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'THE CHINA ́`·MAIL, TUESDAY, JANUARY 29,” 1937.***
EISENHOWER PLAN SOUND Destroying
Defence Secretary Washington
Defends Claim Home Comforts For Arms Budget
Washington, Jan. 28.
Dofonce Secretary Charles E. Wilson told Congress today that developments in Hungary and the Middle East have proved the soundness of President Eisenhower's decision "to maintain great military strength for the long pull."
He did not elaborate beyond saying the United States now has "military forces of tremendous striking power" and adequate "for our national security at this time.'
Wilson appeare before the House Armed Servlees Com- inilce to defend the Administra. on's request for a $2 billion in- rease in the military budget to $30 billion for the eming fiscal
your
He reported that the "overall combat cffectiveness of our forces will continue to grow during fiscal year 1958 x8 moro effective weapons are delivered and the general level of CX- perience of the active forces in- <reases
we
Tremendous Power
"Under the programme which And recommendẳng arc which the President
has ap "We will
proved,"
he added,
continue to have military forels of fremmendous striking power which in my opinion adequately
provide
for
our
curity at this time."
national
Wilson said developments in
the Middle East and
complicated military
but added:
Hungary
planning.
"These recent events seem to
confirm the
soundness of our
decision to maintain great min-
tary strength for the long pull,
For King
Washington, Jan. 28.
The official house-keeper of the residence King Saud will use this week said today she thought every- done to insure the Saudi thing possible had been Arabian ruler's comfort.
Tho mrangements, sold Mra Victoria Geaney, Included daily delivery of goat's milk to Blair House, acrosa Pennsylvania
Avenue from the White House, She had to go to nearby Mary focal dairy handling goat's milk
land to find a source, as the last
bus.c.com
wont
out
some
years ago for lack of customers, Neither liquor nor pork will be present in the 132-year-old official
guest residence. King and about a dozen of his
The
NOT FAIR BUT party will occupy Blair House
IT WAS CRICKET
London, Jan. 28. Harold Stringer of Canterbury found a bright green and brown insect when he opened a can of Australian peaches. Ho complained about it to the Publo Healih
Can with the most
wannual result:
The insect is going to be preserved at London's na- tural history
museum. Scientists, said it is a very rare type of United PreYER.
cricket--
RED ARMY
and
the adjoining Blair-Leo House. That is all these two homes can accommodate com- fortably. Other members of the party will occupy suites in two local hotel.
CANOPIED BED
The King is expected to skep in the same canopled bed in the master bedroom which for- mer President Harry S. Truman slept in for three years during White House renovation. He will be able to look out the red-draped windows at the White House across the strcel,
The
bedroom contains
also la red, chaise
lounge, sho foot of the bed, The bod has an ecru-coloured canopy and spread. There is also a simİLİ writing desk, bureau and wingback
to chair close
the fireplace.
"They do not seem to justify IDEOLOGY Constitution
major
changes in our military
planning or programmes at this
time.
hrte-yeur
Wilson testified that a “sudden reduction i the number vi military personnel by R00,000 is not justified, considering the present International situation," Such a cut, over period, was considered in staff study at the l'entagon.
On the other hand, he said. "a sudden increase of our mili- tary budget by one-third to anything in the order of $48,5 billion would be unreasonable and misunderstood all over the world.
Major Move
on
BRUSH UP
Licut-Gen
Moscow, Jan. 28.
F. A. Dubovsky, chlef political administrátor for "the Moscow milliary region, hus urged Soviet soldier to brush up on their ideology and Im- prove their discipline in the face of imperialist attacks, It was re- ported today,
сти
the 10th confer- Addressing
of
Communist young members of armed forces in the Moscow region, Dubovsky said Soviet soldiers constantly must
"it were to be done this time," he said, "l
be ready to light, would re- quire the imposition of some types of controls
the coonomy, and in addition would represent a major move toward mobilisation."
Wilson reported
an increase of re-enilstment rates, an im- provement in the retention of officers, and decline in the loss of military
dectors, United Irrys.
A
work
us
11
Six B-47 jai bombers from the US Air Force base at Ports mouth, New Hampshire, saluted King Saud aboard the liner this afternoon hundreds of miles at sea.
The Jets flew out and met the liner, due in New York to
Press MOTOW, United Rouler.
Espionage Jurors Questioned
&
New York, Jan 28. Selection of a Grand Jury to Larce consider indictment of persons on charges of espionage
today began
with intensive questioning of a panel of 23 prospective Jurors by chief assistant US Attorney Thomas B. Gilchrist, Jr.
"Our Ideological never before must be militant and aggressive especially, now
The panel was stated this when the imperialist cump is untenshing a frenzied campaign morning but its swearing in of slander against the Soviet was delayed by Gilchrist who Union and the ideals of Marxismi sald he wanted to question each and Leniniam," he was
in the Soviet Army newspaper Red Star-United Press.
Hideont
British troops use dynamite to destroy the entrance to a mountain cave used as a hide out by leading EOKA
ter- rorista In Cyprus, Several as reats have been made lately-- more are expected to follow soon.---Express Photo.
SOLIDIFYING NATO PACT AGAINST
RED AGGRESSION
Rome, Jan. 28.
Italian Foreign Minister Gaetano Martino said today the recent visit to Rome by British Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd reinforced "the common determination to face the Soviet threat and defeat Russian manoeuvres seeking to by-pass the North Atlantic alliance in the Middle East."
In an Interview with the United Nations of all pending Itellan magazine Tempo Middle Eastern problems. Illustrato Marino called for urgent solutions through
ATOMIC
ENERGY
COURSE
the
potential
of dangers situation but would lead to the stoms of the problem being the samo as those that gave rise to the recent crisis."
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