Wage-Price Policy Shifts Stir War Era Settlements
The article reports a new Truman administration wage policy aiming to settle industrial disputes with 15 to 18 percent raises. It covers steel and packing disputes with CIO and AFL demands, potential strikes by 700000 workers, and government role in easing costs while pursuing inflation control. It notes GI demobilization tension, Eisenhower’s civilian reassignments, and rising postwar crime concerns highlighted by the Suzanne Degnan case and FBI warnings. It also covers UN formation with Spaak as president and Attlee’s remarks on cooperation between the U S and Russia.
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Truman
CIO
United Steel Workers
AFL
USW
New Administration
Westminster
United Nations Organization
Paul Henri Spaak
Belgium
UNO
Attlee
League of Nations
U. S
Russia
Spaak
Trygve Lie
Norway
Wherry
Rep
Neb
Langer
N. D
Germany
Lawrence Meyer
Missouri Synod of the Lutheran Church
Christian Congress
Meyer
America
Frankfort
War Crimes Trials Open in Manila as Yamashita Case Moves
As the U S Supreme Court reviews Gen Yamashita s petition the war crimes trial of his predecessor Lt Gen Homma begins in Manila on similar charges. Witness V Sgt Baldassarre recalls the death march and Japanese brutality amid broad debate on war crimes procedure and punishment.
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U. S. Supreme Court
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Philippines
Masaharu Homma
Manila
Yamashita
James Baldassarre
New Haven
Conn
Bataan
Baldassarre
Germans Hope to Rebuild Country Out of Wreckage
Hans Ziegler mayor of Nuernberg sees postwar recovery as rebuilding prestige and industry. He warns Germany must regain raw materials and world trade to feed citizens, while Americans fund relief and keep peace. He notes coal, power, and housing shortages threaten reconstruction as editors discuss food aid and reindustrialization.
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Muernberg
Germany
Nuernberg Court House
Hans Ziegler
London
Herr Ziegler
International Military Tribunal
Nuernberg
Nuernbergers
Ziegler
America
Ruhr
Saar
Europe
Americans Hold Majority Of World Life Insurance
Claris Adams president of the American Life convention states two thirds of global life insurance is owned by Americans. He cites 71 million U.S. owners by end of 1945, with war-time in-force growth totaling 40 billion dollars and an average family life insurance of about 4500 dollars.
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Claris Adams
American Life Convention
Adams
Barbs and Banter from Baukhage on War Time Anecdotes
Baukhage recalls an embarrassing moment in Nuernberg with a court guard and a joke about the judge's hearing. He notes his artillery commission from outshooting horses and shares Churchill epigrams. Churchill and wife pick Florida for a vacation and plan to visit Truman. a Florida Chamber of Commerce angle emerges. He jokes about long underwear and a wristwatch value.
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Mrs. Churchill
Florida
Mr. Truman
Washington
Florida Chamber of Commerce
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Chicago
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American Football Coaches Association
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United States
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