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Show national Hews Summary Montgomery Calm British Field Marshall Bernard Ber-nard Montgomery, arriving Monday Mon-day in the United States, said he sees no immediate threat of open conflict erupting in' Europe, Eu-rope, and will not ask for more American troops in Western Europe. "If there were any immediate danger of war, I wouldn't be here, would . I?" Montgomery demanded, Byrnes Less Spending In Biloxi, Miss., Monday night, former Secretary of State James F. Byrnes criticized administration ad-ministration spending and called call-ed for a cut in federal taxes and the public debt. AEC Head Resigns David E. Lilenthal resigned Wednesday as chairman of the Atomic Energy commission. One of the reason's, he said, is to be able to speak out on atomic matters "with a greater latitude." lati-tude." President Truman accepted accept-ed the resignation, with regret. Hiss, Communist Stooge? Fireworks broke out Monday in Alger Hiss' second perjury trial, when Whittaker Chambers, the government's chief witness, pictured Hiss as a Communist stooge, a liar, and a spy for Russia. . Lawyer Sentenced Vincent Hallinan, chief attorney at-torney for Harry Bridges at his San Francisco perjury trial, was sentenced Tuesday to six months in jail, after a bitter, acrimonious acrimon-ious exchange of words with Federal Judge George D Harris Har-ris Increased Cost of Living u Marriner S. Eccles, long-time member and former' chairman of the Federal Reserve board, said Tuesday the immediate outlook out-look is for more inflation, and the problem of avoiding a de- " pression will be back with the nation soon. Tafl Curious Senator Robert A. Taft (R-O) raised the question Wednesday whether the recent pension settlement set-tlement in the steel industry meant the country is drifting into a problem of providing $100 a month through government govern-ment or business for all persons per-sons over 65 years of age. Slots Out The greatest turnout in Po-catello, Po-catello, Idaho, election history rejected continuation of slot machine operation, by a complete, com-plete, but unofficial, tally of 2386 for and 2890 against. Atlantic Defense Plan The North Atlantic pact defense de-fense committee will adopt a complete defense plan next week, according to Defense Sec-' Sec-' retary Louis Johnson. |
