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UNITED PRESS NEWS ROUNDUP NATIONAL NATIONALCongressional Congressional Leaders to Be Briefed BriefedWASHINGTON WASHINGTON D C May 3 Secre ¬ tary of State John Foster Dulles will brief Democratic and Republican congressional leaders on the Geneva Conference on Korea and Indochina this week probably Thurs ¬ day Senate GOP leader William F Know land Calif made the statement after Republican congressional leaders discussed the matter at their weekly conference with President Eisenhower EisenhowerBegin Begin Hearings on Communist Activities ActivitiesDETROIT DETROIT Mich May 3 The House UnAmerican Activities Committee began hearings on Communism in schools and labor unions in Detroit today with the ad monition of Rep Kit Clardy RMich that We are not here to smear anyone Clardy chairman of a subcommittee conducting the hearings said 50 persons have been subpoenaed to testify testifyPredict Predict Increase in Steel Production Productioni i HOBOKEN N J May 3 A moderate increase in steel production was predicted today by Benjamin F Fairless board chair ¬ man of U S Steel Corp despite a steady decline in operations during the first quar ¬ ter of this year Fairless addressing the annual meeting of company stockholders said his optimism hinged on the hope that there would be no serious decline in the nations economy in succeeding months monthsStevens Stevens Fails to Recall McCarthy Approval ApprovalWASHINGTON WASHINGTON D C May 3 Army Secretary Robert T Stevens testified today that he cannot recall ever notifying Sen Joseph R McCarthy RWis that he was awaiting only for McCarthys approval be ¬ fore removing Maj Gen Kirke B Lawson from his command at Fort Monmouth N J Stevens also testified that he had no information to back up newspaper asser ¬ tions that Pvt G David Shine was enjoy ¬ ing filet mignon and champagne at the Stork Club in New York when he should have been peeling potatoes in Fort Dix N J during his basic training last Novem ¬ ber FOREIGN FOREIGNLegionnaires Legionnaires Drive Reds from Isabelle IsabelleHANOI HANOI Indochina May 3 Foreign Legionnaires drove Communist rebels from Dien Bien Phus battered outpost Isa ¬ belle one of four strongpoints over ¬ whelmed by the Reds French military of ¬ ficials said today The Legionnaires at ¬ tacked with bayonets and pitched the Communists from the artillery strongpoint which lies three miles south of Dien Bien Phus main defenses defensesGrant Grant Commission Spy Ring Powers PowersCANBERRA CANBERRA Australia May 3 The Australian Government handed a Royal Commission sweeping powers today to break up the nationwide Communist spy ring disclosed by refugee Russian diplomat Vladimir Petrov Prime Minister Robert G Menzies ordered the commission of three supreme court judges to use information given by Petrov when he was granted asylum as a starting point of an investi ¬ gation gationCheer Cheer Arrival of Royal Family FamilyVALETTA VALETTA Malta May 3 Nearly 100 000 persons today cheered the arrival at this British outpost in the Mediterranean Sea of the Royal Family The shouting masses crowded around the harbor to hail Queen Elizabeth IE the Duke of Edin ¬ burgh and their two children Prince Charles and Princess Anne It was the Queens first visit to the island since 1950 when she came here for a brief reunion with her husband then in command of the British Frigate Magpie MagpieTurkeys Turkeys Democratic Party in Victory VictoryISTANBUL ISTANBUL Turkey May 3 Turkeys free enterprise Democratic Party today claimed 514 of the 541 national assembly seats at stake in Sundays general election Party leaders describing the election vic ¬ tory as a landslide said the Democrats won sweeping victories in 60 of the nations 64 provinces provincesDulles Dulles Meets With Premier Scelba ScelbaMILAN MILAN Italy May 3 Secretary of State John Foster Dulles arrived here by air to ¬ day from the Geneva Conference to meet with premier Mario Scelba and discuss Italian ratification of the European Army Plan He was expected to urge Italy to act on ttte European Defense Community EDC Treaty and the European Army be ¬ fore a solution is found for Italys dispute with Yugoslavia over Trieste TriesteClaims Claims Britain Has NewType HBomb HBombLONDON LONDON England May 3 The news ¬ paper Daily Express claimed today that Britain has developed and is preparing to test a newtype Hbomb simpler and cheaper to make than anything possessed by either the United States or Russia British atomic officials declined to com ¬ ment
