CIO PAC Releases Vote Record Against 79th Congress
The CIO Political Action Committee urges members to study voting records on 12 social bills and vote against lawmakers who opposed key measures. It notes only two senators showed fully favorable records, while many representatives and senators were listed unfavorably on all items.
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Washington
CIO Political Action Committee
Cio-Pac
Congress
FEPC
PAC
House
Senate
PAC Uistec
B.n
Truman
Patman
James M. Mead
D-N. Y
Joseph Guffey
D-Pa d
Wagner
Dny
Tom Stewart
D-Tenn
J. L. McClellan
Dark
Olin D. Johnston
D.C
Clarence Bo Tancock
Syracuse
Women earn praise for past and present progress
Miss Miller from Page One notes women scientists and professionals, citing modern strides and earlier pioneers. She says women of a century ago were more remarkable due to lack of landmarks and companions, yet received little recognition. The Women's Bureau chief, born in Lal Cross Wisconsin, studied labor economics and held key posts succeeding Frances Perkins as industrial commissioner of New York.
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Miler
An Lal Crosse
Wis
Mulwaukee-Downer College
University of Chicago
Frances Perkins
New Yor State
English Invasion Plan Unveiled by Nazi Documents
Captured German papers published by Justice Jackson reveal Hitler’s plans for a late 1940 Channel crossing under mine defenses and coastal guns. The failed Sea Lion invasion was derailed by Luftwaffe failure to defeat the RAF, while a Falkenstein letter hints at future Atlantic operations tied to neutrality and allied support.
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Washington
Adolf Hitler
England
Russia
America
Robert H. Jackson
U. S
Fuehrer
English Channel
English
Waffe
Royal Air Force
Hitler
Falkenstein
Atlantic Islands
Atlantic
Ship Strike Intensifies on Great Lakes Docks
AFL members clashed on a Detroit dock as CIO unionists began a strike at 12:01 A.M. Thursday against Great Lakes ship operators. AFL tugmen in Cleveland faced pressure as two ore freighters were blocked from towing. Government officials warned strikes could violate federal rules and urged normal service. Lake Carriers Association data showed 35 of 316 vessels affected, with 69 principal docks impacted nationwide. NMU leaders traveled to New York and Chicago for crucial talks with two companies.
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Detroit
Cleveland
CIO
Great Lakes
Great Lakes Towing Company
Lawrence C. Turner
Turner
AFUE
N M.U
New York
Chicago
Peace Parley Hear Austria After Axis States Debate
The Big Four agreed to allow Austria to present views at the peace conference alongside Albania Mexico Cuba and Egypt. Benjamin V. Cohen urged quick hearing of Austria while McNeil warned of discrimination if the five former enemies were heard but not Austria which seeks South Tyrol from Italy. Iran asked to appear and was supported by Vishinsky. small nations would speak next Wednesday.
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Albania
Mexico
Cuba
Egypt
Benjamin V. Cohen
U. S
McNeil
South Tyrol
Italy
HIG
Tyrol
Big
Iran
Vishinsky
Vishin
Oil executives discuss Middle East oil policies and pipelines
Loftus and two officials discuss American oil concessions in Saudi Arabia and plans for a government pipeline across Arabia. They say postwar goals include avoiding monopolies and creating a UN backed tribunal to regulate world oil development amid regional tensions.
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Middle East
Palestine
Holy Land
Charles B. Rayner
State Department
Col
G. H. Vogel
Army-Navy Petroleum Board
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California
Texas Oi
Saudi Arabia
Harold Ickes
Arabia
Mediterranean
Rayner
Standard
Texas
Russia
Iran
Persian Gulf
United Nations Social and Economic Council
Drink Kills Ball Scout
Ed L. Les Wilson 37 a St. Louis Cardinals baseball scout died in Dallas after an all night struggle with alcohol fueled visions. Autopsy blamed acute alcoholism with wounds from colliding with hotel walls and furniture misread as knife blows. Police sought witnesses as investigators labeled the case a murder mystery. Wilson lived in Fayetteville Arkansas and played in the Western Association for Fayetteville Springfield and Joplin.
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Texas
Ed L
Les” Wilson
St. Louis Cardinals
C. T. Ashworth
Morton Mason
Wilson
Olice
Savoy Hotel
Drs. Ashworth
Mason
Fayetteville, Ark
Western Association
Fayetteville
Springfield
Joplin
Some Foods Will Go Up
Washington Price Chief Paul A Porter said some food prices must rise due to reduced subsidies though grain meats and dairy may revert to June 30 levels if the Price Decontrol Board allows recontrol on August 21. He did not know the board’s stance on several items under the new OPA law.
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Washington
Paul A. Porter
Porter
OPA
Decontrol Board
QPA
Jewish Exodus Faces New Strife as Transfers Resume
British transports Haifa to Cyprus earlier carried around 1,200 Jews to safety. New loads are being prepared, but securing aboard raises tensions with British Marines and barbed wire pens.
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Cyprus
Haifa
British Jews Hold Paris Conference on Palestine Policy
In Paris on Saturday Jewish Agency Executive members Dr. Stephen Wise Bert Locker and Dr. Nahum Goldman met with British Secretary Ernest Bevin and Colonial Secretary George Hall to discuss Palestine. Government sources indicate the issue will return to the Cabinet early this week as Jewish opposition to a hard line on illegal immigration grows.
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Jewish Agency
Ernest Bevin
George Hall
Palestine
Holy Land
Stephen Wise
Bert Locker
Nahum Goldman
Bevin
Hall
London
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