OPA to toughen meat rules harms public interest
A critical essay argues the OPA's plan to prosecute packers and slaughterers over live cattle prices misaligns grading with consumption. It cites a South Carolina court ruling, notes grading disparities between live cattle and post slaughter meat, and warns of subsidies and black market risks harming John Q Public. The piece urges collaboration between OPA and the Agriculture Department to grade live cattle or face ongoing confusion and losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
John Q
Midwest
Department of Agriculture
South Carolina
Department
Capitol Square Opening Up
TVA land surveys target private sale and development of surplus holdings in Alabama Tennessee and soon North Carolina with mountain lake areas slated for farming forestry and recreation. Coordinated water level plans aim to preserve recreation while studies weigh Parkways and tourist potential tied to Blue Ridge Parkway and expanded hotels and camps.
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State Advertising News Bureau
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Alabama
Tennessee
North Carolina
Mountain Lake
State Department of Conservation
Chambers of Commerce
Blue Ridge Parkway
Reid to remain state board of education controller
Lynn Nisbet notes Paul Reid will stay as controller for the state board of education, earning nearly double his state salary. He cites service in education and 20 years in public schools. Board members praise his decision. The piece argues for salary-scale reform and greater budget flexibility to attract and retain qualified staff amid inflation.
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Paul Reid
State Board of Education
Reid
Board of Education
Nathan Yelton
Budget Commission
To a Worm and First Day of Spring in Verse
Marian Harper writes a playful spring poem titled First Day of Spring now called To a Worm. She recalls spring fever and visions of garden bounties while digging on Bermuda grass for only about five minutes amid wild onions.
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Marian Harper
Thomas Brown
Worm and I in the Garden of Despair
A speaker recalls a depressive moment when a grotesque worm appears in the garden. The narrator dwells on the worm's odd features and haunted muse, then contemplates a Burns poem, fails to conjure a sonnet, and ends by chopping the worm and planting a radish seed on its grave as a bitter, defiant gesture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worm
Robert
Veto and power shadow in UN justice debate
The piece argues majorities fail in global governance and veto powers in the League and UNO undermine peace. It notes Britain and the United States shaping Manchuria and Ethiopia responses, stressing small nations deserve fair judgment in world affairs. The Iran case is used to illustrate concerns.
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League of Nations
Spain
Switzerland
Czechoslovakia
Great Britain
United States
Manchuria
UNO
Iran
Marshall on the U S Constitution and UNO fate
The essay argues that the UNO risks failure if it cannot enforce constitutional limits. It recalls John Marshall and Marbury v Madison to stress laws over men, and warns that a self binding charter like UNO requires supreme, unchangeable rules. If veto power remains supreme, UNO has no future.
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United States
Iran
UNO
Great Britain
John Marshall
Supreme Court
Smith to Moscow signals new approach in Soviet talks
Washington notes say Lt. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith, chosen by Truman as ambassador to Russia, heads to Moscow with likely new instructions to pursue direct, practical diplomacy. Iran’s UNO protest and Stalin era rumors cloud prospects for a stable stance, while Britain notes possible regime pressure if UNO appeal is pressed.
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Washington
Walter Bedell “Smith
Truman
Moscow
Smith
West Point
Iran
Russia
Stalan
Stalin
UNO
Council
Appeasement Debate Over Russia and Peace Efforts
Paul Mallon notes the vote on the matter is provisional and could be vetoed by Russia. He praises General Smith's dispatch as encouraging and argues that postwar agreements should be implemented. He says Russia lacks a military threat or early atom bomb prospects, making appeasement seem unnecessary given the current diplomatic stance.
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Russia
Smith
Pepper
National Whirligig and World War II Delays
A prominent American delegate at the San Francisco conference foresees Soviet willingness to back down after Western statesstand firm on no communist advance. The piece surveys general assembly power disputes, stalling at Moscow’s instruction, and a telegram threat that pressured Stalin. It then catalogs postwar delays in U S food relief housing strikes and atomic control efforts, with criticism of the Truman administration’s pace and policy decisions.
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Comfort
San Francisco
United Nations
Russia
England
United States
Kremlin
Stalin
General Assembly
Security Council
Moscow
London
Washington
Iran
Turkey
Korea
Poland
Mark Hopkins Hotel
Andrei A. Gromyko
Edward R. Stettinius Jr
Stettinius
Gromyko
Truman
Missourian
Congress
Europe
Samuel I. Rosenman
F.D.R
Anderson
White House
Hoover Committee
Herbert Lehman
UNRRA
General Motors
UNO
Truman-Byrnes
International Atomic Commission
Bernard M. Baruch
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