Business and political intrigue mix with soybeans and campaigns
A Chinese bargaining network tied to the Soong family profits from a $30 million soybean pool raising U.S. consumer prices. The piece also covers GOP 1952 prep with A B Hermann detailing target states and tactics, and notes ex Senator Downey lobbying for tide lands oil at $3,000 a month.
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Figen
Korea
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
T. L. Soong
T. V. Soong
United States
Sheridan Downey
California
Rudy Block
Capitol
Downey
Tidelands Oil
Block
Scanning the Week's News offers a peace or policy snapshot
The column surveys Korea peace talks and a UN stance on foreign troop withdrawal, Taft's 1952 GOP contrast, price control confusion in Congress, GI Bill benefits, a major Red Cross flood appeal, price war declines, and a pending Japanese peace treaty with Russia likely to attend despite denouncements.
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United Nation
Korea
Nam Il
Kaesong
Taft
United States
GOP
Congress
Veterans Administration
Veterans College
Russia
San Francisco
China
South Korea
Italy
Appropriation Bill Advances Farm Work Fund Plan
Senate appropriations committee approves a farm work fund bill for 751 million dollars in new cash and 262 million in loans for farm programs. It also authorizes 172.18 million dollars automatically set aside for farm programs and orders a 10 percent USDA payroll cut from the President's budget.
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Senate Appropriations Committee
Department of Agriculture
Truman
Department
House
Taft outlines price controls debate and defense links
Senator Taft camps against broad wage and price controls while acknowledging some need amid mobilization. He contrasts Truman era controls, cites opposition from major groups, and argues government licensing during wartime produced assets later sold to private enterprise.
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Taft
Truman
Congress
Taft Praises Congress Yet Sidesteps Responsibility
The text notes Senator Taft and the Republican minority avoiding blame by urging the fight be with Democrats, while implying a coalition with southern Democrats aimed at 1952. It frames the GOP as engaging in strategic “footsie” with Dixie Democrats.
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Mr. Taft
Congress
Republican
Senator Taft
Flood Relief Debate Over Flood Losses in Missouri and Kansas
Senators Kem and Schoeppe urged remedial action after tragic floods in Missouri and Kansas. Congress quickly passed a relief bill valued at 15000 dollars. Kem criticized Missouri taxpayers for funding foreign flood controls while Missouri valley aid lagged.
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Missouri
Kansas
Kem
Schoeppe
Congress
Helland
Missouri Valley
Kegs Cans and Boxes For Quaint Bird Houses
European gardens thatched birdhouses and dove cores add quaint charm. Pattern 342 shows every step using on hand materials. Easy to do costs next to nothing and will impress friends in any garden. Pattern is 25c.
Personal Genuine Old World Heirloom Pendulum Clock
German import carved black forest wood six inches high. Quaint anniversary wedding Christmas gift. Money back in five days repaid six dollars eighty five cents. Glowing Star Ranch Route 1 Santa Fe New Mexico. My home in Ozarks scenery summers cool seventeen acres on rural free delivery half mile to modern home five thousand nine hundred dollars. Hunt Route 1 Winslow Arkansas.
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Santa Fe
N. M
Ozarks
Hunt
Winslow
Ark
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