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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1952
Page
6
A devotional note from Alive Carey on Tuesday June 10 1952 counsels not to fear many things and suggests fear is often unfounded while light from snow awakens wheat blades, conveying a message of hope and calm.
The piece debates General MacArthur as a keynote speaker amid a split GOP. It contrasts his active duty status, Hatch Act limits, and past leadership with calls for reform, while criticizing his politicking and a Taft led effort to influence delegates in New York. It questions Eisenhower’s appeal and warns against tainting delegates with off limits entertainment.
The piece questions why ammunition for troops in Korea is rationed despite two billion dollars spent. It cites Army Chief of Staff General J Lawton Collins noting shortages and calls for Congress to end political investigations, remove obstructions, and accelerate production amid wartime tax burdens.
Letters argue collective bargaining rarely settles disputes and warn labor and capital need balanced authority to prevent strikes. The writers praise editorials condemning vote malpractice, defend honest democracy, and urge action on Chesapeake sidewalks.
Brig. Gen. James Stevens Simmons, Harvard School of Public Health dean, presses for unbiased research into mental illness. He warns against preconceived notions and urges keen young investigators to probe physical factors behind insanity, drawing parallels with historic disease debates and call for coordinated action.
Chicago hosts a tense Republican National Committee arrangements group as Taft Eisenhower factions clash over key roles. Debate centers on MacArthur as keynote, temporary chairman power, and the danger of a televised steamroller striking in 1912 fashion. Governor Howard Pyle of Arizona is proposed as a neutral option.
In a 1933 Garrette piece, Truman downplays Ike’s Abilene remarks while supporting Johnston’s aid efforts. Old Pentagon comrades note tensions with Marshall and MacArthur, recalling past maps, policy clashes, and McCarthy attacks shaping Eisenhower’s path to leadership.
Westbrook Pegler exposes Timothy Flynn as a longtime inmate and ex convict who runs the CIO Pacific Coast region and a personal appointee of Philip Murray. The piece details Flynn’s alleged past violence against his wife, police records, and questions about his wartime service, casting doubt on his leadership and moral character.
25 Years Ago LOCAL: American Railway Express baseball beat Gazette 8 to ? The State Senate approved Gov Gare's appointees including C L Hanberlin as compensation commissioner and Dr L M Robinson, Clarkeburg. Gov Gare called for Weston State Hospital inquiry into inhumanity. National: Coolidge said 600000 surplus not for tax cut. Lindbergh sailed Potomac on Memphis. Foreign: Old regime members in Russia executed. Americans in Berlin honored trans Atlantic fliers Chamberlin and Levine.
Victor Riesel details a wildcat walkout by 22,000 aircraft workers at Long Island Republic Aviation. Aimed at water taste, union power, and leadership purges, the unauthorized action halted Thunderjet production and delayed aerospace supply lines while threats and vandalism surrounded plant employees and managers.
The national union leaders led by President Al Heyes and local chiefs urged a return to work arguing for grievance machinery under signing contracts. They warn that defending strikes may affect crucial equipment and worker pay while questioning the cost of not respecting contracts amid Korea era tensions.
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