Chiang's Friends Helpful s and U.S. China policy clash
Acheson and Johnson spar over American Chinese relations as Johnson pushes for continued Chiang Kai-shek support. NSC vote rejects Acheson anti-Chiang stance, amid Mao Zedong signals and Red China concerns. MacArthur backs a defense ring around Asia. Kennedy resigns from Pegler hearing. Lehman vs Gehman in mayoral setup. Dulles moves trigger Senate office scramble.
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National Security Council
Acheson
Johnson
Treasury Department
Armed Services
Chiang Kai-shek
Mao Tse-tung
Red China
U.S
William Olive
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Japan-Formosa-Phillippines Island
Siam
Burma
India
South China
Dulles Urges North Atlantic Pact in First Senate Speech
John Foster Dulles, in his first speech as a U.S. senator, urged ratification of the North Atlantic pact and rebuked Taft and others who oppose it. He argued the treaty does not compel arms programs or guarantee aid to any signer, while critics warn of hidden commitments.
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Senate
John Foster Dulles
New York
Dulles
Wagner
Senator O'Mahoney
Wyoming
U.S
Robert A. Taft
Taft
United States
Strike respite secures 60 day steel wage peace plan
President Truman wins a 60 day postponement of a major steel strike as U S Steel and other firms accept a fact finding board under protest to study wage increases pensions and group insurance. The union agrees to pause while the Taft Hartley act limits board powers. A separate report from UC doctors describes a quick yardstick to track cancer growth via blood compounds.
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Truman
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
Republic
Inland
Phillip Murray
Big Steel Union
Phillip West
Jessamine Hilliard
University of California
Fireside Chat and Picks Fight on Budget Policy
President Truman used a fireside chat to argue that selfish interests push for budget cuts that could blunder the nation into recession. He defended a 42 billion dollar budget, warned against slashings, and blamed political opponents for a supposed low mood while urging unity with Congress to avoid economic decline. Dr. Robert M. Hutchins urged world unity and a moral revolution, warning that misused technology and political inertia threaten civilization, and promoting dialogue and peace. He linked Goethe to a vision of a world of friends and civil dialogue as a path away from global catastrophe.
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Truman
Congress
Economy
Robert M Hutchins
University of Chicago
Coney Island
Aspen
Colo
Russia
Three Reds Remain in Jail During Trial Session
The U S Circuit Court of Appeals in New York upheld federal Judge Harold Medina as he ordered three Communist defendants Gus Hall Harry Winston and Gilbert Green confined in jail for the remainder of the trial on conspiracy charges and contempt. Eight other defendants and high party leaders remain free on bail. The defense argued sentences were indeterminate due to unknown trial length but the plea was rejected.
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U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
New York
Harold R. Medina
Gus Hall
Harry Winston
Gilbert Green
Circuit Court
Luxembourg
Perle Mesta
U.S
Betty Tyson
Westport
Theatre Guild
The
Playhouse
Mesta
Barkley
McGill Research Aims to Improve Gas Turbine Engines
Science report from McGill University Montreal outlines gas turbine work. A turbine engine uses many small blades driven by hot gas instead of water and large wheels. Hot gas is created by burning fuel with air drawn from the atmosphere and compressed.
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McGill University
Montreal
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Chiang
S’ State Department
China
State Acheson
Defense
Louis Johnson
State Department
Kuomintang
Hi. H. Kung
Generalissimo
Paris
Acheson Ourveted
MacArthur
Pegler
Jack Kennedy
Boston
Joseph P. Kennedy
London
Westbrook Pegler
Young Kennedy
Andrew Jacobs
Indianapolis
Kennedy
Sims
S.C
Jacrks
Herbert Gehman
Ed Flynn
Bob Wagner
Flynn
Lehman
John Cashmore
Nets
Flanders
Vermont
Europe
Scott W. Lucas
Western
England
Stafford Cripps
Britain
Canada
America
Briteh Institute of Public Opinion
Labor Party
Vaughan
Harry H. Vaughan
Rep. Shafer
Michigan
Army
Herman Fieldman
Alden H. Waitt
Chemical Corps
Shafer
United States Steel Corporation
United Steelworkers
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
N. Y
Benjamin Fairless
United States Steel
United Automobile Workers
Milwaukee
Hutchins
Goethe
Dutles
US Steel
Nied Newspaper Union
Fergus Hoffman
Seattle
Wash
Senate Appropriations
E. L. Bartlett
James E. Murray
Mont
Interior Affairs Committee
Hoffman
Elmer Thomas
D. Okla
Santa Susana Mountains
Chatsworth
Calif
Caren Marsh
Science
Tom ‘Berry
Reinsman
Goshen
N.Y
Corona Hanover
Corona Hanover, A Bay Filly Owned By Mrs. Hi. M. Miller
Hanover
Volume
Coldstream Stud
Lexington
Tom
Lorraine Deboe
Pennsylvania
Union Railroad
Washington,d. C
Miss Deboe
Washington
Model Railroad Club
S. OK
Iwo Jima
Philadelphia
Marine Division
Mt. Surabachi
Ralph W. Grigaom
Gastonia
N.C
George L.o'connor
George R. Stallings
Augusta
Keller E. Rockey
Fleet Marine Force
Atlantic
Alexander Fersoco
Mansfield
Mass
Victor A. Kleber
Chicago
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