Hoover offers new foreign policy amid isolationism debate
Herbert Hoover urged a focused Atlantic and Pacific defense with British, Japanese and Filipino outposts, while warning against sending more troops to Europe. Critics labeled it isolationist. President Truman rejected Hoover's plan and affirmed NATO unity with pact nations training together soon.
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Ohio
Hoover
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Gibraltar
Great Britain
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Yaltas
Truman
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North Atlantic
European pact pledges 750000 army to deter communism
The Brussels conference of 12 Atlantic pact nations vowed to form an integrated 750000 man peacetime army under centralized command. They call for negotiations with Germany on limited re arms and a new defense production board to accelerate rearma ment, with Ike to command a token force for months ahead.
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Christmas A False Gaiety Across a Divided World
The world marked Christmas 1950 with a divided mood. In the West stores reported near record sales while life abroad showed contrasts from Belgium’s festive Brussels to East Germany’s lack of observance, ending with a foreboding, twofold view of the holiday.
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China Rejects Peace Talks and Sets Demands in Korea
China’s Foreign Minister Chou En Lai refused to engage with the UN Korea truce team and listed terms for peace including removal of the US Seventh Fleet from Formosan waters and a seat for Communist China in the UN. Britain’s Malcolm MacDonald warned Peiping of potential disaster if hostility to Western powers continued.
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Chou Enlai
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Malcolm MacDonald
Britain
Southeast Asia
MacDonald
London
Eisenhower urges united effort to meet emergency
In his first formal press conference as supreme commander he calls for no more business as usual and supports voluntary German troop contributions. He notes the need for strength without weakness while stressing American resolve amid growing casualty figures from the war.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Russia Builds New Sea Power Strength With Battleship and Submarines
Jane's Fighting Ships reports the Soviet Union placed a 35 000 to 37 000 ton battleship with missile firing towers into service last June. The publication also cites 350 to 370 submarines believed in service with 120 more under construction.
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Soviet Union
Jane’s
Price czar faces limits as grain escapes control
Price Administrator Di Salle discovers grain and grain-based foods fall outside price control under current law. He must seek legislative changes in January and will target select living costs, metals, and war materials instead.
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Mike di Salle
Washington
di Salle
Congress
Toledo
Ohio
Civil Defense House Passes Shelter Plan In 247 To Ayes
The House approved a civil defense plan by 247 votes at an estimated cost of 3.1 million dollars. More than two thirds would fund bomb shelters with the federal government paying half and local and state governments the rest. The bill moves to the Senate, which is expected to act quickly. The atomic committee notes that first rate measures plus 12 minutes warning could cut casualties in an atomic attack by up to 50 percent.
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