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UNITED PRESS 1 NEWS BRIEFS NATIONAL: Humphrey Defends Eisenhower Budget DES MOINES, Iowa. May 8— Secretary of the Treasury George Humphrey last night defended President Eisenhowers record 72-billion dollar burget as "the best that could be proposed at the time." Humphrey, who once said federal spending might result in a "hair curling* depression, also called on individual citizens to hold down demands for governmental spending. Summerfield to Need More Postol Funds WASHINGTON, D. C, May 8. — Postmaster General Arthur E. Summerfield informed President Eisenhower and Republican congressional leaders today that he will have to ask for more money for the post office in 1958 because of the mounting mail volume the department will have to handle. Summerfield told Eisenhower and Republican congressional leaders at a White House meeting that he has asked the Senate Postal Sub-committee for an opportunity to submit new figures on the needs of his department. . Ike Says Nuclear Weapons Could Be Halted WASHINGTON, D. C, May 8.— President Eisenhower said today he believes production of nuclear weapons would be halted under a recent American disarmament proposal if a fool-proof international inspection agreement could be worked out. The president also told a news conference that recent Soviet disarmament proposals provide evidence that honest, hard work is being done by the big powers at the disarmament talks now going on in London. President May Make Two TV Appearances WASHINGTON, D. C, May 8.— President Eisenhower told a news conference today that he may make two television appearances soon in support of his budget, which is encountering trouble in Congress. FOREIGN: Syria Protests to Turkey DAMASCUS, Syria, May 8.— Syria has protested to Turkey against "military concentrations" on the Syrian border. The powerful Turkish Army was said to have moved considerable forces into the border area in the days immediately following the crisis in Jordan. Wyszynski in Italy for Talk With Pope VATICAN CITY. Italy, May 8.— Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski arrived in Ital ytoday en route from Poland to talk with Pope Pius XII. and issued a plea to the faithful to "pray for Catholic Poland. Wyszynski, primate of Poland, issued the plea at Udine shortly after his Rome-bound train crossed the Italian frontier. It was his first public declaration outside Poland since last summers Communist upheaval freed him from Red restraints. Hammarskjold in Israel Today JERUSALEM, Israel, May 8— U. N. Secretary General Dag Hammerskjold will arrive here Thursday from Geneva on his first visit to Israel since the invasion of Egypt. The announcement said he would spend 48 hours here in talks with Premier David Ben-Gurion and Foreign Minister Golda Meir and would leave Israel Saturday for Cairo and talks with President Gamal Abdel Nasser. Bank of Japan Boosts Interest Rote TOKYO, Japan, May 8.— The Bank of Japan today hikedits official interest rate 0.73 per cent per year in a "stop signal" to Japans "biggest boom since Emperor Jimmu," 2,600 years ago. The surprise action, announced after a meeting of the central banks policy committee last night, created the sharpest break on the Tokyo Stock Market since the death or Josef Stalin in March, 1953. U. S. Blocks Transatlantic Air Rate Hike MONTREAL, Canada, May 8. — The United States has blocked a five per cent increase in tran-Atlantic airline rates, the International Air Transport Association said today. Officials of IATA, which represents 77 airlines in 47 countries, said that although the U. S. Civil Aeronautics Board approved a five per cent increase in airline fares within Europe, it indicated opposition to a similar hike in trans-Atlantic rates. Give No Explanation on Expelling Bowie MOSCOW, Russia, May 8.— The Soviet Foreign Ministry today refused to give U. S. Charge DAffaires John Guthrie any explanation of its order expelling U. S. Embassy Second Secretary Martin Bowe Jr. Guthrie had called at the Ministry to demand an explanation. The Foreign Ministry charged Bowie with "conduct unbecoming a diplomat" in a note declaring him persona non grata yesterday, but gave no reason for its charge.
