will be making the following day. November 1 - The Justice Department announces the arrest of forty-four year old Martha Stone after identifying her as an underground leader of the Communist Party. November 17 - General J. Lawton Collins announces that he is negotiating with both France and Vietnam to get the pair of governments to authorize the United States undertaking "basic responsibility" for the training of the army of South Vietnam. November 17 - President Eisenhower meets with Democratic and Republican congressional leaders on his view that there is a need for continued collaboration between both parties on foreign affairs and national security. November 17 - The United States asks the Soviet Union for prevention of incidents such as the shooting down of an American plane off the north-east tip of Japan earlier that month. November 20 - Government officials report that the United States will have six jet fighters be flown around Panama immediately as part of a peace-keeping method in preparation of a possible armed attack on Costa Rica. November 20 - Senator Francis Case says that members of the Pentagon have imposed a gag of secrecy on members of the Senate as it pertains to a radar chain along the Canadian Arctic while other American officials have been allowed to make broad details about the plan public. November 28 - Communist China refuses releasing 13 Americans jailed on charges of being spies via rejecting an American note while the British served as intermediaries. November 29 - Congress is asked by the interstate truck industry to remove federal highway aid from states such as Ohio in the event that they continue imposing third structure taxes on trucks from out-of-state. 1955 May 14 – The Warsaw Pact is formed by the Soviet Union and communist countries in eastern Europe as a military defense organization to counter NATO. June 2 – During an overtime session at night, in a vote of 50 to 18, the Senate approves a foreign aid bill of 3,408,000,000 backed by Eisenhower. July 21 – Eishenhower delivers "Open Skies" proposal to the four-power summit in Geneva. September 8 - It is reported that the United States and China are in the final agreement on the release of American soldiers held behind the bamboo curtain and covers four points. September 14 - American consular officials pledge to cut as much red tape as possible for the