Goon EVEN ING EVERYBOD Y: Pr esident E isenhower today challenge the Russians to exchange com lete military blue-p~int s with the O.S -- a dra m at ic bid to rove that A merica re a lly ants peace. The President lso called for com pl ete freedom of aerial photography. President tisen~ower made his surprising p roposals at this afternoon's session of the big four summit conference, which was considering world aisarmament. He termed these, something that could be accepted as an immediate, practical step to build mutual trust between the United tates and the oviet Union. hat do the rtussians say? No reply -- not a word -- not yet, anyway. The Pre sident's p roposal as t w o-fold: b ' irst, that the U nited st tes and Russia give each other a com p lete blue print of their milit a ry esta blishm ents, GENEVA - ~ ! ------ fro m one en d of e a~h country to th e other. S econd th a t t h e y p rovi e facil iti s for a eri a l ph oto g ra p hy of eac h other' s ter ri tory. The p resident said the ussians could have c o mplete freedom to take all the pictures they wanted over here - if we could do the same in the Soviet Union. ~ltho the Kussians had no comment -- ~estern leaders were enthusiastic. British .t'rime Minister ~den said he was "deeply moved" by the sincerity of the President's p roposal. It could be a great step forward, he said. i ' rench .t'remier i ' aure said he just wished the peoples of the whole world could have been in the conference room to hear resident ~isenhower's voice. If they could have been, said Yaure -- they would have rememb e red July 2ls£, 1955, as the date that really something had changed regarding disarmament. G ~ NEVA - 3 ------ In o p ening hi remarks the ~r e sident sai d he had be en s e a rchin g his "he a rt an mind" f or s omet h ing to s ay to coniince e veryone of t h e gr e a t s inc erity of the Un ited t a tes i n the se a rch for p eace. B e sai d he w a s talking m a inly to the 1u ss ians, becau s e it was they a n d the United b t a te s who po ss e s sed new an d terrible wea p ons which give rise to fears and dan g ers of surprise attack. Then he outlined his two-point plant to throw open botu nations to free inspection from the air, and exchange of military blue prints. By this step, he told the ~ oviets, the two g reat p o w er coul convince the world they woul d b e p roviding, bet w ~ n themse l ves, a g ain s t the os s ibilit · o f "A g reat su rpri s e attack." H e p ointed out that "no soun d and reli a ble a gree- m e nt can be ma d e ubless i t is com p letely c overe d by an GE: EV - 4 ------ in s J ec tion and reporting yst em a e u a te t o su p ort ever y p ortion of the agreement." The p rincipal u stion, h e sai d , was how nati o ns could adequately supervise d isarmament. l ' i rs t as hi n gt on re a c t i o n to the .P res id en t ' s prop osals came from chairman George of the benate foreign relations committee. tn a cid test of nussian sincerity - he called it. "After all", said the senator, -- "th~ United ~ t tea, as a free nati o n already lives in a f ish bowl, so we h a ve nothing to lose~" Assistant GOP leader Halleck of In i a na said -- "it will be a m ag nificent achievement for the ~eneva conference, if the ussians accept." s Ha lleck p ut it: "The objective of the p resident, to a void a surprise attack o uld mean very, very much to the 6w'rld if accepted ~y 1he ~ ovi e ts." GE EV - 5 ------ Be ·nd the cenes -- member o f the H ou e and u enate say -- they do n't el i eve the ~oviet le d er s will accep t -- but, from a ~ ropaganda s t a n d po int, they do n't s ee how the U nited S t t es c a n lose in m a king s uch ropos a ls. S enator George, by way , a dd ed that he knew a few ho u rs in a vance, th a t President Eisenhower planned to m a ke this surprise move. Acting ~cretary of t te H erbert H oover a vi s ed him of it t h is morning. O n the Democratic s ide -- actin Majority le a der clements of Kentucky said he "Highly" a p. roves. "~ts attu ned to the atomic age," sa id Clements. --"Its ractical an d orkable. Its a test of g ood f a ith that can be d escribed a s ultimate.". Even from his hospital sick bed -- ajority le a er Jo h nson of Texa s ha a comment: "I ts the daring, imagin a tive troke for hi ch a war - ea ry orld has been GE EV - 6 -~---- iting. It ill test t he good faith of the C ommunists an sear te the ar-mongers fr o m the peace makers." Bak at Geneva the i g fo ur fo reign ministers ha to di a p p oint t eir chief s this mor ning -- They r.eren't rea y vith their report on the deadlocked issues of German unification and European s ecurity. They were told to report tomorrow. ne reason for the elay was a li s t of "su pp lementary roposals" sub- mitted by the Russians on these subjects. No details were made public. Well, Geneva was not all serious business. The 8 oviets let a small army of reporters and photographers into their v illa to take p ictures of ~ussian leaders sipping cool drinks. In the usual ~ob-scene th t followed -- ine cam e ra-man was bumped from th e rear. h t d "stop shoving!". "Doggone it," hes ou e hes ov ed sto pp e d , an ap lo i zed -- n d ten both i e ha d to l a u g h . e wa~ t h e oviet V efense iniste r -- a rs al Z ukov . TITO ---- The United tates is said t be co n i ering a ha lt in foreign i d to Yu g o s l a via -- a lt until marsh 1 Tito p ermit s full in pec tion of the uae he ' s m king of American ea ons. Of icials of the s t te a nd defense departments are said to be seriousl concerned over Yugosl a via's refusal to pe rmit routine checks by American military inspectors st a tioned there. The Indian Government is disturbed over yesterday' rioting in Saigon, Indo-China - and has asked both British Prime Minister Ed en, and oviet 'oreign Minister olotov to inv stigate. Noting that the trouble occured on the anniversary of the 1954 Geneva conference which ended the Indo-China War - the Indian Foreign office says the demonstration was "deliberately organized•. Y e sterday also was the day t~bt talks were to begin between Co ■ munist North Viet la■ aand free ~outh Viet Na■ on the question of free elections to unify the country. But Pre ■ ier Die ■ has balked at such conferences - he sa7a the Communists are not observing other provisions of the truce -- and besides. sign the oeasfire agreement anyway. He didn't A bomb explosion in the printing plant of a pro-government magazine, in Buenos ~ires. No injuries - - minor j amage. But, another u~easy situation for President P eron. The Argentine radio again found it necessary to denounce reports of a new uprising as •aere rumors.• The broadcast also denied that the Navy has revolted again -- sailed away to another country. Nothing to it, insists Peron's radio - the Navy is holding maneuvers off the coast. Exiled Navy officers in Uruguay say thats a funny report! Its wid-winter now off argentina, . when maneuvers are rarely held! The nations second atomic powered submarine -- the ' eawolf, has been launched at Groton, Connecticut - where the first atomic sub -- the Nautilus also was built at the ceremonies this morning. Navy ~ e cretary Th mas said he looks forward to the day when he will be turning out those nuclear subs in rapid succession; alao other ato ■ ic naval ships and naval airfraft, as well. Even as he spoke, the keel of the Jrd ato ■ ic sub was laid at Groton. Air secretary Talbott has offered to give up his partnership with a New York management-engineering firm -- i f senate investigators think that will help the airforce. Talbott asked for, and proaptly received a public hearing before chairaan McClellan's Senate investigating sub committee this afternoon -- saying that he'd had quite enough of inneudoes about his dealings with private industry. The Air ~ecretary was indignant as he took the witness chair, lie said to the uenators: "Its a shocking thing to point the finger of auspision at a man who doesn't deserve it -- and, I don't think I deserve it,• said he. The Air secretary added that he was testifying because of all the •rumors, publicity and discussion.• That he's with the Governaent by being a artner of Mulligan and 6ompany of New ~ork. rllso that he had informed the S enators back in 1953 th at he intended to retain his interest in the firm. However said the Air Secretary; -- I will ter■ inate my connection if, in the opinion of these gentlemen, the tienators - I would be helping the Airforce and the Administration. The Committee is still mulling this over. A formal charge of murder was filed t h is after- noon in Berkeley against U niversity of Ca lifornia student Burton Abbot accused of the slaying of school-girl ~tephanie ~ryan, who disappeared J ■ onths ago. Abbot had been a suspect since lriday e•ening when his wife found the 14 year old 1irl's purse in the basement, but no charges had been made until Stephanie's body was discoverec near the Abbott's cabin in the nor~hern California mountains late last night. Thru-out the night, a constant guard was main- tained outside his jain cell, but the 27 year old accountin1 student betwayed signs either of guilt, or of emotional collapse. He has been questioned many ti ■es in the past few hours. bo far with no result. illl - 2 The news that a girl's body ha d been found was carried to the suspects home by newsmen, even before ~erteley police arrived. 27 year old Burton Abbott paled at the report, but said: •1 don't know how the body got there. I don't know a thing abo t i t . I'm still staying with my story that l don't know a thing about it.• Then he asked: "Bow far fro ■ the cabin did they find the body.• When told it was only200 yards away he replied: "Well, I'• stymied -- I don't know what to say•. Ironically -- Abbott's wife, Georgia, is tech- nic~lly in line to get the 25 hundred-dollar reward for information about the missing girl. ~he's the one who found Str;hanie's belongings in the base ■ ent of their home. E en J~ranger yet - the Abbott's cabin in the remote Trinity Mountains was the afene of another grisly western crime -- the shooting and ax murder of Ray Latham in 1948. The Abbotts bought it fro ■ the convicted murder Lloyd Snyder -- just before he left for prison. YACHT --~-- The air force has ppotted the missing yacht 'South Wind" -- l a st boat to be heard from al the end of the trainspacifio Yacht race. The ~outh wind a p parently ns fighting a westerly wind and still trying to reach Honolulu. Miles away where the other yachts completed their runs several days ago. Nothing wrong -_just an ill wind, for the South wind. It was l a dies day at Geneva - at least behind the scenes. Mamie ~isenhower too the wives of the other estern Big three leaders for a boat ride on lovely lake Geneva -- which, incidentally inspired her middle-na■ e. No Russ1an wives went along, however -- ~oviet delegares left them all at home! T he sight-seeing tour of the picturesque Lake included a small black cottage near the rranco-~wiss border, where ~enin and Trostky plotted the Russian regolution during Lenin's world war one exile fro ■ Russia. Mrs. ~isenhower was in gay spirits as she boarded the small Yacht "L"Elma• -- at the port of Pregny -- once part of the estate of Empress Josephine. She waved to friends on the dock, and said she was feeling 'wonderful". The guests also were smiling and happy - the wives of Anthony Eden, Edgar Faure, Swiss ~resident Max Petitpierre, John roster Dulles, Under Secretary Livingston Merchant, and Franklin Gowen, the Geneva Counsel - General. It was quite a trip - complete with a fine swiss luncheon - melon, salmon, trout, roast chicken, light and red wine, and champagne. Diplomacy on the feminine level - at Geneva. All of which reminds me of the faat that tonight I am broadcasting from the banks of the dussian Hiver, in the big tree country of California, north of San Francisco. The Hussians came here over a hundred years ago, stayed for a time - and even built a fort. then - they pulled out. If they had stayed maybe most of North america today would be a part of the U.~.S.R. But that's a melancholy thought. Let's switch to a more pleasant subject - urgent too:-