Liberal party and union influence in New York politics
The piece argues the Liberal party, tied to Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. and backed by David Dubinsky of the ILGWU, is a right wing splinter using union power for political ends. It notes historic subsidies from labor unions and the Democratic party, and describes coercive tariffs on workers to fund political activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberal Party
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Congress
American Labor Party
Party of
David Dubinsky
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
Dubinsky
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Sr
Roosevelt
New York
Europe
Democratic Party
Sidney Hillman
Political Action Committee
Office of War Information
Hearing Opens On Health Plan In Senate
Washington May 23 Senate hearings on President Truman's health insurance program began with an administration claim it is the sole alternative to state medicine J Donald Kingsley acting federal security administrator told a labor subcommittee 24 000 000 citizens already receive medical care He warned that without social insurance private medicine could be displaced and argued it would provide a stable economic foundation for private providers to expand The testimony contrasted proposals relying on public charity and warned against diving into health insurance without a firm plan The issue of broad medical care is highly controversial with Congress unsure of the path forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Truman
J. Donald Kingsley
Kingsley
Congress
Tidelands Unity Urged by Daniel
Austin Texas May 23 Attorney General Price Daniel urged Texans to keep a unified stand against federal moves to seize tidelands from the public school fund He said he would quit politics if necessary to maintain unity and win the tidelands case noting he prefers victory over office and has been talked of as a 1950 gubernatorial possibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Price Daniel
Texas
Tidelands
Public School
Congress
Daniel
Tornado Toll in Ten States Tops 46 Dead
Rapid series of tornadoes across ten states killed 46 people and caused extensive property damage. At least 229 injured, hundreds homeless, with Missouri Illinois and Indiana hardest hit. Red Cross pledged 500000 for relief as Cape Girardeau suffered heavy losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Illinois
Indiana
Associated Press
Washington
Basil O’connor
American Red Cross
Ilinois
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Texas
Tennessee
Iowa
Maryland
Cape Girardeau
Clarksville
Bessville
Cabool
Shelburn
Terre Haute
Clay City
Ralph C. Werner
Red Cross
Wood River
Palestine
Mississippi
Two American G I s Released From Czech Prisons
Recruits George Jones and Clarence Hill, held for six months as spies, were pardoned by Czech President Gottwald after strong U S pressure. They report beatings and hunger during imprisonment, faced possible U S army court martial for absent without leave, and praised return to American zone with better food.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfurt
Germany
George Jones
Owensboro
Clarence R. Hill
Pampa
Texas
Klement Gottwald
Jones
Hill
U. S. Ltd
Charles Y. Talbot
U. S. Army
Col. Talbot
Czechoslovakia
Pilsen
Prague
Woman Fatally Hurt in Bastrop Auto Crash Near Bastrop
Mrs. Margaret Murphy of Memphis, Tenn., was killed when an automobile overturned about 10 miles north of Bastrop Louisiana. Luray Martin, also from Memphis, sustained severe facial lacerations. The sheriff said the northbound car apparently rolled after striking loose gravel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bastrop
Margaret Murphy
Luray Martin
Here
Memphis
Tenn. General Hospital
Martin
Sheriff's Office
Reds Battling for Shanghai
In Shanghai on May 23 Communist troops fought across the Whangpoo from the city center, with heavy shelling and fires. The mid day communique warned of a climax near the Pootung area while Reds advanced toward Hungjao golf course and defenses held at the main line. Lunghwa airfield resumed limited ops as looting damaged telephones and offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Hampson
Shanghai
Associated Press
Shanghai Bund
Whangpoo
Whangpoo River
Hungjao
Chipao
Lunghwa Airfield
Lunghwa
Baton Rouge Man To Receive Louisiana College Award
Lowry B. Eastland, Baton Rouge businessman, will receive Louisiana College’s third annual distinguished service award, chosen by the faculty for a Statesman and philanthropist role. He serves as president of the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary board and was a former LSU supervisor and state representative. the honor is awarded at Founder's Day October 3 during the college’s 44th anniversary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
Baton Rouge
Louisiana College
Lowry B. Eastland
Edgar Godbold
Eastland
Godbold
New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary
Louisiana State University Board of Supervisors
Frank A. Godchaux
Abbeville
Ford Strike Talks Halted
Detroit May 23 Attempts to end the 18 day Ford strike stalled as both sides await government mediation to resume. Federal mediators voiced confidence talks would restart after a 24 hour cooling off period. 65,000 Ford workers left two Detroit plants as union and Ford refused to negotiate immediate bargaining, prompting a recess rather than a break. Walter Reuther accused of stalling while government scheduling continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Ford
C. I. O. United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Co
Walter Reuther
Reuther
Arthur C. Vint
Ford inspector slain in Windsor mystery on Ford plant strike
William D. Allen a 37 year old Ford Canada inspector was shot through a kitchen window as he ate a snack and did a crossword. Police seek clues rejecting robbery motive while his wife and daughter were home. The Ford plant nearby had halted work amid a Detroit strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windsor
Ont
Ford Motor Co
William D. Allen
Allen
Delphine
Ford
Detroit
Three Nations Urge Urgent German Consideration Meeting
Paris May 23 The big four foreign ministers opened talks to settle Germany as Bonn proclaims a new west German basic law for 45 million people. Western powers press Moscow for immediate action while Berlin division remains a key issue as the council seeks momentum after prior deadlock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Big Four
Council of Foreign Ministers
Germany
Dean Acheson
United States
Ernest Bevin
Britain
Robert Schuman
France
Andrei I. Vishinsky
Bonn
London
Russia
Berlin
Austria
Foreign Ministers Council
Bogalusa Woman on Trial for Murder
A 43 year old Bogalusa housewife Mrs Cora Spellman Lemming went on trial in Franklinton La on murder charges in the death of neighbor Mrs Mamie Topwell Furr who died January 25 after a visit to Lemmings home A state chemist found poison in Furrs stomach Police Chief Earl Boyd said she drank coffee at Lemmings home Lemming denies any role and a motion to move the trial was denied by District Judge Robert Jones
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklinton
Bogalusa
Cora Spellman Lemming
Mamie Topwell Furr
Editors Probe Payroll Claim In Illinois Newsrooms
The American Society of Newspaper Editors began an inquiry into reports that 51 Illinois newsroom workers were on the state payroll from 1943 to 1949. The board authorized the study in April and aims to publish findings after completion, with no details on methods released yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Illinois
Ben M. McKelway
The
ASNE
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Chicago Daily News
Florida
James A. Clendinin
Tampa Morning Tribune
Clendinin
Two Penitentiary Sentences Imposed
Judge Edward L. Gladney sentenced O. W. Humphries to five years in the state penitentiary with probation and Beverly Clark Jr. to 18 months in the penitentiary after guilty pleas. Charles E. Parker and Robert Parker drew six months each for unauthorized use of a movable, with Parker also receiving 60 additional days for operating a motor vehicle under the influence. Junior Wright Goodin, tried with Humphries, was acquitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward L. Gladney
O. W. Humphries
Humphries
Howard Griffin
Beverly Clark, Jr
Excessive Work Believed Cause Forrestal Death
A naval board was ordered to probe James Forrestal's death by suicide at Bethesda Naval Hospital. President Truman called him a casualty of the war, while Forrestal’s friends and critics noted years of exhausting work and health decline. A poem from Sophocles’ Ajax framed his despair as he left no note beside a World Poetry anthology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elton C. Fay Washington
Naval Board of Inquiry
James Forrestal
Forrestal
Roosevelt
Truman
Navy
Bethesda
Florida
Sophocles
Ajax
Rankin
Mississippi
House
Drew Pearson
Lilienthal Is Asked To Quit In Security Probe
Washington May 23 Senator Vandenberg urged a complete inquiry into the atomic energy commission and Chairman David E. Lilienthal over security questions. A congressional committee and Senator Hickenlooper pushed for Lilienthal's resignation amid disputes over grants to an admitted Communist and to others lacking security clearances for secret work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Vandenberg
R.-Mich
Atomic Energy Commission
David E. Lilienthal
Commission
Hickenhooper
Iowa
Lilienthal
Ruston Man Faces Five Charges After West Monroe Wreck
West Monroe police filed five charges against 33 year old Ruston man W B Mitchell after a Saturday night three vehicle collision on Cypress street injuring seven. Mitchell was released on 500 bond and to be tried in West Monroe city court Wednesday afternoon. Two hospitalized victims include H A Stamps and his wife with arm fractures and elbow injuries. Mitchell’s wife and four children also treated and released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Monroe
Ruston
Cypress Street
W. B. Mitchell
St. Francis Sanitarium
H. A. Stamps
Herman Street
Stamps
Mitchell
Leonard
Claude Hobgood
Robber relents after woman's tears in Chicago home
An armed robber demanded money from Mrs. Josephine Halper who cried out she needed bread. She moved him to pity with her pleas and tears. the gunman surrendered, giving her a dollar to buy food before fleeing. She later spent the dollar at a neighborhood tavern bingo game but did not win.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Josephine Halper
Future Farmers Look For 1200 At Lafayette Convention
Baton Rouge reports the Louisiana Future Farmers of America expect over 1200 members to attend the June 6-10 convention at Southwestern Louisiana Institute in Lafayette. A. D. Walker says livestock judging public speaking and parliamentary law will produce winners who may pursue national titles. A Louisiana queen will be chosen from about 125 girls attending. National FFA President Doyle Conner will give the principal address. Ten adults will receive honorary state farmer awards for contributions to the FFA program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Louisiana Future Farmers of America
Southwestern Louisiana Institute
Lafayette
A. D. Walker
Louisiana
Doyle Conner
Starke, Fla
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