Washington Congress Inquiries Cover Wide Range of Subjects
Investigations spread across Capitol Hill as the House plans new inquiries for January. A seven member Judiciary subcommittee led by Rep. Celler probes industrial concentration. Appropriations panels study foreign aid military spending in Asia and Europe. An Agri cultural subcommittee joins to assess hoof and mouth disease lab needs. Ways and Means members seek a new taxation formula for life insurance companies replacing the 1942 approach.
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House
Rep. Celler
D. NY
Fair Dealer
Brooklyn
Asia
Europe
Ways and Means
Treasury
Kasson
General Electric Co
Celler
Health Service Probes Donora Smog Disaster Causes
A U S Public Health Service team investigated the Donora Smog disaster revealing that nearly 6 000 residents were affected and 20 died during the October 1948 episode. The inquiry examined industrial emissions from the three Donora zinc steel plants, river valley topography, and weather patterns that trapped pollutants.
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James Townsend
Industrial Hygiene Division
The
Public Health Service
American Public Health Assn
Donora
Clothing Workers Contribute 1000 to Steel Strike Fund
The Cincinnati Joint Board Amalgamated Clothing Workers voted $1000 for the United Steelworkers Strike Fund to aid steel workers in the area even as they return to work. Al Whitehouse thanked the workers and urged backing the Clothing Label Drive and Union Label purchases. The board also allocated donations to the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis and Israel’s Histradut.
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Cincinnati Joint Board
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
United Steelworkers
Arthur Hartmann
al Whitehouse USA
Coopera
Anti-Labor Forces Spend Big Money in 1949 Lobbying
Report shows anti labor groups spending 4.3 million of 6.3 million dollars total lobby outlays in the first nine months of 1949. Labor unions spent 179 thousand. AMA led with 1.23 million to block universal health insurance. Whitaker and Baxter pressed doctors for funds. Committee for Constitutional Government spent 443 thousand.
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Congress
American Medical Association
AMA
Whitaker and Baxter
Committee For Constitutional Government
Electric groups spent on influencing TVA and public power
The National Association of Electric Companies used 305 751 dollars to handicap TVA and other public power operations and delay CVA action. The CIO total was 36 126 dollars not including salaries.
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National Association of Electric Companies
TVA
CVA
CIO
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Louisville
David M. Kasson
New York
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Chicago
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Emerson Portable
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