Truman Hails Labor Gains Raps Reaction
President Truman told a labor audience in Washington that American workers are better off than ever but warned against "special interests" seeking to roll back gains. He cited a 40 percent real income rise since 1939 after taxes and price changes, credited to Democratic progress, while labeling Republicans as reactionaries in seeking to hand control to a privileged few. He denounced the Capehart price-control amendment and urged repeal of Taft Hartley.
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Democratic Party
Samuel Compers
AFL
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Interior
Oscar L. Chapman
Maurice J. Tobin
William Green
Chapman
Convict From L A Stabbed in Prison at San Quentin
SAN QUENTIN Oct 27 Frank Lopez 24 year old convict from Los Angeles was stabbed today near the prison canteen. He was reported in fair condition with a knife piercing one lung and his diaphragm. Officials immediately questioned three or four suspects.
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San Quentin
Pi Frank Lopez
Los Angeles
Lopez
Britain Iran Accord Push by Joan M Hightower
Washington dispatch reports a major US push next week to settle the British Iranian oil crisis. British PM Churchill may send a high level team for talks with Iranian Premier Mossadegh. Hassibi, Tehran’s oil expert, arrives in New York signaling possible settlement. Officials say any deal must end British oil operations in Iran and liquidate the Anglo Iranian Oil Co holdings, with Iran free to control pricing and marketing of Iranian oil.
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United States
Winston Churchill
Mohammed Mossadegh
Kazem Hassibi
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Oi Co
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Premer
Hassibi
New York
Britain
Anthony Eden
Iran
Anglo Iranian Oil Co
Longshore Strike Threatened in Court
In San Francisco on October 27 the Isthmian Steamship Co dispute triggered talk of a coastwide longshoremen strike. Richard Gladstein warned a judge a ruling finding no contract with Bridges' ILWU would prompt a shutdown coastwide. The court postponed ruling on contract existence and on Isthmian’s bid to dissolve a temporary restraining order blocking non ILWU longshoremen, as hundreds gathered on the waterfront. Isthmian said it would use AFL dockworkers to unload three strikebound ships, marking potential cross-union intrusion since 1937. The company puts forward that dissolving the PMA pact voids its ILWU contract. Gladstein asserted a coastwide work stoppage if no contract exists. Isthmian reported employing 53 AFL dockmen to unload the ships.
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Isthmaian Steamship Co
Richard Gladstein
Harry Bridges
William T. Sweigert
Isthmians
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
Sweigert
Isthmian
Isthmian Front
Bridges’ International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen's Union
AFL
Long Beach
Bridges
ILWU
Coast Dock Workers
ILWL
Pacific Maritime Association
PMA
Gladstein
ILA
Atlantic Coast
Poison bootleg suspect surrenders in Atlanta murders
Nattily dressed Roger William Smallwood walked into Atlanta police with his wife to surrender on murder charges linked to 35 poison liquor deaths this week. He faces aiding John Hardy in mixing a deadly blend of wood alcohol moonshine and well water. Hardy, 44, is charged with murder and hospitalized after injuries from a car crash. Authorities say the roundup of suspects is complete with nine Black and one white man previously jailed on involuntary manslaughter as distributors.
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Atlanta
Roger William Smallwood
M. M. Coppenger
Hardy
Smallwood
The New England Doctor Found Dead After Theft Plot
In Namant Massachusetts a 51 year old physician Dr Albert Downer was found dead in a North Reading wooded lane ten days after a babysitter and her two school friends stole $18,000 and spent it on a Broadway spree in New York. An autopsy was performed but officials would not disclose the cause of death. The medical examiner said vital organs were sent to Harvard Medical School for study. A nitroglycerin bottle was found beside the body.
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New York
Albert H. Downer
North Reading
Here
Thomas Devlin
Harvard Medical School
U S May Ask No Strike Pact In War Plants
Washington report notes a Defense Department and ODM discussion on a no strike pact for war plants, especially aircraft, with policy still unsettled. Truman faced a broad dock strike situation, exploring seizure, Taft-Hartley, or a fact finding board to prompt a return to work, amid scattered port walkouts and clashes.
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Office of Defense Mobilization
White House
Truman
Ryan
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Joseph Ryan
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New York Customs House
Hudson River
Philadelphia
Portland
Harry Bridges
AFL
Bridges
Bowron Arrives in Honolulu for Mayors Conference
Honolulu reports Los Angeles Mayor Fletcher Bowron arrived on October 27, sharing a pane with Gov. Oren Long who just returned from a mainland trip. Bowron heads to a conference of mayors in Tokyo.
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Los Angeles
Fletcher Bowron
Oren Long
Bowron
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Tokyo
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