Abundance vs. hardship in a flawed economic system
A speaker critiques U.S. prosperity tied to limited labor, noting stock market joy at Studebaker layoffs while thousands lose jobs. He argues automation will raise unemployment, urges humane public funding for artists and teachers, and condemns wealth concentration. He calls for radical action to protect workers, schools, and the vulnerable before Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Studebaker
South Bend
Wall Street
Labor Leaders Speak On Jobs And Unemployment
Walter Reuther declares a job for every American regardless of race at the AFL-CIO convention while A Philip Randolph warns against policies predicting 414 percent chronic unemployment by 1980, noting current trends may disproportionately affect Black workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Labor Movement
Walter Reuther
A. Philip Randolph
Drama and Fakery Over a Tax Bill
In a theater of budget battles President Johnson fights for quick tax relief while pressing for defense savings and reduced spending. The piece notes White House maneuvering with Byrd on tax cuts, McNamara’s economies, and political timing, framing the 1964 budget as both dramatic and slightly fakery while urging passage of the tax bill amid poverty concerns.
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Indy
Harry F. Byrd
Virginia
White House
Kermit Gordon
Council of Economic Advisors
Walter Heller
Secretary of the Treasury
Douglas Ditton
Johnson
Dillon
Sen
Byrd
Finance Committee
Senate Noor
Scrooge
Defense
Robert McNamara
United States
Boston
U.S. Navy
Boston Navy Yard
McNamara
Kennedy
Congress
Georgia
House
Senate Armed Services Committees
Pentagon
U.S
Defense Department
Securities and Exchange Commission
Do-Gooder Herbert Lehman Honored as Integrity in Action
Obituary tribute recalls Herbert Lehman as a philanthropist statesman who shaped New York and national policy. From governor during the 1930s banking crisis to senator and ally of FDR, Lehman championed public housing, unemployment insurance, civil rights, and humanitarian aid. His legacy includes UNNRA relief work and a lifelong stance against corruption and discrimination.
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Herbert Lehman
Hugh Gaitskell
Pope John
Kennedy
Lehman
Dewey
Dulles
Robert Moses
Col. Donovan
Smith
Roosevelt
New York
Fdr
Albany
Prigs
America
Bavaria
Germany
Alabama
Confederacy
Lehmans
Cotton Exchange
Lehman Bros
Herbert
Mt. Sinai Hospital
Senate
McCarran
McKellar
McCarthy
Byrd
Paul Douglas
Margaret Chase Smith
Johnson
Rayburn
Texas
New York City
UNNRA
Europe
Johnson Jacqueline ticket proposed in Boston letter
Francis E. Kelly urged in a letter to John Bailey that Jacqueline Johnson run for vice president with Lyndon Johnson leading the Democratic ticket. The suggestion appeared in Boston in the AP report on a proposed ticket.
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Boston
Massachusetts
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
Francis E. Kelly
John Bailey
National Democratic Committee
Lynn Editor Elected Head of News Unit
Charles F. Gallagher managing editor of the Lynn Daily Item was elected president of the Massachusetts Newspaper Information Service. John J. Broughan assistant general manager of the Greenfield Recorder Gazette is the new treasurer, succeeding H Irving Jensk. Gallagher also leads the New England Society of Newspaper Editors and chairs the AP contest committee.
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Boston
Charles F. Gallagher
Lynn Daily Item
Massachusetts Newspaper Information Service
John J. Broughan
Greenfield Recorder - Gazette
Massachusetts
Gallagher
Donald R. Dwight
Holyoke Transcript - Telegram
Reorganized State Department of Public Works
New England Society of Newspaper Editors
Associated Press
Broughan
H. Irving Jensk
Greenfield
Service
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Parkas
Ouites
Joseph Alsop
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San Juan Hill
George G. Connelly
Williamstown
Johnson-Jacqueline
Aloo
Charlotte O'Donnell
Pittsfield
Lynn
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