Truman as Vice Presidential Nominee and Public Service
The piece evaluates Harry S. Truman's public service as Senate war expenditures chair and his vice presidential bid. It notes his honesty, loyalty to Boss Pendergast, and the tension between civic purity and political pragmatism. It closes with reflections on his past and wartime conduct and a Galbraithian aside about blueberries in the market.
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Harry S. Truman
Missouri
Senate
Standing Committee
Legislative Branch
Chicago
Kansas City
Tom Pendergast
Truman
Boss Pendergast
Andrew Johnson
Pendergast
GOP
Truman Committee
Maine
Frank
Owen Brewster
Factional Fight Over War Worker Unemployment Bill Emerges
The Kilgore CIO bill would grant war workers up to 35 dollars weekly, viewed as a de facto minimum wage. Critics warn it risks federal overreach and mass unemployment claims while states resist loss of sovereignty. Republican and southern Democrats weigh state solutions or federalized standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James F. Byrnes
Truman
Byrnes
White House
Baruch
Vandenberg
King Features Syndicate
Sinatra and the Swami: Ives’s praise for Frankie
The piece notes C. P. Ives of the Baltimore Sun praising Frank Sinatra’s social significance in film. Ives argues movies bring Sinatra into closeup, likening him to a pagan figure in Virgilian imagery with a wreath and Sicily green grottoes while acknowledging lingering general ambivalence among everyday readers.
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Columning
C. P. Ives
Baltimore Sun
Frankie
Ives
Swami Ives
Virgil
Sicily
Heine
Jills
G.I. Joe
Philadelphia strike coverage sparks political clash
The Philadelphia transportation strike is attacked as misunderstood and politicized. The piece condemns union leadership, links Sidney Hillman and the CIO to Communist fronts, and argues workers did not vote to recognize the union. It accuses the Roosevelt administration and FBI of partiality while warning of coercion and discriminatory consequences.
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Westbrook
New. York
Philadelphia
Roosevelt
Transport Workers
New York
Communist Front
Sidney Hillman
CIO
Department of Justice
Francis Biddle
Chicago
Hillman
Biddle
FBI
New York Times
Berlin
Tokyo
New York Herald Tribune
Expert Speaks On Global Gold Treasure Fund
A 1944 King Features column imagines nations joining a stabilization fund with Canada and China as notable players. The speaker jokes about a worldwide distribution of gold and silver, the role of Fort Knox, and the wish to see transparency and stability in international finance.
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Bugs Raer
Canada
Fifth Avenue
Iran
Egypt
Iraq
China
Mongolia
Easter Islands
Iceland
United States
Europe
New York City
Ben Franklin
Ben
Hank Morgenthau
Fort Knox
King
No Truth Can Die Quote by Thomas Carlyle
A reflection from Thomas Carlyle on enduring truth and goodness. It asserts that worthy ideas do not vanish and continue to persist through endless changes, whether recognized or not. The passage, drawn from Sir Walter Scott, emphasizes lasting influence of truth and virtue.
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Thomas Carlyle
Sir Walter Scott
Democrats and Republicans share duty on naval arms history
Washington reports note misrepresentations by both parties over naval policy. It recalls the 1922 London and Washington arms treaties, GOP and Democratic votes, and President Roosevelt urging continued limits and reductions, stressing bipartisan support for disarmament across administrations.
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Davi Washington
Roosevelt
Chicago
Kerr
Oklahoma
Pearl Harbor
America
Great Britain
United States
Japan
France
Senate
Joseph France
Maryland
Norman Davis
London
Davis
Proxies and Partisan Tactics in Reconversion Fight
In Washington the senate military affairs committee heatedly debated the Kilgore Murray reconversion bill with Republicans pressing to split labor compensation from surplus property and to curb a production employment board. Warren Austin led the opposition, aided by Chan Gurney and Chapman Revercomb, while Kilgore blocked moves that could align with business preferences. The roll call ended 10 to 7 for the bill as proxies swayed the outcome amid jockeying over Truman committee leadership and political optics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dewey
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Vermont
Warren Austin
GOP
Chan Gurney
South Dakota
Chapman Revercomb
West Virginia
Austin
Harley Kilgore
Kilgore
Murray
War
Navy
Brewster
Bob Reynolds
North Carolina
War Patterson
War Department
Lister Hill
Alabama
Army
Patterson
Louis
Johnson
Reynolds
Hill
Colorado
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Paul Mallon Washington
Churchill
Military Affairs Committee
NRA
Congress
George
Swami
Sinatra
United
Drew Pearson
Treman
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