General Holdridge Calls West Point Key To Democracy In Army
Brig. Gen. H. C. Holdridge testifies before the House military affairs committee arguing that genuine military democracy must start at West Point. He labels the army's caste system undemocratic and opposes compulsory training as obsolete. He notes a future war favors mass armies and warns against indoctrinating youths with totalitarian views.
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Washington
America
West Point
House Military Affairs Committee
H. C. Holdridge
Holdridge
Mark Clark
Congressional Record
Henry Hoke
Congressional
Hoke
UK Locals Defy Court Picketing Ban
In Schenectady New York thousands of workers formed a massive picket line before the General Electric plant defying an injunction aimed at mass picketing. The UE CIO strike enters its sixth week as appeals proceed and police avoid intervention.
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Schenectady
N. Y
General Electric
United Electrical Radio & Machine Workers
CIO
State Supreme Court
John Alexander
Bloomfield, N. J
Westinghouse
General Motors
Chevrolet
Walter Edge
Richard Lynch
UE Local 410
Milk Up 2 Cents If Subsidies End
Stabilization Director Chester Bowles warned the House banking committee that ending federal food subsidies would trigger price jumps. He said meat could rise 3 to 5 cents per pound milk 2 cents a quart bread a penny or more per loaf and butter 12 cents a pound.
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Washington
Chester Bowles
House Banking Committee
Bowles
U.S
No Wings For The Waiters At Waldorf Astoria
Waiters at the Waldorf Astoria refuse to wear wings for a fashion show due to heavy trays and union rules. A hotel union member cites occupational strain and lack of advancement in technology as reasons to decline the moonlit angel costumes.
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Federated Press
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Andrew J. May
un-American Committee
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Germany
Japan
Burton
New Jersey
Albert
East Fifth Street
New York
the Waldorf-Astoria, New
York's
Hotel & Club Empoyes Union
AFL
Rollman
Gare
Simpson
Man Simpson
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