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Newspaper
Independent Long Beach
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1952
Page
4
A man with nine cents pays his bill and a manager and hostess respond with generosity. The scene at the dining room ends with the diner, the waitress, and even the parking attendant being tipped as Christmas spirit fills the room. The man exits whistling Good King Wenceslaus.
Senator Len Wayne Morse declared President elect Eisenhower’s cabinet “poor” with only two members aligned with the public interest. He focused his attack on Charles Wilson of General Motors and questioned war contract totals while noting support for Durkin and Weeks and vowing to back confirmations despite his quarrel with the program.
SACRAMENTO The State Department of Education will seek input today on the size of the school fund the 1953 Legislature may appropriate. The figure is expected to be at least 375 million dollars, about 90 million more than the current budget, with 70 million from Prop 2 and 20 million from normal enrollment growth. Rey E. Simpson urged business, labor, farm groups, legislators, state officials, educators, and administrators to advise on the apportionment bill, debating whether 6 or 7 million should fund education for physically handicapped and mentally retarded children beyond the 180 per pupil guarantee.
SAN FRANCISCO AFL Marine Cooks and Stewards Union charged the rival independent Union of Marine Cooks and Stewards with restraint coercion and use of con squads in a recent jurisdictional election. The charges filed with the National Labor Relations Board were denied by the independent union. The dispute followed an election for representation of galley workers aboard small coastal lumber vessels in which the independent union won 22 to 11.
The President-elect and General MacArthur addressed reporters amid a noisy press gaggle. Eisenhower invited questions while moving around microphones, then the pair parted ways with Eisenhower heading to a waiting car and MacArthur retiring to his Waldorf apartment.
President-elect Eisenhower and General MacArthur reportedly planned talks on peace, recalling past visits to Tokyo and joining a press scrum outside the Dulles home. Eisenhower, hatless in a brown overcoat and scarf, appeared at the front door first, followed by MacArthur in a gray hat and blue gray topcoat with a gray scarf, as reporters and cameramen gathered.
President elect Dwight D. Eisenhower and Mrs. Eisenhower began moving plans for their White House relocation. They shipped crates for storage to reduce confusion during the move from Columbia University to Washington, D. C. Neighbors cheered as Eisenhower, MacArthur, and Dulles appeared for photos before a guarded exit.
Lloyd A. Mashburn California state labor commissioner and AFL leader was offered and accepted the post of assistant secretary of labor in the Eisenhower administration. He withheld formal acceptance after conferring with Gov. Warren. Mashburn has served as labor chief since 1951 and chaired LA building trades council. He is a Republican who helped California’s Republican National Conventions in 1944 1948 and 1952.
President elect Dwight D. Eisenhower announced two Commerce Department nominees. Samuel Wagner Anderson of Washington DC would become assistant secretary of commerce for international affairs and Robert Blaine Murray Jr. of Harrisburg PA would serve as under secretary for transportation after the January 20 inauguration.
Two sheriffs and an outlaw visited the U S Waterways Experiment Station in Vicksburg Mississippi in a single tour. Present were Mr and Mrs R E Sheriff of Tufton California and Dan Outlaw of Opelousas Louisiana in a small, unusual group.
The two newborn brothers born Sept 16 1951 at St Anthony’s Rock Island Illinois faced a long path to possible separation. Dr Samuel Durr and hospital surgeons led tests to assess separation viability including independent organs and normal mental development.
The Navy ammunition ship Vesuvius, under Capt Merrill K. Clementson of Vallejo, reaches San Francisco after nine months of essential service off Korea. It will unload at Port Chicago then proceed to overhaul at the San Francisco Naval Shipyard.
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