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    "ocrText": "THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1954\nIn at 8:00 A. M.\nyears?\nThe first order of business was the President signing the St. Lawrence\nSeaway bill in ceremony held in conference room. Sound cameras on\nhand, and ceremony went off very well. Ferguson, Wiley and Dondero\nespecially pleased as was Representative Kilburn from New York who\nwas invited and who got a pen.\nAfter St. Lawrence ceremony President asked Knowland to step into\nhis office for a while and laid down the law to him on the program.\nFlatly warned Knowland that unless Senate stepped up and started to\npass the program more rapidly, the President would go on the air\nand make his own fight for it. Knwoland promised to try to get speed-up\nin Senate but pointed out that Democrats were engaging in deliberate\nslowdown. President said that if he has to go on the air he will \"take\ncare of that\" - Later in day had a long talk with Gerry Persons, and\nwe decided to recommend that the President wait until the end of May\nto see what progress the Senate is making. If not sufficient, then\nGerry and I will recommend to the President that he take off the gloves\nand really go out and bang the Senate, both Republicans and Democrats\non the Hill.\nAttended part of NSC meeting for discussion of:\n1.\nProposal.by Interdepartmental Commission (Treasury,\nPost Office, Commerce, CIA, Justice) that the Administration\nseek a bill which would curtail the dissemination within our\ncountry of Communist literature from abroad - Brownell outlined\nproblem - Explained that Communist literature was coming into\nthis country in increasing volume. President said that he was\ndoubtful that a bill could do it - \"It would be misunderstood and\nwritten that the Administration was trying to impose censorship\" -\nAfter some discussion it was decided todo nothing about this at\nthe time in the form of legislation. Instead it was left in the hands\nof the Post Office Department. Summerfield explainedthat his men,\nworking in close touch with Customs were keeping very close count\nof this material moving through the mails and that \"you'd be\nsurprised how much of the stuff gets lost and ends up in the dead\nletter office. \" The President approved this plan and the matter\nwas dropped for the time being."
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