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! . - • I • ■ 1 - - f i s 1 , | 9 I | | ■ 1 I f [ , j . I t r ; ? - i . i 3 . i l t - . x I . I " j . i , " J j • , UNITED PRESS i !| NEWS BRIEFS NATIONAL: Hogerty and Adams Appear to Differ WASHINGTON, D. C, May 14.— Presi- dential Press Secretary James C. Hagerty and Presidential Assistant Sherman Adams appeared to differ today over Congress ac- complishments this year. Adams said Sun-" day the Democratic-controlled Congress was "lagging" on President Eisenhowers program. He challenged Congress to get busy. But Hagerty said last night on ABCs TV "Press Conference" it is "un-fair" to make an evaluation of Congres- sional action at present. Eisenhower Alarmed at Report of Cuts WASHINGTON, D. C, May 14.— President Eisenhower told Republican legisla- tive leaders today he "would not want to assume responsibility for the security of the country" if Congress cuts funds for missiles and aircraft. The President made this observation at his regular weekly White House meeting with GOP Congressional leaders. House Republican Leader Joseph W. Martin, Jr., told newsmen after the 90-minute meeting that the President expressed alarm at reports that a House military appropriations subcommittee has made cuts in the Defense Departments missiles and aircraft program. Diem Welcomes American Investment NEW YORK, N. Y., May 14— President Ngo Dinh Diem said today that South Viet- nam is now one of the most stable Asian countries after a two-year struggle against the Communist threat. He issued a warm welcome to American private investment in a lunch speech prepared for the Far East-America Council of Commerce and Industry. Postpone Showdown on Postal Rates Hike WASHINGTON, D. C. May 14.— The House Post Office Committee today postponed until Thursday a showdown on the administrations proposal to increase postal rates for newspapers and magazines 60 per cent over a four-year period. Chair-l man Tom Murray D.-Tenn. announced the postponement just as the committee was scheduled to meet behind closed doors to try to settle a controversy over a second-class rate hike and thus complete action on the administrations plan to raise post.- age rates 462 million dollars in the next fiscal year. Murray gave no reason for the postponement. FOREIGN: Ask Wage Earners for Three Billion LONDON, England. May 14.— The Soviet Government asked Russian wage earners today to contribute three billion dollars to a national loan. It promised this would be the last such call. Finance Minister Arseni Zerez, in a Radio Moscow broadcast, announced the Communist Party Central Committee and government had agreed to discontinue state loans after 1957. But he said a 1957 loan amounting to 12 billion rubles three billion dollars at the arbitrary exchange rate is necessary "because the current budget provides for this source of revenue. Study Lifting State of Seige BOGOTA, Colombia, May 1 4 . — Colombia s new military Junta studied today how soon it could lift the state of seige imposed by ousted President Gustavos Rojas Pinilla. Brig. Gen. Juan B. Cordoba, secretary of the Junta, said last night the orrer definitely would be rescinded and the only question was one of timing. Cordoba said there would be no confiscation of the prop- erty of the deposed president and Rojas was free to ask permission to return to the country at any time. He arrived in Spain yesterday. Israeli Test Ship Ready for Canal JERUSALEM, Israel. May 14. — Israel readied a Suez Canal "test ship today and informed sources said it could enter the controversial waterway at "any moment/ The sources said the only thing holding up the Israeli test of Egypts blockade was French reluctance to fall in line with other maritime nations who have given their shippers permission to use the canal. "But talks on this matter are now being completed which will probably enable the Israeli Government to go ahead at any moment," the sources said. Britain Begins Halt to Gas Rationing LONDON, England, May 14. — Britain began dismantling its gasoline rationing setup today with restoration of British Suez Canal traffic. But the political price was a rebellion in the Conservative Party and Laborite demands for new Parliamentary elections. The Labor Party introduced a motion of no confidence in the conservative government of Prime Minister Harold MacMUlan to protest his announcement that British ships are now free to use the Suez Car*aJ do JSgyatX terras,
