Tariffs Debate Echoes From Smoot Hawley Era
Washington weighs the renewal of reciprocal trade agreements as senators and representatives warn of strings that could raise tariffs. The piece traces tariff history from Civil War to Geneva talks, notes consumer pressures for lower prices, and emphasizes the need for strong state department diplomacy to sustain world trade and European relief.
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Washington
Congress
Milliken
Rep
Colo
Knutsen
Minn
Millikin
American Tariff League
Woodrow Wilson
Underwood
Harding
Hoover
State Department
Flanders
Vermont
Europe
International Conference On World Trade and Employment
Labour Keeps Gravesend Seat in By Election Fight
Labour candidate Richard Acland won Gravesend by 1675 votes over Conservative Frank Taylor signaling continued public support for the government. The margin showed some erosion from 1945, while concerns about rationing and inflation prompted talks of potential coal and oil controls as part of anti inflation measures. The interior department urged power to fix prices and ration basic fuels in case needed.
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Great Britain
Labor Party
Gravesend
Richard Acland
Frank Taylor
Acland
Britain
Truman
Congress
Mr. Truman
Department of Interior
Oscar L. Chapman
Interior
House Banking and Currency Committee
Interior Department
Entertaining quiz questions spark refrigerator prize
Five rejected quiz questions reveal answers: Roy Rogers and Dale Evans for the marriage pair. France's premiers were Paul Ramadier, Leon Blum, Robert Schuman. Mountbatten titles: Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Merioneth, Baron Greenwich. Bradley successor at VA: Carl R. Graz. Oncology means tumors, option (b).
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France
King George of
England
Philip Mountbatten
Princess Elizabeth
Omar Bradley
Dwight Eisenhower
Army
General Bradley
Veterans’ Administration
New York
Roy Rogers
Dale Evans
Paul Ramadier
Leon Blum
Robert Schuman
Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Merioneth
Baron Greenwich
Carl R. Graz
The
Chicago and Northwestern Railway
Postmaster General Hannegan Retires. Donaldson Named Successor
President Truman nominates Jesse M. Donaldson, 62, as assistant postmaster general to become head of the U S postal service. Donaldson has 42 years in the postal service after starting as a city letter carrier in Shelbyville Michigan in 1908. Hannegan plans to stay active and has bought a substantial interest in the St Louis Cardinals.
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Hannegan
Truman
Jesse M. Donaldson
Donaldson
Shelbyville
St. Louis Cardinals
Railroad Car Shortage Shows Slow Turnaround
The long standing freight car shortage eases slightly with a net gain in September marking the first increase in 25 months. Officials push for 15 000 cars monthly by July 1948 and secure steel allotment boosts to aid production amid ongoing constraints.
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Col. J. Monroe Johnson
Office of Defense Transportation
White House
The
Iron and Steel Institute
A Pmetryte Po Eamore
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W. Self and Wife
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International
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Tha Bost Investment
Vicks VA
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Pine St
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Doan
Doans
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Roosevelt
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Hull
Cuba
Russia
Moscow
Finland
Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union
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Empire State Building
Vale of Tears
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Vai
ILEPE
McKesson Laboratories
Crane & Equipment Co
Chestnut Street
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