Washington gathering sums up a year of editorial
Editorial correspondence notes the American Society of Newspaper Editors spring meeting in Washington with D A R leaders and Tar Heel editors. It covers Don Shoemaker and Pete McKnight career moves, Stassen disarmament push, Hutchins critique of press freedom, and observations by Max Freedman and Peter Edson on Washington’s journalism scene.
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Daughters of the American Revolution
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Gertrude Carraway
DAR
Grand Dames
North Carolina
Don Shoemaker
Asheville
Pete” McKnight
Charlotte News
Pete McKnight
Washington
Max Freedman
The
Manchester Guardian
Congress
Free World
Security Should Be Left to Government Agencies, Kahn Testimony Suggests
Albert Kahn testifies before the Internal Security Committee claiming The Hour funded with private and government money, while Andrew Goldsmith and Kahn aided anti-Nazi and anti-Fascist campaigns. The piece notes Kahn’s claim of wide support from individuals, firms like Cameron and Kahn, Inc., and government agencies, and argues that national security work should remain with official channels.
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Arthur J. Goldsmith
Eisenhower
Goldsmith
Waldorf Towers
Albert Kahn
Harvey Matusow
Matusow
Arthur Goldsmith
Kahn
United States
For
Messrs. Goldsmith
Father Coughlin
Internal Security Committee
Senate
Times
Department of Justice
Budget Fight Spurs New Taxes in 1955 57 Plan
The joint appropriations and finance subcommittee reaches a tentative 1955 57 budget balance plan. Proposed levies aim to raise 16.191 million annually with a controversial 3.5 million tobacco tax. House Senate committees split on tobacco. final vote expected late this week with possible changes before floor action.
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Joint Appropriations and Finance Committees
House
Senate
Budget Cuts Hit Colleges As Appropriations Trimmed
Around Capitol Square finance groups finish subcommittee conclusions as joint appropriations teams cut about 1.25 million from the advisory budget commission total. Colleges face the heaviest reductions and expect tuition and room rents to rise to offset losses. College spokesmen urge dormitory funding rather than further cuts. Figures and taxes may change before final enactment as multiple sets are used.
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Advisory Budget Commission
Trends Toward Trimmed State Appropriations and Tax Shifts
Notes on the news describe subcommittees trimming fringes from state services and opposing growth for its own sake. Reductions include printing travel and agency costs with more county financing, some new taxes but about 18 million less total, and tax shifts favoring farm and mill machinery autos and building materials. Governor Hodges praises the committee work as magistral. Road blocks mention tobacco tax being the main hurdle. if defeated, 8.85 million must be replaced by other taxes or revised estimates.
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Hodges
Army quietly elevates aviation arm to division
The Army moves to take control of its aircraft program by elevating Army Aviation from a branch to a division under Brig. Gen. Hamilton H. Howze. The change, kept secret to avoid Congress queries amid budget talks, signals intent to oversee development and procurement away from the Air Force.
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Washington
Congress
Army
Air Force
Army Aviation
Warren R. Williams Jr
Hamilton H. Howze
Howze
West Point
Robert Lee Howze
Billy Mitchell
Pene
Aviaon
Weekly Thoughts and Echoes from a Nation in Flux
A collage of anecdotes and reflections on faith, doubt, and everyday life. A pastor recalls blue Mondays and the resilience of belief while a Navy Yard marker honors a Confederate site. Editorial notes weigh America’s decision making and international steps toward peace, with light humor on language and names.
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Navy Yard
Charlotte
Confederate Navy Yard
Political figures tout patriotism and policy stances
The record cites remarks by politicians and executives. Mentioned are Alexander Wiley and Harlow Curtice along with criticism of a 30 hour work week and calls to reduce aid to Western Europe. The text also references Ernest T. Weir and Brazil's President Cafe Filho in unrelated anecdotes.
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Pesident
Harlow Curtice
Europe
United States
Ernest T. Weir
National Steel Corporation
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Stassen
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Fund For the Republic
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Corsi
Peter Edson
Hudson
Dulles
Capus M. Waynick
Commerce Department
Jack Spain
Sam J. Ervin Jr
Carl T. Durham
Lawton Collins
Mamie
George Sokolsky
Hour
Cameron and Kahn, Inc
Nathan Witt
Germany
Haly
Lynn Nisbet
Joint Finance Committee
Capitol Square
Charles Pearson
George Dixon
Army Air Chief
Joseph O
Honey
Wyoming
Paul Douglas
Illinois
O'Mahoney
Colorado River
Mahoney
Tilionis
Colorado Valley
Douglas
Ilinois
W. A. Bivins
U.S
Jim Whitby
Helen Hinman Frahm
Despond
Virginia No. 1
Albemarle
Charleston
Savannah
Tennessee
Mobile
Memorial
Portsmouth
America
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Friends
Winston Churchill
Eden
Faure
France
George
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Quemoy
Matsu
Sammy
S. S
Aaron
Holland
Alfreda Dean
Esher
England
Christian Science Monitor
Alexander Wiley
Miliaeeres Stiermane
Bey
U. S. Far East Command
Brazil
Cafe Filho
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