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, . . A UNITED PRESS NEWS ROUND-UP NATIONAL: Eisenhower Signs St. Lawrence Seaway Bill WASHINGTON, D. C, May 13. President Eisenhower today signed the St. Lawrence Seaway Bill authorizing a joint undertaking with Canada which, he said, will benefit "all our people on both sides of the river." Mr. Eisenhowers signature, written with flourishes and 10 pens, ended a three-decade battle to open the Great Lakes ports of the Midwest to Atlantic shipping. Maybank Proposes Increases in Budget WASHINGTON, D.-C, May 13. Senator Burnet R. Maybank D-S. C. today proposed a 10 per cent increase in the defense budget, including restoration of two army divisions, in view of the deteriorating situation in Indochina. Assistant defense secretary John A. Hannah said in an interview, however, that the administration has no present intention of increasing its "new look" defense budget. Truman Calls for Drastic Cut in Taxes ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., May 13. Former president Truman called today for a drastic cut in taxes and a ,000,000,000 boost in federal spending to pull the nation out of what he said was a "cruel recession" created by Republicans. He charged that the administrations "trickle-down" economic policies have doubled unemployment and chopped 0,000,000,000 from the countrys total output. Hammarskjold Gives Warning irt Address BERKELEY, Calif., May 13.-Dag Hammarskjold, secretary-general of the United Nations, warned today the U. N. will be "gravely weakened" if the Soviet bloc and the West refuse to settle their conflicts within the framework of the world organization. In an address to students and faculty at the University of California, Hammarskjold said an effort to keep the East-West conflict outside the U. N. "would lose more than it gains." Administration Studies Indochina By-Pass WASHINGTON, D. C, May 13. The administration studied the grim possibility today that the Allies may have to by-pass Indo-china to create their proposed Southeast Asia defense line. Officials expressed the hope that the three Indochinese states can somehow be enlisted in a united front. The search for strategy to keep them on this side of the Iron Curtain has not been abandoned. UNSC Bogs Down in Border Debate UNITED NATIONS, N. Y., May 13. The United Nations Security Council was bogged down today in a dispute over procedure that blocked debate on border violations in the Holy Land. The Security Council adjourned indefinitely t04 permit the 11 member nations to poll their home governments on the stand they would take. It was believed the council would meet again Tuesday. . FOREIGN: Britain in Final Effort for Korean Peace GENEVA, Switzerland, May 13. Britain proposed a final effort today to see whether there is any use in continuing attempts to reach a Korean peace at the Geneva Conference. British Foreign Minister Anthony Eden, playing an arbiters role for the second time in the last 24 hours,, told the Far Eastern conference it should "not xlespair" of reaching a Korean settlement. He proposed restricted seven-nation talks to see if there is any chance of agreement. Communists Open Attack on Phuly HANOI, Indochina, May 13. The Communists have opened a major attack against the French defense post of Phuly, 35 miles south of Hanoi, and heavy fighting still rages, the French High Command announced today. Losses were described as "serious" on both sides. Phuly, 10 miles west of the Red River delta, is 21 miles -west of Nam Dinh, the third important city of the delta. If the outpost falls to the Communist onslaught, the way will be open for a rebel Viet Minh drive on Nam Dinh itself. Soviet Army Press Belittles Cobalt Bomb MOSCOW, Russia, May 13. The Soviet Army newspaper "Red Star" said today that warnings of the horrors of a cobalt bomb : are Western imperialist scare rtories, designed to frighten people with a new! weapon. The newspaper said there are "not sufficient grounds" for fears that a radioactive cobalt bomb could wipe out large areas of the earths population. Russians Refuse Londons Return MOSCOW, Russia, May 13. The Soviet Government refused today to permit Britains assistant military attache to return to Moscow. The action follows Britains ouster of two Russian Embassy attaches in London on espionage charges. The Soviet Foreign Office informed the British Embassy that Maj. Charles R. P. Laridon will not be permitted to re-enter Russia following a visit to Britain. Dien Bien Phus Fall Not Conclusive ANCHORAGE, Alaska, May 13. Secretary of Defense Charles E. Wilson today termed the fall of Dien Bien Phu "important but not necessarily conclusive." The French defeat in Indochina could be considered a "local military operation," Wilson told reporters following his arrival here on the first leg of a journey to Japan, Korea, Formosa, Hong Kong, the Philippines and Hawaii. Forecast Rain for Queens Homecoming LONDON, England, May 13. Weather observers today forecast rain for Saturdays homecoming of Queen Elizabeth II. But Britons who had braved downpours at her coronation prepared to give her a rapturous reception. The Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh and their children, Prince Charles and Princess Anne, sailed through the Bay of Biscay under cloudy skies as the royal yacht Britannia carried them homeward from her 44,000-mile Commonwealth tour.
