an evening address from the Broadcast Room of the White House, President Eisenhower notes accomplishments of the administration over the last eleven months of its existence and the goals of the administration. January 5 – Eisenhower orders that a "blank wall" be placed between physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer and all areas of operation of the Department of Defense. January 6 - President Eisenhower attends morning special church services marking the reconvening of Congress at the National Presbyterian Church in Washington. Other government officials including members of the president's cabinet and Congress were invited. January 7 - President Eisenhower delivers the 1954 State of the Union Address to a joint session of Congress. Eisenhower outlines a program to bolster American military might and that of countries fighting communism while maintaining a healthy economy in the United States. January 7 - The State Department announces that the next few days will see the United States and Russia begin preliminary discussions on the atomic pool proposal by President Eisenhower. May 17 – Brown v. Board of Education July 7 - In prepared testimony, U.S. Chamber of Commerce spokesman A.D. Marshall advocates for a bill in the House to be revised to broaden social security coverage for eight million people presently ineligible. July 7 - Senator Joseph McCarthy announces that he will turn over information to the Hoover Commission that will validate his claim that Communists have infiltrated the Central Intelligence Agency. July 7 - The federal government announces that employment has increased by nearly one million in the period between May and June while unemployment showed little increase. July 8 - Secretary of State Dulles announces that if necessary the United States will use its own veto to keep Red China out of the UN Security Council during a news conference. July 8 - President Eisenhower names the membership of a board that will investigate the atomic energy plant workers' strike. July 8 - American delegation officials confirm the indefinite continuance of super bomb tests on Eniwetok and Bikini while expressing regret for the injuries caused by the tests in the Marshall Islands. July 10 - President Eisenhower signs a bill granting disposal abroad of surplus farm commodities of up to 1 billion, Eisenhower in a statement saying the legislation is intended to assist nations friendly to the United States and form new markets. July 10 - The Senate Foreign Relations Committee votes