Democratic Party Faces Northern Negro Job Barriers
A historical column analyzes how unions and race shape the Northern Negro job prospects, arguing craft unions block skilled work and that Democrats must address apprentice limits to win the Black vote. It notes Republican gains from suburbs mask a looming race issue for 1964.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic Party
Potomac
Detroit
Henry Ford
Michigan
Ohio
Illinois
Abraham Lincoln
South
Mason-Dixon Line
North
The
Urban League
Wallaces
Craft Union
Republican Party
Morning Quote Reflections on Truth and Wisdom
A concise reflection cites Proverbs on buying truth and wisdom as guiding virtues. The snippet frames truth as the highest possession and hints at enduring insights from Geoffrey Chaucer. It emphasizes moral priority of integrity over material gain.
Kennedy popularity shifts GOP hopes for 1964 race
The article notes Kennedy’s slipping polls and mounting concerns over Cuba, reforms, and indecision. It says Goldwater rises to the front in the GOP, potentially challenging Kennedy in 1964, with Rockefeller and others faltering amid personal scandals. It predicts a Kennedy Goldwater contest if Cuban and domestic issues aren’t addressed.
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Kennedy
White House
Jfk
GOP
Rockefeller
Romney
Goldwater
Scranton
Hemisphere
Washington
Nelson Rockefeller
New York
Cupid
Gov. Rockefeller
Potomac Fever cures for defeated politicians
The piece notes a pattern where defeated lawmakers are rewarded with federal posts to keep them from returning home. It lists Gracie Prost, Sidney Yates, Walter Moeller, Kathryn Granahan, Robert Morgenthau, and Don Magnuson receiving jobs ranging from 16 000 to 22 500 dollars, including roles in the FHA UN trusteeship council space agency treasury and interior department.
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Washington
Gracie Prost
Idaho
Federal Housing Administration
Sidney R. Yates
Illinois
U. N. Trusteeship Council
Walter Moeller
Ohio
Space Agency
Kathryn Granahan
Pennsylvania
U. S
Robert Morgenthau
Railroads face dead end after featherbedding talks
Kennedy may push Congress to require arbitration as railway labor talks reach midnight deadline. Reynolds mediates between railroads and unions over eliminating featherbedding that could save 600 million annually while 65 000 to 80 000 jobs may be at risk.
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JFK
Washington
Supreme Court
Jim Reynolds
National Labor Relations Board
American Locomotive Company
Wayne Morse
Dore
Reynolds
Ed Gilbert
Brotherhood of
Railroad Firemen
Gilbert
Kennedy
Congress
Senate Labor Committee
Fifty Years Ago Daily Telegraph Notes In Brief
A historical brief cites events from fifty to ten years ago. E. E. Carter left Washington on a business trip. Bluefield College launched a $100000 fundraising drive. William Hamm Jr. of St. Paul was kidnapped. Allied warplanes attacked Axis bases in Sicily. President Eisenhower addressed clergy on the Rosenberg case and atom spy condemnations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. Carter
Washington
William Hamm Jr
St. Paul
Sicily
Rome
United States
Adam Clayton Powell
New Jersey
America
Greensboro
N.C
Useless But Interesting in East Orange Story Noted
An East Orange resident praises a publication for a lengthy Chicago story that avoids the nickname Windy City. A 1963 prediction notes two students crossing the English Channel in a bedstead boat, highlighting a quirky moment in history.
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East Orange
N. J
Man
Chicago
Windy City
Russell Rejects Kennedy Civil Rights Plan In Senate Address
David Lawrence Russell opposes the presidents civil rights program, accusing him of encouraging mass demonstrations. He argues equal rights do not require forcing private businesses to admit people of different races and condemns federal measures to compel social mixing.
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Russel
Russell
South
United States
Congress
Senator Soaper on autos as status symbol
The senator dismisses the idea that cars are a status symbol and cites Queen Boadicea’s scythe blade hubcaps as a simple transportation choice rather than fashion. The remark reflects a pragmatic view of automobile use.
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Boadicea
Our System Of Government Oversized By Kennedy Policies
The piece argues that the Kennedy administration's push toward bigger government and more programs inflates federal power. It warns that Medicare taxes, wheat programs, foreign aid, and new tax-distributing programs enlarge government beyond need. It calls for checks and bipartisanship to curb appetite for immensity.
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Kennedy
Congress
Senate
Mike Mans
Field
House
Clay Commission
Mr. Kennedy
White House
U.S. Spies Warned Of Profumo Scandal Avoided by British
Washington intelligence flagged a British minister's links with Christine Keeler and a Soviet attaché. Prime Minister Macmillan faced questions in Parliament as Britain reexamined allegations. The affair exposed strains in Cold War diplomacy and London society. Christine Keeler, John Profumo, and Capt. Yevgeny Ivanov are central figures in the unfolding case. Dr. Stephen Ward figures in the scandal with ties to Churchill and high-profile royals.
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Kennedy
London
George Brown
Labor Party
Washington
Harvard
Brown
United States
White House
State Rusk
Defense McNamara
Interior
Udall
Potomac
Rusk
McNamara
Re* 1
Moscow
Harold Wilson
Leate
British Labor Party
Khrushchev
Russia
Paris
Lyman Lemnitzer
NATO
Britain
Uncle Sam
Macmillan
House of Commons
Pentagon
Central Intelligence Agency
Christine Keeler
John Profumo
Yevgeny Ivanov
Commons
Profumo
England
Ivanov
Stephen Ward
Society
Ward
Winston Churchill
Prince Philip
Queen Elizabeth
Princess Margaret
Lord Snowdon
Youth drive in global protests linked to American unrest
The piece cites U S and global events to claim youths and students shape political upheaval from South Korea to the Congo. It notes sit ins in the South, youth training in protest tactics, and calls for intensified labor and youth organizations to influence U S civil rights battles. It warns against neglecting youth spiritual needs as a path to revolutionary change.
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Southland
UN- American Activities Committee
San Francisco
Political Affairs
South Korea
Turkey
Japan
United States
North
South
New York Times
Jackson
Miss
Little Rock
Sons and Daughters
Labor-Youth Alliance
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Dlarfield Daily Telegraph
Hugh Ike Shott
Hugh Shott
Geoffrey Chaucer
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Arizona
Mercer County
Bluefield
Princeton
Drew Pearson
Labor
Los Angeles
George Meany
Mac
Daily Telegraph
Bluefield College
Eisenhower
Ethel and
Julius Rosenberg
David Lawrence
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
Senate Armed Services Committee
Soaper
Sug-sumeiy
Aeeting
Idem
Chicago Trituna
H. J. Taylor
Andrew Tully
U.S
Constantine Brown
Cuba
Congo
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