The Cold War continues: Republican (fascist/socialist) President Eisenhower signs the National Defense Education Act, authorizing the expenditure of over 1,00,000,000 “dollars” to being science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education more in line with the fulfillment of national security needs.

       [restored 9/23/2022]

       Republican President Eisenhower signs house resolution 13580, raising the national debt limit from 280,000,000,000 to 283,000,000,000 “dollars.”

       NOTE: So much for conservative Republicans!

       [added 5/31/2025]

Subsequent Events:

9/12/1958                 6/30/1959               10/19/1960

Authority:

“Law of the Jungle”
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References:

House Resolution 13580, 72 Public Statutes at Large 1758 (1958).

Calvin D. Linton, ed., The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 389.

http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/105193.pdf
fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/105193.pdf

Table 7.3—Statutory Limits on Federal Debt: 1940–Current
www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/Historicals

Current U.s. National Debt:

$38,857,671,304,563

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