U1i.r:3 ~f.- - t ~ I 7 I 19 (, t th · ·tat r tm t in . · shtn 0 ton, it a Q - room only, to a y . er t · r Olll ... , ol in 6 h is l· . 8\'18 C f'e ence more ne\l s t n att ndi 1 b . hich w 8 - ct . y t be exp te - ft r 11 that u ~ roar about t e Dulles rt 1c l in Lif M a gazine. 1 1ose "brink of · '' tatements - whtch roused a orldwidc uror. · o t1at waste sub ~ct of the record -br eaking news conference today . Secretary Dul l es asked - bout th t brink of war" buslness. He said he regretted a ll the fuss the ar ticl e arous"d . But stood by the quotations. With one exception, i1ot ever , He declar d that one uotation was - fu)tttpns 11 bi uous ". The famouns remark in whic '1e wa represented s declaring that ~·e , thr e times, had "wa lke d to the brink of • . a r. 11 That ~as "some hat ambiguo sly "lrased" , said the e cretary. xpla1n1ng - that he had not m e ant to DUL.IJE im p ly that we ha enga e , of our o intention, n a ny such a n ero us po licy. ht he di a nt o conv ey w · s - that t he w orld had been brought to t he "b r ink of war " by the Communists, w ith their threats and aggressions, in Kore a , the Formosa area, and Indo-China. The danger - brought on by the Chinese Reds. ~ho backed down, only because the United States avowed its own determination to fight, if necessary. He was asked about another ma g azine quotation - that President Eisenhower had agreedJwith a Dulles recommendationJ jo - "bomb across the Yalu into Manchuria 11 • And use tactical a tomic weapons - if negotiations for a truce in Korea broke down. Today the Secretary declared - that all this was well known information, published m·ny times in the newspapers. · -At=~ t:iMret ti• a1alst2c:a::::nega1-t:at 1-=--; The sixteen countries ~ a lli ed a a .i..nst the Reds in Kore '"issued a st tement 1 '!'hat - it w ould bf i m p ossibl e to confine th e ~ a r to Kore a , if the DULLES - 3 fi hti there were to be resum d. f cou s , it might be ked - would r n xtens n of host111t1e in Kore a h a v e meant " to 1 1c wa r ? ' ~ t th a news conf e renc e , tod a y, the S e cret ry of ~t t e ummarized his position by sayin - the surest way to void r is to let aggressors know that the United States will fight, if nee ssary, to defend its ''basic moral values an vital interests." These explanations do not silence cniticiem. Senator Humphrey of Minnesota responds by enewing his demand - that President isenhower give the world ssur·nce that this country does not want atomic war. ( dlai Stevenson comes out with a blast, calling the a dministr a tion foreign policy "suicidal folly". The statement Wlra8 m de in t. P r ul, xua where Stevenson is filing his name, personally - in the Minnesota primary. ) Then there's a ost unexpected disagreement - from ec retary of D f e nse Carles E . W ilson. Who sys h e do sn 1 t . r iith ~ecretary !Afll e s. H e never b e l eved - that w e were o ne·r tow r thr tlm s , s inc e n et en Fi ft - Three . In Kora , 1 rmos , an I d o- Chin . Ho eve r, he dmi tted - "there r a ll kinds of br in ks ' . Yes, t er ar imminent br nks, ancVnot-so-dangerous brinks, broad brinks, a nd narrow brinks. B o ou ,. , es o f C s h ve order inv ti a tions f by G n E. r a l · he 1 , R i , ray, for r Chief of · t · ff. " 1 0 , 1 a tur y ven t ar t cl , r, tt a cked military pollci soft e isenhow a dm nistr a tion. aying the strength of the Army W e1S b e l cut - "for political consider a tions.' (Int Senate, a Sub-Committee on M111tary Appropriations will c 11 General Ridgw y, to testify at an inquiry . And a H o use Committee - will dote same thing. These hearings demanded by Democrats - who believe the national efens e is being Jeopardized by hite House policies of economyJ The administration is hitting right back. Secretary of D e f e n s e ~ Wilson st ting, in New York last night, th t - r cently, President Eisenhower ave a warning to the Cabinet. That excessive spending for military purposes might I disru p t our national econom. rtnli ht even lead us - to diet torshi p . Secretary Dulles, at his news conference today, m a de h r Joinder to th Rldgw Y st tements, a rguing th a t RIDGWAY - 2 national security depen son the vit lity of Am eri c & n economy, as re ll as on military po\o 1 er. u. . At t · · .I . , yri , to y, em nded - t at ec nomic a i d to Isr a el b . cut off. s a penalty for last month's attack north of the e of Galil e. The yrian Ambassador asked the Security ouncil tor commend th tall U.N. members - withhold conom1c assistance from Israel for at least a year. The embargo to be extended - "upon future "gcression." Syri - - asks t e United States, in particular - to take this action. 1 Isr 1, r c mmen ~ ton that the whole co n try e u t o n 1 r for 'm me i a te ar . Th p ro p ose by a co tt e f the M ' p 1 a~ty - Pr~ den n G ion's own olitlc 1 f · ctio. The committe ~ aa-Aa t a c will ccur in a "f w iving th o pi nion - that an ont1s '. l:Jhless th United / ta tes grants Isr · 1 1 s ppeal - for armament. institute The st te of "war-alert", s r omme nded, 'l ould part n state of affairs. bolishing 'luxuries", \ mobilizing manpower, lunching civ 1 defen$ . program, f o rbi ding strik es and lock-outs, · nd lmposi~ a new defense t ax of more than n n ty million dollars. -4'hie eo 1 mn l ttee pt of)oeel t'ill Aew g8 99fepe tlile Pa rty ,n tbe Israeli garJ1arneot , - rar an okay , .w a ..me.1&~Pe to roe pre sen tel1 t>y tte :Be11 etar tm1 Cab11tat. The French report a large victory in Algeria. nsur ents of the 'army of Allah" driven into the Aures Mountains. No pursued - by motorized columns on the ground - and strafing planes in the air. The French command reports that one-hundred-and-fifty rebels were k~lled. French casualties - twelve. In a three-day battle. FR AN KL! I n the Ben jam in Fr a nklin i rth day c e lebration, worl d 1 e homa e - for th t A m e ric a n hiloso p her, scientist, a nd a lso s t a t e sm a n. Sage - a n p a t r iot. f cours e , you wo u ldn't s ay - tributes to F r a nklin are ' ne,-,s " . But, ln a way, they are - w hen t he tributes are f r om Soviet Russia. ( Moscow r e ports p rinted articles a nd public speeches, honori ng th e Two Hundred and Fiftieth anniversary of "Poor Richard" of hiladelphi a . Today, the chorus was headed by the top ranking Russian physicist - Peter Kapitza, whose name is a le end. Kapit za s a id the Russian people are, in his words - "grateful to the American people for giving the great .Franklin to mankind." ( A n e x r e ss i on that comes appropri a tel y - from a sci e ntist. Franklin's e x periments in electricity - h a ving been a con tribution to science in the i g ht e enth Century. MOSCO W DD IN G The re wa s o. n Am eric a n we dding, in Moscow tod a y. Tw o sin g ers in t h e 11- ·e gro c a st of ' Por gy a nd Bess', g etting m a rri e d. Th a t one time h it of Bro a dw a y has made a hu g e success in Soviet Russia. A nd now wedding bells ring for E P rl Jackson and H e len Thigpe n . The ceremony - in Soviet Russia's onl Baptist church. Two thou s and people, jarmning in. Including Western diplomats, he a ded by U.S.Ambasaador Charles E . Bohlen. Many Russi a n wom n attended, and wept, as the Russian P a stor spoke of the "sacredness of marriage". And - "the blessings of Je a1 s on this couple." BALLO Toni ht, a huge balloon is on its way across the acific. Nobody aboard. The c r o - scientific instruments. The purpose - to gather weather data, all the way across that greatest of oceans. The big balloon was launched by the U.S.Navy in Japan, today, and went soaring - up to thirty thousand feet. At which altitude - 1t was 1n the "Jet stream". tt~Zcurrent of IIUi air - which, at that altitude, blows from west to east in the Temperate Zones. The Navy scientists expect - the huge gas bag will span the facific in three to four days. Aboard - an automatic timing device, which will release the weather-recording V-.rvcv~ equipment. &nd deeeeed y parachute - ln six days. At which I\ time - the balloon should be nearing our .American east coast. If this experiment is a success, the Navy will release nineteen more balloons, for a similar study. There seems no reason why it should not be a success - judging by what the Japanese did in the second World ar. Sending incendiary BALWON - 2 balloons On the west wind across the Pacific. These - reaching ~ the United States, where their fire bombs did• aamage. A. i:a t M ~ a The balloon, t o n 1 g h t / 4 b " different mission - to gather scientific 1nfonnat1on, which will be made available to all the world. WATER resident Eisenhower proposes a n ew s ee . 1ng plan - to husb and th a ter resources of the nation. He sug ests a "co-oratnator' oper at ing directl· under the President. For the uroose - of co-ordin a t ng action by federal a nd state agencies. 1th study and lannit~ - in the face of a threat of national , ater shortage. ( The President makes his proposal in a message to Congress, which oints out that this country now uses two hundred billion gallons of water a day. And will need - an estimated three hundred and fifty billion gallons, by Nineteen Seventy-Five.) President Eisenhower calls for planning, that 4- would tncref:lse our present supply~ two and a halt times., in the coming twenty years. CHICAG In hica ·o , t · e police m thre ar rests - and wha t a surpris th ey ot! 1 ot only su p r is - but also· puzzl. ich - t ey proceed d to _ lve. The arrests w er e made in connection with a ang murder th e shoE>t ing of a n underworld character named Greenberg, whose record went back to the ol gangs ter days of Scarface Al Capone. Greenber styled - "the financial brains of the Capone mob." One of the prisoners - Jake (Greasy Thumb) Guzik, sixty-nine years old. Who was prominent in the Chicago - bootleg wars of prohibition time. Another A"t lhu11 Mi cstsd Murray ( the came 1) Hwnphreyar id ke•4 se • a t't1W1•ao 1 •• prominent in the days of b•*• Capone. Prisoner number three - Les Kruse, sometim s called - "K i ller Kane". The cops grabbed them in a nightclub, and hurried them to a patrol wagon - •• !uh -l&SJ had waiting outside.~-tfe _l)rlo tne ts1Nm - to ;a alto• l• ■dqual'tez•s.. On tJhe waf:; Ju tla o n the way to the cooler, patrol wagon, th e three prison rs of paper. Converting pages - into got busy - teari ng up sheets a mass of confetti. W hich Clil\,;AO - 2 thy tried to throw ut of windows - r hie under seats. But - the cops fooled them. They ath rd up th torn paper - 11 that confetti. ~ folicem n searchi the street - gatherlng bits of paper. hich t ey assembled - trying to figure out what it was all about. Piecing bits of paper together - and putting them in proper order. uite a puzzle! "It took ~ I D us the rest of the night," says Folice Lieutenant Joseph Morris, "to put this jigsaw puzzle together. Then we found - a very interesting record." He says the scraps of paper fitted into five documents - giving facts and figures. One - pertaining to the "Owl Club" at CalumEtC1ty, Illinois. A joint - supposed to hav been closed by the police. R ided - out of business. But the Ji saw puzzle showed - the OWl Club~ in operation. With a profit of fifty-five thousand dollars in - . -- . . - -- - ·-·· eleven months. Another document presented a plan to form a veterans' ClilCAGO - 3 association. Help the poor veteran - that was to be the slo&an. Actually, 1t w s to be a front for a gambling racket. Other disclosures made by th jigsaw puzzle - told of other aspects of underworld affairs. The three prisoners insist - that they know nothing about the murder, for which they were picked up. But they'll have to answer a lot - about the confetti they tore up 1n the patrol wagon. GIRL No , who would you say is the gi rl - 1th the most d te in a ll th orld? Answer - Lu-Ann ~tetnber o r, a co-ed a t Phillt s niversity, nid, Oklahoma • .:>he 's ted - more than any other d amse l. Becaus - she had no dates a t all. Last week, at a colle ge club meeting, Lu- nn put in It sure was sad - poor Lu-Ann! a complaint - about the lack of dates. The boys heard about this - and here's the resijlt:- Sund y, Lu-Ann had eleven dates - one every hour and a half. Keeping her busy - from dawn to du k. Even ollege President ugene Briggs got into the act. Prexy - tnvtttn Lu-Ann to afternoDn tea. Yesterday, the same story. Today, an an nouncement - th a t Lu-Ann h s b n ltned up for seventy-three EIJ&X dates. hich will keep her busy for the next two weeks. The dates include - th movies, dinner, church, 8 immtng, bowling. And even - a game of chess. By the tim e it's all over, Lu- nn m ay hope - she never has, dat a ain. After 11, too much 1 too much. EQGS At the town of Dunstable, in England, a big truck as rolling along - loaded with eggs. Ten tons of - eggs. The h ghway was icy, and the truck ent into a skid. Crashing through a barrier - and plunging down a thirty toot embankment. ¾c_,,H~- so, twatww imagine the omelet! ~ it •s even harder to imagine. Not one single egg - . - broken. '!l•I aa■ t ht•