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UNITED PRESS NEWS BRIEFS NATIONAL: AEC Scientist.Warns AgainsrH-Bomb War WASHINGTON, D. C, June 3. An Atomic Energy Commission scientist said today an H-bomb "would produce radiation hazards for all living things and for generations to come." The scientist, Dr. E. P. Cronkite, also told Congress that native children contaminated by H-bomb fallout in the Marshall Islands in the Pacific in 1954 have suffered a "slight impairment of growth and development." Election to Name McCarthy Successor MADISON, Wis., June 3. Gov. Vernon Thomson of Wisconsin announced today he will call a special election to name a successor to the late Republican Sen. Joseph McCarthy. He said he would set a date by the end of this week. Thomson ended weeks of speculation with his announcement. The speculation on how McCarthys successor would be chosen began at his death, May 2. Defense Cuts Real Peril Brucker WEST POINT, N. Y., June 3. Army Secretary Wilber M. Brucker said today that "meat ax" cuts in the defense budget would "immeasurably increase the nations real peril." Any weakening of Free World defenses now, he said, would "encourage renewed Communist subversion and open aggression which would not stop short of our own shores." Seek O. K. on Worthys Passport .NEW YORK, N. Y., June 3: The American Civil Liberties Union today called ican Civil Liberties Union today called upon the State Departments passport office to reverse its decision against renewing newsman William Worthys passport. In a memorandum submitted to the office, the ACLU charged that Secretary of State John Foster Dulles refusal to permit American reporters to travel to unauthorized countries was "arbitrary, unreasonable, and unwise and violates two fundamental constitutional concepts, freedom of the press and the right to travel." . Russian Invitation Essential Marshall WASHINGTON, D. C, June 3. Gen. George C. Marshall said today it was "es-sentiat" for Russia to be invited to join the famed -"Marshall Plan" in 1947 even if it meant the Soviet Union might try to wreck the program. Ellender, Morse Urge Red China Trade WASHINGTON, D. C, June 3. Sen. Allen J. Ellender D-La. has urged the Eisenhower administration to explore the possibility of dropping its ban on U. S. trade with. Communist China. He was backed by Sen. Wanye . Morse D-Ore. , who favors reopening U. S. commerce with China. FOREIGN: Britain May Continue H-Bomb Tests CHRISTMAS ISLAND, June 3. Britain may continue its Pacific H-bomb tests for some weeks and explode a device even more powerful than the megaton bomb set off last Friday. Fridays bomb, second exploded in the test series, equalled one million tons of TNT and was the largest ever detonated by Britain. Experts said Sir William Penney, British atom research chief who is in charge of the tests, may decide to explode a weapon of even greater power. U. S. Joins Baghdad Pact Committee KARACHI, Pakistan, June t 3. The United States formally joined the Baghdad Pact Military Committee today and promised to "cany its full share of responsibilities" in defense of the pacts Middle East nations. Former U. S. Ambassador to India Loy Henderson spoke for the United States at the opening of the third session of the pacts council of ministers. "The invitation which you extended this morning to us to join the military committee has been accepted as an honor and the United States expects to carry its full share of responsibilities in this important work." French Troops Arrest 200 Tribesmen ALGIERS, Algeria, June 3. French troops today arrested 200 tribesmen suspected of helping Nationalist rebels massacre 303 pro -French Moslems in the Algerian village of Melouza. The Army said a French column also had killed during the week end 18 members of the 120-man band that raided Melouza last week. Most of the marauding band scattered shortly after the attack. Israel Wishes to Renew AH Relations JERUSALEM, Israel, June 3. Premier David Ben-Gurion, in what appeared to be a peace feeler to the. Arab nations, said today Israel wished to renew and maintain normal relations "with any nation, no matter its regime." But he said "outbursts of enmity and provocations by certain nations" were still causing Israel "sorrow and anxiety."
