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Khrushchev backs collectivization without force, condemns commune system as wrong way to initiate socialization, s, Plawace farm, Poland
NY Times survey of ideology role in USSR science recounts Lysenko's rise, fall and recent return to party favor; 21 of 23 on botanical pub's ed bd ousted for alleged opposition to his views; illus
Eisenhower reptdly sees USSR fear of reunified Ger a major factor in foreign rains conf deadlock
Mitchell announces his entrance into dispute as Govt fact-finder, news conf; says he will seek aid of Govt agencies; both sides accept move; Mitchell says action does not rule out Fed action later; Eisenhower reptd critical of indus for raising prices $7 a ton after '56 settlement and opposed to union attempts to win ever-increasing wages
Mueller, (Under Sec) F H, Commerce Sec
In 1959, the world population was approximately 2,965,950,351 people[†]