Governor signature needed after civil service vote to protect 28 aides
The State Civil Service Commission voted 2 to 1 to grant tenure to 28 aides in New York State, moving them from exempt to competitive classes. The action, praised by Republicans and attacked by Democrats as patronage, covers salaries totaling about $145,000 annually and awaits Governor Dewey’s final sign-off.
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Albany
Dewey
State Civil Service Commission
Oscar M. Taylor
Mary Goode Keane
Alexander A. Falk
Falk
City Agencies Propose Salary Increases For Staff Positions
The document outlines proposed pay rises for public service workers including workmen's compensation board attendants and a principal stenographer in Public Works. Other roles in Rights of Way, Taxation and Finances departments gain raises, with new salaries ranging around $3,000 to $8,500.
Publication branded Red magazine linked to Communist front
A House Un American Activities study labels March of Labor a Communist front vehicle for propaganda. The New York monthly magazine, edited by Russian born John Steuben, is described as part of a party effort to win worker support while avoiding overt communist branding. Vincent Hallinan is noted for a past tax evasion sentence. Newsmen could not reach staff for comment.
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Washington
House Un-American Activities Committee
March of Labor
New York City
John Steuben
Steuben
Communist Party
Vincent Hallinan
San Francisco
Progressive Party
Hallinan
New York
Reds
Dockers Seek Mediator as New York Waterfront Talks Resume
The International Longshoremen's Association asks for a mediator in contract negotiations with the New York Shipping Association. Frank Brown of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service said a mediator will contact both sides today. Union members rejected a prior agreement on December 10 amid talk of a walkout, with the port already seeing three strikes in 15 months. The union seeks an eight hour day guarantee, paid holidays, and limits on deck workers in idle on deck.
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NEW York C7
International Longshoremen’s Association
Ind
New York Shipping Association
Frank Brown
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
New York
Cardinal Spellman Arrives in Tokyo for Christmas with U S Troops
Cardinal Spellman, archbishop of New York, arrives in Tokyo to spend his fourth consecutive Christmas with U S forces in the Far East. He conducts Mass at an Army chapel and meets U S authorities and generals before departing for Korea to celebrate Christmas Mass for the Seventh Division troops.
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Tokyo
Francis Carinal Spellman
New York
Ilary
U.S
U. S
Far East
Tokyo Army Hospital
John C. Allison
John E. Hull
Earle Partridge
Spellman
Korea
Exertion Fatal Ties Bible Balloon Campaign to Hargis
In Tulsa radiology units report evangelist Billy James Hargis died from over exertion while organizing the Bible balloon project. The campaign seeks 100000 dollars in the U S and an equal total from foreign nations to finance the three year effort. About 30000 balloons with 163000 Bible portions have already been released into Soviet bloc countries.
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Jamestown
Edward J. Fox
Tulsa
Okla
Billy James Hargis
Iron Curtain
Hargis
International Counncil of Christian Churches
United States
Russia
Poland
Hungary
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Gerrmany
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