AFL Set to Ballot for Green Again
SAN FRANCISCO September 23 AP The AFL prepared to elect 78 year old Bill Green to his 28th year as president and to press the CIO to return to the federation Delegates aimed to end by nightfall with a unity push and an invitation to the CIO to rejoin The convention weighed relations with the CIO amid debate over unity and the United Labor Policy Committee Green a longtime ally of John L Lewis and Sidney Hillman led miners and the federation for decades while the CIO itself traces origins to 1933–36 and the miners union leadership.
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AFL
Bill Green
CIO
Unity
Woodruff Randolph
International Typographical Union
AFL Executive Council
Montreal
United Labor Policy Committee
Murray
John L. Lewis
Sidney Hillman
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
Hillman
Lewis
Green
Samuel Gomntpers
Cro
Miners’ Union
United Mine ’Workers
John P. White
Writer Tells Life in Party
Screenwriter George Beck testified before the House Un American Activities subcommittee that he joined the Communist Party after attending meetings in 1943 and left in 1946 or 1947. He described writing scripts for Destry Rides Again Hired Wife and Take Letter Darling and recalled radio work during the late 1930s amid anti Nazi sentiment. Beck named several individuals he met at Communist events and said most were well meaning but not bomb throwers. He and eight other witnesses faced questioning as dozens of hearings continued.
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Los Angeles
House
Red Brothers
Communist Party
George Beck
Subcommittee On UN
Hin
Beck
Richard
Dick) Collins
Francis
Walter D.penn
Walter
Jack Lawson
Lester Cole
Morton Grant
Arnold Manoff
Elizabeth Wilson
Harbor Department owes Architect Warren Dedrick fee claim
The Harbor Department may owe architect Warren Dedrick $9 825 as the balance of a $19 600 fee from a 1948 contract. The city attorney's office will determine the claim after the Board of Harbor Commissioners referred it to Port Manager E J Amar for review. Dedrick designed plans for an addition later not built due to subsidence.
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Harbor Department
Warren Dedrich
Board of Harbor Commissioners
Dedrick
E. J. Amar
Harbor Department Administration
Senators OK Meat Quotas
The Senate banking committee moved to reimpose livestock slaughter quotas for four months while also barring price rollbacks. The bill allows OPS to adjust area quotas to market all slaughtered cattle, with safeguards ensuring total marketings aren’t limited and ensuring meat allocation to processors remains steady. Kennedy said the action matches OPS objectives.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Truman
Rep
Spence
D. Ky
White House
House Banking Committee
Sen Jale
Office of Price Administration
OPS
Builder Recovers After Heart Attack at Home
Eugene RK Ward of Long Beach, a builder, is recuperating at his home after a heart attack. He was stricken September 1 and spent several weeks in Seaside Hospital before returning home at 1631 Second Street.
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Eugene RK. Ward
Long Beach
Second St
Seaside
Republicans Attack AFL Labor Enemies List During 1952 Elections
In Washington on September 25 Republicans attacked the AFL for branding 19 senators as labor adversaries. AFL leader Joseph D. Keenan labeled 18 up for reelection as ant labor, while GOP senators Bricker, Flanders, Cain, and McCarthy rebutted the charge. They defended state autonomy and argued the Taft Hartley Act harms no one, urging voters to choose what benefits America. Several listed Democrats and Republicans refrained from comment.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
Joseph D. Keenan
Labor
League For Political Education
AFL
Keenan
San Francisco
Sens
Bricker
Ohio
Flanders
Cain
McCarthy
Wis
America
Vermont
Sen
Brewster
Williams
R.del
H. Alexander Smith
R.wn
Martin
Sons
O’conor
D-Md
Holland
D.fla
Byrd
D-Va
Knowland
R.-Calif
Harbor Board Approves Six Tideland Drilling Wells
The Harbor Commissioners approve Long Beach Oil Development Co request to drill six new far zone wells in tideland area landward of the stipulated boundary. Engineer M D Hughes says no drain to seaward deposits. Emmet M Sullivan dissents 4 to 1. Sullivan fears drilling near the line worsens federal control fight on tides. The policy allows bottoming within 400 feet landward, but no near-line drilling occurred. Commissioners Martin, Daubney, Eliott, and Davis vote with the majority.
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Board of Harbor Commmissioners
Long Beach Oil Avelopment Co
Tideland
M. D. Hughes
Emmet M. Sullivan
Washington
Sullivan
Women May Reign While King Is Sick
London reports that a council of state could assume royal duties while King George recuperates from surgery. The likely five members would be Queen Elizabeth, Princess Elizabeth, Princess Margaret, Princess Mary, and the Duke of Gloucester. The body would mainly carry out functions like the monarch, but could not dissolve Parliament or create peers. Parliament is due to dissolve Oct. 4 ahead of Oct. 25 elections.
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London
George
Elizabeth
Margaret
Mary
Royal
Duke of Gloucester
Africa
France
Egypt appoints two cabinet ministers in reshuffle
Premier Mustapha Nahas Pasha announced after a King Farouk meeting that Egypt named two new cabinet ministers and swapped two other posts. No statement was issued on reports of talks with the king about Egypt Britain tensions over troops in the Suez area and the Atlantic treaty group proposal for a Middle East defense command.
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Alexandris
Egypt
Mustapha’ Nahas Pasha
Farouk
Britain
Suez
Atlantic Treaty Group
Middle East
Delay of Trip to Canada Seen for Princess Elizabeth
Ottawa reports Canadian officials on Princess Elizabeth cross country tour consider postponement due to King George illness. General sentiment across streets government circles and newspapers leans toward delaying. Windsor mayor Arthur Reaume urges a sympathetic public push to postpone the royal visit.
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Canada
Ottawa
Britain
Elizabeth
King George
Arthur Reaume
Windsor
Ontario
Battling Forest Blaze Threatens Northwestern California Timber
About 700 firefighters led by a crack Zuni Indian squad battled a fast-moving forest fire in Northwestern California. Officials say it will take three more days to fully encircle a fire now centered near Crescent City after clearing 34 miles of fire line. The blaze has already burned over 8,000 acres and could threaten another 8,000 acres. Two smaller fires nearby, 700 and 740 acres, were reported near Mount Shasta and Trinity County respectively, with some control achieved.
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Arizona
California
Six Rivers National Forest
Lem
Goose Creek
Crescent City
Mount Shasta
Shasta National Forest
Trinity County
Weaverville
Wounded L B Men In Korea Include Long Beach Trio
Buddy E Rodgers of Long Beach son of Mr and Mrs Wayne Rodgers 1511 Rose Ave is hospitalized in Japan with injuries from Korean action Sept 3 He enlisted January 37 and went overseas in June Also wounded Cpl Gerald M Charlton of 1776 Locust Ave and Pvt Robert M Anderson of 1453 Gardenia Ave per Defense Department reports
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Pyi
Buddy E. Rodgers
Wayne E. Rodgers
Rose Ave
Japan
Rodgers
Polytechnic High School
City College
Long Beach
Department of Defense
Gerald M. Charlton
Cressie M. Charlton
Locust Ave
Robert M. Anderson
Eric W. Anderson
Gardenia Ave
Probe Looms on Loan Bid in Montana Plant Case
A House committee moved to probe a proposed government loan for Harevey Machine Co to build an aluminum plant near Kalispell Montana. The inquiry will examine alleged impropriety tied to World War II contracts as well as political influence claims surrounding the loan.
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Washington
House
Montana
Torrance
Calif
Hardy
D-Va
Harevey Machine Co
Kalispell
Mont
Seattle
Wash
Harvey Company
Hep
Dial
Burglar Steals 10 Model Kits From New Shop
Albert Krutz Jr. of 5838 Cer citos Ave reports a burglary at his planned shop at 2042 South St. entry gained by prying two rear windows. Ten locomotive kits valued at 229 dollars were stolen. Police investigate the break in.
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Albert Krutz Jr
Cercitos Ave
South St
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