Sound advance on defense budget balances war and economy
The piece argues that national security and economic health are inseparable in setting the 1950 budget. It notes the Joint Chiefs seek about 4 billion more than Truman recommends, warns a severe recession could undermine defense claims, and praises steps toward unified policy, coordinated by State, armed forces unification, and Hoover Commission reforms. It calls for high statesmanship to craft a budget guiding peace or war.
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Defense
Forrestal
Soviet Russia
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Truman
Europe
State Department
Hoover Commission
Abraham Lincoln
Russia
Right and Left From the Founding of the Republic
The piece traces political currents from Washington to Roosevelt and Truman. It contrasts conservatism and liberalism in early government, notes Whig influence and Jackson’s critique, links democracy to abolition, and describes socialism and totalitarianism. It ends with Truman appearing more liberal than Roosevelt.
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Our Republic
George Washington
Alexander Hamilton
Washington
United States
Thomas Jefferson
Whig
Federalist
National Bank of the United States
North
Andrew Jackson
Capitol Square Committees Pick In 1949 General Assembly
Committee assignments announced Monday night for the 1949 general assembly show general satisfaction with the selections. Lieutenant Governor Taylor and Speaker Kerr Craig Ramsay are commended for fitness to duties, with decisions seen as based on capability rather than personal politics or geography.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor
Kerr Craig Ramsay
Note on chairmen of seven committees
By Lynn Nisbet chairmen and there has not been a session which majority opinion on the committee failed to write the report. The chairman is the key man and since discussion of every member is impossible, here are notes on the chairmen of these seven committees.
Committees Shape Key Budget and Policy Moves This Session
The piece notes that money committees are pivotal, with agriculture public utilities and roads gaining unusual influence this year due to Governor Scott. Education often ranks high, and liquor referendum bills are expected to go first to committees on propositions and grievances before possible finance referral.
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Scott
Top seven 1949 general assembly committees ranked
The reporter lists seven key committees in order: Appropriations Finance, Roads, Public Utilities, Agriculture, Education, Propositions and Grievances. The note cites experienced members and warns that past instances saw other members seize committee control.
North Carolina Appropriations Leaders Named
Edwin Pate of Scotland county heads the senate committee on appropriations and Frank Taylor of Wayne chairs the house group. Both are conservative agrarian figures with broad business and legal experience. Public records show they acknowledge the need to fund state services to all citizens without regard to social standing race or creed.
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Edwin Pate
Scotland County
Senate Committee On Appropriations
Frank Taylor
Wayne
House
Pate
Taylor
North Carolina
Finance chiefs named to senate and house panels
Grady Rankin of Gaston heads the senate finance committee and Larry Moore of Wilson chairs the house companion. Both bring broad public service and assembly experience. Rankin, from the Piedmont industrial belt, is a textile and power executive while Moore, a lawyer with farming ties, hails from the agrarian east.
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Grady Rankin
Gaston
Senate Finance Committee
Larry Moore
Wilson
House
General Assembly
Rankin
Piedmont
Moore
Soviet Claims and Public Safety Notes
A column riffs on Soviet boasts of early aviation and lightning discovery while noting caution about press spin. It follows with a Monroe car wreck near Ellen Fitzgerald Hospital Polio Convalescent Unit and questions road safety, then areas on economy and Truman spending, warning against false economy and stressing American commitments for lasting peace.
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Ies
Monroe
Here
Ellen Fitzgerald Hospital
Polio Convalescent Unit
Television Bars and a Poem in One Page Note
The piece notes the North outpacing the South in television development with expected southern station growth next year. It reports Philadelphia may tax TV equipped bars after the Pennsylvania supreme court ruling requiring amusement licenses for taprooms with television. It includes a MONTH'S POEM by A E Housman about golden friends and fading roses.
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Business Week
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Supreme Court
Puck
A. E. Housman
Electric heat spurs high quality glass making
Electrical science reports that glass manufacture can now use electric heat to achieve top quality. The melting process works like an electric range or small heater, promising efficiency gains across industry.
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Electrical Science
Controversial China Policy Echoes in Press and Politics
A tangle of opinions on Chiang Kai shek and Soviet Russia dominates letters and commentary. Writers rail against state department anti Chiang propaganda while warning of coalition politics in China and the influence of Madame Chiang Kai shek on American views.
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Madame Chiang
State Department
Far Eastern
Far East
China
Patrick Hurley
Soviet Russia
Manchuria
North China
Parity farm price reform dominates postwar grain policy
Washington sources review an overhaul of the parity farm rice and related price formulas as Congress weighs broad farm legislation. Debates center on shifting from 1909 14 averages to annual ten year indexes and expanding crop insurance and storage measures while respecting inflation and consumer costs.
Chiang Kai-Shek and China Policy in US Debate
The piece argues Chiang Kai-Shek will resist Soviet pressure and criticize US State Department missteps. It condemns anti Chiang propaganda, praises Madame Chiang's visit, and warns coalitionist aims may yield a Chinese communist government aligned with Moscow.
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Soviet Russia
Russia
United States
China
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Mao Tze-Tung
Tito
Kremlin
Third International
Parity reform and farm legislation stir Congress
Washington by Edson notes a potential parity farm price formula overhaul as Congress nears new farm laws. Proposals debate a 60 90 percent scale vs 90 percent guarantee, with pressure from cotton tobacco groups and the National Farmers Union, while others favor the 60 90 base.
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Washington
NEA
Congress
U. S
Aetor Senate
House Agriculture
Drun
Vermont
George
Interiken
Southern Cotton and Tobacco
Oceaniers
Meate Congress
Senate
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GOP
George Aiken
National Farmers Union
Grange
American Farm Bureau Federation
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Canton
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Chiang Kaitek
Pst
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Johannes
Tion
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CvCn
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East
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Rth
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Soviet
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Chi
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Pius
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Asuf
Tosing
CCC
Jesse Walcott
Deng
Las
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George Sokolsky
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chiang Kaishek
Chiang
Leighton Stuart
Joe” Stilwell
Stuart
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Commodity Credit Corporation
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Dewey
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U. S. Forest Service
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