We Oppose Eisenhower Over TVA and Cotton Farming
A reader explains voting against President Eisenhower due to TVA funding cuts and hardships for cotton farmers in the South. The letter criticizes the administration for neglecting individuals and failing to meet public power goals while noting private power gains and the need for southern farmer representation.
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Eisenhower
New York
Tennessee Valley Authority
South
Tannensis Valley Authority
TVA
New York Times
Tennessee Valley
Teome
Thas
Ralph W. Page
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
Southern Company
Georgia
Carolina Power and Light
Carolina
United States
Ivory Towers
Alabama
All Delere
Air Force publicity drive aims to sell military views
Private Air Force memo urges a far reaching publicity program to push the public past uncertainty and prove investment in the Air Force yields a superior payoff. The plan targets timely, continuing campaigns before Secretary Wilson intervened to halt delays.
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Army
Rm Airr Force
Air Force
Wilson
Labor union contract dispute stirs staff anger
The AFL staff pressed for a contract after the CIO side of the merged labor group had one, provoking a stenographer named Eileen Meany who reacted with outrage and concern.
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CIO
AFL
Eileen Meany
Happiness Through Service and Self-Development
The piece argues happiness is a byproduct of thoughts and helping others. It cites studies that children at home boost well being and warns that an empty life without purpose leads to boredom. It quotes Christ and Emerson to stress selflessness as a path to fulfillment. Davidson
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Christ
Emerson
Unending Rings of Influence in AFL-CIO Press Tangle
A murky AFL-CIO press conflict centers on George as factions clash over influence and control. The scene focuses on elite insiders and lingering power dynamics within the labor movement.
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Go Dunicier
Afl-Cio Press
Potomac Bridge Debate Winds Through Historic Alexandria
In Alexandria Virginia Congressman Joel T. Broyhill pushes a new Potomac bridge to connect Maryland and Virginia, funded by the federal government. Critics warn it burdens navigation and local streets, questions profit, and note Maryland and Virginias indifference to approaches while the project faces heavy political maneuvering.
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Alexandria
George Washington
America
Joel T. Broyhill
Virginia
Maryland
Congress
USA
South
Washington
Potomac
New York
Norfolk
District of Columbia
Brayhill
Sam
Okla
Confident Living Love Of Money Root Of Evil Not Money Itself
Dr. Peale extols tithing as a spiritual and material law of supply. He cites a man whose income rose after giving ten percent, and Albert Schweitzer's selfless life as the fulfillment of finding value through giving. The piece argues money should serve service, not mastery.
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Dr. Peale
Albert Schweitzer
Schweitzer
Europe
Bach
Africa
the Hall Syndicate, Inc
AFL-CIO Drives to Unionize Police Spread Across Nation
Victor Riesel reports a major AFL-CIO led push to organize police across the United States. The effort already includes 70 local police unions in cities from Hartford to Omaha with New York City as the pivotal battleground. Union president Arnold W. Zander argues police unions seek grievance procedures rather than wages, while Mayor Wagner faces a test of backing or opposing organized cops.
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Victor Riesel
Mergtion
Engugh
Seg
Calvin Coolidge
Boston
Mike Quill
New York
Quill
Hartford
New Haven
Arnold Zander
New York City
Wagner
Afl-Cio
Wurf
the Hall Syndicate, Inc
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Decatur
Alabama Tennessee Valley Printing Co., Inc
W. R. Shelton
Associated Press
Republi
Terced Tate Beate
John W. Shackford
Churchiend
Coppright
National Council of Churches
Drew Pearson
Pearson
George Meany
Davidson
Unending
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Ching
John L. Lewis
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Lewis
George Humphrey
Republican Party
Cy Ching
John L
John Stephens
U.S. Steel
Wendell Willkie
Willkie
Norman Vincent Peale
Affiliated Fund
Commonwealth Investment Co
Fundamental Investors Incorporated Investors Keystone Custodian Funds
Mass. Investors Trust
Wellington
Atomic Development Fund
Wall Street Investing Corp. Chemical Fund
Boston Fund
Life Insurance Stock
A. B. Love
Bank S$t
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