American Spy Case Defector Flees to Soviet Zone
Vienna reports Walter Lauber a Vienna-born U.S. army veteran fled New York and Austria’s Russian zone claiming he faced Gestapo-like treatment from American intelligence. He and his wife have two children and were among Americans linked to an international Soviet spy ring facing espionage charges in Washington. Lauber says passports were withheld unless they would return to the United States.
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Lauber
New York
Walter Lauber
Otto Werber
Kurt Ponger
Washington, D. C
Volksstimme
United States
Vienna University
Gibm of Rights
Verber
Ponger
Red Leaders Get Prison Preferred More Than Russia
Seventeen Communist leaders were sentenced in New York for conspiring to advocate violent revolution. Seven received three years and $6000 fines, five got two years and $4000 fines, one got one year and $2000 fine. Judge Dimock said maximums were five years and $10,000. Defendants, including Claudia Jones, rejected Russia exile and defended their beliefs.
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Russia
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
Pettis Perry
Alexander Bittelman
Alexander Trachtenberg
Victor J. Jerome
Louis Weinstock
Arnold
Johnson
Albert F. Lannon
Betty Gannett
Jacob Mindel
William W. Weinstone
George Blake Charney
Claudia
Jones
Trinidad
Edward J. Dimock
Congress
Charney
Ilike
Dock Union Purge Decreed by AFL
MIAMI BEACH Fla The AFL Executive Council ordered the crime infested AFL longshoremen s union to purge itself of racketeering crime and corruption by April 30 or risk suspension of the 160 000 member union. Union representatives with criminal records must be removed from all positions of authority within the International Longshoremen s Association.
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Miami
Beach
Fla
International Longshoremen’s Association
Reed Urges Swift Tax Cut Despite Ike Signals
Rep Reed chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee renews his push to pass a six month early cut in the 11 percent income tax hike. He says a budget balance can occur alongside the tax reduction while Ike urges restraint pending overall spending cuts. Democrats note Republican discord as Reed forecasts committee approval at Feb 16 meeting.
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D-Tenn
Reed
House
Ways and Means
Eisenhower
Congress
Cooper
Rayburn
Texas
Richard Simpson
R-Fa
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D.-La
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R.neb
Taft urges change to keep business interests in government
Senator Taft called for amending the law to allow officials in subordinate posts to retain stock holdings. The remark followed the confirmation of Robert T. Stevens as Secretary of the Army and Robert B. Anderson as Secretary of the Navy, with Harold E. Talbott awaiting approval for the Air Force. Stevens agreed to sell his $1.4 million stake in J P Stevens & Co, a major uniform maker for the Army, but Taft argued the stock sale requirement should be reversed to attract business executives to public service.
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Congress
Senate
Eisenhower
Federal
Taft
Robert T. Stevens
Army
Stevens
Robert B. Anderson
J. P. Stevens & Co
Armed Services Committee
Chiang Hails Ike Order on Seventh Fleet Actions
Chiang Kai-shek publicly welcomed President Eisenhower’s declaration that the Seventh Fleet would not block Nationalist China’s plans to attack the mainland and stated China would not seek ground forces aid, while leaving air and naval support unspoken as observers note.
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Eisenhower
Formosa Straits
Chiang
United States
No Sign of Peace in Tugboat Strike
New York reports show no settlement in the three port tugboat crew strike. Twenty five ships docked and eighteen sailed without tug assistance, with five anchored vessels deciding not to berth and four ships still at their piers as of Monday night.
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New York
Bureau of Customs
Economic Crisis Balking Russian Plan in Germany
Western intelligence officials report that a severe East German economic crisis is stalling Stalin’s five year plan to convert the region into a Soviet industrial base. Food shortages trigger large civilian use of requisitioned supplies and rising protest. resistance to collectivization grows among rural workers.
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BCN
Germany
Kremlin
East Germany
Red Wehrmacht
Stalin
Itate
Co-Operative
Reed Bill Seen as Tool to Push Spending Cuts
A fragment notes that the Reed bill could serve as a powerful instrument to press for reductions in spending. It quotes Rep Gregory praising the president’s tax and spending approach as sound, reflecting partisan debate over fiscal policy.
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Gregory
D.-Ky
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