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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1944
Page
8
The piece ponders whether dormant seeds of Greece, China, Egypt, and Persia can revive in a modern era. It weighs potential roles of Russia and Japan, asks if a New China could act as neighborly ally or threat, and questions how liberty drives progress, global welfare, and cultural exchange.
In New York the 20th District incumbent Vito Marcantonio wins nominations from three parties, raising claims that a national PAC led by Sidney Hillman manipulated the primaries. The article frames the situation as subversion by allied-party capture, portraying PAC as a covert force trading patronage and pressuring party members into loyalty through intimidation.
By hanging his generals Hitler may have inspired the inter allied commission gathering evidence on war crimes.
Sidney Hillman leads a 75 to 1 Democratic endorsement push through the CIO backed front NCPAC while critics charge the effort buys influence and skirts labor laws. Dies contends it signals a New Deal take over labor, with the aim of shaping the Democratic party as a radical labor instrument.
An August discussion argues for or against raising congressional pay from $10,000 to $25,000. It notes lawmakers face taxes and inflation while lacking collective bargaining, and it warns against arrogance and distrust in negotiations. It suggests polite, transparent budgeting may justify higher pay to match living costs.
A reminiscence from 1944 recalls Mike Flynn as a White House contact for Munsey newspapers during Taft era politics. The account describes Flynn’s access, press wing keys, and a self described burglary by the narrator, highlighting Munsey influence, Court of St James’s symbolism, and eventual removal of Munsey men from the White House.
In a Drew Pearson column the Polish aide Hieronim Rettinger explains his one final parachute jump to join the underground and reunite with Mikolajczyk in Cairo after reporting Polish sentiment toward Russia. The piece also notes Dewey’s White House friends and Willkie’s potential role, plus a North Dakota primary where Gerald Nye tops a German-leaning district and Congressman Asher Burdick unexpectedly carries Wishek in 1936-style intrigue.
An item notes a ceremonial moment as officials or participants pause to honor a person or event with a moment of silence marked by whistles and coordinated tribute.
President Roosevelt invites Wendell Willkie to confer on foreign policy, with an understanding the campaign will not be discussed. The move signals possible en tante dynamics within the Republican party between isolationists and internationalists, while voters weigh foreign versus domestic priorities in the upcoming November election.
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