West Germans Drive Bargain Over Arms Plan
West Germans pressure for more than offered in return for joining an international army to defend the western world. Bonn and Brussels reports say Adenauer and Christian Democrats expect a drawn out negotiation over Germany’s role. The decision impacts staff representation but foregoes a separate foreign or defense ministry for now.
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BRUSSELS
Belgium
Pi—West
Atlantic council
APENATER
Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Adenauer
Christian Democrats
Curt Schumacher
Eisenhower
United States
Canada
Britain
France
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Denmark
Italy
Portugal
Iceland
Norway
Soviet Union
Lawmakers object to rapid Europe troop transfers
Washington dec 20 opposition in congress to speeding up U S troop deployments to Europe followed President Truman’s pledge to send more units across the Atlantic. Lawmakers demand details on other nations’ pledges and assurances the U S won’t reduce home military reserves. Committee hearings will cover the points after the Brussels conference. Eisenhower aims to command a 1 000 000 man force by year’s end to deter Soviet aggression.
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WASHINGTON
congress
Europe
Truman
U. S
Atlantic
United States
Acheson
Secretary of the
Army
Pace
Brussels
Dwight D. Eisenhower
western
Rail Union Shop Vote Sought in Congress
Rail labor leaders pressed for a House vote before adjournment on a Senate passed bill restoring the union shop for railroad workers. Acting Commerce Committee member DCockworth urged Speaker Rayburn to grant special consideration and an immediate vote.
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WASHINGTON
congress
senate
DCockworth
D-Tex
house commerce committee
Rayburn
house
Senate Takes Sides In Acheson Battle
Washington reports describe Democratic support for Secretary of State Acheson after Brussels talks on Atlantic pact defense plans. President Truman backs Acheson, while GOP factions, led by Taft and Wherry, urge removal or restraint, arguing unity depends on leadership.
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Senate
Acheson
Labor Opposes Cost of Living Formula Curbs
Labor leaders presented to President Truman a plan for wage controls that would allow for increases to match cost of living rises. The group urged legislation to broaden price and rent controls and safeguard existing collective bargaining agreements while ensuring overtime pay remains protected. They urged final board decisions on wages without review by the top administrator, arguing for certainty in wage stabilization.
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WASHINGTON
united labor policy committee
AFL
William Green
CIO
Philip Murray
Truman
economic stabilization agency
Alan Valentine
Valentine
Brehm Indicted On Campaign Fund Charges
Rep. Walter E. Brehm of Ohio indicted on seven counts for illegally taking political contributions from two former employees. Grand jury alleges $1,380 in total from Clara Soliday and Emma Craven to fund his reelection campaign. Brehm proclaims innocence. indictment under federal law sets potential penalties up to three years per charge and $5,000 fine, though actual outcomes vary. Brehm 58, Logan native, Ohio State dental graduate, first elected 1942 and reelected recently amid salary kickback scrutiny. seating in Congress remains unaffected per House authority.
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WASHINGTON
Walter E. Brehm
Ohio
Brehm
Clara Soliday
Emma
Craven
treasury
United States
Logan
congress
Ohio State university
house
New War Powers Bill Blocked in House
Washington December 20 Rep Halleck Indiana blocked immediate House action on President Truman's request for broader mobilization powers. Chairman O Celler sought unanimous consent to revive former presidential war powers and would seek Rules Committee approval for tomorrow. Halleck urged careful consideration and opposed rushing into a broad grant of powers without scrutiny. The measure would revive features of the 1941 war powers act.
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WASHINGTON
Halleck
Ind
house
Truman
O 'Celler
D-NY
house judiciary committee
Celler
house rules committee
Red China Silent On Peace Talk Bid
LAKE SUCCESS Dec. 1 195- The United Nations cease fire commission for Korea faced silence from Communist China as Peiping gave no reply to a direct appeal sent last Saturday to discuss a Korean cease fire. Negotiators Sir Benegal Rau Lester Pearson and Nasrallah Entezam, after two meetings, said they are considering further steps and may hold another session today. The commission sent its appeal after Red Chinese envoys said they were not empowered to discuss the proposal regarding Formosa.
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Peiping
Formosa
tlnk
China
Wu Hsiu-Chuan
Lake Success
United Nations
Korea
Kung Pu-sheng
Chiao Kuan-hua
Pu Shan
general assembly
United States
Eisenhower Seeks U S Unity After Disunity Remains Hopeful
Denver dispatch reports President-elect Eisenhower, named to lead a European peacetime army with Atlantic pact nations, says the United States will unite soon. He finds the current situation less dark than in spring 1942 and expects America to rebound with renewed strength and alliance.
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DENVER
Ike Eisenhower
America
Rail negotiations continue after all night session
Washington officials report considerable progress toward settlement in the railroad labor dispute after a third all night session. Dr John R Steelman, presidential assistant, said four operating unions and three carrier representatives would reconvene later today as he steers the talks.
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WASHINGTON
White House
John R. Steelman
Arms Aid Washington October MDAP Exports Reach 44.8 Million
United States shipments to western Europe under the mutual defense assistance program totaled 44.8 million dollars in October. The figure accounted for nearly 15 percent of all U.S. exports to that area, reflecting the program's scale during that month.
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WASHINGTON
United States
Europe
U. S
American Nations Vote Conference
Representatives of Western Hemisphere republics voted to hold a Washington conference of foreign ministers about two months hence to coordinate efforts against international Communism. The unanimous action by the Organization of American States council sets mid February as a tentative meeting date in Washington.
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WASHINGTON
ARi
council of the organization of American states
Pan American union
United States
Remington Trial Jury Is Chosen
United States court in New York selected a 12 member jury for the perjury trial of former government economist William W. Remington. Seven women and five men were chosen with David L. Jones of the Statler hotel as foreman. The jurors were excused until next Tuesday after being sworn.
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NEW YORK
William W. Remington
David L. Jones
Statler
Gregory F. Noonan
Remington
Hoover Outlines Foreign Policy
Washington December 20 Former President Herbert Hoover urged no more American troops be sent to Europe until the public and Congress review the issue. He planned a major radio television address titled Our National Policies in This Crisis outlining his view of the United States role with free nations resisting communism. Hoover said Congress may have yielded war making power but urged slow, deliberate policy hammering before commitment. His stance contrasted with President Truman on reinforcing western Europe under Eisenhower’s command.
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Acheson
Europe
Truman
Brussels
White House
Taft
Ohio
Wherry
Nebraska
state department
GOP
Saltonstall
R-Mass
Marie
Oregon
Aiken
Vermont
WASHINGTON
Herbert Hoover
congress
Hoover
United States
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Auto Industry Talks Car Prices
Detroit reports General Motors rebuffed by the government in seeking a softer auto price freeze joins with other manufacturers and the United Auto Workers CIO to press a rollback. GM offered to resume delivery of 1951 models if the ESA modified its order, but the agency rejected the request for the time being. An ESA spokesman questioned who dictates price control in the economy.
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DETROIT
General Motors
United Auto Workers
CIO
economic stabilization agency
ESA
Truman nominates Roosevelt for UN human rights post
President Truman nominating Mrs. Anna Eleanor Roosevelt for a new term on the United Nations Human Rights Commission. Roosevelt, a longtime envoy, would serve on the UN body as it continues work on human rights protections.
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WASHINGTON
Truman
Anna Eleanor Roosevel
U.N. human rights commission
Woman Snares Extra Money From Bank in Pasadena
A well-dressed woman in Pasadena entered Pasadena First Trust and Savings with four ten dollar bills and asked for a fifty. The cashier returned a fifty but asked for another ten. The woman produced it and then asked for a hundred. The cashier took five tens and his fifty, then counted and handed a hundred.
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PASADENA
Calif
Der
Pasadena First Trust and Savings bank
Senate Boosts Defense Funds to Speed Mobilization
Washington December 20 1940 defense appropriation bill advances to the Senate carrying over 20 billion dollars to accelerate mobilization. Lawmakers added about 2 billion above House totals with Truman and defense leaders urging stronger armed forces. The largest rise of 1.8349 billion funds stockpiling strategic materials for the expanding Preparedness program while the committee approved emergency powers for the president to revise defense contracts.
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WASHINGTON
senate
appropriations committee
house
Truman
senate expenditures committee
Mr. Truman
Civil Defense Master Plan Faces House Approval
Washington reports the House to vote today on a master plan for civil defense and authorize $1.6 billion in top priority public works as part of a rapid mobilization effort. A federal civil defense agency would train workers, coordinate actions with states, and help build bomb shelters across jurisdictions.
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WASHINGTON
house
senate
Policy Rackets Profits Massive
Chicago hearing reveals the southern district policy wheels pull in huge sums each year. Edward P. Jones and Theodore Roe, seized after testimony, describe two major wheels with millions in annual take. Jones cites $8.76 million yearly from the Maine Idaho Ohio wheel. he claims $200,000 in profits in 1948. Roe details operations, naming places and participants in the South Side racket.
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CHICAGO
U. S. senate crime committee
south side
Edward P. Jones
Theodore Roe
John S. Boyle
Jones
Roe
Cliff Davis
Mexico City
Terre Haute
Ind
Longshore Chief Barred From Job
SAN FRANCISCO December 20 Army spokesman says Henry Schmidt longtime top Longshoremen and Warehousemen’s union officer ineligible to work at any local military facility. Schmidt co-defendant with Harry Bridges in a perjury trial Bridges convicted of lying at his 1945 citizenship hearing sentenced to five years Bridges appeal Schmidt received one to two years for conspiracy and testified for Bridges in 1945 hearing.
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SAN FRANCISCO
Henry Schmidt
Schmidt
Harry Bridges
Bridges
Battle at Hungnam Heavily Shells Reds From Warships
U S Tenth Corps defends Hungnam port area as Allied withdrawal proceeds under naval and artillery fire. Marines report air strikes hit 24 enemy concentrations, with about 1300 casualties claimed. Elsewhere, Eighth Army reports small skirmishes near Chunchon and Imjin river with North Korean forces.
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TOKYO
Pi—Beache
U. S
10th corps
Hungnam port
Korea
Hungnam harbor
16th corps
Edward M. Almond
Yonpo
U. S. eighth army
Chunchon
Seoul
eighth army
Kaesong
Imjin
MacArthur
Hwachon
Chuncchon
United Nations
Inchon
North Korea
President Signs New Rent Bill Extends controls to 1951
President Truman signed a 90 day extension of rent controls to March 31, 1951. Congress approved the measure to give the incoming session time to review housing during the defense emergency. The act also lets cities abolish controls by simple council resolution, following a Los Angeles charter ruling.
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WASHINGTON
Truman
congress
Los Angeles
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