Russell Denies Soft Civil Rights Stand
Senator Richard B. Russell of Georgia denied changing his stance on civil rights as he seeks the Democratic presidential nomination. He favored a civil rights plank at the Chicago convention but warned against an extreme measure. Humphrey rejected compromise on the platform yet signaled willingness to compromise on specific civil rights laws like anti-lynching and anti-poll tax.
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Two Justices Rule On Electoral College Pledge
Supreme Court splits 5-2 upholding a pledge by presidential electors to support their party's national ticket. Justice Reed writes the ruling, rejecting Alabama state's ballot placement challenge and noting the Constitution allows party demands for elector pledges.
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Carolina to Go for Taft Russell in South Carolina
In Columbia on April 16, Richard B. Russell of Georgia and Robert A. Taft of Ohio were the expected presidential choices of separate state conventions. The Democratic biennial convention pledged its 16 delegates to Russell while the Republican delegates, six in number, backed Taft. Governor James F. Byrnes was the keynote speaker, promoting a states rights platform. Byrnes, foe of the Truman administration, supported Russell. The Democrats previously recessed until after the national convention and then reaffirmed a states’ rights electors plan.
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Soviet Major General Sergei Surin Dies at 49
Moscow April 16 Major General Sergei Surin aged 49 and veteran of frontline posts during the war died today in the war ministry Red Star reported. Surin had been assigned to the ministry after serving on front lines.
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Exhausted parties adjourn gruelling telephone parley
An overnight mediation between union and management failed to advance the 43 state telephone strike led by CIO CWA and Western Electric. Mediators said parties were exhausted and would resume talks later today. The dispute centers on wage increases and picket line conduct across AT&T subsidiaries.
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Churchman Hits Low U S Morals
Chicago April 16. Dr Frederick C Fowler president of the National Association of Evangelicals warned the nation is at its lowest moral level in history despite high church membership. He blamed materialistic education led by John Dewey at Columbia for moral collapse and called for government to serve as minister and trustee, responsible to God and the people.
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Bradley warns of danger as science outpaces virtue
West Point dispatch reports Gen Omar N. Bradley telling U S Military Academy cadets that too many men of science and too few men of God threaten humanity. He urged combined technical and liberal education for officers, urged civilian oversight of policy, and called for closer Army civilian engineer cooperation. He also voiced hope for an Air Force academy with prestige akin to West Point and Annapolis.
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Ex-Mate of Slaying Victim Sentenced
Los Angeles reports a woman slain March 21 by unknown assailants. Her ex-husband Harry Eugene Huber, 31, was jailed 30 days for failure to provide for their three children. The victim, Esther Maya Huber, 25, was found beaten in a parking lot. the killing remains unsolved.
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Truman Names Murphy Japan Envoy Amid Treaty Move
President Truman nominates Robert D. Murphy of Milwaukee as the first postwar U S ambassador to Japan, citing his Europe and German affairs experience and current briefing at the State Department. The nomination follows yesterday's signing of the Japanese peace treaty and ahead of an April 28 formal deposit in the State Department archives.
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New Jersey Editors Forecast Ike Victory in Primary
New Jersey editors and writers predicted Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower would win the Republican presidential primary with about 56 percent, Taft about 34 percent, and Stassen around nine percent. After partial returns Ike led with roughly 60 percent, Taft 37, Stassen about three. The canvass covered 21 daily and seven weekly papers across 17 of 21 counties. four counties gave no percentages but expected Ike to win with Taft and Stassen following. No Democratic survey.
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