Senator Wiley urges patience on Formosa Strait policy
The piece argues Congress should let President Eisenhower decide Formosa policy without pressure. It highlights hopes for peace over war, notes Quemoy and Matsu as negotiable leverage, and praises bipartisan restraint to avoid a premature U.S. commitment.
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Wiley
Congress
Eisenhower
United States
Formosa Strait
Washington
Peiping
Carney
Quemoy
Matsu
Formosa
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Walter George
China
Matsu and
North Carolina Board of Conservation Meets in High Point
The North Carolina Board of Conservation and Development opens a three day session in High Point with Governor Hodges as chairman and speaker at a civic luncheon. Amos R. Kearns is praised for parks division leadership and the meeting reflects High Point hospitality and state development goals amid a drive to raise per capita income.
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North Carolina Board of Conservation and Development
Hodges
High Point
Amos R. Kearns
C&d Board
J. P. Rawley
North Carolina
Great Publishers Defined Two Journalistic Giants Of The Era
The deaths of Col. Robert McCormick and Joseph Pulitzer mark the passing of two era makers in American journalism. McCormick championed press freedom and a watchdog role for government while Pulitzer crusaded for bold national reach and high standards. Their contrasting approaches underscored the scope and influence of the press in the early 20th century.
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Joseph Pulitzer
St. Louis Post-dispatch
Col
Robert McCormick
Chicago Tribune
Col. McCormick
Pulitzer
New York Herald Tribune
Britain
Yalta Records Reveal Jokes and Hidden Edits in War Talks
The Yalta documents show deletions crossed out in haste and read by many. Roosevelt polled on offering Ibn Saud six million U.S. Jews as a joke or off the record disclosure. Stalin wonders about Roosevelt’s fear of Jewish and Polish voters, while Berlin airlift notes surface and future disclosures loom.
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Yalta
Europe
Roosevelt
Stalin
Church
Ibn Saud
Saudi Arabia
United States
Sidney
Sidney Hillman
Sam Rosenman
Treasury
Henry Morgenthau Jr
Felix Frankfurter
Heme Court
Sirous
Poland
Detroit
New York
Chicago
Yakutsk
U. S. News and World Report
Berlin
Lawmakers weigh new study commissions on state reorganization
A Capitol Square review notes 1953 measures to create commissions on prison administration and highway matters, revenue procedures, and legislative representation. It recalls past reform efforts, including the Umstead and Hodges commissions, and emphasizes ongoing studies shaping North Carolina governance.
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General Assembly
Department of Revenue
William Umstead
Advisory Commission On Water Resources
Hodges
Water Commissions
Umstead
Prisons and Revenue Administration
Reorganization Commission
Advancf
Brookings Institute Study Shapes North Carolina State Oversight
Discussion traces Brookings Institute work around 1930 and its push toward executive power, noting few recommendations adopted then. It explains NC reforms to centralize mental health, education, and juvenile services, and argues for a permanent State Government Commission to reduce overlap and guide statutory revisions.
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Brookings Institute
Brookings Report
North Carolina
General Assembly
Hospitals Board of Control For
Board of Correction and Training
State Board of Education
Judicial Council
Geral Statutes Commission
General Assem
Civil Defense, Sympathy and Public Discourse Reflections
A column discusses apathy toward civil defense and the need for spotters. It reflects on sympathy versus empathy, shares anecdotes from a husband and wife and a bereaved man, notes the 1955 passes of Pulitzer and McCormick, and recalls John Peter Zenger’s press freedom case.
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America
John Peter Zenger
Germany
Zenger
New York City
New York Weekly Journal
Andrew Hamilton
Philadelphia
Ayres Shocked by CIO Tank Builder Tale in Washington
Washington report portrays Ohio Rep. William Ayres as distressed after a CIO aligned tank builder subculture joke surfaces. A private letter mocks nightlife in Washington and hints at photo postcards funded by the Republican Congressional Committee to aid Ayres in future elections.
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Washington
William Hanes Ayres
Ohio
Akron
CIO
Goodyear Local No
United Rubber Workers of America
Rep. Ayres
Capitol
Republican Congressional Committee
Congress
Quote on cooperation and national necessity in postwar policy
Senator J William Fulbright criticizes administration for not cooperating on a stock inquiry. Percy Davies of the British Labour Party argues documents like the Yalta Conference should be published only when national necessity demands it, not for partisan advantage.
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Cmos
J. William Fulebright
D., Ark
Senate
U. S
Percy Davies
Labor Party
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Truman
Potsdam
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Lynn Nisbet
Union
North
McLean
Max Gardner
Sim Administration
Judicial
Charles Pearson
W. A. Bivins
Russia
Frank Meanwell
Frank
Greece
George Dixon
Lady Tank Builders
State of Shock
Mr. Ayres
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