Bradley Wins Battle Over Civil Service Barriers
General Omar Bradley defeats the Civil Service Commission’s bid to control VA hiring and wins presidential support for removing top VA medical officials from civil service. The reform promises faster hiring of physicians dentists and nurses and a push to reduce bureaucratic red tape across agencies.
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Omar Bradley
Veterans
Veterans’ Hospital
Civil Service Commission
Veterans’ Agency
Truman
Congress
Bradley
Veterans Administration
Civil Service
Commission
Paul Hawley
Europe
Bureau of Bureaus
Washington
Poppycock Critics Demand LaGuardia Apology
The New York Newspaper Guild presses to bar LaGuardia from column or radio until he apologizes to the press for alleged attacks. The defense calls the demand poppycock, noting that newspapers and editors have long defended sharp exchanges with the former mayor.
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Fiorello LaGuardia
New York
New York Newspaper Guild
LaGuardia
Umstead presses for school building study in North Carolina
Orange County representative John Umstead urges the state board of education to appoint a five member commission to study school building needs as required by law. He argues a conflict exists between state funds and local building duties and predicts the board will soon act to follow the law and avoid further stalling.
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John Umstead
Orange County
State Board of Education
North Carolina
Umstead
Orange
Raleigh
Lynn Nisbet
Mr. Umstead
Postwar Truman eyes 1946 congress agenda
In four formal messages President Truman laid out a broad postwar program to the 79th Congress. Key items include atomic controls, the GI Bill administration, compulsory military training and selective service, price controls, full employment prospects, and health benefits amid a volatile economic outlook.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Opa
Policy battles loom on Capitol Hill this year
White House pressure promises a year of fierce floor battles with uncertain outcomes. Social Security broadening looks probable, while surplus property faces muddled moves. Congress may investigate more than legislate on minimum wages and military unification stalls. Tax revision likely in the luxury tax area, with anti strike law tied to the 1946 wave and public opinion.
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White House
Congress
Byrees Moscow trip and postwar policy under scrutiny
Editorial denounces Jimmy Byrnes as a constant compromiser saying he inverted policy from London to Moscow, doubled crossed Koreans, and secured veto power for seven powers over MacArthur. It questions the alleged no secret agreements stance and hints at a $6 billion loan in the British grant context.
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Neville Chamberlain
Hitler
Munich
England
Churchill
United States
Jimmy Byrnes
Escow
Moscow
London
MacArthur
Congress
Byrnes meddling in world policy stirs American dissent
By George Sokolsky critiques Secretary Byrnes for dictating postwar governments from Moscow to Japan, arguing it harms U S policy. He highlights tensions with MacArthur and Patterson, claims Truman aides bypass American leadership, and questions America's course in foreign affairs and how much influence Byrnes has.
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State Department
Byrnes
China
Romania
Algarai
Jugoslavia
Japan
Korea
Byrnés
Truman
Patterson
MacArthur
America
América
Byrnes touts Moscow peace as 50-50 compromise
Washington dispatch argues Secretary Byrnes claims the Moscow peace is a 50-50 settlement of divergent views. It notes concessions won from Russia in Bulgar ia and Romania, outlines U S and British positions on Japan Korea and Iran, and critiques the lack of Atlantic charter freedoms in some nations. It also highlights differing fates for Russia and allied powers in postwar governance and a proposed United Nations commission.
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Washington
Byrnes
Moscow
Joe
Dakotas
Japan
United Nations
Russia
Nania
Bulgaria
Stalin
Romania
United States
Great Britain
Ks Sry
Byrne
Korea
China
Chiang
Iran
Yugslavia
MacArthur
United Nations Commission
UN Security Plan Sparks Debate on Atomic Inspection
The piece contrasts Byrnes with UN terms, noting Russia’s veto power and a proposed commission to exchange basic scientific information on the bomb. It argues the plan would allow inspections and include Russia, with London to host the assembly on January 7. The author derides the outcome as tangled and opaque.
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Russia
Britain
Byrnes
United Nations Commission
Assembly of the United Nations
London
Grnes
National Whirligig on presidential succession sparks Congress
President Truman's Christmas flight prompts renewed talk of successor rules as House backs a next in line plan but Senate resists. A commission may study the issue within ninety days to act before summer adjournment. Potential chaos if the president dies and party control shifts.
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Missouri
Congress
White House
House
Senate
Senate Committee On
Theodore Francis Green
Rhode Island
James Francis Byrnes
Moscow
House-senate
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Washington
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Massachusetts
Joe
McS
Frederick Gillette
Joe” Byrnes
Tennessee
Henry Rainey
Illinois
Nick” Longworth
Jack” Garner
Mr. Truman
Big House
Pennsylvania Avenue
Edward R. Stettinius Jr
Mr. Byrne
James A. Farley
Hazleton
Congressional Record
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George Sokolsky
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