NC Tax Structure Study Seeks Industrial Development Reforms
The North Carolina state planning board sponsored a fact driven study led by Dr. Clarence Heer of the University of North Carolina. It finds tax differentials among states and within states hinder NC and southern industrial growth by fostering short sighted competition. The report urges further study and potential tax schedule revisions.
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North Carolina
State Planning Board
Clarence Heer
University of North Carolina
South
Dr. Heer
Atlanta editorials condemn Klan revival and lax courts
The piece argues the Ku Klux Klan revival in Atlanta stems from weak law enforcement and court inaction. It cites editorials from the Atlanta Constitution and Atlanta Journal urging reform and caution, condemning violence by self styled union organizers and urging citizens to clean out corrupt agencies.
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Ku Klux Klan
Atlanta
Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Journal
Georgia
Klan
Statesville visit prompt sparks scramble over president
State Senator Hugh Mitchell faced a setback as the president canceled a Statesville visit. Mitchell pressed White House pressure via North Carolina delegates while Vinson and Patterson sent regrets. Mitchell, aiming for Congress, now fights to salvage his big political gambit amid late reversals.
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Statesville
Hugh Mitchell
North Carolina
White House
Washington
Mitchell
Congress
Bob Coughton
Ways and Means Committe
Doughton
Service men debate compulsory military training and extension of enlistment
Pfe Earl Gibson voices support for compulsory military training and notes his 18 months of service with three major engagements. He says he will not stay longer than needed unless fellow soldiers are discharged first. Ira Mosher urges a fall decision by the Office of Price Administration on related matters.
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Pfe
Earl Gibson
Gibson
Office of Price Administration
Ira Mosher
National Association of Manufacturers
American Legion Post
Carl Gibson
Citizens discuss mislisted addresses and civic plans
Residents complain of incorrect addresses given by arrestees such as Mae Moore at 417 Park Street. Opinions on compulsory military training are offered along with plans for a veterans dance and a push to bring the North Carolina Symphony to High Point.
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High Point
Noble T. Craigg
North Carolina Symphony Orchestra
Roosevelt Ibn Saud affair shocks American Zionists
The Zionist leadership in the United States feels outraged and humiliated by revelations in the Roosevelt Ibn Saud correspondence. It claims Franklin D Roosevelt aided Arab primacy with a $25,000,000 subsidy and supported the Arab League, betraying Jewish hopes for justice and aid during wartime. The piece compares reactions to the Korean divisions at Yalta and critiques U.S. and Soviet roles.
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United States
Franklin Dvelt
Palestine
Ibn Saad
Arab League
Ibn Suad
Yalta
Atlantis Charter Betrayed in Modern Foreign Policy Critique
By George Sokolsky laments Korea's division and the erosion of the 1941 Atlantic Charter ideals. He argues Yalta redrew lines, condemns diplomacy by blackmail, and paints today’s politics as imperial realism that dwarfs Wilsonian democracy. Palestine and Korea are cited as collateral betrayals.
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Korea
Yalta
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Great Britain
United States
Velt
Soviet Russia
Hitler
Palestine
Washington Eyes Limits on Postwar Strike Wave
Top officials discussed delaying a general wage rise and renewing wartime no strike pledges. A flat 10 percent increase faced doubt over its effectiveness for stabilization and wage equity. Strategic, selective strikes in key cities threaten supply chains and energy, prompting calls for targeted labor controls.
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Washington
Truman
Ee New Labor Board
WPA
New York
Labor strikes and the push for enduring settlement
Paul Mallon argues that postwar strikes reveal a risk of national paralysis and urge a settlement with compulsory arbitration, union incorporation, and limits on CIO PAC agitation. He notes John R. Steelman’s role as a temporary labor conciliator and warns that without lasting fixes the process will repeat for years.
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Brotherhoods
Cio-Pac
Ball- Burton-Hatch
Truman
John R. Steelman
Congress
Schwellenbach
Schellenbach
Steelman
National Whirligig Compromise Refused By Coal and Oil Talks
The article traces Secretary Schwellenbach's failed labor peace efforts during postwar strikes in coal and oil, highlighting the rejection of a compromise by Edward Burke and operators. It notes John L. Lewis guiding pressure on foremen and warns of unresolved wage and union issues. John R. Steelman named as temporary White House aide to stabilize industrial relations.
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Lewis B. Schnellenbach
Schwellenbach
Rugged John L. Lewis
The
United Mine Workers
Truman
Operators’ Committee
Edward R. Burke
Nebraska
White House
John L
Detroit
Henry Ford II
C. E. Wilson
General Motors
Washington
Mr. Schnellenbach
John R. Steelman
Steelman
Federal Conciliation Service
Secretary of Labor
Lewis
FDR
U. M. W. Czar
Frances Perkins
Wall Street
Ed Burke
Harry Moses
American Federation of Labor
CIA
U. S. Steel
Myron C. Taylor
Big Shots
House of Morgan
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