Private unions as intrastate governments in U S politics
Westbrook Pegler argues private unions exercise de facto jurisdiction rivaling state power. He cites the United Auto Workers and figures such as Walter Reuther and James Harris, detailing wartime deferments and political influence, framing union interests above national safety. The piece critiques government bowing to union priority.
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New York
United States
Brooklyn Law Review
Germany
Hitler
Edward Hebert
New Orleans
Harry Posner
United Auto Workers
Walter Reuther
Posner
James Harris
Thomas V. de Lorenzo
Roosevelt
Hebert
Stoke speaks to teachers in Alexandria on LSU future
Dr. Harold W. Stoke president of Louisiana State University told the Louisiana Teachers Association that LSU’s future hinges on strong elementary education. He noted rising emphasis on education with large state budgets and GI Bill impact while warning about wartime promises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
Harold W. Stoke
Louisiana State University
Louisiana Teachers Association
Stoke
Congress
Louisiana Battle Ends in Congress Over Governor Race
In Washington on November 26 Rep. Passman of Louisiana announced he would drop efforts to expunge two sharp statements from the Congressional Record about the governor’s race. The remarks, placed by Senator Overton and Morrison, involved accusations of gambling and calls of senility, with Morrison a gubernatorial candidate and Overton backing Sam Jones.
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Washington
Louisiana
Rep
Passman
Overton
Re M.orrison
Sam Jones
Morison
Morrison
Big Four Split On Procedure At London Talks
At Lancaster House the foreign ministers of the United States Great Britain France and the Soviet Union began a new session over Austria and Germany priorities. The big four consider giving Austria first place if Molotov agrees a German discussion start soon.
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London
Big Four
Austria
Lancaster House
United States
Great Britain
France
V. M. Molotov
Molotov
Germany
Dr Stoke to Visit Monroe at Chamber Banquet
The Cham ber of Commerce banquet on December 15 at Cherokee Terrace Hotel Frances will feature Dr Harold W Stoke LSU president in his Monroe debut. The event starts 7 30 p m sharp and seats 450. reservations through the Chamber office. Stoke, ex UNH president, will briefly speak and participate with Northeast Junior College ties.
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Chamber of Commerce
Cherokee Terrace
Hotel Frances
Harold W. Stoke
Louisiana State University
Monroe
H. M. James
Stoke
Northeast Junior College
State University
University of New Hampshire
Marion College
Indiana
Winnsboro and Ruston Meet for Northeast A Title
Winnsboro and Ruston high schools playoff for the Northeast Louisiana Class A championship set for December 4 after a decision by the state athletic commission. The bid process will fix the venue at Hotel Frances in Monroe and pits two top teams against each other with a potential crowd near a section record. The winner advances to face Springhill in a Northwest clash en route to the state final.
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Winnsboro
Ruston
Boston High School of
Alexandria
Roston
Rayville
Bastrop
Expulsion From France of 19 Russians Announced
Paris reports the interior ministry expelled 19 Russians for interference in French affairs amid a labor crisis. The group, tied to the Soviet Patriotic Union, included its president and treasurers. Police used tear gas in Lyon as strikers protested a CGT rally.
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Paris
Ministry of the Interior
France
Lyon
Soviet Patriotic Union
General Confederation of Labor
Germany
Eugene Thomas
Interior Ministry
Katchva
Krivochine
Dmitri Kobalev
Alexander Palevov
The
Patriotic Union
Chicago papers adapt to printers strike with new editing methods
In Chicago over the 26 November period six major dailies faced a printers strike and shifted to using girl typists to compose stories. Typists copy content onto sheets, while editors assemble pages by hand, replacing traditional Linotype workflows.
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Chicago
Tribune
the Sun
Journal of Commerce
Daily News
Herald
the Tribune
Gunmen Demand His Money Too At Station
Joseph Klus, 28, an attendant at a Chicago service station, handed over $65 after two gunmen demanded the company's money. He kept $10 for himself, explaining that it was his, but the robbers took it anyway. No injuries were reported.
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Chicago
Joseph Klus
Klus
Survivors Searched On Hippo Island After Clarksdale Victory Wreck
Coast Guard and Royal Canadian planes scour Hippo Island as 25 to 30 crewmembers land to search for 51 aboard the ill fated Clarksdale Victory after rough seas split the vessel. No survivors found yet, and the wreck’s fate remains uncertain amid heavy woods and darkness.
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Oakland
Calif
James Jensen
Coast Guard
Ketchikan
Alaska
Oakland Tribune
Hippo Island
Jensen
Rocky Hippo Island
Clarksdale Victory
Niels Haugen
Comdr
Oscar Weed
Hollywood Producers Purge Payrolls and Suspend 10 Figures
The Motion Picture Association of America votes to purge known subversives and suspend ten Hollywood figures cited for contempt of Congress. Eric Johnston states the actions will continue until acquittal or cleansing under oath and calls for anti subversion legislation. The ten include writers producers and directors and protest the move as a rush to judgment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hollywood
Congress
Eric Johnston
Motion Picture Association of America
Johnston
Thomas un-American Activities Committee
The
Committee
Holy Land Partition Up for Final Ballot Today
The United Nations Palestine partition plan faced a setback as Greece and the Philippines joined opposition, bringing 15 opposing votes and requiring 30 affirmative votes for adoption. The plan had passed the Palestine committee 25 to 13 but needs a two thirds majority in the assembly for final approval.
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Max Harrelson
New York
Palestine
United Nations Assembly
Greece
Philippines
Assembly
Lake Success
Palestine Committee
Holy Land
Cabinet backs authority to allocate steel and grain use
Washington ministers on Capitol Hill urged new powers to direct steel to essential programs and to allocate grain use and storage. Harriman and Anderson pressed for price controls and rationing tools to back Truman’s foreign aid plan and safeguard domestic needs.
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Washington
Congress
Harriman
Anderson
Truman
Senate
House Economic Committee
House Banking Committee
America
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
Oscar L. Chapman
Interior
Banking Committee
Mr. Truman
Priest and Children Escape After Car Hits School Bus
James Clayton Carson, 32, of Opelika Alabama, stated he was blinded by the setting sun as he struck a halted bus on U S 80 four miles west of West Monroe at 4 pm Tuesday. He suffered hand injuries to his wrecked 1947 Ford coupe while the Rev Father Hamilis OFM, pastor of St Charles church, headed the parochial school bus. The priest and children were shaken but unharmed. Carson was treated at St Francis Sanitarium.
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James Clayton Carson
Opelika
Ala
U. S. 80
West Monroe
Father Hamilis
OFM
St. Charles Negro
Death Marcher Seen as Leprosy Suspect In Baltimore
Filipino seaman Carlos Callano, 40, arriving from South America, awaits final diagnosis at the marine hospital to decide if he has leprosy and must stay aboard a banana boat. Guatemala previously refused him ashore as a suspected leper. If diagnosed and incurable within 30 days, he cannot land. Callano survived the Bataan death march and has worked from Baltimore recently.
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Baltimore
Bataan
Marine Hospital
Carlos Callano
South America
Guatemala
F. S. Fellows
Quarantine Station
Albert Delguercio
U. S. Immigration Service
Callano
Delguercio
Demand For Slash Is Made In Senate
The Senate debated cutting the $597 million European aid program with Senator Wherry predicting a proposed $108 million reduction may fail. House action faced delays as Chairman Taber warned December 4 as earliest action on emergency aid for France Italy and Austria. The House added $60 million for China and sent overall aid to $549 million while China aid was removed from the Senate bill. President Truman and Taft weighed long term Marshall plan needs as Marshall outlined a $16 to $20 billion four year program for European recovery with six western European nations involved.
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Washington
Senate
Wherry
Nebraska
House Foreign Affairs Committee
House
Capitol
Taber
Republican
New York
House Appropriations Committee
France
Italy
Austria
Truman
China
Foreign Affairs Committee
White House
Trurman
New Yorker
State Department
Taft
Ohio
Republican Policy Committee
Marshall
Curley Freed By Truman Commutation At Danbury
Danbury Conn November 26 Curley former Boston mayor and ex governor James M Curley released from federal correctional institution after five months of a six to eighteen month mail fraud sentence President Truman also commuted Donald Wakefield Smith NRB member sentence four months to one year and a day both men to spend Thanksgiving with families Curley issued a statement proclaiming innocence and gratitude for the action
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Danbury
Conn
James M. Curley
Boston
Truman
Danbury Federal Correctional Institution
Curley
Massachusetts
U. S
United States
Federal Institution
Washington
Federal Correction Institution
Donald Wakefield Smith
National Labor Relations Board
Smith
Charles G. Ross
District of Columbia
Bishop Addresses Catholic Students in Louisiana Mission
In Lafayette Louisiana the National Catholic Rural Life Conference urged country youth to stay on the land. Bishop Gerald T Bergan of Des Moines told thousands of schoolchildren and college students at Southwestern Louisiana Institute to keep faith and independence on farms. Daniel J Kane of Loveland Ohio spoke on rural recreation as a complement to work.
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Lafayette
National Catholic Rural Life Conference
Country Life
South Louisiana
Southwestern Louisiana Institute
Gerald T. Bergan
Des Moines
Evangeline
New Orleans
Daniel J. Kane
Loveland
Ohio
Monroe Veteran Is Shot In Arm
William Chapman Temple a 23 year old veteran of 904 Jackson street was shot in the left arm by a .22 caliber rifle that accidentally discharged as it was being pulled through a fence near 904 Jackson. He told police he was returning the gun to his mother and the wound was described as a slight flesh wound with release from St Francis Sanitarium expected later Wednesday evening.
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William Chapman Temple
Jackson Street
St. Francis Sanitarium
Temple
Jackson
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Westbrook
Pegler
Britain
Russia
Foreign Ministers Council
DR. Stoke
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Bishop
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