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announcement of forthcoming resignation made by Mayor Wagner's exec sec Peer after conf with Wagner and Comr; Adams silent; Peer comments; Adams career; par
96.8; humidity low; '55 record; Air Pollution Central Dept blames mass of warm air far above-normal sulphur dioxide concentration; true sun thermometer reads 138, Central Pk; temperatures, nearby areas; chart of temperature, humidity, July 21,22
WASHINGTON, July 22 -- A $1,600,000,000 Federal aid program of school construction was approved by the House Education and Labor Committee today. The vote was 21 to 9.
Eisenhower aides conf on Talbott future; Sen Morse urges dismissal; Vice Pres Nixon, Atty Gen Brownell, S Adams, W B Persons conf on use of Dept stationery and Govt secs; subcom staff works on documents tending to dispute some of Talbott testimony; McClellan gets lr from him; does not make it pub; subcom staff has Mulligan lr to Talbott on negotiations with Avco and telling of contract to cover all Avco diva; Talbott testified that he did not know of negotiations until conclusion and that Mulligan told him co would handle only 1 Avco div; Talbott minimized his role in getting Mulligan co contract with Owens-Illinois Glass; subcom has correspondence between Talbott and J Biggers of Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass on deal; Talbott testified that he vested in Mulligan complete authority over co business; subcom has many lrs to and from Mulligan and Talbott on co business; comment on Talbott's haziness over RCA contract; subcom staff apparently queried Ewing; Bender defends Talbott on issue; says RCA got more USAF business since dispute than before
Drs Wettstein, Schmidlin synthesize principal life-essential adrenal hormone aldosterone, CIBA labs; W L Laurence on surprise rept to internatl chem cong, Zurich; aldosterone action in regulating mineral utilization, water balance, other body functions described; tiny amts found sustaining life in victims of Addison's, other adrenal diseases; studies leading to synthesis revd
1955Cordell Hull, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 47th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1871)[†]
Cordell Hull was an American politician from Tennessee and the longest-serving U.S. Secretary of State, holding the position for 11 years (1933–1944) in the administration of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt during most of World War II. Before that appointment, Hull represented Tennessee for two years in the United States Senate and 22 years in the House of Representatives.
In 1955, the world population was approximately 2,740,213,792 people[†]