AFL Plans To Battle Communism Across World Unions
The AFL says it joins a world wide union network to halt Communism through labor groups. Contact with trade unionists in about 40 nations is coordinated from Washington with centers aiding food, information, friendship and supplies. The report notes activity in China, Japan, Hawaii, Alaska, South America, Belgium, Germany, Greece and Turkey.
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Germany
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European aid sum gets approval of Senate group
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee recommended approval of a European recovery program totaling 5.3 billion dollars for 16 Western European nations. It warned aid cannot be a permanent feature of U.S. policy while stressing the need for speed amid Czech coup and Soviet moves. Debate to begin Monday with a timetable aiming for action by March 15.
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McGrath Urges Liberal Unite Behind Truman in Indiana
Rhode Island Senator J Howard McGrath, Democratic National Chairman, spoke at an Indianapolis Jefferson‑Jackson Day dinner urging all true liberals to back President Truman. He praised Truman as leader of practical progressive liberalism and dismissed Henry A Wallace’s third party as having little political space.
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Weather Outlook Mixed North Carolina and Virginia Skies
Sunday aims for fair skies but cooler air moves in with diminishing winds by afternoon. Regional forecast highlights include colder conditions across the Carolinas and Virginia with variable temperatures and light winds expected to ease later.
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Connally Attacks Civil Rights Proposals in Raleigh
Senator Tom Connally denounced President Truman’s civil rights program as a constitutional threat and vowed to resist. He attacked poll tax abolition, anti lynching, and fair employment proposals as radical departures, calling Henry Wallace’s third party bid hopeless and fantastic. Governor Cherry warned proposals could disrupt harmony.
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Tom Connally
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Connally
Democratic Party
North Carolina
Henry Wallace
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Coopera
Hamilton Resigns From Democratic National Committee
Georgia state treasurer George B. Hamilton resigns as director of finance for the Democratic national committee in protest of President Truman's civil rights program. He says there is nothing personal and cites policy disagreements. Senator J. H. McGrath may issue a statement after returning to Washington.
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George B. Hamilton
Democratic National Committee
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Hamilton
Georgia
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National Committee
Robert F. Hannegan
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WFTU Advocate Calls for End of Capitalism in Milan
Louis Saillant of the World Federation of Trade Unions told about 10,000 Leftist workers in Milan that the organization seeks to eliminate capitalism as the primary cause of war. He voiced cautious acceptance of the Marshal Plan in principle.
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Milan
Italy
World Federation of Trade Unions
Louis Saillant
WFTU
Finns likely to resist Soviet pressure more than Czechs
U.S. officials say Finland can preserve some liberty if it resists Communist demands. After two wars with Russia, Finns pursue cautious, cooperative ties with the Soviet Union while meeting 1952 reparations of 300 million dollars in goods. A Helsinki report notes limited funds for repairs, but Western aid could help Finland emerge in 1952 less vulnerable to power claims.
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Panama Canal Zone official dies at 71
Loyd Almont McKvaine, 71, former executive secretary of the Panama Canal Zone, died today at Gorgas Hospital in the canal zone.
Stock Mart Heads For Strike
New York stock and curb exchanges moved toward a strike as contracts expire. AFL United Financial employees union says negotiations are deadlocked after settlement with the Cotton Exchange. About 5 000 employees and two dozen brokerage firm memberships would be affected. Conciliations planned, but unions demand a union shop and higher pay. exchanges maintain quotation services.
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Financial District
New York Cotton Exchange
M. David Keefe
AFL United Financial
Wall Street
New York City
Grover A. Whalen
Keefe
Stock Exchange
Emil Schram
Czech Premier vows merciless war on reactionaries
Prague reports Premier Klement Gottwald warned of a merciless war on agents of domestic and foreign reaction. A seven man purge commission to remove reactionaries was formed, led by Communist Istvanicky. Prokop Drtina, ex secretary to Eduard Benes, was found badly injured claiming he attempted suicide. police said he survived, with tensions rising between Communists and anti Communists.
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Klement Gottwald
Communistansky
Communist International Information Bureau
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Prokop Drtina
Eduard Benes
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Vaclav Nosek
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Jan Masaryk
Peter Benkl
Jaroslav Sosnar
Sosnar
Zenk
Amon
Gottwald
Rome Ortina
Alarmed Europe Faces Communist Pressure After Czechoslovakia
London reports rising alarm as communist advances press the Marshall Plan frontiers. Finland seeks a Soviet defense pact amid fears of coups while Czechoslovakia consolidates, spurring questions on Norway Denmark and Greece as Western observers ponder next moves.
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London
Greeks Study Army Moves In Albania
A Greek official reports extensive Albanian military preparations. Russian colonels direct work including fortifications along the coast from Valona, anti aircraft guns at Aghi and Sarante, and the party island Saseno near Valona. Twenty two Albanian volunteer battalions are said to be formed for an international brigade.
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Saseno
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Finns Face Stalin Pact Talks Amid Uncertain Demands
In Helsinki on February 28 indications grew that Finland would enter defense pact talks with the Soviet Union after Stalin’s note to President Urho Kekkonen. A Finnish delegation may be named by Tuesday or Wednesday with PM Mauno Pekkala or Foreign Minister Carl Enckell likely to head. Officials stress no explicit Soviet demands were made, though the purpose of the negotiations remains to uncover Stalin’s actual objectives. Lt Gen G M Savonenkov visited the president. further details withheld.
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Mauno Pekkala
Carl Enckell
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Poma
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Europe
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Black Sea
Leningrad
G. M. Savonenkov
Czechoslovakia
Two Newsmen Remain In Jail For Refusing to Tell Source
In Newburgh New York on February 28 two newspaper reporters Douglas Clarke and Charles Leonard were jailed for contempt after refusing to reveal the source of numbers used in a gambling series. They were fined 100 dollars and sentenced to 10 days each. Attempts for habeas corpus failed as Justice Coyne refused to review another judge’s act.
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Neenenen
Chamber Opposes Truman Plan to Move Agencies
Washington state officials and chambers of commerce united in opposition to President Truman's proposal to place the U S Employment Service and the Unemployment Compensation Agency under the labor department. Two officials supported the plan while witnesses argued the labor department would bias unemployment compensation toward workers. John B. Davis of Washington urged the department handle only its proper functions.
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