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the White House.
Mr.. Hagerty said the question
Of a bipartisan meeting was ex-
actly like that of a possible
special session---to be decided
in the light of the unfolding
situation"
Asked if the congressional
leaders had been notified to be
prepared for a quick call into
special session. Mr.. Hagerty
said: Il know of nothing of
th9t nature in the way you
put it."
lie said the White House has
no. been in direct touch with
congressional leaders so far,
leaving that up to the State
Department. But he told a ques-
tioner he thought it would be
the Presidents prerogative to
take up with the leaders directly
any mention Of a possibility of
a special session beyond last
nights statement.
COnfers With Dulles
Mr.. Hagerty said he expected
Secretary of State Dulles, who
conferred with Mr.. Eisenhower
for an hour and Is minutes this
morning. would be back to the
White House for another con-
ference about the middle of the
afternoon.
He had nothing to say on
whether the British and French
will join in the United States
action in the United Nations Sc
curity Council
He also refused any comment
on reports that France was pre-
pared to oppose a U. N. resolu-
ton condemning Israel for its
march into Egypt.
President Eisenhower met last
night with his top military and
diplomatic advisers within min
utes after he returned to Wash
ington from a campaign swing
through the South.
After an hour -and-a- half
conference Mr.. Hagerty, is
sued this grave statement, which
he said was completely author
lied by Mr.. Eisenhower:
AT the meeting the President
recalled that the United States,
under this and prior administra-
tions. had pledged itself to as
sist the victim Of aggression in
the Middle East.
1--WE shall honor our pledge.
"The United States is in con-
sultation with the British and
French governments, parties
with us to the tri-partite decla-
ration of 1850, and the United
States plans, as contemplated by
that declaration, that the stu
alton shall be taken to the
United Nations Security Council
tomorrow morning.
"The question of whether and
when the President will call a
special session of the Congress
viii be decided in the light of
the unfolding situation"
The President has repeatedly
insisted he would never send
American forces into action
without the specific approval of
Congress. except in emergency
Eelf-defenSe.
ENJOYS See Dulles
The top representatives of
Britain and France in Wash
ington, Ministers j. E. Coulson
and Charles Lucet, hurried to
the State Department late yes
terday afternoon to consult with
Secretary of State Dulles on the
sudden Israeli move.
Later Press Officer Lincoln
White said they had discussed
the applicability Of the Tn
Partite Declaration Of 1850 to
the present situation" The
British and French diplomats
said they would consult their
governments Immediately in the
hope of getting their reaction
to taking the problem to the
y. N. by this morning.
Secretary Dulles and Presi-
dent Eisenhower were in fire.
quent telephone communication
while the Chief Executive COM
pleted his campaign speaking
engagements yesterday after
noon.
President Gets Reports
Mr.. Eisenhower received wore
at Jacksonville (Fla.) airport OF
the Israeli thrust. He had flown
from Washington to Miami tC
Jacksonville and then stopped
at Richmond. Va. on the way
back. On the plane from Jack.
sonville to Richmond, the Presi.
dent kept Informed by radio
telephone and teletype.
AS soon as he landed at Rich.
mond at $50 pm, the President
talked briefly by telephone tt
Mr.. Dulles over a special lane