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- . _ UNITED PRESS NEWS ROUND-UP FOREIGN: U. S. May Triple Formosa Air Strength TAIPEI, Formosa, June 3.— Unofficial reports said today that the United States might triple its air strength on this Nationalist Chinese island bastion. The reports arose coincident with a Par East Air Force headquarters announcement in Tokyo last night that the 13th Air Force, under command of Brig. Gen. William L. Lee, had been given responsibility for defending Formosa from the air. At the same time, the 13th was transferred from FEAF control to the command of Maj. Gen. Sory Smiths Pacific air force in Hawaii. Asks U. S. Allow Students to Return Home LONDON, England, June 3. — Indias roving ambassador V. Kr Krislu Menon said today the United States could contribute to far eastern peace by permitting Chinese students in the United States to return to their Communist homeland. Menon arrived here today from Peiping and New Delhi en route to Washington where he will report on his discussions in the Red Chinese capital of prospects for a cease fire in the war-threatened Formosa Straight. Pope Says Newsmen Have Public Duty VATICAN CITY, Italy, June 3.— Pope Pius XII warned newspaper correspondents, today that they have a great* influence on public opinion and therefore must strive to keep from coloring or distorting news. The 79-year-old Pontiff in an address in French to members of the Latin Press Congress said interpretation of news was part of a journalists job, but it should not affect factual reporting or respect for persons and moral decency." Red Delegates Home After Tito Meeting LONDON, England, June 3.— Soviet strong-man Nikita Khrushchev and his star-studded delegation of Russian officials barnstormed home from Yugoslavia today, explaining to the Soviet satellites why Russia let Marshal Tito get away with defiance of the Cominform. The Soviet delegates arrived today in Sofia, capital of Bulgaria, where Khrushchev said in a broadcast speech tha£ his talks with Tito in Belgrade have strengthened world communisms campaign for "peace." Expect 11 U. S. Airmen to Be Released MANILA, P. I., June 3.— The release of the 11 American airmen still imprisoned in Red China is expected within the next 24 hours, the managing director of the influential Times of India said tonight. The Indian editor, J. C. Jain, who arrived here by air from Hong Kong, said his information on the probable early release of the American fliers came "from a source that is usually reliable." Ministers Agree on Integration Program MESSINA, Sicily, June 3.— The foreign ministers of six Western European nations agreed today on principles of a broad program of European integration including the joint development of atomic energy for peaceful means. Foreign ministers of France, Italy, Belgium, the- Netherlands, Luxembourg and West Germany called for preparatory work on the proposals to be done by a committee of government delegates which Britain will be asked to join. NATIONAL: To Discuss Release of More Americans WASHINGTON, D. C, June 3.— Secretary of State John Foster Dulles is expected to take up soon with Indias ambassador V. K. Krishna Menon the possibility of getting more Americans out of Red Chinese prisons and the status of Chinese students in this country. Diplomats reported today that the two men will confer soon, and will consider prospects for easing Far Eastern tension. Menons remarks on his arrival in London .today left officials here somewhat puzzled. He said that the United States could contribute to peace by permitting Chinese students in this country to return to their homeland. Truman Hits Handling of Salk Vaccine CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 3. — Former President Harry S. Truman today criticized the administrations handling of the Salk vaccine program and said it "may be partisan politics" that has slowed down the distribution. "It has been the policy of this administration to descredit anything that originated in the other two administrations," he said, referring to those of his own and the late Franklin D. Roosevelt. "The development of the Salk vaccine started in the March of Dimes," he said, "which as you know, started under President Roosevelt." " Albert Anastasia Sentenced to Year CAMDEN, N. J., June 3.— Albert Anastasia, reputed Murder, Inc.,. triggerman, was sentenced today to one year in prison and fined 0,000 in each of two counts of income tax evasion. U. S. District Court Judge Thomas M. Madden ordered that the sentences run concurrently. This meant Anastasia would serve only one year in ! prison. President Flies to Farm in Small Plane WASHINGTON, D. C, June 3.— President Eisenhower flew to his Gettysburg, Pa., farm today in a small twin-engine plane, "the first President in history to fly in less than a four engine craft. Mr; Eisenhower had flow in smaller planes before he became President but not since he was inaugurated January 20, 1953. Good Leadership Most Important: Thomas ANNAPOLIS, Md., June 3.— Navy Secretary Charles S. Thomas said today that in spite of modern technical weapons, good leadership is more important than ever in the military. In an address before the Naval Academys graduating class, Thomas said "good leadership in a military ograni-zation is even more important than operational readiness, high material standards or engineering efficency." He told "the Navys future leaders" that the Navys future had never been brighter and its opportunities are greater than ever. Dr. Nathan Jo Get State Dept. Hearing WASHINGTON, D. C, June 3.— The State Department must grant a hearing to Dr. Otto Nathan, executor of the late Albert Einstein estate, on his two-and-one-half year fight to obtain a passport for a trip to Europe. The U. S. Court of Appeals ordered yesterday that the hearing be held next Tuesday. The State Department told the court it had denied Nathan the passport on the basis of seven allegations linking him with Communism.
