Congress Reacts to Labor Unrest and Auto Strike Pressures
Congress moves to pass an anti-violence act with a 20 year maximum for interference with interstate commerce amid labor unrest and ITU trucker funding protests. Truman’s anti-strike plan faces slower support as unions, manufacturers debate wage disputes. Labor talks stall at GM while Ford inches ahead. Production declines with shortages.
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Congress
AFL International Teamster Union
ITU
Truman
UAW
CIO
United Automobile Workers
Ford
G.M
Chrysler
Packard
Nash
Hudson
Studebaker
Willys-Overland
President outlines rapid home building plan and wartime aids
President Truman proposes government aided housing to ease the shortage with priority for homes under 10000 dollars and veterans. The plan channels materials to lower costs, uses wartime shelters as temporary housing, disposes surplus building material and aims for 600000 dwellings next year. Wilson Wyatt named housing expediter. The piece also covers Pearl Harbor inquiry progress and conflicting affidavits over the winds message.
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Snyder
Truman
Wilson Wyatt
Louisville
Army
Pearl Harbor
Navy
White House
War and State Departments
Army Board
War Department
Henry C. Clausen
Congressional Committee
George C. Marshall
China
Fishing rod shortages and postwar quirks in Gotham
A witty column humorously surveys postwar supply woes in a fishing tackle shop, noting bamboo shortages delaying rod production and考 veterans’ tales. It shifts to curious Gotham vignettes from Caswell Massey drugstore to Pearl Harbor hero Joseph L. Lockard, wartime irony, and a jab at the booming yet odd local commerce.
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Supreme Court
Gotham
Caswell-Massey Drug Store
Grand Central Zone
Usack
Simpson's
Howard and Sylvan
Apothecary Hall
Church Street
Joseph L. Lockard
Williamsport
Pearl Harbor
Lothard
Farm price index tracks World War I pattern after war
The department of agriculture index rose from 197 in September to 205 in November 1946, mirroring World War I trends cited by the Alexander Hamilton Institute. A postwar rise was expected before a return to normal levels, with deflation possibly postponed to 1947.
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Department of Agriculture
Alexander Hamilton Institute
Washington Digest Guess Early on Presidential Ticket
Political observers weigh Truman as likely Democratic nominee while Tom Dewey faces a weakened New York base. Vandenburg, Stassen, and Bricker top GOP prospects with Bricker aiming for Senate and Taft support looming. McKellar, McMahon, and Danaher noted as potential Democratic heavyweights for future ticket dynamics.
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Dewey
New York
WNU Service
Eye Street
N.W
Washington, D. C
Washington
Harry S. Truman
Truman
New York City
William O’dwyer
Thomas E. Dewey
O'Dwyer
Josiah Goldstein
Albany
Cate
Amity
Vandenburg’s
Stassen
Andenburg
San Francisco
Michigan
Bricker
United States Senate
Wortiy
Robert A. Taft
Taft
Kenneth McKellar
Senate
House
Congress
McKellar
Brian McMahon
Connecticut
John Danaher
Thomas Dewey
Department of Justice
Harlan “Mine
White House
Barbs by Bankhage on postwar U S capitalism and unity
The piece argues the United States faces internal leftist pressure toward state socialism and private-property curtailment, stressing unity over infighting. It notes Admiral Nimitz reception in Washington and a chaotic postparade mixup among police and service members, including a Ki-Nine dog detachment.
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United States
Nbt Without
Admiral Nimitz
Washington
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Arthur Vandenburg
Harold Stassen
Minnesota
John Bricker
Ohio
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Bankhage
St Louis
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