U S Plans Economic Reform in Japan and Vet Job Rights
Western Newspaper Union analysis notes General MacArthur leads Japanese economic reform to curb war potential and broaden ownership. It discusses Hirohito's wealth, dissolution of major zaibatsu, wage controls, and limits on war industries. It also covers veteran reemployment rights under the selective service act and union opposition to seniority-based rehiring.
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Douglas MacArthur
Japan
U. S
Nippon
MacArthur
Hirohito
Mikado
Bank of Japan
Mitsubishi
Sumitomo
Yasuda
Mitsui
Germany
Labor: Fuel Threat and Wage Demands Across Industries
Secretary Lewis Schwellenbach faces a test as federal conciliators seek a settlement with CIO oil workers demanding a 30 percent raise. Industry wide talks collide with refinery specific agreements while unions push to restore wartime pay for a 40 hour week. Concurrently 60,000 northwest AFL lumber workers strike for a $1.10 minimum and 15,000 AFL elevator operators protest a War Labor board ruling on hours and pay across New York skyscrapers.
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Lewis Schwellenbach
CIO
Northwest
AFL
New York
War Labor Board
Occupation Plans and Postwar Security Initiatives
Postwar U S officials seek to trim Germany occupation forces to under 400 000 by next spring and to skeleton size within years while Germany may elect local officials early. POWs are being trained for administration and policing duties as Big Five foreign ministers plan further talks on peace treaties. Kaiser and Frazer announce Kaiser Frazer car venture at Willow Run with 15 million investment and Graham Paige stock. Truman confirms Congress will control atomic bomb policy amid calls for international oversight and world authority under the UN. The Federal Council of Churches presses for global atomic control before further development.
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Germany
Reich
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Council of Foreign Ministers
London
Europe
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Mediterranean
Balkans
Washington, D. C
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Graham- Paige
Kaiser-Frazer Corporation
Graham - Paige
Kaiser-Frazer
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Mr. Truman
Representative Agends
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Hiroshima
Arends
Downey
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Calif
United Nations Organization
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In America
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Wallace's job program seen as three-in-one reform
Washington analyst reviews Henry Wallace’s 10 page commerce plan and his book Sixty Million Jobs. It envisions reviving commerce into a vigorous agency aiding business, ties to Truman reorganization, and aims at full employment with broad legislative needs and political implications.
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Department of Commerce
Washington
New York Times
the Times
Henry Agard Wallace
Congress
Henry Wallace
Wallace
Agriculture
Secace
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New Deal
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Truman
Herbert Hoover
New York
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Nee
Survey finds low 1941 athletic disqualification rate
A survey by the American College Publicity association shows only four percent of college lettermen were found unfit for military service, debunking fears of widespread athletic disqualification. The study covered 9,635 lettermen across 119 colleges and universities, with 358 deemed unfit.
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American College Publicity Association
Push Fight on Polio Drives Record NFIP Grant
In the mounting drive against polio the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis allotted 4 157 814 15 for research education and treatment in the year ending last May 31. No preventive or cure exists though polio is recognized as an infectious disease caused by a virus.
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National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Barbs by Bankhage comment on wartime trade and labor
The piece notes Berlin's 200000 union members amid wartime shortages and asks what they can trade. It recalls the White House painting, jokes about tips, and remarks on 20 million fewer horses and mules to feed as land shifts from animal feed to feeding people.
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Berlin
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