March 30, 1954

House Rules Com refuses rule barring points of order, thus leaving door open to permit single member to reject provision from bill; HHFA statement

Stassen, Thorneycroft and Sec Schumann (France) agree on cuts in embargo list that will not aid USSR war potential; agree to tighten remaining curbs; curbs on China and N Korea not affected

US to accept stamp dealers bids on foreign and domestic stamps collected from incoming Govt mail during 10-day test period; project formulated by White House operations dir R Steffans after confs with philatelists F Bruns, R E Fellers and Dr B W Adkinson; J Thomas of GSA regional office heads project, illus

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- A long-latent economic and foreign policy crisis over the Eisenhower Administration's world trade program began materializing today. It came on the eve of a Presidential message to Congress on the subject.

Strauss, in Washington, announces another successful hydrogen test Mar 26; calls it part of 'thermonuclear series'; says Navy and Air Force units found no shipping in area; Holifield says he has asked Eisenhower to tell more of bomb's power