June 7, 1954

control of Cheops find taken from el Malakh by Min Mohammed Awad, given to com of 3 Egyptologists, Prof Abu Bakr, M Z Noor and Saad, and 2 architects, el Malakh and his supervisor M Mahdi; Abu Bakr chmn; el Malakh lowest-ranking member; barred from continuing excavations; Abu Bakr orders 2-3-mo delay in entering corridor; opposed by el Malakh; disputes Ricke theory that Khefren built ships; architects-Egyptologists rivalry in Antiquities Dept discussed

7th Av made 1-way southbound, 8th Av northbound; illus; Columbus Circle and other trouble spots noted; NYC Omnibus to integrate 7th and 8th Av services; Surface Transportation Co shifts operations; Wiley on remaining problems

Buu Loc arrives, Saigon; lauds treaties; repts plans for reorgn of munic and communal councils

slight shift in Communist stand averts early halt in conf; Smith cancels fishing trip; Allies skeptical

Reston repts AEC grants Oppenheimer right to file brief but rejects bid to argue case before AEC; says Nichols told Garrison and Davis he could not permit argument without giving same privilege to all other cases; Oppenheimer brief outlined; AEC denies hearing procedures unfair to Oppenheimer; says some documents were withheld because they were from FBI files or used to test his veracity; denies 'presenting' case before Oppenheimer appeared; says panel merely examined documents; challenges some statements in NY Times rev (Je 6,IV, 1:6); denies Strauss ordered probe on July 7 '53; says he initiated that day steps to remove AEC documents from Oppenheimer custody; persons in Princeton deny documents were removed during July; say some were taken earlier; AEC denies taking Oppenheimer file to White House; Reston learns FBI took it; AEC sources say Oppenheimer, not Strauss, 1st mentioned alternative of resigning or facing hearings; Amer Scientists Fed officers urge Eisenhower rev security system; open lr; warn of case effects on scientists; signers include W Davis, W H Higinbotham, Drs Livingston and Franck