Monty Warns Of Cold War Perils And Pact Effectiveness
Viscount Montgomery says the Western world is at war with communism, warns a hot conflict could erupt, and urges urgent steps to make the Atlantic pact effective. The piece critiques the European military assistance bill and calls for congressional scrutiny to prevent foreign policy usurpation and costly fragmentation.
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Viscount Montgomery
Brussels
Congress
State Department
Russia
ECA
Byrd Organization Victory Strengthens Bipartisan Senate Coalition
The Virginia primary result signals continued support for Senator Byrd and his economic platform nationally. It casts Byrd’s machine as a constructive force distinct from Tammany and other machines, though not loved by Labor and Fair Deal factions. The piece urges the Republican National Committee to recruit Byrd to aid a GOP comeback.
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Senator Byrd
Virginia
United States Senate
Byrd
Hague
Fair Deal
Truman
Republican National Committee
Sen
Morgenthau Plan Critique and German Recovery Debate
The author argues the Morgenthau Plan was a late, damaging path aligned with Soviet aims. He blames Churchill and Roosevelt for pressuring a Carthaginian peace, contends Germany’s revival was essential to Europe’s recovery, and cites JCS 1067 and Potsdam as obstacles. He warns continued burden on taxpayers and urges restoring Germany’s productive base through European cooperation.
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Winston Churchill
Roosevelt
Churchill
Morgenthau
United States
Russia
Germany
Economic Co-Operation Administration
Europe
Potsdam
Quebec
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Herbert Hoover
King Features
Taxation warned as key factor in California real estate
USC professor Thurston H Ross told Stanford business conference taxation is a dangerous cycle. Government removes land from tax rolls reducing revenue then uses tax exempt land to build public structures staffed by public employees, shifting burden to remaining property owners.
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Thurston H. Ross
University of Southern California Department of Management
California
Stanford University Business Conference
Los Angeles Times
Byrd plan urged to aid Republican hosts gains
The passage argues that if Sen Byrd’s Virginia style plan were adopted by political opponents it could benefit Republican hosts. It claims these hosts share Byrd’s views but lack the courage to act on them and pursue betterments aligned with his convictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zenry
Virginia
Sen. Byrd
Eleanor the Great and Al Smith in 1944 campaign critique
A Westbroot Peqier column debunks Eleanor the Great’s claim of always supporting Alfred E. Smith. It frames Smith as a benefitting figure in 1928 and 1944, notes a $250,000 underwritten bribe via John Raskob, and portrays the Roosevelt era as morally conflicted with Catholic, Jewish, and Protestant appeals. It argues the Roosevelts used Smith for political leverage while denying true friendship.
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Westbroot
Smith
John Raskob
Roosevelt
Raskob
Empire State Building
du Pont
Internal Revenue
United States Marshal
Jim Farley
Walter Trohan
Eleanor
Jim
Franklin
Roosevelts
Boston
Tom Dewey
Teamsters
Statler
Washington
Murphy
Frankfurter
Warm Springs
New York
Moosejaw
Gab
al Smith
King Features
And Stop Me By Bennett Cert Captures Monkey Tale
A Capper’s Weekly item recounts Charlie the Baltimore zoo monkey who refuses to stop fighting. Placed with a porcupine named Wilton, Charlie attacks repeatedly and removes quills, leaving Wilton dead next day. Also recounted are quip exchanges by Col Tachau and a wishing well anecdote. Dorothy Parker zings an overpraised novelist.
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Bennett
Capper
Charlie
Baltimore Zoo
Wilton
Werewolf owner with Shakespearean dreams and canine chaos
A humorous column recounts a hound named Junior the Baron Schnorkel von Doenitz Meruark who naps on a typewriter and objects to neglect. The narrator imagines him a werewolf, obsessed with a bob tailed cat named Short Change and a duck, while doggedly scavenging hat remnants for value. The piece blends domestic pet farce with wry literary riffs and a closing note on education funding debates.
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Rober
New York
Junior
Junior J
Admiral
Baron Schnorkel von Doenitz Mruark
Nature
Mussolini
C. Ruark
Brother
Short Change
Duck
Cleopatra
Caesar
Antony
William Shakespeare
Education Aid Backed By David Lawrence
Misunderstanding among religious groups stalls a 300 million dollar aid bill for education in congress. The piece reviews four key positions on using federal funds for parochial schools, notes existing federal aid like school lunches and GI Bill assistance, and highlights political risk from religious groups. It cites figures on lunch funding, private school disbursements, and veterans' tuition aid to Catholic colleges.
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Washington
Congress
Cardinal Spellman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Army
Navy
Air Force
Atomic Energy Commission
Public Health Service
Department of Agriculture
Fiscal Vacuum For 1949 Fiscal Vacuum For 1949
A King Features column laments postwar budgeting debates. It parodies false economies and political blame while urging prudent restraint. It contrasts Democrats and Republicans on spending, warning against vacuums in budgets and noting the upcoming electoral cycle.
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Atlas
King Features
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George &. Sokolsky
Col. Tachau
Kentucky
Dorothy Parker
Miss Parker
By David Lawrence
Bugs
Baer
White House
Hank Wallace
Appropriations Committee
Reform
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