The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-06

with President Eisenhower mar.
shaling his administration in .
drive to bolster peace and pros
perity.
The two houses, meeting al noon,
scheduled only routine formalities,
including the swearing in Of six
members to I'LL vacancies caused
by deaths and designations
There was the possibility they
would adjourn quickly out Of re.
spect to Chief Justice Fred M.
Vinsons who died Sept 8 when
Congress was not In session.
The first session Of this Congress
adjourned the night Of Aug. >,
Tomorrow President Eisenhower
goes before joint session with
the State Of the Union message
outlining his program for the year.
Republican congressional leaders
predicted he viii emphasize that
his administration is taking the
initiative in far-flung activities for
national security.
The President win be speaking
TO q closely divided Congress.
Behind that mere numerical d.
vision lies growing Democratic
unity heightened by COP attacks
and the approach Of the November
congressional elections. Such unity
could spell trouble for some Of the
Eisenhower domestic proposals but
seems unlikely to produce any ma
jor challenge to his foreign policies
which may face more opposition
within COP ranks.
One Democratic senator, who
didn't want to be quoted by name,
said q White House briefing Of con-
gressional leaders yesterday pro-
duced no indication Of any "funda-
mental change in foreign policies.
Eisenhower was said to be pre-
pairing to pledge further strength
ening Of the free worlds defenses,
coupled with attempts to get Rus.
sia to agree to drop its aggressive
tactics and to join in peaceful de-
velopment of atomic energy.
On the home front, the President
apparently intends to deal tonaor-
row only In broad detectives, get
ting down to cases later In mes
sages on specific subjects.
In one Of these, due Monday,
congressional sources said the
President win recommend farm
program combining flexible price
supports with a move to freeze
part Of existing farm SURPRISES in
q national defense stockpile.
This can be expected to anger
some Democratic and Republican,
supporters of rigid high-level sup
ports which Congress- has favored
for the last five years.
Controversy Is almost certain,
too, over a message on Taft-Hart-
ley labor. relations act changes,
scheduled the same day.
Without revealing the nature Of
the program, Chairman H. Alex
ander Smith (R.NJ) Of the Senate
Labor Committee said in an inter-
view he expects the Presidents
proposals to be greeted with con-
tentions by business organizations
that he Is trying to give everything
to labor and by complaints from
union leaders that the amendments
still would leave il a slave labor
law.m
The President was said to have
sought at yesterdays White House
conference to get Democratic lead.
ers, as well as the Republicans,
behind the general detectives of
his new look" military program
aimed at increasing combat strik-
ing power through new weapons
while reducing manpower.
He apparently failed to convince
some Democrats, including Sen.
Russell (D.Ga), that it would be
wise to withdraw two divisions
from Korea.
While Russell was publicly silent
on the two-division issue, he said
review Of world conditions by
the President and Secretary Of
State Dulles was good because it
was carried on with the utmost can.
dor and frankness."
Dulles was described rs having
sounded an optimistic note on the
chances for world peace--a note
echoed publicly by Sen. Griswold
(R-Neb), just back from a visit toI
Europe and Asia.
Griswold, who did not attend the
conference, said in an interview:
II have come back with the feel
ing that there is not going to be d
shooting war. There may be some
shooting battles in small areas, but
there is not going to be an about
war between Russia and the West.
ern world"
Lawmakers who attended the
White House conferences the Presi.
dent has held this week said the
administration is proceeding in its
defense buildup on a theory that
. major war is not imminent, but
that the United States must be pre-.
pared to bear a heavy military
burden for years to come.
The hope of COP leaders 10
eliminate a prospective fight over
. proposed constitutional amend
ment by Sen. Bricker (R. Ohiol IN