Can Stevenson Clean House If Elected President
The column argues Stevenson must defend Truman’s record while promising a cleaner, more efficient administration. It contrasts Eisenhower’s need to propose concrete domestic plans with Stevenson’s challenge to persuade the public he can reform Washington. Both nominees are urged to present clear policies to win the presidency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adlai Stevenson
Washington
Truman
Stevenson
Chicago
Harry Truman
Eisenhower
House
Europe
Parable of the Sower and its Modern Seeders
A preacher reflects on the Parable of the Sower and compares ancient sowing to 50 years of teaching in High Point. He notes various soil outcomes, praises the good ground harvest, and honors a longtime educator whose work touched about 2,000 children. The piece urges ongoing sowing for future harvests.
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Jesus
High Point
W.A.B
Tommy Madville
Robert Merrills
Roberta Peters
Met Opera
Brentano
Letter to the Editor on choosing a president and national mood
The reader questions which candidate can sustain prosperity and moral strength through hard times. They compare past fears to today, ask how a younger generation will cope, and note a self sacrifice example to illustrate pride and dignity under financial distress.
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Eisenhower
Stevenson
Wall Street
High Point
Socialized medicine debate tied to treaty text
Article argues that a June Geneva meeting approved a "Minimum Standards of Social Security" convention submitted to 65 nations including the United States. Supporters say ratification would create universal health provisions, while critics warn it would force government hospital care and medical control.
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International Labor Organization
Geneva
Switzerland
United States
United States Senate
Congress
United Nations
Oscar Ewing
Conress
Leonard Calhoun
Anerican
Senate
Quotes From DiCicco and Ridgway Rise From Prison
A convicted forger Frank DiCicco declares that honest living and eradicating lies theft and cheating could offer hope for others like him. General Matthew Ridgway warns that no steps will be retraced no matter what happens in November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank DiCicco
Matthew Ridgway
Nightly gossip and political betting unfold in New York
A crowded letter from a New York contributor covers Democratic and Republican bets on Ike and Stevenson, rumors of political alignments, divorces and society happenings, plus media buzz about Hearst, Dodge, and public figures. It blends jokes, overheard tips, and speculative chatter across politics, entertainment, and high society.
Republican Platform Compared With GOP Voting Record
Peter Edson notes contradictions between the 1952 Republican platform and actual voting by Republicans in the 80th Congress. He cites commodity loans, crop insurance, soil conservation, anti monopoly enforcement, inflation policy, social security, rent control, cancer research funding, Point Four, Voice of America, mutual security, and defense spending as areas of misalignment.
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Washington
NEA
GOP
Eisenhower
New Crusade
Old Guard
Congress
House Republicans
Senate
Commodity Credit Corporation
Everett Dirksen
Illinois
Federal Trade Commission
Voice of America
House
U. S
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Taft
Gov
Ight Fiske
Risgay Song Star
Lewis Stevenson
William Randolph Hearst
Los Angeles Examiner
Horace Dodge
Detroit
Manville
Gregg Sherwood
City Desks
Zillionaire
Int'l
Saul Streit
Streit
Brenda Frazier
John Sims Kelly
Honore Collins
John Fine
Penn
Nbc-Tv
Runyon Cancer Fund
Herbert Wolf
Dotz Nize
Alfred Kohlberg
Reds
Gov't
Widder
Ida Yoles
Mile Yolles
Sec'y
Treasury
Sec
Baby
Monica Lewis
Peter London
Nat'l Airlines
Phyllis Egnor
Dagmar
53Rd Street
O'Dwyer
Mexico
Paul
Sales Executive Club
Pittsburgh
OPS Board
Arthur Hays Sulzberger
Big
N. Y. Times
Sulzberger
Hirohito
Farouk
Zeta McClintock
the Carlyle
Peter Edson
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