Invitation of Truman Accepted By 19 Leaders
The White House announced 19 domestic leaders accepted President Truman's invitation to join a committee to study U.S. aid to foreign governments for economic stability. Presidential Secretary Charles G. Ross said there was 100 percent acceptance, with CIO President Phillip Murray replying for James B. Carey. In a separate note, the Distilled Spirits Institute reported Americans drank 30 percent less whisky gin rum and brandy in January to April than in 1946.
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White House
Truman
United States
Charles G. Ross
Phillip Murray
CIO
James B. Carey
Europe
Distilled Spirits Institute
Weather notes fair warm with scattered clouds in North Carolina
The North Carolina forecast calls for fair weather and a slight warmth trend through today tonight and Wednesday with mostly partly cloudy skies and little temperature change. A calendar entry lists sun rise and set times for Wednesday June 3h 14 with rises at 2 05 and sets at 7 41.
Russia Rejects Clarification Request on Hungarian Issue
A British source reports Russia again refused to clarify the Hungary situation. London says Moscow delivered a Russian reply to the June 17 memorandum to Molotov, contents undisclosed. The note arrived as Soviet Ambassador Zarubin confirmed acceptance of talks on European reconstruction.
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London
Hungary
Foreign Office
V. M. Molotov
Moscow
Georgi Zarubin
Tankers Built For U.S. Haul Oil to Soviet
Washington reports that six tankers sailing under Soviet names were built in the United States for the U S government during World War II and are now shipping oil to Russia. Chairman Weichel says more details will be sought from maritime officials as export controls loom.
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Weichel
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House
Merchant Marine Committee
Russia
U.S
California
Commerce Department
Canada
Congress
Amtorg Trading Corporation
Soviet Purchasing Agency
United States
Maritime Commission
Senators Discuss Cotton Shipping With President
Four cotton state senators spoke with President Truman about a 1947 plan to ship American raw cotton to occupied Germany and Japan. They avoided specifics, noting only that they talked about methods and entitlements for moving the new crop arriving in September and October. The current holdings were already shipping cotton into those areas. Senators Maybank Sparkman themselves Kem represented their parties.
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Washington
Truman
Germany
Japan
Maybank
Sparkman
Kem
Stay of Execution Granted in North Carolina Murders Case
Winston-Salem man Ralph Litteral, 35, given reprieve until August 8 while partner Marvin Bell, 33, of Yadkinville seeks Supreme Court review. Governor Cherry said he will keep Litteral alive until Bell’s case is resolved, as the high court is in recess until October.
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Ralph Vernon Litteral
Winston- Salem
Elkin
Marvin Claude Bell
Yadkinville
U. S. Supreme Court
Cherry
Litteral
Bell
U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Littoral
Oil Decision May Apply To N Carolina
Raleigh reports that a Supreme Court opinion on federal ownership of submerged oil lands near California could undermine North Carolina’s eastern border set at three miles. Attorney General McMullan notes possible impact on patrols and fishing regulation beyond the low water mark while confirming no oil discovery yet. R. Bruce Ethridge says enforcement may survive but warns of an extremely bad outcome if it does.
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U. S. Supreme Court
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General Assembly
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Atlantic Ocean
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North Carolina
Supreme Court
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State Department of Conservation and Development
Dr. McLain Named To Veterinary Board
RALEIGH June 24 Governor Cherry appointed Dr. P. C. McLain of High Point to a five year term on the state board of veterinary medical examiners.
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Cherry
P. C. McLain
High Point
State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners
Labor Reacts Swiftly to Taft-Hartley Law Turmoil
Washington reports show organized labor furious after Taft-Hartley veto overrides. State union leaders vow reprisals at the polls against supporting legislators as coal industry warns of a growing national slowdown with half of soft coal miners idle and potential broad strikes.
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House
Senate
Truman
National Coal Association
Labor factions weigh general strike as repeal court tests loom
The article notes talk of a general strike by more than 15 million workers, but AFL and CIO leaders downplay the risk. CIO President Murray summons his 51 member board to assess the situation and vows to push the political action committee to defeat lawmakers who backed the repeal bill. AFL head Green predicts the law will boomerang and its sponsors face electoral defeat next year.
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Sidney Hillman
CIO Amalgamated Clothing Workers
New York
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Truman
National Labor Relations Board
Charles G. Ross
Paul M. Herzog
NLRB
John M. Houston
James J. Reynolds
Eee
White House
Gerhard P. Vance
Herzog
Senate
House
Tathich
Man of the Senate
Ives
Labor Committee
Ball
R-Minn
Appropriations Committee
Congress
Federal Nation
Taft
Ohioan
Gov
Swearahe Cent
P. van Arkel
Nlrb General Png
Anti-Poll Tax Measure Set for House Action
Washington June 24 14 Leaders push an anti poll tax bill onto the house schedule for passage this session. Chairman Lecompte with GOP backing says hearings start next week and action will come before Congress adjourns in July. Rep Landis notes the tactic aims to pressure Southern Democrats.
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House
Lecompte
Iowa
House Administration Committee
Congress
Rep. Landis
R-Ind
Senate
Taft Hartley Law Tied to 200 Mine Closures Across States
A wave of walkouts spurred by the Taft Hartley labor bill shut about 200 coal mines in seven states and idled more than 67 000 miners. Nations wide strikes affected Pennsylvania Alabama West Virginia Indiana Illinois Kentucky and more as UMW leaders protest passage of the measure.
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Truman
Senate
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Alabama
West Virginia
Indiana
Ilinois
Kentucky
John L. Lewis
AFL United Mine Workers
UMW
Fayette
Greene
Washington
Sor County
Three Nations May Sponsor European Aid Conference
London says Foreign Secretary Bevin plans to propose to the French and Russian foreign ministers in Paris an all European conference on the American aid to Europe plan. Bevin will meet US Undersecretary William Clayton and discuss joint sponsorship by Britain France and the Soviet Union.
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London
Ernest Bevin
Paris
Foreign Office
Bevin
William L. Clayton
U. S
Poland joins Marshall plan talk for European recovery
Poland announced its willingness to participate in Secretary of State Marshall’s European recovery program with American aid. Ambassador Josef Winieght conveyed the position after meeting Robert Lovett. The move makes Poland the first eastern European country to back the plan.
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Washington
Poland
Marshall
Josef Winieght
Robert Lovett
State Labor President Declares Mourning Period in Protest
Salisbury June 24 C A Fink president of the North Carolina Federation of Labor urges AFL unions statewide to drape their charters in black for 30 days after the Taft Hartley labor control bill passage Democracy is dead he says and predicts ongoing efforts to test the constitutionality of the act. CIO officials vow a stronger campaign in the South and warn of a wage decline within 90 days. Industrialists with union labor offer no comment.
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CIO
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Roy R. Lawrence
CIO Textile Workers Union
Ameerica
Third-Party Talk Heats After Taft-Hartley Veto Battle
Washington reports the Taft-Hartley battle over President Truman’s veto strengthens a fledgling third party and splits Senate Democrats. Pepper sees momentum for the third party, Byrd predicts labor-party alignment in 1948, while Aiken warns Republicans may lose labor votes if law is not amended.
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Idaho
Claude Pepper
Florida
Wayne Morse
Oregon
Truman
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Senate
Washington
Pepper
D-Fla
Byrd
D-Va
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Labor Party
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R-Vi
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South Carolina
Alabama
Warning Saves Three Families in Manhattan Tenement Collapse
A passerby alerted residents to a widening rear-wall crack at a four story tenement on Second Avenue in New York. Police said James Way of Consolidated Edison warned tenants, allowing three families to evacuate before the building collapsed into timber and brick rubble, sparking a store blaze with $100,000 stock lost beneath the debris.
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James Way
Consolidated Edisonry
Second Avenue
Nelson Howell
Virginia Maurdoff
Drastic Tax Bill in France Passes with Wide Impact
Paris reports Premier Paul Ramadier’s tax bill, deemed drastic, passing 802 to 59 with 50 abstentions. It targets bread milk and cigarettes while cutting subsidies and trimming administration to raise 136 billion francs. Strikes erupt nationwide as 150000 coal miners walk out and Marseille port faces potential shutdown.
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Paris
Paul Ramadier
French National Assembly
TMI
France
Marseille
Tlhe
Continuous Production Called For By General Motors Chief
Charles E. Wilson, president of General Motors, urged Congress for continuous production with protection from monopolistic strikes. He noted Taft Hartley measures to curb national paralysis strikes and cited GM’s postwar reconstruction plan. He warned that a major strike halted progress after nearly two years of peace.
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Charles E. Wilson
General Motors
Congress
Joint
Congressional Committee On the Economic Report
Foreman Strike Affects Detroit Auto Plant Picket Lines
Detroit bulletin notes the Foreman's Association of America asks CIO Auto Workers to respect picket lines around the old Motor Co. If granted, about 3,000 production workers could be idled.
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Detroit
Enforcement Of New Law Discussed
Washington dispatch reports President Truman convened National Labor Relations Board members to review Taft-Hartley law enforcement. The piece notes veto history, board leadership, funding debates, and potential timing of provisions affecting strikes and the closed shop.
Eisenhower May Accept College Job Tentatively
New York dispatch says Columbia University trustees meet to decide if General Dwight D. Eisenhower will become the next president. A source close to the general reports a statement prepared for the board may accept the post but defer until mid next year after Truman retirement approval.
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Columbia University
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Columbia
New York Herald Tribune
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