CIO Girds for New Wage Drive in 1948
The CIO adopts economist Robert Nathan's wage rise theory arguing record earnings justify higher wages without price hikes. UAW chief Walter Reuther cites growing profits and rising living costs as justification, while French politics shift with Leon Blum returning to head a new interim government and urging Ruhr internationalization.
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CIO
Robert Nathan
United Automobile Workers
Nathan
UAW
Walter Reuther
Reuther
Leon Blum
Popular Front
France
Blum
Socialist Party
Duclos
Popular Republicans
Ruhr
Rhineland
Vincent Auriol
National Assembly
Donations Lag in Public Church Giving Figures
The WV public's church donations reached a new high by passing the bilon-dollar mark, yet lag behind consumer outlays for movies and theater tickets and account for about one third of the nation's tobacco expenditure and one eighth of alcohol spending, per Northwestern National Life Insurance Co.
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WV. S
Northwestern National Life Insurance Company
United Nations adjourns after major gains in 1946 meeting
The U N general assembly adjourned until September marking a slate of accomplishments. A 6 500 000 gift from John D Rockefeller Jr funds a one acre Manhattan site for a permanent U N home. A security council disarmament plan will be drafted for treaty presentation. Trusteeships approved for eight former League of Nations mandates with a U N trusteeship committee to oversee reports. Sweden Afghanistan Iceland and Siam admitted to the U N. The International Refugee organization is established to resettle and repatriate 1 000 000 displaced persons.
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U. S
Warren Austin
United Nations General Assembly
John D. Rockefeller Jr
Manhattan
LA. N
Security Council
League of Nations
U. N
Sweden
Afghanistan
Iceland
Siam
International Refugee Organization
Housing program shifts focus to rental construction
The administration's housing plan emphasizes building rental dwellings as most home seekers prefer rent. FHA will extend amortization beyond 28 years and adjust loans to shield owners from losses in bad times. Rents for single units rise from 40 to about 80 dollars monthly on average, with vets given priority for sales or rentals.
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Federal Housing Administration
Veterans’ Emergency Housing Program
Farm output rises as Americans face bountiful table
The 1948 farm production report notes record crops in wheat corn rice potatoes soybeans tobacco and garden vegetables with near record yields of grapes peanuts and oats and promises ample meat supplies. It also highlights shifts in crops since 1938-44 and increased rice and soybean production to meet oils needs.
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Department of Agriculture
Constructive GOP Congress Faces Harmony Test Ahead
The piece analyzes the GOP Senate leadership struggle and party discipline amid a slim majority. It notes restless conservatives, the influence of presidential prospects, and factions within the party. It also discusses how regional loyalties and historical shifts shape senators' independence and reform trajectories.
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India
Congress
Pakistan
New Delhi
New India
Nehru
Stalin in Crimea After November Heart Attack Rumors
Diplomatic dispatches from Moscow indicate Marshal Stalin suffered a heart attack in November and is resting in the Crimea. The report notes his age seventy, a long rule of Russia, with Molotov as potential successor. The piece also touches on real estate rent control politics, Indian claims commission, and a GOP convention site discussion.
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Stalin
Washington
Moscow
Marshal Stalin
Crimea
State Department
Russia
Stallig
Truman
Department of Commerce
Indian Claims Commission
Joe O'Mahoney
Wyoming
Louis O’marr
Bill Stigler
Oklahoma
Earl Welch
Oklahoma Supreme Court
Commission
Stigler
Utah
Unified command plans shelved by navy oppose wartime practice
Military officials discussed a unified command but shelved the plan. A single theater commander would oversee strategy, reporting to the Joint Chiefs in Washington while army and navy heads lead their units. General MacArthur heads the Far Eastern theater including Japan, Korea, Philippines, Marianas, Bonin and Ryukyus. Other area commanders include Pacific Admiral Towers and Atlantic Fleet Admiral Mitchner.
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Navy
Pearl Harbor
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Washington
Army
Strategic Air Forces
Chiefs of Staff
Douglas MacArthur
Far Eastern
Japan
Korea
Philippines
Mariannas
Boning
Ryukyus
Pacific
John H. Towers
HL A Craig
Atlantic Fleet
Marc Mitchher
Caribbean
Wills D. Crittenberger
Europe
Joseph T. McNarney
Mumps Surprise and Auction Hall Misadventure
A column notes 30 percent unknowingly had mumps and jokes about friends not warning them. It recalls a prize heifer auction at the Congress Hotel in Chicago where a $2300 bid animal collapsed and was returned to its pen. The piece cites a half billion dollars spent on candy in the first ten months and jokes about modern bathing girls versus the older wonder at youth humor.
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Congress Hotel
Chicago
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