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UNITED PRESS r NEWS BRIEFS NATIONAL: Congress Rebuffs Soviet A-Bomb Appeal WASHINGTON, D. C, May 10 —Russias direct appeal to the U. S. Congress to join in efforts to end A-bomb tests got a quick rebuff from congressional leaders today. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles declined comment on the Supreme Soviets move, but members of Congress quickly dismissed it. Senate GOP leader William F. Knowiand Calif. said the Russian bid was improper. House Committee Chops Farm Budget WASHINGTON. D. C, May 10. — The House Appropriations Committee sank its economy ax into the usually immune farm program today, chopping 72,556,860 from President Eisenhowers money requests. Most of the saving was achieved by reducing soil bank, funds which farmers receive for reducing plantings. The committee said city folks consider the program to be a scheme for "giving farmers something for nothing" and recommended that the soil bank fund be cut back further next year. Dulles Before Senate on IAEA Plan WASHINGTON, D. C, May 10.— Secretary of State John Foster Dulles formally launched an administration campaign today to sell a somewhat skeptical Senate on the proposed International Atomic Energy Agency. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee called Dulles as lead-off witness in its hearings on the treaty to establish the agency — the keystone in President Eisenhowers atoms-for-peace program. The Foreign Relations committee was augmented by Senate members of the Congressional Atomic Energy Committee. Diem Reaffirms Viet Nam-U. S. Bond WASHINGTON, D. C, May 10.— President Ngo Dinh Diem of Viet Nam said today his country will spurn neutralism and retain its close ties with the United States even though it "is living in a volcanic situation" because it bars the road to Red conquest of the riches of Southeast Asia. "Viet Nam is a great temptation for the Communists," he said in an address to the National Press Club. "Viet Nam is the gateway to the invasion of Southeast Asia and to its immense resources in manpower and raw materials." Ike Sees GOP Gains in South WASHINGTON, D. C, May 10— President Eisenhower said today the Democrats no longer control a "Solid South" and Republicans will continue to gain strength in southern and border states. "The Republican party is ... in the South to stay and I earnestly hope it will become ever stronger from year to year," the president said. FOREIGN: Russia Asks End to Nucleor Tests MOSCOW, Russia, May 10. — The Supreme Soviet resolved today to appeal directly to the American Congress and British Parliament for an immediate end to nuclear test explosions. Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko charged before Russias parliament that "the Western Powers consistently oppose and undermine efforts to reach agreement" on disarmament. In a report on atomic tests, he reiterated that Russia will continue to produce nuclear weapons and guided missiles as long as there is no agreement banning them. RAF Jet Transport to Visit U. S. LONDON, England, May 10.— A Comet jetliner of the Royal Air Force* transport command will visit the United States next week, the air ministry announced today. The visit will give Americans their first look at the military version of the unlucky pride of Britains aviation industry. The Comet Mark n. is to make a 17-day goodwill tour of Canada and the United States. It is the RAF version of the Comet I., the jetliner with which Britain hoped to capture the worlds civil airways. Colombia Under Military Junta BOGOTA, Colombia, May 10. — The government of President Gustavo Rojas Pinilla fell to a military junta today. A broadcast over the official radio said the junta is composed of Maj. Gen. Alfredo Duarte Blum, •commander of the army; Brig. Gen. Deogracias Fonseca, director of the national police; and Maj. Gen. Gabriel Paris, minister of war. The whereabouts of Rojas Pinilla was not known. Urge Atomic Weapons for U. S. Troops BONN, Germany, May 10. — The West German government said today in a formal statement read to the Bundestag lower house that American troops in Germany "must" be equipped with atomic weapons. The statement warned that the Soviets have begun "a new phase in the nerve war against the West" and said until a general disarmament agreement is reached, the American troops in Germany must have at least as effective weapons as those of the Red army.
