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The Very Rev. Dr. Hewlett (the "Red Dean") Johnson, now on tour of Canada, arrived in London, Ont. (pop. 121,516) to speak on the virtues of Communism, and found that he had attracted an early audience of university students. When they greeted him by hooting, popping paper bags and ringing cowbells, the dean announced that he would leave "unless the children quit yelling." The noise finally stopped when the dean dashed through a rear door to a back alley into his car. Said he as he left: "They are not quite adult yet in London."
The pet project of Harry Truman, his memorial library which is expected to cost some $2,000,000, received a sizable gift from labor: $150,000 from the C.I.O. and $100,000 from the United Steelworkers of America, bringing total donations to date up to $400,000.
In a plane piloted by her husband Prince Bernhard, Queen Juliana of The Netherlands flew to England for a one-day visit to thank Britain for the recent flood-relief gifts. After lunch at Buckingham Palace with Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh, Juliana went to her embassy, where she received members of the British Carpenters' Guild, who made her an honorary carpenter.
Harvard's humor magazine, the Lampoon, announced its annual Roscoe awards. Among the winners: Comic Jerry Lewis as "the worst comedian of all time," who gave the year's "worst performance" in Jumping Jacks, the year's "worst picture"; his partner Dean Martin for the "worst supporting performance"; and Cinemactress Marilyn Monroe for the year's "worst female performance" in the movie Niagara.
In the Swedish embassy in Washington, Ambassador Erik Boheman presented his country's second highest military medal. Commander First Class, Royal Order of the Sword, to Polar Explorer Bernt Balchen. The medal will be held in trust until Congress passes a joint resolution authorizing Balchen, a colonel in the U.S. Air Force, to accept and wear the foreign decoration.
In Chicago, members of Local 130 of the A.F.L. Journeymen Plumbers and Steamfitters Union voted to walk out over a 15¢ wage demand. Management announced that it would appeal the strike decision to the union's past president: Secretary of Labor, Martin Durkin.