Truman Sees Cold War Lasting Years
President Truman on his Idaho Oregon train tour urged sustained atomic strength and a long Cold War, signing the National Science Foundation Act to boost scientific research for growth and security. He tied the move to postwar world stability and urged aid to China while pushing small business legislation. The speech followed a Laramie address promising victory for free nations against Soviet tyranny.
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Idaho
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United States
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Laramie
Wyo
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Atomic Energy Commission
Soviet Russia
Cheyenne
GOP to Use Senate As Forum Says Wherry
Senator Wherry says Republicans will use the Senate as a forum to answer President Truman during his western tour. The plan, backed by the GOP campaign committees, aims to keep the party line before the public throughout the president’s trip as Ferguson replies to Truman’s Casper Wyoming remarks on greed and privilege. Democratic Leader Lucas cautions GOP Senators against overestimating electoral gains.
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Ferguson
R.-Mich
Casper
Wyo
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Harding
Calvin Coolidge
Lucas
Illinois
G.O.P
Food Prices At New High
New York reports wholesale food prices as measured by the Dun & Bradstreet index rose to 5.89 this week from 5.84, 3.7 percent above a year ago. The rise comes from gains in beef, hams, bellies, lard, hogs, cotton seed oil, cocoa, flour, wheat, barley and butter, while corn, rye, oats, eggs, steers and lambs fell. The index, averaging cost of 31 staple foods, records its highest level in 34 years.
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Dun & Bradstreet
Opened Loyalty Files On 81 Names In Red Probe
Senate investigators began reviewing loyalty files on 81 individuals named by Senator McCarthy in a Red Purge probe. The four Foreign Relations members met at the White House with State Department officials to pursue a thorough examination over about a month.
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D-Conn
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D-R.l
Lodge
Eben Ayers
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Congress
Nell
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Conrad Snow
Peyton Ford
Donald Dawson
Truman
Wisconsin
McCarthy Threatens Senate Revelation on Alleged Foreign Agent
McCarthy vows to lay evidence to back a charge and urges jail for the responsible. he may name in the Senate a United States envoy he accuses of being a foreign agent.
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McCarthy
Senate
United States
Draft Bill Seen Extending Through Two Years
Congressional leaders predict the standby draft bill will pass and extend for two years despite President Truman saying war seems unlikely. Sen. Lehman urges accelerating the St Lawrence seaway and power project amid world dangers. House and Senate committee actions and hearings are anticipated as the draft moves toward debate.
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Cole
R.-N.y
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D.-Lib
N.Y
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D.-Tex
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Warren Street
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Syracuse, New York
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Midland Ave
Syracuse
U. S
OF Central
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