Washington Disease and the NPA Priority Order
The Washington Disease The federal government through the National Production Authority has ordered a mandatory priority system giving the armed services first call on the nation’s industry. The piece criticizes cautious delays and questions if the order is complete, suggesting political timidity and election-time stalling by Washington officials including NPA administrator William A. Harrison.
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National Production Authority
Armed Services
NPA
White House
Washington
Congress
William A. Harrison
Campaign Finance Ideals In North Carolina Politics
The piece argues NC campaign laws distort funding. Willis Smith won the Senate nomination despite weak backing, with deficits covered by early supporters. It suggests small donor appeals outperform large gifts, and proposes a citizens funding model, hoping a 1952 governor candidate tests it, under existing law. The writer believes such reform would improve political viability and success.
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North Carolina
Willis Smith
United States Senate
Smith
Senate
Graham
Congress Overrules President On Anti Subversive Act
The piece notes Congress override of President Truman's veto on the Anti-Subversive Act, praising some espionage and sabotage measures while criticizing the registration provision. It argues Truman failed to convincingly address risks to civil liberties and urges consulting a panel of experts on curbing subversion.
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Congress
Truman
House
Mr. Truman
Senate
FBI
Community Chest and Employment Week Reflections
A local column urges support for Community Chest agencies serving children and youth, praises school preparation of future citizens, and promotes National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week urging employers to place rehabilitated workers. It recounts a Milwaukee case where honesty and justice triumphed, and ends with a light Moore lyric anecdote.
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Community Chest
Family Service Bureau
Boy Scouts
Cub Scouts
Girl Scouts
C.A
W.C.A
Salvation Army
State Department Vermin Exterminators Start in Personnel
Washington reports the State Department is beginning a purge of vermin by moving in exterminators to the personnel division. The piece riffs on political themes and parodies, naming several public figures and reflecting Cold War era satire on governance and slogans.
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State Department
Washington
North Carolina Horticultural Society Plans Formulated
Plans for organizing a State Horticultural Society in North Carolina were formulated at Hendersonville recently. Boyd Campbell of the Brushy Mountain Fruit Growers Association was named temporary chairman. Root knot or big root affects tobacco and many crops, caused by eelworms that feed on roots and survive in soil year to year.
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North Carolina
Hendersonville
Boyd Campbell
The
Brushy Mountain Fruit Growers Association
Courts weigh McCarran bill timing and odds to enforce
Washington dispatch outlines the potential path and delays for the McCarran Subversive Activities Control Act of 1950. It explains registration deadlines, Justice Department forms, the Subversive Activities Control Board, and possible appeals to the Circuit Court and Supreme Court, with projected timelines into 1951 and 1952. It notes funding gaps, penalties, and historical parallels to Voorhis and Smith Acts.
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Washington
NEA
Nevada
Pat McCarran
Department of Justice
Commie
Oor
Commie Party
Circuit Court of Appeals
District of Columbia
Court of Appeals
U. S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
McCarran
Congress
Quotations on Education and Industry from Notable Figures
A collection of remarks from T G O Keefe George Bernard Shaw and Truman reflecting on public education immigrant identity and government operations It includes Leon Keyserling’s view on American industrial power and mobilization.
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George Bernard Shaw
America
Leon Keyserling
President’s Council of Economic Advisers
Russians as sweet as wild honey in end of Korean war
A long prose piece argues for peace with Stalin era foes, recalls forged American banknotes tied to Soviet Russia, and questions U S government accounting on lend-lease and invasion money, citing 1930s counterfeiting cases and espionage. It notes recovery implications and seeks more history on illicit Russian printing operations and repayments.
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38Th Parallel
Stalin
Mao- Tze-Tung
United Nations
Soviet China
Chiang Kaishek
Formosa
State Department
Douglas MacArthur
Asia
Russia
Shanghai
Ogden Mills
the Treasury
Herbert Hoover
Treasury
Mills
United States
Germany
Switzerland
Warsaw
Mexico
Cuba
China
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Europe
American Secret Service
Dechow
V. G. Burton
Walter Wrivitzky
Saturday Evening Post
Harry Dexter White
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Associated Frees
Washington Disease
High Point
United Press
New York Times
Milwaukee
Lord Halifax
Moore
Helen Reed Sims McCue
Keen Court
Brooklyn
N. Y
George Dixon
Tydings
Aiken
Johnson
Warren Austin
Richard Charles Simpson
W. North Ave
Baltimore, Md
Peggy Adler
India St
San Diego
Calif
John D. Tredway
19Th Ave. N
Seattle
Wash
Manny Goldstein
Broadway
New York City
un-American Activities Committee
Charles E. Sauter
Ocean View Ave
Los Angeles
California
Cherry
Dixon
the Thirty Eighth
MacArthur
Marshall
Acheson
Lattimore
Society For the Prevention of
George
Georges
George Washington
Catania
Italy
Joseph Stalin
George Stalin
Peter Edson
T. G. O'Keefe
Ohio Education Association
George Sokolsky
Federal Reserve Bank
New York
Berliner Tageblau
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