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UNITED PRESS NEWS BRIEFS NATIONAL Seek New Military Construction ConstructionWASHINGTON WASHINGTON D C May 1 The De ¬ fense Department called on Congress today to authorize 1561338000 for new military construction at home and abroad The pro ¬ posed construction bill for fiscal 1958 starting July 1 is 561298000 less than the 2122636000 actually authorized by Con ¬ gress for fiscal 1957 which ends June 30 30President President May Make Nationwide Speech SpeechWASHINGTON WASHINGTON D C May 1 President Eisenhower may make a nationwide broad cast to present his side of the budget foreign aid controversy to the people Sen William F Knowland Calif said today Knowland the Senate Republican leader told newsmen after a GOP White House legislative conference he believes the presi ¬ dent will make his views known by some method other than his regular news con ¬ ference ferenceLast Last of Hungarian Refugees Arrive ArriveCAMP CAMP KILMER N J May 1 The last group of Hungarian refugees to be air lifted to the Joyce Kilmer Reception Cen ¬ ter arriyed yesterday The arrival of 58 Hungarians marked the end of an exodus of 31925 refugees from Communism fol ¬ lowing the unfortunate nations freedom fight last fall They brought to 300 the number of Hungarian refugees remaining at this camp which housed thousands at a time during the height of the mass immi ¬ gration grationU U S Must Turn to Smaller Weapons NEW YORK N Y May 1 Atomic En ¬ ergy Commissioner Thomas E Murray said today the umbrella of the Hbomb has protected the Free World from sudden de ¬ struction But he added the United States must turn to smaller nuclear weapons if we are to avoid the risk of slow defeat defeatByrd Byrd Calls For Huge Tax Spending Cuts CutsWASHINGTON WASHINGTON D C May 1 Chair ¬ man Harry F Byrd of the Senate Finance Committee today called for a tightly linked six billion dollar cut and an eight billion dollar cut in federal spending He said it may not be possible to cut federal spending that much this year But he said it can be tried Moreover he said the public demand for government economy may persuade President Eisenhower to trim his next budgetTry budget Try to Forbid Oil Cos Destroying Records RecordsWASHINGTON WASHINGTON D C May 1 The Jus ¬ tice Department has asked a federal court to forbid an major TJ S oil companies from destroying records needed in its current antitrust investigation of the industry A department spokesman disclosed last night the motion filed in Federal District Court in nearby Alexandria Va was based on in ¬ formation that one of the major companies was destroying its records recordsFOREIGN FOREIGN FOREIGNWestern Western Alliance Good Deterrent DeterrentBONN BONN Germany May 1 NATOs re ¬ tiring Secretary General Lord Isniay said today the 15nation Western Alliance is now a pretty good deterrent to Soviet ag I gression The veteran British military lead jer and statesman arrived here for Thurs ¬ days opening of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Council session sessionKing King MosqueAMMAN Hussein Worships in Great Mosque AMMAN Jordan May 1 King Hussein worshipped today in Ammans great Mosque protected by liis army which sealed off the building and searched the thousands of early churchgoers churchgoersI I Litzenberg Senior Member of KMAC KMACMUNSAN MUNSAN Korea May 1 Maj Gen Homer L Litzenberg of the U S Marine Corps today became the senior member of the U N component of the Korean Mili ¬ tary Armistice Commission Litzenberg succeeded Maj Gen Matthew K Dichel mann who has been reassigned as special assistant to Gen Laurence S Kuter chief of the IJ S Far East Air Forces ForcesGovernment Government GripBUENOS Starts Relaxing Firm Grip BUENOS AIRES Argentina May 1 The Provisional Government set up by the military after the ouster of Dictator Juan D Peron started relaxing its firm grip on Argentina today To prepare the country for free elections next year Provisional President Pedro E Aramburus administra ¬ tion soon will give the Argentine people more freedom than they have had since Peron took power in 1947 1947Western Western Diplomats Hopeful of Deal DealLONDON LONDON England May 1 Western diplomats said today the West may be able to make a deal out of the new Soviet dis ¬ armament plan if the Russians drop their demand to photograph twothirds of the United States In return for aerial photog ¬ raphy of Siberia N
