Judicial check on Wagner Act sparks free speech dispute
U.S. District Judge Charles Brieant in New York ruled portions of the Wagner Act illegal and unconstitutional for forcing union membership to speak on air. Columnist William Buckley Jr and editor M Stanton Evans challenged AFTRA contracts linking employment to union dues, a decision hailed as a First Amendment triumph and backed by the National Right To Work Legal Defense Foundation.
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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Supreme Court
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Blue Eagle
Hugh Johnson
NLRA
Truman
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Charles L. Brieant, Jr
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Evans
AFTRA
U.S. Supreme Court
Brieant
Buckley
Henry of Navarre
Hugo Black
National Right To Work Legal Defense Foundation
Our Trade Deficit and Pandas: A Curious Clipping
The article notes a 1972 U S trade deficit of 6.4 billion dollars with exports up 13 percent to 49.12 billion while imports rose 22 percent to 55.56 billion. It attributes the deficit to a strong dollar, increased imports, and factors like travel and troop expenditures. It adds a quirky aside about National Zoo pandas sleeping and roaming at night.
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Europe
Nixon's War Ends in Peace, A Nation's Quiet Victory
Washington column lauds the nine chapter Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam. Kissinger’s briefing style highlighted the plan’s complexities, moral achievement, and global implications, praising Nixon for tenacity and a lasting, healing peace.
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Yorktown
Paris
Nixon
Henry Kissinger
Vietnam
Kissinger
Compassion and restraint in the Vietnam War debate
A reflective critique contrasts LBJ and Nixon wartime approaches, praising Johnson's humane aims yet noting failures to halt North Vietnamese aggression. It argues Nixon used limited strikes and restraint, avoiding mass bombing of civilians, while warning about potential risks if South Vietnam fails after U.S. withdrawal.
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Kissinger
Hanoi
Vietnam
Saigon
DMZ
South Vietnam
Washington
Lyndon Johnson
White House
Haiphong
Indochina
North Vietnam
Art Buchwald
Barry Goldwater
Johnson
LBJ
Robert McNamara
Giap
Lenin
Beethoven
Ho Chi Minh
Richard Nixon
U.S
Cambodia
Nixon
Hamburg
Dresden
Tokyo
Joan Baez
Jane Fonda
William Sloarie Coffin
Slavery persists beyond 1865 in modern regimes
Russell Kirk argues in a valued book by Dr. Louis Filler that slavery endures globally beyond the Civil War. He cites UN reports, state power, and repressive systems from Liberia to the Baltic Soviet blocs and Tibet, warning that until humanity’s brotherhood is anchored by God, slavery will persist.
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Louis Filler
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van Nostrand
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Red Sea
Arabia
Africa
Filler
Dr. Filler
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United States
General Assembly
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Lithuania
Estonia
Latvia
Soviet Union
Tibet
China
Laber
Europe
Asia
Cuba
Old South
Man
God
A Bigger Bite: Social Security Tax Hikes Stir Debate
The article explains a 1972 congressionally driven Social Security tax increase signed by President Nixon on Oct 13 and effective Jan 1. It details higher tax rates on the first income bracket, raised ceilings, and new allowances that lift widows to full benefits, plus a larger exemption for pensions and a gender-based underpayment correction. It notes the tax mostly hurts low earners but argues the aged deserve support.
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Nixon
The Responsiveness Of Our Technology
Technology bends to public mood and desires, reflecting democratic will. Scientists and engineers respond to what the majority wants, shaping progress to address concerns like pollution. Public support over decades has driven space and nuclear programs, showing technology mirrors collective aims and achieves remarkable results.
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