Trouble with the Fair Employment Practices Act
President Truman backs FEPC but critics warn enforcement would require a powerful federal police force. The piece argues FEPC would undermine local self government, risk unjust imprisonment, and invite arbitrary decisions, citing New York and Roanoke Rapids examples and noting no jailed cases after years of operation.
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Truman
Sam Smith
Dokes
Alfred Jones
Smith
FEPC
Jones
Jone
American Legion Auxiliary
Washington
Roanoke Rapids
New York State
New York City
New York
FEPC Debate Highlights Public Opinion Split
The text argues FEPC is anti democratic, noting Gallup polls show 60 percent oppose it nationally while 40 support. It cites California as progressive yet recalls its earlier statewide defeat of FEPC and contrasts majority rule with minority elites. It warns against Communist-style rule for the people.
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New York City
FEPC
California
Union
Gallup
Congress
United States
Work A Week Study A Week Plan Solves Poor Students Problem
New York officials praise work and study plan as students in the cooperative education program earn wages while learning. In its 3½ years, 2017 participants prove on the job experience aids schooling, with earnings supporting continued education and workforce readiness. The Illinois Institute of Aeronautics adds two flight related courses as aviation training expands.
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New York
Rovert
William Jansen
New Yok
Tansen
J, A. Bryan
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Eviction officer serves papers to himself in Lewiston
Deputy Sheriff Cornelius J. Russell, the county eviction officer, received another set of eviction papers to serve on himself in Lewiston Maine. The incident highlights routine duties and potential conflicts faced by local enforcement officials.
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Lewiston, Me
Cornelius J. Russell
Blind Radio Hams Overcome Handicap in Salem
In Salem Oregon about 35 to 40 amateur radio operators include Orval Nunn and Glenn Walker who are blind. Nunn with call WTERT has learned radio 16 years ago and earned his license in 1936. He builds and repairs his gear by touch while his wife reads meter readings and articles. He repairs radios for a living. Walker, who uses his cousin to help build and adjust equipment, can perform minor repairs and adjustments.
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Salem
Ore
U. P
Orval Nunn
Glenn Walker
Nunn
WTERT
Walker
Funeral director’s friend recounts body deception caper
A reminiscence recalls Lawton Holland asking a partner to aid in disposing of a corpse. The plan to use a crying helper to move a body in a box failed when the “handy man” peered inside and triggered a loud reaction, culminating in the man fleeing and the pair fleeing as well. The narrator notes they never saw the colored man again.
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Lawton Holland
Lawton
Canié
Lawon
Fery Wows
Lawdy
Lawson
F. T
Avocation Of Going To School Among Family Members
F P Leissner has joined a summer chemistry class at Texas Wesleyan College with Ysleta, her younger daughter, and has previously attended the University of Texas with her husband. Nelda, now 22, has married, and her husband T J Dodson is a student at Texas Wesleyan alongside Mrs Leissner.
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F. P. Leissner
Texas Wesleyan College
Ysleta
University of Texas
Texas Wesleyan
Nelda
T. J. Dodson
Leissner
Pioneer Gives Recipe For Life
Martin Luther Morris, 94, descendant of Robert Morris who signed the Declaration, says long life comes from hard work good food and doing no wrong to any one. He is likely Oregon's oldest native. born in a Yar hill log cabin to a Pennsylvanian farmer, first white girl born in Missouri. His parents moved to Oregon in 1851 by ox teams and raised nine children. a brother aged 84 and sister 81 still live on the old homestead.
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Martin Luther Morris
Robert Morris
Morris
Oregon
Yarhill
Missouri
Deer and Cow Upsets on Bradford Main Street
State fish and game wardens aided residents protecting gardens from deer that fed on cabbage while several men halted haying to corner a cow that jumped the pasture fence of Lester F. Mall on Bradford's Main Street.
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Bradford
State Fish and Game Department
Lester F. Mall
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