Labor Law Hearings Deemed Waste by Republicans
Two Republicans charge that hearings on repealing Taft Hartley are a waste of time as Democrats on the subcommittee are said to have preset votes. Reps. McConnell and Nixon accuse the chair and majority of packing the panel to back the administration bill.
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Washington
House
McConnell
R-Pa
Nixon
R-Calif
Sseinski
D-Mich
Elbert Thomas
Utah
Senate Labor Committee
Thomas
Seven Die In North Carolina Weekend Auto Crashes
Accidents claimed at least eight lives in North Carolina over the weekend. A head on crash near Roanoke Rapids killed three Pennsylvanians and a local resident, and multiple other auto incidents produced several fatalities including a mother of six near Sylva and a Philadelphia woman in Fayetteville.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Roanoke Rapids
J. D. Seiders
Pleasant Mills
Rossville
Huffman
Mechanicsburg
Saac Squires
Charlie Harlen Robinette
Catawba River
Newton
Einstein 70 Today No Interviews Please
Albert Einstein turned 70 on March 14 but refused interviews or celebrations. Delegations of children delivered flowers and he greeted them at his Princeton home, sharing a moment with his terrier Chico and offering calm remarks about birthday rites.
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Princeton
N.J
Albert Einstein
Einstein
Chico
Decisive Action Nears On Road and School Bills
Raleigh March 14 Legislators weary after ten weeks brace for decisive action on roads and schools while the revenue bill nears final Senate action. Gov Scott backs a gas tax rise and rural road bond plan but resists tying them together. The joint appropriations panel faces delays over school funding as debate continues. More on page 2.
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Raleigh
General Assembly
Senate
House
Scotts
Peton
Scott
Joint Appropriations Committee
Minister Smuggling Wallace On Air Sparks Station Protest
In South Norwalk Connecticut March 14 radio time for a weekly religious program was cut for two weeks after Wallace former vice president and Progressive Party candidate spoke on a Norwalk church program. Station WNLK and the Norwalk Ministerial Association faced protests from Catholic and Protestant groups claiming Wallace was slipped in without notice.
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South Norwalk
Association
The
Broadcasting Company
Wallace
Charles W. Lee
Lee
Benjamin Ginzburg
Ginzburg
WNLK
Visiting Kerr Craige seats with Raleigh House session crowd
In Raleigh at a busy House session Speaker Kerr Craige, a visiting voter, sat in as Rep. W. T. Hatch of Wake presided. About three dozen local bills moved forward including a Rowan county measure praised by the speaker. Reservations are brisk for an April 2 Jackson Jefferson dinner with $50 checks, as quotas from 18 counties total nearly $4,000. The event will feature Speaker Sam Rayburn with other Democratic leaders likely in attendance.
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Lynn Nisbet
Kerr Craige
Raleigh
W. T. Hatch
Wake
Rowan County
John Larkins
Sam Rayburn
National House of
McGrath
Prices Mixed In Narrow Range On Stock Market
Prices were mixed in a narrow range today in the New York stock market. Gains ran to several leading issues including Standard Oil NJ Skelly Oil Standard Oil of California Westinghouse Dow Chemical Johns Manville Eastman Kodak Philip Morris Sears Roebuck and Firestone. Few issues such as Chesapeake & Ohio Mission Goodyear Boeing Douglas American Can declined or held flat.
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New York
Standard Oil
Skelly Oil
Standard Oil of California
Westinghouse Electric
Dow Chemical
Johns Manville
Eastern Kodak
Philip Morris
Sears Roebuck
Firestone
Chesapeake & Oboe
Mission Corp Goodyear
Boeing, Douglas
Amerean iCan
GOP Backing End to Filibuster Faces Truman's Uncertainty
Key West Florida March 14 The article notes growing Republican and Democratic moves to end the filibuster as President Truman weighs political risk during a Florida vacation. Smathers cites expected Southern Democrat alignment on several Fair Deal measures including housing education social security and rent control ahead of next week's crucial vote.
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Key West
Fla
Truman
Florida
Congress
George Stathers
D-Fla
Smathers
Vinson
Senate
Lucas
Ther
Little White House
Washington
Hoey's Stand On Filibuster Flayed By Negro Leader
In Charlotte on March 14 a Negro leader assailed U S Senator Clyde Hoey over the filibuster issue. Kelly M. Alexander president of the North Carolina NAACP chapters said Hoey has shown dis interest in ending discriminatory and segregated laws. He cited Hoey's Senate address of March 2 and noted Negroes will remember southern filibusters and Republicans who backed them in reelection bids.
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Alexander
Hoey
Washington
Senate
Barkley
General Marshall Aids Soldier in Okinawa Visit
General George C. Marshall traveled from Pinehurst to Sanford to meet the wife and children of a Tar Heel soldier stationed in Okinawa. He spoke with the wife after receiving a letter from the serviceman who reenlisted and sought a transfer home without success. The Red Cross said the wife was frightened upon learning who she was talking to.
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Marshall
Red Cross
Western European Nations Scan Pact
London March 14 five western European union members Britain France Belgium The Netherlands and Luxembourg meet with cabinet ministers to review the final draft of the North Atlantic defense pact planned for signing in Washington next month The group aims to broaden defense arrangements to include other European nations and outlines a 20 year mutual defense pact with Canada and Norway as participants Denmark Italy Portugal and Iceland may join The ministers plan a joint discussion on a European council constitution and meet March 28 with additional western European nations.
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London
North Atlantic Defense Alliance
Britain
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Western European Union
Washington
Brussels
United States
Canada
Norway
Denmark
Italy
Portugal
Iceland
Consulative Council of
Atlantic Alliance
Council of Europe
Appointment of Senator Still Pending
In Raleigh on March 14 Governor Scott faced media questions about his pick to fill the late Senator J Melville Broughton seat. Speculation ran high as a dozen candidates were discussed with no definite time set for the decision. The governor said no appointment had been promised to anyone and the final choice remained unsettled.
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Raleigh
Scott
U. S
J. Melville Broughton
Broughton
Coal Shutdown During Memorial Week Halts U S Mines
Washington reports unemployment near 3.7 million as two week memorial mine holiday begins 487000 added to jobless total and 425000 miners east of the Mississippi stay home under John L Lewis order. Road and rail layoffs rise while Senator Byrd urges confirmation of Dr Boyd.
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Washington
Pittsburgh
United States
Mississippi
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Truman
James Boyd
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Boyd
Senate
Byrd
D-Va
Dr. Boyd
Senate of the
National Coal Stockpile
Diggins
Isabella
Weirton Coal Company
The
International
Alvie Stevenson
UMW
Stevenson
Dreary Weather Continues Across Carolinas
The Associated Press reports partly cloudy skies with little temperature change for the Carolinas through tomorrow. Scattered snow flurries were observed in Greenville South Carolina and Shelby Salisbury North Carolina as a mass of cold air settled over the region. Sub freezing readings hit Greensboro Rocky Mount Raleigh Asheville Hickory Elizabeth City Winston Salem and Lumberton with lows around the upper 20s to low 30s.
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Carolinas
Greenville
South Carolina
Shelby
Salisbury
North Carolina
Greensboro
Rocky Mount
Raleigh
Asheville
Hickory
Elizabeth City
Winston
I Salem
Lumberton
Hoover Commission Seeks Labor Dept Transfer Of Selective Service
The Hoover Commission urged Congress to move the Selective Service system and related agencies to the Labor Department to consolidate civilian drafting and manpower planning. The proposal, led by Herbert Hoover, faced dissent from three members including Dean Acheson and James Forrestal.
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Washington
Hoover Commission
Congress
Labor Department
Herbert Hoover
Dean Acheson
Defense
James V. Forrestal
Carter Manasco
Alabama
Selective Service Agency
Bureau of Employes Compensation
Appeals Board
Federal Security Agency
Settlement Efforts Stir In Senate Filibuster Talks
Senate Republicans push toward a compromise on anti filibuster rules as Taft Wherry and Byrd meet with Lucas and administration leaders. Talks aim to end the 131 day stalemate with a possible round the clock approach while outlining a definite but undisclosed position on the reform.
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Washington
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Nority
Neb
Wherry
Russell
D-Ga
Dixie
GOP
Lucas
Truman
Byrd
D-Va
Republica
Britain Looks at a Rising Socialist Government
The piece argues Britain’s first socialist government is firmly in place and poised to win the next general election. It notes Labour gains, including South Hammersmith and St Pancras, and cites Francis Williams predicting a likely Labour victory with a possibly reduced majority. It outlines Attlee’s nationalization program in coal, steel, banking, transport, and health care, and suggests a shift toward industrial democracy with greater worker influence. The article frames the next five years as decisive for England’s political path.
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Britain
John Bull
Winston Churchill
Pancras
London
Francis Williams
Attlee
New York
Labor
Williams
England
Bank of England Plectics
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Arthur Clayton Hester
Los Angeles
Hester
John Lord
Texas Christian University
NEA
Labor Dept
Dewitt MacKenzie
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