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Sessions Resume
Wednesday After
Recess for Easter
Washington vU.R) Congress
hits the theoretical midpoint of
its 1954 session this week with
its record still to be made.
However, for a year in which
party control . shifted from Re
publicans to Democrats, the
lawmakers are not much off
schedule, particularly for the
first year of a new Congress.
When Congress reconvenes
Wednesday after its Easter re
cess, it will be approximately
half way toward its July 31 ad
journment target. Since the ear
ly part of any session is devotea
largely to work in committee,
there is still much unfinished
business. But barring unexpect
ed trouble there is a fairly good
chance for a July adjournment
Foreign Aid Tangle
A worsening foreign situation
nrobably would mean a longer
session. Otherwise, President
Eisenhower's foreign trade bill
is the biggest question mark. It
saueaked through the House just
as the administration wanted it
but then ran into snowballing
trouble in the Senate because of
growing pressure from indus
tries worried about foreign com-
rjetition.
If the slow -moving Senate
should need six weeks to debate
the trade bill, the whole legisla
tive program would be snarled
Other major items of unfiiv
ished business include:
Foreign Aid: The administra
tion has asked for $3,500,000,000
but Congress probably will vote
less. '
Appropriations: The House has
passed five of the dozen annual
money bills; the Senate none.
Highway Legislation
Draft: The House has passed
a bill extending the draft law
and the Senate will do so; the
Senate is waiting for House ac
tion on the administration's mil
itary reserve program and prob
ably will pass a bill if the House
does.
Highways: Congress is expect
ed to pass a new highway con
struction program but almost
certainly without the adminis
tration's plan for a corporation
to issue bonds.
Pay Increases: The Senate has
passed and the House will pass
this legislation but a presidential
veto might force a second trip
around the track if Congress
goes beyond the limits set by
the administration.
Other major bills which may
be included in the program for
one or both chambers this year
include Increasing the minimum
wage, federal aid for school con
struction and statehood for Ha
waii and Alaska.
Writer Doesirt Expect like To .Seek Another Term
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UNUSUAL AIRCRAFT, Navy's experimental "Flying Platform,"
achieves free flight with pilot Phil Johnston, Hiller Helicopter
test pilot, aboard at Palo Alto, Cal. It is first aircraft using
ducted fan for lift and propulsion to attain free flight. Pilot
shifts weight to control horizontal flight. (International)
Navy Unveils Latest .
Gadget Circular
Platform Sans Wings
Washington (U.R) The
Navy has a new Hying gadget.
It looks like an upside down
washtub and could be very use
ful, epecially for such things as
crossing rivers.
The new flying device, report
ed last night in an official Navy
announcedment, is called a "Fly
ing Platform."
Perhaps the oddest thing
about the craft is that the pilot
steers it by leaning in whatever
direction he wants to go. It is
circular and wingless.
Two engines, developing less
than 100 horse power, drive two
propellers enclosed in the circu
lar device. The propellers draw
air through the platform and
supply downward thrust which
pushes the machine into the air,
an inherent stability keeps it
from tipping over.
The gadget "uses a new prin
ciple of lift and propulsion call
ed the ducted fan," the Navy
said. It was built by Hiller Heli
copters, Palo Alto, Calif., for the
Office of Naval Research.
The Navy said it has "made
short, successful flights carrying
Room for Improvement
In Air Waves Commercials
. Washington (U.R) What do
the watchdogs of the air waves
the Federal Communications
Commissioners think about the
quality of radio and television
programs?
Their composite verdict: Pret
ty good, but plenty of room for
improvement especially in
commercials.
Generally, they believe that
by and large the public gets
about what it wants in pro
grams. But they think a lot of
wind can be taken out of long
winded commercials.
Differ on Delinquency
They differ on whether crime
programs contribute to juvenile
delinquency.
Chairman George C. McCon
naughey said crime shows "give
me concern." But he doubted
whether anyone could tell how
much juvenile delinquency can
be attributed to the shows.
Commissioners Robert E. Lee
and John C. Doerfer said no con
clusive showing has been made
that such programs contribute
substantially to delinquency.
Commissioner Frieda B. Hen
nock maintained that crime pro
grams are "getting out of hand.
There is "no question of their
impact on children's morals,"
she said.
Miss Hennock is 1 the most
vehement of the commissioners
on the subject of crime pro
grams. Her colleagues on me
commission are considerably
less inclined to such disciplin
ing.
Can't Censor Programs
Although the FCC licenses
radio and television stations, it
is forbidden by law from censor
ing their programs.
The commissioners had words
of praise for the broadcasting
industry in general.
"There is no doubht that we
enjoy the best broadcasting
there is," Commissioner Rosel
H. Hyde said. "It has vitality,
variety, alertness and a dynamic
quality that are unmatched any
where."
McConnaughey said the indus
try has "made great strides'1
considering its relative newness
The longest railway in the
world is the Trans-Siberian Rail
way; the longest railway tunnel
(12 miles) is the Simplon Tunnel
between Italy and Switzerland;
the country with the greatest
railroad mileage is the United
States with 223,400.
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a pilot" and the principal behind
the gadget "has possible applica
tions in larger vertical flight air
craft."
Washington (U.R) Merri-i
man Smith, United Press wnue
House reporter, expresses the
belief in a book published today
that President Eisenhower will
not seek re-election in 1956 if
he is free then to follow the in
clinations he has now.
Smith gives his reasons for
this belief, and at the same time
lists factors which could lead to
a second term race, in a volume
of close-up observations about
Mr. Eisenhower's transition
from five-star general to civilian
head of government.
The books is "Meet Mister Ei
senhower." It gives behind - the-
scenes glimpses of the President
and reporters at work and ai
play. It includes an authoritative
account of how Mr. Eisenhower
feels at midterm about his job,
his achievements and the future
course of the nation.
gians with their television sys
tems.
He also revealed that the fu
ture transmitter, in the Oslo
area probably will be located at
Hurum near the Oslo Fjord, at
least a trial station will be built
th pre to reDlace the one at
Tryvasshoegda.
Smith, White House reporter
since 1941, believes that Mr. Ei
senhower doesn't want to run for
a second term. Among the rea-
Employees' Chest
X-Ray Plan Told
Employers wishing to have
chest x-rays of employees made
at the county's two x-ray centers
were urged today to call the
county, health department,
2-7159.
Volunteers from the Jackson
County Public Health associa
tion will call at the place of busi
ness to fill out forms and charts
of employees to facilitate x-rays,
according to Mrs. Jack Walker,
case finding chairman.
There will be no waiting in
line, she said, and only a short
time will be needed away from
work. Hours for public x-rays at
the Community hospital center
are Wednesdays from 3 to 6 p.m.
and at Sacred Heart Thursdays
from 2 to 5 p.m.
Fifty persons were x-rayed
during those hours last week,
she reported.
sens he cites: The President's age
(he would be 66 at start of a
second term), his "distaste" for
politics, a yearning to retire to
his Gettysburg farm, and Mrs.
Eisenhower's health.
"She (Mrs. Eisenhower) is not
a robust woman and she finds
the hours and the work, particu
larly during the social season,
definitely fatiguing," Smith
writes.
Mr., Eisenhower, however,
might seek reelection "if he were
convinced, whether by his own
reasoning or the pleas of others,
that his continued presence at
the American helm might be es
sential to preserving the peace
or. winning a war ..."
But "barring tensions, pres
sures and dangers which cannot
be foreseen or measured at the
present," Smith concludes, "my
guess is that he will run again-
right straight for Gettysburg.
A Good Foundation
Mr. Eisenhower has indicated
that he doesn't intend to teil any
one his intentions until next
spring. Most Republican politi
cians have expressed confidence
they will be able to persuade
him to run again.
In reporting how Mr. Eisen
hower feels at midterm, Smith
says the President believes the
first two years produced a good
foundation for his basic pro
gram.
He felt that the greatest
measure of the success of his
first two years was that the
world had pulled back consider
ably from the brink of another
major war," Smith writes. "For
eign affairs continued to domi
nate his thinking and planning."
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Norwegians Busy
Preparing System
For Video Viewers
Oslo (U.R) Norwegian tech
nicians have been busy during
the past year preparing a na
tional television system, but so
far only 12 registered viewers
see those geometric patterns the
technical staff relays from head
quarters at nearby Tryvasshoegda.
The leader of the prepara
tions. Christian K. Rytter, told
the United Press that the pres
ent station could reach some
750,000 of Norway's population
of silghtly over 3,000,000. If
regular programs were trans
mitted, most of the people
around Oslo would see them,
Rytter said.
Great difficulties are involved
in extending the network to the
mountainous Norwegian west
coast, not to speak of the three
northern counties of Nordland,
Troms and Finnmark.
Another Yeat
"We expect the trial period to
end next January and that we
are able to give parliament a
report in the spring of 1956,"
Ryter said.
"After a review of our experi
ences and estimates, the parlia
ment will decide whether regu
lar programs should start or the
television net be extended."
Rytter stressed that it still is
far too early to say whether
Norway will join the European
television network, but he de
scribed that possibility as "most
likely."
"I should believe that Nor
way, Sweden and Denmark at
least will cooperate closely in
making the programs because
there are no language difficul
ties" Rytter said.
No Outside Help
The younger engineer declar
ed that no foreign experts will
be called to help the Norwe
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