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Newspaper
Labor World
Location
Alton, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1948
Page
2
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A critical letter of opinion in Alton centers on the Alton Evening Telegraph reportedly ending negotiations to acquire WOKZ. The piece defends local voices against media consolidation while criticizing editorial pages and local reform ideas as broad, sometimes whimsical, proposals.
The U S Supreme Court expands protection against arbitrary arrest and search in a wartime case. Michael Dike was seized and searched without a warrant by an OPA investigator and Buffalo police. counterfeit coupons were found and he faced a sentence. The opinion argues the Constitution should block pervasive intrusions to protect individual liberties.
Several thousand Republicans gathered at a St Louis hotel to debate state governance and the contest for Missouri National Committeeman between Roscoe C Hobbs and H V Stephens. Hobbs supporters warned that Stephens backers risked reduced campaign funds, while Stephens countered with his own influential financiers.
Washington Feb 11 An AP report states a federal grand jury indicted the CIO and its president Philip Murray for violating the Taft Hartley Act political expenditures ban. The law prohibits spending union funds on political purposes.
A national debate unfolds over 1902 margarine color laws and a proposed Congress bill. The Maryland American Soybean Association backs tax cuts and color freedom for margarine, while Murray CIO critics press constitutional questions. Attorney General Tom Clark notes delicate ties between election regulation and free speech as activists seek letters and calls to Congress.
Treasury says legal loophole allows $117 million in Arabian American Oil profits to escape taxation by the U S Britain and Canada. The Lab or investigation notes the four major American oil firms control subsidiaries in Canada and Britain earning vast profits from Saudi concessions with no taxes paid to Uncle Sam.
An editorial urges every organization to send delegates to city council chambers to learn and inform, arguing only broad participation sustains democracy. It stresses limited public seats and calls for two delegates per group from business, religious, and social bodies to fill the council and push reform.
Information from the Presidential Mansion in Washington asserts a vast funding need for federal projects. Figures indicate a requirement of 75 billion dollars to build new schools airports and highways nationwide, signaling a serious nationwide infrastructure push.
Secretary of Labor asserts the nation can stay strong and free while reducing high prices and excessive profits. He calls for real price competition and higher real wages to secure long term prosperity and economic security for all, praising free unions and collective bargaining as democratic symbols.
Federal grand jury indicts the CIO and its president Philip Murray over a campaign for a Baltimore congressional seat. Murray publicly defies the law to test its constitutionality as Attorney General Tom Clark submits the case to the jury for action.
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