August 3, 1955

USAF sets reunion with kin, US W Coast; fliers to hold press conf after med check-ups, Clark airbase, PI

Estimate Bd unanimously approves $597,250 in rises despite protests at pub hearing; adds Traffic Comr and Mayor's exec sec to list; opposition led by councilman Isaacs and NY County Repub Com Chmn Curran through repr Mrs Field; Citizens Union repr Smoleff also opposed

Cong passes bill to extend Defense Production Act including clause requiring WOCs to list corps in which they have financial interest

passed by Cong; raises FHA funds and extends home improvement program; increases funds for slum clearance and urban renewal programs; other provisions

Tito sees satelites in position to end USSR domination in view of USSR change of attitude toward Yugoslavia

BRT votes strike over wages and work rules; NMS intervenes; co, union exec Pryor promise to maintain status quo

Dodge says he as Budget Bur Dir made policy leading to contract, Kefauver subcom; denies it was influenced by private power and financial interests; says he showed Eisenhower and ex-Pres Hoover copies of Wenzell rept; recalls discussing conflict of interest issue with Wenzell, early '54; Dixon denies conflict existed then or exists now; says Wenzell was only courier in contracts with First Boston; Asst Controller Gen Weitzel advises AEC Govt would escape liability in contract cancellation only if it proved some wrong-doing; subcom approves Langer move to refer Dixon testimony to Justice Dept for possible perjury; Dixon atty D James denies Kefauver charge of conflicts between Dixon, Wenzell testimony; Armstrong protests 'inferences' that Adams 'coached' him on testimony before subcom, lr to subcom

Sworn in as Police Comr; comment on apptmt, aims; por

97.5, honest day of '55, hottest Aug 2 on record; unofficial temperature over 100 in some areas; table on Aug 1,2 temperatures

Woman named cantor, Temple Avodah, Oceanside, NY, probably 1st such apptmt in Jewish history

Dulles gives no support to bid press conf, but views it as encouraging sign of Peiping shift toward renouncing mil force; bars abandoning Manila pact in exch for such renunciation

Members turn final hrs of session into song fest