Southern critics urged to judge politics on facts not bias
The writer denounces condescending North and South bias in commentary on Bilbo Talmadge Huey Long and other Southern figures. He urges fair critique based on facts, noting national graft and corruption in multiple states and calling for wiser electors rather than sensationalism.
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Bilbo
Mississippi
Talmadge
Georia
Huey Long
Wns
South
Lectorate
Oreover
Radio
Bilbo, Talmadge
Kelly-Nash
Chicago
Boss Teague
Jersey
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvana
Walter Winchell
Massachusetts
Georgia
Comunists
Confessman
Marcantonio
Louisiana
La Guardia Attacks Meat Decontrol and Free Enterprise
A columnist summarizes Fiorello La Guardia’s critique of lifting meat price controls. He labels decontrol a danger to democracy and claims a shift to competitive capitalism, arguing wages or prices will adjust, and that the market will self-correct as supply normalizes.
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Fiorello H. la Guardia
New York
Mr. la Guardia
Congress
Roosevelt
OPA
Mr. Truman
J. T
Time Ripens for Police Radio Patrol Cars
The city council plans to provide the two Negro policemen with a radio patrol car, asserting the move will grant faster, wider coverage and constant contact with headquarters as budget issues are resolved. The time to act is near.
North Carolina Voters Set To Decide Two Amendments
North Carolina citizens will vote next month on two state constitution amendments. Leaders expect a small margin of ratification, with both amendments aimed at extending equal rights to women in jury service and citizenship privileges while avoiding mandatory obligations.
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North Carolina
Leymakers Consider Daily Expense Payment Amendment
By Lynn Nisbet, the piece notes a proposed amendment to pay legislators $10 per day for up to sixty days of any legislative session. It contrasts with current earnings of $600 for the regular biennial session and $8 per day for up to 20 days for special sessions, plus no mileage or living expense allowance while in Raleigh. The author remarks few members could keep the $600 and many rely on private funds.
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General Assembly
Raleigh
United Nations report estimates atomic bomb production range
The UN scientific panel estimates between 70 and 3500 bombs could be produced yearly using known data: U235 critical mass, U238 content, and annual world uranium ore output. The article also notes debates over centralized versus decentralized government procurement.
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Washington
NEA
U. S
United Nations
Engineering and Mining Journal
Guilford Democrats Rally With Barbecue Instead of Speeches
Chairman Pierce Rucker leads Guilford County Democratic Executive Committee at a rally where no speeches were delivered and attendees enjoyed barbecue rather than baloney flavored with applesauce.
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Pierce Rucker
Guilford County
Democratic Executive Committee
Election forecasts invoke Dewey win across New York state
A columnist argues polls favor Tom Dewey by a wide margin in New York and predicts an allied sweep of the ticket, including Irving Ives over Herbert Lehman and multiple Republican victories in the House. The piece also condemns secrecy around Roosevelt's health and calls for honest health reporting.
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Tom Dewey
New York
Dewey
Irving Ives
Herbert Lehman
United States Senate
House of Representative
Roosevelt
Harry Truman
Yalta
Charles Poletti
UNRRA
United States
Lehman
Herbert Hoover
Lehman and Wagner in Question as Health and Fit for Senate
By George Sokolsky argues Lehman resigned from UNRRA in 1946 citing ill health and later campaigned for a six year Senate term, while Wagner at 69 shows health challenges. the piece questions if both can handle future economic stabilization tasks and correct representation in the Senate.
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Lehman
Herbert Lehman
UNRRA
New York
Robert Wagner
Senate
United States Senate
How Would You Like a Load of That for a While
Washington commentary argues that meat and other controls stay due to shortages while Republicans gain momentum on anti control rhetoric. It notes Senate and House battle dynamics, party leadership optimism, and Democratic missteps as a potential path to GOP gains.
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Washington
Uncle Harry
GOP
House
Senate
Republican National Committee
Carroll Reece
Massachusetts
New York
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Ohio
Missouri
Idaho
Montana
Wyoming
Rhode Island
Nevada
West Virginia
Indiana
Charlie Halleck
Congressional Campaign Committee
New Mexico
Utah
California
Wisconsin
Reece
Halleck
Clarence Brown
Robert A. Taft
Harding
Coolidge
McKinley
Taft
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Harold E. Stassen
Collier’s Magazine
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