Steel pension clash noted with political ties exposed
Washington column outlines how pension plans hinge on ties among John L. Lewis, Phil Murray, and U S Steel bankers led by J P Morgan. It notes factory directors like Walter Gifford and James Black influence the dispute and links welfare fund origins to U S Steel owned mines. It also covers Senate pay for Bilbo defense and Truman talks with Jim Patton on rural telephone bills.
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Washington
Phil Murray
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Murray
U. S. Steel
J. P. Morgan
Walter Gifford
American Telegraph and Telephone Company
Sewell Avery
Goodyear Tire
Bankers Trust
American Alliance Insurance Co
U.S. Steel
Big Steel
Steel
Bilbo
Mississippi
U. S. Senate
Senate
Forrest Jackson
Jackson
John Stennis
Rules
Curley Brooks
Illinois
Stennis
Carl Hayden
Arizona
Patton
Truman
House
Jim
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Steel strike doubts linger after fact finding board report
The steel industry faces uncertainty as producers resist fully endorsing the board’s social insurance and pension plan while the United Steel Workers threaten strikes on Sept 25 if firms refuse full acceptance. The board’s recommendations call for moderate benefits and joint study on pension costs.
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United Steel Workers
Wall Street Journal
Pocatello Post starts Friday edition details
The Pocatello Post indicating publication date Friday September 30 1949 and publishing schedule. It lists the Pocatello Idaho office address 334 North Main street and staff names C Ed Flandro Clayton Darrah and mentions weekly notices per Idaho law.
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North Main Street
Pocatello
The
Pocatello Post Publishing Co
C. ED Flandro
Football as War Substitution and Safety Valve
Paul Gallico argues football is the United States' peaceful war substitute, a universal safety valve. He likens players to soldiers, describes injuries and mud battles, and suggests adding wartime fantasies such as liberated maidens to avoid real conflict.
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Yales
Harvards
New
Arms for Europe aid shapes postwar plan in 1950 debate
Marquis Childs analyzes how the Atomic breakthrough and Vandenberg Dulles resolve affect the Atlantic Pact aid. He notes lawmakers split on a billion dollar package, pressure for a second arms bill, and the need for a unified plan balancing home priorities with European security amid rising debt and tax concerns.
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Washington
Vandenberg
Dulles
Truman
Congress
Pact
France
Europe
Norway
Portugal
North Dakota
Thurber’s writing racket and the piece about a piece
Robert C. Ruark reflects on James Thurber’s essay in The New Yorker about Chips off the Old Benchley and the saturation of publishing where writers trade articles about articles. He praises Thurber’s self referential process and the endless reuse of material across magazines and reprints.
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New York
James Thurber
The
New Yorker
Mr. Thurber
Max
New York Times Book Review
Benchley
Harper
Thurber
Times Book Review
Saturday Evening Post
Post
Times
Collier's
Armour
Billy Rose
Eve
Billy
Look Magazine
Measles outbreaks and risks in the United States
Doctor Jordan notes the past year has seen high measles activity with about 500000 cases and 1000 deaths in the U S. Complications like bronchitis and broncho pneumonia can cause lasting disability. Symptoms start two weeks after exposure, with cold like onset, fever rising, cough, and a forehead to body rash that spreads over two to three days.
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Congress
Joint Committee On the Economic Report
Jimmy Roosevelt
Helen Douglas
Western States
Sen
Sheridan Downey
California
Truman
Leland Olds
Federal Power Commission
Old
Private Power Trust
Senate Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
United States
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Russia
Jim Patton
National Farmers Union
Ralph Gates
Indiana
Guy Gabrielson
Republican National Committee
Republican High Command
Dewey
Hugh Scott
Gates
Barak T. Mattingly
St. Louis
Mattingly
Missouri
Howard Stephens
St. Louis Browns
Stephens
Bruce Biossat
Clayton Darrah
Audit Bureau
of Circulations
Idaho
Paul Gallico
Omebody
Lazarette
Mexico
Marquis Childs
Soviet Union
Robert C. Ruark
Doctor
Jordan
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