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Newspaper
The Pocatello Post
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1949
Page
5
Rep Franklin Roosevelt Jr. likens his father in manner as he backs the administration housing bill. He calls slums breeding grounds for Communism and frames the measure as a defense of free enterprise against socialism.
Boise officials announced that all main roads in the Boise National Forest are open. Cascade, Warm Lake, Landmark, Yellow Pine and Stibnite roads were reported in very good condition for travel.
President Truman called for raises for cabinet officers and other top federal officials while signing a bill to add clerk hire and misc. costs. He said better pay is needed to attract capable leaders, though an act implementing his broader pay raise request is stalled in the House.
The state purchasing department contracted on Thursday for 3500 pounds of commercial grade beef for the State hospital in Boise South from the Carter Site Company of Buhl.
A White House meeting with Sen James Murray and five other Democrats, including representatives, yielded the president’s concern over rising unemployment and a plan for an economic expansion bill. The House Appropriations Committee advanced a 33 million dollar request to boost the Federal Security Agency funds to address employment in the next fiscal year. The president reportedly did not call the nation in an economic crisis but agreed action is needed to meet the unemployment challenge.
Chicago’s new classified telephone directory shows war and postwar influence on business names. Twenty eight firms use Atomic in names including five taverns and the Atomic Energy commission, while several pubs reflect postwar mood with names like Flying Saucer Lounge. Television dealers surged from 456 to 752, radio dealers fell from 1012 to 753, and plastics firms rose as household goods dealers declined.
A Southern prison houses a convicted torturer among inmates as observers speculate on reform for future employment. The text notes Mr. Truman did not pledge support for a targeted program. The bill proposes private investment incentives via tax benefits and long range public works planning.
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