Case Bill Backers Pause In Drive For New Labor Laws
The Case bill supporters pause the push for a broad new labor law awaiting public reaction or a major strike crisis. Bipartisan spokesmen say momentum hinges on demand against President Truman and a potential unified push in Congress. Republicans split with Democrats over the veto and the 2 to 1 override tally as they weigh next steps.
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Clair Johnson
Washington
Fela’ ‘Yq
Truman
House
Control
House Rules Committee
Allen
Weather outlook for Georgia turns partly cloudy and hot
Georgia forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with very warm temperatures tonight and Thursday. Widely scattered after noon thundershowers expected, mainly in southern and central areas. Local heat risk noted as high.
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Georgia
Navy backs proposed atomic energy control board
The Navy endorsed Senate legislation creating a five member civilian commission for domestic atomic energy control. Assistant Secretary W. John Kenney said the bill is satisfactory and protects armed services, aligning with the War Department's approval. Secretary of State Byrnes announced United Nations international control plans.
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Navy
Senate
W. John Kenney
House Military Committee
Earler
Patterson
Kenney
Army
Byrnes
United Nations
Kerr Claims South's Railroads Free to Establish Own Rates
Joseph G Kerr of Atlanta Ga chairman of the Southern Freight Association testified before Supreme Court special master Lloyd K Garrison that lines of the association may set their own freight rates. He said the Southern Association operates independently of the Association of American Railroads and includes members not in the AAR. He accused Georgia officials of editing evidence to distort the record in a suit alleging freight rate discrimination.
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New York
Joseph G. Kerry
Atanta
Southern Freight Association
Association of American Railroads
Southern Association
Kerr
AAR
Supreme Court
Lloyd K. Garrison
State of Georgia
Southern
FBI ordered take over riots turn deadly in Massillon
In Massillon Ohio a local AFL dealer said the FBI ordered him to take over and killed Patrolman Myron Henderson at police headquarters before being wounded. Henderson died of gunshot wounds. Lester Martin 26, an AFL head, also shot by Patrolman Joseph Slinger through a window.
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AFL
FBI
Stanley W. Swgitter
Myron Henderson
Switter
Lester Martin
Federal Labor Union
Tyson Bearing Corp
Martin
Henderson
Joseph Slinger
Discharged Enlisted Man Arrested in Gem Theft Case
Roy C. Carlton a former enlisted man was arrested by federal agents in Kilgore Texas in connection with the Kronberg Castle jewel theft. An army officer said Carlton's participation is believed minor and he is the fourth person seized. The case involved liberation of 1 500 000 dollars worth Hessian Crown jewels.
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Washington
War Department Today
Roy C. Carlton
Kronberg Castle
Army
Carlton
Kilgore
Texas
WAC
Shipping unions balk at company offer and looming strike
Washington dispatch reports seamen unions rejected a new work week compromise from ship operators. CIO NMU president Curran warned of a long, bitter strike beginning Friday unless pay or hours are altered. The talks before a House labor subcommittee also touched on government plans to pay extra for maintaining the 56 hour week at sea.
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Washington
Frank J.taylor
Joseph Curran
CIO National Maritime Union
House Labor Committee
Taylor
Atlantic and Gulf Coast
NMU
Sam
Curran
House
President Truman
Navy
Cur- Tan
Rep
Buck
RNY
Merchant Marine Committee
Labor Department
Harry Bridges
Joe Curran
Congress
House Labor
Pridges
Bankhead in grave condition after stroke
Senator John Bankhead of Alabama, hospitalized since a May 24 stroke, has developed further complications and is described as very grave by Captain R E Duncan of Bethesda Naval Hospital. Bankhead's secretary Arthur Sartain said heart weakness and lung congestion worsen his illness and could prove fatal.
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Washington
John Bankhead
D-Ala
R. E. Duncan
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Arthur Sartain
Bankhead
Sartain
Entire Crew Perishes In B-29 Crash On Smoky Mountain Peak
Gatlinburg Tenn June 12 AP an Army B 29 Superfortress crashed into Clingmans Dome in the Smoky Mountains killing all 11 men aboard the ship was en route from Tampa to Chicago early reports said the bodies were scattered along the mountaintop and an engine lay in a nearby road officials said recovery efforts were under way with conditions hampered by low clouds
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CMU
Waterside Workers Federation of
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Australia
Gatlinburg, Tenn
Clingman’s Dome
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Here
Tampa
Fla
Chicago
H. F. Holt
Mississippi
Holt
Bevin appeals to Arabs and Jews urging restraint in Palestine
British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin at the Labour Party conference urged Arabs and Jews to lay down arms and warned against importing 100000 Jews to Palestine, saying disarmament would ease peace and that Palestine is an international, not purely colonial, issue. He noted U S pressure and questioned military risk of large Jewish immigration.
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Eng
Ernest Bevin
England
British-American Commission
Palestine
Bevin
Labor Party
Colonial Office
International
United States
New York
Smith
Philip Noel- Baker
Noel-Baker
Stalin
Byrnes
United Nations
Committee Votes Social Security Tax Increase
Washington reports the House Ways and Means Committee approved raising the Social Security tax from 1 to 1.5 percent on employees' wages and employers' payrolls for five years starting next January. If enacted by Congress the total annual collection would rise from 1.36 billion to 2.0 billion dollars, with the original act set to increase to 2.5 percent next January unless action is taken.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Senate
Congress
Price Rise in Georgia Farm Goods Persists Through May
Georgia Crop Reporting Service reports continued price increases in May with the Commodity Price Index at 207 percent of the 1910-14 average as of May 15. Fruit, chicken, and egg prices lead gains, while overall levels climb from April.
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Georgia
Athens
Georgia Crop Reporting Service
Taft Urges Relaxed OPA Price Ceilings
Senator Taft argues against fully dropping price controls and calls for relaxing wartime OPA ceilings. He cites butter as an example of unprofitable production and backs amendments to prevent ceilings below October 1941 levels plus recent cost increases. Senate leadership sees possible early final vote amid party maneuvers on removing meat dairy and poultry from OPA.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Senate
OPA
Barkley
Capehart
R-Ind
Banking Committee
Kiwanis Seek Stronger US Canada Economic Ties
Kiwanis International at its 3st annual convention urged US and Canada to pass laws to curb disruptive groups and to expand anti trust enforcement. Delegates approved a resolution defining duties and rights of management and labor and calling for clearer government responsibilities.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Kiwanis International
United States
Canada
GOP Elated Over Rivals Turmoil Atmosphere
Washington reports Republicans claim Democratic turmoil and the Supreme Court dispute have sunk prospects for the party. They cite Justice Jackson's attack on Black, Truman's veto of the Case labor bill, and the court’s composition as campaign leverage. Taft warns these issues won't fade before November.
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Taft
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Republic Steering
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H. Jackson
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High Court
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Jackson
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William 0. Douglas
Stanley Rees
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Black
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