March 24, 1957

House cuts Eisenhower fiscal '58 request 70% to $39.3 million; cut reflects dissatisfaction with entire program and Peterson Adm; Repr Edmondson criticizes Adm; many members particularly disturbed by Peterson conviction that sole hope of survival lies in evacuation; Peterson offers 3 ways to provide shelter along evacuation routes, reply to Chicago CD corps warning of fall-out peril to evacuees

I Ehrenburg disputes statements in USSR Literaturnaya Gazeta made by Prof Kazem-Bek, who returned to USSR from 15-yr stay in US, charging US lacks culture; finds view clashes with USSR policy; pub eds dissent

Dubinsky advises locals, joint bds and depts to choose 2d echelon leaders for emergency duty if chiefs die or retire; other ILGWU moves to develop secondary leadership noted

drive begun for pub cooperation; lag in getting enumerators noted

King Saud's advice to Syrian and Egyptian leaders against trend to cooperate with USSR bloc and exclude US reptdly spurred Syrian conservatives challenge to Leftists