Truman Seeks More Housing Rent Controls
President Truman urged Congress to strengthen and prolong rent controls and push a broad 10-year program to build 10,000,000 homes. He proposed extending ceilings to April 30, 1949, boosting FHA mortgage insurance by 2 billion dollars, expanding housing credit, and expanding federal help for rental builders. He called for long-range plans and city slum clearance, with no immediate action seen.
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Louisiana Runoff Sets Up Bitter Long Jones Clash
New Orleans reports Earl K. Long faces Sam H. Jones in a Democratic runoff for Louisiana governor after a first primary where Long led with 41.5 percent and 119,924 votes over Jones, who had 28.6 percent. The race hinges on 229,323 voters from eliminated candidates. Jones is backed by Morrison and Huey Long loyalists.
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Sam H. Jones
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Huey Long
Jones
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Robert F. Ken Mon
James H. Morrison
Morrison
Kennon
Jimmie H. Davis
Davis
Taylor Declares For Third Party
Senator Glen H. Taylor of Idaho formally joined Henry Wallace’s third party ticket as a vice presidential candidate. He left the Democratic Party, saying it surrendered to Wall Street and the military, while Wallace praised his rival coalition against Taft Hartley military training and high prices.
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Glen H. Taylor
Idaho
Henry Wallace
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Taft Hartley
ADA Trains Guns On Wallace Party
Philadelphia February 23 Americans for Democratic Action voted to support liberal congressmen regardless of party label and elected former OPA chief Leon Henderson as national chairman after a three day convention. ADA adopted a resolution unreservedly condemning Henry A Wallace third party presidential run and rejected a plan to “put a candle in the window” for Wallace followers. Reasons cited included his stance against the Marshall plan his base from the Communist party and fear of electing an isolationist Congress. Henderson succeeds Wilson Wyatt as national chairman with vice chairmen including Paul Porter Roosevelt Jr Hubert Humphrey George Edwards Hugo Ernst.
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Progressive Party
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Wilson Wyatt
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Paul Porter
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
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Detroit
Hugo Ernst
Cincinnati
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Benelux Lands Invited to Join Parley on Germany Policy
London reports the Big Three and Benelux nations move toward a jointly guided German role in the Marshall plan. Agenda includes Benelux association, Ruhr control, reparations, frontiers, and German political economy, with Russia absent. Douglas heads U.S. delegation aiming to mobilize Germany’s manpower and industry for Europe’s recovery.
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France
Ruhr
Russia
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Truman Leaves Virgin Islands in Calypso Welcome
President Truman departed the Virgin Islands today to applause and calypso strains. He pledged to urge Congress to renew the Virgin Islands Company charter and to return someday as a private citizen seeking a self supporting future. He spoke at Christiansted and Frederiksted, ports once tied to slavery, noting the company’s role in the economy and unemployment. Boarding USS Williamsburg at Frederiksted, he began a two day Caribbean cruise to Guantanamo Bay before a nine day rest at Key West.
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Cuba
Bradley Seeks Lasting Peace In Four Ways
In his first public address as Army chief of staff General Omar Bradley outlines four paths to lasting peace. He urges United Nations support universal military training aid for Europe and Asia and avoiding comfort to aggressor nations. He warns that reliance on force alone fails without broader collective security.
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Southern Governors Press McGrath on Truman Civil Rights Plan
A group of southern governors urged Democrats to oppose President Truman's civil rights program and press for changes at the national convention. They met with DNC Chairman J. Howard McGrath, who refused to withdraw civil rights proposals or to back a two thirds rule for nominating candidates. He stated the party should not be steered by threats and emphasized states’ rights in civil rights matters.
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Lawyers Back UMIT Universal Military Training Bill
The American War Association delegates in Chicago urged Congress to adopt a universal training law and called for changes to the court martial system. They urged appointing generals for special courts, appointing defense counsel, and allowing judge advocates to participate in sentencing with the commanding officer retaining mititgation.
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Hog Prices Fall While Cattle Hold Steady in Chicago
In Chicago on February 23 hog prices sagged by 1.00 to 1.25 per hundredweight due to heavy supply the heaviest in two weeks. Cattle were mostly steady to strong, though also at their largest numbers in the last two weeks.
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Austin to Bare U S Position on Holy Land
LAKE SUCCESS N Y Feb 23 The United Nations Security Council prepares for a highly charged session with Warren R Austin set to present the American position on armed intervention in Palestine Secretary of State Marshall and aides held day long talks to align the policy The council chamber buzzes with tension as the US stance remains under tight secrecy and observers await Washingtons final decision on decisive action to settle the Holy Land crisis
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Jews Involve British Police in Bombings
The Jewish Agency for Palestine declared that British police and soldiers were implicated in the Jerusalem bombing yesterday. A Palestine message said three trucks and an armored car were checked at a road block near Jerusalem, with drivers and occupants identified as English.
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Mortars Blast In Jerusalem
In Jerusalem on February 23 a Jewish motor convoy fired on an Arab bus near Gaza, killing four Arabs and wounding nine. Sporadic clashes surfaced as Brit ish, Jewish, and Arab forces hunkered behind barricades after a major Sunday bombing that killed many in the Jewish business district. An explosion blocked the road to Mount Scopus and Hadassan hospital, paralyzing the Holy City.
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Hoover Urges Union of Britain and Western Europe
Former President Herbert Hoover urged that Britain and Western Europe stay neutral if the United States were attacked. He warned of divided European nations facing Red Army forces and said a regional grouping under the United Nations charter could better defend peace, rather than a formal alliance.
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Ashida Named Japan Premier Amid House Clash
Hitoshi Ashida, a moderate conservative, was designated premier of Japan after a tight vote in the House of Representatives. The upper house opposed, a joint session heard that a conference committee was deadlocked, and under the constitution the lower house decision prevails. Ashida will form his cabinet once MacArthur is notified, likely keeping the foreign ministry.
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Tetsu Katayama
Way of the Cross to Armed Trade in Old City of Jerusalem
In the Holy City vendors openly sell hand grenades bullets and bandoliers on the Street of David as Arabs prepare for partition violence. Arms pricing and military dress mark daily life near the Wailing Wall where Palestinians and police enforce a tense peace under new division.
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Prague Crisis as Communists Tighten Grip in Czechoslovakia
Prague faces a political crisis as Communists seize control in Slovakia and threaten a nationwide government. Armed police patrol Prague, non Communist ministers are replaced, and Parliament is postponed while President Benes seeks to hold the coalition together.
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Vaclav Nosek
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Senate Unit Sets Tax Bill Hearings
The Senate finance committee plans public hearings next Monday on a Republican tax reduction bill. They aim for a total cut between four and five billion dollars yearly, focusing on personal income taxes and excluding excise tax reductions and the 10 cents per pound oleomargarine tax.
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Russian leaders roar as blame shifts over war causes
A noisy debate traces fault for the conflict to Western powers, echoed by voices citing pressure and provocation. The article frames the dispute amid wartime rhetoric and political posturing.
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