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UNITED PRESS NEWS ROUNDUP FOREIGN FOREIGNPope Pope Calls Three Consistories May 20 20VATICAN VATICAN CITY Italy May 6 Pope Pius xn today called three consistories for May 20 to approve the canonization of Pope Pius X and five other blesseds Cardinals from all over the world will jomv ney here to take part in the consistories consistoriesCondition Condition of Jap Fishermen Unchanged UnchangedTOKYO TOKYO Japan May 6 The condition of 23 Japanese fishermen burned by the fallout of radioactive ash from the March 1 United States hydrogen bomb test has remained virtually unchanged during the past two weeks a Japanese medical committee reported today todayIsrael Israel Celebrates Sixth Anniversary AnniversaryRAMLE RAMLE Israel May 6 Israel today celebrated the sixth anniversary of its founding as the first Jewish State in 19 centuries The center of the independence day celebrations this year is this dusty sunbaked village on the road between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem JerusalemFrench French FighterBombers Smother Commies CommiesHANOI HANOI Indochina May 6 French fighterbomber pilots smothered Commu ¬ nist antiaircraft batteries with daredevil attacks at treetop level today to permit the first effective supply drops to Dien Bien Phu in four days The French garri ¬ son in Northwest Indochina has shrunk to less than fiveeighths of a mile in di ¬ ameter ameterLaniel Laniel Appeals for Vote of Confidence ConfidencePARIS PARIS France May 6 Premier Joseph Laniel today appealed to the National As ¬ sembly for a vote of confidence which will enable his government to continue negoti ¬ ations for evacuation of 1200 French Union wounded from Communistsur ¬ rounded Dien Bien Phu He warned the assembly in opening debate on the confi ¬ dence motion that the overthrow of his government at this critical stage might wreck negotiations now under way at Geneva GenevaTwo Two US Transports Clear Pakistan PakistanKARACHI KARACHI Pakistan May 6 Two of the five American Air Force transport planes carrying 450 French Union troops to Indochina cleared through the Pakistan Air Force Field here today informed sources said NATIONAL Mayors Seek Action on Federal Housing HousingWASHINGTON WASHINGTON D C May 6 The mayors of 16 major cities called on Con ¬ gress today for decisive action on a fed ¬ eral housing program The housing state ¬ ment issued simultaneously by the mayors said they were deeply concerned over the fate of the federal housing program now before Congress and urged the reported scandals in the federal housing agencies should not result in the death of the housing act of 1954 1954McCarthy McCarthy Charges Perjury on Face of it itWASHINGTON WASHINGTON D C May 6 Sen Joseph R McCarthy RWis charged today that some earlier testimony by Army Secretary Robert T Stevens appears on the face of it to be perjury The testimony concerned Stevens activities after meeting with Republican senators February 24 24Eisenhower Eisenhower Signs Highway Building Bill BillWASHINGTON WASHINGTON D C May 6 President Eisenhower with a broad grin and seven pens today signed into law a bill authorizing 966000000 a year for highway construction in fiscal 1956 and 1957 Of the total 875000000 each year would be ap ¬ portioned to the states for use as matching funds for primary secondary and city roadbuilding projects projectsPolio Polio Cases Running Ahead of 1953 1953WASHINGTON WASHINGTON D C May 6 The number of polio cases reported in the first four weeks of the disease year are run ¬ ning ahead of the comparable period a year ago the Public Health Service said today However the increase cannot be inter ¬ preted as indicating an abnormally high incidence in 1954 the service said saidGE GE Turns Down Guaranteed Proposals ProposalsNEW NEW YORK N Y May 6 The Gen ¬ eral Electric Company has turned down the guaranteed annual wage proposals of the CIO electrical workers on the ground it would federalize or wreck the state unem ¬ ployment compensation systems In a de ¬ tailed study pf the proposal presented to the International Union of Electrical Workers CIO yesterday and distributed today to company officials throughout the country the company said the proposal was simply that the company provide a private settlement to state unemploy ¬ ment compensation compensationDulles Dulles to Speak to Nation Tonight TonightWASHINGTON WASHINGTON D C May 6 Secretary of State John Poster Dulles will report to the American people Friday night on the Geneva Conference and the Indochina situation State department press officer Lincoln White said the secretary will speak for 30 minutes beginning at 930 p m EDT The speech will be carried on radio and television networks but final arrange ¬ ments have not been completed
