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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1951
Page
2
President Truman privately scolds big meat packers for inflating prices and warns that abolition of price controls would hurt consumers and farmers alike. He cites dairy and poultry sectors and says Congress must hear from consumers as he represents them.
A digest of postwar opinions and policy shifts as the Korean conflict nears its first anniversary. MacArthur’s Texas tour critiques domestic policy while urging realism in Asia. Congress debates the grain for India loan, price controls, and beef rollbacks amid defense act renewal. Reservists to be released in staged units over six months with priority for World War II veterans.
Secretary of State Dean Acheson faced seven days of tough questioning before the joint committee investigating MacArthur ouster. He defended records and policies, refused to resign, and drew praise from some opposition voices for his performance. President Truman stands firm in backing his cabinet. The New York Herald Tribune editorially noted that hostile senators failed to shake his position or the underlying policies.
A critique of the so called big lie strategy used by Senators McCarthy Wherry Jenner and others. It warns the tactic intimidates government officials and destabilizes national unity when spoken from the senate floor.
Four clean cut college men from Texas, California, Michigan and Cornell told Arthur Godfrey that McCarthyism and cherryism have penetrated campuses. They said the policy of intimidation makes them reluctant to express their views and affects their teachers and professors.
The big lie policy defeated veteran Senator Millard Tydings of Maryland with direct participation by Senator McCarthy. Jon M. Jonkel, campaign manager for Senator John Butler, pleaded guilty to six counts of Maryland election law violations and was fined $5,000 in Baltimore criminal court.
During Senator Acheson's testimony a Senate committee debate saw Senators Wiley and Kerr clash over whether they are men or mice. The Red Cross staffed the Senate office building requesting donors. only Kerr of Oklahoma gave blood while others sent staff. Lyndon Johnson visited but left without donating due to business.
Washington announces permanent preservation of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution in bronze and glass enclosures. A collaboration of the Library of Congress, the National Bureau of Standards, and Libbey Owens Ford glass specialists spent nearly four years developing the containment. The documents will be accessible for public inspection once secured.
Multiple classified notices offer a service station with wholesale gasoline, an all modern air conditioned cafe in a college town, an appliance and furniture store with residence space, and real estate trade offers. Also listed are aviation goggles, direct pearl purchasing from Japan, and agricultural land opportunities. Messages include contact boxes in Texas and California addresses.
Senate Republican Sen Wayne Morse of Oregon pushes a probe into the China lobby described as allies of the Nationalist government in Formosa. The effort aims to uncover who financed McCarthyism and the broader influence network.
The National Defense Act of 1950 expires June 30 and may be extended with little change. Chairman John Sparkman and 49 senators plan an amendment to create a smaller war plants corporation similar to the 1942 effort to aid small business. Congressmen report a flurry of letters from small businesses.
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