DP’s Have Many Skills U S Needs Useful Citizens
An essay argues displaced persons in Europe should be privately welcomed or admitted to the United States to help fill labor shortages at home. It notes 95,000 trained farm workers and 21,000 in construction and maintenance, urging humane policy rather than fear or stigma.
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Patch
Eisenhower
Denmark
America
Europe
Congress of the
United States
William G. Stratton
Germany
Austria
Italy
Creed of Destruction and the Communist Creed in America
A columnist compares communism to religion and cites a party resolution that union and international bodies aim to destroy bourgeois governments. It highlights Elizabeth Gurley Flynn’s past IWW role and her Daily Worker column praising Lenin and Marxism in everyday life.
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Communist Party
United States
Wobbites
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
York
Tax Bill Debate Opens as Gandhi Is Assassinated
The House hearings on a tax cut begin with Speaker Martin predicting a 6.5 billion plan but warning of possible veto by President Truman. The debate centers on party lines and two thirds support, while Mohandas Gandhi is killed by an assassin in Delhi ending his lifelong nonviolence effort.
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House of Representatives
Joseph Martin
Rep
Mass
House
Knutson
Congress
GOP
U. S
Mohandas EK
Gandhi
India
Delhi
Poona
Little Man and What Now Inflation and a Senate Hearing
Representative of the “little man” testifies to the senate banking panel about inflation. Cyrus J. Waud, a Camden cannery worker, says a $50 weekly salary can’t support his wife and six children, describing rising prices as the nation’s burden. Also noted is a new bacterial flypaper that traps germs without killing them, helping keep rooms disease-free.
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Senate Banking and Currency Committee
America
Cyrus J. Waud
Camden
N. J
Waud
U S S
Boom in Births Redraws U S Economic Outlook
A postwar baby boom has added over 26 million births since 1940 and pushed national families beyond 144 million. The surge promises larger markets for industry, faster home and school construction, more food and clothing output, expanded banking, transportation, and employment, with peak youth strength expected 1960 to 1970 and possible strong military potential if universal training were adopted.
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U. S
U .S
Millary
America
Third World War Looms Says Westbrook Pegler
Pegler argues President Truman leads the United States toward war with Soviet Russia. He cites Greece, the Panay incident, Tito’s downing of an unarmed transport, and warns that U.S. actions risk a third world war unless America minds its own business.
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Truman
United States
Russia
Greece
Aegean
Adriatic
Panay
Tito
Jugoslavia
Soviet Russia
Europe
Groundhog Day Budget and Inland News Satire
A satirical column mocks inflation with jokes about a $270 yearly US cost and other quirks. It mentions a motorboat show, Voice of America aims, Truman’s quote, Lakewood bus-safety fines, and Governor Stassen's contested testimony.
Budget War Looms as Truman Proposes 89.7 Billion
President Truman submits a 89.7 billion peacetime budget the largest in history. He notes 31 billion is for war costs and postwar prep while 8 billion covers running the government. Congressman Taber calls for a three billion dollar cut, targeting defense aid and domestic services. The president touts strong profits and employment but cautions about inflation and debt while offering plans to curb the budget’s excesses.
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Truman
John Taber
Taber
Walter Winchell Gossip and Society Snapshots
Elizabeth Firestone visits Charles of the Ritz weekly and styles her hair himself. Tojo trial drags, Duchess of Windsor outfit recalled, Dumont TV plans Videoville, Marge Roberts in Park Central shows martial arts past. Baron von Cramm to return for summer tennis with Barbara Hutton. Britain’s rich draft dodger funds Bahamas living. Gabriel Pascal discounts Shaw in ads.
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Elizabeth Firestone
Teddy Rich
Liz
Charles
The
Ritz
Society
Baron von Cramm
Barbara Hutton
Switzerland
Britain
Bahamas
Gabriel Pascal
George Bernard Shaw
Health bills probe and political push in Washington
President Truman drives health legislation plans as Taft's labor committee schedules hearings on rival health bills. Arkansas supporters commission a portrait of Treasury Secretary Snyder. Senator Wagner strong on hearings, mayoral housing poll shows 90 percent want government aid. Bogota conference on Latin American aid to Europe postponed to July 1 as Congress debates funding.
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Truman
Taft
Labor Committee
Arkansas
John Snyder
Treasury
Bob Wagner
New York
Bogota
Europe
State Department
Congress
Small Investors Predominate In 1947 Returns
The article notes nearly 60 million stockholders funded U.S. industry and transport, with small investors forming the majority. Their investment supported mills, factories, transportation, mines and utilities, providing working capital for current production. 1947 average return was 2.7 cents per dollar.
Pattern No 2 Ad Submission Address Noted
The text instructs sending 15 cents plus 2 cents postage to Pattern Publishing Co. Box 215 Pleasantville New York for Pattern No 2. The fragment indicates a mailing and pricing detail likely from a publishing or pattern order notice.
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Pattern Publishing Co
Pleasantville
New York
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H. J. Phillips
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Stassen
Walter Shead
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Winchell
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