Press Conference Reforms Possible With Changing Presidents
The article surveys how White House press conferences evolved from Theodore Roosevelt through Harry S. Truman and notes likely changes with a new president. It argues the practice remains vital for timely facts and urges cooperative reform rather than abolition.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Wilson
Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Truman
Charles G. Ross
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Washington Cor
Christian Science Monitor
United Nations Reforms Fall Short as NATO Leads Security
The article argues the UN failed after Russia’s absence in 1950, shifting reliance to NATO and regional groups. It notes that free nations depend on mutual security pacts and cites Australia New Zealand the Philippines and Japan as examples. It laments UN weakness while urging unity and world cooperation under a strengthened UN symbol.
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United Nations
Russia
U.N
General Assembly
Security Council
NATO
United States
New
Wisconsin Democrats Embrace Prolix Platform Tradition
Madison observations note the Wisconsin Democratic platform draft as a lengthy menu of promises, heavy on labor and cooperative aims. It borrows from unions, opposes the state industrial commission’s abolition, and supports tax funded television while resisting publicity for relief rolls.
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Wisconsin
Wis- Wyngaard
Democratic Party
State Industrial Commission
Democratic
State Radio Council
Symington calls for clearer public facts on defense program
W Stuart Symington argues for more public information on defense to prevent ignorance that could lead to accepting inadequate efforts or blind defense spending. He warns expenditures could become a sacred cow unless thoroughly studied.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
W. Stuart Symington
Symington
Little Red School House and rugged individualism in America
Babson Park Mass columnist argues for moral rejuvenation through religion ethics and education. He recalls Charles Horton Cooley’s socius concept and contrasts old rustic schooling with consolidated systems while urging fathers to have boys plant a garden this spring. He warns against pre-digested propaganda and urges independent thought and self-reliance.
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Babson Park
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America
Charles Horton Cooley
Socius
Little Red
Little Red School House
Ten Years Ago Scott Elected Wisconsin Rotary Governor
From the La Crosse Tribune ten years ago Arthur O. Scott 935 Ferry Street was elected governor of Rotary District 144 covering southern Wisconsin after 14 years as secretary of the La Crosse Rotary Club. Also that Sunday the Wisconsin State Bowling title went to the La Crosse Peerless Amber Beer team including Warren Weigel Robert Lowell Les Kob litz Reed Horder and Leo Heilman.
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Arthur O. Scott
Ferry St
la Crosse
Rotary Club
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Peerless
Warren Weigel
Robert Lowell
Les Koblitz
Reed Horder
Leo Heilman
Penny Savings Department
Robert Lowry
6Th
Winnebago
George Bedessem
Housing policy at Savannah River site under congressional glare
Washington observers push for action on housing for the Savannah River H-bomb plant amid concern over subsidies for dormitories and trailers. Sen. McMahon’s committee has defended AEC housing policy, with a site visit by a committee investigator. Peak employment is projected at 47,000 to 60,000, lasting three years, and lawmakers fear multi million dollar losses if towns are not built and run by the government.
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Savannah River
Washington
Augusta
Ga.-Aiken
S.C
Brien McMahon
Congressional Atomic Energy Committee
Atomic Energy Commission
DuPont Co
Congressional
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Hanford
Wash
Judge Pine
Truman
Holmes Baldridge
Baldridge
Clark Clifford
White House
Clifford
Justice Department
Anti-Trust
Graham Morrison
Morrison
Philip Perlman
The
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Ohio primary chaos shows bosses pressuring Kefauver delegates
In Ohio the primary system is abused by Democratic bosses who threaten jobs and business to force Kefauver delegates off the ticket. Ed Conley and James Flynn exit under pressure, as others switch or bow out amid payroll threats and political leverage.
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Washington
Ohio
Truman
Kefauver
Ed Conley
Lorain
Conley
State of
Democrats
James T. Flynn
Sandusky
Flynn
Columbus
Oscar Stierwalt
Fremont
William H. Williams
Vermilion
Stierwalt
Bulkley
Williams
Election Board
William Didelius
Erie County
Didelius
Donald Cole
Frank Lausche
Hollis Matherly
Bellevue
Reds Refuse U.N. Truce Offer and Question What Next
The United Nations offered a major concession on airfield construction in North Korea and proposed a two nation supervisory team for the truce. The Reds declined the top Soviet inclusion and a voluntary repatriation plan showed 75 percent of the POWs preferring expatriation, signaling a stalemate risk if talks fail.
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Korea
North Korea
U.S
China
U.N
Soviet Russia
Priso
Ner
Red Army
Peiping
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Carl J. Gjerdem
Houston
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Wanderlust
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Che la Crosse Tribune
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Washington News Notebook
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