Senate Warns Against Offside Runs In Foreign Aid
Senate critics oppose bypassing Congress as $1.45 billion European arms aid is shaped by the House Foreign Affairs Appropriation Committee. They cite constitutional checks on spending and insist the executive must work with Congress, citing Wilson and postwar policy precedents and recent bipartisan cooperation with Bretton Woods, ECA, and the Atlantic Pact.
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Executive Branch
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Arma
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Truman
Bretton Woods
Bridges Seeks To Make Amends For UMW Trusteeship
Republican senator Briges from New Hampshire says he will resign next month from his trusteeship of the United Mine Workers Well here fund amid public anger over pay for Bridges and Ezra Van Morn, both on the fund’s payroll at 5000 a year. John J. Lewis also held 35000 annually as miner’s representative but drew none of the higher perquisites. The controversy followed the 148 strike amid labor tensions and pension demands, highlighting improprieties in the fund’s management.
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Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
United Mine Workers Well Here
Bridges
Jehan Lo Lewis
Ezra van Morn
John Lo Lewis
United States
John J. Lewis
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Con Industry
Lewis and Bridges tied to miners welfare board payments
The article condemns miners leader John Lewis and Senator Bridges over a $35,000 welfare board salary tied to the pension settlement. It argues Bridges acted to break a deadlock with the Taft Hartley law and questions potential bribes from big interests, warning of public outcry if similar deals were exposed.
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Truman
Joe Martin
Bridges
New Hampshire
Miners’ Welfare Board
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National Association of Manufacturers
Wall Street
Arm ed Services faces public doubt over B-36 contracts
The House Armed Services Committee probes the B-36 bomber contract process amid public questions of influence and outcomes. Critics doubt high officials risk national safety for manufacturers, while defense leaders defend the aircraft as a crucial, improving strategic asset.
West German election aftermath promises shaky coalition
After the West German elections the Bundestag is divided among 18 parties with 139 seats for the Christian Democrats and 131 for the Social Democrats. A CDU Free Democrat coalition seems likely while the latter may be kept outside or weakened. The spread suggests instability as coalitions shift and splinter parties may proliferate.
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House of Cards
Europe
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Germany
France
Immunity For Political Violence? Maryland Law Struck Down
A Maryland appellate ruling invalidates a state anti subversive law that punishes membership and activity linked to subversive groups. The decision holds laws may target acts, not ideas, and warns against thought policing and guilt by association while noting mixed public reception and ongoing national trials related to Communist influence and political violence.
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Circuit Court
Letters to The Record From The Pulse Of The People
Readers request anonymity for letters and The Record warns names must be signed to publish. Topics include blood test use for marriage, curfew for teens near Sheridan Avenue playground, government reclaiming old burying grounds, and unemployment insurance eligibility rules.
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General MacArthur Eyes Far East Policy Shakeup
General MacArthur plans to push for a sharp shift in U S policy toward the Far East. He urges an outer defense ring with Britain, warns of a Communist advance, and seeks White House access to shape a new Orient program amid Republican and State Department resistance.
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Truman supports extension of veterans relief bill amid Senate tug of war
President Truman urged swift action on the 52-20 veterans relief measure extending unemployment benefits to veterans for another year while clashing with Mississippi Senator Rankin over committee delays. The piece also details patronage concerns tied to Senator McCarran's payroll and Vaughan’s backing, plus internal White House maneuvering during a period of labor and anti Semitic displacement debates.
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Mississippi
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Hal Lackey
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Charles H. Russell
Robert F. Miller
Francia Johnson
Robert Fallon
Maurice H. Joyce
William F. Littlejohn
David Sullivan
Joseph Mannix
Senate Judiciary
Swank
Burning Tree Golf Club
John Steelman
Steelman
Guy Standifer
Tanforan
Steehman
House Veterans Affairs Committee
John Rankin
Take My Word For It By Frank Colby
Frank Colby argues dictionaries mispronounce err and erring as URR and ERH ing. He claims modern American usage supports ehr and EHR-ing and advocates dowr for dour, noting cantonment pronunciations and a plain explanation of eight parts of speech with a request for a copy of his leaflet.
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Britain Backs Tito Demands Amid Yugoslav Talks
Britain signaled support for Tito by embracing a Soviet plan to draft a Slav rights clause into Austria’s independence treaty during a Big Four deputy ministers’ conference. The move, tied to a five year trade deal with the United States, aimed to ease the northern Adriatic settlement while seeking guarantees for Croat and Slovene minorities in southern Austria.
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