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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1948
Page
2
The conversation covers Dixiecrats and Progressives joining major parties, predictions for the Truman administration, journalist career advice, combating juvenile delinquency, Winchell’s start in media, mail volume, world government views, and USSR US relations with sharp, era tone remarks.
The interview argues against war as a means to win arguments, noting fear and rage drive fighting. It lauds the United Nations as a force for peace admired by diplomats yet scorned privately, and cites U.S. arms aid to England as a cause of the Palestine issue. It predicts Eisenhower as a GOP nominee.
Link-Belt Speeder Corporation hosts an open house for its Cedar Rapids plant Saturday inviting 1070 employees and families. Visiting hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The year-old facility cost 1 750 000 dollars and covers 14.2 acres with 200 000 square feet of space. About 2000 guests are expected with refreshments in the main assembly bay. Power shovels cranes and draglines will be on display.
Casimir Onik a shipping clerk at a shoe factory vanished with a case of shoes and police later found about 30 large packing cases worth 25000 dollars at his basement. He claimed he took them a few at a time and had no plan to sell them.
Washington (INS) Senator Byrd of Virginia said anti-lynching and anti-poll tax bills are less objectionable than other civil rights provisions. A compromise with Southern Democrats in the 81st Congress could avoid a filibuster over the administration program. Representative Priest proposed dropping enforcement of employment and military desegregation to win Southern support for anti-lynching and anti-poll tax laws. Byrd doubts any civil rights compromise, noting the president’s resolve to press the full program. The States’ Rights wing, led by Thurmond, carried four deep South states in the last election, signaling strong opposition to broader civil rights measures.
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