~ The vote of the Senate armed Services Committee today - was expected. There has been much support on Capitol Hill - for presidential authority to call up one hundred and fifty thousand of the reserves. More men for the military -- as the crisis over Berlin continue~ critical. So the Committee surprised no one- by voting unanimously in favor or the administration request. It ,oe~ wit.hout sAyin~ thet the Moscow preas bleffles us - for the latest U-2 incident. Tbe incident of the Chinese Red P . knockinP down one of tbe hiRh• altitude nl~neA - thet ChianR Kai bek bOURht fro■ tht~ country. Pettn, 1~ Rhouttn, tontp.ht - Aaertcan c-ntrel lntelltvence Apency weP btbtnd tbe flt,bl - and that the■ e iR picked up by tbe co■radee ln 10 .. cnw. Hove•er. tbe Rueaien tone iF ■ ild - co~partd to that of tbe Ubtne,e Red8. Indicating tbat lbru1bcbe doe1n•t vanl - to start anything. Oou d tbat be beo1u1 of anythin,. be he8rd fro~ Secretery Udall - at leel week's cnnference on the Black eaT B~th W~shtn,tnn end Taipei. sey the U-2 over• flt~ht of Red Ghtne var strictly ChtanR 1 B idea. That the eerler of Heti~nelPt China - paid for theU-2 1 e . Our cfficiel R t.ttturie therefore - th e t he ean do whet he like~ wit~ them. JISINHOWiR ,e ha v e nn det8ils s h out the EiAenhower Kennedy conference; only that the P.eRident nnd tbe former PreRident - were torether for more than two hours. Givtn~ that much ti ■ e - to General it R enbower'• 1 ■preRsions durinR his tour of lurope. ! ■portent impre.·sionR - beceuRe G.neral It, ■ et the lee~er s of the free world. D~Geulle, Adenauer, Macll~lan - and meny ■ ore. Greet cr o wds ca ■ e out to 1ee bt ■; ~ence he bAd nome chenre to judRe - popular feellnJ in lurope. All of which wr.r preeuae be parFed on to Mr. K~nnedJ today - at tbe Whit.e Hou••• TAYL(J{ America's top military man arrived in S a igon today - Just in time to hear that his strategy has been vindicated, once again. You may recall that it was General Maxwell Taylor who first suggested - "war by helicopter" in South Viet Nu. That is, quick transportati~n of Vietnamese troops across the jungle - in American helicopters. The Taylor st~ategy, leading to important victories - over the Red guerrillas. Including the victory - Just announced. American whirley birds, carrying loyalist troops across the flooded delta - to the plain or - - Reeds. The loyalists, catching the Reds by surprise - adding one more to the victory string~ they have rung up since they began listening to General Maxwell Taylor. POLARIS Our Polaris base at Guam - will be in operation next year. So announced- by the Navy. The Admirals, adding - that the facilities will be similar to those we already have at fMj; Holy Loch 1n Scotland. A sub-tender, playing mother hen - to a fleet of nuclear submarines. How many submarines? Wl:U(I. we have nine Polaris subs - already at sea. ,,.1wenty fflore ~ more - in the p:ann1ng atage. /t - - ma under construction. ~ So it looks as 1f the . US Navy is going into the Pacific with its nuclear deterrent - in a big way. COMMONWEALTH In London, they are calling this meetin of Commonwealth Prime Ministers 11 the most important . in the history of the Commonweal th. " Everybody knows · that the existence of the great association of nations - may be at wdf ;t- "'9.J ~ Britain's place in the world. stak~ "1~ The basic issue - can the commonwealth endure, if - - Britain Joins the Oommon Market? Prime Minister MacMillan is going all-out to convince his colleagues from the former British Empire - that Britain's union with the continent will be no threat to them. That, on the contrary - the Common ) Market will strengthen Britaini , ta~d Britain, in turn - will s trengthe . n the Commonweal th. It's a good political argument - backed by able diplomats in London. But will it convince Australia, New ) Zealand, India and the other Commonwealth partners - who are afraid of losing their British market to the European tariff system? INTEGRATION ~~ . ~- Today's ruling by Supreme Court Justice~ Black - "' breaks the color bar at the University of Mississippi. At least, it orders the University to admit James Meredith - who has been trying to g et 1n f o r ~ years~ach t1me1o1t;i stopped by - a circuit court ruling. The Meredith case, carried to - the Supreme Court. Resulting u in today's decisior -- that the University of Mississippi must admit a negro student. Meanwhile, school integration - is causing less tension in Louisiana. More youngsters, both white and negro - sut turning up for integrated classes. The authorities, cracking down harder - on segregationist demonstrators. ROCKET hearlerl fnr Gaoe Ug neveral - from Hunt r ville, Alabama. Travelin~ by rtver - the Tenne~Ree, the Ohio. the MiRsisRinpi. FirPt stop - the Gulf of Mexico. Then, around Florida - to the launchin~ pad At our big missiJe b9se. When Saturn G-1 hlaAts off - it will have a rocket thruAt of one million, three hundred thourend pounds. Maktnr it the moRt powerful rocket - we've ever ~uilt. And, it may surpaAR - anythin~ the RuPsian~ have. iitbit will ~o our hcoes for 8 Rpectecu l&r leep into epacP. ~ot at all Rpect cul~r toni~bt eR it trPvelR by berve oown the TpnneRPee River. AU. TRAJ.IAN - - - - And hPre•~ somethin'7 al • nut, w o rrtr-. A cii(!oAtch from ~ew ort, Rhode I Pl and, rai r e s t he ol~ que~tion "is there really an American 1~n~UBFe7" The answer iA "yPs" accordinR to G~rth Unorley of Au trAlia - a men from D o wn Under who rented e room in Newport - And en~ed u n in the police Ptation. Here'P whRt heopened. t~arth Doorley took a room a crnps from f t. Mery 1 R Church - for one dey. To ~i~ lRndlPdy, he re■ erked C8RU8lly - "I want to ~et A ehot et Pre~i~ent K ennedy." The next thin~ he knew - he waR betn~ hu~tled off to p~lice heac1quart~r~. Answerin~ que~tiont - in e croRs-exemination. The truth, finally emergin~ - that he merely wRnted to ~hoto~raph the Pre~ident end the firRt Ledy as they left the Church. ~aid the AUPRie, "I thoupht you Americans used the worrt "Rhot" in our ~enae." The entipodeen's trnu~le WAS with the word - "et." If he'd said, " I wont t" pe t P Rho t. of Pre s i c1 e nt. I< ,. n n e d y" - the .t. USTRALIAN - 2 ----------- sounded ominous when Mr. Doorley from K3~~oorley said that to ~rs. Katzenbarper - or whatPver the lpndlady's name waR. unusu al P ~ Pnyt~inp I ever h e?rd o f, in connection w i t h t h e A t . 1 R n t. 1 c C i t. y b E" A u t y p A r P. P n t . J a c q 11 e 1 i ne Mpyer 1~ - psychic. Th at i s the porpeoue younF lady fr om ( 1 h i o - ha . h e . r n w n c r y R t A 1 l a 1 1 A n d i R a b 1 e to f o r e t e l 1 t, h e f u tu r e . 1 n he r w or ci a - " I ha v e a f 1 "'·" b ~f int u it,i on w he n r. in,tt1r.~ lii~ is ab 01 t t.: ha~ pen." Exa,i le - the bPa11ty cont e~ t. !'ht=- ftl f rom th~ Bu ·keye .:>t~te , te l ling her ■other -that she wee sure Rhe waR ~oin~ to win. ~ till, after lookin~ et the ptctureR of this Buckeye Jacte - maybe you would heve Fue ss ed th9t she would he the next "Miss America. Thi~ seemR t o make two brunettes Mtse A~ericas - one beautiful Jeck\e et The White Hou R e. The other Jackie from Zanenvllle, or Cas R on o1 1P - no, fro■ S anrlu~ky, Ohio.