State Acts to curb Communist influence in Texas unions
State officials led by Secretary of State Carney moved to liquidate organizers cards for two unions the Distributive Processing and Office Workers Union of America and the International Mine Mill and Smelter Workers. The action follows accusations of Communist influence and terror tactics tied to CIO severance and calls for new laws to curb Communist activity statewide.
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Austin
Tex
Award Carney
Carney
Texas
Attorney General's Department
Port Arthur
Brownsville
Corpus Christi
Texas City
Fulgham
DPOWA
State Industrial Commission
CIO
Commission
John Ben Shepperd
State of the Union Address Highlights Cotton Acreage Plan
President Eisenhower delivers a traditional State of the Union before a joint session. The early focus is on cotton acreage legislation with House and Senate action anticipated, provisions aiding Texas growers, and potential surrender of allocated acreage.
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Eisenhower
House
Senate
Jefferson
Woodrow Wilson
Secretary of Agriculture
Senate Agriculture Committee
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Vern Sanford
Texas Press Association
Shepperd
Fur and Leather Workers Union
Allan Shivers
Shivers
Texas State Teachers Association
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C. Woodrow Laughlin
Alice
South Texas
Supreme Court
B. B. Wood
Jacob S. Floyd, Jr
Wood
Laughlin
Jim Wells County
Floyd
George Pharr
Jim Wells
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Brooks
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Texas Tidelands
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Tidelands
Murray
School Land Board
Boston Pilgrims
Christian Herter
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Kansas
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Arkansas
Lone Star State
Highway Department
Jay Gould
Kilgore
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Fat
Paelt Arene Te Cora
Gartman’s
Remington
Mira
Mercury
Sun Valley
America
Vey Mercury
Rex Collier Motors
Blackburn
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