U S Policy Shifts as Britain Seeks Loan Aid to Britain
U S officials push for a 3 percent billion dollar loan to Britain while warning Russia over Iran and Manchuria. The move ties to trade policy, exports and potential postwar economic blocs, with housing measures and UNO support shaping domestic and international aims. President Truman backs UNO and laments racial segregation in church-backed institutions as postwar plans unfold.
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Russia
State Department
Iran
Teheran
Ojil-rich
Azerbaiani
Moscow
Britain
Manchuria
United Kingdom
Winston Churchill
United Nations Organization
Truman
UNO
Federal Council of Churches In America
Columbus
Ohio
Churchill
Fulton, Mo
Henry Sloane Coffin
Detroit Strikes Emerge as UAW Walkout Hits Fourth Month
The CIO UAW strike against General Motors nears four months with 175,000 workers idle. Detroit appeals to President Truman for intervention as talks stall and GM offers 18 percent wage rise while union pushes for 19 percent. City approves 400000 for relief aid as March convention looms.
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Cio-United Automobile Workers
General Motors
Detroit
Truman
UAW
G.M
Japan Again Provides Foreign Outlet for U S Cotton
The United States plans to regain its Japanese market through government exports to Japan. The Commodity Credit Corporation will ship cotton stocks to a Japanese government agency and textile purchases will reimburse the U S. With a 200,000 bale goal in a month, the program reopens a wartime outlet via official channels.
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Japan
U.S
U. S
Commodity Credit Cor
Supreme Commander of the
Allied Powers
Department of Agriculture
New Japanese Constitution Signals End of War Era
Postwar Japan moves toward a constitutional government endorsed by MacArthur, Shidehara, and Emperor Hirohito with two houses, civil liberties, and no military. The article notes OPA price shifts, Kaiser’s postwar auto plans, steel shortages, and a gradual rise in unemployment as reconversion begins, with veterans returning.
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U. S
Japan
MacArthur
Shidehara
Hirohito
Henry Kaiser
Kaiser
Joseph W. Frazer
Department of Justice
Economic Stabilization Board
Fontana
Calif
Gary
Ind
Alexander Hamilton Institute
Germany
War Department
Frank A. Meade
Public Safety and Inspection Division
Military
Hoover Accepts Food Conference Chance After Fishing Difficulty
Secretary Clinton Anderson finally persuades ex president Herbert Hoover to attend the Washington food conference despite his fishing plans in Key West Florida. The meeting aims to apply Hoover's experience to the urgent food crisis.
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Washington
Clinton Anderson
Herbert Hoover
Anderson
Key West
Fla
Hoover
Secretary of Agriculture
Monopolies and Public Responsibility in National Communications
In a Washington dispatch, the author laments degraded US efficiency in rail and post services. He argues telephone and air mail show monopoly flaws, urging public responsibility from providers and workers. He recalls unreliable calls, delayed mail, and cumbersome telegraph service while noting ongoing labor strike tensions.
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Europe
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