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Today is the sixth anniversary of the end of the student prising for Democracy in Tienanmen Square in China. Host Liane Hansen speaks ith Orville Schell, author of MANDATE OF HEAVEN, a book about China since 1989, bout the different factions in the student movement, and whether the uprising ould have been conducted without bloodshed.

LETTERS: We hear a few comments and letters from our listeners

LESTER GRAHAM OF MEMBER STATION KWMU IN ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI REPORTS ON THE POTENTIAL GRAIN AND CORN-PRODUCTS SHORTAGES THIS FALL AS A RESULT OF THIS SPRING'S CONTANT RAINS IN THE MIDWEST.

BOSNIA: SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH NPR'S MIKE O"CONNOR IN SARAJEVO ABOUT INCREASED FIGHTING AROUND THAT ALREADY DEVASTATED CITY.

REAL ESTATE PHOTOGRAPHER: A SPECIAL SEGMENT ON OUR NEW RADIO CARTOON JULIUS KNIPL: (kuh-NIPL) REAL ESTATE PHOTOGRAPHER. INCLUDING INTERVIEWS WITH PRODUCER DAVID ISAY, WRITER AND NARRATOR BEN KATCHOR AND SOME OF THE ACTORS.... THEN THE FIRST INSTALLMENT.

NPR'S Peter Kenyon reports that in Washington this week, both the House and Senate will be preparing to vote on budget resolutions that Republicans say will bring the huge federal deficit under control. They say these budget blueprints will balance the budget by the year 2002 Lawmakers are still months away from actually cutting any federal programs. But the debate between Republicans and Democrats is at hand, and it's going to be contentious.

Daniel talks with former New Hampshire Republican senator Warren Rudman. Rudman was co-sponsor of a budget balancing act which was passed in the 80's but which was largely ignored by Congress. He says that while the proposed budget is likely to change as it goes through the committee process, Congress is definitely on track to eliminate the budget deficit.

It's Father's Day, and host Liane Hansen talks with writer idney Offit (OFF-it) about his father, Barney, who was a bookie in Baltimore. ffit is the author of MEMOIR OF THE BOOKIE'S SON, (St.Martin's Press) and 13 ther books. He's also curator of the George Polk Journalism Awards.

TEN YEARS AGO TODAY, CITY POLICE BOMBED A WEST PHILADELPHIA ROW HOUSE OCCUPIED BY THE RADICAL GROUP MOVE, DESTROYING AN ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD. VICKY QUAY OF MEMBER STATION WHYY REPORTS.

NPR news analyst Daniel Schorr addresses the sometimes hot, sometimes old, history of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He concludes that recent ational events and a recent appointment have once again fostered negative erceptions of the government agency.