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UNITED PRESS NEWS r BRIEFS -NATIONAL: Stassen to Present New Plan to Russia WASHINGTON, D.C., June 1. Presidential disarmament specialist-Harold E. Stassen reportedly plans to broach a new plan to Russia for slapping, restrictions on nuclear weapons tests. Informed sources said President Eisenhower worked out details of the plans with Stassen as part of a "first step" disarmament agreement. Disarmament talks presently are going on in London. There have been reports that U. S. proposals also would include a suggestion that both countries agree to notify the other of any large-scale movements of troops. Christians Making Sacrifices WASHINGTON, D. C, June 1. The historic axiom that the Christian church thrives best under persecution is being proved anew in modem Europe. West of the Iron Curtain, says Dr. Carl E. Lund-quist of Geneva, "The churches are free and half empty." Tcthe East, where Communist satellite governments are actively harassing religion, "Christians are making heroic sacrifices to remain loyal to their faith." Propose Huge School Aid for New Jersey WASHINGTON, D. C, June .1. New Jersey would receive ,315,000 a year for school, construction under proposed legislation, the House Education Committee revealed yesterday. The school construction bill would provide .5 billion in federal aid over a five-year period. The tentative allotments would give New Jersey ,254,-000 on the basis of school age population between the ages of 15 and 17, and ,061,-000 on the basis of relative average state income for each child of school age. FOREIGN: Four Israeli Soldiers Injured TELAVIV, -Israel, June 1. Four Israeli soldiers were wounded today when their patrol vehicles struck land mines along the Gaza Strip. Norway to Relax Embargo With Red China LONDON, England, June 1. Norway, following the lead of Britain, announced today it has decided to relax the embargo on trade with Communist China. A United Press survey indicatedall the other Western European nations except West Germany also will follow suit shortly. Bohlen Pledges Ties of Friendship MANILA, Philippines, June 1. New U. S. ambassador to the Philippines Charles E. Bohlen pledged today he will "do everything in my power" to strengthen the friendly relations between the two countries. Bohlen, former ambassador to Moscow, arrived early today to take over his new post. He told newsmen it was a pleasure for him to come to a country bound to his own by a long heritage of common interest, mutual trust and co-operation. Expect New Protests Against fT-Bomb LONDON, England, June 1. The efl plosion of Britains second and mightieM hydrogen bomb is expected to touch ofH new wave of protests against nuclear weJ ons tests both at home and abroad. rH thermonucleardevice was detonated yes-? terday in the skies over Christmas Island Proving Grounds in the mid-Pacific. Air Vice-Admiral W. E. Oulton, the British H-bomb task force commander, said the bombs power was equivalent to 1,000,000 tons of TNT. Chiang Blames Himself for Riots TAIPEI, Formosa, June 1. Generalis-.simo Chiang Kai-Shek today publicly blamed himself for last weeks anti-American riots in Taipei and warned he would I tolerate no opposition to his policy of j friendship with the United. States. In a rare I nationwide broadcast, Gen. Chiang said the I "riot was one of the most shocking and most regrettable things to have happened throughout my 50 years" as leader of China. Coty Condemns Rebel Slaughter PARIS, France, June 1. French President Rene Coty charged today that Algerian rebels have killed 5,000 defenseless Moslems in their guerrilla war against French rule. In a special report to the nation, he specifically condemned this weeks rebel slaughter of 303 Moslem villagers, the entire male population of Melouza, 115 miles southeast of Algiers. Marshall Plan Ten Years Old WASHINGTON, D. C., June 1. The multi-billion-dollar Marshall Plan, which spawned the present foreign-aid programs, was born 10 years ago next Wednesday. As its anniversary approached, a storm raged around its offspring the Mutual Security , Program. An economy-minded Congress is set on chopping foreign aid to the bone.
