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UNITED PRESS j NEWS BRIEFS Truce Still in Sight WASHINGTON, D. C, June 20.— The administration breathed easier today as the communists indicated they still want a truce in spite of South Koreas arbitrary release of Red prisoners of war. Officials said plans for the armistice signing would go forward, although, of course, it could not now be held as early as had been expected. , Say Britain Has Biggest A-Bomb LONDON, England, June 20. — Lord Beaverbrooks Daily Express reported today Britain planned to explode the "biggest ever" atomic bomb at the Australian rocket testing ground of Woomera early next year. The dispatch, which carried no source, said the atomic weapon first tested in the Montebello Islands had been developed as a war head for guided missiles, bombs and shells. Taft Sees T-H Amendments WASHINGTON, D. C, June 20.— Senate Republican leader Robert A. Taft said today he thinks there is "a pretty good chance" GOP congressional leaders and the administration will agree soon on a set of amendments to the Taft-Hartley labor law. With Congress aiming for adjournment by the end of next month, however, he expressed doubt that labor legislation could be pushed through the House and Senate until next year. General Clark Blasts President Rhee PANMUNJON, Korea, June 20. — Gen. Mark W. Clark, supreme United Nations commander, accused, Korean president Syngman Rhee today of breaking his word by freeing anti-Communist prisoners. "I cannot at this time estimate the ultimate consequences of this precipitous and shocking action on your part." Clark told Rhee in a bitterly phrased letter. Sees No Impeachment WASHINGTON, D. C, June 20.— Rep. Emanuel Celler D.-N. Y. maintained today that the House will never vote on the move to impeach Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas for his handling of the Rosenberg case. He made the prediction as a special judiciary subcommittee announced it would meet Tuesday to consider the impeachment resolution. ROKs Capture Hill SEOUL, Korea, June 20. — South Korean troops knocked Red infantrymen off "M-l" Hill on the eastern end of the Communist-held "bulge" today and then dug in to defend their newly won position. A fleet of B-29s from Okinawa hit Pyongyang, North Korean capital, last night after driving through a high curtain of "intense" flak. The superforts hit an airstrip in the center of town and another a few miles out. NMU Ends Strike NEW YORK, N. Y., June 20.— The CIO National Maritime Union signed wage agreements early today ending a three-day time-up of merchant vessels on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. Seamen, who refused to sign voyage articles since their union contracts expired last Tuesday, were expected to report ready to sail aboard 125 freighters, tankers and passenger vessels which had been ilded by their "no contract, no work" policy. Record UN Air Losses SEOUL, Korea, June 20.— The Allies lost 19 jets last week, including an ultra-modern Starfire night fighter, the worst losses the U. N. air fleet in Korea had suffered in a single week since the war began. The U. S. Fifth Air Force announced today that the Communist also lost at least 19 jets during the week. Four more of their Russian-made warcraft probably were destroyed, and 15 were damaged.
