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WASHINGTON, April 19--Clyde L. Powell, Assistant Commissioner of the Federal Housing Administration, refused today to answer questions of Senate housing scandal investigators.
Dulles doubts US troops will be sent; sees no prospect of more US technicians; justifies Nixon giving personal opinions on off-the-record basis; praises Dienbienphu defenders
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subcom closed session on rules; McCarthy reptdly agrees to leave subcom temporarily and to accept questioning rights ltd and equal to those of Army side; final decision delayed pending McClellan return from home; McCarthy pledges to file counter-charges; Schine in subcom offices; silent to newsmen; Mundt hopes for unanimity on rules; McClellan, int, Ark, urges McCarthy step down; Mundt says rules will establish no precedent for future hearings; Hensel to be a chief McCarthy target; numbers of requests from Cong members to Defense Dept officials, as reptd to McCarthy by Secs Wilson, Stevens, Anderson and Talbott, made pub; officials say they get many requests but it is rare for a Cong member to persist; Schine illus
Communist China names Premier Chou En-lai sr delegate, Deputy Mins Chang Wen-tien, Wang Chia-hsiang and Li Ko-nung delegates; comment; Peiping radio continues propaganda attacks on US
In 1954, the world population was approximately 2,685,894,860 people[†]