Weekly News Analysis: Cracks Down on Russia and UK Loan Push
The state department warned Russia over Iran withdrawals and Japanese industry looting. The U S backed a 3 percent billion dollar loan to Britain via the Export-Import Bank while opposing direct loans. Congress approved an emergency housing bill expanding construction and FHA support for ex G I s. Churchill urged a US Britain alliance, but Truman endorsed UNO and church led racial equality resolutions. Germany faces Nazi prosecutions. UAW GM strike enters fourth month, Detroit appeals for federal intervention.
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Russia
State Department
Iran
Teheran
Azerbaiani
Moscow
Britain
Manchuria
Winston Churchill
United Nations Organization
Truman
UNO
Federal Council of Churches In America
Columbus
Ohio
Churchill
Fulton, Mo
Henry Sloane Coffin
New Sun Rises Over Japan After War Reforms
Japan's new constitution, drafted with U S aid and endorsed by MacArthur, Shidehara, and Hirohito, renounces sovereign power, bars armed forces, and pursues peaceful settlement of disputes. OPA price relaxations free many items including sporting goods while Kaiser seeks sheet steel for postwar autos amid DOJ scrutiny.
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Japan
MacArthur
Shidehara
Hirohito
OPA
Washington housing bill faces rough ride in Congress
Washington columnist argues the housing plan to ease homelessness may be cut and rearranged by Congress amid pressure from business lobbies and critics. Taft supports the administration bill and CIO backing adds weight, while veteran homelessness remains a potential pressure point. The piece threads housing policy, foreign policy reflections, and sovereignty debates into a single national discussion.
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Washington, D. C
America
Congress
Sen
Robert Taft
Ohio
Taft
Senate
Vox Taft
Vox
CIO
Japan Reopens Cotton Exports to Japan Under Allied Oversight
The United States plans to ship CCC cotton to a Japanese government agency under Allied supervision. The program aims to restore a foreign outlet for U S cotton by delivering about 200000 bales within a month and using textile purchases to reimburse the U S in full.
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U. S
Japan
Supreme Commander of the
Allied Powers
Department of Agriculture
Unemployment Rise Eases After War Reconversion
The Alexander Hamilton Institute reports unemployment climbed after V J Day but the rise was not as steep as expected. About 830000 out of work in August. reconversion absorbed many idle war workers as war production slowed postwar.
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America
Nuernberg
Jesus
Lloyd George
World Organization
Alexander Hamilton Institute
Barbs and Bits From a Paris to New York Dispatch
A 20th Century fund survey notes the term collective bargaining began in London 1891 with Beatrice Webb and spread in the U S via Samuel Gompers of the AFL. Linoleum covers may soon come from bituminous coal. designers may use striking patterns. A playful exchange recalls Marshal Montgomery and a necktie color question about red, brown, and green tied to Normandy.
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London
Beatrice Webb
Samuel Gompers
The
AFL
20Th Century Fund
Marshal Montgomery
Normandy
Self knowledge and neighborly judgment quote
A bishop quotes a maxim on self awareness and judgment of others. It notes that each person knows more evil in themselves than in their neighbor.
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Bishop Wilson
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Columbia, Mo
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