Convention From Page One Votes Linger In Philadelphia
Delegates at the Philadelphia convention total around 1094 as balloting nears 548 needed for nomination. Yatt meets with Massachusetts and Montana delegates. Walter S. Hallanan presides. Reece touts a pro Republican line versus Communism while Dewey and Taft backers discuss strategy. Pennsylvania votes 72 for Senator Edward Martin as a favorite son, with no clear winner emerging amid multiple state delegations and shifting alliances.
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Montana
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West Virginia
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Pennsylvania
Keystone
Duff
Reece
Illinois
Dwight Green
Taft
Dewey
Green
Edward Martin
Estras Howell
Scranton
Vandenberg
Martin
Martin-Mason Owlett
Joseph Grundy
New Jersey
Driscoll
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Washington
Labor Chiefs Not Shaping GOP Plank
In Philadelphia reporters note labor leaders, including John L. Lewis and William Green, are not shaping the 1948 GOP labor plank. The draft is expected to be brief, likely silent on major labor legislation, and may praise free bargaining while criticizing Democrats. The exact terms remain secret as labor leaders stay distant from the drafting.
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Michigan
Kim Sigler
Vandenberg
Slim Reed
Duff
Alfred E. Driscoll
New Jersey
Lethers
Philadelphia
John L. Lewis
G.O.P
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C.I.0
A.F.L
C.lo
Lewis
Ix. C. Adams
United Mine Workers Journal
William Green
Loby
Adams
T. Alan Goldsborough
Taft-Hartley Board of Inquiry
Washlington
Truman Wins First Ballot Prediction At Convention
An old timer at a breakfast with Patt summarized the convention mood. Dewey attracts crowds Taft draws long campaigns Stassen offers flashy ads. James Farley weighed in and backed Truman on the first ballot, three weeks from now.
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Patt
Dewey
Taft
Stassen
James Farley
Truman
Soviets Seek Better Film Plots in Editorial Push
A Soviet Art editorial urges Russian writers to shed backwardness in cinema and craft more and better motion picture scenarios, arguing current plots are inadequate and need modernization to raise artistic and cultural impact.
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Moscow
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Soviet film industry seeks more screenplays for rising output
The Soviet Union's best directors had been idle for lack of wood material for films. An editorial cited growing demand by the motion picture industry for scenarios amid a rapid rise in the number of films in production.
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Soviet Union
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