Taft Hartley trial as described by judge raises suspicions
A reader recalls questioning Judge Ben Moore in the Taft Hartley case. Frankfurter and others alleged inside influence by the CIO and its leaders, including George Meany and references to Truman politics. The excerpt accuses political manipulation and potential corruption tied to campaign finance and union influence, highlighting disputed loyalties and questioning Moore's transparency.
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Ben Moore
Vashon
Frankfurter
Philip Mar Otis Gethsemane
Phamphlets
Moore
Pugh
Artner
Charleston
W. Va
John L.is
United Mine Workers
U.N. Reform Sparks Senate and House Debate
Washington May 12 The Senate foreign relations committee advances a working paper urging voluntary curbs on the big power veto and regional pacts to strengthen the United Nations. In the House Eaton notes continued hearings on charter revisions while urging administration action, with witnesses John Foster Dulles and Owen J Roberts.
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Washington
Senand House
Senate
Foreign Teons
Nate
Truman
Chaim Vandenberg
R.-Mich
Te Department
U. N
House
Eaton
R.J
Russia
E Cief
Ion
John Foster
U. N. Fairs
Supreme Court
Stice
Segregation Framed as God's Will by Southern Methodist Church
In Columbia South Carolina on May 12 delegates from six Southern states adopted a resolution declaring racial segregation the will of God and integral to church discipline. The measure asserts miscegenation unity while praising spiritual leadership of Black people within their own race.
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Columbia
S. C
Neral Conference
Army Bill in Race Wrangle
Senate armed services committee backs manpower needs for next year totaling 1 669 000 in regular and reserve forces. The race segregation issue surfaces as senators push amendments to guarantee enlistment in units of the same race, prompting threats of filibuster and heated floor debate.
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Washington
Senate
Armed Services
Senate Armed Services Committee
Gurney
R.S. D
Russell
Georgia
Armed Services Committee
Maybank
South Carolina
Byrd
Virginia
Police Jury Votes 500 for Monroe National Guard
The police jury approved a $500 donation to the Louisiana National Guard unit in Monroe at the regular Wednesday meeting in the courthouse. They noted three full companies in the parish and the need for improvements to their headquarters while federal pay covers drill salaries but not incidentals.
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Louisiana National Guard
Monroe
Rge Trousdale
Natial Guard
Southern Equipment and Tractor Company
A. E. Montgomery
Jack Potts
Tom Fontana
Jewish Civil Rule in Jaffa Seized as Tel Aviv Admin Claims City
In Jerusalem cease fire breaks with Jewish and Arab gunfire as Israel Rokach announces Tel Aviv authority has taken over Jaffa after its municipal government collapsed. British withdrawal set to begin May 14 as Haifa and Jerusalem see renewed clashes. Moshe Shertok arrives in Tel Aviv for talks with Ben Gurion amid anticipated declaration of Jewish independence.
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Jerusalem
Jaffa
Israel Rokach
Tel Aviv
Haifa
Palestine
Ceae
United Nations
Holy City
Sir Alan Cunningham
Moshe Shertok
David Ben Gurion
Mekor Haim
Yemin Moshe
Haganah
UN Struggles Over Palestine Decision This Week
United Nations faces two days to decide Palestine fate as British mandate ends Friday. A US France proposal would place Jerusalem under UN trusteeship with a high commissioner. Jewish agency plans a new role and possible move toward a Jewish government in Palestine.
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Max Harrelson
United Nations
Palestine
League of Nations
Holy Land
Holy
Jerusalem
United Nations Assembly
United States
France
Ity
U. N. Trusteeship Council
Jewish Agency
Breece Elected Mayor Of Monroe In Primary
George Breece a Monroe businessman and Ouachita Parish Police Jury member led in unofficial returns from 29 precincts in the Democratic primary with 4258 votes. C R Tidwell 2611 Thomas D Spatafora 860 and William J Wood 280 followed. a runoff is set between Frank Cline and Herbert Dickard for mayor.
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Breece
Monroe
George Breece
Ouachita Parish
Luigi Einaudi to Head Italy as First President
Rome May 12 Luigi Einaudi a mild 74 year old banker who says he loves America will be sworn in tonight as the first president of the infant Italian republic. He is expected to appoint Alcide de Gasperi premier for a seven year term after taking office. De Gasperi has been premier of the provisional government since December 1945.
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Rome
Luigi Einaudi
America
Alcide de Gasperi
de Gasperi
Einaudi
Bank of
Legislator Calls Senate Probe Into McHugh Conduct
Baton Rouge May 12 A Louisiana Senate resolution seeks an investigation of the conduct of the office of commissioner for the past four years. Sen Charles E Tooke Jr Shreveport introduced the measure as Commissioner of Conservation Joseph L McHugh said he would welcome the inquiry The Senate will act when it meets next
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana Senate
Charles E. Tooke, Jr
Shreveport
Conservation
Joseph L. McHugh
Senate
Uranium Material Price Increased by Atomic Energy Commission
The Atomic Energy Commission announced higher prices for Colorado ores to boost uranium stockpiles. Starting June 1 it will pay a 6-cent haulage allowance per ton up to 10 miles and a 50-cent per pound premium for uranium oxide in ores containing 2 percent or more. The move aims to reopen closed mines in the Colorado Plateau, spur road construction, and attract skilled miners, with the increased prices valid through July 1, 1949.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Colorado
Colorado Plateau
Frank Allen Heads Mississippi Bankers Association
Frank Allen of Canton was elected president of the Mississippi Bankers Association at Biloxi on May 12 succeeding W. Stennis Johnson. New officers include P. C. Williams Yazoo City vice president W. B. Herring Pascagoula treasurer Josh Whitesides Tupelo E P Peacock Clarksdale and Birdie T. Roberts Hazlehurst on the executive committee. The group urged Congress to tax exemptions for corporate income and to oppose government takeovers of banks. A golf tourney winner were Walter Stewart Gulfport and M H Theis Chicago with runners up Joseph Patnam Jackson and W C Hilderbrand New Orleans. Mississippi net income per farm rose from 265 to 2766 from 1940 to 1946.
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Biloxi
Miss
Frank Allen
Canton
Mississippi Bankers Association
W. Stennis Johnson
McComb
P. C. Williams
Yazoo City
W. B. Herring
Pascagoula
Tressurer
Josh Whitesides
Tupelo
E. P. Peacock
Clarksdale
Birdie T. Roberts
Hazlehurst
Association
American Bankers Association
Toby-Wolcott
Congress
Federal Deposit Insurance Company
Fielding L. Wright
Walter Stewart
Gulfport
M. H. Theis
Chicago
Joseph Patnam
Jackson
W. C. Hilderbrand
New Orleans
Mississippi
Phone Strike Hinges on U S Wage Talks
Washington May 12 A possible nationwide strike by long distance operators hinges on new government efforts to settle the wage dispute. John J Moran president of the CIO American Telephone Workers Union says a strike date will be set if negotiations fail. The union seeks 30 cent raise shorter work week and larger pensions for 23000 workers. AT T rejects immediate wage increase and a two year extension. The strike could occur any time. Meanwhile the Communications Workers of America reports settlement of its first 1945 contract dispute with a Bell System affiliate and arbitration on wages for 12000 employees.
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Washington
John J. Moran
C. I. O. American Telephone Workers Union
Moran
John L. Lewis
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Federal Mediation Service
Bell Telephone System
Picketing Quiet As Strike Begins
Detroit May 12 AP Chrysler Corp 75,000 C I O production workers began a third postwar wage strike. Picket lines formed around 16 plants as union and company negotiators failed to bridge a gap from 30 to 17 cents per hour while the best offer stayed at six cents. The walkout follows failed talks since February 27 amid wage demands and a history of earlier industry strikes.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corp
Chrysler
C. I. O. United Auto Workers
Auto
General Motors Corp
Norman Matthews
Herman L. Weckler
Corporation
Russia to ease export rules for bloc buyers
Charles Sawyer drafts a trade policy statement to allow Soviet bloc nations to buy more American goods while maintaining a ban on items that could boost Russia’s war potential. A secret list of controlled items is being prepared by a joint committee and will classify goods by licensing needs. The policy aims to ease the export freeze yet keep weapons and shortages restricted.
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Charles Molony
Washington
Charles Sawyer
Europe
Russia
State and Commerce Departments
Armed Forces
Atomic Energy Commission
National Security Resources Board
State Department
Commerce
United States
Soviet Bloc
Cooper Named Revenue Collector in Louisiana
Baton Rouge Louisiana May 12 W A Cooper of Baton Rouge was commissioned state collector of revenue. He was the first formal appointment by Governor Earl K Long inaugurated yesterday. Cooper previously served as revenue collector before 1940. He succeeds Charles Aversall who served during the interim after Roland Cocreham’s resignation. Cooper plans a department reorganization abolishing some positions and will outline details later.
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Baton Rouge
W. A. Cooper
Cooper
Earl K. Long
Long
Charles Aversall
Roland Cocreham
Marshall says two nation talks with Russia unlikely
Secretary of State Marshall declared that bilateral U S Soviet talks on global issues are unlikely and urged action through the United Nations. He said Ambassador Bedell Smith did not seek general discussion with Molotov and emphasized that Germany and Austria matters should be handled by allied bodies rather than direct state-to-state talks.
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Marshall
Russia
Washington
United Nations
United States
Walter Bedell Smith
Molotov
Smith
Germany
Austria
Dewey cautious on Russia as Oregon campaigning continues
Gov. Thomas F. Dewey voiced cautious cheer at reports of Soviet readiness for settlement talks but warned against peace bought by appeasement. He urged avoiding repeats of Yalta era mistakes during an Oregon primary swing, joking about a "Whispering Tom" throat and planning stops in Pendleton and Portland as Harold Stassen returns to press his rival.
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Baker
Ore
Thomas F. Dewey
Assii
New York
Avoi’nce
Yalta
Potsdam
Teheran
Moscow
Dewey
Oregon
Ontario
Radio
Soviet Union
United States
Pendleton
Oregon Wheat Country
Portland
Harold E. Stassen
New Yorker
Seventeen-Year-Old Girl Given 20 Years in Prison
Eminence Missouri May 12 A 17 year old girl Betty Jane Kroger was sentenced to 20 years for the fatal shooting of her father She testified she shot her father in self defense after seeing him fatally shoot her mother A written statement admitted as evidence claimed she killed both parents Judge Gordon Dorris dismissed a murder charge in the mother's death at prosecution request
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Eminence
Betty Jane Kroger
State Penitentiary
Gordon Dorris
Dorris
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Italy
Whugh
Tooke
U.S
Executive Board of
Union
Secretary of Commerce
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