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4 UNITED PRESS NEWS ROUND-UP FOREIGN: West Germany to Seek UN Membership BONN, Germany, June 18. Chancellor Konrad Adenauer will bid for West Germany membership in the United Nations soon, even though Russia is expected to veto it, informed sources said today. The -sources said the formal request for admission is expected to be made through the Western Big Three, sometime before fall. Any Soviet request that a provisional "all German" delegation composed of members from both sectors of the divided country would be rejected, they said. Russia Returns 16 Small Nayal Craft MAIZURU, Japan, June 18. Sixteen small naval craft flying the hammer-and-sickle of Soviet Russia steamed into this west coast Japanese port today to be returned to the United States Navy. The landing craft, and mine sweepers were part of the 186 ships sent to the Russians under lend-lease in World War n and which Washington asked returned seven years ago. Another 17 are scheduled to be delivered here by Russian crews July 4. Three U.S. War Prisoners to Be Freed LONDON, England, June 18. Red China announced today that three American war prisoners who chose Communism when the Korean War ended had changed, their minds and would be freed with two Belgian Army deserters. The three Americans were among 22 GIs who joined a small group of British and Korean soldiers in turning their backs on their native lands when repatriation of POWs began with the end of hostilities. The Belgians crossed to Red lines voluntarily. Mrs. Mesta to Mee General Lemnitzer TOKYO, Japan, June 18. Mrs. Perle Mesta, former U. S. ambassador to Luxembourg, arrived in Tokyo today on a two-week visit to Japan and Korea. During her stay, Mrs. Mesta will meet Gen. L. L. Lemnitzer, new U. S. and U. N. commander in the Far East, and address the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan. 1 Summon 49 Striking Seamen to Court LONDON, England, June 18. Authorities today issued court summonses to 49 striking British seamen on a charge they "wil-! fully" disputed "lawful commands" to pre-; vent the liner Queen Mary from sailing for New York last Thursday. The Southamp-1 ton Magistrates Court issued the summonses on behalf of the Cunard Lines, operators of the giant vessel stranded in port by . a wildcat strike that has tied up 10 trans- Atlantic liners. NATIONAL: Ike Would Defeat Adlai Again Nixon DETROIT, Mich., June 18. President Eisenhower would beat Adlai Stevenson by a larger vote now than he did in 1952, Vice-President Richard Nixon said last -night. Nixon told a cheering crowd of 1 young Republicans, waving "Draft Bee and Dick for 56" banners, that "if a ballot were i taken right now, Eisenhower would win by i a larger measure than he did in the last presidential election." t Agreement Reached in Shipping Dispute NEW YORK, N. Y., June 18. Forty companies operating cargo and passenger ships 1 and two CIO officers unions reached agree- i ment on a new contract early today, end- i ing a dispute that had. threatened to tie 1 some 1,500 vacationers in New York. The : agreement permitted the sailing today of several passenger liners and ocean freight- ers that had been immobilized in New York - for two days. . Hopeful for Middle East Area Defense WASHINGTON, D. C, June 18. Attor- 1 ney General Herbert Brownell, Jr., said to- 1 night the United States is hopeful area i defense arrangements can be worked out in the Middle East to provide "mutual protection against aggression from the Communist menace." He said such arrange- ments are "definitely" in the United States own interest and represent a "major element in our policy for the Middle East and : for strengthening the defense of the Free World." Watcw-Clock-Makers in Serious Situation WASHINGTON, D. C, June 18. The ; Seriate Armed Forces Preparedness Sub- : committee said yesterday the U. S. watch and clock industry "is in a dangerous situation." In a report on the watch industry, the subcommittee said if this is "permitted i to continue unchecked, it would result in the atrophy of skills which ... we will desperately need in the future. . ." The group sent a copy of its. report to the White House. It urged the President to find "effective means for the preservation of the critical skills of the watch and clock-makers art." GM Workers Return to Jobs Monday DETROIT, Mich., June 18. General Motors officials said today most of the 750,000 workers who were idled by the worst wave of strikes in the automobile industry since 1950-will return -to their jobs Monday. They said wildcat walkouts which involved as many as 134,000 workers in GM plants throughout the nation earlier this week now have dwindled to only 6,600 employes at two plants. However, the parts shortage and the improper balance in parts left by the strikes shut down 23 other plants and pushed cost of the strikes to nearly 00,-000,000.
