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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1949
Page
4
Texas faces broad threats to efficiency as reform bills sweep through the Capitol. Aiming to rewrite election and tax laws, reconsider education funding, and even chart a constitutional revision, state leaders seek a modern administrative machine to replace piecemeal fixes.
A labor backed plan proposes AFL seafarers to guard piers at night to curb pilfering from ship cargoes worth hundreds of millions. The move follows 1938 New York finger printing limits and targets longshoremen unions amid broader union organizing drives and political activity nationwide.
A compilation of Q and A items covers Alabama ballot suppressions for Truman pledges after March 1 1948 and post primary pledges to support Governor Thurmond. It notes an attorney general opinion barring Truman electors under state law.
A whirl of Cold War era tensions across Europe and the United States is described. Ex-Nazi prisoners trained to disrupt unions in Soviet zones allegedly move into Allied zones. Maryland moves to outlaw the Communist Party. Auto and other unions face internal strife over welfare funds and leadership disputes. A Texas union leader changes his name after a clash with his followers.
Washington. President Truman shifts a proposed nationwide tour into a campaign against Congress at the Jackson Jefferson Dinner. He faces House resistance on social security expansion, while internal agency actions in snow crises praise the land and forest bureaus for rapid response. Senator Flanders coinages stir housing bill talks as Bricker and Cain threaten civil rights fights.
A dense parade of society gossip traces embassies, marriages, alimony cuts, and rumblings from New York to London. Names like Vivienne Wooley Hart, Annabella's Paris wedding, Tyrone Power, Rita Hayworth, Doris Duke, and George Ross surface amid elite soirées, divorces, and power plays.
The Austin region urges a $15 million LCRA project to build two more dams adding about 100 000 horsepower to the hydroelectric system. The plan aims to flood-control storage of 200 000 acre-feet and support regional growth led by the Austin Area Economic Development Foundation.
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