Eisenhower Pledge Ties Tariff Bill To American Industry
The Tariff Bill gains approval for renewal of the reciprocity trade agreements act after President Eisenhower pledges no jeopardy to American industry or employment. Critics like Charles Taft fear lower tariffs could undercut wages and flood markets with cheaper imports, but the president insists protections remain intact. The bill moves to the Senate with hopes the pledge holds.
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Eisenhower
Tis House of Representatives
Charles P. Taft
Ways and Means Committee
House of Representatives
Japan
Taft
Hisenhower
A Word of Warning on Highway Expansion
President Eisenhower warned Congress that without increased highway spending traffic jams will worsen. He projected vehicle numbers rising from 58 million to 81 million in ten years and urged about 25 billion dollars over the next decade for main highways and urban links. Hearst papers urge lawmakers to heed the warning to avoid a crisis by 1965.
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Congress
Eisenhower
Hearst
A Clean Sweep and Public Forum Letters from Readers
In the Mailbox Editor, The Light, an editorial urges civic pride as San Antonio aims for a national cleanest town award in 1955. Readers respond praising cleanup efforts and highlighting Brotherhood Week concerns, voter influence, postal rate questions, and refugee tragedies as part of open forum dialogue.
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Light
San Antonio
P. Schnarel
Beautify
the Light
Brotherhood
Naapmwp
Keegan
Evelyn Strom
Northside housewives trash in alleys prompts concern
A 1945 note cites Parks and Sanitation Commissioner Henry Hein on northside households in 825000 homes discarding more garbage in alleys than others. The item surveys a sequence of March dates from 1935 to 1885, listing varied events and personalities across years.
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Parks and
Henry Hein
Adolf Hitter
Saarbrucken
Glexia Swanson
Paris
Marquis de la Falaise
Pegler criticizes Alfred Baker Lewis and union welfare schemes
In a searing Vox Pop style critique, Pegler targets Alfred Baker Lewis president of Union Casualty Co and linked scandals. He recounts investigations by Hoffman and Braden, details Lewis past union ties, and outlines the large commissions tied to a welfare policy involving Scalise Carfano and Saperstein.
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Alfred Baker Lewis
Pegler
Wall Street
Lewis
Pittsfield
Mass
New Yorker
Elmer Davis
Boston Ritz
Union Casualty Co
Mt. Vernon
Hoffa-Dorfman
Teamsters Union
Detroit
Chicago
Spruille Braden
New York City
Anti-Crime Commission
Clare Hoffman
Michigan
White House Palace
Hoffman
Union
Americans For Democratic Action
Francis Biddle
Harry Bridges
Communist Party
United States
House Committee On un-American Activities
Congressional Record
Joe Fay
Saperstein
George Scalise
Little Augie Carfano
New York
Distillery Workers Union
Union Casualty
Bleeding Heart
al Scotti
Frank Hogan
Scalise
Carfano
Georgie Scalise
Augie
New York Times
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Peter Pan in Jazz Limits Nostalgic Peter Pan
The columnist revisits Maude Adams era memories and laments the 1955 Broadway version as a brass heavy musical. He praises Mary Martin but notes the shift from Barrie’s tone to a brassy, modern spectacle. He calls for returning to Barrie’s original spirit. The piece also praises The Southwest Corner while urging higher theater standards.
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Hen J
Maude Adams
James M. Barrie
Charles Frohman
Ethel Merman
Mary Martin
Tschaikovsky
New York
Barrie
Shakespeare
Shaw
Oklahoma
King and I
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Health talk on new medicines and uses of existing ones
Health experts report progress in medicines and methods. Varidsase or streptokinase is used to reduce swelling from bruises and surgery, dissolving pus and clots with intramuscular use showing improved outcomes in 64 patients. Alflorone acetate promises extended skincare benefits with hydrocortisone strength. Terramycin intramuscularly aids whooping cough with 40 children treated, all recovering quickly and no deaths or pneumonia.
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Joseph M. Miller
Veterans Administration Hospital
Ft. Howard
Maryland
Sharp & Dohme
Merck & Co., Inc
Brooklyn
Kingston Avenue Hospital
Gustave Davis
Samuel Weinberg
Benjamin Newman
King Fea. Byn
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Westbrook Pegler
Homer
AFL
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Homer Ferguson
Joe McCarthy
Socialist Party
Massachusetts
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Letterhead League
Sokolsky
George E. Sokolsky
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