Budget Cut Near Half Of GOP Goal
Washington report shows House Republicans close to half of their target to trim $6.0 billion from President Truman’s $37.5 billion fiscal 1948 request. About $2.863 billion cut already approved, with six bills remaining to reshape defense, civil functions, independent offices, and DC spending. Democrats call much of the $2.853 billion decline "phony" citing refunds and paper transactions.
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Diplomatic Move: Tay-Jor to Take Delhi Post
Chifford C Tay Jor economic counsellor at the U S embassy will leave Warsaw for New Delhi to assume a similar post He is recognized as an outstanding State Department economic expert and is a former resident of Fort Collins Colorado.
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Diana Barrymore and John Howard Fined in Louisville Police Court
Actress Diana Barrymore and her husband tennis pro John Howard were fined five dollars each for disorderly conduct after their arrest May 11 for loud horn blowing. Charges of assault and battery were dismissed.
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Argentina Presses Toward Closer Ties After Defusing War Effects
Argentina has met U S proposals on major points by removing Nazi influence from schools and dismantling Nazi control of business groups. It has deported 60 suspected or proven German spies, with 16 more fleeing, and assessed 43 as unsound while others await status under United Nations approval. Once the Chapultepec obligation is satisfied, U S moves to cooperate on a regional defense plan discussed for Rio de Janeiro 1945. The United States first backed Argentina for UN membership but then blocked further talks until obligations were discharged, prompting diplomatic assignments to Braden and Messersmith.
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McKellar Stricken In Capitol Office Ailment
Washington Senator Kenneth McKellar of Tennessee, age 78, was stricken by illness in his Capitol office and hospitalized at Bethesda Naval Hospital. A former acting Senate president after Roosevelt’s death, McKellar recently led opposition to nominations for the Atomic Energy Commission chair and TVA head, and had spent weeks in hospital last year before returning to duties.
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Atomic Energy Commission
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Tennessee Valley Authority
Marshall plan priorities move through Senate to House
The article outlines four policy priorities including displaced persons in Germany and Austria, sending military missions to keep wartime China operations running, arms sales to friendly nations via Neutrality Act amendments, and continuing Voice of America broadcasts. The administration seeks Senate ratification of peace treaties for Italy, Romania, Hungary, and Bulgaria but no deadline exists. Chairman Vandenberg expects to act after tax and labor bills, with State Department noting a reshuffle from an earlier Marshall plan list.
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Dewey Hesitates on Seabury Style Inquiry in NY City
Albany sources say Republican leaders suspect a new investigation into Democratic contested New York City affairs could aid the 1948 presidential race but Governor Dewey has not endorsed either a legislative probe or a special prosecutor. Officials note Dewey relies on Frank Hogan and doubts O'Dwyer can fix the city’s relief program amid recent scandals while New York State prepares a Social Welfare Board inquiry into relief administration costs under Moore plan results.
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New York Scandal Coverage Draws Governor Dewey In
Newspapers race to break the latest city scandal with Governor Dewey monitoring developments. Officials say he will intervene if local authorities fail to prosecute misdeeds, though he plans to remain aloof unless action is lacking.
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NY Pier Scandal Ties Millionaire Stevedore to Leases
NY District Attorney Frank Hogan and his four assistants probed a pier scandal centered on James V Auditore known along the waterfront as the millionaire stevedore. Piers were allegedly leased to him at huge profits for steamship firms in need of space. Elmer Haslett, airport director, was suspended amid charges he profited about 50000 from Gulf Oil concessions at the new Iciewild Airport opening in fall.
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Er’ Baron
Elmer Haslett
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Gulf Oil Corp
Muragh
Iciewild
House Labor Bill Moves On Indus try Bargaining Change
Washington dispatch reports Rep Hartley of New Jersey says House conferees tentatively agreed to drop the industry wide bargaining ban. He spoke after a two hour conference with Senator Taft on a draft bill harmonizing labor measures from both chambers.
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