We Get Tough Editorial Calls for a tougher U S stance toward the Soviet
The piece argues that Soviet threats prompt a retrenchment by the Allies and credits a shift to retaliation in trade finance and transportation. It urges ending deferential postures, backing strong action in Berlin and elsewhere, and pushing industrial peace through public will rather than Congress. It ends with a call to curb strikes and move toward durable cooperation between labor and management.
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Free Corridor
Berlin
West Berlin
Russia
United Nations
Dean Acheson
Soviet Bloc
Europe
Hoover urged revival of commission to cut federal waste
Former President Hoover proposed forming a 2 Dew commission akin to the 1948 body to improve efficiency and curb government waste. While praised, the original Hoover Commission left much undone and its recommendations await implementation to curb debt and lower taxes.
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Hoover
Dew Commission
Hoover Commission
Democrats Hold Edge in Gallup Poll Votes
The Gallup poll finds Democrats favored over Republicans on self interest and pocketbook issues. The survey shows farmers and manual workers leaning Democratic, while business and professional groups tilt GOP, with white collar split. Truman’s rising popularity noted but not decisive.
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Truman
United States
GO. P
Readers' Forum Gazette urges highway action after bottleneck concerns
Letters from William F. Blus and Lawrence J. Conway praise editorial on bottlenecks and urge state officials to build a north Elk River access to Coonskin Park and Charleston airport. They warn delays risk accidents and stress improving road links to ease Ruffner Hollow traffic and boost park access.
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Zaitor Gazette
the Gazette
Elk River
Coonskin Park
Ruffner Hollow
Charleston
Oglebay Park
Wheeling
State Road Commission
Kanawha County
William F. Blus
Fashion Editors Converge for Couture Show Week in New York
Inez Robb reports from New York where 170 fashion editors, writers, and commentators attend a week of fashion shows. From 4 a.m. to midnight they cover roughly 108 shows and events, filing 6,000,000 lines of copy for American papers. Highlights include door prizes to Paris, a cellophane escort, and lavish entertainments by the diamond industry and Broadway ensembles.
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New York
New York City
Sime
Couture Group
Chicago
Paris
Amer, Express
Pan-American Airways
Lilly Dache
Cornelia Otis Skinner
Gotham Hosiery Company
Broadway
Waldorf-Astoria
Sach
Hoffmann on Hallanan Millsop Split Plays in GOP West Virginia
A Charleston era political roundup notes Walter Hallanan and Thomas Millsop remain on opposite sides of the GOP fence as the West Virginia delegation to the national convention forms. Millsop, an Eisenhower delegate, dismisses hatchet burying rumors, while Hallanan backs Taft. The piece also covers party realignments, a shift toward clear Republican principle, and notes a Toledo franchise move benefiting Charleston.
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Hallanan
Millsop
Walter
Thomas E. Millsop
Weirton
Mulsop
Eisenhower
Taft
West Virginia
Funch Im
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Gthemuise
Sti
Tait
Charleston
Harmony Boys
State Finance Committee
Mr. H
Hallinan
Willkie
Dewey
Ag Yatt
Copenhaver
Toledo
American Association
Rush D. Holt
GOP
Ufe
M. S. Holt
Weston
Republican State Central Committee
Asher Ramsey
Copemhavers Mills
John L. Ramsey
Elkview
Republican Labor Vote Strategy Behind Ike Taft Rivalry
The National Republican Committee quietly backs a labor vote strategy aimed at Truman’s candidate this fall. Anonymous strategists believe 202,000 reasons justify their approach and have worked through a concealed channel with the CIOs political action group.
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Republican Party
Truman
Republican Nationals Committee
Repub
Jean Action Cox
CIO
Actio
Mittee
RAC
Labor Vote Machines Target 101000 Precincts in 24 States
Action Committee aims to steal Truman labor votes by building RACs in heavy industrial areas from New York to Texas and deploying FACs to mobilize farm workers. CIO AFL split centers on Lean Russell with Kefauver favored by CIO and AFL backing Stevenson-Kefauver or Truman compromise pending. Phase Turn to page B.
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GOP
Taft
Eisenhower
Ab Herman
CIO
Herman
Truman
New York
Texas
Republican Farmers Action Committees
FAC
AFL
Lean Russell
Veepee
Stevenson-Kefauver
Sen. Kefauver
Kefauver
Harry Truman
Progressive Party
Vito Marcantonio
Paul Robeson
Ike Plays Texas Hand Poorly in Delegate Fight
Washington insiders say Ike's Texas delegate maneuvering stalled his support among Texas Republicans. Duff of Pennsylvania clashed with Zweifel and Porter, alienating Texas regulars while Ike’s tidelands oil letter further strained ties. Backroom tensions foreshadowed a tougher Chicago fight amid economic and defense concerns.
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Ike
Texas
Washington
Gen
Eisenhower
Guy Gabrielson
Jack Porter
Houston
Toy Gabrielson Jas
Henry Zweifel
Porter
Zweifel
Sen. Duff
Pennsylvania
Duff
John G. Bennett
Rochester
Bennett
Chicago
Imn
Tidelands
Weifel
Tes Claypool
Los Angeles Daily News
Eisenhower and Berlin Decision Debate in Westbrook Pegler Text
Pegler weighs claims about General Eisenhower and Berlin withdrawal. He cites McCann and Hearst figures, notes Eisenhower’s avoided objective, argues Roosevelt’s decisions harmed Western civilization, and references a New York Bar Association speech asserting sole responsibility for not marching on Berlin.
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Russia
Franklin D. Honvevelt
Hace
Eisenhower
Berlin
McCann
Virginius Dabney
Times Dispatch
Richmond
Hisen-hower
Elbe Hiver
Europe
Perma Books
Elbe
Roosevelt
Sen
Soviet Russia
Nazi Germany
Oura
Germany
Ike
Prague
Assoc
City of
New York
George Sokolsky
Cnlumn
Association
Gen
Mr. Roosevelt
Local and National Briefs From The Era
Local notes cover Aubrey Justice’s drowning on Coal River after a johnboat accident and community updates. Lodge officers elected. A S Toovey fights West Virginia Water Service Co. A state journalism conference met at Jackson’s Mill. 1926 birth rate and 1928 death figures listed. National item reports Huntington Library value and Blue Boy painting cost. treaty talks between Japan and the U S deemed exaggerated.
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Aubrey Justice
Coal River
Alice Jones
Noble
Eikiarst Rebekah Lodge
L. D. Bailey
A. S. Toovey
West Virginia Water Service Co
Jackson's Mill
West Virginia
Renew
Mitchell Kennerley
New York
Huntington Library
Los Angeles
Calif
Gainsborough
Reynolds
Romney
The
Foreign
Japan
United States
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Lawrence J. Conway
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Judge O'Connor
Rarin
Inez Robb
Charles R. Armentrout
el Morocco
Harry G. Hoffmann
Victor Riese
N Committee
Drew Pearson
Tennessee
Averell Harriman
Ave
Oklahoma
Vicar Wieher
Sham
Wickersham
Bolton
Ohio
Saltonstall
Massachsetts
Charles Coolidge
Gen. Bradley
Senate Armed Services Committee
Pentagon
Barden
North Carolina
House
St. Paul Himeelf
House of Representatives
Westbrook
Pegler
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