Steel Workers Local 1861 Urges CIO PAC Support and Picnic
The Local advocates ongoing support for CIO PAC with a yearly one dollar per member donation, praising its role in shaping elections and candidate evaluation. It also announces a July 2 picnic led by Andy Busam highlighting committee improvements and calls for volunteers, plus updates on members laid off, a ball team, and injuries to Henry Joerger.
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CIO Political Action Committee
PAC
Andy Busam
Bill Posey
Blockade Ended Berlin Airlift Continues As Serbia Ends
Russia ends a 327 day blockade of Berlin on May 12 allowing rail and highway traffic from Western Germany. Airlift to continue for about a month hauling 500 tons per hour. Israel gains UN membership after a 37 to 12 Assembly vote. Acheson cites civil rights for Franco Spain before joining free nations. Taft and Brewster urge envoy. Norman Thomas notes Spanish miners' execution. Li Tao calls for Western forces to leave China.
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Russia
Berlin
Germany
Israel
General Assembly
Acheson
Spain
Family of Free Nations
Taft
Ohio
Brewster
R. Me
Norman Thomas
Britain's Commons passes Atlantic Pact by wide vote
The House of Commons ratified the Atlantic Pact 333 to 6 while Senate hearings continued. CIO Secretary James B Carey defended the pact as sound policy linked to the Truman Doctrine and European recovery.
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House of Commons
Senate
CIO
James B. Carey
United States
Far Eastern Commission
Russia
Congress
Truman
United Nations
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