Congress to Probe State Dept Diplomacy and CIOTactics
Congressional inquiry into U S foreign policy and State Department conduct follows ex Ambassador Hurley charge that diplomats aided China’s division. Marshall slated as China envoy as CIO faces wage and strike conflicts with Ford UAW and GM amid reconversion concerns.
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Army
Navy
George C. Marshall
Chiang Kai-shek
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Walkie Talkies Stir Debate on Quiet Farm Life
A mocked prediction says walkie talkies for all will flood farms and fields with chatter harming farm life and driving risk. It cites farmers, hunters, drivers and a Gossip Maud Muller poem lampooning social overreach and privacy in a satire of modern communication.
Novel Uses for Radio Surplus Whistles From Antenna Tubes
Radio surplus from the Reconstruction Finance corporation is being repurposed by lab technicians to create toy whistles from antenna tube sections. This is one of several adaptations by RFC and industry workers to find peacetime markets for vast quantities of ratio and electronics equipment deemed redundant to the military.
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Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
Fountain pen promises two years of ink without refills
Quote note highlights fondness for proverbs and maxims. The speaker jokes about preferring sayings and notes a fountain pen that allegedly writes for two years without refilling. The quoter hints at spoiling charm by complaining.
Washington Digest on Unemployment After World War II
In postwar reconversion, unemployment claims rise as millions of veterans and workers leave war industries. The Social Security Board explains waves of job loss, expected crisis by 1947, and how claims reveal shifting demographics among applicants including more women and skilled workers. Higher unemployment follows demobilization, with agencies planning to fill gaps until peacetime industry reopens.
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Peter Pugh
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Hank
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Congress
Barbs on Education and Leadership Echoes in Postwar Talk
Bankhage notes paradoxes in postwar America as two top public figures miss formal schooling yet lead major agencies. He cites Louis Brownlow and Watson Miller, mentions Spaatz as a Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate, and remarks on 18 million women working on V J Day and the potential impact on employment.
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