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• * J * k , , ; , [ j . [ - . • 1 s s i 7 e - s n UNITED PRESS r NEWS BRIEFS Army Doubts POW Conversions WASHINGTON, D. C, May 5.— The Army said today it still isnt sure whether any released American prisoners actually fell for Communist propaganda they got in Red PW camps. Officials believe some pretended to fall for it to save their lives or to obtain better treatment. But they feel few, if any, were really converted. Reds Advance in Laos HANOI, Indo-China, May 5.— Heavily-armed security guards were thrown around the royal palace in Luang Prabang today as Communist-led troops invading Laos flanked French defenses to push southward toward the border of Thailand Siam. French officials here termed the new southward thrusts of rebel forces "alarming." .8 Billion Foreign Aid Program WASHINGTON, D. C, May 5.— President Eisenhower proposed to Congress today a ,800,000,000 foreign aid program he said is vital for the defense of free nations against the "great peril" of Red aggression. In a special message submitting his program, Mr. Eisenhower told Congress: "The blunt, sober truth is that we can not afford to relax our defenses until we have seen clear, unmistakable evidence of genuinely peaceful purposes on the part of the Soviet Union." Freedom Airlift Nears End HONOLULU, T. H., May 5.— The "freedom airlift" of liberated American war prisoners to their homes neared an end today with 50 more en route across the Pacific in three planes. With the latest flights all but two of the 149 Americans released in the exchange of sick and wounded prisoners were in U. S. territory or in flight. Seek to Reopen Austrian Talks WASHINGTON, D. C, May 5.— The United States has been conferring with Britain and France about the possibility of reopening Austrian treaty talks with the Soviet Union, diplomatic officials said today. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles was reported to have sent a formal note to Britain last week end stating this countrys willingness to reopen the long-stalled talks. U.S. Officers Missing in Austria VIENNA, Austria, May 5.— Two "high ranking American officers" were reported missing today aboard a light U. S. Army plane which was flying between Salzburg and Graz, Austria. See CIO-AFL Peace Pact WASHINGTON, D.C., May 5.— CIO unions are ready to sign a no-raiding "peace pact" with the rival AFL as the first move towards a merger of the two big unions, a CIO source said today. The source said "sentiment" among more than 30 CIO unions is to go along with an agreement to end costly membership battles with the - AFL. National Labor Relations Board figures " for 1951 and 1952 showed, it was reported, that AFL and CIO unions sought . to oust one another as bargaining agent 1,240 times. Says Naumann Represents Acute Danger BONN, Germany, May 5. — Justice Minister " Thomas Dehler said today the former deputy Nazi propaganda chief awaiting trial on charges of plotting to overthrow the west German" government represented j an "acute danger." Werner Naumann considered " himself to be the ranking living * Nazi dignitary and as such demanded absolute " obedience from others surviving the third Reich, Dehler told the foreign press I association.
