Modified Rent Control Plan Favored in Senate
Washington March 19 Rent control backers rushing to meet a March 31 deadline predicted the Senate would swiftly approve a 12 to 15 month extension. The bill, from the banking committee, would extend existing federal rent law before expiration at month’s end. Senate debate expected Monday with passage likely Tuesday night.
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Republicans Admit Hiring Outside Help
In Washington March 19 Republicans acknowledged paying 7500 dollars to a lawyer for help writing key language in the Taft Hartley act. Gerald Morgan testified before a house labor subcommittee that he provided legal phrasing while Republicans supplied ideas and policy, denying authorship of the law. Democrats and labor leaders dismissed the claim, calling the matter astonishing.
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GOP
National Committee
Gerald D. Morgan
Morgan
House
National Association of Manufacturers
Soviet Zone in Germany Adopts New Constitution
The 400 member People’s Council in the Soviet zone rubber stamped a basic law for 20 million Germans and the Russian sector of Berlin. The unanimous vote follows Western German plans and is hailed as a decisive step in partitioning Germany. Professor Hermann Kastner called the move one of the most important in German history.
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People’s Council
Germany
Hermann Kastner
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Democrats In New York Called Into Session
New York City's Democratic congressional delegation met at City Hall in a special session to discuss the police wire tapping probe and whether to launch a congressional inquiry. Mayor O'Dwyer was present as Rep. Emanuel Celler and other leaders waited for information on possible next steps amid the investigation.
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New York City
Emanuel Celler
House
William O'Dwyer
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Clendenin J. Ryan
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Southern Democrats Split on Truman Support
Senator Lucas of Illinois urged Dixie lawmakers to rejoin the Democratic fold for Truman programs but warned party cohesion would be temporary as Southern senators retain freedom to oppose civil rights and other measures. He cited Maybank Sparkman for rent control and Connally and George for European recovery and reciprocal trade bills, noting no lasting coalition with Republicans.
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D-Ill
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Senate
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D-Ala
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D-Tex
George
Substitute For Rankin Bill Is Being Reached
Washington March 19 Congress weighs a cheaper substitute to the Rankin pension bill. Rep Huber proposes restricting eligibility to World War II veterans, establishing financial need, requiring honorable discharge, and extending benefits to disabled veterans. The plan aims to save money while keeping the $90 at 65 benefit for eligible cases.
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Washington
Rankin
Rep
D-Miss
Huber
Dohio
Ang Poteerers
Employment Picture Brighter as Claims Drop
The week ending March 12 saw a brighter employment picture with fewer first jobless claims and ongoing transitions. The Bureau of Employment Security reported 319,000 new claims, down about 12,000 from the prior week after removing transitional claims carried from the previous year.
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Washington
Bureau of Employment Security
Atlantic Security Pact Praised by West Stirred by Kremlin
Western nations welcomed the Nor Atlantic pact as a framework for peace while Moscow condemned it as aggression. British Foreign Minister Bevin urged collective security to block Kremlin aims, saying the pact offers a path to peace and to counter Soviet influence. Soviet radio claimed the pact would unleash war on the Soviet Union and urged Western publics not to fight.
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London
Moscow
Britain
Ernest Bevin
Kremlin
Europe
Moscow Radio
Soviet Union
I. Lemin
Belgium May Have A General Election
A reliable informant said the Belgian government plans to ask the prince regent to dissolve parliament and call for a general election within 40 days thereafter. A foreign policy debate centered on the Atlantic Charter will proceed as scheduled before the election move.
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Brussels
Liberal Bishop Fights Church Retirement Plan Over Theology
Bishop E. W. Barnes of Birmingham leads a fight against a Church of England retirement measure he says would liquidate liberal bishops. The plan allows retirement at 70 to 75 for incapacity or misconduct and sets up tribunals, with three diocesan bishops required to lodge complaints. The Archbishop of Canterbury warns proceedings are confidential. Barnes urges liberal theology and science, arguing change is essential to prevent church decline.
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London
E. W. Barnes
Bish
Birmingham
Canterbury
Geoffrey Fisher
Church of England
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Church Assembly
House of Bishops
Fisher
Archbishop of
Bish Barnes
State School Seeks to Check Appropriations Liberality
In Raleigh March 19 the joint appropriations committee clashed over a 26 million dollar school budget increase and a further 7 million for state employee pay raises. School supporters warn the move aims to force the bill to a subcommittee or compel pruning of permanent improvements to fund next biennium operations.
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Sam Summerlin
Raleigh
Joint Appropriations Committee
Deyton and Moore Exit State Budget Posts
Robert G. Deyton assistant director of the budget for North Carolina resigns effective June 30 after 12 years to join Ecusta Paper Company in Brevard. His assistant L D Dinty Moore also resigns to become business manager of the State Hospital for Negro Insane at Goldsboro around April 1 with a salary similar to his current 6000 dollars a year.
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Robert G. Deyton
North Carolina
Scott
Deyton
Ecusta Paper Company
Brevard
L. D
Dinty) Moore
Roy Purser
State Hospitals Board of Control
Moore
State Hospital For Negro Insane
Goldsboro
Ample Coal Above Ground Sparks Industry Outlook
Pittsburgh dispatch notes coal stocks down to just over 60 million tons with 70 million above ground prior to the Mississippi eastern stoppage led by John L. Lewis. Despite reduced stockpiles 463,000 miners idle and 67,000 furloughed, little unemployment hit the economy. Sharon Steel furloughs 200 to 300. coke shortages shut open hearth and blast furnaces. Minor shortages and rationing arise in eastern Pennsylvania as miners move pre stoppage stockpiles in Schuylkill. The action, a Lewis memorial and protest against Dr James Boyd’s appointment, is disputed by some anthracite leaders as a contract violation. miners remain loyal to Lewis.
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Mississippi
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Sharon Steel Corp
Farrell
Pennsylvania
UMW
Schuylkill County
Lewis
James Boyd
U.S
Sweden rejects Russian charges of Baltic persecution
Sweden rejects as absurd Russian accusations that it persecutes Balts and blocks voluntary repatriation of Estonians Latvians and Lithuanians who fled Soviet occupation. The foreign office says these refugees have asylum under international law and do not wish to return to their Russian-occupied homelands.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Foreign Office
Governor Scott Signals Delay On Senate Appointment
North Carolina Governor Scott indicated he may wait until after the Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner on April 2 to fill the U S Senate vacancy left by J Melville Broughton. He said there is no urgency to appoint immediately and that national reaction will guide any decision.
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Scott
U. S
J. Melville Broughton
J. Howard McGrath
Rhode Island
McGrath
Clarence Beach elected president of Southern Furniture group
Clarence Beach of Lenoir is named president of the production and cost division of the Southern Furniture Manufacturers Association at the opening session of a two day meeting in Asheville. He succeeds J Hardin Hill of Roanoke Virginia.
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Clarence Beach
Lenoir
Southern Furniture Manufacturers Association
Beach
J. Hardin Hill
Roanoke
Senators Begin Earliest Look at North Atlantic Pact
Washington March 19 A cautious Senate signaled early approval for the North Atlantic security pact presented by Secretary of State Acheson as a response to a tolerable threat that could bind the Western world against Russia or any aggressor Some lawmakers warned of war-arms funding constraints while others feared ceding war-decision powers to the Congress and feared taking Europe into a permanent alliance The secretary in a radio address argued that Europe must remain united or face repeated threats and that free nations must act together to prevent history from repeating itself.
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Senate
America
Sta Acheson
Europe
Russia
Dough
Mason
Congress
Acheson
United States
Oldest Isaiah Scrolls Found Near Dead Sea
Ancient scrolls unearthed in a cave near the Dead Sea are described as the oldest known manuscripts of Isaiah and Habakkuk. Excavation work, pottery dating, and a father bound scroll are cited as evidence of their first to second century BCE origin. Discovery was made in August 1947 and brought to attention by Syrian scholars.
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Jerusalem
Oliver Sellers
American School of Oriental Research
Dead Sea
Sellers
South not impressed by Bowles cotton mill plan
Atlanta dispatch reports Gov. Chester Bowles of Connecticut urged northern manufacturers to donate 500000 to organize southern labor. CIO official Van A Bittner dismissed the idea, arguing unions only serve CIO members. Georgia Cotton Manufacturers Association leader T M Forbes blamed New England politicians and unions for southern industry woes. The New England council showed little enthusiasm, deeming pessimism about regional industry overdone.
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Connecticut
Chester Bowles
Hartford
Conn
CIO
van A. Bittner
T. M Forbes
Cotton Manufacturers Association of Georgia
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Forbes
Bowles
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