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House leaders agree to postpone showdown on 3-yr renewal; Sen Millikin pledges quick Sen action on 1-yr renewal; Repubs reject Gore demands; Gore comments
McCarthy testifying at Sen subcom hearing on Army-McCarthy dispute, discusses how communism declined since he began anti-Communist drive on Feb 9 '50; with aid of specially prepared map discusses Communist orgn in US; distinguishes between Communists and fellow-travelers; cites Dir Hoover estimate of Communist strength; tells how individuals should fight communism
Hays, seeking to show how quotes out of context can be misinterpreted, gives some from 3 papal encyclicals which McNiece, without knowing their authorship, calls 'closely comparable' to Communist literature and ideals; McNiece had been reading excerpts from Govt repts that seemed to imply that tax-free foundations helped make US econ a 'planned' one; denies com staff lifts quotations from context; com analyst Casey, summarizing foundations work, says Carnegie, Rockefeller and others force uniformity in educ; McNiece says NY Times misrepresented him in June 4 article concerning teachers leanings toward socialistic ideas of educ
UN employes orgn buys 120-acre estate for $7-million co-op internatl community, Ossining Twp; map
com tentatively approves giving comrs equal authority but making chmn spokesman and executor of policies; Dem members satisfied; Cole comment; proposed legis confirms current practice of making decisions by majority vote
1954Moya Greene, Canadian businesswoman[†]
Dame Moya Marguerite Greene is a Canadian businesswoman who was the chief executive officer (CEO) of the Royal Mail from 2010 until 2018, having previously been the CEO of Canada Post.
1954Rich Hall, American actor, producer, and screenwriter[†]
Richard Travis Hall is an American comedian, writer, director, actor, and musician, first coming to prominence as a sketch comedian in the 1980s. He wrote and performed for a range of American networks, in series such as Fridays, Not Necessarily the News, and Saturday Night Live.
In 1954, the world population was approximately 2,685,894,860 people[†]