Business After War Should Lead Postwar Jobs Plan
The piece warns against delayed employment absorption after demobilization, favoring a homegrown peace‑day plan. It calls for business to reserve roles for returning workers, liberal but safe banking for rehabilitation, and avoidance of government overreach. It stresses practical postwar reconstruction at home while aiding Europe.
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Wiseacres
Gen. Marshall
Europe
Hull Holds Fourth July Press Conference on Liberty
Secretary Cordell Hull’s remarks on liberty and the self evident right of the governed to alter or abolish governments drew attention as potentially explosive. The piece notes international intrigue on UN back stairs and urges comfort for aspiring sovereignties while praising Hull’s reaffirmation of liberty for all.
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Cordell Hull
Hull
De Gaulle Not Cooperative By David Lawrence
Washington dispatch critiques De Gaulle and explains military leaders like Marshall and Eisenhower view him as a political irritant. It argues Roosevelt delays full recognition, cites Anglo Allied operations, and calls for De Gaulle to visit Washington and engage with U.S. officials for France's future, not individual power.
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David Lawrence Washington
Roosevelt
White House
General DeGaulle
Hull
DeGaulle
General Marshall
Eisenhower
de Gaulle
DeGaullists
Germany
France
Algiers
North
Africa
Europe
United States
Japan
America
Paris
DeGaule
Normany
French Republic
Evangelical Zeal Sparks Liberty Support Worldwide
A political sermon notes the United States’ attachment to a “wonderful human cause.” It argues that evangelizing this ideal could energize both liberty enjoying peoples and those who seek it, with renewed fervor before and after meals.
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United States
Willkie Accused of Trimming By Westbrook Pegler
Pegler assails Willkie for dictating union reform rhetoric while criticizing labor leaders like Thomas of the CIO UAW and Dubinsky of the garment workers. The piece labels UAW strikes petty, questions union fund accounting, and argues for bans on certain collection methods and activities without endorsing legal regulation.
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Labor
Thomas
Dubinsky
Willkie
United Auto Workers of the Cio
UAW
Teamsters
Hitler
Stalin
Garment Workers
Executive Council
United States
Two Dollars A Day Is Plenty Hotel Prospectus Riff
The writer mocks steep hotel rates calling a $2 per diem reasonable while recalling a long history with a favorite hotel. He contrasts $12 to $14 for a single room and $20 to $24 for a double with the lofty $56 suites in a mountain setting.
Bond for a Freckled Boy of the Old Town
A wartime poem recalling boys who died in service and the impact of buying war bonds. The speaker mourns Johnny Adams and other youths, contrasts speeches with cannon fire, and frames bond purchases as a personal debt and sacrifice. The piece honors the dead from a hometown.
Battle Over Uniforms In Navy War Zone
In wartime Washington and across theaters a fashion war rages over naval uniforms. Gray summer uniforms led by Admiral King clash with tan khakis on the West Coast and khakis return in the Pacific. Navy blues require two sets and color rules for caps and insignia strain officers and families. The piece also weaves in Capitol chatter about aviation licenses and political shifts as war time leadership and personalities surface in the background.
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Dre Washington
Normandy
Pearl Harbor
Admiral Nimitz
Admiral King
Noumea
New Caledonia
Southwest Pacific
Washington
Battleship School
Naval Aviation
Capitol
Texas
Jesse Jones
George Butler
Civil Aeronautics Board
Houston
FDR
Roy Hofheinz
Jones
Red Cross
Bob Hannegan
South Carolina
Jimmy Byrnes
Tom Connally
Sam Rayburn
Justice Byrnes
Tom Corcoran
Harry Hopkins
Tommy the
Cork
Bernie Baruch
Corcoran
Jim Forrestal
Navy Department
Navy
Maturity Comment From Education Plans Noted
An overheard exchange in an engineering shop between a senior fitter and his fourteen year old apprentice sparks reflection on education. The man asks about reading and hobbies, and the boy replies he used to read before growing up, highlighting attitudes toward youth and learning.
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Sonny
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New York
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New York Sun
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Warren
Washington State
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F. Jeffe
War Production Board
Jeffe
Army
WPB
Jessy Wilson
Consolidated Edison of
General Electric
Wilson
R.S. Dean
Bureau of Mines
Dean
Holly Dean
Kilgore
West Virginia
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