Congress Fights Truman Proposals and Wheat Crop Outlook
In a sharp postwar clash, President Truman lobbies Congress for an anti inflation program while GOP leaders pledge to test only emergency measures. The agriculture department calls for an 8 percent wheat acreage cut for 1949 and outlines beef cattle herd targets, soil conservation aims, and production projections amid the broader fiscal debate.
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Truman Faces Cold Welcome From Congress
President Truman, facing a special session he called the “worst, save one,” was greeted with unusually cool reception as Republicans kept their hands in their pockets and applause was scant from galleries and administration supporters.
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A Bombs and New Force Unveiled in Atomic Report
The fourth semi annual report of the Atomic Energy Commission and President Truman outline secrecy claims while promising progress in atomic weapons. Tests at Eniwetok in spring under Operation Sandstone show three bombs and focus on generation of nuclear explosion. The piece notes broad advances in medicine, agriculture, metallurgy and industry, plus widespread distribution of radioactive materials to institutions and firms.
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Precautionary Peach Americans Seek Economic Security
Americans seek economic security for themselves and families, plans show about 15 billion dollars spent on protection against death, old age, accident, sickness, disability, unemployment. Northeastern, Midwestern, and Pacific states lead in total and per capita payments.
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Small Woodlots Hold Key To Future Timber Supply
Washington reports on how private woodlots form three quarters of U S timber, with 60 to 70 acre plots mostly unprofitable to owners. Government and industry fund education camps teaching youth forestry, gum farming, fire prevention, and tree cultivation to turn land into profitable timber.
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