White House dishwashing and Ike hat notes
A White House inventory lists 2427 glassware items 10114 dishes and 6201 silver pieces. many fragile items stay by hand the household keeps 2200 table linens. Ike sports a Hamburg styled summer hat drawing comment from West Point staff and Mrs Eisenhower approves. The piece also notes Mrs Mable Walker the long serving housekeeper who avoids publicity and the Secret Service guard booths at the presidential farm.
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United Press
White House
Washington
Executive Mansion
Mrs. Eisenhower
Mable Walker
Truman
Fined 5000 For Payroll Padding While In Congress
Former Representative Ernest K. Bramblett of California was fined 5000 dollars and placed on a one year probation after being convicted on seven counts of padding his congressional payroll. Appellate Judge Walter Bastian, who presided, had previously sentenced Bramblett to four to twelve months in jail but suspended the sentence. Bramblett faces potential penalties of up to five years and ten thousand dollars per count, though the judge gave 60 days to pay the fine.
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Washington
ULP
Ernest K. Bramblett
Rcalif
Congressional Office
Walter M. Bastian
Bramblett
Bastian
Manpower doubts on 3,000,000 strong U S force
Selective Service Director Lewis B. Hershey told the Senate Armed Services Committee in Washington that the United States may not have enough manpower to sustain a military force of 3,000,000 and a reserve up to 2,900,000 as proposed by the administration backed bill. He testified during hearings on a four year continuation of the draft.
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Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
U.S
Hershey
Senate Armed Services Committee
Washington
International
Opposition to Liberalizing Refugee Relief
U S senator Arthur V Watkins says strong opposition is growing to President Eisenhower’s Refugee Relief Act modifications. He led the 1953 bill to passage and warns of an uphill fight this year as critics say Iran Curtain refugees cannot prove past under communism. House immigration chair Francis Walter predicts no changes will pass.
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Enhower
House
Immigration Subcommittee
Francis EF. Walter
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