13 May 1948
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1948
Page
1
President Truman said world peace prospects have not improved from the United States Soviet notes exchange and fundamentals remain untouched. He opposed outlawing the Communist Party, supported Marshall’s line on UN specific issues, and said he would meet Stalin if asked.
Columnist Westbrook Pegler attacks Congressman Clare Hoffman and the secrecy of congressional action. He likens current tax and war finance policies to liberal decay and warns that secrecy harms liberty and constitutional ideals. The piece critiques government welfarism and wartime spending as threats to democracy.
A working paper drafted by Senator Vandenberg outlines a strategy for regional defense treaties and possible UN Charter revisions to strengthen Western Europe’s security. The proposal seeks broad bipartisan support and hints at moving toward voluntary veto restrictions after other measures fail.
A $50-a-week laborer Charles Bremer and his wife with four children moved into a $12-a-day hotel suite in Dayton after eviction from their home. Bremer said he will sue the city for part of the hotel bill as they search for permanent housing. He works as a grinder in a car plant and has appealed to city social services with little success. City officials did not comment.
President Truman said he will send a farm program message to Congress tomorrow but will not name a replacement for Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson yet. The Senate agriculture committee unveiled a long range plan calling for revised price supports, aligning with Agriculture Department recommendations. Senator Aiken predicted approval with few changes as the bill sets a sliding scale for supports from 90 percent of parity depending on supply.
Southern senators convene to push a 15 state education compact bill aimed at regional universities. A 3 p m vote is set to send the measure back to the judiciary committee amid threats of an anti segregation amendment. Senator Morse seeks further study arguing such pacts lack constitutional required approval.
U S to deny aid to nations arming Russia as railroads face possible return to carrier control. Three railroad brotherhoods will strike if wage and rule demands are not met. government control could delay action, with a permanent restraining order possible. Known dispute centers on a 30 percent wage rise and 23 working rule changes.
Caterpillar Tractor Co in Peoria resumes operations after the C I O United Farm Equipment Workers Union calls off a 35 day strike. Union officials order picket lines withdrawn as the NLRB election failed to name a bargaining agent. About 200 police manned gates and 20,000 workers return to work.
The United States urged the UN to appoint a high commissioner for Palestine to mediate and arrange shared services. The plan envisions no governing powers and aims to foster JewishArab accord on a future Palestine government as Britain prepares to relinquish mandate rule. Continued on Fourth Page.
The Hsin Min Fao reports a 20 year old Chinese girl Yang Mai living on water for nine years with no ill effects. Chungking public health director confirmed the report. She reportedly appears healthy with a crimson glow when sleeping. She left her home in Szechwan after abuse by her stepmother. a doctor and nurse were sent from Nanking to investigate.
ERP Director Paul Hoffman told the Senate appropriations committee the United States will cut economic aid to any European nation that ships war machinery to Russia and warned aid will stop unless such shipments cease. He urged full funding of the European Recovery Program and said relief shipments will shift after July 1 from food to machinery and materials to spur recovery.
Boston May 13. CIO President Murray said major steel companies will not renegotiate new contracts unless the union complies with the Taft Hartley Act. He called the non Communist pledge issue grave and urged delegates to empower the executive board to decide. He accused rival unions of raiding and said U S Steel, Bethlehem, Republic, Inland, and Allegheny and other leading firms won’t reopen talks without compliance.
A young mother Mrs. Thomas Daffron and her two month old son were injured in a crash at the intersection of north Fifth and Washington streets shortly before 1 am Thursday. Daffron and the child, plus her husband Thomas Daffron, were taken to area hospitals. three men in the other vehicle were treated and released for lacerations and bruises.
Hewitt Williams and Williams Construction Co. sue Capital Fire Ins. Co. and the First National Bank of Birmingham in federal court in Biloxi for $30,000 in damages to two brick veneer buildings under construction in Mississippi City during the September hurricane.
The C I O American Telephone Workers Union threatens a nationwide strike of long distance operators if no settlement is reached with American Telephone and Telegraph. Representing 23 000 workers in 42 states the union seeks 30 cent hourly raise shorter work week and bigger pensions. Moran plans to confer with Philip Murray in Boston and may submit the dispute to a fact finding board.
Arabs question if a truce will hold as British mandate ends. American truce proposals are under discussion in Damascus, while Arab leaders weigh postponing proclamation against possible Arab army action. They fear Zionist forces already partitioned Palestine and worry about regional war and communist influence.
Merchants in Monroe and West Monroe prep for the biggest Dollar Day sale sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce. Prices cut to the bone aim to draw shoppers from across the region over Friday and Saturday, offering postwar value and substantial savings.
Washington May 13 The chance for any real improvement in Soviet American relations hinges on a basic shift in Soviet foreign policy. Statements by Truman Marshall Bedell Smith and Molotov note a peace loving policy praised by Molotov but the past actions remain a guide.
Gov. Karl K. Long announced nine new appointments to head state departments and fill key posts. Raymond Hufft becomes adjutant general, Goldman Grant takes over state police, Dr. Robert H. Bernhard leads Charity Hospital New Orleans, J. Lester White directs public works, Ernest Clements becomes wildlife director, and Tiolle Lawrence is named superintendent of Angola penitentiary, among others.
A midwestern congressman Rep Mason introduces a bill to lower imported peanut tariffs, narrowing the South’s protection against foreign competition. He argues southerners cannot have their cake and eat it by backing oleo tax repeal while keeping tobacco peanut and cotton advantages amid farm bloc splits.
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