Senate restores part of House defense cut to one billion
President Eisenhower won a defense budget victory as the Senate Military Appropriations subcommittee backed restoring about one billion dollars of the House cut. The Army Navy and Air Force urged full restoration, arguing payrolls and forces would suffer otherwise, while the House previously reduced defense funding by about 2.5 billion. The subcommittee aims to finalize the restoration amount though exact allocations per service remain undecided. Chicago reports over 200 miles of wide boulevards, with the lakefront drive drawing particular ire.