Military Aid to Chiang Gets Backing
A push for military aid to Nationalist China won bipartisan support in the Senate with 34 Republicans and 4 Democrats backing the measure. Senator Knowland urged action and warned the new Congress may reverse yesterday's vote, while Senator Pulbright cautioned that aid could risk wider war with China. The debate followed a failed attempt to attach a military aid provision to Yugoslavia food aid.
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Wasington
China
Congress
Senate
Knowland R-Calif
Knowlaund
Pulbright Dack
Knowland
Yugoslavia
Formosa
Foreign Relations Committee
Chiang Kai-shek
Aiken and Flanders
Vermont
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Few GOPs May Temper Attacks on Acheson and Korea
Washington December 11 Republican leaders show tempering tone on administration foreign policy. Senator Ives of New York convened a policy subcommittee to redraw a resolution calling for Secretary of State Acheson’s removal, though a formal party motion seems unlikely. Some senators back stronger military aid while supporting unity behind which both parties could converge.
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Truman
Ives
Senate
State Acheson
Acheson
Tves
New York City
Little Rock Honors Its Old Folks
In Little Rock a party honored over 60 seniors aged 63 to 92 at a two hour gathering. Mrs. Sally Scott, 86, sister of the late Senator Joe T. Robinson, received an orchid as the oldest attendee. President Truman's letter on national unity was read, urging unity to preserve freedom and secure world peace. Senator Wiley R ess expressed slim hope of closer bipartisan cooperation on foreign affairs.
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Little Rock
Sally Scott
Joe T. Robinson
Dwight R.G. Palmer
Truman
Wiley Ress
Wiley
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Vandenberg
Oldest Man Present Celebrates 92nd Birthday
Chrles Maloy of North Little Rock, a retired plumber, marked his 92nd birthday as the oldest man at the gathering. He received a necktie and handkerchiefs while a woman attended nearby. Bow ties account for five percent of all U S ties. A note on geometry explains the shortest path between two points on Earth curves into a great circle dividing the globe into two equal halves.
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Chrles Maloy
North Little Rock
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