Hudson & Manhattan tubes strike enters third week
The Hudson and Manhattan tubes strike nears its third week amid signals that striking trainmen and engineers may urge President Truman to seize the New York New Jersey commuter line. Also in brief, church leaders prepare to visit Japan to assess religious conditions, a missing child is found safe, and tuberculosis fight receives VA support.
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New York
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New York-New Jersey
House Halts Klan Investigation In Congress
The House Committee on Un American Activities votes five to one to postpone its formal probe into the Ku Klux Klan. Some members say investigators will still conduct informal checks on Klan activity. President Truman faces calls for wiser counsel as Harold Ickes criticizes advisers as a pantry cabinet. Phillips named to the WAGF board.
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Interior
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Garman Named Public Member of Wage Stabilization Board
L Garman, former chief of the War Production Board industrial relations section, has served in Government since April 1 1941 and in July 1944 became associate editor of the WPB disputes division.
Deaths of Sir Frank Swettenham and Mrs Pratt
Sir Frank Swettenham former governor of Malaya colonial pioneer dies in London. Mrs Caroline A Ladd Pratt widow of Frederic B Pratt educator and philanthropist dies at Glen Cove aged 84.
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London
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Frederic B. Pratt
Glen Cove
Jap Labor Leader Held in Contract Plot
Akira Ando a 46 year old head of the militaristic Daian Gumi was arrested by U S Army MPs in Tokyo accused of currying favor with American officers to win construction contracts Investigations may involve several American officers and high officials.
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Mufti Leads Arab Merger
Arab League directed rival factions in Palestine to reconcile and unite under an executive committee led by Haj Amin al Husseini after dissolving the Palestine High Committee and the Higher Front. The move culminates a five day session creating a single leadership to oppose Jewish immigration.
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Syria
Palestine
Arab League
Ship Strike From Page One
Murray presses unions Bridges and Curran during a stormy three and a half hour session in his hotel suite as they debate a government settlement. The proposal includes a $17.50 monthly wage boost for seagoing workers, a 48 hour basic week with eight hours overtime, and retroactive pay to January I. Bridges seeks more than the recommendations while Murray notes gains already won by the CMU and CIO unions. The deal could push sea men's pay toward wartime levels near $195 monthly.
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Joseph Curran
National Maritime Union
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Committee For Maritime Unity
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John W. Gibson
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Jan. i. Bridges
War Labor Board
U.S. Egypt Prepare Air Transport Pact Signing
Cairo reports the Egyptian government ready to sign an air transportation treaty with the United States. The accord would have the U S transfer Payne Field near Cairo for military equipment to Egypt as the U S likely gains landing rights.
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President orders broader inquiry into strikes and legacy
The article notes a wider inquiry into strike causes alongside the investigation of Babylon’s fall and Rome’s bringing. It mentions Truman concerns over inherited wealth, including prominent families and figures, and references the era’s political and social tensions with pointed critique.
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British draft system debated as Labour delegates fail two resolutions
In Bournemouth England delegates at the Labourary conference declined to junk or modify England's draft system. Two resolutions opposing conscription and setting a 21 year call-up age were defeated by the delegates. In Saginaw Michigan the city bus system halted due to a strike.
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