Reed Mum On Profit Tax Issue
Rep. Daniel Reed of New York left a White House session without indicating if Eisenhower persuaded him to back extending the excess profits tax. Reed repeats his opposition to extending beyond June 30, arguing it throttles business and that income tax adjustments should come earlier. GOP leaders seek a vote by bypassing Reed but have not succeeded.
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Washington
Daniel Reed
White House
Eisenhower
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Reed
Hawaii Sugar Workers Stage Protest Strike
Thousands of Hawaii sugar workers and about 400 longshoremen walked off the job in Honolulu to protest the Communist conspiracy conviction of longshore leader Jack W. Hall and six others. Harvesting at 19 plantations stalled, six freighters idled, and navy and army operations faced disruption as ILWU leaders pressed for action while plans for a broader stoppage remained uncertain.
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T.H
Hawaii
Jack W. Hall
Kauai
Hall
Independent International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union
Harry Bridges
ILWU
McCable, Hamilton and
Renny Stevedoring Co
Army Doc
Navy
Ilwu Memers
Jack Hall
Charles K. Fujimoto
Communist Party
Hawaiian Islands
Eileen
Koji Ariyoshi
Honolulu Record
Jack D. Kimoto
John Ernest Reinecke
Dwight James Freeman
Emissary Heads to Korea as Rhee Contemplates Action
The envoy to Korea arrives amid fears that Rhee may move 16 divisions from the U N Command and place them under his control. Washington argues Rhee risks losing American support and the defense pact, threatening South Korea’s wartime status. Robertson plans to press Rhee to reconsider policies seen as endangering the country.
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Korea
Rhee
U. N
Eisenhower
Dulles
Gen. Clark
Ellis O. Briggs
Seoul
Park
South Korea
Robertson
Army Reports World War II Deaths Total 254 874
The Army finalizes a three year audit showing World War II casualties at 936,259 across Army and Air Force, with 254,874 dead. Navy and Marines add 292,? casualties for a total 1,125,369. Details cover battle deaths, missing in action, wounded, and regional tolls.
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Washington
Army
Army Air Corps
Navy
Marines
Adjutant General's Office
U. S
Air Force
Air Corps
Rhine
Lehman Attacks McCarthyism at Jefferson-Jackson Dinner
Sen. Lehman of New York denounces McCarthyism as a force of repression joining with communism. He criticizes the State Department for yielding to inquisitors and applauds Eisenhower for speaking against book burnings and threats to national life.
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Milwaukee
Lehman
D-Lib-Ny
Eisenhower
New Yorker
Senate
N. McCarthy
State Department
Dartmouth College
McCarthy
U. S
Congress
Wisconsin
Widow Debunks Guardian Angel Rumors Of Glenn Miller
Hollywood widow Mrs Glenn Miller says rumors that the famed bandleader survived his wartime death are false. She details how Air Force records and a routine probate case clarified that a lookalike and hospital rumors created the myth.
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Hollywood
Glenn Miller
London
Paris
San Marino
Universal-International
Jimmy Stewart
Miller
New York
Air Force
Glenn
Iowa
Towa
Rosenberg Executions Stir Europe Over Spies Deaths
European capitals echo protest after Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed. Crowds clash in Rome and other cities as newspapers debate justice and the US Cold War stance. Many non Communist papers question mercy vs rigor of the American judicial system.
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London
United States
Julius and
Ethel Rosenberg
U. S
Rome
Vienna
Copenhagen
Tel Aviv
Moscow
Newark
Daily Worker
Daily Telegraph
Colm Brogan
Paris
le Monde
Eisenhower
Paris Presse
Italy
Willi Goettling
Berlin
Giornale d'Italia
Russia
Social-Demokraten
America
Europe
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