Political Geography True Guide To Party Strength
A Congressional Quarterly analysis shows Republican strength lies in small and mid urban districts, not rural areas. In 1952 and 1954 GOP won most small city seats. only 27 of 88 rural districts held by GOP, with many in the South. The contest for the next House hinges on 93 districts with margins under 55 percent, many in mid urban areas.
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Congressional Quarterly
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Republic
South
Recitation of a Grant encounter wins ribbon at school
A young student recalls a grade school recitation about meeting General Ulysses S. Grant in San Francisco. She describes the thrill of touching Grant’s hand, the judge’s approval, and earning a merit ribbon while her father and mother react with mixed pride and prideful tears.
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Ulysses S. Grant
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Khrushchev’s Speech Recasts Stalin as Monster and Warns
Khrushchev unveiled a sweeping critique of Stalin to the Party Congress, portraying him as a murderous dictator and condemning his one man rule. The speech aims to defend collective leadership while warning of future risks in Soviet governance. The State Department released a copy this week.
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Washington
Communist Party
Khrushchev
Stalin
State Department
Russia
Labor backs Eisenhower official as union vote leans GOP
A Gallup poll shows for the first time in a generation a majority of union members intend to vote Republican, with 56 percent for Eisenhower and 44 percent for Stevenson. Secretary James P. Mitchell earns praise from labor leaders for his advocacy of administration policies, despite not signaling pro Eisenhower sentiment. The rise in Labor Department funding from 223 million in 1950 to 468 million now underpins Mitchell’s labor efforts.
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Washington
James P. Mitchell
Mitchell
Eisenhower
James B. Carey
International Union of Electrical Workers
Organized Labor
Gallup
Stevenson
Department of Labor
James Carey
Walter Reuther
David Dubinsky
International Ladies’ Garment Workers Union
Emil Rieve
The
Textile Workers Union
Jacob Potofsky
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
Mr. Mitchell
Potofsky
Labor
Dr. Gallup
No New Statehood Planks Needed for Hawaii Alaska
Congressional Quarterly notes both parties will rely on old 1952 pledges of immediate statehood for Hawaii and Alaska as Congress stalls. Alaska moves to elect two senators and one representative next October, pressing for seating and a statehood bill in Washington next year amid ongoing opposition in the Senate.
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Alaska
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House Interior Committee
Senate
Senate Interior Committee
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Tennessee
Michigan
Iowa
California
Oregon
Kansas
House
William Blount
William Cocke
Henry Clay
Sen. Delazon Smith
Smith
Buchanan
E. L. Bartlett
Hawaii
Joseph R. Farrington
New York
Gratitude and Praise in Daily Devotion
Gratitude signals health and spiritual blessing in daily devotions. We often overlook good gifts, yet Paul says we are not our own and were bought with a price. Pray for grace to say thank you and recognize blessing in every day. Courtesy Tucson Council of Churches.
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Paul
Tucson
The Normandy landing and the end of great amphibious warfare
Hal Boyle recalls the 1944 Normandy invasion as a peak of amphibious warfare and contrasts it with modern threats. He cites theInvincible Armada as a failed counterpoint and argues that future landings would be suicidal with H bomb capable fleets and guided missiles, making the world a perpetual beachhead.
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Spain
Philip II
Britain
Normandy
English Channel
Omaha
Utah
Eisenhower
Why Racketeering Plagues American Labor
An essay contrasting British labor and American unions, noting British leaders' integrity and lack of racketeering. It discusses racketeering as tax free gains, methods like protection and kickbacks, and links between racketeers, employers, and sometimes politicians, with references to Gompers and historical union practices.
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Labor
Labor Party
Clement Attlee
Herbert Morrison
Hugh Gaitskell
Aneurin Bevan
Treasury
Sampel Gompers
Gompers
Lepke
Gurrah
Murder, Inc
Victor Riesel
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Flora Culver
James Marlow
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Roscoe Drummond
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Alpha and Omega
Hal Boyle
George E. Sokolsky
Soviet Russia
Dennis the Menace
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