These Days by George Sokolski on Dr Wirt and 1930s US politics
A reader letter recounts Dr William Wirt of Gary Indiana and his anti communist charges against Henry Wallace and Rexford Tugwell. It argues Wirt was ruined by bank seizures and political attacks amid 1930s US public life.
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William B. Woodbury
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Gary
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U. S
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Missouri
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Diamond Point
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Tugwell
Louis Budenz
Elizabeth Bentley
Whittaker Chambers
Henry Julian Wadleigh
High Point Enterprise Subscription Rates Listed
The High Point Enterprise reveals subscription rates in bold figures: 1 week 30 cents, 6 months 7.80, and 12 months 15.00. Listed officers include R. B. Terry president and D A Rawley secretary treasurer with editors Charles B LC Thompson and W Patterson Jr as advertising director and circulation manager.
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D. A. Rawley
Harles
Mountain Man Resigns Over State Politics Mire
Tom Alexander resigned yesterday from the North Carolina state board of conservation and development. His departure highlights political patronage and governance concerns in Raleigh as he returns to Cataloochee ranch and a Smokies tour bus venture.
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State Board of Conservation and Development
Alexander
Kerr Scott
Judy Alexander
Cataloochee
Smokies
Forestry
Department of Conservation and Development
Bill Sharpe
Raleigh
Asheville
Waynesville
North Carolina
Chester S. Davis
The
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Greensboro
C. A. Upehureh
Anti-Saloon League
First European Parliament Meeting Sparks Dream of Unity
Historic Strasbourg session marks the consultative assembly of the Council of Europe beginning to shape postwar cooperation. Leaders weigh its role in economy and culture, aiming to reduce friction and foster unity while acknowledging long road to federation.
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Strasbourg
France
Parliament
Europe
United States of Europe
Consultative Assembly
Council of Europe
Council
Committee of Ministers
America
Marshal
Assembly
Western Germany voters lean conservative in poll
The election in western Germany shows no party wins a majority with four parties running. Christian Democrats lead the field while Communists finish last, suggesting a conservative tilt as nations hope for stable freedom without a new dictatorship. The piece also touches on Prohibition era anecdotes, U S political intrigue, Dixiecrats, and a traveler asking when to see the town during meals.
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Germany
Christian Democrats
Treasury secretary silent on Europe trip and September plan
Washington by Edson reports Treasury Secretary John Snyder will not discuss his European findings, with the Treasury signaling no comment until September when Sir Stafford Cripps arrives and the IMF meeting occurs. Also covered are Navy high altitude rocket tests at White Sands, DAR anti world federation efforts, Berlin airlift recap, and 1950 American Legion race notes.
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NEA
Treasury
John Snyder
Europe
Stafford Cripps
International Bank On Monetary Fund
Congress
Navy
Martin Company
White Sands
N. M
American Legion
Clarksburg
Wva
Defense
Louis Johnson
Wilson
Republican National Committee
Happy Felton
New York
Congressional Campaign Committee
Felton
Harry Vaughan
Kissing Scandal Surrounds Barkley Prompts Press Roast
A Washington gossip column recalls a flirtatious incident between a married reporter and Vice President Barkley. The piece also lampoons a Hawaii pineapple shortage tied to a longshoremen strike and ends with a mock-heroic note on President Truman’s press conference and Major General Vaughan.
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Washington
United States
Ruth Montgomery
Barkley
Senate
Capital
Harry Bridges
CIO Whatsis
Hawaii
Joseph Franklin Battley
Truman
Districte O Columbia Sport Czar
Dutch Bergman
National Guard Armory
Vaughan
Quotes From Wartime Leaders Trumpet Defense and Policy
Selection of wartime remarks from Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg Clement Attlee Sen Kenneth Wherry President Truman and Sen William J. Fulbright. They reflect calls for counterattacks deficit spending economic expansion and NATO relief while noting Russia as a police state and the pact as a breathing spell for solving Western world ills.
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Russia
Clement Attlee
Sen
William J. Fulbright
Arkansas
Wage policy to sustain full employment and growth
Leon Keyserling, vice chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisors, argues that a wage policy boosting consumer purchasing power annually keeps the economy stable as production capacity grows year by year. The policy ties higher wages to rising output to sustain demand and employment.
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Leon Keyserling
President's Council of Economic Advisors
Truman Promotes Public Housing Slum Clearance Bill
President Truman advocates a Public Housing and Slum Clearance bill to bring decent homes to low income families living in squalor. He argues the plan would improve housing conditions and promote wholesome surroundings.
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