Federal Aid For Housing On Track In Congress Action
The Associated Press reports that a large scale public housing program aided by federal subsidies is near congressional approval. Administration aides seek 500000 units in five years, with unions urging up to 2000000 units, and mayors asking 800000. The plan emphasizes slum clearance rural housing and research with construction starting slowly around 30000 to 35000 units in 1949.
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Army Vote Ban No Longer Needed in Texas
The Editor argues the Texas constitutional clause barring Regular Army voters is obsolete after World War II and calls for a constitutional amendment. The piece notes broadened voting rights for National Guard Organized Reserves and retirees, and emphasizes the small impact of Regular Army personnel on state elections.
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Texas
United States
House
Senate
National Guard
Organized Reserves
Lesinski Ascends Labor Leader Role Amid Riot Debates
The article outlines Michigan Representative John Lesinski becoming House labor chairman and shaping labor policy amid riot controversies. It notes his neutral stance toward the steel company, ties to Walter Reuther and Gus Scholle, and the CIO’s influence in Michigan politics while contrasting Soviet factionalism and American Communist leadership amid postwar tensions.
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Phil Murray
House of Representatives Labor Committee
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Lesinski
Walter Reuther
Gus Scholle
Reuther
Michigan
Cio-Pac
Scholle
Democratic Party
16Th
House
Mr. Scholle
CIO
Mennen Williams
Russia
New York
Washington
William Z. Foster
Foster
American Communist Party
New York Post Corp
Compromise Wipes Out FEPC Law As Hays Proposes Counseling
A Hays compromise would sidestep the FEPC by substituting an employment counseling service to protect workers' rights. It would drop criminal penalties, replace them with civil penalties, and may extend to outlaw interstate transportation segregation, aiming to ease Truman civil rights legislation.
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Arkansas
Brooks Hays
Congress
FEPC
Truman
Congressman Hays
Hays
South
Christmas Chronicle of Yuletide Letters and Gags
A Woonsocket Call holiday piece recounts Christmas front pages omitting crime, playful exchanges, and famous quotes. It weaves anecdotes about actors John Barrymore and Woodrow Wilson, a Marshall Missouri preacher Santa, humor from a Chicago Tribune reporter, and Bright Yuletide reflections.
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Woonsocket Call
Rhode Island
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Gazette
Questions and Answers About Miscellaneous Topics
Readers inquire on varied subjects including light-weight concrete and its composition, the Chinese New Year date for 1948, Eskimo housing habits, the Bowes cut tobacco tip, and the French boxing method La Savate. Answers provide concise facts and definitions from the period knowledge base.
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