Editorials urge hard look at surplus sales and social security
The piece calls for an immediate freeze on government surplus sales covering war plants and materials. It argues the move aims to prevent waste and ensure defense needs are met while criticizing prior disposal practices. It also weighs social security expansion and benefits growth, noting broader coverage and political caution for lawmakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ina
Administrator of
General Services
Jess Larson
United States
Army
Navy
U. S
Armed Services
Air Force
Truman may nominate Miss Edith Sampson to UN delegation
Doris Fleeson reports from Washington that President Truman might send Edith Sampson, a Negro lawyer, as the United States delegate to the General Assembly at Lake Success. Her qualifications are cited while addressing race politics in Asia and propaganda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris Fleeson
Washington
Truman
Edith Sampson
Lake Success
United States
General Assembly of the United Nations
Miss Sampson
Orient
India
Asia
General Assembly
Lake
Africa
Malaysia
Recluse bachelor left Los Angeles estate of half a million
A LA bachelor who died left an estate worth about 500000 dollars. He remained a bachelor because he lived as a recluse, avoiding marriage or remarriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Senate approves broad social security bill for Truman
The Senate backed the measure by voice vote and sent it to President Truman after the House approved a 374 to 1 final compromise. The bill would add 10 million workers to social security and double payroll taxes over 26 years. It raises questions about extending coverage to domestic workers and ensuring proper contributions while guaranteeing minimum benefits for all new registrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Truman
House
Sour Note Echoes Across University Letters Row
President Ige D Stoddard and Rep Ora Dillavou trade letters amid controversy over Dillavou’s campaign claim that Reds and socialists outnumbered opponents. Stoddard defends the university while anticipating next year's budget talks and warns against naming the university as a state bomber. The clash highlights partisan tensions and concerns over academic influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ige D. Stoddard
University of Is
Ora Dillavou
Rurbana
Representative Dillavou
Stoddard
Dillavoy
Chicago
Cairo
Harold
Red) Grange
Dillavou
Rep
U. of I
Univn
Korea
The Canasta Lesson and Dinner Table Woes
A humorous column by Christopher Billopp contrasts urging children to eat with managing canasta players at dinner. It notes feeding battles, parental stress, and a social cringe faced by non players. The piece ends by urging readers to learn canasta to fit in.
Why Are Classics Unpopular Today
A New York Times piece notes Columbia University Press poll shows readers find many classics tedious including Pilgrim's Progress Moby Dick Paradise Lost and Don Quixote Critics ask how taste develops and warn schooling may dull interest Shakespeare and Silas Marner are cited as examples of transforming readings and lingering exam pressure.
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Pilgrim's Regress
Moby Dick
Johnson
Pamela
Silas Marner
Don Quixote
Faust
Vanity Fair
The
Mill On the Floss
Boswell
of Johnson
George Eliot
Denmark
Shakespeare
Dorake Bunyan
Melville
Richardson
Columbia Press
Worry Clinic You Have to Tell em Before You Sell em
The piece argues dentists and doctors must learn merchandising to survive. It contrasts pure science with advertising, citing professors and a mousetrap fable, urging professionals to tell patients about value before selling. It notes physicians and dentists can starve without effective marketing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooks Dental Society
City
Brooklyn
Besid
Pete
Mobilization Debated as Republicans Push Economic Controls
The article discusses the push for broader presidential powers through economic controls via installments and money measures. It notes Republican and Democratic doubts about giving the President wide discretionary authority and warns of potential price increases and market shortages if the plan misfires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gress
Congress
UMIT backlog plan should have been adopted years ago
The piece argues universal military training would have built a partly trained reserve by now but is impractical during the Korean crisis. It urges delaying timing, favors expanding regular forces, and notes need for six to twelve months to prepare legislation and officer corps before any start.
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Ernest K. Lindley
George C. Marshall
Karl T. Compton
Congress
Kerien Legio
Denise Louis Johnson
M.T
U.M.T
National Guard
U.M.T. U.M.T
Inflation and price controls in wartime policy debate
The article analyzes Roosevelt's wartime price control strategy, arguing that mobilization by installments creates uncertain required controls. It notes high prices persist due to foreign market shifts and logistical hurdles, with no clear standby structure to manage administration and risks of price spikes and inflation.
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Roosevelt
Oh Powers
Trumah
Protection for Eagle in National Geographic Bulletin
The article notes Senate consideration of a measure extending protection to the bald eagle, a North American symbol known for its white head and tail. It covers legislative steps by lawmakers and references the bird’s national significance and presence on seals currency and official emblems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Geographic Bulletin
CLE Sam
Senate
North America
United States
U. S
Defense
Army
Mayoralty in New York Is Key Position
In Washington the New York mayoral race looms large as a Democratic power play with candidates seeking support from party bosses across the five boroughs. Senator Herbert Lehman and Rep. Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. are central figures, while Ed Flynn and Paul FitzPatrick influence Albany strategy. The column notes the ballot's national implications amid the Korean crisis and the push for a governorship as a backstop to the presidency, all within a traditional party framework.
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Easant
Five Boroughs
New York
Barkley
Washington
Sen
Herbert H. Lehman
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Lehman
Herbert Lehman
Roosevelt
Bronx
Ed Flynn
Paul Fitz- Patrick
Albany
Samoa
Metropolis
City Hall Power Plays Stirring New York Ambassadorship Talk
The piece outlines religious and political balance in New York City politics as Lehman sits in Washington while Albany shifts, with Fitzpatrick-Washington dynamics and Impellitteri challenging the Irish hold on city hall. It notes Liberal and American Labor support patterns and the State Department’s ambassadorship concerns amid possible rapid, dramatic moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Washington
Lehman
Fitzpatrick
City Hall
Vincent R. Impellitteri
O’dwyer
American Labor Party
Roosevelt
O'Dwyer
New York
State Department
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United Nations
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Mr. Billopp
China
Christopher Billopp
New York Times
Columbia University Press
George W. Crane
Pete L
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
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