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Newspaper

Austin American

Location

Austin, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 29, 1950

Page

5

Buchanan panel to issue dozen lobbying reports soon

The Franklin D. Buchanan select committee in Washington plans about a dozen reports on lobbying in the $8 million per year industry, outlining underground methods, propaganda use, and evasion of the Lobby Registration Act. It will cover various lobbies and government agencies with ongoing hearings through September.

Peter Edson Washington Pennsylvania Frank Buchanan Select Committee Buchanan Congress Buchanan Committee Federal Security Agency Public Affairs Institute Foundation For Economic Education Dewey Anderson Brotherhood of Railway Trainment Foundation For Economic Freedom Leonard Reed Edward A. Rumley Committee For Constitutional Government William L. Patterson Civil Rights Congress Rumley Patterson Joseph P. Kamp Constitutional Education League Kamp House Campaign Committee Merwin K. Hart National Economic Council Americans For Democratic Action Francis Biddle Department of State Department of Agriculture American Bar Association Legal Clarence Brown Ohio Charles A. Halleck Indiana Benedict F. FitzGerald Jr

Wake Up Call in Dewey Era Notes

Paragraphs urge vigilance and alertness as times grow harder with rising living costs. A remark links unlucky numbers to billing, while a fatal car crash is recalled in a famous last words moment. The passage critiques American public interest in spectacles over power and recalls old customs like a Sunday suit.

Dewey America

The Editor's Notebook on City Growth and Costs

The note discusses growing bigness and its abuses within the city of Austin. It argues taxes must rise to fund fire, police, streets, and schools without resorting to sales taxes. It notes the burden from temporary residents and government buildings and calls for a fairer method to have the most benefited pay more.

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Labor Campaigns and Trade Allegations Stir Red Scare Fears

A Labor Department commentary accuses Communist networks in New York of evading passport rules to reach Europe for propaganda briefings. It cites State Department actions, Soviet trade with U.S. merchants, and planned union funding to influence the fall elections. The piece mentions Jimmie Petrillo visiting Puerto Rico to gauge island musicians and notes ongoing political organizing by labor bosses.

FBI Broadway New York Europe State Department United States Moscow Leningrad North Korea Boston Canada Kehrea Northwest Albania Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Poland Jimmie Petrillo Puerto Rico Caribe- Hilton New Jersey AFL Kefauver Senate Committee Wright Aeronautical Company CIO Irving Brown Secret Service Berlin Irving

Answers and Questions From The Information Bureau

A compilation of trivia Q and A covers topics from Statue of Liberty ownership to Siamese twins age of death and origin of the Manhattan cocktail. It includes notes on lasso material, orange pekoe tea, slip laws, and Canaries breeding history.

Chang Eng

Washington Merry-Go-Round Attacks Fail To Shake Truman

Washington column surveys White House maneuvering as cabinet members Ache and Johnson face friction, while aides float replacements. It notes balloon propaganda in West Germany, North Korea pledges unfulfilled, a plane crash near Denver, wiretap testimony, naval transport expansion, Taft efforts for 1952 delegates, and GOP price control strategy linked to Baruch Plan.

Washington White House State Acheson Defense Johnson Mr. Big Styles Bridges New Hampshire Bridges Truman Louey Johnson Johnson Defense Louey Germany Bremen West Germany East Germany Russia GOP Indiana Charlie Halleck Jesse Wallcott Michigan National Association of Manufacturers The Bell Syndicate, Inc

Kiner Romance Recalled In Broadway Feature

In a Broadway column a baseball writer calls a Kiner Maureen Cannon tale a hoax. Ralph Kiner admits meeting Miss Cannon once in New York as she pursued TV work and Giants ties, with others confirming flirtations while Westlake and Durocher connections are noted.

Ralph Kiner Pittsburgh Maureen Cannon Said Kiner Kiner Maureen Wally Ozark Ike) Westlake Miss Cannon New York Central Park Leo Durocher Giants Bob Rice Pirates Russ Brown Webster Hall Hotel Mr. Kinner

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