Global shift toward universal trade over war
A growing tendency favors increased international commerce as a path to reduce conflict. Proponents argue robust trade links raise interdependence and create incentives for peaceful cooperation, while critics warn disparities and power imbalances may persist or widen.
Worth Of The Nickerson Case
The Nickerson court martial highlights rivalries among military branches and the drive to prove each is best equipped to defend the United States. It notes the positive and negative effects of entrenched branch pride, including lack of teamwork and fiscal drain from competing appropriation seeks.
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John C. Nickerson, Jr
United States
inter-Annapolis
Air Academy
Supreme Court Wat kins decision limits congressional investigations
The Watk ins ruling curbs vague fishing expeditions and requires precise connection to a legitimate legislative purpose. It emphasizes due process and warns Congress to use compulsory processes with care while affirming individual rights and the duty to aid informed legislation.
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Congress
Supreme Court
New York Times
Warren
Watkins
Communist Party
House Committee On UN- American Activities
Feenee Lane
United States
Humphrey shifts stance as Seaway aid grows with power
In early testimony Humphrey opposed fast tax write offs and the Seaway as a socialistic ditch. After Hanna Co Labrador ore deposits emerged, his position changed and he used cabinet influence to back the Seaway, prompting allies like Fallon and Bender to reverse.
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Humphrey
National Steel Company
Thomas
Texas
Defense Mobilization Board
Seaway
George Humphrey
George Fallon
Baltimore
the Treasury
St. Lawrence Sea
M. A. Hanna Co
Labrador
Fallon
Hanna
Sen
George Bender
Ohio
Bender
Troubled Times and Transport Taxes Behind Humphrey Link
Analysis traces how cabinet secretary Hubert Humphrey aided private transport interests, including the M A Hanna Co and Quebec North Shore railways, to keep a 3 percent excise tax on transportation in place. It cites a 1957 ICC letter estimating $24 million yearly loss to the Treasury and notes rail and barge operations exempt from the tax.
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Lake Erie
Humphrey
M. A. Hanna Co
Labrador
Quebec- Labrador
Schefferville
Quebec North Shore
Baytown Steel
Eisenhower
Treasury Department
Interstate Commerce Commission
Owen Clarke
Smathers
Florida
U. S
Bell Syndicain
Integrity of Judges Questioned in 840 Page Commission Report
The commission on government security questions federal judges reliance on assistants and legal clerks for briefing papers and decisions. It argues errors or bias in opinions could threaten national security and federal loyalty.
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Commission On Government Security
House of Representatives
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court
United States
Commission
Senate
McGranery
Justice Holmes
Washington
Harvard
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Bernard Baruch
Gene Cavallero
Colony
China
Union corruption saga shocks laundry workers
The Senate committee files reveal ex secret service man John Dye Cheasty testified that Anthony Meii bought Local 985 and arranged favors for Jimmie Hoffa. The AFL CIO pushed a cleanup, replacing leaders like Sam Byers, George Meany promising hearings, and a plan for new open elections to restore the union to AFL-CIO control.
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Service
John Dye Cheasty
Mr. Big
Jimmie Hoffa
Senate Committee
Cheasty
Hoffa
Anthony) Meii
Eugene James
William) Bufalino
Bufalino
Washington
Jim Hoffa
Juke Detroit
Gene James
Chicago
Laundry Workers’ Union
Brother James
Laundry Workers’ International
Senate
Wel- Grand Jury
Afl-Cio
Capone
George Meany
Mr. James
High Command
James
Sam Byers
John Jillson
Meany
Byers
Méany
Ralph Fagan
Hollywood Roosevelt
Fagan
Labor
Afl-Cio High Command
New York
Commodore
National
Afl-Cio Ethical Practices Committee
Anak
the Hall Syndicate, Inc
No Quitter Miss Measor Returns to Stage Roles
Beryl Measor, veteran actress known for English stage and films, left theatre years ago for department store clerking in London. A customer, actor Eric Portman, urged her to join Terence Rattigan’s Separate Tables, which she performed in during the London run and now continues with the Broadway company.
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New York
Beryl Measor
Miss Measor
Terence Rattigan
London
Eric Portman
Rattigan
Miss Meason
Boardway
Ordinance fixes grade and curb on Carol Lane SE Decatur
City ordinance number 1029 fixes and establishes the grade of Carol Lane SE and the curb on each side according to city engineer blueprints. Adopted June 28, 1957. City Clerk Joe Pettey and Mayor K L McRae approved this action, dated July 1, 1957.
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City OF
Decatur
State OF
Alabama
Carol Lane
S.E
Joe Pettey
K. L. McRae
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Davidson
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