Treasury reports four disloyal security dismissals in 1953
Treasury told Congress that of 130 security dismissals or forced resignations in 1953, four were deemed disloyal under now-scrapped standards. Acting security officer Elbert P. Tuttle briefed the House Appropriations Committee as Treasury sought budget funds. A Customs Service note added six security dismissals, with all six having reported Communist contact.
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Treasury Department
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House Appropriations Committee
Elbert P. Tuttle
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Customs Service
United States
Customs
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Strubinger
Tuttle
Gary
D-Va
Eleven Said Disloyal Washington Security Dismissals
Washington reports Wednesday quoted RB W McLeod state department security administrator saying 11 of 534 dismissals were for loyalty concerns though he called the figures inaccurate and offered no other specifics in secret testimony before a House Appropriations subcommittee
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Washington
House Appropriations Subcommittee
W. Scott McLeod
State Department
McLeod
Loyalty standards cited in postwar loyalty program debate
Democrats claim most of 2,200 resignations or firings were for reasons other than loyalty and note many moved to other agencies. Gary and Tuttle critique broad "security risks" labeling including alcoholics alongside Communists, arguing loyalty and traitor distinctions matter. They contrast Truman and Eisenhower eras to show differing dismissal bases.
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Gary
Tuttle
Eisenhower
Truman
United’ States
Secret Session Holds Last Hope For Big 4
Berlin AP report says the Big Four foreign ministers held a secret session to discuss ending the wars in Korea and Indochina. No optimism for decisive action, but a remote chance of agreement kept alive. They adjourned to Thursday after 23 days with no near solution on German and Austrian issues. Molotov demanded Austrian treaty terms, West rejected them, and a Geneva meeting was proposed for April 15 to address Korea.
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Far East
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Austria
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George Plan Endorsed by Sparkman in Treaty Powers Debate
Senator Sparkman endorsed Senator George s substitute for a constitutional amendment on treaty powers. He said George simplified Bricker s aims and would shield constitutional rights from treaties. George planned talks with Senator Knowland and Bricker ahead of a potential Thursday showdown vote.
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George
D-Ga
Bricker
Ohio
Eisenhower
Knowland
California
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Senate
Congress
U S Engraving Bureau Theft Details Revealed
Washington government worker stole about 160000 in new twenty dollar bills from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. He allegedly carried around 100000 hidden in a paper sack under dirty overalls. James Rufus Landis, a bureau employee, generated the haul the week after Christmas and is awaiting trial. The bureau has since tightened security requiring all employee packages to be inspected on entry.
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Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Bureau
Congress
James Rufus Landis
Landis
H. J. Holtzclaw
House Appropriations Committee
Holtzclaw
Gary
D-Va
ROKS Arrest Nips Over Fishing Boat Seizure
South Korea disclosed that crews from two Japanese fishing boats were seized amid a renewed dispute with Japan. Seventeen fishermen were held for trial in Seoul.
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Seoul
South Korea
Hard Times Warning Is Given Voice
MIAMI BEACH Fla The AFL Teamsters Union opened its midwinter Executive Board meeting with President Dave Beck delivering a hard times warning and criticizing Treasury policies. Beck blamed Humphrey for unemployment and said hard money policies have slowed credit and business, hurting auto industry and forcing car owners to surrender loans or trade for cheaper used cars.
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Fla
AFL Teamsters Union
Dave Beck
Beck
Teamsters Union
Secretary of the Treasury
George M. Humphrey
Humphrey
International Executive Board
Afl-Cio
Treasury
Xnisenhower
Atom Age Underground Pentagon Ready for Use
The Defense Department says the underground Pentagon beneath Rock Run Mountain in Frederick County Maryland is complete and ready as an alternate command post and communications hub for Army Navy and Air Force. The cavern cost at least 35 million dollars and includes mountaintop housing and five miles from Ft Ritchie with a joint maintenance force on site.
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Red China says Allies stall peace talks in Korea
Tokyo monitored Red China propaganda radio accuses the Allies of delaying the preliminary peace conference talks to create international tension and hide America’s lack of will to settle Korea. It also denies U N Command claims that the Communists are smuggling warplanes into North Korea in violation of the armistice.
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Red China
Radio Today
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U.N
North Korea
Benson shakeup boosts GOP in West says Watkins
Senator Watkins of Utah credits Secretary Benson with lifting the Republican party through top staff changes at the Agriculture Department. He notes Eisenhower remains popular in the West amid farm policy debates, and predicts more Republican appointments to the Commodity Stabilization Service as part of a broader shift.
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Watkins
Utah
Benson
Eisenhower
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Howard H. Gordon
Department
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Gordon
James A. McConnell
New York
Republican Farm
W. O. Culbertson
New Mexico
Vatican Radio Rebroadcast Pope Pius XII Speech
The Vatican aired a four minute rebroadcast of Pope Pius XII speaking from his bedside after illness. His voice was weak yet steady as he called the sick “precious jewels” and a valid source of spiritual energy. The pope’s recovery is described as slow but continuing with diet improving. He attended Mass in his Vatican chapel and the Marian Year commemoration framed the message.
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Rep Jackson to Introduce Bill to Outlaw Communist Party
Santa Monica California Rep Donald L Jackson a member of the House Un American Activities Committee says he will introduce within weeks a bill to outlaw the Communist party.
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Donald L. Jackson
Rcalif
House Un-American Activities Committee
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New System Calls For Employers To File Income Data
Washington AP Revenue Commissioner T Cole man Andrews outlines plans to drop many taxpayers from filing annual returns by 1955 with employers filing a single payroll report covering income and social security taxes. He says 20 million would still file. net savings plus costs total. Anticipated 1,500 new revenue agents by mid-1955 from savings, addressing rising evasion and errors in returns.
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Washington
T. Coleman Andrews
Andrews
House Appropriations
Tax Service
Social Security Administration
Andréws
Bingo Players Disconnect Police Phones
Milwaukee police could not make or receive calls at their downtown Safety Building from midnight to 1 a m as hundreds of thousands of residents jammed lines for a bingo style game run by a local TV station WCAN TV director Kal Ross said 100000 to 150000 people played late Saturday nights The telephone company noted many callers stayed on busy signals causing the dial system to jam Dist Atty William McCauley called the game legal but lamented the outage and doubted effective action.
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Kal Ross
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William McCauley
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Restaurant Owner Wishes He Had Never Had Phone Put In
TACOMA WASH A Lakewood restaurant owner received an unlisted number intended for Edgar N Eisenhower after applying for service. Calls for the President’s brother followed, with callers demanding appointments and asking for Ed Eisenhower, leading to dozens of late night retries. The mix up began when the phone was installed promptly, contrary to expectations of six months.
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Wash
Harold Chavis
Chavis
Lakewood
Ed Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Chiang Is Overruled Nominee Chooses Not To Step Down
The Central Committee of Nationalist China unanimously rejected Chiang Kai-shek s request to resign the presidency. It nominated Chiang for a six year term and he said he would announce his decision tomorrow. He proposed Hu Shih or Yu Yu jen as alternatives and offered to serve as head of armed forces or premier if trusted. Hu Shih was en route to join the National Assembly session to elect the president March 20. Yu Yu jen was considered too old for president.
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Formosa
Nationalist China
Kuomintang
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
Hu Shih
Washington
Yu Yu-jen
Executive Council
National Assembly
Cop Turns Robber On Lunch Hour
A veteran Philadelphia officer, Gilbert R. Schaffer, 44, charged with holdup after a lunch hour robbery of a local shop. He claimed financial strain from a $4,500 yearly salary and said he “went haywire” during the theft. Police traced his license and captured him after a seven block chase.
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Alert Granit
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Granitz
New Jersey
Weather forecast hints at warm spell ends soon
Vandalia forecasters predict cloudy mild conditions with scattered showers tonight and tomorrow in the Miami Valley. Lows around 52 tonight, highs near 30 tomorrow. A cold front from Canada looms, signaling the end of a February heat wave as midwestern readings dip later.
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