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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1950
Page
4
UT administrators worry over Negro enrollment and the potential split of the state’s permanent university endowment. They anticipate legal challenges after the NAACP push for desegregation and expect a chancellor to shield the fund amid legislative battles. The UT Board of Regents meets July 14–15 as they seek swift leadership.
A collage of humorous vignettes recalls cake songs, pie eating, a crash landing and money woes. It notes 30 million women in beauty shops, plane design limits, a political quip, a country town indifference to orders, and Kate Smith signing for television to bring moon over the mountain.
The article discusses a possible Truman campaign swing this fall to back Democratic congressional nominees, noting it would mark the first active presidential barnstorming aimed at congressional elections and contrasting open campaigning with covert influence. It also covers Congress readying contempt citations in investigations of communism and espionage, including cases involving Rumely Kamp Jaffe Browder and others, and the legal questions around First and Fifth Amendment defenses.
The guest column argues that a Dixiecrat Republican coalition blocks Truman's program and labor goals. It notes Southern Dixiecrats oppose civil rights and Taft Hartley repeal, urging intensified push to defeat Dixiecrats in the South after Pepper's Florida primary loss.
The AFL launches a nationwide organizing drive honoring Samuel Gompers aiming for one million new members this year. Focused efforts in the South seek to overcome Taft Hartley Act constraints and elect pro labor candidates, building on the 1948 upset and targeting precincts nationwide to boost turnout.
A collage of Q and A items covers rug colors from Kazvin, tornado counts in 1949, Nebraska unicameralism, oyster nutrition, Boys Town leadership, the origin of pretzels, the bay tree and the Christ Child, famous American duels, and counterfeit money laws.
In a White House exchange Admiral Leahy jokes with President-elect Eisenhower calling him professor. The article traces Korea aid delays from internal security doubts to bureaucratic slowdowns and political criticism as officials debated urgency and funding.
A collage of show business chatter cites Met opera contracts, Judy Garland phone praise, Mimi Benzell auditions, Ida Lupino headlines, Margie Hart’s lead setback, CBS annual fundraiser, and Hollywood gossip. Mentions Lawford, Miller, Belasco, and Truman style spoof in a sweeping media snapshot.
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