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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1954
Page
4
Washington AP reports the Army issued a draft call for 23 000 men for December, continuing the monthly level seen since selective service resumed in September 1950. The total drafted or earmarked reached 1 835 430, with calls at 23 000 from July 1952 to January 1954 after a dip to 18 000 for five months ending last June.
The CIO plans a hard hitting drive against welfare fund fraud with a special union group to ferret out irregularities and publicize findings. The move aims to tighten safeguards beyond AFL measures and aid any congressional probes into fund mismanagement. Walter Reuther has ordered cleanup in related unions amid recent disclosures of officer earnings from administering funds.
Senate investigators were told Clyde L Powell deposited almost three times his net salary from 1945 to April 1954 at Riggs National Bank. He claimed constitutional protection, was ousted last April amid FHA scandal probes, and faced questions over $213,640 deposited cash and checks plus $19,486 in cashier's checks.
A two day Senate hearing in San Francisco heard reports that city streets along Market Street and adjacent areas saw servicemen soliciting young girls aged 16 to 18. Witnesses noted many youths were unattached and that some delinquents may have moved from out of state. The subcommittee chaired by Sen. Robert C. Hendrickson aimed to spur communities to address juvenile delinquency with federal involvement and local action.
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