Ruin of ERP Envisioned If Cuts Stand
Secretary of State Marshall warned the European recovery program faces ruin if House spending cuts remain. Administrator Paul Hoffman urged that such cuts would wipe out productive parts of the Marshall Plan, jeopardizing European industry recovery. Senate hearings continued with talks on funding and country commitments.
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Washington
House
Marshall
Senate
Paul G. Hoffman
Hoffman
Senate Appropriations Committee
Committed
Economic Cooperation Administration
Sen. Vandenberg
R.mich
Harold E. Stassen
Stassen
Vandenberg
State Department
U. S
Oliver Franka
Willard Thorpe
Frank
Welfare Fund Set By Kaiser Frazer
Kaiser Frazer Corp. approved a welfare fund for 11 500 hourly and salaried workers retroactive to June 1, adding a pattern wage rise. The company funds health, sick, accident, hospitalization, life and social benefits, financed at five cents per hour worked. The plan replaces the previous $5 per unit bonus pool now totaling about $300,000 and payable in August. This marks a first for the CIO United Auto Workers in the industry.
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Detroit
Kaiser- Frazer Corp
CIO
United Auto Workers
Kaiser-Frezer
UAW
General Motors
Chrysler
Packard
Arabs Say Jews Kept on Shooting Israel Declares Enemy Started Heavy Attack
In the first day of a brittle truce, both sides accused the other of violations. The Syrian charge d affaires protested a second post truce air attack on Damascus by Jewish planes, while U N observers were ordered to investigate four complaints of Jewish violations. Count Bernadotte said observers would report quickly. On the Isdud front near Tel Aviv and around Latrun, clashes continued as Arabs and Jews pressed for gains. The Arab Legion reported a soldier killed in Jerusalem after the cease fire. An Israel communiqué said Arabs launched a heavy attack near Sedjera after the deadline.
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Egypt
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Damascus
Folke Bernadotte
Trans-Jordan
Mishmar Hay Yarden
Lake Hula
Palestina
Lydda
Wadi el Khyar
Tel Aviv
Jerusalem
Arab Legion
Israel
Sedjera
Galilee
Afula
Tiberias
Associated Press
Bernadotte
John Glubb Pasha
Sheikh Jarrah
Shipere
Hadassah Hospital
Lewis Wins House Okays Pension Round Refugee Bill
The House approved a plan to continue distress benefits for miners after July 1, backed by John J. Lewis and Sen. Bridges. Ezra Van Horn vowed a quick lawsuit to block payments from the 1947 fund, while the dispute over fund spending and lawsuits continues. Separately, the House passed a bill to admit about 202,000 homeless Europeans and thousands of orphans as displaced persons with limited restrictions, sending the measure to Senate-House conference for compromise.
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van Horn
Washington
John J. Lewis
Jin Hig
Ezra van Horn
Lewis
Sen. Bridges
R-Nh
Lewis-Bridges
Mine Workers Journal
Bridges
Secretary of the Interior
United States
House
Senate
House Conference Committee
Rep
Fellows
Europe
Germany
Italy
Austria
Czechoslovakia
U. S
Capitol Street Jay-Walking Perils Dwell On Busy Corridor
Traffic writer notes Capitol Street’s danger from pedestrians who dart across lanes despite signals and painted walking lanes. A mid afternoon count reports 108 jay walkers between Washington and Kanawha Boulevards, with the Quarrier to Lee Street block highlighted as a hotspot. Drivers and walkers spar over fault while little action is taken.
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Capitol St
Capitol
Washington
Kanawha Blvd
Bill
Quarrier and
Lee Sts
Danish Vessel Sinks After Explosion in Kattegat
A Danish passenger ship Kjoebenhavn struck a wartime mine in the Kattegat and sank with about 100 believed drowned. Survivors recalled passengers screaming as they leaped or clung to wreckage. many children and parents were seen in distress. The ship’s owners listed 261 survivors with others missing amid reports of higher death estimates and up to 450 aboard.
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Aalborg
Denmark
Kjoehenhavn
Kattegat
United Steamship Co
Kjoebenhavn
Copenhagen
Taft Urges Congress Adjournment Before Convention
Ohio Senator Robert A Taft urged immediate adjournment of Congress decrying President Truman s attacks on representative government He warned the president travels at voter expense and would endorse any proposal aiding a soft policy toward Communism Taft spoke at the Union League in Philadelphia ahead of the Republican national convention
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Philadelphia
Ohio
Robert A. Taft
Congress
GOP
Truman
Taft
Union League
People’s Representatives
Senate passes U N resolution on peace, defense roles
The Senate approved the Vandenberg resolution urging the United Nations to drop the Security Council veto on peaceful dispute settlement and on admitting new members. It calls for regional defense coalitions under U N charter if security is threatened, while denying a revived open-end lend lease.
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Washington
Senate
Vanjdenberg
Congress
House of
Truman
United Nations
Security Council
Vandenberg
R.-Mich
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Michigan
America
U.N
Europe
Russia
Marshall
House
Boys State Legislature Approves UMT Resolution
The Boys State legislature endorsed a two year UMT program proposal combining military and vocational training. It calls for top UMT members to academy appointments, replacing the current system, and channels qualified men into reserves. The GI Bill extension for UMT trainees is requested. The camp will close tomorrow and cottage championships were held after session.
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House
Peter David Kurtz
Weston
Senate
George Swisher
Clarksburg
Hermansdorfer
American Legion
Fowler Made State Union Heads Okay Postmasters Heads
Glenn A. Fowler postmaster of Harrisville was elected president of the West Virginia chapter of the National Association of Postmasters at the 1948 state convention in the Daniel Boone hotel. Doyle Phillips. Julius Singleton named first vice president. several vice presidents and officers elected. meeting featured speeches and a survey on highway post offices. In New York, CIO United Electrical Workers agreed to an 8 percent GE wage boost for 125,000 workers after three days of talks. GE indicate pay rise 9 to 15 cents per hour. Westinghouse rejected a 6 percent offer for 75,000 employees with mixed union comments.
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Glenn A. Fowler
Harrisville
West Virginia
National Asscec
Daniel Boone Hotel
Doyle Phillips
Philippi
Julius Singleton
Charleston
K. Burdette
Point Pleasant
Raymond Byrne
Buckhannon
Fred Williams
Princeton
Leo Holsberry
Rainelle
I. A. Smoot
Salt Lake City
Utah
Association
Fergus. McRee
Richmond
Br. A. Pence
New York
Pence
CIO
United Electrical Workers
General Electric Co
General Electric Conference Board
Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Westinghouse
AFL Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Federation of Westinghouse
Edward J. Matthews
The
Electrical Workers
House Leaders Move Draft Bill On Must List
Washington June 1 17 House leaders place a draft bill on the must list for action next week. The Senate passed a bill calling men 19 through 25 into two years service. Outcome hinges on the House rules committee and next steps before adjournment June 19.
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Washington
House
Senate
Truman
House Rules Committee
House Armed Services
Mittee
Census Bureau
Armed Services
Consolidated Strike Court Order Issued
A McDowell County circuit court issued a temporary injunction to stop strikers and others from interfering with Consolidated Bus Lines. Judge Thomas H. S. Card granted the order on petitions by Joseph M. Crockett and C. A. Tutwiler, naming 17 Local 638 members in Welch and all other members, barring trespass, mass picketing, property damage, or attacks on drivers.
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Welch
Consolidated Bus Lines
McDowell County
McDowell Circuit
Thomas H. S. Card
Joseph M. Crockett
C. A. Tutwiler
United Construction Workers Local 638
Naval Reservists Due Here Today
LCS a Navy vessel berthed at Huntington will arrive at the Capitol St landing at 10 a m today after a cruise that local naval officers call historic. Lt Comdr Robert C Lafferty says it may be the first ocean going ship to start a long inland training voyage and the first such move in the 5th Naval district. About 50 men sail from Huntington with 20 more from Charleston and proceed down the Kanawha and up the Ohio to Pittsburgh visiting West Virginia and Ohio cities on the return. Apprentice seamen will receive the same ship training.
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LCS
Huntington
Capitol St
United States Navy
Robert C. Lafferty
Charleston
5Th Naval District
Lafferty
Active Naval Reserve
Kanawha River
Ohio River
Pittsburgh
West Virginia
Ohio
President Declares Congress Worst, Republicans Respond
A clipped line notes the president’s outburst against Congress as Republicans counter that Harry is no judge. Stan Arnold is cited, with crass phrasing reflecting a satirical or informal news tone from the source.
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Congress
Harry
Stan Arnold
Copsright
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