L.T.-W. WEDNE DAY, MAY 5 , 1 54 GOOD VENING EVERYBODY: At Dien Bien Phu, a slight break in the rain. So, airmen were able to drop weapons and ammunition to the besieged garrison. Also, more volunteers, by parachute. A hundred or 10 The siege 1e now in its fifth day. With the Reds reported regrouping t·or an all out attack. But the main thing at oien Bien Phu continue■ to tii - the rain. Pourtng almost continually since Sunday - the start or the monsoon - to last until October. Bolding u; French Ur supply attempts and washing out the OOlllllWliBt overland aupplJ line over the mountains i·r011 China. Trenches flooded on both sides - toxholes ca~1ng in. A French pilot deacr1bed the battlefield as ''like a wild animal show in a Roman amphitheatre." :oecaetriee heaed in. The Reds swarming around, attemptiqg to overwhelm him. The whole scene a quagmire of mud and water - with wreckage everywhere, and tte ground bloodstained in many places. Meanwhile, in Weisbaden, Germany, 1t 1 s aMounced that the second phase or our airlift to Indo Ghina 1a Ul'ider way. U.S. Air Force headquarters announcing that a n•ber or globeueters took ott to4ay from Naraell.le1, 111'1111• - to ~ continue the longest air lttt 1n h1stor,. r;r_•' - An Air Poree apoke1aan says the planes wll~••ola tranaporta win be allowed to land there tor retuel:S:M - 3•' . a, the other planea did. So the globeMaters now in the air ~~-fii" - will tollow the path~ .... ,e - - WIM -•fel• - .... Narae1llea acroaa the Mediterranean, to Saudi Arabia, thm on to Puietan, Ceylon, and Indo China. An Air Force communique says that the gl~•••t•r• AIR Lift POI.LOW IIDO CHINA - 2 will land outside the cOllbat zone. ttte,•11 ~e \ll'lload• - - U-5. a_ and then retum to •l'l•k- bases in the Unttte<I &Nl.1. A In London, a private air tir11 announces that it 11 alao tlJ1ng cargo to Indo China. One coapany ott1c1al IQlal that three loads or auppllea have been sent troa Parl1 to Saigon. The plane■, tinder charter to Air Prance. ADD INOO CHINA Meanwhile, it seems that General DeCaatrles doesn't know how tough a spot he ls in. Just listen to this: His wife in Hanoi reports that the General asked her today to send him a pair or rubber boots. 'ftle General, wanting th• tor use men the monsoon bits with all 1te rur,. Which•- to indicate that the General th1nlm he'll continue to bold out right on through the IIOD8oon. WASHIICITON POLLOW DDO-CHDfA A dispatch from U.P.Correspondent Charles Corddry states that orrtc1als in Washington are try1fti to decide whit wu del1beNtely chosen by Prench General lavarre. And 1 we supported bla plan by sending in ■111tary equ1)Jlllnt - and pred1ct1ns effntual •lotory. So what'• to be aa1d 1n Vuh11111Gn, lt DI.en Ilea - 11 onrrun by the Red be1lepra? Aeoordlns to Cone1panleal Corddry, thl ■111tar, aapect 11 not the ■oat laportalit. Dien Bien Phu - only one atrana polnt, ln•ol•l._ no..-. 1111111 tl•• per cent ot General •••arre '• c011plete atre111th. Bllt tt•a the payeholc,cleal and polltleal tactora - that bin W a shington worried. Aooordlna to Adll1ral Radford, Chalftlan ot the Joint Cbters, allllona or Aalatica alght awing oftr to tbl Reda. So our officials are no longer back1nc the Prenoh choice or Dien Bien Ptu. The tortress, said to be too oloa• IIASHDIGTON FOLLOW DIDO-CHINA - 2 to the Red supply lines - and too tar trom the rest or the French army. General Navarre thought he could disrupt thole supply routes. a.it American cr1t1oa say that he put toot• troops into Dien Bien Ptu - leaving Qeneral deCa1tr1e1 outnuabered by at least three-to-one. The U.P. oorre1pondent note• that V11h1Qlton ~ crttlol• 1e Mlnly hlnd1lght. Our otttclala, wlllr,ql • II 1 ·· & ~ . ! f ✓ alona with the PNaoh plan - untt~•• •••• •tp"'- tbat IM eltlaatlon at Dlen llen Phu waa beccatna aoN orlttoal all GENEVA ~ - a : ; f - ~ - Talks on an Indo Ch1n_jt::t ~ - - , 1 ••!« 11 a ~~ k11W~ on Friday or Saturday. The West and the Soviet Union agreed to this today. According to a French apokeeaan, the opening date depends on the arrival ot repreaentatlvea fral t/A. three JnJJ.o-Ch+ atatea - Viet Nu, Laos and Cubod1a. !ftle agre-.,nt to d1acuaa an U'lliatlce - •11M4 IJJ the French lllbaaaador to Sw~tzerland, Jean Cbauvel, tor the Vest - and Soviet_., I>eputJ Poreip Nln11ter, AlidNl Gr~ko, tor the Ruaalana. '1'111 chalrunabq ot tbe tal~ - to alterna'9 betWffn Br1t11h torelp Secretar1 Iden, and Soviet foNMIJ. to prealde over an, ot tbe -t~. EISENHOWER At his news conference today, Pre s ident Eisenhower issued a formal statement about the Geneva Conference. The President, putting his remarks briefly am in writing - inateaa of speaking at length about the discussions tr011 which Seoretarr or state Dull11 baa Just returned. The President reurked that llr. Dullea will report on the Geneva Conterence hwelt. Aleo, ICll8 1a1uea are at111 pending ower there - where we are represented now bJ Under-secretary Bedell 81111th. Pirat ot all, Jlr. EisenbOlrer pointed out 111a, 11ana hU prod11oed no •lll'PriNI - and · the tear■ ot ttil me ••ld han prond unfounded. $::""'t.~~N......,•••1,g "it Ml not been a •tt•e-power' conterenoe - aa tbe Soviet Union ,r1 .. - ,..,.,, .,-~,.._ _ ,. _J LU'IIIM.J/1 - 7,,.._e,..;t~"ct. to uke tt." I ~ tv.._. ~ .. - --\ ~ rv ~ -i.J: a-,. IIOlr t:t.- Ptwl'dau• A<ea"11w•.,.., >-ft! 8t1 C ,!raft~ the K rean proble■ h8a been aet aatde aa tnaol.llble at this moaent. Because the Red plan would tum allot lorea into a Soviet satellite. And the West rejects this ..... ttcll. Thi BISDHOWER - 2 President adding, that Secretary rulles says the plan is 11D&cceptable both to South Korea and to the U.N. nat10111 that took part 1n the Korean War. D11cua11ona about Indo-China -- atlll gotna on. Mr. Biaenhower remarked that the Indo-Clltneae proble• ta a t ~ up to the govel'lllllnta concerned - Prance, Viet ••• 1ucb an alliance could not be toraed OYer.n1pt. •btna lMtllll - that ■oat ot tbe tree nationa concerned are mtere1ted 1 •••• 1ntere1ted in the collective aaolll'tty. VISBINSKY Russia•e representative at the U.N. goes home. Vishinsky, sailing aboard the Queen Elizabeth; saying he 1 11 be back in six weeks or so. But at the U .N. there I e speculation. Will he return? He's over seventy. And, Malenkov ma, want to replace Mai. Ir so - ma,be we have seen the last or the man who••• the cb1er prosecutor in tbe Stalinist purge trials in the 1 mh1rt1•• - and wbo has done ao ■uch storming and ranting at the u.•. PARAGUAY In Paraguay, an army revolt against the governnent. So stated in a dispatch from Clorinda, Argentina. Clorinda is across the Paraguay River from the citJ of Asuncion, capital of Paraguay. Arrivals Hl trom Asuncion report that President Chaves and members ot his cab&llt ftave taken re!'uge 1n the milltary college. 'Ibey say tbe . ai,v split on the issue. One faction, still supporting Iha•••· They add - that a big battle seems 1Bn1nent. cut ott. lo telephone or d radio service. tl'Olll Clorinda, the city or Asuncion appears to be deaerted. '94 That's the latest altllut the atte111>ted coup bf tbe · ~ Paraguay army • . Washington, to have a vast umbrella or anti-aircraft guided missiles. The Mike miesilea - whlch intercept and de1t enemy planes. The Nike, termed by one Congressman "Wibelleveably tantaattc." Until now, the Nike hae been top secret. But "Bua . 1neaa Week" ••• given aecur-1tJ clearance bJ the Stall Departaent. It Lorton, Vtrgtnia - not tar tr.011 vuKtnpOII, tor al:a■U•• and t'uel -- and •1ntenance tac1U:t1el. 1'be Nike, to be raieed to the 8urtace by an autc,-attc elewator • tro■ which they can be tired directly. 'l'be Lorton 1natallat1on - will gtve Waeh~on an anti-aircraft abNlla twenty-tive atle8 1n dtaer, and Bixty-thollland teet high. In that m area the like missiles will track down and destroy planes. Lorton, the r1ret or 80118 forty inatallationa - to be aet up throughout the country. This to be done in the next •••• couple or years. DARINGS Senator McCarthy testified today. But he was onlJ on the stand for a few minutes. Asked about that much discussed pait or a secret FBI report on Fort Monmouth, he said he got the document from an officer in the intelligence department. And then flatly refused to identifl that otticer. There was a sharp exchange between McCarthy and AfltJ counael Welch. But tt all ended on a quiet note • . The hearing ended ~1th~ Secretary Stevena on the stand again. S'l'EVENS President Eisenhower gives his tull _ support to Al"lly Secretary Stevens./:rhe President made~clear during h i s -K.J-~w.:lf A news conference_...., stand with Stevens in the dispute wit /\ Senator Mc earth,. - ------------ Nr. Eisenhower told reportera that hi baa btltlo1t an_y confidence tn Secretary Stevens. '1'he President••• aaad 1!t he approved ot the w a ~ ) ~ conducted htjjelt at tbl heartnga. The chief e x e c u t i v ~ to anner that one -,..;at directly - but het\.lN:111 that be bu no reuon to be A . . . .AAJ/f,tMw di11at1atied wtth the way Ste••na 1111F~ta Departant. -,-; " ""' ~. Lut week Ill Eia•nholfer Hid he hoped the hlar1'111 wCMlld end qutclcly. Today, he clar1!tted that re•rk. Re asaerted that the dispute between McCarthy and the Al'IIJ • • hurt our national prestige. But he added that the nation ■llbt deriN sme benettt traa the inveetigation. ~ ~~ ~~ that he never .~;t "-the Committee should cut oft the ~ hearings - before 1t gets proper answers to the ■atn t11ue1 ot Mccarthy versus the Army. TRUJWI Pol'lller President Tl'Ullan returned to Washington today. Mr. Truman, in the capital to attend the National Coaalttee ••ting or his party. Au P col'l'eapondent went aboard hls train at Sil•er Spring, lllarJlmd. 'ftie Nporter deacribea the ex-Preeident aa "in a chatt1 IIOOd." lllr. Tr •iii onlr • ~ Hrlou on the aubJect or Indo China. Bi Ntuaed tacts. one thtng Jlr. 1'IWlan na eaphatic oout- - 111.c-.., _~ ••n• the Anllj-. SaJlng, •1 1 ■ aorPJ to ' " It, • J •~••• 4-,,e/J, " . . , heartnp. "• disgrace to the Senate. la ■ II ADD TRUMAN ~~~ In Washington, the Executive c0111111ttee ~ - ia already at work. Today lt voted to refuse support to J8Ma Ro~sevelt and Robert Condon, who are running in the Cal1torn1a prillar1es. 'nle vote, taken at a secret meeting. Rooaeve1t 1 11t involved 1n a aenaat1onal dt,~rce actlan - Condan 1- denied clearance tor atomic teats - because ot alleged Co aniat uaoc1at1ona. / 1-- 'l'lle~cutlve CCI rtttee ns told that botib IINteftlt and Condon wre endorud 1n Cal1torn1a. But even 10, lt ........ wltb lational Cba1rll8n 111tchell: - neither to ba•• the a...,on or the party. ELEPHANT In Chicago, the controversy over "Elmer the Elephantr has ended. "Elmer the Elephant", being the mechanical star of a T.V. show tor kids. The controvel'BJ wu over - who has a right to be lmer's "inside" man? Who ahollld handle the wires and pulleys that aove Elaer•a trunk and eyea and mouth and tail? ._., At t1rat, ~ stage-hand worked lna1de Blller. lllt tt.s/the T .v. station t1red h1.m - ~ n d a that the •mw.• ~ :11,, . u - , ~ ' aan •~ld be an actor rather than a . atap-hand. A ~ • .-1,ut;;ul. . actorA AAnd the atqe-hand 'a &m1on at once proteated - calW it unta1r labor pract1ee. So ne lat tonal _ l,,abor Belattona B::>ard wu uud to dee1de. Toda~ the .L.R.B. hi.nded · c2own 1te dec1a1on. The "1m1de" man - t be an ~etor. h1c~ sOWlds like a atep-up ~ ' 1n show rueines' for Elr.ler tne Elephant" .. no loo.pr a --~~ stag -hand , 11d, an actor • •✓- A