Truman Granted Power to Reorganize Agencies
Congress approved a bipartisan plan granting President Truman sweeping authority to reorganize federal departments and agencies with 2.2 million employees. The compromise requires a majority in both houses to block a plan and allows plans to take effect after 66 days unless Congress disapproves. The measure, backed by Hoover, aims to implement detailed recommendations of a government reorganization commission.
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Mediators to Map Building Stability
A federal mediation panel will return to Charleston on Wednesday to finalize a long-range agreement to stabilize the building industry. The panel led by Federal Conciliator J. Moran will meet with the Charleston Building Contractors Association committee and an enlarged AFL union committee including international representatives. The talks aim to complete detailed settlement terms covering all crafts in the construction industry and ensure continued operation over a longer period. Iron workers and plasterers were noted as having disagreements and not ratifying terms, a topic likely to be discussed.
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J. 4. Moran
Charleston Building Contractors Association
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Anti-Red Affidavit Rule Tightened in New Amendment
The Senate moved to require non Communist oaths from unions and company leaders as an amendment to the labor bill. Debate heated over how to handle national emergency strikes with six plans under consideration including a modified Taft Hartley approach for key industries. The Ives plan would treat each strike separately and exclude government seizure provisions, while other changes would alter or restore Taft Hartley features.
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Senate
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Sen. Ives
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Congress
Coplan Denies Espionage In U S Secrets Trial
Judith Coplan, 28, former Justice Department analyst, testified she never stole U S secrets or betrayed the United States. She described falling in love with Valentine Gubitchey, a Soviet engineer, and said she learned he was married, denying any espionage crimes as she faces possible 13 year maximum. The defense led her through personal history as federal agents tracked her meetings with Gubitchey in Manhattan.
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Judith Coplan
U.S
Russia
United States
Otizon
Miss Coplon
Justice Department
Valentine A. Gubitchev
United Nations
FBI
Gubitchey
Gair
Manhattan
New York
Miss Conlon
Teini Jon
Archibald Palmer
Perjury charges against Bridges in San Francisco court
West coast CIO Longshoremen's chief Rare Bridges and two union officers Henry Schmidt and J R Robertson pleaded not guilty to federal perjury and conspiracy charges in San Francisco federal court. Judge Roche postponed ruling until Sept 1 on defense motions as the case advances.
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Rare Bridges
West Coast Cio
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J. R Robertson
Michael F. Roche
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Poe
Schmidt
Robertson
Union Estler
Wadleigh admits passing State secrets to Chambers
In New York on June 14 1944 Henry Julian Wadleigh testified in a perjury trial saying he handed State Department secrets to Whittaker Chambers and collaborated with Communist agents since 1956. He said Chambers may have received his documents, but he did not think so. he confessed to aiding Communist efforts and identified connections to Alger Hiss. The testimony stirred a wide court audience as details emerged of the alleged Soviet espionage network.
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Henry Julian Wadleigh
State Department
Whittaker Chambers
Chambers
Wadleigh
Alzer Hiss
State Ent
Hiss
Hiewis
Oxford University
Cleraymars
Murphy
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de Gourt
Wadiagh
Merch
Patteson
West Virginia League of My
David Carpenter
Carpen
League
Truman Demands Farm Plan Action From Congress
President Truman urged Congress and his party to enact the Brannan farm plan during this session. He tied farm legislation to the Democratic platform and dismissed reports it would be delayed until 1950, insisting the plan be pushed through now.
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Clash of Preachers Delays Wedding in Rockport
In Rockport Missouri a clash among two ministers over a marriage ceremony ended in a fight injuring Rev Ellis J Heigh of Kansas City who claims a broken nose. A third minister performed the ceremony at Bressler’s church after origins of disagreement centered on who would officiate and where the service should take place. The incident followed a wedding plan for James Richard Schoemann and Wilma Jacqueline Wright with the groom’s preference for Hough to read the service. The preacher Bresster was fined by a magistrate after pleading guilty to common assault.
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Rockport
Kenneth J. Isler
Methodist Church
SF. Weiron
Hough
Bresster
Bressler
Steel Firms Bar Pension Dickering
Pension talks stall as United Steel and Bethlehem Steel resist pension demands tied to labor contracts. John A. Stephens says current contracts run to April 30 1959 and cannot be reopened for pension. Murray and CIO strike threat cited amid broader industry pattern affecting about 700 000 workers.
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Steel” Corp. United
Philip Murray
CIO
New York
Bethlehem Steel Co
Gerlining
John A. Stephens
U. S. Steel
Murray
Solons Drop Request To Stay Executions
The Senate investigating subcommittee dropped its plea to stay death sentences for 38 Germans convicted of war crimes. It kept a delay request for 13 other cases including six Germans tied to the Malmedy massacre, limiting action to Dachau trials and omitting 16 Nazis sentenced by American civilian judges at Nuremberg.
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Gordon Gray
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Nuernburg
Truman Links Spy Hysteria to History Lessons
President Truman said the current spy hunts reflect wartime hysteria that will fade. He urged reading the alien and sedition laws of the 1790s to see parallels and noted the Jefferson era pardoned jailed publishers and freed a judge. He recalled arrests and convictions under those laws and warned about disdain for the presidency.
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Truman
Jon
Mr. Truman
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Jefferson Administration
Jefferson
Pee
Jann Adams
Congress
Faye
President Sees No Crisis in Jobs and Economy
President Truman said there is no jobs crisis and that his midyear economic report will reveal if vigorous plans to boost the economy are being drafted. Council of Economic Advisers head Edwin G. Nourse warned of a possible continued downswing and urged avoiding further heavy military spending while proposing hospital, city rebuilding, and infrastructure outlays to stimulate growth and long term security.
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Truman
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Hitler
Pentagon
Lilienthal Probes Atomic Article Renewal Call
Lilienthal asked the FBI to review a Nation's Business article by William Bradford Huie titled Is There A Bom s Secure revealing highly classified details about the A bomb. He labeled it inaccurate and said it could violate security rules while Rep Price urged a full investigation into its national security impact.
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Lawrence P. Hurley
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Lewis Urges Miners to End Walkout Monday
United Mine Workers 480000 members plan a week long strike schedule Monday as John L. Lewis telegram requests ending the walkout. District No. 5 president John Busarello says the note simply asks a return to pits and that the move aims to stabilize the industry amid contract talks. The miners face five work days next week before their annual paid vacation starts on June with each receiving $100.
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John L. Lewis
John Busarello
Associated Press
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Communist Denies Violence Advocacy Trial Testimony In New York
The second defendant in the Communist conspiracy trial denied urging violent overthrow in 1945. Gilbert Green of Chicago testified as party chairman, detailing the party’s 1945 reorganization under Browder and the shift toward revolutionary methods amid disputes over revisionism and opportunism.
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Singey
Gilbert Green
Chicago
Ilineis
U. S
American Communist Party
Earl Browder
Communist Political Assoc
Green
Browder
Berlin Talks Near Agreement Amid Austrian Hurdle
Western ministers reached principle accord on seven Berlin and Germany points but Austrian treaty talks stalled after a midnight session. Vishinsky sought softer language on Western access to Berlin while British and French ministers prepared to travel to Luxembourg for Brussels Pact talks. A two day gap in discussions followed a midnight session as hopes rose for a token settlement easing Cold War tensions in Europe.
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Schuman
Luxembourg
Europe
ECA Cut Believed Averted in Senate
Washington June 16 A battle over cutting Europes recovery funds showed progress as ECA chief Paul Hoffman argued a one billion dollar slash would harm American exports of foodstuffs feed fuels and fiber. Senators privately forecast no major decrease, noting business and farmers want foreign markets preserved. Hoffman detailed potential reductions in tobacco dairy foods wheat fats oils corn and protein if cuts occurred.
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ECA
Paul Hoffman
Hoffman
Serste Appropriations
Prominent Stars Regulus and Spica Visible in Evening Sky
A weather and sky guide notes Regulus in the west and Spica in the soupy rest around 2:45 PM, with Venus and Saturn near Regulus and Jupiter rising by 10:34 PM. Forecasts call for showers and scattered thunderstorms Friday, fair Friday night, with little temperature change across regions Kentucky Tennessee Western Pennsylvania West Virginia and Maryland.
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