Editors Group Studies Report of Newsmen On State Payrolls
The American Society of Newspaper Editors began an inquiry into Illinois newsmen on the state payrolls from 1943 to 1949. The board authorized the study in April and may require two months to complete, with findings to be shared with ASNE members later.
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Washington
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Illinois
Ben McKelway
The
ASNE
Society
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Chicago Daily News
Florida
VA trims 42 contact offices as funds run short
Major VA budget cuts will close 42 of its 190,407 staffed contact offices by mid June with the new fiscal year starting July 1. VA administrator Carl Gray aims to reduce personnel by 6,200 while preserving essential services. Offices slated for abolition include locations in Ocean Side California Chicago Kentucky and St Paul Minnesota. regional offices will absorb much of the workload. Overall VA contacts and correspondence show only modest declines compared with last year, though specific benefit applications have fallen slightly.
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Congress
Department of Medicine and Surgery
Gray
Oceanside
Calif
San Diego
Chicago
Kentucky
St. Paul
Minn
Truman and Gridiron Satire Roasts Welfare State
President Truman and about 500 guests attended the Gridiron Club dinner where reporters mocked the Truman welfare state and the North Atlantic pact. The show also lampooned the farm plan and national health program while a Republican counter-speech was delivered by Senator Millikin of Colorado.
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Truman
Republican Southern Democrat Coalition
Statler Hotel
Senator Millikin
Colorado
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