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aos But Vital Star Siak Writer bf ~ President Bisenhower eaid toe oa day that such activities as the o U-2 plane flight over Russia are a “distas ut vital ne~ cessity” in the world as it is atelig: ering activity essential. “ de wants another Pearl Hare declared. bor,” he He added that he “would bring up at the Paris summit : meeting next week his 1056 . “open skies" proposal under - yhich Russia and the United Mates would open their skies to flights by inspection planes, - zi] Reads Statement The President's first publie comment on the spy plane which Soviet Premier Khrue shchev claims was shot down by » Russian rocket May 1 was . in the form of a prepared state- : ment whicb he read Papermen, -- In it, he expressed “doubs | so Bate a | wo e way claim it was... “There is some reason to be- leve that the plane in quess ‘tion was not shot down at higts ‘altitude.” he said - i He mentioned this ‘as’ on jexample ef “many discrepe neies” Soviet .pllegetiens * eae plane incident”: ES Eee EE Ee myn oR gE RS et RCN MIT tg Rep Hee Se meant near cenen ne a tt te ee > | Distasteful : 3 fate Tree ene ae He explained that “we know” | —femtthtn correct@d—himesif : to say “or we believe”—that. i Pictures published by the Rus- | sians purporting to show the crashed U-3, were not pictures ¢ of the plané that was downed, Dter Ka Theeey the p' lithe Behe win Red Star quoted thé pilot af the | plane, Francis owers, a : op ks saying i's Jet ein, Bet lala, 78 caused his Mr. Eisenhower’ open opened the. news conferente with his foure : Point statement on what he called” “this ..U-2 incident, stressing the need for intel ligence gathering activities an 1 their. secret nature. -“Opeqi societies” are the only alternas tive, he said, and he added that “we must not be distracted from the real tasues of the day” by the plane incident. moe, Despite the blustering Soviet statements sbout the spy are Mr. Eisenhower said he : “hopeful that we may make é Progress” on the big issues at ij the summit mee Paris Monday. - He Usted the th as “dige RO 76 | bt Ib EgY. ra NOT RECORDED 46 MAY 13 1960 b2- jee O7T —— = ==" Tolson —— =F) Mobr — Par ® Bel iat a “Trotter ©. WAC, Sullivan Tele. Room —_ Ingram . Gandy ’ The Washington Post and Times Herald The Washington Daily News The Evening Star New York Herald Tribune New York Journal-American New York Mirror New York Daily News New York Post The New York Times The Worker The New Leader “AS The Wall Street Joumal haa]