End of Excess Profits Tax Predicted On Capitol Hill
Veterans on the House Ways and Means Committee predicted the excess profits tax, yielding about 2 billion annually, will expire June 30 though Rep. Eberharter and some Democrats expect a fight to extend it. Reed, Kean, Simpson and Mills voiced views favoring a natural death, while concern over inequities and defense-contract exemptions was raised.
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Charles F. Barrett
Washington
House, Ways and Means
Rep. Eberharter
D-Pa
Reed
House
Ways and Means Committee
Kean
Simpson
Jin
Rep
Martin
R-la
Mills
Dark
Dingell
D-Mich
Revenue Bureau
Congressional
Eberharter
Lawmakers To Review Military Situation Before Congress
Retiring Secretary Lovett testifies to the House Armed Services Committee on the world military situation and the need for continued heavy spending. Gen Omar Bradley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs, to brief tomorrow on Korea, European buildup and rearmament amid calls for budget cuts. Lovett urges organizational reform of the Joint Chiefs and a review of the 1947 Unification Act creating the Air Force as a separate service.
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Russell Brines
Washington
Defense Lovett
House Armed Services Committee
Omar Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Lovett
United States
Short
R-Mo
Congress
Joint Chiefs
Gen. Bradley
Air Force
Army
Navy
Secretary of Defense
McCarthy Expects No Conflict With Investigators
Senator McCarthy said he has assured Senate Republican leaders there will be no conflicts with other congressional investigators hunting for communists. He will head the Senate Government Operations Committee and its investigations subcommittee amid scrutiny from the internal security subcommittee and the House on American Activities Committee.
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Washington
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Senate
Congressional
Senate Government Operations Committee
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
House on-American Activities Committee
June Rose Festival Weighed by Columbus Groups
The Municipal Rose Commission and the Columbus Rose Club are studying plans for a large June rose festival modeled after Pasadena. Tentative plans link the event to Ohio’s 1953 Sesquicentennial and the opening of the Park of Roses at Whetstone Park, aiming for early June with about 30,000 rose bushes in bloom.
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Columbus, O
Municipal Rose Commission
Columbus Rose Club
Pasadena
Calif
Ohio
Park of Roses
Whetstone Park
Columbus
Rose Commission
Roberts of GM to speak at Armco Foremen Club night
Mason M. Roberts vice president of General Motors and Frigidaire Division general manager will address about 60 foremen at the Armco Fabricating Division Foremen's Club annual management night in the Manchester Hotel junior ballroom. He started with Frigidaire in 1925 and advanced to his current role in 1948 and was named GM vice president in 1950.
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Mason M. Roberts
General Motors
Frigidaire
Dayton
Armco Fabricating Division
Roberts
James Ferguson
Manchester
Dayton Chamber of Commerce
Miami Valley
Boy Scouts of America
Bricker Proposes Amendment to Limit Treaties
Senator Bricker of Ohio and about 60 colleagues introduced a constitutional amendment to bar treaties that interfere with U S domestic affairs. He said the United Nations seeks to intrude on matters within member states' domestic jurisdiction and urged invalidating any treaty or provision that denies or abridges constitutional rights. The move marks the first Senate bill of the year with rapidly growing support.
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Washington
Sen
Bricker
Ohio
U. S
Senate
United Nations
U. N
Judge Denies Order Involving B and O Rail Case
Cincinnati Judge John H. Druffel refused a request for a temporary restraining order in a U S District Court case filed November 12 by Harry F. Lake and the United Railroad Operating Crafts. The suit seeks reinstatement and back pay for Lake, claiming discharge on October 3 violated the national railway labor act and prompting a fight over union recognition. The judge set briefs due in two weeks and a trial within 30 days.
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Cincinnati
John H. Druffel
U. S
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Harry F. Lake
Hamilton
United Railroad Operating Crafts
San Francisco
Lake
National Railway Labor Act
Brotherhood of
J. Mack Swigert
Swiger
B O Approves Use Of Land For Pike Bridge
The Ohio Turnpike Commission said the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad agreed to permit construction of the Cuyahoga River Bridge on its Sum mit County land. One pier will be on B and O property. The decision followed condemnation filings to gain right of way. The bridge will be the turnpike’s largest.
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Columbus, C
Ohio Turnpike Commission
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Cuyahoga River
Summit County
Frank C. Dunbar Jr
Dunbar
Pension Push Seeks $125 Monthly Benefit at Westinghouse
Pittsburgh report says the Federation of Westinghouse Independent Salaried Unions asks Westinghouse Electric Corp. to provide a $125 a month minimum pension exclusive of social security. Leo F. Sollens, president of the 17,000-member union, filed the request to reopen the current contract for pension talks. This union is the second of three major unions pressing for higher pensions as IUE negotiators also move to restart talks.
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Pittsburgh
Federation of Westinghouse
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Leo F. Sollens
Westinghouse
CIO International Union of Electricil Workers
Ohioans Hurt In Wreck On Illinois Highway
Mr and Mrs Ross McCally of Lima Ohio were injured in an auto truck collision on Route 36 near Newman Illinois Wednesday. Truck driver Charles B Amrick of Crawfordsville Indiana also hurt. All were taken to Tuscola Hospital. Ages and conditions not available.
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Newman, Ill
Ross McCally
Lima
Rt. 36
Here
Charles B. Amrick
Crawfordsville
Ind
Tuscola
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Wrisley
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