Prosperity by Blueprint Risks and Player Rejection
The piece argues prosperity by blueprint faces sharp mass resistance from workers and unions. It warns that immediate results and secure plans are needed for postwar prosperity, or debt and bank actions could wreck the effort. It condemns overreliance on government led plans and warns of class conflict.
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United States
Treasury
Remembering Poems In War Tides And Timber Transforms
A Louisville Courier Journal line notes John Kieran could recall poems despite widespread library losses in new warfare. The Boston Herald mentions a novel chemical turning inferior metal into durable timber, while the Pekin Banner remarks on two and a half million leaflets dropped over Europe daily to tell our side of the war.
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John Kieran
Louisville Courier-Journal
Ryan
Boston Herald
Europe
United States
Pekin (Ind
Hillman Funds and Labor Politics Face Senate Scrutiny
A Senate campaign expenditures panel debates Sidney Hillman's pledge of 669764.11 for political action while Dies' un American activities inquiry lags due to illness. The piece traces labor leftist influence in Ohio and New York elections, court rulings on unions and insurance, and calls for broader congressional oversight.
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Washington
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
Sidney Hillman
Dies
un-American Activities Committee
Committee
House
Hillman
Dies Committee
Congress
Ohio
A. F. of L
Marvin C. Harrison
Cleveland
CIO
A. F. of L. Teamster
John Rohrich
New York
Fourteenth Street
Cantwell
Tammany
Supreme Court
Grand Jury
Pennsylvania
Hillman’s
King Features Syndicate
Gentle Touch Critique From House Debate on Postwar Jobs Bill
The MP for Stafford condemns the postwar jobs bill as a political maneuver not a swindle. The Detroit Free Press mocks American politicians for saying crook without capital letters, noting sharp exchanges in Parliament and broader political rhetoric.
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Stafford
House of Commons
Detroit Free Press
British censors shut down chess by mail item
Detroit News reports grim wartime measure as British censors ban mail chess games to curb information flow. The move reflects strict wartime information control affecting hobbyists and correspondence players.
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Detroit News
Fair Enough by Westbrook Pegler attacks McNutt labor draft plan
The column denounces McNutt plans to move civilians over 17 into essential work, criticizes USES for coercive union pressure, and warns of a government union alliance aiming to mobilize private workers for a Roosevelt political agenda. It claims legal overreach and outlines a potential sit-down strike as protest.
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Westbrook Pegler
New York
United States
New Deal
Deeres Tenes
U. S
Wenutt
McNutt
United States Employment Service
Union Treasury
Roosevelt
Congress
Letter from Jackie at Missouri on education and aging
The author recounts a long humorous exchange with Jacqueline from the University of Missouri, recalling college memories from decades ago at Vassar and musings on education in the machine age. He warns against graduate pressures, mocks diplomas, and reflects on youth, irony, and staying in college.
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Baer
Jacqueline
University of Missouri
Jackie
Vassar
Marie Antoinette
Battle Over Surplus War Goods Control Sparks High Stakes
In Washington a split forms over postwar surplus property valued around 75 billion dollars. Baruch Lehman and General Electric push swift sale to big firms, while Halleck Patman resist, aiming for fair disposal. Critics warn of monopolies and future economic chaos amid plans for one man to direct property sales.
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Washington
Bernie Baruch
Lehman Brothers
General Electric
U. S
France
U.S.A
Bernard M. Baruch
War Industries Board
Charles Halleck
Indiana
Wright Patman
Texas
John Hancock
Wall Street
Will Clayton
Baruch
Patman
Halleck
Baruch-Hancock Group
Gayton
House
Small Business Committee
Senate
George
Scott Russell
Bibb Manufacturing Co
Macon
South
Gratis
California
Marine in Far East Questions Gunpowder Origins
A Marine in the Far East writes to his mother with skepticism about ancestors who invented gunpowder. He vows to ask the first native he meets whether they are ashamed of such origins, reflecting wartime curiosity and sentiment.
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Far East
Kirkland Field
N.H
Responsible Government by David Washington
The Democratic party holds 216 seats and the Republicans 212 in the House, with vacancies lowering the Dem tally. The piece argues the two major parties are closely divided, Republicans offering vague positions while Democrats push decisive domestic policy, suggesting a future value in a responsible government that checks both branches through elections.
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David Washington
Democratic Party
House of Representatives
Congress
Montgomery Ward
House
Lawrence
Australia
Dewey
New York
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