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f ; : ; — : ; _.- UNITED PRESS NEWS ROUND-UP NATIONAL: Gore Pleads for Foreign-Trade Program WASHINGTON, D. C, June 23.— Sen. Albert Gore D-Tenn. said today that other free nations will be driven into expanding trade with Communist countries if they cannot step up their trade with the United States. He hammered on this argument in a prepared Senate speech in which he pleaded for enactment this year of President Eisenhowers foreign-trade program. Wholesale Food Prices Rise NEW YORK, N. Y., June 23.— Wholesale food prices rose this week for the first time in a month, according to the Dun and Bradstreet, Inc., index, released today. The index advanced five cents on June 22 to .28, erasing part of the 23-cent decline of the three preceding weeks. On June 15, the index dropped 13 cents, the sharpest break in more than five years. U. S. Fears Frances Peace-at-Any-Price WASHINGTON, D. C., June 23.— Secretary of State John Foster Dulles gave congressional leaders the impression today that the United States fears France will accept a "peace-at-any-price" settlement of the Indochina War. One leader, who asked that his name be withheld, said Dulles expressed the view at a secret White House briefing that the present French Government "is more responsive to what the French people want" than its predecessor. Nuclear Power May Vie With Coal, Oil ANN ARBOR, Mich., June 23.— Nuclear power may possibly become competitive with coal and oil in most areas of the United States through the use of liquid metal fuel reactors, a trio of New York atom scientists said today. The report was presented before the International Congress on Nuclear Engineering at the University of Michigan in a paper prepared by D. W. Bareis, R. H. Wishwall, Jr., and W. E. Winsche. The findings were based on experiments made at the Brookhaven National Laboratory at Upton, N. Y. | Endrose Resolution to Warn Russia WASHINGTON, D. C, June 23.— Senate Republican Leader William F. Knowland today endorsed a proposed congressional resolution to warn Russia against interfering in Western Hemisphere affairs. Know-lands position virtually assured bipartisan support and quick Senate action on the resolution, introduced by Senate Democratic Lyndon B. Johnson D-Tex.. Workers Man Des Moines Levees DES MOINES, Iowa, June 23.— More than 1,000 workers manned Des Moines levees today to strengthen them against the worst flood crest in the citys history. The Des Moines Rived stood at 24.y2 feet early today, a foot and a half above flood stage. It was expected to crest at a record of 29 to 30 feet Thursday afternoon. Mundt Not to Recommend Hearings Rules WASHINGTON, D. C, June 23.— Sen. Karl E. Mundt said today he would not recommend the special rules used for the Army-McCarthy Hearings for other inquiries because the extensive cross-examination took too much time. The South Dakota Republican, who served as acting chairman of the Senate Investigating Subcommittee during the 36-day hearings, said he did not think any other congressional committee could have done a "more complete job" of investigating Sen. Joseph R. McCarthys row with the Army. FOREIGN: Soviet Press Charges Propaganda MOSCOW, Russia, June 23. — The Soviet Government newspaper Izvestia charged today the United States Supreme Court decision against segregation in public schools was made "for purely propaganda purposes." The comment, breaking a five-week silence by the Soviet press, labeled the decision a "demagogic gesture designed for export as well as for lulling American public opinion." It ridiculed the term "historic victory of democracy" applied to the decision by "certain American bourgeois newspapers." Report Guatemala Planes Bomb Honduras TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, June 23. — Two Guatemalan Army planes were reported today to have bombed two towns in Honduras, spring-board for the anti-Communist invasion of Red-infested Guatemala. A U. S. Embassy spokesman said the Honduran Foreign Office was attempting to determine whether this country had been bombed in an act of revenge. French Bombers Destroy Five Red Bases HANOI, Indochina, June 23. — Fifty French B-26 bombers destroyed five Communist Indochinese bases 50 miles east of Hanoi today with 62 tons of bombs. The French High Command announced that an hour before the B-26s pulverized the bases near the Hanoi-Haipong. supply life-line, fighter planes dropped leaflets warning civilians of the forthcoming attack. Eden Proposes Asiatic Peace Guaranty LONDON, England, June 23.— Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden proposed today that both the free world and the Communists guaranty the peace of Southeast Asia. Eden, appearing before the House of Commons on the eve of his departure Thursday with Prime Minister Winston Churchill for conferences in Washington with President Eisenhower, coupled his proposal with a grave warning that Indochina could spark World War m. Fire in Seouls Blackmarket District SEOUL, Korea, June 23. — A fire ate its way through the heart of Seouls tinderbox, blackmarket district today, destroyed a 10-block square area, flattened at least 200 shack homes and shops, arid left an .estimated 6,000 persons homeless. Thousands of dollars worth of blackmarket goods also were destroyed. There were no official reports of casualties or damage estimates. En-Lais Visit May Provide Tip-Off LONDON, England, June 23.— British Commonwealth spokesmen said today the visit of Red Chinas Premier-Foreign Minister Chou En-Lai to India may provide the tip-off to a new Chinese policy of independence from Moscow in Asian affairs. These sources said there were strong evidences during the Geneva Far Eastern Conference that Red China was asserting increasing independence from the Soviets. Mendes-France Meets With Cho"u En-Lai BERN, Switzerland, June 23. — Premier Pierre Mendes-France of Capitalistic France and Premier and Foreign Minister Chou En-Lai of Red China met here today to discuss the possibilities of a quick peace in Indochina.
