House Subcommittee Flays Reserve Callup Injustices
A House armed services subcommittee blasted the reserve callup after Korea, citing grandfathers pressed into service, claims of bias toward active duty involuntary orders, and broken homes. It urged rapid release of unwilling Reservists as replacements arrive, while noting the April 1 totals of 650,100 on active duty and 24 percent of the reserve force.
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Washington
Special House
Armed Services
Korea
Brooks
Louisiana
National Guard
Organized Reserve
Union Officials Expelled From Mississippi After Strike
Baton Rouge dispatch reports United Mine Workers officials Walter McCarty claims two field representatives James Ledbetter and Sam Stevenson were forced to leave Mississippi within 24 hours following Governor Fielding Wrights intervention ending a Hazlehurst strike. Wright said he would not tolerate Communists or oathbreakers and questioned the unions stance on non-Communist oaths.
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United Mine Workers
Mississippi
Fielding L. Wright
Hazlehurst
Miss
Walter McCarty
Louisiana-Mississippi
James Ledbetter
Sam Stevenson
State Highway Patrol
Wright
Jackson
Communist Party
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