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April 2, 1958

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PRESIDENT SIGNS 1.8 BILLION BILL FOR NEW HOUSING; But He Hits Some Features as 'Inconsistent' With Free Enterprise Idea BARUCH FEARS TAX CUT Tells Senate Unit It Would Be 'Folly' -- Consumer Credit Shows Decline PRESIDENT SIGNS HOUSING MEASURE

By John D. Morrisspecial To the New York Times

Eisenhower signs $1.85-billion housing bill; denounces some features as inconsistent with free enterprise concepts; asks corrective legis, message to Cong; objects particularly to requirement for purchases of VA mortgages at par and to Cong failure to raise maximum interest rate to 5%; holds bill will in effect substitute $1 billion of Fed financing for private funds

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Soviet Calls U. S. Reaction To Test Suspension 'Hasty'; Tass Statement Charges Washington Offers 'Artificial' Reasons to Avoid Following Moscow's Example SOVIET CALLS U. S. 'HASTY' ON TESTS

By William J. Jordenspecial To the New York Times

Tass deplores US reaction to USSR move

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BILLBOARD CURB KEPT IN ROAD BILL; Senate and House Conferees Agree on Funds to Speed Building of Network

By Special to The New York Times

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- Senate-House conferees agreed today on a bill to speed highway construction. It provides for Federal regulation of billboards along about 65 per cent of the projected 41,000-mile interstate system.

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COMPROMISE SEEN IN PENTAGON SHIFT; Bridges Says White House Seeks 'Negotiated Peace' on Reorganizing Plans

By Jack Raymondspecial To the New York Times

Sen Bridges repts Adm seeks 'negotiated peace' with Cong opponents of reorgn plan, statement following White House briefing of Repub leaders; Sens Russell and Saltonstall, Reprs Vinson and Arends attend 2d White House briefing; McElroy confs with Vinson, Arends, Kilday

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U.S. DROPPED PLAN TO BEAT RUSSIANS TO BAN ON H-TESTS; Dulles Says It Was Rejected So Work on 'Clean' Bomb Would Not Be Impeded SOVIET STEP MINIMIZED Propaganda Gain Conceded -- Need for Preparatory Summit Talks Stressed U.S. DROPPED PLAN FOR BAN ON TESTS

By E. W. Kenworthyspecial To the New York Times

Telephone repts to NY Times cut off

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Notable Births

1958Stefano Bettarello, Italian rugby player^[†]

Stefano Bettarello is an Italian former rugby union player. He played as a fly-half for several clubs, mainly Rovigo and Benetton Treviso, winning an Italian Championship with each.

1958Larry Drew, American basketball player and coach^[†]

Larry Donnell Drew is an American professional basketball coach and former player who serves as assistant coach for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Historical Context for April 2, 1958

In 1958, the world population was approximately 2,911,249,671 people^[†]