Mitchell drafts Taft-Hartley changes for Eisenhower
Secretary of Labor James P. Mitchell proposes tweaks to the Taft Hartley Act aiming to expand coverage by raising the 75 cent minimum wage toward 85 or 90 cents and broadening exemptions. He also seeks higher unemployment benefits while preserving state right to work laws. He plans to send recommendations to the president for Congress.
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Mitchell
Eisenhower
Congress
Kaent
Taft-Hartley
Robert A. Taft
Durkin
South
CIO
Italian Unions Call Big Strike
Rome reports Italy's largest unions CGIL and CSIL calling a 24 hour general strike for December with pay demands. Smaller unions plan meetings to decide on participation and rail workers also strike on December 11 along with postal telegraph and telephone staff in protest against civil service reform.
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General Confederation of Labor
CGIL
Free Confederation of Labor
CSIL
Fince
Messages flood in after McCarthy plea
The White House reported 4 346 telegrams and 1 500 letters by 11 a.m. EST reacting to McCarthy s plea with Western Union placing a 3 500 wire backlog. McCarthy claimed higher totals and urged White House disclosure while Frelinghuysen pressed for broad input.
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McCarthy
Washington
White House
Sen
R-Wis
Murray Snyder
Western Union
Eisenhower
Rep
Frelinghuysen
R-Nj
AEC official blasts Truman on atomic facts and education
Milwaukee dispatch reports AEC Commissioner Thomas E. Murray accusing former President Truman of failing to grasp atomic facts after his January statement on Russia. Murray notes early 1945 hopes hydrogen bombs could be feasible and urges broader atomic education for officials including Dulles MacArthur and Forrestal.
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Milwaukee
Atomic Energy Commission
Truman
Russia
AEC
Thomas E. Murray
Murray
Harry S&s. Truman
Marquette University
John Foster Dulles
Douglas MacArthur
James Forrestal
Secretary of Defense
United States
U.S.S.R
Dulles
Herald Tribune resumes Sunday edition amid strike
New Yorks Herald Tribune returns with an eight page Sunday issue priced a nickel as AFL engravers strike shuts six Manhattan papers since November. The paper ups its press run to over two million but advertising is halted except for legal and death notices.
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New York
The
Herald Tribune
AFL
Manhattan
Herald Tri
Times
News, Mirror, Post
Journal - American
World-Telegram & Sun
Eastern North Carolina Press Assn backs secrecy law fight
Members of the Eastern North Carolina Press Association unanimously endorsed a resolution to continue opposing secrecy laws and defend freedom of information. The decision followed at East Carolina College with leaders including Sam Ragan and new president Mrs. F F McCulloch.
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Greenville
N.C
Eastern North Carolina Press Assn
East Carolina College
Sam Ragan
News and Observer
F. F. McCulloch
Elizabethtown
Bladen Journal
Henry A. Dennis
Blisher
Henderson Dispatch
Cletus Brock
The
Mount Olive Tribune
Mayon Parker
Ahoskie
F. Orion Mixon
Chowan College
Association
Ragan
David J. Whichard
Greenville Daily Reflector
H. L. Oswald
Wallace Enterprise
North Carolina
Galt Braxton
Kinston Press
General Assembly
Inter-American Press Institute
Pledge Braxton
American Society of Newspaper Editors
North Carolina Press Assn
Eastern Carolina Press Assn
Norval Neil Luxon
School of Journalism
University of North Carolina
Newspa Nook Horne
Rocky Mount
Evening Telegram
School of Graphic Arts
Roy Parker
Frank Daniels
Leo Jenkins
Masked Priest Reveals Baltic Tortures By Soviets
A concealed Catholic priest testified before the House Baltic Committee about brutal torture by Soviet occupiers in Lithuania. He described beatings and confinement, alleged forced confessions, and a harsh 18 day interrogation. The witness presented a Russian prison record and spoke alongside former President Hoover and Rep. Kersten.
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New York
House Baltic Committee
Lithuania
Congressional Committee
Baltic States
Jane
Cardinal Mindszenty
Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty
Hungary
Siberia
Germany
Charles J. Kersten
R-Wis
House Group
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Woodrow Wilson
Baltic
Kersten
Soviet Union
Baltic Countries
U S Presses Curb on U N China Talk Ahead of Big Four
Senate Republicans led by Ferguson urge barring China’s U N membership from any pre meeting talks with the Soviet Union. Supporters warn Bermuda talks should unite Britain France and the United States before a Big Four with Russia.
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Washington
Sen
Ferguson
R-Mich
United States
United Nations
Red China
Russia
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
Eisenhower
Dulles
Winston Churchill
England
Joseph Laniel
France
Bermuda
Churchill
Laniel
Soviet Union
U.N
Coge
Nators Sparkman
D-Aa
Humphrey
D-Minn
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Sparkman
Britain
Free World
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Sen. Malone
R-Ney
Malone
Sen. Robertson
D-Va
Sen. Mansfield
D-Mont
McCarthy Attacks Taylor as Hearings Move Ahead
Senator McCarthy accused critic Telford Taylor of disloyalty as the Senate Investigations Subcommittee scheduled new hearings on Communist infiltration at Fort Monmouth and the Signal Corps. Taylor urged scrutiny of past Army radar and Signal Corps probes in a West Point speech.
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Washington
Sen. McCarthy
Telford Taylor
Wisconsin Republican
Senate Investigations
Fort Monmouth
Signal Corps
Taylor
New York City
McCarthy
Army Radar and Signal Corps Center
N.J
West Point
N.Y
Military Acade
Senator McCarthy challenges loyalty flags on Taylor
McCarthy accuses Taylor of possessing a loyalty flag on his civil service file linked to a 1952 removal from a defense plant post. Taylor calls the charges unfounded and says his Army reserve appointment and security record will stand up to scrutiny. West Point has not received McCarthy’s letter. Irving is away for the weekend.
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Taylor
West Point
Frederick A. Irving
Lo Good
New York
McCarthy
Sen
Aft
Sen. McCarthy
Senate of
United States
Monauve
Army Signal Center
Ft. Monmouth
N. J
Irving
Monmouth
Tobacco Prices Rise on Old Belt Market Decline
RALEIGH N C December 5 Most flue cured tobacco prices rose on the Old Belt while volume was medium to heavy and quality weaker. Increases ranged from 1 to 6 dollars with many up 1 to 3 dollars from pre Thanksgiving quotations. The general average fell to 35 13 on 23 773 470 pounds due to inferior offerings.
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Raleigh
N.C
Federal-State Market News Service
H-Weapon Hints From AEC Leader
Milwaukee dispatch reports AEC Commissioner Thomas E. Murray suggesting hydrogen fusion could yield a transportable and practical weapon. He notes fusion and fission weapons may render conventional arms obsolete, marking a shift from testing devices to potentially usable thermonuclear arms.
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Milwaukee
United States
Atomic Energy
Thomas E. Murray
Murray
Marquette University
AEC
Mexican Farm Record Brings Honor From FAO
Mexico's land reform program cited as proof that subdividing large estates does not raise poverty or cut crop output. FAO designates Mexico City as permanent Latin American land reform research center site. Ambassador Beteta notes cotton output rise from 300000 to 1300000 bales with half from subdivided lands.
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Rome
Mexico
U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization
Mexico City
Ramon Beteta
Ours
Norris E. Dodd
FAO
Dodd
U.S
Lem
Central and
South America
Brazil
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