Evening star., 1960-05-05

Mr.. Khrushchev did not dis
close the type Of plane. the
number aboard or their fate.
He said the Soviet Union
considers the May / incident
an aggressive action by the
United States and wants to
draw the attention Of all the
nations of the world to it.
Mr.. Khrushchev rhetorically
asked the delegates what the
American reaction would be If
a Soviet plane few over New
York or Chicago. United States
officials have said, he went on,
that they have A-and-H-bom-
berS on duty and ready to re-
taliate. If a Soviet plane was
near American territory, he as
serted, that would be the be-
ginning Of war,
Warning on Bases
He said it was high time
for those countries which pro-
vided the United States with
bases to realize they were
playing with fire and that they
also would suffer retaliatory
blows.
Mr.. Khrushchev said that
despite these acts he was con-
vinced that the American
people as a whole want peace
and that only a few militarists
are responsible for these ag-
gressions."
The American people should
be warned against the agrees
sive elements in their country.
We want peace but we Go not
want to beg for it,"
Mr.. Khrushchev said tn e
United States sent the planes
to impress and frighten us on
the eve Of the summit. These
planes were bandits. The at
tempt to bend our knees and
backs by pressure cannot in
fluence us. The Soviet Union
has the means to stop those
trying to achieve agreements
through pressure.
He said the Soviet Union has
always displayed its peace low
ing attitude toward the United
States and what it got in re-
turn was black ingratitude."
Called Hitler Like Act
How should we consider this
attack" he asked. "Is it an act
of true aggression and war, a
Hitler like act? No." he an
swered himself, IT don't think it
is time to take such an atti-
tude yet"
Referring to the Soviet SOL
diers who shot down the Ameri-
can plane he said Il would like
to express my thanks to the
military servicemen who did
this act and who are always on
guard to give the necessary re-
buff to aggressors."
Mr.. Khrushchev repeated his
demands for an end to the
Western occupation of West
Berlin. The wishes of West
Berliners, he said, ARE of no
overriding Importance" in the
matter.
The Soviet Premier said no
body could lose by concluding
a peace treaty with both parts
of Germany, as the Soviet
Union wants to do.
This. he said, appeared to be
understood in the West, but
when it came to concrete pro-
posalS, nothing happened"
Will End Income Taxes
Mr.. Khrushchev spent the
first two hours of a speech that
ran for more than three hours
on domestic problems.
He announced a program to
abolish almost all income taxes
in the Soviet Union by the end
of 1855, thus raising the take
home pay of Soviet workers by
IA billion rubles ($7.4 billion a
year,.
At the same time he said
that beginning next January
the Soviet Union would initiate
a new heavy ruble.' giving the
population one new ruble for 10
old ones.
The Premier said that in the
1ve-year period workers would
be progressively exempted from
the income tax until it was
abolished for all factory and
Office workers making up to
1000 rubles ($200) a month.
Taxes also will be abolished
for workers making more, but
their wages will be reduced ac-
cordingly.
Income taxes also will be
abolished for single persons
and those with small families
regardless of the size Of Their
wages, the Premier said.
Mr.. Khrushchev said that a;
a result of the tax program the
cash wages of 59,400,00o per-
sons would be increased by the
entire amount of their present
tax; the wages of several mil.
lion will increase by an average
OF half their tax an only the
wages of IAN Insignificant
number of workers will remair
unchangedR