Florida Attorney General Endorses School Segregation Reform Plan
Atty Gen Richard W Ervin backed by Gov LeRoy Collins proposed a Florida advisory commission to negotiate settlements on racial issues within the law and a four point legislative program to address desegregation impacts The plan urged extending 1955 school assignment laws and preserving state powers while allowing emergency measures and referendums on public facilities To curb NAACP influence the piece suggests outlawing the organization and questions its funding sources and motives It cites a 1947 NAACP conference and calls for a congressional probe of the group
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Lorida
Richard W. Ervin
LeRoy Collins
Florida Advisory Commission
Ervin
U. S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
National Assny For
Congress
NAACP
Florida
Montgomery
Tallahassee
Miami
Washington, D. C
Daily Worker
W. E. B. DuBois
Henry Wallace
Russia
Ford Foundation
Atty. Gen
Freshman Congressman Pushes Humane Slaughter Bill
Washington report details Ed W Hiestand, a 1950s Republican congressman from California who, inspired by a gorilla puma clash and reader letters, introduces House Resolution 9603 to require humane methods of slaughter for livestock. He cites societal harms of cruelty and aims to protect individual dignity against group dynamics.
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Los Angeles
Ed W Hiestand
Hiestand
Harriman and De Sapio Plot for 1960 Democratic Victory
Washington columnist outlines Harriman strategy with DeSapio guiding the New York machine. The piece envisions a Democratic convention scenario where Truman’s endorsement helps Harriman, while Symington lingers as a potential second. civil rights planks, Truman’s support, and Harriman’s belief in beating Eisenhower shape the imagined path to the White House.
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Washington
New York
W. Averell Harriman
Tammany Hall
Carmine DeSapio
Chicago
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
Harriman
Missouri
Sen
Stuart Symington
Symington
Harry S. Truman
Truman
Eisenhower
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
Herbert Lehmann
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Today's Talk on Faith Grows Appreciation and Resolve
The piece discusses faith as a sustaining force guiding daily life and growth. It argues faith strengthens character, helps see opportunities, elevates understanding of nature, and fuels perseverance through sorrow and fortune. It emphasizes faith as a transformative daily practice.
AFL-CIO Sincerity Tested by Union Funds Scandal
President Meany and AFL-CIO leaders face a pivotal test as New York District Attorney Hogan presses for ethics action in a $100000 union funds shortfall and a $16125 misallocation case involving Sol Cilento. Indicted former official and Embezzlement scheme highlight need for welfare fund regulation and public financial scrutiny.
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Washington
George Meany
Afl-Cio
New York
Frank G. Hogan
Hogan
Wine and Allied Workers International Union of Ameri
Joseph O. O'Neill
O'Neill
Meany
Florida
Sol Cilento
al Capone
Union
Cilento
Edna Alberstadt Browning
Park Avenue
Browning
Congress
Not Exactly Beautiful Uranium Earrings Win Local Notice
In Hot Springs St Anne’s Episcopal Guild sells uranium earrings from Carnotite ore. Mrs O buys a pair, quips about radiating ears, and jokes about Chairman Strauss. The piece visits Mount Rushmore and suggests future carvings in South Dakota peaks and a Crazy Horse sculpture project.
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Sylvan Lake
8.D
Lewis Strauss
The
Atomic Energy Commission
St. Anne's
Strauss
Washington
Kathleen Morgan
Bob
America
Portraits by James J Metcalfe Address and Secrets
A poem reflects on how each person bears a personal address for mail whether at home office hotel or jail sometimes care of Uncle Sam and F P O. New addresses replace old ones and sometimes traces become impossible to find leaving individuals with only a vague site or even none for the sake of secrecy.
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Uncle Sam
F.P.O
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N.J
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Louis Saperstein
Grand Jury
Fulton
Lewis, Dr
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George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Teddy Roosevelt
Abraham Lincoln
Roosevelt
Mount Rushmore Commission
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Custer State Park
Susan B. Anthony
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Charles Humberger
Frederick Othman
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