Common Man Fit to Rule Explores Intelligence and Governance
Washington debate weighs whether mass education shapes leadership. experts warn dull voters could threaten democracy. Figures from Guy Burch to Canon Bell discuss how education and IQ tests may affect national governance and the future of the common man.
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Brown
Bernard Iddings Bell
Episcopal
Chicago
Henry Wallace
Wallace
Bell
William Rainey Harper
Economy in Turmoil From Britain to World Markets
The piece links Britain's postwar crisis to global econ omy, noting Montgomery's return, coal shortages, and Attlee's plan. It details stock declines in London and U S markets, with wheat and industrial shares slipping as America faces grain pressures and inflation. The UN debate over Indonesia Dutch actions adds to global tension.
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America
Montgomery
Great Britain
London
Little Isle
Clement Attlee
U S
U .S State Department
Chicago Board of Trade
New York Stock Exchange
United Nations Security Council
Australia
India
Council
Balkan
Washington
Netherlands
Death Toll On U S Highways Shows Decline In First Half 1947
The National Safety Council reports 14,480 highway deaths in the first six months of 1947, nine percent below the 15,890 in the same period in 1946, despite an 11 percent rise in travel. June fatalities were 2,490, up five percent from June 1946, with cities like New York Los Angeles and Jacksonville showing notable decreases.
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National Safety Council
The
Safety Council
New York
Los Angeles
Jacksonville
Fla
Farmers Benefit AAA To Resume Soil Program
Washington reports the Agriculture Department orders restarts of the AAA soil conservation program after Congress approves 255 million dollars for administration and 265 million for farmer payments. The plan, backed by President Truman, allows cash and materials for soil and water conservation with local offices maintaining staff. The program will be cut next year with 150 million dollars appropriated for 1948 after Senate insistence.
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AAA
Department of Agriculture
Congress
House
Truman
Senate
AFL’s Consumer Cooperation: a new union ownership socialism
Column argues the AFL promotes consumer cooperation as a path to cooperative business ownership led by unions. It contends this form of socialism differs from state models, risking conflict with private workers if unions run factories and set prices.
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John Lewis
AFL
Britain
That Summer Vacation Trip Parody by H. I. Phillips
A satirical sketch mocks midcentury travel culture and consumer excess. It references road trips with practical kit and jokes about oil changes and batteries, interweaving political asides and news quips from the era.
Warning Boom and Bust Debate Splits Republican Leaders
Former price administrator Eon Henderson warned the Republican steering committee that current policy risks a boom followed by a bust with distorted prices and swollen profits while wages lag behind. Senator Robert Taft countered that prices and wages are aligned and workers can buy more now than eight years ago. Both men urged probing luxury taxes as a remedy.
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Eon Henderson
Republican Steering Committee
Senate
Sen
Robert Taft
Ohio
GOP
Taft
Henderson
Cast of Characters in the Big Town
Walter Winchell profiles urban life and figures in New York City. He sketches a producer, Chinatown locals, gypsy maidens, potato vendors, Union Square forums, lawyers chasing homicide cases, East River barges, Bowery derelicts, night court crowds, prisoners, and street scene curiosities.
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Tompkins Square
Mulberry Square
Union Square
East River
Bowery
Marshall warns of Soviet effort to keep Germany chaotic
We drew Pearson reports Secretary of State Marshall told the house foreign affairs committee a Soviet fifth column, mainly Germans, works night and day to destabilize Germany to push Europe toward communism. He warned that Germany’s recovery hinges on increased production and on France’s stance toward Germany to prevent a revival of war potential.
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Marshall
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Germany
Russia
France
Europe
Russia warns UN reform needed after San Francisco meeting
Wright Patterson argues the United Nations erred by granting Russia veto power and urges immediate constitutional change. He contends Russia may quit if altered now, but Russia quitting sooner is preferable to allowing communism to dominate globally.
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