Korea Issue Aired In United Nations
At the United Nations the Korea debate centered on North Korean representation and the truce deadlock. The Russians labeled inviting North Koreans to the Political Committee as cowardly while Dean Acheson cited Soviet treaties protecting war prisoners. The session also saw Yugoslavia defeat Czechoslovakia for a seat on the Economic and Social Council as NATO officials warned against complacent rearment in Europe.
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United Nations
Korea
Dean Acheson
U.N
Panmunjom
Russia
Acheson
U. S
John Hickerson
Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
Economic and Social Council
Rocquencourt
France
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Standing Group
Atlantic Council
Europe
Philadelphia
America
Far East
Champaign
Voters prepare for pivotal close to turbulent election race
Voters face a high stakes finish as Eisenhower and Stevenson clash over Korea, communism, corruption, and rights. Campaigns push last day swing through New England and the Midwest while McCarthy attacks spark rebuttals from Stevenson and Truman.
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Eisenhower
Stevenson
East
New England
New York
Middle West
Illinois
October 1948 Global and US Political Tidbits
October reports cover election results in Japan, Kore a front, and Truman versus Eisenhower campaigns. Notable items include Yoshida’s Liberal party victory, World Series win by the Yankees, and early nuclear and Korean War news along with diplomatic moves from Vishinsky and Acheson.
Eisenhower era quotes on Korea and peace efforts
A compilation of remarks from Oct to Oct across cities including Houston New Orleans La Porte Detroit San Francisco Louisville Spokane Milwaukee and Champaign where leaders discuss war in Korea the path to peace and the return of troops with emphasis on a lasting settlement and responsible leadership.
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Houston
New Orleans
la Porte
Ind
Detroit
Korea
Wichita
San Francisco
Louisville
Eisenhower
United States Army
Chiefs of
South Korea
United States
Spokane
Overseas shifts in price controls and policy moves
In Short: OP S transfers authority to local stabilization agencies to recommend price rollbacks and suspend ceilings and revoke prior orders. State Department denies Korean truce talks with Russian bloc reps. Attorney General McGranery urges rewrite of McCarran Immigration Law. Navy reports Korea wound mortality cut to 2.3% from 4.5% in WWII. British Malaya says Red terror waning.
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Office of Price Stabilization
State Department
James McGranery
Navy
Malaya
Front lines fire as Chinese forces strike UN positions in Korea
Skirmishes flare 6 diana miles northeast of Panmunjom as over 1,000 Chinese Reds clash with UN outposts. Across the region, Vietminh drives push toward Hanoi while French forces defend along the Black River as war actions hinge on post election U.S. policy and possible troop decisions.
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Diana
Panmunjom
U.N
North Korea
United Nations
U. S
Korea
New York
Indochina
Black River
Hanoi
Labor Peace Ends Coal Strike After White House Mediation
United Mine Workers Chief John L. Lewis and President Truman joined forces to back Adlai Stevenson. A White House conference with Lewis and industry reps ended an industry wide strike sparked by the Wage Stabilization Board ruling that limited a $1.90 daily pay hike to $1.50. Lewis urged a reasonable time for decision on the pay rise.
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Harry Truman
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Truman
Adlai Stevenson
White House
Wage Stabilization Board
Air Force Allows Self Defense by Crews Against Soviet Attacks
The Air Force says pilots and overseas commanders may determine in each case whether to fire back in self defense after Soviet fighter attacks. The policy follows a State Department note to Russia on October 17 protesting the B-29 shootdown off Japan and seeking compensation. The note warned of grave consequences if Soviet attacks continue.
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U. S
Air Force
Washington
Russia
State Department
Japan
Queen Elizabeth to Open Parliament With Throne Speech
Election Day notes signal Britain’s monarch to address the Commons in London as the new session begins. The schedule includes a November 9 gathering of the Southern Medical Association in Miami.
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Britain
Elizabeth II
London
Southern Medical Association
Miami
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Italy
Frank Carlson
Kansas
Mitchell
Stephen A. Mitchell
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Tom Collins
British Society of Philluminists
Farouk
Egypt
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Il Duce
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Brooklyn
Gap
Justus
Minneapolis Star
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Liberal Party
Cheju Island
Shivers
Texas
Soviet Union
George Kennan
Communist Party
Malenkov
Red Congress
Naguib
Wafd
Yankees
Harrow
White Horse Mountain
Gen. MacArthur
Andrei Vishinsky
Gen
Nixon
Hiss
United Nations General Assembly
New Home
Lester B. Pearson
Canada
Stalin
Red Party Congress
Dulles
Edouard Herriot
European Defense Community
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Virginia
Vishinsky
Francis P. Matthews
Ireland
Secretary of the Navy
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Nile Valley
Selman Waksman
Wayne Morse
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Sen. McCarthy
el Verdict
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Gen. Eisenhower
Asia
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