Dollars Go Farther In Postwar Retail Prices
The New York Herald Tribune report shows declines in staple goods from butter to eggs and cheese, with overall price drops driven by intense retail competition and efficiency. Yet costs remain high and profit margins thin, signaling inflationary risk if wages rise and government debt grows.
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New York Herald Tribune
Herald Tribune
The Welfare State versus American medical care
The piece argues against compulsory national medical insurance, praising American free choice and voluntary prepaid plans. It cites Churchill and foreign examples to claim welfare systems reduce care quality and raise costs, while U S doctors retain autonomy, innovation, and focus on preventive medicine and research.
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Winston Churchill
England
New Zealand
The Truck Problem on Highway Funding and Truck Overload
Public officials and newspapers weigh how to fund highways adequate for large trucks. Governors cite higher costs to build and maintain trucked roads and penal measures rise in states like Oklahoma. Experts argue trucks may not pay their fair share, subsidizing other motorists.
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Warren
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Duff
Pennsylvania
Oklahoma
New Federal Law Expands Pentagon Powers and Civilian Oversight
Testimony before the House Armed Services Committee cautions that new law grants the Secretary of Defense broad budget powers and risks military merger or overreach. Ferdinand Eberstadt notes near consensus against unifying the three services, while Herbert Hoover warns of excessive power and dangers to civilian control. Officials urge vigilance to avoid a Prussian style system and maintain accountability.
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House Armed Services Committee
Ferdinand Eberstadt
Hoover Commission
Eberstadt
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Herbert Hoover
China policy failure echoed in White Paper analysis
The State Department White Paper on China spans over a thousand pages and portrays a clear failure of U.S. efforts. It highlights Wedemeyer’s warnings in 1947 about Chinese Communist dominance without timely aid or reform to Chiang Kai-shek, noting suppression of his five year aid plan and criticizing diplomacy that fell short in the Far East.
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State Department
Stilwell
George Marshall
Patrick Hurley
Wedemeyer
Acheson
Truman
Chiang Kai-shek
U.S
Chiang
Time Magazine
Europe
Far East
Korea
Japan
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