Governor Folsom proposal to abolish state examiners agency sparks opposition
The Montgomery press and lawmakers question Gov. Folsom’s plan to dissolve the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts. Critics warn it would politicize auditing, strip merit protections, and place public funds under executive control. The bill would create a finance division with a chief examiner appointed by the finance director, undermining checks and balances.
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Folsom
State Department of Examiners of Public Accounts
Bob Ingram
Montgomery
Alabama
James E. Folsom
Department of Finance
E. O. Eddins
Marengo Coun
Eddins
Senate
Finance Department
Examiners
Capitol Press Corps
California Governor Impresses Labor Leaders at Meeting
The Washington Merry Go Round notes governors and labor chiefs from Pennsylvania New Jersey and Delaware praising California Governor for potential presidential run. Dick Grey head of the building trades union calls him a likely candidate. Joe McComb of Camden Retail Clerks Local 1360 backs seeing good Republicans like him.
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Elphi
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Dick Grey
Building and Construction Trades Union
Grey
Eisenhower
California
Joe McComb
Retail Clerks Local 1360
Camden
N. J
Afl-Cio
California Governor Knight Dines at White House With Adams
Governor Knight and Governor Adams meet at the White House where Adams questions Knight’s background and study while Knight explains labor endorsements funded his California campaign. The exchange hints at future Republican strategy and labor ties in Washington.
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White House
Knight
Sherman Adams
Eisenhower
Adams
New England
al Jolson
California
Stanford
Cornell
Alpha Delta Phi House
New Hampshire
Howev
Washington
Richard Nixon
Study and Understanding through Learning
Living Today essay urges steady study as path to personal growth and societal progress. It cites Millikan and the Babylonian Talmud to stress that knowledge deepens humility and provides guidance for crisis, choice, and a meaningful life.
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Davidson
Robert A. Millikan
Knight Meets Labor Leaders Amid Nixon Skepticism
Governor Knight dined and met AFL leaders including Bill Schnitzler and Dave Beck to discuss politics. The Washington gathering with Knight drew about twenty AFL brass who opposed any Nixon involvement on the GOP ticket. Knight signaled California leaders would not back Nixon at the 1956 Republican convention.
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Schnitzler
Knight
Bill Schnitzler
American Federation of Labor
George Meany
Jim McDevitt
AFL Labor League For
Taj Mahal
Congress
Washington
AFL
Dick Grey
Scott Milne
Bill McFetridge
Vernon Housewright
Jim Suffridge
Jim Brownlow
Bob Gridda
John Sweeney
West Coast
California
Nixon
Governor Knight Opposes California Right-to-Work Bill
In Philadelphia about fifty labor leaders met with Knight at the Warwick Hotel. The governor declined to commit on Nixon but strongly opposed California’s right-to-work bill, calling it a ploy to prevent a union shop and promising to stamp the state against it.
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Philadelphia
Knight
Warwick Hotel
Nixon
California
Outstanding 1947 bill cited in department report
The article lauds a 1947 legislative bill as outstanding and notes the department, led by Chief Examiner Ralph Eagerton, has performed well over eight years. Eagerton's annual report to the Legislative Committee on Public Accounts highlighted 1,112 audits in the year ending Sept. 30, 1954, up from 698 in 1950-51.
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Ralph Eagerton
Eagerton
Legislative Committee On Public Accounts
Arizona figures loom in border radar and tax policy debate
The piece describes a cash infusion into Arizona via California styled investment and a bank ad campaign. mentions Maj. Gen. Lawton visiting Tucson and contemplating a tell-all, while noting political censorship and potential court-martial, contrasting with General Zwicker's waning service and a White House Pentagon clash.
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Arizona
Mexico
Treasury
Wall Street Journal
Chamber of Commerce
Carl A. Bimson
Phoenix
Kirke B. Lawton
Fort Monmouth
Joe McCarthy
Roy Cohn
Lawton
Lenzner
Sarma
Eisenhower
Pentagon
White House
Leavenworth Barracks
Dreyfus
Monmouth
Zwicker
Walter Reed
New York
Britain War Hero Quits Politics Over Financial Burden
Capt. Robert Ryder VC, famed for wartime exploits, will not seek re election as MP citing inability to live on the Commons salary. He joins other MPs avoiding May elections due to low pay and heavy costs, with ministers and broadcasters facing similar financial pressures across party lines.
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London
Robert Ryder
House of Commons
Ryder
St. Nazaire
Britain
Ist
Mentary
Churchill
George Strauss
Beverley Baxter
Harold Macmillan
Central Labor Union Council Picks Up Labor Endorsements
The Central Labor Union Council, led by the president of the Penn State Federation of Labor, secured seven new endorsements last November as part of broad labor support.
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Central Labor Union Council
Toe
Penn State Federation of Lamost
Neel W S C S Meeting With Mrs Hollis Long Maddox
A brief business session preceded a short talk by Mrs Donald Wallace on The Christian Home In Africa. The meeting closed with the benediction.
Americans Consume 445 Million Pounds of Potato Chips
In 1954 Americans bought about 445 million pounds of potato chips valued at around 283 million dollars. The per capita pace reflects growing snack demand and regional market expansion across the United States.
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National Conneil of Churches
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