Labor Battle Opens in Legislature Over Taft Hartley Law
In the 51st Legislature the opening clash favors tighter unions regulation. A House resolution urges Congress to reject pending Taft Hartley proposals, while education reform bills advance in the Senate. Governor Jester seeks $200,000 for Texas tidal lands defense as lawmakers resume after adjournment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Cheavens
Associated Presse
Congress
Senate
C. H. Cavness
House
Beauford H. Jester
The
Legione
Texas
Marshall Bell
Antonio
Durwood Manford
Labor Committee
Two Austin Men Unhurt In Mexico Plane Crash
In Tampico Mexico two Austin Texas flyers Charles A. Quist and Billy D Kimler escaped a mono plane wreck with only minor cuts and bruises doctors said. The pair were on a test flight off Miramar Beach after arriving from Panama and were to travel to Austin for repair parts.
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Tampico
Mexico
Austin
Texas
Charles A. Quist
Billy D. Kimler
Miramar Beach
Quist
Kimler
Panama
Harris weighs Lt Governor or Attorney General bid
Dallas Senator Fred Harris announced he will run in the 1950 campaign for either Lieutenant Governor or Attorney General, denying gubernatorial ambitions. He attacked Governor Jester over the rural school teachers pay fund shortage and budget actions, saying calls for a special session were missed and voicing constitutional concerns. He noted thousands of letters urging a run and pledged to decide which post to pursue.
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Fred Williams
Austin
Harris
Beauford H. Jester
Senate
Jester
Dallas
Plan favors seniority in emergency state pay raises
Texas lawmakers study cost of living raises for about 25 000 state workers with a proposed top bonus of up to 4000 for long service. House sub committee led by C S McLennan aims to report soon. Senate Finance sub committee chaired by Carlos Ashley plans to finalize recommendations early next week.
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Senate
House
Ray Kirkpatrick
Trenton
House Appropriations Committee
C. S. McLennan
Eagle Lake
Albert M. Jones
Valley Mills
Vernon McDaniel
Wichita Falls
William C. Miller Jr
Houston
H. G. Perry Jr
Stephenville
Johnnie B. Rogers
Austin
Pearce Johnson
Kirkpatrick
Beauford
Carlos Ashley
Liano
Senate Finance Committee
A. M. Aikin Jr
Paris
W. R. Cousins Jr
R. L. Proffer
Justin
Sen
Ashley
War clock runs to 1954 and Hiss trial delayed
Air Force chief Hoyt S. Vandenberg warned war could come in four to five years. Alger Hiss perjury trial postponed to March 21 due to new defense counsel. Norman Oklahoma Regents admit two more Black students. Reuters dispatches report Soviet Yugoslav Austrian talks and Chinese Communists peacemaking efforts amid domestic political tensions.
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New York
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Air Force
Alger Hiss
State Department
Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
Squirrel Attacks Bring Three Bites in Beaumont
A pet squirrel launched a morning rampage in a Beaumont neighborhood. Mrs. Blackburn was bitten three times, Jasper Spell two bites, and the Pierces suffered multiple wounds before the intruder was chased from their home. City Poundmaster Jack Nolan captured the animal for rabies testing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaumont
Lunamae Blackburn
Jasper Spell
Pierce
Jack Nolan
House Votes to Junk Tariff Act in Major Party Clash
The House approved the repeal of the 1948 Republican tariff act by 319 to 69 paving the way for restored reciprocal trade terms and tariff cuts up to 50 percent from 1945 levels in pacts with nations reducing barriers. The Senate will decide. Democrats pressed quick action while Republicans sought more hearings on the TaftHartley Labor Law and filibuster control loomed in Senate debate.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Senate Labor Committee
Wind Storm Drifts Halt Western Plains Travel
Icy winds up to 50 mph piled new drifts on the Western Plains, stranding more than 6,000 travelers as roads closed. A February heat wave hit the East and South with record highs, while fresh snow and wind threatened cattle losses and fuel shortages.
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Mercury
New York
Baltimore
Mobile
Ala
Brownsville
Texas
North
South Dakota
Sinclair
Wyo
Wyoming
Union Pacific Railroad
Nebraska
Utah
Idaho
Rock River
Black Hills
Red Cross
Lusk
Fifth Army
Rawlins
Manna
Douglas
Gillette
Wye
Gulf of Alaska
Washington
Oregon
Cascade Mountains
United States Presses UN Action Over Mindszenty Case
Secretary of State Acheson condemns Mindszenty verdict as Soviet religious persecution and says the US is studying UN action. Britain and France urged to join as the House passes a resolution urging protest through the UN or other means. Cardinal Spellman calls for removal of Communists from US government.
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Washington
Dean Acheson
Hungary
Cardinal Mindszenty
Vatican City
Pius XII
Sacred College of Cardinals
Mindszenty
New York
Francis Cardinal Spellman
House
Www
United States
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
United Nations
Senate
Acheson
Slain Gandhi’s Assassin Sentenced to Hang in Delhi
Narayan Vinayak Godse was sentenced to hang for the murder of Mohandas K. Gandhi. Special Judge Atman Charan pronounced the verdict in the Red Fort courtroom. Godse said he killed Gandhi to oppose his concessions to Muslims, which he claimed ruined Hindus.
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New Delhi
India
Narayan Vinayak Godse
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Atman Charam
Delhi
Red Fort
Godse
Gandhi
Day in Congress Tariffs and Labor Debates in Brief
The House moved to repeal the 1948 tariff law and restore the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act, enabling mutual tariff cuts. The Senate labor committee extended hearings to Feb 23 to argue repeal of Taft Hartley and Wagner Act changes. A Senate rules panel backed a two thirds vote rule to curb filibusters amid Southern resistance. Secretary Brannan says no price break risk. tax authorities push cautious stance on $4 billion extra taxes. Hearings begin on radar fence for the United States. Hoffman says $5.58 billion needed to run European aid 15 more months. A veterans official criticizes Rankin’s multi billion dollar pensions plan as political handout.
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House
Senate
Senate Labor Committee
American Veterans Committee
Rankin
Cmiss
House Veterans Committee
All Veterans Plan
Postal Workers Aid Dimes Drive for Polio Fund
Austin postal workers contributed 487 dollars to Walter Bremond Jr. for the March of Dimes. Stamps Friendly City Quartet raised 100 dollars at a Gospel Tabernacle concert. St Ignatius and Newman schools donated funds. Hausman Beauty Shops will donate a day's income next Monday. Total collections reached about 37,000 with 13,000 needed to reach 50,000.
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Austin Post Office
Walter Bremond Jr
Post Office
Oliver Bruck
Friendly City Quartet
The
Gospel Tabernacle
Bremond
Austin
St. Ignatius
Newman
Hausman Beauty
West Sixth
San Jacinto
East 51St Streets
Polio Fund
Burnice Hausman
Edna Nasser
Jonelle Majors
Elise Maynard
Nettie Teague
Mariynette Swenson
Angeline Lawson
Elsie Cloyd
Probe Ordered On Commodity Market Slump
The administration moved to shore up farm prices by ordering a government investigation into the commodity market slump blamed partly on speculative influences. Secretary of Agriculture called for full information on trading in wheat corn and soybean futures on the Chicago Board of Trade since Monday. May wheat fell below 2 dollars for two years, then rallied on government assurances. hog prices hit lows, cattle rose slightly, and other commodities recovered in New York.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Chicago Board of Trade
New York
Chicago
Denmark Studies Alliance Amid Red Protests at State
Danish ambassador Henrik De Kauffman and Swedish envoy Eric Boheman met Secretary Acheson to discuss Denmark and Sweden’s role in a North Atlantic Alliance. They pressed for terms on possible Danish entry while defending against Soviet charges of aggression.
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Washington
Bassadors
Denmark
Sweden
Aches
Acheson
Henrik de Kauffman
de Kauffman
Eric Boheman
Norway
Boheman
Oe Seay
Moscow
United Nations
Russia
Canada
Britain
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Jacob Malik
Security Council
New York
Council For Europe
State Department
Citizens debate Austin rate rise before City Council
About 100 people attended a Wednesday hearing as Citizens urged the Austin council to reject or modify a proposed telephone rate hike by Southwestern Bell. The company seeks increases from 2.35 to 3.25 for residences and 6 to 8.25 for business lines, arguing a fair return on a 4.5 million dollar local investment while costs rose substantially. The council will study recommendations and continue discussion at Thursday's session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
C. S. Slatton
Dallas
Southwestern Bell
Austin
Dean Moorhead
Jessup Named Envoy-at-Large for Global Talks
President Truman and Secretary of State Acheson tapped Philip C. Jessup for ambassador-at-large to represent the United States at major international conferences. Jessup, formerly on the United Nations Security Council and a Columbia University international law professor, resigned to return to academia and is to be nominated by the president soon.
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Washington
Truman
Acheson
Philip C. Jessup
United States
Jessup
United Nations Security Council
International Columbia University
Senate
Security Council
Columbia University
Secretary of State
Air Force YB-49 crosses US in four hours twenty five minutes
The eight engine YB-49 flying wing bomber flew 2258 miles from Murdoc Air Base in California to Andrews Field in four hours and 25 minutes averaging 511.2 mph. Crew included Major Robert L. Gardenas Captain Wilbur Seller and three from the manufacturing company.
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Air Force
Washington
Andrews Field
Muroc Air Base
California
Robert L. Gardenas
San Diego
Calif
Wilbur W. Seller
Terre Haute
Ind
Moses Lake
Wash
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Lewis B. Hershey
National Selective Service
Jay
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Shanghai
Peiping
Li Tsung-Jen
Chiang Kai-Shek
Red Radio
China
Yangtze River
Samuel Green
Harold Medina
Doc
Senate Rules Committee
Dixie
George
West Plain
Associated Press
Big Piney
Weather Bureau
Kirk Mears
Pennington County
Chester Span
Frank Hill
Luther Mills Jr
March of Dimes
Norman
Hackerman
Neal Douglas
Ris
Cardinal Mind
Brannan
USA
Paul G. Hoffman
Postal Workers Aid Dimes
Ture
Denmark Studies Alliance
Atlantic
Tom Miller
Slatton
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