Congress Should Not Blindly Accept Truman Arms Plan
The piece argues Congress must act as citizens’ representatives, paying as needed for arms and the Marshall Plan with a pay-as-you-go approach. It criticizes rapid foreign aid, emphasizes open study of implications, and warns against cheap or reckless funding of Western Europe relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Congress
State Department
Washington
Europe
United States
People’s Representatives
Western
Must Work Together in Germany and America Says Leader
Kurt Schumacher calls a bourgeois labor alliance essential for the new German Republic and warns against a ruling caste in Labor. The article argues that capital and labor must cooperate in Germany and America, with each supporting the other to prevent societal collapse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kurt Schumacher
Social Democrats
Western
Germany
Herr Schumacher
German Republic
America
Messrs
Murray
Green and Lewis
Britain
Russia
Freedom and Fascism in American Economic Policy
In this 1949 King Features piece, Clarence B. Randall and critics warn that government wage and price controls mirror fascist economic models. The argument contrasts free enterprise with socialist and fascist systems, urging vigilance against collective bargaining limits and the drift toward state-determined production and profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NRA
Herbert Hoover
United States
United States Chamber of Commerce
Supreme Court
Mussolini
Hitler
Congress
Italy
Germany
Smugness Fails As Red Sweep Expands In China
The piece mocks the state department and Kennan for underplaying the Chinese Communist advance. It argues realistic effort, not smug predictions, are needed and that white influence in China hinges on hard means, including sweat, blood, tears, money, and arms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department
Kennan
Washington
Far East
Orient
China
Tax Outlook Figures on Egg Purchases Highlight Costs
The government reportedly spent 38 million dollars to buy 2942 million pounds of dried eggs. Taxpayers from over 180,000 four person households with average income around 4000 dollars a year bear the burden of funding that expenditure.
Margaret Mitchell in New York and a critic’s blunt view
A critic recalls meeting Margaret Mitchell in New York at the Lexington and questions her awareness of contemporary U.S. crises. He denounces many modern writers as vulgar and pro totalitarian while praising Mitchell's integrity and independence from easy fame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Margaret Mitchell
Lexington
Kremlin
United States
Atlanta
Republic
Boston
Peggy Mitchell
Peggy
Hollywood
Roosevelt
Washington
Ralph McGill
Atlanta Constitution
South
General Withdraws Entire Balance in Bank Cash Grab
In Montgomery Alabama a wealthy general storms a bank to cash a hundred dollar check. After a chain of approvals the president authorizes the larger withdrawal and the general demands his full balance of 234 405 47 dollars. He declares he will take everyone’s balance while an “idiot” recognizes him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennett Cert
Montgomery
Alabama
Washington Offbeat Notes and Sea Fishing Tales
Washington column recounts Indiana Lake County fair using agriculture circulars in a Homer Capehart led display. It also notes Capitol Hill traffic of Republicans visiting Democratic Leader Scott Lucas. A deep sea fishing tale with Claude Wickard and George ViI describes a bluefish bonanza off Bethany Beach with Capt. Irish steering the boat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lake County
Indiana
Department of Agriculture
Homer Capehart
Agriculture
Capehart
Capitol Hill
Scott Lucas
Supreme Court
Lucas
High Seas
Claude Wickard
Bethany Beach
Del
George ViI
Vowellecs
Notre Dame
Dixon
Claude
Capt. Irish
Maragon in the Washington bear-baiting saga
Columnist Ruark questions John Maragon’s role in alleged freezes for the Truman circle and Vaughan, suggesting the ex-shine boy may be a patsy while bigger schemes in Washington go unchecked. The piece portrays Maragon as defensive and eager to defend his innocence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John Maragon
Washington
Eagles
Maragon
Johnny Maragoh
Truman
Harry Vaughan
Fred Vinson
Harry Hoffman
York Advertising Company
Milwaukee
Hoffman
Vaughan
Coca-Cola Company
Dave Bennett
Werley Perfume Company
C. Ruark
Gen. Vaughan
Mr. Bennett
Mr. Maragon
Bennett
Carl Bonham
Morrison Hotel
Chicago
Mr. Truman
Mr. Roosevelt
Johnny
Johnny Maragon
Unusual Fishing Upsets Lead to Comic Exchange
A Rural electrifier and a bosting cast of locals clash during a blues fishing expedition. The Hon Claude dances in anger at a bluefish then begs for a sandwich as Captain Irish orders him back to fishing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude
Vik
Wickard
Indiana
King Features
Make The Bags Smallest By Bugs Baer
A satirical piece mocks British colonial and economic strategies with asides about peanuts and government budgets. It compares English missteps in Africa to American peanut farming and political fate, concluding with a note on the 1949 political climate and the Year of Decision highlighted by Bill Vaughan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baer
Great Britain
Africa
Brooklyn
Churchill
Republican Party
Bill Vaughan
Kansas City Star
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George & Sexelsky
Clarence B. Randall
Inland Steel Company
Mr. Hoover
Palo Alto
By Westbrook Pegler
George Dixon
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