Truman strategy shifts as he urges cooperation with Congress
The weekly analysis notes President Truman touts bipartisan cooperation after three major congressional set backs on rent control civil rights and defense appointments while veterans pension talks move forward amid cost concerns. Draft policy remains unclear as the peacetime act nears expiration with no inductions since January.
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Pact and Rent Controls Stir Debates in U S and Abroad
The piece analyzes how the Kremlin and allied media denounce the North Atlantic Pact while U S leaders like John Foster Dulles clash with Dean Acheson over its implications. It notes state rent-control repeal debates, favored by governors, and the lobbying power of landlords versus renters in shaping the final bill.
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U S Senate Confirms James Boyd to Lead Mines Bureau
The senate voted 50 to 11 to confirm Dr. James Boyd as director of the federal bureau of mines. John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers opposed Boyd, while miners were in a 14 day shutdown honoring those killed and injured last year. The move signals possible tougher mine regulation and a check on Lewis's influence amid labor-law debate.
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James Boyd
Federal Bureau of Mines
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Boyd
Senate
Lewis
Congress
Truman swims in Florida photos spark family policy row
The story claims President Truman’s Florida swim pictures were not censored but suppressed by Mrs. Bess Truman’s wishes. Truman reportedly confirmed the plan, noting it was not government censorship but personal concern over his bathing attire.
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Florida
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Bess Truman
Burglar Reports Burglary He Committed in Champaign
Carl Fletcher, 93, broke into a filling station then called sheriff and police to arrest him after finding nothing worth stealing. He waited and unlocked the door for them saying he was mad at not finding anything to take.
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Ill
Carl Fletcher
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