Questioning the End of War and Argentina at the UN
World Abroad questions whether fascism is truly defeated and notes the United Nations Conference in San Francisco debates inviting Argentina, a Nazi-linked regime, amid objections from the Soviet Union and other nations. The piece hints at broader tension over postwar alignment and policy.
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Cross Country
New York
Europe
Goebbels
Fascism
Hitler
Stettinius
United Nations
Roosevelt
Soviet Union
France
China
Japan
Germany
Argentina
Molotov
Girl Reporter Subpenas Pegler in San Francisco Room
Joyce Turner recounts a stunt aimed at Westbrook Pegler during a United Nations Conference, delivering a court summons for a $600000 suit by the CIO ILWU. The reporter sneaks through press rooms and a San Francisco residence to place the subpena on Pegler amid witnesses and tension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Westbrook
Pegler
ILWU
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
CIO
Hearst
Veterans Memorial Bldg
New York
Opera House
James Cagney
Vincent Sheean
Walter Winchell
Gough St. Apt
Mr. Pegler
Conspiracy To Wreck Unions Charged In Postwar Labor Plot
CIO leaders warn of a dangerous conspiracy to undermine the Wagner Act. Philip Murray urges CIO affiliates to oppose three riders and a $3,348,000 NLRB cut before the House Appropriations Committee. Riders target enforcement in contracts over three months, food processing cases, and foremen, linked to Michigan auto lobby and Sen. W Lee O Daniel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CIO
Philip Murray
National Labor Relations Board
House Appropriations Committee
NLRB
Appropriations Committee
Murray
Congress
Michigan
W. Lee
Pappy
O’daniel
To Complete Victory and Postwar Employment Plans
A wartime editorial urges victory over Japan and warns democracy needs full postwar employment. It argues fascism rises with unemployment and calls for broad planning via private enterprise and government to ensure jobs for workers, industry, and agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
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United States
Joyce Turner
Iwo Jima
Pacific
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