Organizing The 81st Congress and Senate Leadership
The piece outlines Democratic Senate caucus choices for president pro tempore between McKellar of Tennessee and Tydings of Maryland, with tensions over seniority, Dixiecrats, and House leadership questions involving Sam Rayburn. It also notes Republican misgivings about Vandenberg Taft and Wherry amid postwar policy debates and a critical Israel letter incident involving Agnes Lewis and Senator Myers.
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Arizona Civil Service Law Faces Final Court Challenge
Gov Garvey names civil service board but unresolved knots in the refer endum law persist. The audit by Mrs Frohmiller must enforce compliance before salary claims are honored. Civil service ideals clash with practical racketeering concerns and court clarifications are needed to define who is a public officer.
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Snow Plow Hero Serves Littleton Sidewalks
Post master Willard Teller cleared three blocks of Littleton Broadway with a home made push type snow plow last Sunday morning. The random act shows how one citizen’s social action without profit motive aids community well being and security.
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Willard Teller
Littleton Broadway
Littleton
Mass
Supreme Court Judges Struggle With Expediency Pressures
Five Supreme Court members face delays in deciding the law under pressure for quick results. The deliberations show caution and thorough analysis despite urgency.
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Merchant Marine Discipline by Westbrook Pegier
The December Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute exposes wartime despised discipline in the American merchant marine. Lt. Holmes F. Crouch details outrages by union-linked seamen, including assaults, narcotics, mutinies, theft, and murders abroad. He urges immediate reform to ensure reliable, disciplined crews capable of serving with the navy.
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King Features Syndicate, Inc
Seance Mix Up Ends With Chopin Not Schopenhauer
Gerald Kersh, an English writer and Spiritualist, attended a country estate seance with occultists. When asked whom to speak to, he whispered Schopenhauer, and a Nocturne drifted. The medium apologized, realizing he meant Chopin.
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Kersh
Schopenhauer
Chopin
France-Amerique
Kansas City Star
Fresh Start Needed By David Lawrence
Washington report notes President Truman cites divisions within the Russian politburo and argues Moscow has not kept Yalta and Potsdam pledges. The piece surveys Russian aims, Western responses, and the potential paths to a new settlement on Germany amid growing Cold War tensions.
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Dixon's Review of 1948 By George Dixon
Washington December 30 A humorous year recap by George Dixon covers January and February 1948 with satirical sketches of political figures. It lampoons Hartley Rayburn Martin Moore Clark and others, noting missteps and quirks in a brisk newspaper column style.
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George Dixon Washington
Dixon
College Boy Back as GI Bill Enrollments Trend Down
Veterans administration estimates and college enrollments both show a downward trend in ex service members completing their educations under the GI bill of rights. This year about 1,000,000 veterans are in school, down from last year by about 100,000 as senior classes of former service members graduate.
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Los Angeles Times
The People Speak for Themselves, Vaughan Quip Cited
An aphorism notes politicians refer to themselves as the people rather than I. Bill Vaughan cites this modesty as a refreshing trait in political discourse.
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Bill Vaughan
Kansas City Star
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