CUBA ' ✓-1 Americana ln Cuba are racing one baalc queatlon - to leave or not to leave. or course there•• no probl• for our consular otflclala - who are packing u quickly aa they can, for the trip h011e. And our personnel at Guantanaao are 1n no doubt -- that our govemaent 1ntenda to hold tt{ blg naval bue. 'lh1• wu bluntly atatacl t - , - lil a 1pecial • •••ag• t'roll the White Houae. PN1ld•t 111enhower, repeating that we intend to ablde by the treaty, at.gnad by Cuba. But what about the AMrlcan cltluna - ll•lng tn ti}'~ a.J Cub1 Many Aha•• been there - for decade~· ,,egard Cllba u - their real ttoal. Tonight they're tryt.ng to NtbaM the effect - ot the dlploaatlc break between Vuhlnlton and Ha•ana. So tar, CUtro haan' t Mde any ac,ye aplnat the■• But they know the bearded dictator can boot the■ . . . out - at any . . . nt. RISULT A lot or AMrican reaidenta, getting out - while the gett1!18 11 good. others, adopting - a wait and aee attitude. Bl.It there lan•t 11110h optl■l1■ - tonight, aaong the Allerlcana atlll 1n Cuba. Then there's the problem - or the C11bana tl'Jlns to escape rroa CUtro. 011r Havana illba11y had been handltng .. thouandl ot da vlau. And the State Departaent declares that, . . ny wlll ha•e to be found - to one thlnl 11 clear 1n all tht1 - Cutro toroed the break. Hl1 order to 011t the Bllbu1y atatt to ele•en - •king lt blpolalble tor .. to kNp the bulldlnl open. Prealdent ll1enhowr llatened to s,ate Depart•nt arguaent1 on both 1lde1 or the queatlon - then agreed wlth the •Jorlty ot hl1 advlaora, that we have nothing to gain ~ pNtendlng that Fidel Gaatro wants good Nlat1ona ,.,. ~ wlth the United la States. OP la anything but a petty A tyrant - egged on by the Reda around hl■• U I POI.LOW CUBA caatro•• Porelgn Mlnlater used the lncldent - aa an excuse to attack Allerlca ln the U I. Raul Roa again charging - that~ are preparing to lnYade Caba. To Which Allerlcan Aabaaaador Vadaworth retorta - "aballl'd, t.rreapnnalble." And ln•ltea the U I to •k• - an on ,11e apot ln•••tlgatlon. Today'• aeaalon ot the SeourltJ Council na tnterruptecl bJ Cuban demtratora. Antl-Cutro1,ea - t-1 i f. 1ho11ttng tor frHdoa lb their hOlleland. !her oauaecl alloh a o..otlon - u., had to be ••lated tl'OII the pllv,J "81 lett, aholltlnl the• Spanlah word tor "traltor" - at cutro•a aouthpleoe. REACTION FOLLOW UN The reaction around the world - la what the Eisenhower Ad■lnlatratlon expected. The Coaunlst countries, putting all the blame on the United States - and claiming that Prealdent Etaenhower wants to start a ~ • ti, war. 'ftle tree natlona, ..a:J1J concemed - because ot the - I lncreue ot tension ln the Caribbean. ,lllt agreet.ng - that Washington had no alternative. Two continental nations have a special lntere■t - ln thll dispute. Cseohoalovakia - llhloh wlll handle Cllban J attain 1n the United Stat••; . . . Switserlancl - whlob will : see repreaent ua 1n Cuba. !;ONGO The Secretary General of the OH is in the Congo tonight - on a fact-finding expedition. »a, HaaaarakJold was ■et b7 hi1 troops fro ■ ■ ala,a - who foraed an honor g~ard at the airport. ~. wae also ■et b7 - ~ pro-Luauaba demonstration. A milling crow4, chanting slogans - and waving banners. The Secretary-General ignored the ■ - and went straight to the U I headquarter• at Leopoldville. Asked if he bas •111 hope for the Congo, the U.1. Seoretary General replied: - •ob yea, .. 1 alway a have hope.• What about a quiet solution - to the Con10 problea? He sailed faintly, and reaarted - •Quick solutions generally don't last very long.• Then he added:- •••'re after a aettleaent that won't blow up the day after we leave.• LAOS The situation ln Laos - 1a still contwaed. The battle or Xien lhouang - contlmllng: The Seato Council, adlllttlng the existence or the cr111a - without any dec111on on what to do. Waaht.ngton, releut.ng 110re lntoraatlon - about the Soviet alrlltt to th• London, urging dlplOll&OJ - lnatead ot flla force. lLOTJLLA A French flotilla is on its way across the Mediterranean - to help keep the p eace in Algeria. Fifteen ships, including ~e aircraft carrier - Lafayett - sailed troa Toulon for •ers-El-Iebir on th• Algerian coast; with soae thousands of French sailors and Marin•• - ••• \ will help supervise DeGaulle 1 s election - this weekend. The referendua that may decide the fate - of Algeria; and - of France. EXPL0s101 That. explosion at lndaho Falls - did not contaminate tbeatmosphere with atomic radiation. So says as okesman of the A EC - who emphasizes that it was not a nuclear blast when the atomic reactor exploded killing three technicians. *hat caused it they don't know yet. CONGRESS • In Congress, the expected struggle between the Liberals and the Conservatives - la on. SubJect - the filibuster. Today Democratic Senator luchel of Callfomla led the attack - calling the right of unlllllted debate ' "a relic of the horse and buggy days." la H1a opponent - also a Democrat. Senator Ruaaell of Georgia - llho ., defended the fillbuate~part or the Dellocratlc prooe11 or ou.r - .sovernaent. Senat6r Ruaaell pl"Olllaea an all-out !Ill . . fight 1n defense ot the tlllbuater - and• thlnka he can h-4 ■ualer enough strength to wtn. JI•'• looking tor that old ~ coalltlon - ot aouthemera and northern Conaenatl•••• Thia queatlon of tbe fillbuater la laportant - because of lta bearing on the lemedy leglalatlve prop-•. 'nle President elect haa already said he wanta to ake good his •Jor caapaign proalaea - aa soon u pc,salble. One key point in that progra■ - clvll rlghte. Exactly the issue - againat which the southerners are al■t.ng the filibuster. In New York tonight, there's a convention of - the o.i.P. P .f.H. - that bit of scrambled alphab 9 t stand• for - the Soviet for ~e Revival and reservation of the Pun as a form of humor. All tw~nty members of the S.R.P.P.F.H. are holding a high level conference - on their strategy for Nineteen Sixty One. Rather simple strategy - calling tor all aeabera to aae a pla, oa words whenever they can. ~or ex&..1ple, if you happen to be in a car that'• going too fast, you might remark to the driver - •t••P driving like bllaea, ad you• 11 get there.• Or - •Go1sipa don't run down as ■ any eople, as driver• do.• The SI PP FR p oints out - that ~bakespear• waa fond ot puns; and ~harles Laab wrote - •1 never kn•• an ene ■y to p uns, who was not an ill-natured ■ an.• 1 guess 1 1 ■ an incurable punster. But, there are ~o•• who still insist that the old saying - a pun is th• losest fora of wit - is correct. ~hould we s~ake a fD - 2 1pear - at the SIPP r B, ~ict? One or today'• tllghta tl'GII Nl•l to New York - reo•l•ed apeolal .~ • attentlon troa the Secret ~ Servlce. ..._ Butem Alrllnea plane - oarr,q Jahn bnnedJ. TM Prealdent-eleot usually tllea - ln the t•lly plane. Bllt thla tl• he ohoae a coaerolal fillb' • wttll a lot ot other puaenpra, who wre dellpMd to tlnd the next oooupan, ot the Vhlte Hou• alttlnl near .... Jaok bnnedJ enppd lli aw lllht badlnlp la wt.th a...,. . . who dtaoneNd he - OU'l'J1itl a OOP1 ot ht.a Olft'l book, "Protll•• ln Counp." 'ffia IMlnldJ ezplanatlOl_l - the book - intended tor a new11111 ln aearoh ot background •t•rlal • Arrlvtng In, .. York, Kennedy ••t to work - eatablllhlng hla 11ft headquarters. Tonight, he 1 a conterrrlng wlth hla ald•• - about . . •Jor probl- he will taoe atter January !W9ntleth. Bapec1ally the probln or - Cuba.