Look for new and explosive developments in 1’affaire Sherman Adams, something to do with the purchase of a house. . . . Political analysts who predicted the loss of twenty Republican seats in the House next November now are upping that figure. . . . In the lively New York Republican gubernatorial battle, conservative Walter Mahoney is given a slight edge over Leonard Hall and Nelson Rockefeller.
Mr. Christopher Emmet, chairman of the American Friends of the Captive Nations, has called on the United Nations General Assembly to reconvene and withdraw its tacit recognition of the Hungarian Government in protest against the executions of Nagy and Maleter. . . . The Administration’s bill to grant the President authority to send U.S. aid to the puppet Kadar government in Hungary had the votes of 42 Senators. It was defeated by only one vote. . . . Senate- House conferees have agreed on a bill authorising $3,675 million in foreign aid funds for the next twelve months. The “drastic cut” demanded in Senate speeches back in January when the President presented his budget came to $279 million.




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