April 29, 1958

Admr Preusse urges making Bur full-fledged dept under Mayor's exclusive jurisdiction, rept to Wagner; indicts Bur policies and procedures; links widespread deficiences in property mgt and tenant relocation to slipshod adm and control; finds inadequate methods of selecting agents, coupled with poorly drawn contracts, incurring excessive costs; cites prior reorgn proposals; urges Bur weigh performing some functions now handled by private cos; doubts past arrangements with cos conformed with City Charter and Adm Code; other criticisms and proposals

Sees rapid USSR econ growth most serious peacetime challenge to US, s, US C of C conv; sees 'fateful' cold war battles in econ and subversive arenas; cites success of USSR efforts to expand foreign trade

Sen, 88-0, passes Kennedy-Douglas-Ives bill requiring pub repts on union welfare and pension funds; adopts amendment barring ex-convicts from serving as fund officers or trustees; rejects Knowland, Smith, Mundt, Watkins, Curtis amendments; AFL-CIO gen bd pledges cooperation on legis aimed at correcting abuses which cannot be dealt with adequately without govt aid; Meany says he outlined AFL-CIO stand in his Mar 27 testimony

Khrushchev denounces flights, s, Kiev; denies issue link to Big-4 conf

com approves 2 more secs of Butler bill designed to upset 2 decisions involving Smith Act; Butler withdraws pre-emption proposal