GOP Faces Facts as Changes Are Certain to Come
The piece argues the GOP must accept social and economic reforms, warning against both liberal and reactionary extremes. It notes Tom Dewey at a Lincoln Day dinner urging unity and a shift toward private enterprise with expanded human rights, while Taft's influence looms in Senate battles over unemployment, old age insurance, and labor laws. The column preserves a period voice and weighs party strategy amid evolving policies.
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Tom Dewey
Slough
Sylvia
Dewey
Republican Party
Party
Federal Reserve Board
Taft
Senate
Capitol Hill
England
GOP
Congress Plans Price and Wage Controls Clash With Health Plan
Weekly analysis notes Truman administration push for price ceilings and a wage board while doctors propose a federal health department and broad medical care programs seen as a counter move in the battle over socialized medicine. The piece deems many proposals vague and potentially obsolete as prices trend downward and political hurdles loom.
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Washington
Truman
Mr. Truman
America
American Medical Association
Board of Trustees
Department of Health
Merci train visit stirs Kentucky reception in Frankfort
Governor Earle Clements greeted the French Merci train’s arrival with a playful kiss from French representative Andre Picard who, in return, gave Clements a Kentucky colonel’s commission. The lighthearted exchange highlighted cordial ties as dignitaries hosted the show of goodwill.
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Kentucky
Earle Clements
Frankfort
Andre Picard
Clements
Picard
Defense Pact and the Gilded Lily Debate in Washington
Puzzling Washington debate over a North Atlantic defense pact questions congress authority and wartime decisions. Vandenberg and Connally claim pact would not force war yet imply formal recognition of shared defense could deter World War III. The piece contrasts this with Pearl Harbor lessons and notes aging heroics of a 102 year old Westerfield resident praising exercise and fresh air.
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Congress
Vandenberg
Foreign Affairs Committee
United States
Senate
State Department
Connally
U.S
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Germany
Lusitania
Westerfield
Katherine G. Lyon
Farm groups split on longrange bill in Washington
Washington report shows the National Farmers Union, Farm Bureau, and National Grange divided over parity and flexible price supports. Oklahoma Sens. Thomas and local groups influence the debate as big industry shifts tactics with public relations.
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Hope- Aiken Farm
National Grange
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Elmer Thomas
Oklahoma
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National Farmers Union
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Farm Bureau Federation
Allan Kline
AFBF
Albert Goss
Congress
Goss
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