Taft Shifts Right As GOP Senate Power Wobble Emerges
Washington analysis notes rising GOP tensions as Taft loses grip on Senate leadership to right wing forces. Bricker remains a factor while Lilienthal opposition and budget votes reveal shifting party dynamics ahead of 1948. Taft’s stance signals a tougher conservative line and potential loss of legislative control.
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Ohio
Taft
Bricker
Lillenthal
TVA
Uanally
Senate
House
Lilienthal
Roper
Truman
Dewey
Vandenberg
Stassen
Wiseacres
Aim To Crack the Iron Curtain With Broadcast Efforts
A columnist weighs the western push to broadcast into Russia via BBC and state department programs. He notes Russian skepticism, limited Russian listening, and estimates of 73,000 to a million shortwave sets, asking how many Russians will tune in and whether the effort will succeed. The piece cites English broadcasts, Russian attitudes, and the potential audience size.
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State Department
Kremlin
Ivan
British Broadcasting Company
Russia
BBC
Ecuador
United States
America
Averill Harriman
Supreme Court Upholds Lewis Conviction and UMW Fine
The Supreme Court, by 7 to 2, upholds John L. Lewis and United Mine Workers penalties for defying Judge Goldsborough's order to suspend the coal strike to allow bargaining. Lewis fined $10,000 and UMW $700,000. the decision signals strong court authority in civil matters amid wartime policy shifts and looming postwar regulatory changes.
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Supreme Court
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
UMW
Goldsborough
Vinson
SEEK DIRECT ACTION Congress Hears Little Business
Washington delegates at the national conference of American Small Business organizations urge action on labor, tax, and government policies. They press for fair unions, rent relief by 1948, and less government restraint as 800000 small business concerns push for economic relief across 260 industries.
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St. Louis
Tire
New York
Capitol Hill
A. L. Hertel
Food Machinery Corporation
Hoopeston
Political Influence in House Centers in Two Regions
Washington report notes new House committees under the reorganization act concentrate power in the northeast and north central states. Michigan and New Jersey secured nine chairmanships, with Kansas and New York earning two each. CaliforniA and others also gain. Names highlighted include John Taber, Fred Hartley Jr., Jesse Wolcott, and Walter Andrews shaping appropriations, education and labor, banking and currency, and armed services.
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House
Walter A. Shead
Washington
House of Representatives
Senate
Michigan
New Jersey
Kansas
New York
California
Ilainois
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Joseph Martin
Algo
Charles Halleck
Indiana
Richard J. Welch
Armed Services Committee
Army
Walter G. Andrews
N. Y
Andrews
Andrew J. May
Dem. Ky
May
West Point
Princeton
AEF
France
Pratt and Lambert
Buffalo
Tonawanda
Congress
Name Change Query Stamps Officials
Salt Lake City article notes a Utah question on whether a wife must or simply may change her surname after marriage. Attorney General Grover A. Giles says statutes imply a name change, supported by the marriage ceremony, though he admits uncertainty. A court action to repossess a maiden name may be required in some cases.
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Jesse P. Wolcott
MICH
Banking and Currency Committee
Wolcott
Long House
Republican Monetary Authority
Bretton Woods
Brent Spence
Dem
Michigan
Detroit
Port Huron
St. Clair County
Congress
Salt Lake City
Lecy
E. E. Monson
Grover A. Giles
Giles
Utah
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