Truman Tour Criticized for Dignity Gaps on Pacific Swing
The piece reports editorials from the St. Louis Post Dispatch and the Memphis Commercial Appeal faulting President Truman's Pacific coast tour. It argues his lapses in presidential decorum distracted from his Chicago Berkeley and other speeches and questions his rhetoric on special privilege and press confinement.
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Pacific
St. Louis Post Dispatch
the Post-Dispatch
Mr. Truman
Chicago
Berkeley
Memphis
Democratic Party fracturing under Truman era tensions
Drew Pearson reports the Democratic National Committee is splintering as Howard McGrath struggles to hold unity amid calls for a grass roots poll. Tito admits troubles in Yugoslavia, while White House advisers clash over a possible special session of Congress and housing legislation.
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Drew Pearson
Democratic National Committee
Truman
Tito
Yugoslavia
White House
Congress
Washington
Howard McGrath
McGrath
Eugene Mahoney
Sioux Falls
S. D
Democratic Party
Jim Farley
A. F
William Green
Green
Philadelphia
J. D.parker
North Carolina
Virginia
Parker
Raleigh
Justice Department
London
Britain
Spaatz
Air
Tooey
Army
GOP
Hugh Scott
Republican National Committee
Joe
Grundy
Pennsylvania
Jim Duff
Martin-Grundy
Duff
Dewey
Grundy-Martin
Decatur Daily letters discuss local politics and development
A selection of Public Forum letters covers Crusade for Children fundraising, housing and street projects in Decatur, highway safety on U. S. 31, and opposition to federal power limits. Contributors criticize Truman era politics, praise Carnation Company in Decatur, and urge investment in local electric service and infrastructure for Limestone County.
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Ala
U. S. Highway 31
Alabama
Carnation Company
Decatur
Carnation
North
Limestone County
Athens
Critique of Truman Notes and Political Spin
The passage argues that all viewpoints from extreme conservatives to communist fears have circulated freely in the U S. It challenges President Truman to present proof if he disputes these criticisms and suggests he should have clarified if he spoke off the cuff without notes.
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Albuquerque
Truman
Mr. Truman
Henry
Wallace
Life With Father Peron in Buenos Aires 1945 1948
Dramatic sketch portrays Argentina’s 1945 campaign against Col General Juan D Peron. Otto Bemberg interests fund liberal groups, while later Peron’s regime taxes, seizes assets, and negotiates with the family to avert confiscation, ending with a costly loan aid compromise.
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Father Peron
Buenos Aires
Col
Juan D. Peron
Argentina
Democratic Forges
Otto Bemberg
Papal Bemberg
Poland
Peron
Bembergs
Bemberg
HI Aires
Bank of Boston
Treasury Department
Mussolini
Italy
Hitler
Germany
Franco
Spain
The
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Wallace the common man myth and a phantom bond scam
Pegler condemns Wallace and his ally William Gailmor as con men who misused funds raised at rallies. He details a New York apartment case, a $1000 bond invested by Mrs Minnerley, and Louis Horch’s la morale tied to a lamasery project. The piece calls for public demontration and exposure of the alleged theft.
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New York
Bubblehead Wallace
William S. Gailmor
Mortimer Snerd
United States
Board of Economic Warfare
Roosevelt
Russia
Wallace
Stalin
Congress
Hve
Henry
Mahatma
Washington
Corps of Press Club
Hitler
Gailmor
Jack
Henry Love
San Diego Union
William Gailmor
Walace
Love
Charlie Chaplin
Hollywood
Chaplin
Beverly Hills
Omaha
East 49Th Street
Henry Wallace
Riverside Drive
Horch
Department of Commerce
Soviet Russia
New Canaan
Conn
Lamasery
Jim
East 45Th Street
N. Y
San Diego
Minnerleys
Bubblehead- Wallace
Bubblehead
Louie Horch
Banned GI Bill Training Sparks Veteran Confusion
Washington report outlines new limits on GI Bill funding for avocational courses. VA will decide if training helps a veteran make a living. if so, funding continues, otherwise courses deemed recreational are barred after June 30 1948. Prior enrolled students may finish. Whisky note ends piece.
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U. S. Budget Bureau
Bureau
Truman
Congress
Peo Me
Ongress
Veterans Administration
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Utnabe
Marshal Tito
Oblasni Egrekutivni Odbor
Red Executive Board
Zagreb
Moscow
America
Berlin
Crusade For Children
Marvin Eubanks
Bayne Vaughn
Decatur Daily
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New Johnsonville
Tenn
B. E. George
Pegler
Westrerook
Westbrook
James Marlow
Uncle Sam
Jones Coal Co
Morgan County
Morgan County National Bank State National Bank
Pec Ar
Ion Gene
North Alabama
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