EISENHOWER The tremendous welcome for Pres dent Eisenhower in Manila - seems to be infectious. The cheers of two million -~~ Filipinos A echoing in Formosa, Okinawa, South Korea, and Japan. Even Red Peipin muet have ta en notice. The Chinese Communists - learni of the flat failure of their 11 hate-Eisenhower 11 propaganda in Manila. The other countries c h the Preeident is to visit - are now redoubling their efforts to give him the warmest of welcomes. Even Tokyo reports that a "welcome Eisenhower" committee has promised - they 1 11 turn out a million people to cheer the President, on his arrival, next Sunday. True - ~1-Eisenhower demonstrations in Tokyo continue .Af1:th four thousand Left Wing students - in a noisy ,I demonstration, today. While the largest Japane e labor union - called a nationwide ~tr e for tomorrow, Jf'o protest - against the Eisenhower visit. T u tay, the Chairman of the ·.ro!~o Public afety EISENllOWER - 2 Commission stated that he could not uarantee the safety of President Eisenhower, and asked that the visit be postponed. To which the reply was - that it•s too late to consider postponement. The ?liilll . . llt'word is that eome ten thoueand police reinforcements from all over dapan are converging on Tokyo) )fa reinforce the fifteen thousand city police - for guard duty on Sunday, when President Eisenhower arrives. MOSCOW More evidence, today - that Khrushchev may have won out, ,lf1 the Kremlin conflict ~ with old line Stalinists and the Chinese Rede Who have been demanding - a tougher, harsher cold war policy. over the weelcend, the Soviet newspaper, Pravda, published a long ideological ang argument - criticizing what is called - "Left Wing extremism" in the Communist movement. ~ ~d justifying - Khrushchev's attempta 0 come to more friendly terms with the west. Disarmament, peaceful co-existence, dla:IDCII etcetra~at wae taken to mean - that Khrushchev had been able to overcome Kremlin opposition that flared - after the U-2 and the collapse of the summit. Which would seem to be the - case - with another similar article today, in another official oviet pu~lication. adds: "Such views harm the liquidation of the cold war and the ua1axt••1•ci consolidation of peace." Which certainly sounds - 1 ea vindication of the Khrushchev POWERS At Mille eville, Georgia - the disclosure of part of a etter, M'nich t,he pilot of the U-2, Francis Powers - wrote to hie wife Barba ~ , from a Rueeian prison. The letter received - ay Th rty-First, ~elling her - that he 1 s to be tried for espiona e. The penalty for which could be - death, or a prison term, under ~oviet law. But the prisoner is hopeful, telling hie wife - he e t ~ t o build the houee, which they had planned. He asked hie wife to visit him in hie Rustian prison. stating - that Soviet autho ities have assured him his relatives will be welcome. Which, of couree, would include hie father - who plans to go to Russia Poon. The part of the letter made public, today, includes a few detail~ of his misadventure) ~lling - how he came down in hie parachute 1 . /rhd, in landing - incurred a minor ekin wound on his face. Talen to Moscow - only a few hours after hie capture. The city 11 beaut i f t: l", as he describes it. He says that - n prL.on he h&.. a 1umber of boo ... to read . . and a small POliiBS - 2 courtyard in which to exercise. But no enlightenment on the Khrushchev stat ■ent - that the 0-2 was brought down with a single rocket shot. KENNEDY Senator John Kennedy - in a major foreign policy speech. Preeenti to the Senate - a full scale program, ror ~tren thening this country in its intemational relations. An im ortant addresg - since Kennedy is the front runner 1n the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. He began with a mordant criticism - of the way the Eisenhower administration has handled foreign affairs. The Senator - putting it in these words: 11 As a substitute for policy, Mr. Eisenhower has tried - ~mil~ at the Russians. our tate Department has tried - frowning at them. And Mr. Nixon - as tried both. None have succeeded," said Kennedy. The program that he proposes covers a lot of ground - . ~:J~unft~e'world) ,Based, primarily - on greater military power. with a large increase of our national effort - in the development and production of nuclear weapons and missiles, rockets. BOCKEFELLER The New Yor dele at on to the GOP National onvention will be headed by - Governor Nelson Rockefeller. ~ - The delegation - ele tin h mas it~ leader, today. They 1 11 o to the Convention - uncommitted to any candidate. No discussion, today - of placing Governor Rockefeller in nomination. BOXI G A new enate nve ... t gation be an, today - in an atmoephere of melodramat c suspense. Te topic - box ng. With an inqu ry - into care of fixea pr ze-fi hts. The first . . . ,·tne ... E - t reatened by t e underworld. /estify1n - with a .,) menace of deat an ing over him . Jake La.Motta - the former middleweight champion. A popular favorite in the world of pugilism - back in the 'Forties. ) . o, theJ say, had a telephone call - that he'd be killed, if he told the truth in tewtimony before the Senate Committee. JD1t...-,Wx,sxtwe1tHii.ar~~'Gbll4iilw•111ii■•-A111SJ , - , ktaw•q.psob•ma)Ctxtaxtcxp•_-J~ )l•c 1 111oem ,a,1wwp\e All So what did Jake LaMotta have to say, today? Well, he told the Senators about his bout with light heavyweight Billy Fox in Nineteen Forty-Seven. )(nich, he said - wae fixed. La.Motta - ) BOXING - 2 de~cr b n ho , n e .,, adL .. on S qua re Garden, he II ent nto the tan ~ ' , a ... t ey ... ay in pugili. .. tic circle... In the fourth round - a tec hnic al noc out. LaMotta - play-acting, pr etending to be helple ... s. His opponent - punching him at will. ~~ Until - the referee stopped~ T~day LaMotta said - the blows didn't hurt him. He was merely - faking. What did he get - for the fix? A shot - at the middleweight title. He said he was offered a hundred thousand dollars - but rejected it. But then agreed - when they promised him a chance to win the middleweight championship. He said he was "too good" - and was having trouble !II=, getting fights. called - the "uncrowned champion". Later, he did get a chance at the crown - and won it. Becoming - middleweight champ~ Today LaM tta denied - that he knew the identity of the people behind the fix. Although previously, in private - he had named a couple of underworld figure s . But he too k that t k "I •m just remembering better!' bac. ay n - he wa .... m ~ a en. he te .... t1f1ed today. B XING - 3 - La ott told of •carrying" o onents in various fights. ot tryin too hard. Then, he as sked - ebout underworld threats a 1 ainst him, if he testified. At first, he seemed to deny there were any. Then, ~ick, he grew angry, and shouted: •1•a not afrai of none of thea rats!• RAILROAD 5 the a 1 o e er - 1 h e • Te hesapea e and Oh o - an t e an o. T day, n a~h n ton, the Interv ate Commerce Comm·s~ion wa~ a~ ed to approve di plane to combine tho ne~. La~t ni ht, we heard of a p ropo~ed merger of the c e Plate and the orfolk and e~tern - and today the word is that this combinat on, in turn, may~ merg~d with the Pennsylvania. 18 J J I ·II, and After which we hear that a merger of the Chesapeake Ohio and the B. and o. would be followed by a tie-up with the New Yor. Central. Visionin - the possibility of a giant railroad war. The Pennsylvan a - versus New York central. Which, indeed, 1ould be - a conflict of titans. LTP.1960.06.14i.pdf LTP.1960.06.14ii.pdf