Common Man Fit to Rule Says News Analyst
Washington reflects on Henry Wallace for president and the idea that the so called common man may lack the education and intelligence to govern. Experts debate whether expanding education improves national leadership while cautioning against overreliance on population IQ notions.
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Washington
Henry Wallace
California
America
Teddy Roosevelt
Wallace
United States
de. Francis Brown
Sla
American Council On Education
President's Commission
Bureh
Burch
Dr. Brown
Brown
Bernard Iddings Bell
Episcopal
Chicago
Wiitus
British Economy Crisis Links War, Labor, and Markets
A rapid chain of events ties Field Marshal Montgomery’s return, Britain's military curtailment, and Labour’s plan to boost coal output to a larger picture of global economic strain. Wheat, corn, and industrial shares drop as U S policy shifts toward expanding wheat crops amid shortages and inflation.
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England
America
Viscount Montgomery
Imperial General Staff
Far East
Montgomery
Great Britain
London
Isle
Clement Alice
LU. S. State Department
Chicago Board of Trade
New York Stock Exchange
U. S
Death Toll Down 9 Percent In Midyear Highway Report
The National Safety Council reports 14 400 cross country highway deaths in the first six months of 1947, 9 percent below the 15 890 deaths for the same period in 1946, while travel was 11 percent higher. City fatalities fell in New York and Los Angeles, with Jacksonville, Florida, dropping 69 percent from 1946.
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National Safety Council
The
Safety Council
New York
Los Angeles
Jacksonville
Fln
AAA Resumes Soil Program After $255 Million Fund Approved
Washington reports the agriculture department orders a restart of the soil conservation program funded by a $255 million administrative grant plus $264 million direct payments to farmers. The plan offers cash and materials for conservation, with staff reductions and a tight timetable for 1948 funding.
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Washington
AAA
Department of Agriculture
Congress
House
Truman
Senate
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Leland Dexter
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Grandview
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Percy C. Powell
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Robert Todd Lincoln
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