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Dulles reptdly feels pact conf is necessitated by fall of Dienbienphu to demonstrate Western unity before Geneva conf decision on Indo-China; Under Sec Smith reptdly tells Geneva delegates that US will call conf even if GB continues opposition; GB wants conf delayed pending Geneva outcome
Dr Mellen becomes pres; Dr Azzari pres-elect
J Pollard and C Rydstrom, sought for Middlebury burglary, commit suicide after critically wounding Detective Palma, New Haven
15th day of hearings; Adams testifies; recounts approaches by Cohn, Carr and McCarthy to him and Stevens with pleas for favors or assignments for Schine; says pressure he recd from Cohn exceeded that recd from all other Cong officials in 5 yrs; links clash over summoning of Loyalty Bd members to news he gave Cohn on probable length of Schine stay at Camp Gordon; says he discussed Army's reasons for opposing subpoenaing of Bd members with Deputy Atty Gen Rogers and told him of link with Cohn anger over Schine; says that on Rogers' advice he discussed matter with McClellan on Jan 20, that on Jan 21 he conf with Brownell, Rogers, Pres aides S Adams and G Morgan and Amb Lodge, that S Adams advised him to make written record of all incidents concerning Schine, that group told him to discuss matter with Repub subcom members, that he did, that as result McCarthy delayed showdown; describes Dec 17 NYC lunch with McCarthy and Cohn, arranged partly to have McCarthy tell Cohn in his presence to end intervention for Schine; that Cohn was abusive and cursed both him and McCarthy for not doing enough for Schine, that because of Conn's anger he delayed departure for Washington for 2 hrs, that in Cohn's car after lunch McCarthy again urged him to approach Stevens for NYC assignment for Schine, that Cohn made him get out of car in midst of traffic, that Carr later commented to him on way McCarthy left car; testifies that Sokolsky intervened to seek favors for Schine with promise that probe of Army would be stopped or at least softened and warned that if favors were denied Army faced 2-yr fight with Cohn, that Carr urged him to continue contact with Sokolsky, that he had at least 3 phone talks with Sokolsky; says that McCarthy sometimes deprecated Schine's usefulness to subcom and at other times persisted in demands for NYC assignment for him, that McCarthy once said that Cohn's 'extreme pressure' on Army made it necessary for subcom to call off probe of Army; direct exam of Adams by Jenkins ends; Jenkins sees hearings ending in 10 days; subcom extends day sessions by 90 mins; Jenkins takes responsibility for advising McCarthy that Stevens would accept modified Dirksen plan; says source that informed him was not Welch; Dirksen to ask to testify about Adams visit to him and alleged Pentagon pressure on circulation of charges against Cohn and McCarthy; McCarthy, in int, calls many Adams statements untrue; Cohn agrees; McCarthy says Sokolsky never interceded with him; charges Adams approached Sokolsky at Stevens request; J G Adams, S Adams illus
Eisenhower urges optimism on crisis, press conf; says US seeks unity to offset 'domino' result; says there are no policy differences between self and Dulles; hopes Assoc Indo-China States will join pact voluntarily; stresses nations must act for own salvation
1954Johnny Logan, Australian-Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist[†]
Seán Patrick Michael Sherrard, also known professionally as Johnny Logan, is an Australian-born Irish singer, songwriter and musician. He is known for being the only person to have won the Eurovision Song Contest three times, twice as a lead singer and a third time as a song writer.
1954The anti-National Service Riots, by Chinese middle school students in Singapore, take place.[†]
In December 1953, the British colonial government in Singapore passed the National Service Ordinance, requiring all male British subjects and Federal citizens between the ages of 18–20 to register for part-time National Service. The deadline for registration was on 12 May 1954 and those who failed to register would be either jailed or fined. On 12 May 1954, students from the Chinese Middle Schools did not register themselves for National Service. In light of the impending deadline for registration and with requests from the Chinese students, Chief Secretary William Goode would later meet representatives from the affected student body in the government house on 13 May 1954.
In 1954, the world population was approximately 2,685,894,860 people[†]