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...Byrd Urges Changes...
WASHINGTON, May 1--Sen. Byrd (D-Va.) recommended today that the Eisenhower administration get a new budget director and cut its spending by eight to nine billion dollars next year...
...surprised at the famous people who ride these boats--show business stars, Red Sox players. Richard Byrd--the Admiral, you know--after he had come back from sailing all around the Antartic and the South Pole, what did he do? He rode the boats with his grand daughter every Sunday. Shirley Temple too, when she was a little girl. We don't keep a guest book or anything like that, but there have been quite a few big names...
...President should have realized that vote-minded Congressmen always turn to the foreign affairs sections of the budget when they consider saving money while also saving votes. After all these years, the President should have realized that conservatives like Knowland and Byrd needed little excuse, not to mention prodding, to start whittling away foreign spending...
...budget the President has submitted is geared to continuing prosperity at a rate six percent higher in this calendar year than in 1956," Byrd said. "His budget also takes into account a proposed 600-million-dollar increase in revenues through a boost in postal rates, which Congress might not approve...