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In the fiscal year ending June| ments would come from 100 million |#t More than $500,000. } Hotel Hotel Hotel |‘‘pulling back” in the cold war. |ulous” to claim the U. S. is saving | 30, such contracts reported let total dollars requested by Kisenhower| She collided with the 4,959-ton| 132 E. Flagler S*. 226 NE. Ist Ave. 229 NLE. Ist Ave. WASHINGTON (7 — President | creased U. S. military strength and | ture of fighter planes in Britain | ment in Britain, and 263 million in|ever, should Congress decline to | Steamship Lines. Elevator Elevator Rooms Eisenhower probably will have to need time to consolidate their posi-| and France. France. appropriate the money, administra-| The Scotiadoc’s 29 crewmen! Solarium Heated Elevator ' May Make Threat, public over the week end. plies in West Germany for the}gram represent economic aid|the Arab nations as a stopgap to’ <,/8© Sunken ship was the ‘Seat z= Ritz Pershing Miller Staff, was disciosed to have told! The hearing transcript included|for something else in France.” Funds for such separate agree- of 253,000 bushels of wheat, valued | g By JACK BELL | Bradley said the Soviets fear in-|money by financing the manufac-|272 million dollars worth of equip-|for Middle East military aid. How- Burlington, owned by the Paterson 102 Rooms 100 Rooms , A as wants} tion at home. The Senate Republican leader | Meanwhile the State Department | tion plans are to transfer some un-| abandoned ship, but one, Wallace | decide this week whether he wants 3 BLOCKS FROM UNION BUS STATION to put heavy financial pressure on| Bradley said the U. S. already | said funds those countries receive|was reported planning to offer | committed foreign aid funds to the|MacDermid, 37, of Sault Ste. | is stockpiling equipment and sup-'under the offshore-purchase pro-|separate arms aid agreements to | project. America’s allies to speed Marie, was reported missing. ment on a West European The House last week voted to withhold by law about a billion dol- lars in foreign aid funds until Euro- pean Defense Community treaties | are ratified. Yesterday, Sen, Taft (R-Ohio) suggested a compromise | which would give the President discretionary authority to do the same thing. Legislative leaders may find out at a White House conference Wednesday whether the President believes such a financial threat to West European nations would be wise. The EDC treaties, ratified so far only by Western Germany, would | call up 500,000 men from six na- tions for service in a unified army. Livingston T. Merchant, assist- ant secretary of state, told the Sen- ate Foreign Relations Committee in testimony on the foreign aid bill | he believes “the logic of events” will bring ratification of the EDC | treaties also by France, Italy, Bel- gium, The Netherlands and Lux- embourg. Merchant said: “We must not, in my judgment, | become impatient and make the passage of EDC and ratification | by a certain date a condition pre- ce ent for aid The testimony ‘of Merchant and other officials, taken behind closed doors cols Sot the committee, was made | 234, 874 Died In World War II, Report Discloses WASHINGTON «#— Army’s new and final account of its World War II battle casualties totals 936,259 | Army and Air Cozps personnel, in- cluding 234,874 deaths. Also included were 592,170 wounded in action, of whom 383,196 recovered and ceturned to duty without leaving the theater of | acton, The missing in action total was 30,314, but 24,098 returned to duty. | Never seen again and declared | dead were 6,058. These final totals made public | over the week end after a three- | year check, are 12.000 lower than estimated in 1946 but number 5,000 more dead than the original ac- | count, The Navy has reported 100,392 casualties, including 36,950 battle deaths, and the Marines 88,718 casualties, of whom 19,733 died. Trumags Visiting Friends In D.C. WASHINGTON (®—Harry S. Tru man is back in Washington for a week of seeing old friends and “keeping away from politics.” The former President had little else to say when he checked in fast night at the Mayflower Hotel | on his first visit since leaving the White House Jan. 20. He and Mrs. Truman had mo- | tored from Wheeling, W. Va, Tru man plans to ieave Friday for speaking engagements in Philadel phia and New York before going | back home to Independence, Mo. | Daughter Margaret. who now lives in New York City, joined her parents at the hotel Truman's Washington schedule calls for private meet men who served in his luncheon with old S and later with funder for projected library, and dinner honoring Chief Justice and Mrs Vinson Casualties Told WASHINGTON The Defense Department tod entified 85 Korean War cas a list (No. 839) that reported 15 k de, 63 wounded, 2 missing, 1 cap tured and 4 injured SUBSCRIBE TO THE CITIZEN Pre ars \ May BE... | ERWITES GF | POR FREE INSPECTION CALL ;= more What for? You don’t have to pay costly-car prices for costly-car comforts. Ford brings you everything [and we mean everything] you’ve ever wanted in a car, at a price that’s well within your reach! And according to recent surveys, a Ford returns more of its original cost when sold than any other car at any price! 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