Los Angeles Budget Hearing Clashes Over Police Spending
Mayor Norris Poulson and Police Chief William Parker sparred at a budget hearing with City Administrator Samuel Leask Jr. over a request of 29.69 million for 1954 35. Leask questioned civilian staffing while Parker defended wages and capability. Poulson ordered a 5 million cut, urging focus on service quality despite tension.
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Los Angeles
Norris Poulson
William Parker
Samuel Leask Jr
Parker
Leask
Poulson
Van Fleet in Korea to Check Aid Program
Gen James A Van Fleet arrived on a tour to assess U S military aid to South Korea Japan and Nationalist China amid ongoing efforts to bolster allied defenses in the region. The visit emphasizes evaluating aid flows and military support initiatives.
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van Fleet
Korea
Unionist who admitted Communist ties testifies in Detroit hearing
William H. Johnson recording secretary of CIO United Auto Workers Ford Local 600 says he joined the Communist Party in 1943 after being fired from the Ford Rouge plant and rejoined for about a year, claiming no collaboration since 1946. The hearing, part of a probe into union activities, reviewed a party directive targeting auto plants and named Walter Reuther as a social democrat leader.
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House and American Activities Subcommittee
FBI
Congressional
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CIO
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Leess
Kit Clardy
R.mich
Scherer
Ohio
Moulder
D.-Mo
Washington
St. L Lawrence Seaway
Lansing
Flint
Johnson
House
Communist Party
Ford Rouge Pliant
Partn 5
Clardy
General Motors
Ford
Saginaw Valley
Saginaw
Pontiac
Walter Reuther
UAW
Social Democrats
Subcommittee
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Norge
Butler Brothers
American Woolan Co
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Hunter
Butler Brother
Adler
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