlon - 1/ ', with regard to • legislation that President Kennedy has asked for. First, the bill on the reserves. It waa okayed unanimoWJly - by the House Armed Services C01111lttee. Then, ruahed - to the full house. Final approval - aet for Monday. Am "approval " is the word. The House, as anxious aa the Senate - to give President Kennedy full authority to call up . one hundred and fifty thousand or the reserves. Aa for the public works bill - the President algned that one today. The ■eaeure that earmarka one hundred ■illlon dollars - to help the distressed areaa 111d or the nation. And the Senate Finance Committee - cleared the adm1n1strat1 . on trade bill. The measure - virtually what the President asked for. Authority to cut tariffs to meet the challenge or competition on tne world markets. ADD LlliISLATION ~ t h e House passed the bill concerning UN bonds, endorsing President Kennedy's u appeal for Americana to buy up - one hundred million dollars worth of bonds issued by the international organization. That sum, to be matched by - the other members or the U.N. IJ S IIHO W IR low tbat former PreP.ident it,enbower hae wound u, ht1 political tnur of the mldweet - ,,. pundttR ere trytn, to ft,ure out wbet tt meana. !le concen1us ta th8t Mr. ltRenhower ••J not ba•e cat into De11ocr1ttlc stren,th in tbe StateR, but,. oer,alnlJ did brtn, · eo■e unity - into bis party. CUBANS The formation of Cuban units to serve with the US Army - depends on the a number of volunteers. Refugee leaders estimate that eighty-thousand of their fellow c · ountrymen - would be eager to Join up. And if f there really are that many - then we' 11 soon have Spanlah- speaking detachments on military service. Perhaps a whole division or •n from C\lba - in lw••I Uncle Sam's 81'1111· BRITISH The British army in West Berlin- won a moral victory today. As I mentioned last night, the Russians were given until tomorrow - to leave their armoured cars behind at the border~"-' Travel to their war memorial in•th'e Br1t1sh---sector - by bus. ~ T h e Soviet commanding general didn't wait tor the British ultimatum to expire. His soldiers were in a bus - when they pulled up at the British checkpoint today)~ WU ,J4ie civilian vehicle,\ quietly escorted to the monWNnt - by ,-J a British ldd military ca~en, escorted back to the checkpoint• and out of the British sector or West Berlin. The whole operation, over - in a few minutes. REFUGEE The highest ranking East German officer to escape "?li.~ to the West - is a Lieutenant Colonel. 'f was in command of a Communist regiment outside Berlin - when he decided to --- . _. ..... . . make a break for freedom. His method - simplicity itself. He simply pulled rank - on every officer he met. Acting Just like - a Lie~tenant Colonel. Pretending to be on an inspection tour - of the border. Crossing the border into West Germany - before the Red suards realized what he was up t , o. This f'ormer Lieutenant Colonel of: the Bast German Army - now telling the Allies what he knows about Ulbr1cht 1a #'TA.,.:, domain; )'i.th emphaala on - the strength and morale 4/l- ~ Ulbr1cht1s army. WAKE ISLAID PerhepR you c~n t•a,tne the e ■ otinna of Admtrel S cott Cunntn,ha■ - aP he walks alon, tbe beacb of a fer-off Island in ■ td-Pactftc. Ad■ lrel Cunntn,hem re · me ■berP. when ~•ti I11lend - waR no uWl.U• Tbe tt ■ e - January of Nineteen rortr Two. A bandfu1 of A ■ ericen~, defendtn, thetr base - a,atnPt aa o••r• wbel ■ lnR J1~1neRe aa11uJ1. Reme■ ber tbet faaou ■ ■ ePe&pe fro■ ieke Ieland to Honolulu - •aend ua ■ ore J1rp11 • totyo 11ent ■ore Japt1 - and our Pactf · tc b&Ptton fell. Scott Cu11ntn,1t1• - taken prtPoner. f! enl to - a Je~enewe prlann ce ■"• And that veA tbe laPt ,e ftew of Wake !Aland - until he returned to ded1c8\u tbe new air ter ■ tnal tbere. What doee ~e find - twenty-nne yearr later! Re ftndP - a Apenttn, new jet runway, ten tbou F and feel lonJ. BeRide it - a brtPbt new ter ■ inal. Beyond tbe terminal - neat rows of cotta,ea for emploJees. Wonder how all tbla will affect the etra111••• Jolf course tn the world? a1,bt efter the ver. wbea Pen Am etarted fkyin, the Poclftc, their olanea UAuallJ stopped et Weke, enrt often orewewere held up eeveral days, for an en,tne ower-beul. There tFn 1 t mucb ,o ·- do on Wa~e, 80 they letd out a polf courP.e on the beach. end ,ewe it the stran,e~t ne ■ e in the world; the Wat• IA1end Low Tide O~tf Club. You c~uld only plaJ 1, when the tide wee out. I ha~p•n to be a ae ■ber of that Low Tide Club, and wonder if lt will boo■ now tbat tbey bawe a hend8o■e n~v air ter■tnal on Wake Ialend. UMDDlWATER Now for the house - at the bottom of the sea. I.J. this isn't - a fairy tale. It's a true story about a couple of Frenchmen - who right now, are living on the floor of the Mediterranean. Robert Falco and Claude Wesly, ot the celebrated ~ skin-diving organization - , . by Captain Cousteau. Falco and Wesly, finding out what its like - to spend a week under water. Their house, a steel cylinder - elghtNn feet long, and six feet 1n diameter. Inside - all the comforts or home. Telephone, even television. electric lights, hot plate tor cooking• ~-'4t~"i- All t h i s , ~ the Mediterranean - -I'\ Marseilles. Falco and Wesly will spend six hours a day - exploring the surrounding territory. The rest of the time, they'll be in their house - at the bottom or the sea. Purpose - to find out how human beings are effected by water pressure, which is J~ twice as great as air pressure e• · sea level. rALLS l•ery Bo often the news oo■e ~ up wttb a storJ of - eoaeone Aur•t•tnp an incredible fall tbrougb 1paoe. Toni1,1 - we have two. In Hatfield, 1n,1and, tesl pilot George Alrd bi\ wtlh a tbuap - after plu•■eltng down lbr•• buadred feel. Hts nute - failed to open. He craebed lbrou1• • ,reenbouae - and landed tn • bed of lo■aloe•. o,uoe■ of 1ur•t•al - about• ■ illton to one. But tbe Brtlteb ,~at pilot ca ■• thron~b wtth nolbtDR woree - ,,an a broken le«. Aleo a ~,or1 fro■ Jobanneebur1 - even ■ore fan,11110. A ■ tner, falltn• out of an elevalor • • ca«• ■taer• oall tt - plun1tn1 el1bt hundred feet dow • tbe ebaft of a ~old ■ ine. Landing - ln e pile of debrle. lo one hae eett ■ated - ,be odds 1n ble ca••· But tont«bt, he too bee only a broken leg. Two atortea, Utck, to ■ake us wonder - whether lewton wae rt,bt about hi• law of gravitation. IIIIIDJ Vben the International Yacbt Race be,tn1 to■ orrow - et leaRt one netltn, entbu81aRt wtll be on hend; PrePtdent Kennedy, entertatntn, a perty of Auetraliftn~ end Am~rtcAnR - aboar~ a de~troyer of tb• U.S. lavy. Watching tbe "Gretel" and tbe •weather11• run thetr ttr~t beet. A ■ertca ha• never been beaten - tn lhlR cap co■petttton. But some ~uepect - It could happen tht• yeer. The "Gretet• fro■ Down Under - one ot tbe trt ■ ae1t, fastest yacht1 ever aeen off lewport. Manned by a cnnftdent crew of Au · wte! - undtr Sttpper Jook Sturroet - to comoete with: Bur MoRbaoher and a prettr ,.ood crew, aboard a pretty ,ood yacht - tbe •vea,,erlr.• It Pho111t' bee ,reat rece. Tbe "Gretel" and tbe "Weatberly," for the A■ ertce•r Cup.