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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1947
Page
10
Western Newspaper Union analysis notes GOP moves to regulate labor unions and payroll cuts. Marshall rises to No 2 spot as party highlights economic policy while editorials frame the crossfire of labor and politics.
Economy-minded GOP House members push to trim the federal payroll by about 12 billion dollars below the 1946 budget to balance the budget and cut taxes. Representative Taber proposes shaving as many as 1,000,000 workers from a 2,300,000 payroll while maintaining essential services. Italy seeks a substantial U.S. loan to avoid chaos, fund food and materials, and revive its tourism trade crippled by war and exchange rates.
The January 7 1947 quote marks two happy days in public life the day of election and the day of quitting. Byrnes steps down as secretary and General of the Army George Marshall is named to succeed him. Marshall faces peace treaty talks with Russia and postwar pacts for Germany and Austria while keeping wary relations with Soviet leaders.
The piece argues that average teacher salaries in elementary and high schools trail unskilled laborers and trades, prompting mass departures from teaching. It cites 60,000 unfilled teaching jobs and 350,000 leaving since 1939, with many moving to government roles or industry. It notes rising student numbers and rising emergency certificates, urging action via union tactics and policy changes.
Britain moves to regulate sale and use of land under the town and country planning bill. Compulsory sale of undeveloped but valuable land at existing prices, hardship exemptions for higher values, and controls on reconversion to curb industrial blight and preserve countryside around cities. Billboard posting also regulated.
Basil O'Connor, president of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, states the foundation has spent $10,575,000 on medical care as polio cases exceed 25,000 and fund levels fall. He urges at least $24,000,000 to be raised in the 1947 March of Dimes drive to sustain a unified national attack.
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