Ethics of Legislative Pay Raises and Abuse of Funds
The special grand jury urges higher salaries for lawmakers while condemning extortion and padding. It claims pay raises won't fix incompetence or crime and warns such logic erodes public trust. Critics say reforms require stronger ethics and effective laws, else a new grand jury should be convened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York State
Dewey
Supreme Court
David F. Imrie
Glens Falls
Maurice Whitney
Rensselaer County
Lulu
Grand Jury
Sugar ration cut prompts criticism of wartime policy
The Office of War Information and the War Food Administration announce a 25 percent cut in home sugar rations with smaller cuts for campers and industry. The move fails to reassure as consumption remains the world’s highest while per capita use lags behind Britain and Canada. Analysts blame dwindling world production and past government shortfalls, noting Cuba’s crop exceeded contracted totals in 1943 and war-driven shifts reduced US output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Office of War Information
War Food Administration
Office of Price Administration
OWI
United States
Great Britain
Canada
Washington
Domestic sugar output and rationing outlook
The report notes cane and beet sugar output around 1.5 million tons with a 15 to 20 percent rise from last year, yet 700 thousand tons short of the 1943 aggregate. It states that in the 1940-1947 crop year there will be no chance for normal production and the end of rationing.
Ownership Not Trusteeship in Pacific Security Postwar
In light of recent history and safety needs, ownership of Pacific islands seized or newly won is essential, not trusteeship under a future world security council. Fortified bases from Guam to Saipan and Tinian, and a chain of island outposts across the Pacific, are needed to deter future aggression and secure U.S. defense interests without strings. United States ownership should apply to the Marianas and other island groups, ensuring lasting security and avoiding the weaknesses of past mandates and policy.
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United States
Pacific
Pacific Islands
Cur Yalisne
Becemes Academic
World Security Organization
Security Council
Safet
Guam
Saipan
Tinian
Japan
Philippines
Iwa Jima
Okinawa
Pearl Harbor
Marianas
Bel Marianas
Carolines
Bataans
San Francisco
Raine
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Coutes
Ickes
Congress
B.C
The Bonus Debate and Veterans' Pay Proposal
A critical editorial attacks a proposed veterans bonus costing about 11 billion dollars over time. It cites Rankin and Churchill as opposing figures, argues bonuses burden all citizens, and warns such fiscal policy risks national ruin while honoring veterans who served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Treasury
Rankin
Mississippi
Winston Churchill
England
Uniform plan to pay veteran bonus faces high costs
The speaker argues any uniform bonus must come with tax cuts, debt expansion, or inflation. He criticizes Rankin aligned demagogues for hiding the true consequences, preferring open but costly options over perceived deceit.
Simplicity of the Beginning a Strategic World View
A condensed excerpt discusses Becker's book How New Will the Better World Be. It argues against a fixed world league, urging immediate practical cooperation to address concrete problems. It warns against overreaching unions and stresses starting without rigid membership or obligations. It cites Tokyo predicting Okinawa as a precursor to broader invasion fears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Car £. Becker
Cornell University
Union
World Organization
Hannegan Cabinet Move Signals Truman Party Shift
President Truman may appoint Democratic National Committee chair Robert E. Hannegan as postmaster general as cabinet reshaping begins. The move hints at a broader shift toward regular party figures, balancing Wallace supporters and pro-Roosevelt factions, with election-year scrutiny shaping future appointments.
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Robert E. Hannegan
Democratic National Committee
Truman
Hannegan
Chicago
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Security gaps at world conference threaten the 1934 summit
The piece notes how a Croatian trained in German sabotage could have smuggled 200 pounds of TNT into a secret session at the Veterans' Building in San Francisco. It describes lax security, the ease of entering with no credentials, and warns that such weakness could invite violence and shift global alignments, with Eden and Molotov as dominant figures shaping the crisis.
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San Francisco
Marseilles
Alexander
Yugoslavia
Freech
France
University of Southern California
Vetteen
Veterans
Tommy
Readers Seek Anonymity And Honor In Letters
Readers of The Record debate anonymous submissions versus signed letters. The writer urges preserving good faith while allowing publication, and discusses memorials, national holidays, and the public role in honoring leaders. Letters also urge reconciling wartime separations and improving veterans’ hospital care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Record
The Russian View Shapes San Francisco Charter Pace
In San Francisco the charter will hinge on three power control, shaping how collective security contrasts with League of Nations ideals. Russians seek unity among Allies yet demand dominance by the mighty, leaving small nations anxious and hoping the US and Britain defend genuine collective security with equal voice for smaller states.
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San Francisco
League of Nations
Russia
United States
Britain
America
Czechoslovakia
Austria
Bulgeria
Romania
Poland
Ferguson
Michigan
Moscow
Petain and ex-rulers resurface as France faces postwar fate
Raymond Moley warns that ex-rulers returning to liberated France symbolize looming postwar turmoil. He cites Petain, Laval, Gamelin, Reynaud, and others as potential centers of sympathy or danger, while noting Soviet American tensions and France must move beyond prewar politics to endure. He lauds Herriot as a surviving beacon and asserts France's future hinges on political renewal and restraint.
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France
Pertinax
de Gaulle
Loye
Petain
FL Fll
Tefrain
Iaval
Franco
Spain
Laval
Gamelin
Paul Reynaud
Lebrun
Public Opinion Poll on Word Pronunciation
A readers poll invites Frank Colby to collect local votes on how to pronounce a word. Mail in your town and state with your preferred form and sign your name. Votes will be tabulated and results announced in the paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John 'Q
Frank Colby
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