Substitute Taft-Hartley Legislation Devised in Secret Plan
A five man lawyer team drafts a substitute for the Taft-Hartley act with reinstituted Wagner provisions and modified TAFT-Hartley clauses. They aim to present a bill to Congress with President Truman’s blessing and seek industry and labor input for further changes. The plan includes alternate drafts and a single bill combining repeal and substitute.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
Tobin
William S. Tyson
Labor Department
Kenneth Meikelsohn
Department
Fred W. Livingston
Charles Donohue
Kenneth Robertson
Livingston
National Labor Relations Board
New York
Fund Requests At New High In Wisconsin Budget
Madison reports unofficial total budget requests to Governor Rennebohm amounting to 121 million 317 thousand 105 dollars for 1949 51. Excludes about 44 million for construction and 48 million in state aids. Departments list UW 28.6 million aeronautics 3.2 million welfare 58.2 million and other agencies incl tax board health and public instruction. The governor and finance committee will review this with tax estimates prior to his February 1 budget message.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Rennebohm
Gov. Goodland
University of Wisconsin
Aeronautics Commission
National Guard
Public Welfare
Department of Taxation
Historical Society
Motor Public Service Commission
Radio Council
Free Library Commission
Industrial Commission
Supreme Court
Weather in La Crosse Tonight and Saturday Outlook
Partly cloudy and colder tonight. Saturday will turn cloudy with light rain or snow. Low tonight around 30 degrees. High Saturday near 34 degrees.
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la Crosse
Settle Major Shipping Strikes On Both Coasts
San Francisco reports the CIO longshore strike on the Pacific coast and AFL longshoremen on the Atlantic coast nearing settlement. Ratification by unions could restart roughly 515 ships and restore tens of thousands of dockworkers to work, with wage boosts and welfare benefits included.
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San Francisco
CIO
Pacific Coast
Hvcrevs
Everu
AFL
Atlantic
Pacific
Tighten Secrecy On Condemned Japs
General MacArthur ordered all news on seven Japanese wartime leaders to be issued through his public information office. Verification of the deaths of Hideki Tojo and six others will come from headquarters, not the U S Army Eight Army responsible for the executions.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Hideki Tojo
General Headquarters
U. S
$15 Billion Ceiling Is Defense Goal
Senator Tydings announced the new congress will seek a defense spending ceiling of 15 billion dollars next year with aims to reduce nonessential military costs. He expects to cut the budget to about 14 or 12 billion and will push for a full 70 group combat basis for the air force. The armed services committee will request reports from Marshall and Forrestal on world conditions and may reexamine the draft to meet manpower needs.
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Washington
Tydings
D-Md
Armed Services
Congress
America
Senate Armed Services Committee
Appropriations Committee
Tyrdings
Armed Services Committee
Secretary of State
Marshall
Secretary of Defense
Forrestal
Maryland
Armed Services Group
House
Senate
Tragedy on Lake Leaves Four Dead During Bagley Holiday
Four people died in a lake accident during the Bagley holiday observance. The tragedy prompted investigations as rescuers searched the water and officials reviewed safety measures for holiday celebrations.
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Bagley
Lake
Boat Capsizes In Ferry Lake Four Drownings In Wisconsin
Four fishermen drowned when their outboard boat capsized on Ferry Lake near Bagley Grant county Wisconsin after heavy net weight pulled the boat over The victims Archie Duff Prairie du Chein Burnell Stagman Albert Keane John Stagman all residents of nearby towns The accident occurred early Thanksgiving morning as they returned to shore prompting a search after family reported them missing
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Bagley
Wis
Ferry Lake
Grant County
Prairie du Chien
Archie
Duff
Burnell Stagman
Bridgeport
Albert Keane
Lancaster
John Stagman
Burnell
Raymond Stagman
Stagman Brothers
Christmas Parade Set With Santa Arrival In La Crosse
La Crosse hosts a 6 30 pm parade on the south side to welcome Santa Claus. Organized by Robert Gaumer, the La Crosse Junior Chamber of Commerce lists VFW color guard and drum corps, various floats, and civic groups in the lineup.
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Santa Claus
Robert Gaumer
la Crosse
Manke Hardware Co
American Legion
S. and H. Sporting Goods Co
Caledonia Street Merchants
Boy Scouts
Barron's
Elman Motor Co
Clarence Witt
Gaumer
la Crosse Transit
Hang 14 German War Criminals in Landsberg Prison
Fourteen German war criminals were hanged today at Landsberg prison in Munich bringing total executions to 87 from seven Fridays of mass hangings for camp inmate and POW killings. The list originally contained 139 names with 48 of 52 remaining cases under review.
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Munich
Germany
Landsberg
Buchenwald
Mauthausen
Hitler
King May Have Quiet Life After Illness Report
London reports King George VI may retreat to a quiet life due to an arterial obstruction in his legs and poor blood supply to the foot. Lancet notes potential recovery with rest and treatment but predicts ongoing limits on strenuous activities for a king of 52.
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London
George VI
Lancet
Baraboo Coroner's Jury Adjourns Over Bridge Death
A coroner's jury in Baraboo adjourned to today to hear the state engineer about bridge inspections after Mrs. Alfred Libke 38 of Sparta drowned when a Spring Green bridge section collapsed on November 15. The Libke car and a poultry truck sank. witnesses include Henry Baumgardner Charles Royston Mazomanie and Sauk county officials.
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Baraboo
Wis
Alfred Libke
Sparta
Wisconsin
Spring Green
Libke
Fred Bisch
Harvey Larson
Oscar Isenberg
R. C. Fogle
E. M. Doyle
P. R. Brannan
Henry Baumgardner
Charles Royston
Mazomanie
H. L. Wyatt
C. W. Frye
Sauk County
Arthur Reinfeld
Sauk
Iowa County
State Highway Department
Federal payroll ceiling set for early next year
Budget Director James E. Webb announced a three month ceiling of 1 987 704 federal workers in the executive branch, cutting 53 829 from the current last quarter total of 2 041 533. The limit applies to on duty workers in the United States.
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United States
Britain
Negev
Palestine
Israel
Syria
Russia
Poland
Guatemala
Colombia
Australia
Washington
James E. Webb
Congress May Drop Contempt Charges Against 60 Individuals
Congress plans to drop contempt actions against about 60 witnesses who refused to answer if they were or had been Communists. The move follows informal Justice Department guidance and scheduling limits of House committees. Experts doubt any contempt citations could survive into the next Congress.
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Congress
Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
Justice Department
House
Curbstone
81St
Labor Committee
unAmerican Activities Committee
Reds Push New Drive Toward Yangtze River
Communist forces moved closer to the Yangtze in the Suhsien and Lingpi area as Reds shifted to the eastern flank of Suchow 180 miles northwest of Nanking. They regrouped east of the Pukow Tientsin railroad 40 miles north of Pengpu and prepared for renewed fighting along the Suhsien Lingpi highway. Government dispatches warned of a decisive battle soon with control of northern Yangtze region at stake.
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Nanking
Yangtze River
Suhsien
Lingpi
Suchow
Pukow-Tientsin
Pengpu
Suhsien-Lingpi
Nazl
Peiping-Tientsin
China
Central News Agency
Yangtze
CIO Pours Support for Murray as Portland Convention Ends
In Portland Oregon Philip Murray 62 leads the CIO into his ninth year as head of 40 unions. Delegates show overwhelming backing for his policies and a hard shift against leftists after four days of convocation. The convention closes with sturdy approval and signals potential impact on the international labor movement.
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Portland
Ore
CIO
Philip Murray
Murray
International Labor Movement
Wall Street Moles See Winds Shift After Election
Businessmen who hid after the election are reemerging to gauge the new political climate. They hedge that President Truman may not be as harsh on business as feared and that practical politics may limit his reforms. The market shows relief with a cautious bearish lean for 1949, while steel firms widen voluntary allocation programs to avoid compulsory controls.
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New York
Truman
Dewey
Hunter fatally shot in Sauk county deer woods
Raymond Uebersetzig aged 35 from Waunakee was misidentified as a deer in Merrimac Sauk county and died before medical help could arrive. This marked the ninth death of Wisconsin's 1948 deer hunting season which is seven days old.
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Milwaukee
Sauk County
Wisconsin
Raymond Uebersetzig
Waunakee
Merrimac
Six Bagley men die in lake accident near Grant county
Rescue efforts followed a capsizing on a lake when six Bagley men drowned after falling from a 16 foot scow. Sheriff Melvin Gillen led the investigation as bodies were recovered near the craft. Suspects and survivors include Burnell Stagman Archie Duff and John Stagman. Coroner George Harrower noted accidental drowning and ordered bodies to local funeral homes.
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Melvin Gillen
Grant County
Bagley
Ed Fleming
Ed McNamara
Glen Clark
Lee Moon
Gillen
John Stagman
Burnell Stagman
John
Archie Duff
Burnell
George Harrower
Fennimore
Harrower
Bridgeport
Duff
Keane
Truman Views Foreign Affairs Session Highlights Marshall Role
President Truman and his cabinet held an hour long review of foreign affairs. Secretary of State Marshall spoke extensively, with Postmaster General Donaldson saying Marshall brought the cabinet up to date on the international situation. No decisions were announced and no talks with Chiang Kai-shek were planned.
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Oscar Lange
Poland
United States
Willard L. Thorp
Assembly
Washington
Truman
Marshall
Donaldson
Chiang Kai-shek
Charles G. Ross
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