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Transit Strike
Bill Up Again
In House Fight
Mere Majority v
Needed to Pass
Under New Plan
Saved from extinction by quick
leadership action, the House bill
dealing with the transit strike
came up again today in Con
gress’ last-ditch effort to help
end the long strike before ad
journment.
Debate began shortly after 1
p.m. on a Rules Committee res
olution to limit debate to one
hour and bar any amendments.
Speaker Rayburn and Majority
Leader McCormack rushed to;
Roll Coll on Hoax Voto on Transit
Strike till. fag# A-5
aid strike-weary Washingtonians
after the House failed yesterday [
to muster a two-thirds majority;
needed to pass the bill under the;
rules suspension provision.
They saw the necessity for
passing the bill to permit Sen
ate and House conferees to
thresh out something both
chambers can agree on before
adjournment, probably tonight.
With only a bare voting ma
jority needed in the new action,
the House was expected to act;
favorably.
One-year Contract Authorized
The House bill merely au
thorizes the District Commis
sioners to enter into a one-year
contract with Capital Transit
Co. The company would .oper
ate the streetcars and buses for
the Commissioners and would
meet any new wage demands
necessary to get the union back
to work. If there was an oper
ating deficit during the year
the District would pay.
The bill also would permit;
voluntary surrender of the com
pany’s franchise if the com
pany’s stockholders approved ai
plan sanctioned by the Board
of Directors
On the other hand, the Senate
bill authorizes of the
company, if necessary£H get the
wheels rolling again. This bill
was passed Saturday and the
House substituted its own lan
guage in voting yesterday.
It was clear that Washington
will be left stranded with the:
strike unless a compromise is
reached omitting the seizure;
feature.
Rayburn Bans Recognition
Word has come down that
Speaker, Rayburn will not rec
ognize any member of the House
asking adoption for a bill con
taining seizure.
Whether the Senate will go for
the watered-down House version
remains to be seen. It is more
probable that a compromise will
contain some provision less dras
tic than seizure for giving the
Commissioners some protection
should voluntary action fail
Some legislators have mentioned
compulsory arbitration or court
receivership.
Today’s action in the House
will be on a “closed” rule if the
members agree with the Rules
Committee The committee’s
clearance for new action called
for this, which means there can
be no amendments such as seiz
ure, and for a limiting of debate
to 30 minutes on each side. But
the voting will be by simple
majority.
Yesterday, after 40 minutes of
debate, the bill lost, first by a
voice vote and then on a roll
call. The 215-to-ISO vote for the
bill fell 29 votes short of the
two-thirds majority needed for
passage.
Signals Changed
Reporters rushed to the lobby
to ask leaders and District com
mitteemen where d</we go from
here?
Representative Smith, Demo
crat of Virginia, veteran on the
District Committee and chair
man of the House Rules Com
mittee, told reporters the Rules
Committee planned no further
meeting.
He was about to tell repoiters
that the bill, therefore, was dead,
when House Majority Leader Mc-
See TRANSIT, Page A-5
Mt. Etna Resumes
Spouting of Lava
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Mount Etna's off-again, on-again
eruption resumed last night
after a week end lull.
Europe’s tallest volcano has
been hurling out flames and lava
Intermittently for a month. One
lava stream poured two miles
down the barren mountainside.
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Dulles Asks Chinese Reds
To Renounce Straits War
Hopes Chou Will Agree to Settle
Formosa Issue by Peaceful Steps
By JAMES E. ROPER
Secretary of State Dulles to
day called on Communist China
to make a unilateral declaration
renouncing any idea of using
force to achieve its territorial
goals in the Formosa Strait.
He indicated he has more hope
than ever before that the Reds
will agree to a peaceful settle
ment of Far Eastern disputes.
Mr. Dulles optimistic view was
reflected during a lengthy news
conference discussion of the situ
ation in the Far East and the
American - Communist China
negotiations which opened yes
terday in Geneva.
Expects No Cease-Fire #
Mr. Dulles said he did not
expect the Geneva talks to pro
duce a cease-fire agreement.
The Secretary said he would
expect this to come about as a
; declaration of policy by the
leaders of Red China rather than
in a bi-lateral declaration.
He said he hopes to arrive at;
this point through progressiae
steps until finally Communist;
China would renounce the use of
force.
If the Reds are not willing to
give lip the use of force, Mr.
.Dulles warned, that almost cer
tainly would start up a war. the:
i limits of which could not be de
fined in advance.
The Secretary recalled how
on previous occasions he had
asked Communist China and
other nations to renounce the
use of force to settle interna
tional disputes. He pointed out
that the United States often has
done so.
Seeks No Formal Pact
For the first time, however, he
made clear that he was not de
manding' a formal, two-sided
agreement under which the Chi
nese Communists would agree
not to employ force. A declara
tion by the Communist regime
alone would do.
Mr. Dulles pointed out that;
the United States, in its mutual
defense agreement with the Chi- i
nese Nationalist government on
Formosa, has insisted that Amer-1
ican aid not be used for offensive 1
purposes.
The inference was that if the
Chinese Communists would
abandon the idea of using force,
a practical cease-fire arrange-,
ment in the Formosa Strait
i would-exist.
Mr. Dulles drew hope from the i
[latest statement by Chinese!
Communist Premier Chou En
lai. who said he sought the
peaceful liberation of Formosa
Mr. Dulles said Chou's state-;
ment was one indication that!
the Chinese Communists have!
gone further in the denuncla
Dixon Testimony Is Sent
To Justice Department
By the Associated Pres*
A Senate subcommittee in
vestigating the Dixon-Yates
power contract today referred to
the Justice Department for pos
sible perjury action what Sen
ator Kefauver, Democrat, of
Tennessee, called "glaring con
flicts” in testimony by Edgar H.
Dixon.
Mr. Dixon’s attorney. Daniel
James, told Senator Kefauver:
“Senator, I resent that state
ment that there were glaring
conflicts. His testimony has
been consistent throughout.”
Senator Kafauver said there
were conflicts in the testimony
of Mr. Dixon, one of the princi-;
pals in the controversial, now
cancelled contract, before the
Securities and Exchange Com
mission and the Senate subcom
mittee, particularly with refer
ence to activities of Adolphe
Wenzell.
He said there also was dia
metrically opposed testimony
from Mr. Dixon and Mr. Wen
zell, former Budget Bureau con
sultant on Dixon-Yates. Mr.
Wenzell’s First Boston Corp.
became the financial agent for
Dixon-Yates.
Senator Langer. Republican
of North Dakota, put through
a motion to refer all the testi
mony to the Justice Depart
ment.
The Dixon-Yates contract
with the Atomic Energy Com
mission called for construction
Russian Boasts That Reds Will Launch
Much Bigger Satellite Ahead of U. S.
COPENHAGEN, Denmark.
Aug. 2 UP). A top Russian
scientist said today Soviet Rus
sia will create an artificial earth
satellite within two years and :
quite possibly will launch it in
1957.
; The scientist. Prof. Leonid I.
Sedov, thus implied the USSR
might get the jump on the
United States in this branch of
space experimentation. He told
a news conference, further, that
the Soviet device probably will
be of a "much greater size” than
the one the United States expects
to send up in 1957-58.
President Elsenhower an
nounced the United States proj
ect last Friday. Scientists said
the American device probably
will be the size of a basketball.
I Prof. Sedov heads the Soviet 1
tion of force than ever before.
He said that in Communist
China’s release of 11 American
flyers—and the release of eivil
[ ians, if that comes about—and
statements by Chou, if they are
sincere and a permanent part
of Chinese Communist policy,
; might mean the beginning of a
' new phase in Red China's rela
tions with other countries.
Uncertain on “Line”
Mr. Dulles, reminded that
Communist China some times
, has seemed more violent than
the Russians, said he could imt
be sure whether the present Pei
ping attitude indicated a follow
ing of the line of easing tensions
between the United States and
, Russia. He commented that one
swallow does not make a summer.
A reporter inquired about the
1 status of the offshore islands of
, Quemoy and Matsu if all sides
: renounced the use of force to
determine their ownership.
Air. Dulles said this was a
problem which the Chinese
[Communists had been living
with and they might have to live
I with for quite a while.
In answer td a previous ques
tion. the Secretary said he did
not see any likelihood of a legal
ized settlement in the near fu
ture on the ownership of For
mosa, claimed by the National
ists and the Communists.
The world, he continued, has
got to live with unsolved prob
lems for a long time. He said
the passage of time solves some
problems and raises new ones,
so we've got to learn to live with
[ problems.
The important thing, he con
tinued, is that we should live
with our problems without their
leading to war.
Must Renounce War
He said that he hoped that
out of the present conditions will
come a situation where we and
others renounce the use of war
'for solving the situation in the
Far East. He recalled his April
26 press conference statement
that the United States is not
willing to negotiate with a pistol
iat its head. He recalled that he
said the first thing to determine
is whether there is a threat of
war.
The present Chinese Commu
nist attitude, he said, may indi
cate that the pistol has been ,
lain aside. The next important ,
thing to decide Is whether the;
[pistol has been permanently dis
carded. he said.
" At the same time, however,
he added ,the United States
could not turn back the clock by
discarding the North Atlantic
Treaty Organiztaion or the Ma
nila Southeast Asia pact. He
i 'reiterated that they were purely
'defensive alliances.
iof a $lO7 million power plant
at West Memphis, Ark., to re
place power the Tennessee Val
ley Authority supplies to AEC.
President Eisenhower ordered it
cancelled In June after the City
of Memphis, which has been
relying on TVA power, decided
to build a power plant of its
own.
I
Poison Ivy Vaccine
Reported Success
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 2 UP).—
;The University of Pennsylvania
has announced that tests on a
new vaccine for the prevention
of poison ivy have proven suc
cessful. Thousands of students
and other volunteers submitted
to a series of injections intended
to desensitize them to the weed.
Ur. Donald M. Plllsbury, pro
fessor of dermatology at the
university’s medical school, said
that in every case the new vac
cine “reduced the individual's
sensitivity to the plant. Many
persons became completely Im
mune.”
Dr. Plllsbury, one of the Na
tion's authorities on skin dis
eases, said the vaccine was made
from a chemical known as pent
adecatechol, a derivative of
catechol. The chemical occurs
in the form of colorless crystals
soluble in cold wAter. It has
been used previously In oint
ments as an antiseptic.
, delegation at the Sixth Interna
i tlonal Astronautlcal Congress
here.
Satellite and satellold were
1 the major words in conversa
tion today at the congress.
One hundred fifty scientists
from 18 countries attending the
meeting of persons Interested In
) space travel praised the lnitla
( tive of the United States In
' planning an earth satellite proj-
I ect. And some of them made
; it known they believe satellold
I planning is the next major step,
i A satellite, they explained to
i the uninformed, would be a
body cruising around the earth
■ at an altitude of about 250
■ miles. A satellold would be re-
I mote-controlled, travel higher
r and eventually visit other
. planets.
II Kraft A. Ehricke, design
U. S. and Reds j
Discuss Fate
Os 40 Civilians |
Sessions Recessed
Until Thursday for
Home Consultations
GENEVA, Aug. 2 (IP).— The
United States and Red China
recessed their diplomatic talks
for 48 hours today after ex
changing views on the repatria
tion of 40 American civilians
held by the Peiping regime and
Chinese students in America.
There was no communique at
the end of today’s *55-minute
talk between U. Alexis Johnson
of the United States and Wang
Ping-nan of Red China. But a
Chinese spokesman confirmed
that the problem of the civilians
was discussed and that the next
meeting would be held Thurs
day morning.
Although the Chinese source
declined to say whether any
concrete proposals were made
by either side, it was assumed
that tne recess was taken to
permit consultations with Wash
ington and Peiping on the pre
liminary exchange of views.
A spokesman for the United
States delegation Indicated this
might be the regular pattern for;
the talks—frequent recesses to
permit consultations with the
home governments.
Menen Sees Johnson
Neither the United States nor
the Chinese spokesmen would j
give any details of the discus
sions.
Just before this morning’s
meeting, V. K. Krishna Menon.
roving Indian envoy, conferred!
with Mr Johnson for 45 minutes,
but neither would comment on!
their conversation.
Mr. Menon said, however, that
he felt the problem of civilian
repatriation could be settled
without serious difficulties. The
Indian diplomat had served as
a go-between in getting the
United States-Chinese talks ar
ranged.
The Peiping regime launched
the secret talks here yesterday
by announcing the release of 11
American flyers hald since 1953
as spies. Mr. Wang said they
would rtach Hong Kong Thurs
day.
Mr. Want, Peiping Ambas
sador to Warsaw, and Mr. John
son, United States envoy in
Czech irltrakla, then agreed to
give priority in their discus
sions to the issue of civilian
repatriation. They relegated to
second place on their agenda
“other practical matters at is
sue.”
Missionaries Involved
The United States is seeking
the release of some 40 Ameri
can civilians, mostly mission
aries or businessmen, held in
Chinese jails, under house ar
rest or uhable to get exit per
mits from Red China.
Peiping has charged the Unit
ed States with refusing to let
a number of Chinese students
return from America to the
China mainland. During the
Korean war Washington banned
the departure of any students
whose American training could
be useful to the Red military
The ban was relaxed last year,
and the United States says no
Chinese since have been pre
vented frcrfn leaving.
However. United States Secre
tary of State Dulles indicated in
Washington last week that a
“few” students want to return to
Red China but have not applied
for exit permits. He told a
news conference the United
States was prepared to discuss
their status.
At the opening of the talks
yesterday. Mr. Wang said set-
See GENEVA, Page A-3
Mrs. Mesta Visits
Nehru for Half Hour
NEW DELHI. India, Aug. 2
(fP). —Mrs. Perle Mesta ex
changed opinions on Russia to
day with Indian Prime Minister
Nehru.
They met for half an hour
before Mrs. Mesta boarded a
plane for Bombay and Ceylon,
where she will spend five days
as official guest of the Ceylon
government, J
"It was a g«)d visit.” the for- 1
> mer United States Minister tc;
Luxembourg said of the Nehru
■ meeting. "He chided me about
making such a short stay here.";
specialist of the Convalr guided
i missile group at San Diego,
Calif., will talk on satelloids to
: morrow
Endorsing the United States
satellite plan, the scientists
i agreed to send a letter to Presi
: dent Eisenhower offering their
i in the undertak
ing. .
i The President of the American
Rocket Society, Frederick Durant
111 of Alexandria. Va.. submit
ted the letter to be sent to Mr.
. Eisenhower.
i Delegates already are express
ing special Interest in a lecture
: to be given by S. F. Singer, pro
-1 lessor of physics at the Univer
sity of Maryland. He is to de
scribe an earth satellite project
' differing only in detail from the
one announced by the White
i House last Friday.
Housing Bill Revisions
Imperil Adjournment
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SPECIAL SESSION FOR CONGRESS?—After huddling at the White House
today, Republican leaders said President Eisenhower ‘‘intimated” a special ses
sion of Congress may be needed if a satisfactory housing bill is not passed be
fore adjournment. Telling reporters about the talk are Senate Minority Leader
Knowland (left) and House Minority Le ader Martin.—AP Photo.
Boys' Clubs Bar
Integration Now
Directors Indorse |
Present Race Policy
Dlrectora of the Metropolitan
Police Boys’ Club voted today to
continue operating the club on
a segregated basis, at least for
“the present time.”
The decision came after a pro-,
longed study which was set off
by pressure for integration from
Federal and District authorities
and at least one church group.
Resolutions approved by the
directors and drafted by a spe-:
cial committee were made pub
lic by Fred A. Smith, president
of the organization.
The questioh has been raised!
whether the Commissioners;
would permit the city police to
continue participating in the or
ganization if the racial segrega
tion policy remains.
Foresees No Action
Mr. Smith said, however, he
doubted the Commissioners;
would take action which would
upset the club program of
achievement. He cited portions
of the resolutions which empha
sized progress toward curbing
juvenile delinquency in the Dis
trict through the Boys’ Club pro
gram. He said he is convinced
the club will be abie to work
out the racial problems if it is
given time to 1o so.
Commissions Samuel Spen
cer, in charge of police matters,
said, “I’m sorry to hear thatj
they (the Boys’ Club directors)
took that action.”
! He said that he could not
; comment on any possible action i
|by the Board of Commissioners
on the matter.
Colored Benefit More
Mr. Spencer said he would
hate to take any action which
would damage an “excellent
charity” such as the Boys’ Club.
He said the club program has
done more for colored boys than
it has for white.
The directors’ .decision, Mr.
Spence*- said, means that no
JiUu can be located on school
or Federal property,
i The organization already had
j received notice that it would
'have to vacate quarters in the;
Brookland Elementary School,
Tenth and Monroe streets N.E.
By action of Gevernment i
[Services. Inc., it has been ousted;
[from the Anacostia Park field-j
j house, and the congregation of
All Souls' Unitarian Church re
cently canceled club privileges
in it* property at Fifteenth and
Harvard streets N.W. because of
the segregation policy.
At the present time, Metro
politan police are assigned to
work with the Boys’ Clubs and
also help collect contributions
from citizens.
Club officials pointed out that
about 13,000 of the 22,000 boys
See BOYS’ CLUB, Page A-9!
Blast Shakes Havana
HAVANA, Aug. 2 (IP).— A pow
i der magazine on an island in
Havana Bay exploded last night.
The blast was heard throughout
the capital, but only one person
, was reported slightly injured.
: There was no official explana
> tion as to the cause of the ex- j
plosion. I
■
!
Talbott Resignation Caps
Dispute Over Business
Air Secretary to Leave August 13;
'Decision Was Right/ President Says
By JAMES Y. NEWTON ('
The Senate investigation of 1
Harold E. Talbott’s private busi- '
ness activities was closed today
following the Air Force Secre- ]
tary’s resignation to avoid fur
ther embarrassment to the ad
'ministration.
President Eisenhower, a long
time personal friend, accepted j
Talbott’s Letter of Resignation and
Eisenhower Acceptance. Rage A-9
_ ...
the resignation, telling Mr. Tal
bott. 67-year-old businessman,
that "under the circumstances
your decision was the right l
one. . . .”
I Mr. Eisenhower set August 13
as the effective date of the res
ignation. He explained the
Secretary’s personal knowledge
of Air Force programs was of
particular importance in the
■next two weeks.
Delay on Successor
Pentagon sources said they be
lieved Mr. Eisenhower would not
name a successor to Mr. Talbott
immediately. Mentioned as pos
sibilities for the job were Gov.
George N. Craig of Indiana, Rep
resentative Carl Hinshaw, Re
publican of California; James
Douglas. Air Force Undersecre
tary; Lee White, a New York
lawyer and former Assistant Sec
retary, and Fied Crawford, Cleve- '
iland industrialist.
White House Press Secretary
.James C. Hagerty told reporters
today he had no information on
when the post would be filled.
The President had taken per-!)
sonal charge of the case after
an inquiry by the Senate Investi
gating Subcommittee s lowed Mr.
Talbott had written letters and
made telephone calls r rom his
Pentagon office in behalf of a
New York industrial engineering
firm of which he was naif owner
Heat and Humidity
Team Up to Bring
Another Sizzler
The July heat wave, which has
! overstayed its leave, nudged the 1
temperature into the lower 90sj
'today with prospects of a new 1
I record for the date.
Only a slight possibility of a
partial cloud cover may halt the
upward surge of thermometers.!
but a high in the upper 90s was'
predicted. The all-time record!
for the day is 96 degrees set in]
;
Scattered thundershowers were'
i expected late' today.
The Weather Bureaus five-;
day forecast offers little surcease.
It says ”3 to 6 degrees above
normal” and normals are 85 and
168 degrees.
"Continued hot through Fri-j
day." the forecast steamed on.
"Somewhat cooler Saturday and
Sunday with a chance of show
ers Friday or Saturday and pos
sibly in the mountains of West
ern Maryland tomorrow.”
The current forecast also calls
ifor another hot and steamy
night tonight—a low of near 76
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|The connection netted him $132.-
000 during his first two years ss
Air Secretary.
| It was also brought out that
Mr. Talbott, following his ap
pointment as Air Secretary in
early 1953. had given 2,000 shares
of stock in Chrysler Corp., a
large defense contractor, to his
four children, two of whom are
minors
Action Held Improper
Members of the Senate Armed
Services, which recommended
confirmation of Mr. Talbott for
his high Pentagon post, said this
was not a proper disposition of
the Chrysler stock. They said
Mr. Talbott led them to believe
he would sell the securities out
right
Upon learning of thi Air Sec
retary’s resignation. Chairman
McClellan of the Senate Inves
tigating subcommittee, said he
felt “the matter the committee
had under inquiry now has been
satisfactorily resolved.” It was
held unlikely the Senate group
would make a formal report on
the matter.
Mr. Elsenhower said last Wed
nesday he would read the tran- [
script of the Senate hearing and
make a personal decision as to;
what to do about Mr. Talbott. [
At the time, he praised the offi- |
cial’s record as Air Secretary,
but pointed to the high standard [
of ethics required of Federal of-;
ficials.
r Letters Disclosed
The White House released j
without comment an exchange
:of letters between Mr. Talbott
and Mr. Eisenhower.
There was nothing in the:
President’s letter accepting the
resignation indicating that he
had requested it. But many in- j
fluential Republicans have said 1
privately that Mr. Talbott had [
become a “political liability” and [
there was heavy pressure to'
force him out of office. In re
cent days no high Republican
came to the Secretary’s defense.
Until yesterday Mr. Talbott
resisted efforts to force his resig
nation. He had said simply he
was' leaving the matter in the
See TALBOTT, Page A-9
i Long Island Strike
Voted by Trainmen
[ NEW YORK. Aug. 2 .(<s*).
: i Trainmen on the Long Island
; Railroad, the world’s busiest
j commuter line and a vital fa
clliity for thousands of Man
'jhattan’s workers, have voted
overwhelmingly to strike at 11
■ a.m. Saturday, it was announced
[ today.
The trainmen, members of the
. Brotherhood of Railroad Train
;men, independent, voted the ac
[i tion in a dispute with the man
agement over wages and working
j conditions.
However, whether the men ac
l tually will leave their jobs at
the specified timq was a matter
for conjecture. The Railroad’s
general manager said the dis
pute had been certified to the
National Mediation Board and
that under the Railway Labor
Act there must be a 60-day cool
ling off period.
White House
Asks Changes
In Measure
BULLETIN
By a vote of 187 to 168 the
House today concurred with
the Senate in adopting a hous
ing bill compromise contain
ing authority for construction
of 45,000 public housing units.
By ROBERT K. WALSH
A housing bill compromise
promptly accepted by the Sen
ate provoked a House tug of war
today that could indefinitely de
lay adjournment of Congress.
Democratic leaders voiced con
fidence the House would concur
in a Senate-House conference
recommendation for a provision
authorizing construction of 45.-
000 low rent public housing units
for one year. Only last week,
however, a lop-sided vote by the
House struck all public housing
provisions from its original bill
as compared with a Senate bill
section to allow 35,000 units a
year for four years.
Meanwhile, in the Senate to
day another snag developed when
practically the entire afternoon
was set aside for debate on nom
inations of Harold C. Patterson
of Virginia to the Securities and
Exchange Commission and New
ell Brown of New Hampshire as
Federal Wage-Hour Administra
tor.
White House Determined
Although the conference re
port on housing legislation was
approved by the Senate last
might without much discussion,
lit ran into trouble not only in
;the House, but at the White
; House today. House Republican
Leader Martin told reporters that
President Eisenhower, at a con
ference with G. O. P. legislative
leaders this morning, not only
urged revisions in the confer
ence proposal but also indicated
;he might call Congress back into
special session if it adjourns
now without passing what he
considers adequate housing leg
islation.
Mr. Martin also emphasized
his personal belief that Con
gress is not going to adjourn
“until we get a satisfactory
housing bill.” Speaker Rayburn,
however, remarked later to re
porters that he believed the
House would adopt the confer
ence recommendaton and thue
hasten the drive toward adjourn
ment.
Wolcott Opposed
In the House debate on the
proposed compromise. Repre
sentative Wolcott of Michigan,
ranking Republican on the
House Banking Committee,
urged that the measure be sent
back to committee not only be- r
cause it contained the publio
housing provision but also be
j jeause it ran counter to President
[ j Eisenhower's original requests,
j He noted that the conference
' recommendation for the 45,000
j units did not include present
restrictions requiring public
housing construction to be
geared to slum clearance and
See CONGRESS. Page A-3
President Delays
News Conference
President Eisenhower’s usual
Wednesday news conference is
being postponed from tomorrow
until later in the week, Whito
House Secretary James C. Hag
lerty announced today.
He said the President wants to
wait until after Congress ad
journs, if possible, to schedule
'the conference.
Mr. Hagerty indicated the
[President also is considering
making a television and radio
speech to the country on the
[record of Congress after ad
journment. But he said no de
cision on this had been made yet.
tj Controlling kids
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: FURENTHOOD WITHOUT HOKUM
* —Controlling a child may not bo
so cosy os Howard Whitman indicates
in the eighth of his series of 12
: articles appearing in The Star. Dr.
Reginald 5. Lourie, chief of psychiatry
of Children's Hospital, was asked by
- the Star far comment's on Mr. Whit.
I man's series. Both of their article!
I. appeor on Page A-6.
WOMEN'S WORK—A gong of
Russian women building a railroad
was one of the sights seen by the
1 Rev. Georges Bissonette, while a
I Catholic chaplain in Moscow. His
article, the third in a scries of 10,
‘ appears on page A-19.
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