President Trumans West swing marks non political tour
President Truman campaigned across the West talking directly to the people rather than party leaders. He urged action against communist influence and criticized GOP farm policies while in Omaha Nebraska he held a sharp exchange at Ak-Sar-Ben Coliseum. The ERP cuts, Greece and Turkey aid, and China aid faced House resistance as Congress wrestled with draft questions and civil rights debates amid an election year.
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Farm Belt
Omaha
Neb
Ak-Sar-Ben
George Marshall
Europe
John Taber
House
Appropriations
Wee Ropean
Congress
Greece
Turkey
China
Senate
Parte
Inflation and dollar value argue for gold standard
The Life Insurance Institute estimates current tangible national wealth at 600 to 700 billion dollars, up from 300 billion in 1928. The text argues inflation has reduced purchasing power, not wealth, and advocates reestablishing a gold standard to fix the dollar’s value. It also touches Hawaii statehood delays and Communist investigations as unrelated notes.
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Life . Insurance Institute
National Industrial Conference Board
Congress
Taft
Great National Convention Sparks Philadelphia Show
The 24th Republican national convention in Philadelphia fills historic halls with noise and crowds as delegates rally behind keynote speaker Dwight Green and temporary chairman Carroll Reece. Taft and Van Denberg clash over foreign policy and trade plank while the rules committee shapes a platform amid civil rights debates and a lengthy policy agenda.
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Philadelphia
United States
Carroll Reece
Republican Party
Dwight H. Green
Hiiness
Credentials Committee
Joe Martin
Taft
Mine Talks More Snags Delay 1948-49 Contract
United States mine chief Lewis faces new injunctions before agreeing to wage talks with Southern Coal Producers Association. Judge Alan Goldsborough orders bargaining. Lewis previously refused, decrying operators as fat cats. Talks begin amid warnings of another strike if profits fall after July 1.
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Lewis
United States
Springfield
Alan Goldsborough
Southern ‘ ‘Coal. Producers Association
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