Senators Victims Of Smear Attacks
Column discusses McCarthyism tactics in the Senate. Key figures include Roy Cohn and Sen Henry Jackson, with allegations against Sen McCarthy and Sen Symington. Mentions Welker threats and Sen Hunt's suicide, urging revival of Senate oversight and stripping McCarthy of committee chair privileges. References Adlai Stevenson and wheat-policy notes.
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U. S. Senate
Roy Cohn
McCarthy
Jackson
Sen
Henry Jackson
Washington
Stuart Symington
Missouri
Symington
Tom Hennings
Legion Finds UNESCO Charges False After Review
A special American Legion committee released findings disputing claims that UNESCO promotes alien ideals atheism subversion or world government. The report says UNESCO pamphlets are safe multifaith and Vatican representation exists and its constitution limits intervention in domestic matters.
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Unesco
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Legion
U. S
Vatican
United States
Illinois Eyes Iowa Moisture as Water Fix
A suggestion proposes importing Iowa's surplus moisture to ease Illinois water problems. The passage also notes Maine debates in a tongue in cheek line about the Jones boy not winning a vote.
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Illinois
Iowa
If Politicians Would Listeners To Scientists
A University of Michigan Survey Research Center study finds 65 percent of voters had formed up their minds after conventions and before campaigns. The piece notes politicians shift to planning 1954 campaigns while scientists doubt campaigns sway many votes.
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University of M Michigan
Survey Research Center
Research Center
Washington
Capitol Hill
Counsel Eyes Senate Run Then Subcommittee Seat
Counsel Ray Jenkins weighs a possible run for the Tennessee Senate seat and a chance to serve on a subcommittee. The piece recalls the view that the Army McCarthy hearings would last only a short time.
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Ray Jenkins
Subcommittee
Tennessee
Senators Usually Are Native Sons The Late Son Lester Hunt
The article notes many U S senators and governors are native to other states with several exceptions. It lists Lester C Hunt born in Illinois later governor of Wyoming and Frank Barrett from Nebraska as well as Minnesota senators Edward Thye and Hubert Humphrey born in South Dakota. Wayne Morse of Oregon born in Wisconsin and Guy Cordon in Texas illustrate cross state origins amid western drift. It cites Styles Bridges and Robert Upton as New Hampshire representatives adopted sons from Maine and Massachusetts respectively. It observes Illinois governors and lawmakers often came from eastern states, with Richard Yates Jr. as the first native Illinois governor in 1901, and Everett Dirksen the sole native-born Illinois senator alongside Paul Douglas born in Salem, Massachusetts. Joe Meek, aiming to succeed Douglas, hails from Iowa.
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Wyoming
Frank Barrett
Nebraska
Minnesota
Edward J. Thye
Hubet Humphrey
South Dakota
Oregon
Wayne Morse
Wisconsin
Guy Cordon
Texas
U. S. Senate
West
New Hampshire
Senate
Styles Bridges
Maine
Robert Upton
Massachusetts
Middle West
Rocky Mountain and
Pacific
Massachusetts Bay
Illinois
Richard Yates, Jr
Kentucky
New York
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Everett Dirksen
Peking
Paul Douglas
Salem
Mass
Joe Meek
Meek
Douglas
Iowa
Flaming Youth Recalled By Smooth Talking Good Old Girl
In a reminiscence a woman from a social circle recalls how she once shocked an older generation as flaming youth while admitting that heat has slowed her down somewhat.
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Flaming Youth
Prize contest celebrated Indiana Lincoln boyhood play
David Felts notes Southwestern Indiana Civic Association held a 1938 $1000 prize for the best three act play on Abraham Lincoln between 1816 and 1830. Francesco Falk Miller won with Marked Corners, subtitled Abe Lincoln in Southwestern Indiana.
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Robert E. Sherwood
Abe Lincoln
Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Southwestern Indiana Civic Association
Abraham Lincoln
Francesco Falk Miller
Abraham
Nancy
Press Comment on The Hearings Across Newspapers
A collection of editorial opinions on the McCarthy hearings, condemning the spectacle, noting no charges proved or convictions, and urging Senate reform. Editors from Buffalo to Pittsburgh decry the process, warn of abuse of inquiry, and call for censure of McCarthy and system revisions.
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Buffalo Evening News
Mundt
Fight Looms On AEC Dixon Yates Contract Showdown
Congress faces a clash over the Dixon Yates private power plan with Rep. Holifield moving to halt the AEC backed deal. President Eisenhower has ordered AEC to sign and TVA to cooperate, while critics warn of high contingent liabilities and future costs if the contract unravels.
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Eisenhower
TVA
Atomic Energy Commission
Joint Congressional Committee On Atomic Energy
Chet Holifield
California
AEC
Dixon-Yates
House
Representatives Holifield
Melvin Price
Illinois
Senate
Sen
Albert Gore
Tennessee
Lewis Strauss
Campbell
Worry Clinic Mona Wins Back Husband
Mona M., a 32 year old legal secretary, shares how she rebuilt her marriage using daily compliments and friendly gestures after divorce. She followed the columnist’s advice and within three months her husband was returned and they remarried.
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Mona M
Mona
AEC estimates higher costs for contract over TVA option
The AEC staff says the contract could cost about 30 million dollars yearly more than a TVA style arrangement, totaling around 90 million dollars over its life. Rep Holifield criticizes the deal as a free ride for utilities and notes private utilities would own the automobile financed by this agreement.
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AEC
TVA
Rep
Holifield
Guatemalan Invasion Sparks Debate Over Communist Gain
Washington reports describe a disputed invasion of Guatemala by anti Communist forces with about 5 000 fighters and government arms. The piece notes loyalty, potential Soviet backed arms from Czechoslovakia, and the broader risk to U S aims in Latin America if the regime holds.
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Associated Press
Washington
Guatemala
United States
Latin America
Czechoslovakia
Jorge Ubico
Ubico
Juan Arevala
Jacobo Arbenz
Arevala
Arbenz
Psants
United Fruit Co
Russia
Panama Canal
Negro education pays dividends in foreign posts worldwide
An American traveler highlights a surge of Black professionals in U S overseas missions. In Afghanistan a Delaware Black man leads the Educational Mission, in India a Georgia expert trains farmers and counters propaganda, in Jordan a New Yorker aids rehabilitation as field engineer, in Europe a former newspaper man guides labor information, and a Mississippi born Columbia alumnus runs U S branch libraries in France.
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George Schuyler
Globe
Asia
Europe
Afghanistan
U. S
India
Georgia
America
Jordan
Organized Labor
Columbia University
France
Negro officials prove national progress in global roles
The article notes Negro consular agents and employees now appear in Geneva, Marseilles, Paris, Ottawa, London and Belgrade, challenging Moscow's claims of racial degradation. It highlights J. Ernest Wilkins, an African American, as head of the U S delegation at the 27th International Labor Conference in Geneva. It credits U S investment in Negro education for rises in science, industry and government service. A Southern white woman’s return after 10 years abroad shows Negro clerks and practitioners in New York stores.
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Geneva
Marseilles
Paris
Ottawa
London
Belgrade
Moscow
International Labor Conference
United States
J. Ernest Wilkins
America
New York
Patterned Life Echoes in Quiet New York Times Poem
Poem fragment by Mollie R. Golomb from the New York Times reflects on pattern in nature and life. Vivid images of sky, butterfly, thrush and sparrow drift under a dreamlike gaze. The speaker seeks fulfillment in recurring motifs tying bone, marrow, and existence to ordered pattern.
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Mollie R. Golomb
New York Times
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Adlai Stevenson
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Taxpayers’ Federation of Illinois
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Ike
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