Two Bills Put House In Squeeze
The House debated amendments to a bill to extend wage price and rent controls for another year. A bipartisan group urged using the Taft Hartley Act 80 day no strike injunction to end the steel strike, while others pressed action on abolishing the Wage Stabilization Board which sets pay policies. The labor committee recommended abolishing the WSB, a proposal Rep. Kearns supports.
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Washington
House
Senate
Truman
Labor Committee
Wage Stabilization Board
Kearns
R-Pa
WSB
Marines Win More Say In Pentagon
The House passed a compromise bill to strengthen the Marine Corps voice in policy, sending it to the Senate. It allows the Marine commandant to sit as a co equal with the Joint Chiefs with full appeal rights, sets a 400000 maximum end strength, eliminates a minimum, and specifies three combat divisions and three air wings though not always at full strength.
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Washington
Marine Corps
House
Senate
Marine Commandant Armanent
Joint Chiefs of Staff
House Armed Services Committee
Joint Chiefs
Douglas Hopes To Trim Flood Control Bill
Senator Douglas Illinois aims to cut the flood control and navigation bill by at least 150 million dollars as the civil functions measure faces stiff opposition. The Senate had just passed a deficiency bill of 1.413 billion dollars to cover army costs tied to the Korean War in the current fiscal year.
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Washington
Dirksen Nominated to Deliver Taft Nomination Speech
Senator Dirksen of Illinois will give the presidential nominating speech for Senator Taft at the Chicago Republican convention next month. Taft’s campaign manager David S. Ingalls praised Dirksen as a distinguished Republican and valuable ally in Taft’s bid for the White House.
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Sen
Dirksen
Ill
Robert A. Taft
Chicago
Taft
Illinois
David S. Ingalls
Sen. Dirksen
The
United States
Quads Arrive Months Ahead Of Expected due date
In Weymouth Massachusetts Mrs Marion Manning 27 gave birth to four premature babies three boys and a girl at South Shore Hospital last night The four infants weighing two to three pounds each were placed in incubators with all described as normal by Dr Robert Ryan The births occurred after Mrs Manning entered May 24 for a virus infection and were assisted by Dr Edward Howley The babies were baptized shortly after birth by Rev William Commune The father John Manning a bus line operator remained at home awaiting a call and the hospital noted Mrs Manning was doing well with potential to sit up the day after delivery
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Weymouth
Mass
Marion L Manning
Tony
South Shore Hospital
Robert R Ryan
Edward J. Howley
Ryan
Manning
John
William J. Commune
John Manning
Strikers pinched as steel walkout widens hardship risks
In Pittsburgh, CIO United Steelworkers face financial strain from an 18 day strike. Local president Walter Klis reports several requests for aid while the union plans its own welfare fund as offers of loans surface. Across industries, about 750,000 workers are affected, with Alabama hit hard and a first union shop deal reached at Midvale Company Local 1887.
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Pittsburgh
Philip Murray
CIO United Steelworkers
Walter Klis
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp
Poweral Union
USW
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Murray
Lewis
Klis
Alabama
Steelworkers Union
Philadelphia
Midvale Company
AFL Federal Labor Union
National Group To Rule On Texas GOP Struggle
The Republican National Committee will rule early next month on convention delegate disputes in Texas and six other states totaling 72 votes. A July 1 hearing in Chicago precedes possible appeals to the convention, as Taft and Eisenhower factions clash over Texas delegates and who gets final say.
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Texas
GOP
Washington
Republican National Committee
Chicago
Ohio
Robert Taft
Dwight Eisenhower
Charles P. Howard
National Committee
National Committee For
Howard
Eisenhower
Alexander Raps Critics Of Korea War
EDMONTON Alberta British defence minister Field Marshal Earl Alexander defends UN forces in Korea saying criticism at home is unfounded and notes strong teamwork. He praises the Korea front layout after a week in Japan and Korea and plans to brief Prime Minister Churchill upon return. Alexander sees Communist moves as defensive rather than offensive.
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Alberta
Britain
Earl Alexander
United Nations
Korea
Japan
Korean
Alexander
Canada
Italy
Ottawa
Washington
London
Winston Churchill
Women protest dust shut Granville coal plants
In Granville West Virginia a coordinated women’s dusting protest led to the temporary closure of a large coal cleaning plant and two mines. About 700 miners were out of work until Mayor Clinton Cairney brokered a settlement with Pittsburgh Consolidated Coal. Operations resumed after talks with facilities and dust control questions.
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Morgantown
W.va
Granville
Clinton Cairney
Town Hall
Christopher Coal Company
Tipple
Arkwright
Osage
Harry Myers
United Mine
Cairney
Pittsburgh Consolidated Coal Company
Charles Nailler
Senators Consider New Benefit Bill
The Senate Finance Committee met in a closed session to decide how to respond to a House passed measure boosting social security payments. Senator McFarlane of Arizona pledged to push Senate action before adjournment. The bill would raise retirement benefits for about 4 million people by $5 monthly or 12 percent, whichever is larger.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
McFarlane
Arizona
Senate
Congress
House
CWA Rejects Plan for 12 Million Dollar Strike Fund
Delegates at the CWA convention rejected a proposal to raise monthly per member dues from 1.50 to 2.00 to build a 12 million dollar strike fund. The scheme aimed to accumulate 50 dollars per member, renewing when the fund fell to 40. President Joseph A. Beirne called the fund the convention’s main issue.
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Cleveland
The
Communications Workers of America
CWO
International Union
Joseph A. Beirne
UN Braces For Battle Over Germs
UN Security Council faces clash as the Soviet Union urges a ratification of the 1925 Geneva Protocol outlawing bacteriological weapons. United States, led by Ern est A. Gross, accuses the move of fraud while arguing for a verified global prohibition with safeguards. Only Brazil, Pakistan and the U.S. have not ratified.
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N. Y
United States
Russia
U. N. Security Council
Jacob A. Malik
U.S
Korea
Malik
Gross
Brazil
Pakistan
Security Council
Truman
Senate
Ross
Reds Shift New Attacks on United Nations Positions
In East Central Korea the Chinese Communists attacked two U.N. outposts southeast of Kamsong with six tanks or self-propelled guns and five infantry platoons. After six days of fighting they moved to dislodge U.N. troops from a T shaped hill west of Chorwon. Fifth Air Force jets returned after weather cleared.
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Seoul
Korea
United Nations
U.N
Kamsong
Chorwon
Fifth Air Force
North Korea
Needed Town To Take $10 Million Project
Washington communities usually clamor for a 10 million dollar federal project but the Senate approved one yesterday. The government may have trouble funding a laboratory to investigate foot and mouth and other animal diseases. Some sites mentioned as potential locations have expressed hostility.
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Washington
Senate
Gove
Sweden Boosts Defenses After Baltic Air Clash
Sweden, outraged by the Soviet air attack on a Catalina flying boat, orders heightened air and naval alertness and vows to respond if fired upon. Denmark follows suit with return fire policy. Foreign Minister Undén returns from Italy. Sweden maintains neutrality and resists alliance ties. Russian claims about the incident are disputed. two Catalinas searched for a missing Swedish plane believed diverted from international waters. Analysts offer two theories: trigger-happy Soviet crews during Baltic maneuvers or a scare campaign to intimidate Western neighbors.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Russia
Geet
Denmark
Oesten Unden
Rome
Unden
Baltic Sea
Baltic
Senate kills three plans to revamp appointments
Senate vote blocks Truman reorganization efforts to remove Senate confirmation for city postmasters marshals and customs collectors leaving 21 582 federal jobs under congressional control. Debate centered on political spoils versus civil service reform with unions and the Hoover Committee split over the measures.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
U. S
House
Congress
Citizens Committee For
Hoover Report
Jesse M Donaldson
ROKs Hold Closed Trial On Plot Against UN Government
In Pusan Korea a nine man civilian military court began a secret trial of 14 suspects charged with conspiring with Reds to overthrow the United Nations sponsored government. Seven defendants are national assemblymen. The National Assembly urged opening the hearing, but observers expect it to remain closed for security and family protection reasons.
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Pusan
Korea
Republic of Korea
National
Young man claims eating 40 razor blades in Chicago
A 19% year old youth flagged a Michigan Avenue taxi and told the driver he had eaten 40 razor blades and had a stomach ache. Dr John Kerrigan said a fluoroscope confirmed the claim. Central police reported the youth, William Hinkle of Carbondale Ill, offered no explanation and said You figure it out.
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Michigan Avenue
John Kerrigan
Cook County Hospital
Central Police
William Hinkle
Carbondale, Lr
Thief Tries Self-Service At N Y Bank
In midtown Manhattan a man in a green shirt stole $2,400 in tens from Manufacturers Trust at Lexington Avenue. A Cage 13 teller and coworkers noticed the missing cash after the suspect opened the bronze cage grille and walked away. He has not been found.
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New York
Lexington Avenue
Manufacturers Trust Company
Eco
Elsie Hawkins
Eisenhower Promises Tax Cuts After Budget Balanced
General Dwight D. Eisenhower pledged tax cuts in two years if he balances the national budget and strengthens Western nations to match Russia. He spoke at a meeting with Oregon delegates, outlined plans to build up the South Korean Army, keep Chinese Nationalists on Formosa, and later travel to Texas and Nevada. He stressed the need for party unity and to avoid delegates chosen by means other than the people.
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Gordon G. Gauss
Denver
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Russia
White House
Texas
Nevada
Denison
Tex
Dallas
Boulder City
Nev
Hoover Dam
Montana
Taft
Idaho
Washington
Oregon
United States
United Nations
Formosa
Truman Says He May Invoke Taft-Hartley In Steel Dispute
President Truman indicated he is weighing invoking the Taft Hartley act over the steel strike while noting 650,000 CIO Steelworkers might obey a court order to return to work. He said taxes should rise rather than fall, and that no president could reduce taxes without weakening the country. He cited Senate action urging a Taft Hartley injunction and suggested the union would likely comply under seizure. He also praised Harriman’s DC primary win and pledged U.S. support for Canada in the St. Lawrence Seaway project.
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Truman
CIO
Senate
House
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Denver
D. C
Eisenhower
Taft
Averell Harriman
District of Columbia
Canada
St. Lawrence Seaway
U. S
Government budget gap narrows with lower overspend
Washington reports the year will close with a deficit smaller than feared, possibly under 6 billion, though still red. Officials say total spending may fall several billion below Truman’s 70.9 billion estimate, offsetting weaker tax revenues as deficits shrink but persist.
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Charles Molony
Washington
Truman
Floating Mine Threat Closes Naples Harbor Scene
A large floating mine was detonated by gunfire outside Naples harbor today. The blast sparked panic across Naples, nearby Sorrento, and the Isle of Capri as a heavy concentration of U.S. forces watched anxiously from the harbor area.
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Naples
Italy
Sorrento
Isle of Capri
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