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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1955
Page
6
A reader questions Ike's plan to assign taxation areas to different government levels. Reference to a stalled committee report and a critique of auditor earnings rules and salaries. The piece argues for realistic pay to attract and retain capable public staff.
Legislators angered by a plan allowing state tax auditors to take side work after hours by preparing taxpayers' returns. The lawmakers argued it would raise auditors' incomes and relieve free labor during business hours, while some blamed the legislature for failing to fix salaries directly.
Chicago Daily News editor John S. Knight laments that U S congressmen and executives lack time to think amid endless social and civic events. He urges a reform to restore serious reading and reflection as a civic duty.
The 983 page Commerce budget hearing transcript covers spending questions from secretary Sinclair Weeks and under secretary Louis Rothschild. Officials defend $10,000 for entertaining foreign visitors and discuss costs from balloon weather tests to a defunct Inland Waterways Corp. The session also notes tariffs on coconuts and star sapphires and jokes about office routines.
Ten years ago Mayor Hahn learned a Marianas B 29 was named City of Cedar Rapids. A storm dropped 1.85 inches of rain with lightning in Cedar Rapids but little damage. Dr Myron Koenig spoke at a Cedar Rapids Real Estate Board noon meeting about peace conferences and policy.
Adlai Stevenson has decided to pursue the 1956 Democratic presidential nomination. He plans to be an openly declared candidate against Eisenhower, campaigning vigorously with no hesitancy, while aiming to unite Southern Democrats and bolster party harmony for a strong bid.
The Philadelphia Inquirer recounts Mrs Earl Warren telling of her two daughters Dorothy and Nina. Dorothy wishes to be like mommie and have six children, while Nina in a lisping voice says she wants to be a maid with a day off.
Stewart Alsop argues Operation Feeling-Out tests Soviet intentions and warns a summit meeting may offer only guarded diplomacy. He says a real German settlement is needed to end the cold war, but mistrust and NATO neutrality issues make a lasting breakthrough unlikely.
In a humorous reminiscence the author recalls 1940s diplomacy and business lessons on Latin dances. The piece notes missteps as sales resistance weakened and down payments extended, ending with a jab at a proper neighbor policy that should include feet.
In 1843 Oliver Wendell Holmes argued that childbed fever was contagious and fatal, facing strong medical opposition. Three years later Ignaz Semmelweis urged hand washing with chlorinated lime, provoking fury from top surgeons who resisted radical ideas. The piece extols soap and water and iodine as reliable disinfection, noting chlorin water’s decline in modern practice.
The piece notes Britain's 1956 election climate ahead of May 26 with contrasts to the US system. It highlights party-driven politics, cabinet responsibility to Parliament, career progression for MPs, and Eden’s rise. It concludes with praise for Britain's restraint on campaign spending and comparisons to American practices.
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