GOP Platform Group Seeks Ax-Grinders for 1952 Campaign
Republicans form a platform group in Chicago to hear from business leaders labor representatives and experts as they draft the 1952 GOP platform. Subcommittees will tackle foreign policy civil rights taxation and national defense with Eisenhower and Taft aligned factions arguing over isolationism and international cooperation.
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Chicago
Resolutions Committee
Conrad Hilton Hotel
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Eugene D. Millikin
Colorado
Taft
Millikin
Eisenhower
Ohio
GOP
Congressional Committee
Steelworkers Plan Another Meeting in Effort to End Strike
New York reports say CIO United Steelworkers will meet with major steel companies this week to push a settlement of the month-long strike that has affected 600000 workers. The American Iron and Steel Institute plans a Wednesday meeting, amid talks with Bethlehem Steel on a watered-down union shop. U S Steel opposes any deal limiting workers freedom of choice.
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New York
CIO United Steelworkers
American Iron & Steel Institute
Bethlehem Steel Corp
U. S. Steel Corp
U. S. Steel
Prostitution Charge Against Barbara Clayton in Odessa
Barbara Clayton 23 was arrested in an Odessa hotel by city detectives. She pled guilty in City Court to vagrancy by prostitution and was fined 100 dollars.
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Barbara Clayton
Odessa
Fatally Injured Woman in Farm Road Accident
Mrs. R. L. McGough, 78, was fatally injured yesterday when struck by an automobile about one mile east of Marlin on a farm to market road. The incident occurred in the countryside as she rode near the roadway.
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Marlin
R. L. McGough
Dewey Predicts Ike Or Taft Top Nomination At Chicago Convention
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey forecasts the Republican nomination will hinge on Dwight D. Eisenhower against Robert Taft with about 100 votes separating them on the first ballot. He says no dark horse can overtake the frontrunners, and Taft believes he can secure 604 votes to clinch the nomination. On the Democratic side Adlai Stevenson steps forward as a more viable candidate if drafted, though he remains uncertain about running.
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Houston
Tex
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Dark Horse
Chicago
Dewy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Dewey
Earl Warren
California
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Theodore McKelden
Maryland
Warren
Douglas MacArthur
Eisenhower
Taft
McKeldin
John S. Fine
Pennsylvania
Arthur Summerfield
Michigan
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
United Press
Mine Safety Bill To Get Action
The House Rules Committee decides today whether to send a bill strengthening government authority over mine safety regulations to the floor for a vote. If not approved, Majority Leader McCormack says the measure could be taken up Wednesday under a two thirds requirement for passage or a simple majority if proceedings allow.
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House Rules Committee
Organized Labor
McCormack
D-Mass
Marathon voting eyed for Democratic convention delays
Democratic candidates said the party’s convention will require many ballots to nominate a candidate. Nineteen states toured, with prospects of seven to eight ballots argued by Russell and Kerr, Kefauver leading with 257 delegates but short of the needed number, while forecasts of a possible deadlock dominated discussions.
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Washington
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
Robert S. Kerr
Oklahoma
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Kefauver
Russell
Acheson cites Korea strikes as proper action
Secretary of State Dean Acheson told British MPs the bombing of Yalu river power plants in Korea was proper and essential but admitted a snafu occurred by not notifying Britain in advance. He said Britain is a partner and that failure to consult was an error.
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Washington
Secrece
Dean Acheson
Yalu River
Korea
U. S
Acheson
Britain
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