Congress Reacts to Labor Unrest and Anti Violence Bill
Congress moves to pass an anti-violence act imposing up to 20 years for forcible interference or threats against interstate commerce. President Truman backs anti strike measures and fact finding boards while industry and labor clash over wage demands in automotive talks. Ford leads output as GM Chrysler face shortages and reconversion delays across the Big Three and further producers lag behind schedules.
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Roetard
Dng
Congress
Ithe
AFL Ynternational Feamster
Ithe Itu
Truman
Whuth
Aabor
UAW
Ford
WAW
General Motors
G.M
Khuyng
Chrysler
Packard
Nash
Hudson
Studebaker
Willys-Overland
President Truman maps broad housing plan to ease shortage
President Truman unveils an emergency housing program to channel building materials into low cost construction, impose ceilings on new and old dwellings, and use wartime shelters for home seekers. Snyder notes 7 million families already doubling up and 500,000 dwellings expected next year. Wyatt named housing expeditor to aid this effort.
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Suman
Snyder
Truman
Wilson. Wyatt
Louisville
Pearl Harbor Testimony Clashes In War Inquiry
Testimony in the Pearl Harbor congressional inquiry clashes over whether the war department received and transmitted the December 3 Winds message showing Japan’s decision to wage war. Army and Navy accounts differ on interception, decoding, and sharing with the White House and state departments. Lt. Col. Clausen led a special investigation. Gen. Marshall backed a revised finding denying awareness of the December 3 message.
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Japan
U. S
Pearl Harbor
Army
Navy
White House
War and State Departments
Army Board
Henry C. Clausen
Congressional ‘Committee
George C. Marshall
Truman
China
Farm Prices Track World War I Trend After War II
The price index for farm products rose from wartime highs, fell postwar, then recovered to 205 by November, signaling a continuation of World War I price patterns. The Alexander Hamilton Institute notes a likely rise in early postwar years before settling, with deflation possibly postponed to 1947.
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Department of Agriculture
Alexander Hamilton Institute
Highest U S salaries list for 1843 44 year ends
Treasury report details top earners including Louis B Mayer with 806070 and Charles E Wilson at 469041. Thomas J Watson and Deanna Durbin appear among Hollywood stars with substantial pay. General Motors executives also rank high with Ormond Hunt and Charles F Kettering among top paid officials.
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Lous B. Mayer
U.S
Treasury
Mayer
Charles E. Wilson
General Motors
Thomas J. Watson
International Business Machines Corporation
Red MacMurray
Hollywood
Deanna Durbin
Barbara Stanwyck
Bing Crosby
William Powell
G.M
Nürnberg Allied Faces Test in Proxy Witnesses
The Nuernberg Allied tribunal to try top Nazis faces a fresh hurdle as defendants press to summon prominent U S and British figures to testify. Under four power regulations the court can subpoena witnesses abroad, who may appeal to their nations’ authorities. Prosecutors outline the forced labor conscription of hundreds of thousands of foreign workers in Germany.
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Nuernberg
Germany
U.S
Britain
U. S
Russia
France
Foreign Chiefs Meet as US Outlines German Reorganization
As Byrnes heads to Moscow for the foreign ministers meeting, Washington releases plans for Germany’s economic overhaul. The US proposes tying living standards to European levels, using two years of food aid, and ensuring Germany covers its minimum needs while exporting to balance imports. The Iran situation and Soviet troop withdrawal resistance in Azerbaijan add regional tension to the agenda, with control of atomic energy also on the Big Three’s docket.
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James ¥. Byrnes
Moscow
U. S. State Department
Germany
Russia
Azerbaijan
Middle East
U. S
Reich
Railroads face troop movement strain in holiday travel
Railroads diverted 35 percent of coach seats and 75 percent of sleeping space to troops, creating tougher civilian travel during the holiday season. About a million soldiers were to be moved in December, with 680,000 debarking west coast, and 40 to 50 trains daily needed to keep Pacific ports clear. 85 percent of inland westbound movement went east of the Mississippi, and industry profits for the first nine months fell from 503 million to 452 million dollars, signaling smaller 1945 profits.
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Seata
Pacific
Mississippi River
Washington Looks Ahead to 1948 Presidential Contenders
Washington insiders forecast the 1948 race with Truman likely the Democratic standard bearer. Dewey’s path is uncertain amid New York politics, while Vandenburg, Stassen, and Bricker emerge as major GOP hopefuls. On the Democratic side McKellar is pro tem but aging, with McMahon as a dark horse possible vice presidential prospect.
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New York
WNU
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Imen
Harry S. Truman
New York City
Sam O'Dwyer
Thomas’e. Dewey
Dewey
O'Dwyer
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DaGuarne
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Stassen
Vandenburg
San Francisco
Michigan
Bricker
United States Senate
Robert A. Taft
Taft
Kenneth McKellar
Senate
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House
Congress
McKellar
Brian McMahon
Connecticut
John Danaher
Thomas Dewey
Department of Justices
Harlan Mine
White House
Parity Price Formula Faces Fierce Attack in Postwar Ferment
A heated exchange over a parity price formula for farm products unfolds as 86 management tycoons and 36 labor leaders meet in Washington. Leaders blame greed and bias for the conference’s failure while President Truman urges cooperation free from political pressure. The dispute mirrors wider postwar tensions between farm interests and the labor management framework.
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Truman
Abor Management Conference
Washington
Fact finding boards urged to curb labor strife nationwide
The piece argues for government created fact finding boards modeled on the Railway Labor Act to avert strikes in key national industries. It warns Congress to act, notes past labor-management clashes, and stresses public interest, fair prices, and cooling-off periods as safeguards for both labor and management.
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Clinton P. Anderson
Philadelphia
Postwar US Faces Pressure Between Capitalism and Leftism
In a fragmentary postwar reflection many recall tensions between private property and rising state socialism as Americans must unite rather than fight among themselves. The scene recalls a Washington parade with Admiral Nimitz and band formations, plus a mishap among police and military units involving a misread display of Eisenhower and a playful note about a "K-Ning" dog detachment.
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Nimitz van Wwelcomer
Washington
Eisenhower
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