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UNITED PRESS NEWS I IBRIEFS BRIEFS BRIEFSPresident President Eisenhower Answers Critics CriticsMINNEAPOLIS MINNEAPOLIS Minn June 10 Presi ¬ dent Eisenhower said sharply today air de ¬ fense is not won by juggling magic num ¬ bers He said his cutback program should produce more planes more swiftly and less expensively through greater efficency Mr Eisenhower answered critics of both the cut in number of air force wings from 143 to 120 and the reduction of 5090000000 in the air appropriations for 1954 1954India India Willing to Serve ServeLONDON LONDON England June 10 Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru of India said today his country is willing to serve on the neutral commission to supervise antiCom ¬ munist war prisoners in Korea if invited by both the United Nations and the Com ¬ munists to do so soSees Sees Extension of Tax TaxWASHINGTON WASHINGTON D C June 10 Speaker Joseph W Martin Jr said today he is con ¬ fident the House Ways and Means Commit ¬ tee will approve extension of the excess profits tax even though this has not been expected Martin predicted the committee would act quickly so the House itself would be able to pass the sixmonth extension bill before the tax is due to expire June 30 30New New Cannon Pounds Chinese ChineseSEOUL SEOUL Korea June 10 Americas new 240 millimeter cannon pounded Communist positions for the first time today in support of South Koreans surging toward = the crest of Luke the Cooks castle The huge how ¬ itzer slightly smaller than the atomic can ¬ non pinpointed shells on the crest and northern slopes of the vital eastern front landmark landmarkPresident President EisenhowerLeaves on Tour TourWASHINGTON WASHINGTON D C June 10 Presi ¬ dent Eisenhower got a last minute briefing on the Korean situation from Secretary of State John Foster Dulles today and then left on a fiveday trip that will take him through five states statesReds Reds Approve Exit Visas VisasMOSCOW MOSCOW Russia June 10 The Soviet government has granted permission for the Russian wives of two U S citizens and two Russianborn children of an American woman to leave this country The U S embassy here said it had been informed the Soviets would grant exit visas to the wife of Associated Press Moscow correspondent Eddy Gilmore and to Mrs Robert Tucker wife of an embassy attache attacheShip Ship Burns in Gulf GulfMIAMI MIAMI Fla June 10 The crew of the Swedish ship Stegeholm abandoned the vessel in the Gulf of Mexico early today when fire broke out and raged out of con ¬ trol in two holds The SS Iberville owned by Waterman Steamship Company sent a radio message that it had picked up the crew of the stricken ship and that there were apparently no casualties casualtiesDe De Gasperi Loses Control ControlROME ROME Italy June 10 Premier Alcide De Gasperis coalition government failed to win decisive control of parliament in this weeks elections it was announced today Final returns in the photo finish race for domination of the chamber of deputies showed that the four parties supporting De Gasperi fell short of the clear popular majority needed to assure control
