Co ress. Th e House , pa ssi a sli h t ly modifie versio r. - of f E isenhower'- bill t o extend unemployment compensation. J:- The vote - two-hundred-and-twent y - tw o t o one-h u ndred---an d -s1xty- four. T he measure j ust passed, agrees with the President- that benefits for the jobless should be extended by fifty percent. The increased number of payments, covering a few weeks 1n some states - a few months in others. The money, to be provided by federal loans - which the states eventually would have to repay. The ~~ measure 11111 modifies • Els<nh-o~r . . •tgl?s 7 /'A proposal - in one way. The House ruling - it should not be mandatory for any state to participate in this pro g ram. The modification, designed to placate states ri gh ts Congressmen from the OU th . . N I XO V ic e P re !d e nt Nix o n - late for the cere mon y ha was th e mai n r eas o n f o r his t r ip to S o uth Amer i c a. H e was n 't in his sea t - when Art ur o F ron d izi was s w orn i n as P resident of Ar g entina. N ix o n was at th e C hamber o f D eputies early enough - but,• g ot cau gh t ln a crowd. A thousand people " lmll jamming in - to see t h e ceremony. Vice President Nixon, and American Ambassador Willard Beaulac - unable to get through the entrance. They struggled for ten minutes. Beaulac had his vest torn - and his tie twisted u in the jostle. Nixon's clothes - mussed up. Finally, a guard managed to get them through to their seats - just as President Frond1z1 In his address, President Frondizi promised that civilians will rule Argentina from now on. No more military coups. And} he offers followers of P eron - • full amnesty. President Frondlzl proclaiming a new era for Ar g entine democracy. a celeb ration n urope t o , en off smoothl ever where but in ondon. e t own hall at t . ancras; where the borou h co un cil is controlled by the Socialists. oday Socialist Councillor John Lawrence - hoisted the red fla over the town hall. Although he said most Englishmen would prefer the Union Jack, he contended that on one day 1n the year - May Day "the international workers flag" should go up. Some in the crowd cheered. Others were furious. One man walked through the area shouting shame, shame." Another a dignified looking man walked pup to the town hall, waved his umbrella at the red flag and shouted "we'll show 1 em." It all ended in a patriotic demonstration. Tonight, London's St. Pancras borough crowded with men and women waving !!flion 1acks while London Bobbies~ patrol the district. MAY DAY os ow' s M a D a y , no ~ ' w e • • • ■sf Yeed te. p ec t acular ~ Sovie t troops took only twelve minutes to pass the ~ reviewing stand. ~parade~ tne~Yd!t~ anti-aircraft guns, li g ht tanks, and rocket launchers. But no new weapons. On the reviewing stand -- Khrushchev, and his Egyptian gues;., ~ llasser. The keynote speech - .A delivered by Marshal Malinovsky, Soviet Defense Minister. Malinovsky, condemning the United States - for those bombers flights over the Arctic regions. The Soviet Marshal, warning bis men to remaln on guard - against what he called "imperialist reaction." DU h · o fl , 0 le ion - u 1 u cc p C n or the Ar i • 0 ~ ecre r of 't t ~ t -tt:./- 1s news confer ence . ecre ar ulles sa 1 w 1111' ade ate /\ inspection by · a1r ~,wo 1 be much more dependable than the present radar system. If such an inspection system showed'9 no Russian weapons aimed at this country - then there wouldn't be the same need for the bombers. So we'd be willing to reduce those flights - about which Moscow has been making so much propaganda. Secretary Dulles adds - the Russians already lmow about our proposal. He described it 1n a private conference nil with Ambassador Menshikov at the State Department. r .J o n - n o n o a, · . r m er on 1 e · , ._ o ri e a:1 1 0 0 t er rim e 1n1ster a 1llan uses or a le ra lo o k eep in constant contact with the F? - he Soclalls , po in t · out that - President Eisenhower alwa s has a portable radio with him - even when playing golf. A conservative replied that this was criticizing the head of a friendly power - our Pres! ~nt. Rejoined the Prime Minister: '' the only criticism I heard of the eminent gentleman - was that he played golf.' Then he added: "I do not consider that - a derogatory expression". Much laughter! Later, Lab orite Philip Noel-Baker, condemning MacMillan for allowing the Russians to get ahead of Britain in the drive ua toward disarmament. 'ro this the P rime Minister angrily replied that the Laborlte was distorting what has happened at the disarmament ne g otiations. Said he to MP Noel- COMMO N ~ ·· 2 a, r: u r on thos o a y hinks 1 own t 1 II o u n r s wro . • At this th Labo ri t s shou e that the Prime Minister wae beln · iscourteous. " Withdraw, withdraw" they shouted until the Speaker restored order. JORDA l 1 e K in of or . 1 n w y l 1 p w r o clare war. K in . u se in u tin hi. 1 n ture to a ro y 1 de cree 1n Amman - 1v1 tha ri nt to his c ou ln , K in eisal of Ira q . F aisal, e !or onarch in the new federation of Ira q and Jordan. -tl.1- At the same time, Amman announces.)\,.new talks--,1 begin on Monday in Bd.ghdad. The purpose of the talks - u to unify the currency system of the two Arab monarchies. communi . ue from , aen in · out h r 1, - u n l ike . om e t . in , fr o m th e o l d e y of the ri ti:Jh em p ire. A fort in the desert, b i by un d red of n tive tribe s men. Trapped in s ide the fort, the briti h olitical of f icer. A column of li ritis troo , , s - drivin to the r es cue. The rescue column runnin g into stiff r e ist a nce. The battle - l a stin g twelve hours. The comm a ndin g g eneral calling for artillery a nd jet fi hters with rockets. lhen the troops to th e rescue broke through, a nd relieved the fort. The tribesmen, retreating back into Yemen. In onei re pl an e - ha ve h it another western f reighter. The I ly ln L ar k' of anamanian re istry. The "F l 1 L ar k ancho e at Ambon Island - when th+lanes came • down, a■ bombin and strafin. T he report is - twelve men ~ ) L aooard the freighter, killed. Meanwh11 , the rebels flatly deny any Americans are flying for them. They describe all of their pilots - as Indones~ans. e ex - m i er o a - 1 m a t the B ri t i h . pea 1 to a e r of a l te e int e pire f oo tball stadium 1n alletta - the alta capitol , he den ounc ed overnor aycock's prohibition of emonstrations by the M altese. At the same time the former Premier called Bdtish P olice Commissioner ivian D eGray, the reatest traitor in Mal ta 11 • He woun up his May' Day address - w! th another demand for new elections. Could it be that Russian gold ls stirring up trouble ta on another strategic Mediterranean isle? C r e e ..:> or o ho 1 Eisenh ow er at . new co ' n a h 0 0 0 pr esi entia l ne s conferen es . o , som 1st1cs on th is were assemble d b Unite r ss corre po n en to n oore. One 1s impressiv T hat resi ent isenhower ha hel one-hundred an since thirt four news conferences a..bla . en ter i ng the White House. F or instance eight in el ht consecutive weeks, in the summer of Nineteen ift y Four . Two of them held ou t side Washington. In Nineteen Fifty ix, one at K ey West, Florida, and the other in S an Francisco . The San ranclsco news conference - the only one televised live. What about attendance? The recol'd high for newsmen present - t hree hundred and eleven. 'Il1is twice, in Nineteen Fift v Six. The irst when we were wonderi ng whether he would run for a secon d term. T he se c ond, after h is ileitis opera t ion. COIPmDCE - 2 What about the future? Around t he ihite House they say - President Eisenhower intends to kee+p his weekly news . conterence - on a regular basis. The only exceptions - when he has some other pressing engage11ent. MARINF.s The Commandant of the Marine C orps doesn't want his A - . ~ ~d-.'- outfit to get~ hl-M:•WM'II~ "the bum's rush. 11 General Randolph P ate, testifying before the House Armed Services .,,. .. ;,, co•1ttee, ~ he fully supports Preeident Eisenhower's plan_. Tor reorganizing the Defense Department - with one or two reservations. One~..._.,.• - the plan to allow the shirting ot men between the different branches of the irllled 1ervlce1. In particular, he doesn't want to see the Marine Corp, dlaappear - by the tranater of 1t1 peraurmel Into the ll'll1, the Ravy, or the Air Force.-rOeneral Pate declarlng he la atrald that aome tuture Secretary of Detenae - ldlht 11111• IOll8 teaturea ot the llaenholfer blll - and decide thll'e 1 ■ ■• - no point 1n keeping the leathernecks aa a distinct entlt,:, - 1n the Armed Forces. But Secretary or Defense McElroy assures the coalttee ~ TC.t-~ - there, no possibility of this. ~ •••••• - President•••....,.~ reorganization of the Defense Department - will maintain the 1ntegr1 ty of !.l'fflY, !J''IY, and Air Force. Also - the Marines. SPACE One of our top scientists believes - travelers into space will have to be shielded by a hundred pounds or lead. Professor James Van Allen, of the University or Iowa - referring to the strange radiation that envelops the earth - about silt hundred mllea up. The radiation - discovered by our art!t1c1al . .., aatellltea - which relayed thit lntormatlon by radlo. ,.. Dr. Van Allen apeaka or a "reservoir of radlatlon" - thll •naervolr" t ~ t rays a thouaand • t1•• ..,, •·4" powerful than coa■lc ray■ - to~elgnt thousand 1111le1 out lnto apace. The only ahleld agalnat it - lead. The aaount needed, 1n Dr. Van Allen•• opWon, a hundred pound■ tor every apace traveler. TOM TOM Here's one more 1nd1cat1on of how clvillzatlon ls spreading - in the Twentieth Century. Or ls it? A dispatch from Blantyre, Nyasaland, telling us that Tom Tom thumpers will have to have a license from now on. The drum - traditional means or coanunlcatlon - 1n Atr1ca. African tribes passing meaaagea along -- by the pulsating beat of the tom-tom or a single big drum. Many a white man haa admitted to a.thrill or tear, at the tbrobblnl or thoae Jungle dru1111. It was the taateat ileana or connunicatlon untll the whlte aan brought the telegraph. It'• atlll taat enough tor vut areu or Atrlca. Proteaalonal drunlnera 1tlll carry on their trade. And now they get the bad news. In the tuture, they won't be allowed to work - without a llcenae - whlch they must buy - if they are drum beaters 1n Nyaaaland. Aa civilization spreads in Africa. ~"-dW8""--~~J!"'NVI .,,.iJlR ~-8cat-'« ~ ~1£ •. ' - . ETHA Europe's tallest volcano - in another display of fireworks. Sicily's Mt. Etna, erupting. Molten lava -- po\ll'ing down the sides of the volcano. Dense black smoke - rising high in the sky. A spectacular red halo - surrounding the aUD1Dit - at almost'eleven thousand feet. The lava, lapping around nearby fields - and BOIN • vlllagea •Y have to be evacuated. The people or Sicily wltne11lng another awea0119 display - one they've eeen 10 often 1n thelr hletory. Mt. Etna -erupting.