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1 , t j J ! 1 J , I j j j j j I I [ ; ; ■ [ . ; t ; UNITED PRESS 1 ■ NEV 8RIEFS NATIONAL: Warburg Advocates World Meeting WASHINGTON, D. C, May 5.— James P. Warburg, author, financier and student of foreign affairs,Jhas urged that the United ;Sta,tes meet with Russia, Red China, Bri- . tain arid India to negotiate a. settlement of rworld problems. He made the proposal in a letter to Senator Wayne Morse D-Ore. . The letter, dated April 16, was inserted in the Congressional record by Morse,- along .with other Warburg proposals. Warburg called for a "drastic revision" of TJ. S. For-, eign policies "to arrest the disintegration of the so-called free world and the decline of American prestige and leadership." Harriman Speaks on Prestige Decline | MILWAUKEE, Wis., May:; 5.— Governor Averell Harriman of New York, an "inactive" presidential candidate, told a Democratic rally here tonight that President i Eisenhower must bear the responsibility for a "disastrous decline. in United States prestige abroad. "When Harry Truman left office; our prestige had never been higher and we were winning the cold war," Harri- man said in an address at the Wisconsin State Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner. Harriman also accused the administration of being against small business, labor and farmers. "The middle-of-the-road" is Eisenhowers trademark," Harriman said. "Let him keep it. It is a front for inaction." Kefauver Urges Economic Aid EVANSVTLLE, Ind., May 5.— Senator Estes Kefauver called on the administra-I tion last night to "follow* up" the Ham-marskjold mission to the Middle East with1 economic aid to the Arab nations and arms to Israel. Kefauver commented on the peace mission to the Middle East by U. N. .Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold be-I fore boarding a plane at Jacksonville, Pla., last night to fly to Indiana where he will continue his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. Kefauver and President Eisenhower stage a popularity contest Tuesday in Indianas presidential preference primary. Kefauver is all alone on the Democratic ballot. Paz Tells of Fear for Free Press NEW YORK, N. Y., May 5.— Dr. Alberto Gainza Paz told the Soviet peoples in a broadcast beamed behind the Iron Curtain today that dictators live in mortal fear of the truth disseminated by a free press, ine publisher of La Prensa, Argentinas largest newspaper, based his comments on his own experiences under the Ferdn dictatorship, wheri his newspaper was confiscated. Gainza Paz gave his views on freedom of the press on "Soviet Press Day" under auspices of Radio Liberation, the anti-, Communist exiles station in Germany. FOREIGN: Rhees Major Presidential Rival Dies SEOUL, Korea, May 5. — President Syng-man Rhees major rival for the Korean .presidency, P. H. Shinicky, died unexpect- j edly today with the national elections only 10 days away. His death left the opposition .Democratic Party without a presidential candidate in the May 15" election. Dem- " ccratic leaders immediately started to ex- plore the possibility of uniting with the progressive Party, another minority fac-r tion, in support of its presidential candi- date, Cho Bong Am. The 62-year-old Shin-: j icky, a veteran Revolutionist and one-time - political cohort of Rhee, had been regarded J as the only man with a chance to upset, the 81 -year-old president. - j Britain Backs NATO B rain Trust PARIS, France, May 5.— Britain gave its backing today to an American plan that would set up a Western "brain trust" to increase the political action of the North Atlantic Treaty Alliance. NATO foreign ministers met in secret session this morn-; ing to consider the proposal by Secretary I of State John Foster Dulles that NATO be I r-— - r political punch to meet the march of world communism. It was disclosed that foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd supported Dulles project to appoint a three-man group of experts to widen I NATOs scope in the face of Russias new tactics. Pope Supports Peace Stability Proposal VATICAN CITY, Mr " SS XTT. gave his "strong support" today to proposals for the organisation ca ux Aid.— tional council for the stability of neace. The Pope approved the proposal in a French-language address to memoers of . the International Committee for the Unity I dnd Universality of Culture, which is sponsoring the project.
