Eisenhower Cabinet Blends GOP Wings In Harmony
President-elect Eisenhower completes his inner circle with Taft and Dewey aligned figures, naming Dulles as potential Secretary of State and Benson and Wilson in key posts. The mix aims to blend liberal and conservative GOP factions as inflation and price controls come under scrutiny. Taft signals acquiescence and influence on Capitol Hill remains strong, shaping the new administration’s early agenda.
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Korea
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican Party
Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Sen
Taft
Dewey
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
Herbert Brownell, Jr
Douglas McKay
Oregon
Interior
Houston
Tex
Texas
George E. Humphrey
Cleveland Iron, Steel
Charles E. Wilson
General Motors
Defense
Sherman Adams
New Hampshire
GOP
Congress
Truman
Tighe Woods
Office of
Woods
Yoshida calls for democracy driven policy in Korea
Premier Shigeru Yoshida states Japan must cooperate with democratic nations and United Nations to back its efforts in Korea. Foreign Minister Moshe Sharett condemns anti Semitic overtones of the Prague treason trials as regimes scapegoating Jews.
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Shigeru Yoshida
Japan
United Nations
Republic of Korea
Moshe Sharett
Israel
Prague
Republican Rift Promises Big Push on Taft Hartley Law
Congress faces intra party power struggle with Sen. Robert Taft of Ohio leading a conservative faction and Eisenhower loyalists seeking a broader, internationalist approach. Expect major debate over Taft Hartley with possible rewrite or repeal as Rep. McConnell edges toward a new labor management framework. Eisenhower signaled amendments but rejected blanket junking of the law. He warned against overlegislation that stifles labor relations and risked poor outcomes.
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Capitol Hill
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Taft
Ohioan
83Rd Congress
Sen
GOP
Taft- Hartley
Republican Party
House Labor Committee
Rep
McConnell
Rpa
Gen
Abilene
Europe
Red Propaganda in the Middle East Forces American Countermeasures
The piece analyzes how Communist influence plans to exploit Middle East poverty instability and anti Zionist sentiment to gain power in Iran Iraq and Egypt. It notes the Tudeh party in Iran and anti Jewish overtones in Prague trials as leverage while detailing riots in Baghdad and the Egyptian regime’s fragile grip amid colonial tensions. The United States pursues quiet information and diplomacy to counter Red propaganda amid oil interests and regional unrest.
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Feryvunita Gita
Iran
Egypt
Mohammed Naguib
Suez Canal
Sudan
United States
Middle East
Sidelights on Crime Ghosts and Cures Across Europe and NYC
Detectives in New York traced a bookmaking HQ near the Police Academy handling about 4000 dollars daily. In Hove Sussex five Ghost Hunters used radar to probe a 200 year old mansion and found no ghosts. In London Radio Moscow monitors reported a Soviet claim that a Russian scientist found a cure for rheumatism using mirrors to reflect sunlight and heat.
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New York
Police Academy
Hove
England
Sussex Ghost Hunters
London
Radio Moscow
Eisenhower wins 1952 presidential race landslide
November timeline records Eisenhower victory over Adlai Stevenson with Nixon as running mate, GOP gains, world events including Queen Elizabeth II opening Parliament, and various postwar political shifts across nations. Key figures include Truman Eisenhower Dulles Bond leaders and Nobel laureates.
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Israel
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Hitler
Storm Troopers
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Akihito
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
Bureau of the Budget
Korea War Deadlock Reopens Soviet Western Rift
The piece surveys U N debates over an Indian resolution to settle prisoner exchanges in Korea. It notes Soviet disapproval and suggests US-British rifts deepen while Russia tests Western unity. It also covers proposals to use Chinese Nationalist and possibly Japanese troops, Eisenhower's stance, and potential outcomes as the war drags on.
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Russia
United States
Great Britain
Ussr
U.N
Formosa
Joseph Martin
Massachusetts
House
Congress
Eisenhower
Korea
U.S
Forces of Freedom
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Indochina
Malaya
Chiang Kaishek
Kremlin
In Short Estimated and other postwar world notes
State Department says Communist army strength at 491 divisions mostly on borders facing non Communist world. Commerce reports US foreign aid over 87 billion dollars in 12 years with about 11 billion repaid. U S defense says Russian war supplies move into Indochina via a continental railway through Red China. UN five nation committee approves 70 million for Korea relief and reconstruction. Alger Hiss parole denied. Meany elected AFL president. Lyttelton reports Mau Mau terrorism worsening in Kenya. Defense says over 125 Allied air bases built or under construction in Western Europe from Italy to Norway.
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Commerce Department
United States
U.S. Defense
Indochina
Red
China
United Nations
Korea
Alger Hiss
Federal Penitentiary
Lewisburg
Britain
France
West Germany
AFL
William Green
George Meany
The
Union
Oliver Lyttelton
House of Commons
Kenya
Europe
Italy
Norway
Convention Dates Highlights From 1940s Meetings
On Monday December 1 the CIO Convention opens in Atlantic City followed by the American Medical Association meeting in Denver on Tuesday December 2. Wednesday December 3 sees a Congress of American Industry gathering in New York. Friday December 5 marks the opening of the Communist Peace Congress in Vienna. Sunday December 7 recalls the 1941 Pearl Harbor attack anniversary.
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Congress of American Industry
New York
Vienna
Pearl Harbor
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