' In Congrea1, reactlona to the naw dete111e blldpl - are pnerallJ favorable. Specltlc Pl"OPN&ll by, PN1ldent not to go ahead with the bll a- 70 bOllber. lllt u tar a u the poalt1Ye 1lcle ot tht1 detenae ), , 111 ta oonoemacl - that thta 11 llhat our national ••ourltr c1....s1. .. •uure doe1n•t 11111tlon - one oontroYer■ lal: point. '!bat old S:aaue ot a ■ta1lle pp. Doe1 it ezt1t • or doeln't tltT Ill'. Kennedy •4• IIIICb or Ku veralon ot the ■t■stle gap - during th• cupal!lft. Bllt all be . . . . .,. 1ri bla detena• requeat 11 - "it ha1 been publloly acknowledged, tor aev.eral years, that thl1 natlon hU not led the world In _...._h 11 ml1■ 11e atre ...... Anyway, let'• take a look at - 10111 partloulan 1n the Kennedy bu.dpt. over torty three b11llon dollars • to be ■pent durinl the next rtacal year. An 1ncreue ot DIIIIISI - 2 two btllton - over the lllenhower •tUllltN. that IIIIOh, to gtn 1111 - thtrteen hllndncl oOIINt ■111U•• bJ ltnetffn Sutt Pl••· OUr baiiiber tone - wt11 be ■t-. 0111' conYentlonal tore•• - better prepaJ'N tor aent.•• t.n lllllte4 wan. And the b111141DI of Pollr.ll IIINUlMI • wll:1 be ateppti4 up. the naw ■ohldlll•, oall!lnl tor ona-a~th br 11niteen Bini 'l'bNe. PLAII Prealdent bnnedJ 11 Uld.JII Conpe11 to mathorlse ten allllon dollars tor a 1lngle plane. lloreover, the ten allllon WOlil:d OOYer • only PN111H.narr work. Colt of tt.nllblng the Job - tl!ttNn •Hllon. Aa JOll CID . . . . - thl• plane ti IOMthlng 1peotal 1n the hbto17 or av.litlon. A 1upenonlc tnnaport that Wl.11 t11 • thrff tUIII tlw 1peed of 10111111. IHIIUI ,5- in Yol"lt to Landon - 1n two houra. SPACE The space bill that went from the White House to Capitol Hill today - calls for an increase of a hundred and sll twenty-five million dollars. Eleven percent above the figure - set by the Eisenhower administration. President Kennedy, speeding up the development of rockets - \ that will probe outer space. Putting more money into the manned space ships - that will fly through our solar system, by the end of this decade. Landing men on the moon - ,-.at possibly 1n Nineteen Seventy One. SEATO That difference of opinion at the Seato conference 1s Bangkok - is not serious. Secretary of State Rusk said after today's session - that he expects unanimous agreement on the problem of how to help Laos. Meanwhile, the~lit - is there, for the moment. America, Pakistan, and the Philippines--urging a strong statement now. A blunt threat of military intervention by Seato - if the Communist aggression against Laos u continues. But Britain, Australia and New Zealand - are more cautious. Preferring to avoid any declaration - until the West receives Khrushchev's answer to the British note on Laos. France - also adopting a "wait and see" attitude. ~_jt•s pointed out - there's no basic disagreement in Bangkok. Khrushchev may hold up his reply - until this Seato conference la over. If he does, it's evident that the commonwealth spokesmen will Join their allies_ in a common demand that the freedom of Laos be guaranteed. --- LAOS The fighting in Laos has ~ - for two 7 '--- 1, reasons. In the first place - the Co11111un1st rebels seem to have been too successful. Advancing so rapidly_ they -~ ~ - c . : r out-ran their supply lines. The S:orAtlO~ patrols forced ,/4.. ~ , to halt - until food and a n n u n 1 t 1 o n ~ ' /'- Secondly, the rainy season has arrived. In Southeast Asia - the monsson - several weeks ahead of schedule. Dumping torrents of rain - on the Laotian / jungle. 0h the troops - fighting there. The Connunlst I advance, stopped by ~liftt~~aav~-ftll'nu,.-M" nature. / Bogged down - in rain and mud. · The age-old fate of armies caught in mid-campaign - by the monsoon. Even so, the situation ls growing graver - for the Laotian defenders. communist forces are reported streaming across the border - from COBllunlst north Viet Nam into Laos. A massive build-up behind the lines. The Reds, evidently LAOS - 2 making every effort to strengthen their position - at the bargaining table. Or - 11f new campaign, if the truce talks break down. -- RUSSIAN Here's the story of the Soviet worker - who went in for a bit of capitalism on the side. Fyodor Kuznetsov - a bootmaker of Tils~ tn Central Russia. Fyodor, the best bootmaker - in his province. so good, he received permission to work at home- instead of in the community workshop. His superiors were al satisfied because - he always turned 1n his quota on schedule. Fifteen pairs of felt boots - every month. Ah, but comrade Kuznetsov was actually turning out - sixty-five pairs a month. Selling the extra fifty - on the side. Pocketing - the proceeds. Business so good he hired a couple of workers to operate his machine. His free enterprise brought him a fortune• of two million rubles. Also - three houses, two cars, u two motorcycles and a motorboat. Not to mention a few lady friends - here and there. But all this prosperity seemed a bit excessive - when the inspector came around. An 1nvestigat1on - was - RUSSIAN - 2 ordered. Ending today - with the defendant going to Jail. Capitalism was great while it lasted - for bootmaker Kuznetsov of Tilst. Sounds as if there ought to be a limerick - in this story. Let's see. 11 There once was a coinrade ~ithl of Tilst. 11 I wonder - what rhymes ~ilst? f - WEATHER / --~ ~ - " floods in the m1dwest 1 \.~•e worw ••n~. Hardest hit, northeastern Iowa - where the Cedar River is at 1 ts highest f ~ crest on record. Smashing through sandbag levies - at Waterloo, Waverly, and Charles City. More than a thousand residents of the Cedar Valley - have fled to higher ground. Tonight, watching the flood waters battering their cities - as the -k>falNational Guard fights to stem the tide. Farther west - more snow. The blizzard that hit ~ - COLLF.GES ,. Whatever the weatherman may say 11 - our co eges have decided that spring is really here. Proving it - with typical campus extra-curricular activities. Ten students from the University of Illinois - claim they've set a new record for bed-pushing. They hauled a double-decker bed out onto the highway. at Champaign. Then they took turns pushing it - to Chicago. A distance of - a hundred and thirty-five miles. Snarling traffic along the way - but insisting that they never allowed their bed to stop moving. Meanwhile, at Ohio's Bowling Green State University • there was less activity today. In fact - practically none at all. The students, boycotting their classes - after two campus demonstrations. 'lbreatening to stay out - until their demands are met. Demands like - a relaxation of the curfew at the co-eds' dormitories. In Fort Lauderdale, Florida - a more serious COLLEGF.S - 2 hreach of the peace. Vacationing students from many colleges, rioting - two nights in a row. Result - paddy wagon, roaring from the scene 'f;j the pokey. Two ,,... hundred and twenty five students - arrested. Fifty-six gin given Jail terms. Nineteen - fined. " A lot of Americans are bailing flood water - and digging s n o w ~ the college campuses, the lit& / /' problem is - spring fever. ~ ~ tlo- ~ PILOT The U.S. Air Force may gain a recruit from - the Jugoslav A ir Force. Pilot Duoan Conic - used to fly for Tito. Finally he became fed up - with Communism. Especially the censorship - forbidding any criticism of the Dictator. One night pilot Conic went down to the Zagreb airfield - and boarded a small military plane. Zooming off - before anyone could stop him. Flying to Vienna - and freedom. Now he's 1n America - looking for a job in aviation. Preferably - in the U.S. Air Force. LTP.1961.03.28i.pdf LTP.1961.03.28ii.pdf