Wallace proposes government control of Wall Street and trusts
In Louisville Henry A. Wallace urged the Progressive party to buy and run Wall Street banks railroads and power trusts. He condemned monopolists as murderers of the poor and called for a revived New Deal and a halt to the draft until peaceful settlement with Stalin is sought. He accused both major parties of inflationary policy and tied Jim Crow to poverty and disease, denouncing Kentucky bosses in agriculture and industry.
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Louisville
INL
Henry A. Wallace
Progressive Party
Wall Street
Memorial Auditorium
Wallace
Truman
Congress
Kentucky
Optimists Hear a Report on Scouts
Keith Benner Scout executive addressed the Optimist club on council needs. He said the top issue is leadership development while noting the swimming pool completion as a personal priority and that currently only two of four boys who want to join Scouts are reached.
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Waubeek
Scout leadership drive aims to reach three of four boys
Benner outlined local Scouting progress and problems to the service club. He praised the Waukebek council as highly effective and stressed that more leaders are needed to keep Scouting moving, noting the push to enroll at least three of four targeted boys.
Unclear fragmentary notice from Iowa county declaration
Fragmentary OCR text from Linn County Iowa mentions debt and notice but is unreadable. no coherent event, names, dates, or actions can be determined.
AFL vows to defeat Taft Hartley supporters in Congress
In Chicago AFL leader William Green said the federation will target congressional candidates from both parties who backed the Taft Hartley act. The AFL has already helped topple Sen. Tom Stewart and is backing Rep. Dayton Phillips while aiming to defeat Sen. Ellender and Sen. Revercomb.
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Chicago
American Federation of Labor
William Green
AFL
Green
Allen J. Ellender
D-La
Chapman Revercomb
R-W.va
Tom Stewart
D-Tenn
Dayton E. Phillips
R-Tenn
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National Labor Relations Board
Council
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