Arizona welfare and insurance programs face scrutiny
The Arizona Industrial Commission and welfare programs face calls for reform as actuarial auditors warn of rising premiums and solvency concerns. Critics say leadership lacks insurance experience and political considerations trump business expertise, urging a businesslike overhaul.
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Hoover
America
Arizona
Industrial Commission
Tucson
Commission
J. J. O'Neil
Fred Edwards
John FE. Gavin
H. S. McCluskey
Laws Must Be Respected and Anti-Influence Fears
The piece argues that the United States faces more challenges from numerous unenforced statutes than from too few laws. It critiques anti-influence bills, noting they cannot prevent loan corruption at the RFC and that influence operates beyond specific cases. It warns that legislators bargain with partisan aims, not always for the public good.
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United States
America
Sen
Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate
House
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
Socialists and British Trade Moves Threaten US Markets
The piece attacks Hull treaties and British barter deals as isolationist, arguing they push American sellers out of Argentina and the UK markets. It cites Marshall Plan disruption, Peron ties, oil cargo terms, and urges all-embracing anti influence laws to curb powerful interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Cordell Hull
British Isles
Great Britain
Felix Morley
England
Peron
United Kingdom
Argentina
Why The Change How Murray Led CIO Against Bridges
The piece contends Philip Murray and CIO leaders reversed policy to cooperate with prosecutions of Harry Bridges, arguing union power corrupts politics, economics, and freedom. It portrays Murray as a key architect of shifting loyalties and claims broader union influence threatens democracy.
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New York
Philip Murray
CIO
Harry Bridges
Bridges
Australia
United States
Murray
William O. Douglas
Supreme Court
John Santo
Transport Workers’ Union
Romania
Circuit Court of Appeals
Truman
Henry Wallace
King Features
Try And Stop Me Acknowledges Woollcott’s Sour Feud
Harold Ross recalls life at the New Yorker after Alexander Woollcott vanished. Ross triggered insults, copied letters, and even shared them with friends. Woollcott retaliated by gifting Sulka neckties and scolding Ross before later forgiving him and planning a piece.
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Harold
Sunshine
Ross
The
New Yorker
Alexander Woollcott
Woollcott
Lynn Fontanne
Alfred Lunt
Beomoseen
King Features
Bargaining In Name Only By David Lawrence
Washington hearings on the steel dispute reveal President Truman may have helped undermine collective bargaining. Clarence B. Randall of Inland Steel accuses a union plan that ignored bargaining tables to push a presidential board. Randall warns of a precedent that could erode collective bargaining forever.
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David Lawrence
Washington
New York
Clarence B. Randall
Inland Steel Company
Mr. Randall
President Truman
Randall
White House
Truman
Steelworkers’ Union
Washington Scene Reflects on Breathing Space in Senate
Washington commentary notes Senate sparring and foreign chatter as Kenneth Wherry sparks Britain and a London tabloid probes a possible U S crank for aid. Jabs at Johnny Maragon's Capitol ejectment and a remodel quarrel color the scene while Tighe Woods and Mundt draw White House scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tighe E. Woods
Karl E. Mundt
South Dakota
Woods
Senate
White House
Harry H. Vaughan
Ponderous Trivialities By Bugs Baer on Charley De Gaulle
A humorous column skewering Charles de Gaulle with aphorisms about his fame and political misreads. It notes his wartime leadership, popularity, and the French reaction, closing with playful digs at his personality and style.
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Baer
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Mundt
Clinton P. Anderson
New Mexico
Secretary of Agriculture
Brannan
Department of Agriculture
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Del
George Dixon
Dixon
Kenneth Wherry
GOP
Britannia
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Croops
British Information Services
London
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Johnny Maragon
Maragon
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Montana
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Senator Murray
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