Jewish Delegation Seeks Rights in New States Postwar
A nine member American Jewish Congress delegation proposes a bill of rights to be included in the organic laws of new or enlarged states formed after World War I. The measure, drafted by four committees, urges the peace conference to require citizenship protections for all inhabitants displaced since August 1, 1914, within ten years of adoption. The delegation includes Judge Julian Mack Stephen Wise Louis Marshall and others and plans to travel to Europe.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
American Jews’ Congress
United States
Congress
Julian Mack
Chicago
Stephens. Wise
New York
Louis Marshall
Harry Cutler
Providence
R. I
Jacob de Haas
B. L. Levinthal
Nahum Syrkin
Joseph Barondess
Morris Veinchevsky
Bernard G. Richards
Europe
Marshall
Mr. Marshall
Poland
Russia
Galicia
Lithuania
Ukraina
American Jewish Congress
Wilson
Germany
Organization of Nations
Permanent Navy Force Urged to 217000 by Navigation Chief
Washington December 18 Captain H Laning acting chief of the bureau of navigation urged raising the permanent enlisted strength of the navy from 111000 to 217000. The plan includes 175000 seamen 24000 apprentice seamen and firemen 12000 in trade schools and 6000 in the flying corps to match the world’s strongest navies.
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Washington
House
Naval Affairs Committee
H. Laning
Bureau of Navigation
Laning
Naval Bureau of Operations
Badger
United States
Governors tour USS Mississippi in Chesapeake Bay visit
State governors inspecting the new superdreadnaught Mississippi anchored in Chesapeake Bay aboard the presidential yacht Mayflower. The group met Secretary Daniels and Secretary Lane and discussed war retirement, education funding, and future conference sites including Alaska or Utah.
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Associated Press
Annapolis
Mississippi
Chesapeake Bay
Daniels
Lane
Wilson
Europe
Milliken
Maine
Alaska
Thomas Riggs, Jr
Navy
United States
Senate Approves Ten Percent Tax on Child Labor Profits
The Senate adopted a committee amendment imposing a ten percent tax on profits from child labor products entering interstate commerce. The 50 to 12 vote fell along party lines with Democrats opposing. The measure aims to replace the child labor law struck down by the Supreme Court as part of the war revenue bill and will go to conference.
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Associated Pres
Washington
Senate
Pomerone
Ohio
Lenroot
Wisconsin
Kenyon
Iowa
Supreme Court
Government Ends Case in Trial of Socialist Leaders
Defense opens by calling Adolph Germer to testify as the government ends its case against socialist leaders. Germer appears as a key witness in the trial.
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Adolph Germer
Judge Denies Dismissal as Berger Case Moves Forward
Chicago December 15 A federal court heard the trial of Congressman elect Victor L Berger of Milwaukee and four Socialist leaders on espionage conspiracy charges. Judge Landis overruled a motion to end the case for the jury and discharged the defendants, allowing the defense to challenge testimony. Germer, secretary of the Socialist party, testified about his early life and party history as the defense opened its case. Additional witnesses described draft dodging, anti war sentiment, and Germer's remarks at a 1917 Chicago meeting. The trial featured cross examinations and references to Roosevelt statements and loyalty debates tied to World War I.
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Jy Associated Press
Chicago
Victor L. Berger
Milwaukee
Landis
Adolph Germer
National Party
Thefense
National
National Socialist Party
John K. Bieischmidt
Wo. T. Kruse
Socialist
Bleischmidt
Jersey City
Germer
Hanley
Col. Roosevelt
England
J. E. Harris
Milwaukee Leader
Milwaukee Journal
Federal Reserve Board Foresees New Financial Era
The December bulletin warns of upcoming momentous problems and outlines a shift in economic policy and outlook. Officials project enduring changes in monetary policy and financial stability as the era evolves.
Rationing and Finance Foreseen in Federal Reserve bulletin
The December Federal Reserve Bulletin predicts a new era in American finance with wartime like rationing of financial resources during the transition period. It urges limiting industry to essential signals, absorbing war loans, and reducing domestic and foreign lending as part of a shift to a peace economy. It notes the need to manage inflation and fund reconstruction while preserving liquidity and shifting to normal banking credit use.
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Associated Press
Washington
Federal Reserve Board
United States
Federal Reserve System
Joan
Bulletin
Russia War Casualties Estimated At Eight Million
A. J. Sack director of the Russian information bureau pinned Russian war losses at not less than eight million men with about three million killed and one million disabled for life in an address before the Foreign Commerce group in New York.
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Associated Press
New York
A. J. Sack
Russian Information Bureau
Foreign Commerce
Transport Logan Catches Fire En Route to Siberia
The army transport Logan, departing San Francisco December 14 with troops bound for Siberia, caught fire at sea at midnight last Monday. Flames were subdued and the vessel resumed its voyage, according to the marine department of the chamber of commerce.
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Siberia
Ferre
Associated Press
San Francisco
Logan
Marine Department of the Chamber of Commreces
Honolulu
Post Office Appropriation Bill Passes House With Army Aviator Amendment
The House approved the annual postoffice appropriation bill totaling 257.35 million dollars. An amendment requires the postmaster general to use army aviators for main airplanes rather than creating a separate postal flying corps. The report notes this passage as part of the 1920 supply measures.
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Associated Press
Washington
Postoffice
House
Delegation 10 Versailles Opposes Distribution
Delegation 10 Versailles argues against distribution to avoid contention about US entry into war for gain. The statement frames a position aimed at preventing broader conflict while addressing national interests.
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Versailles
United States
Wilson delegates back plan to sink surrendered warships
American delegates at the Paris peace talks advocate sinking captured enemy ships and reject distributing prizes by naval losses to avoid conflict and uphold President Wilson's stance that the war was not about conquest.
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Paris
Peace Congress
Wilson
England
Eric Geddes
Admiralty
President Wilson to Visit London Earlier Than Expected
The Press Association states President Wilson will arrive in London sooner than planned, within a fortnight, with the premier's Paris trip postponed. They will hold preliminary conversations in London that were due in Paris.
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London
Associated Press
The
Press Association
Wilson
Paris
Wilson Presents Impressions at Paris Press Meeting
President Wilson spoke in Paris at a gathering with representatives of the American press. The event, noted by the Associated Press, highlighted his personal impressions on current affairs and U.S. policy discussions abroad.
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Wilson
Associated Press
Paris
Robbery at American Legation in Bucharest
American Minister Vopicka reported the Bucharest legation was entered and robbed after his return from Jassy. Goods valued at over 100000 dollars were stolen from 22 trunks left for safekeeping. The seal was broken and the building severely damaged. Germans are suspected.
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Associated Press
Washington
Bucharest
Vopicka
Jassy
State Department
Legation
Ader
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Padgett
Naval Academy
Alling
Kelly
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Texas
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Burleson
League OF Nations
League
France
Lloyd George
Victg
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Count di Cellere
Italy
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