Welfare funds drive coal talks and looming retirement
The John L. Lewis led coal negotiations center on welfare fund distributions and government involvement. With the July 1 deadline approaching, trustees remain divided over fund spending, while unions press for honoring wartime commitments and broader employer financed welfare gains across industries.
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John L. Lewis
Washington
Lewis
UMW
Secretary of the Interior Krug
General Motors
House of Representatives
Bipartisan Foreign Policy and Senator Vandenberg in 1945
The piece argues that Dewey faced a wartime dilemma involving sensitive information, while the bipartisan foreign policy emerged through Dulles and Vandenberg. It criticizes administration autonomy, praises bipartisanship when applied, and blames the State Department for policy confusion and missteps in 1945 to 1948.
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Tom Dewey
Mr. Roosevelt
United States
George Marshall
Dewey
Oklahoma
Dumbarton Oaks
Cordell Hull
John Foster Dulles
Arthur Vandenberg
San Francisco
Congress
Palestine
Senator Vandenberg
Roosevelt
Senate
State Department
Vandenberg
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Truman’s Western Power Plans Spark Sectional Debate
The article argues President Truman must avoid inflaming east and middle west versus west tensions over electric power flood control and river development. It contends his tour risks becoming a demagogic trek that could hinder his bid for re election by provoking bickering among regions and neglecting flood and power needs nationwide.
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Truman
Middle West
Far West
Columbia
Wallace Faces Ickes Roerich Espionage Rumor Battle
In a 1936 contortion of politics Wallace defends Roerich while accusing Ickes and Hopkins of scheming against him. The piece traces state department maneuvers over Roerich’s alleged espionage links and Roerich’s influence, including Japanese and Russian press angles and Horch’s role in Roerich’s lamasery dispute.
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Westbrook Pegler
New York
Henry Wallace
Nicholas Roerich
Department of Agriculture
Roerich
Buchy
Asia
Wallace
Ickes
Harry Hopkins
Moosejaw
Roosevelt
Orient
Louis Horch
India
Horch
Joss-House
Roosevelt Treasury Department
Bubblehead
Henry
Milo Perkins
Mr. Hamilton
Far Eastern Division
State Department
Jane
Perkins
Hamilton
Peiping
Tientsin
Darren
Stuart E. Grumman
Dairen
Manchuria
Walter A. Adams
Harbin
Vremya
Siberia
Nash
United States
Adams
Siberian
Kansas
Riverside Drive
King Features Inc
Century of Progress and World Fairs in Baer Satire
Arthur Baer reflects on the sequence of peace, a World’s Fair, and war, noting how peace and history intertwine. He cites Chicago and Manhattan fairs, Pearl Harbor, and postwar tensions as a brisk, critical look at progress and neighborly relations amid global strain.
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Arthur
Bugs” Baer
Chicago
Manhattan
Pearl Harbor
Krupp and
Vickers
King Features
Completing The Circle By Robert C. Ruark
Lima Peru June 11 native Peruvians marvel at a Yankee, Truman Bailey, who uses modern methods to revive ancient Inca crafts. He runs a workshop turning wood, leather, silver, cloth, and statues with 87 workers and plans a Cuzco branch. Cost to US 26,000 dollars, repaid by shop profits.
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Lima
Peru
Truman Bailey
Mr. Bailey
Elizabeth Arden
Sears, Roebuck
Bailey
Uncle Sugar
inter-American Development Commission
Cuzco
Museum of Modern Art
New York
inter-American Affairs
Pete
Washington Scene: Politicians Embrace TV Acting Ahead of 1952
Washington observers note a shift as candidates study theatrical delivery for TV appearances. Senator Vandenberg, Tom Dewey, Joe Martin and others polish elocution and stage presence, while aides joke about passes and actorlike campaigns.
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Reid
Vandenberg
Clarence W
Slats) Rafferty
McKeister
Rafferty
Tom Dewey
Joe Martin
Kelly
Recreational Diseases Warned By UW Professor
Assistant Professor Marvin Rife of the University of Wisconsin told a Milwaukee Council of Social Agencies group about “recreational diseases” in a talk on leisure. He cited spectatoritis lossophobia bettingitis copyism and technological unenjoyment as causes of empty play and urged a reexamination of how people spend leisure time.
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Milwaukee Council of Social Agencies
Marvin Rife
University of Wisconsin
A& Cent
Prof. Rife
Milwaukee Journal
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Indianapolis
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