Mock Justice in Arizona Rate Hearing Sparks Reform Call
The Arizona Corporation Commission faces criticism as Mountain States Telephone seeks a rate increase. The piece accuses the commission of inadequacy and questions the electorate’s intent, urging immediate reform of state government.
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Arizona Corporation Commission
Arizona
Mountain States Telephone Company
Corporation Commission
Telephone Company
Telephone Corporation
Mt. States Telephone Company
A Dismal Failure at Paris Four-Week Foreign Ministers Session
The Paris meeting ends with broad disappointment over Berlin and Germany unity. Despite limited gains on access to Berlin, Russia’s blockades and the UN talks fail to produce a decisive outcome. The plan remains to pursue economic and political unity only as a distant goal.
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Paris
Berlin
Austria
Germany
Potsdam
New York
Smear Attacks And The Law Reassess Congress Powers
A reader argues that congressional oversight of executive officials is essential to uphold constitutional checks. The writer cites Roosevelt’s Tehran Yalta actions and stresses the Senate ratification and the Atomic Energy Commission oversight as safeguards. The piece lauds the 81st Congress for prudence, caution, and resistance to lobbying, contrasting it with rushed legislation.
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Hickenlooper
Lilienthal
Congress
United States
Senate
Roosevelt
Tehran
Yalta
Soviet Russia
Japan
Manchuria
Kurile Islands
Atomic Energy Commission
Congressional Committee
Mr. Lilienthal
David Lilienthal
Congressional
King Features
Peace prospects and Russia’s actions in European diplomacy
The piece argues that Austrian treaty hopes are fragile and cites Russia as unreliable. It urges judging Russia by deeds over rhetoric, warning that mere conference proposals lack binding force and real peace requires action beyond empty agreements.
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Russia
Europe
Asia
United States
Surprise witnesses hinder top Communist leaders trial
Report notes repeated interruptions as surprise witnesses appear during trials in New York. The Kansas City Times remarks the defendants were less aware of the extent of public scrutiny and testimony against them.
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Communist Party
New York
Reds
Kansas City
A Fraud From The Start
A critical editorial from New York argues unions under the Wagner Act and Taft-Hartley harmed workers and democracy. It attacks Roosevelt era union power, cites Briges, Murray, Lewis, and Green, and calls for repeal and harsher government control.
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New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
AFL
CIO
Norris-La Guardia
Frankfurter
Roosevelt
Bridges
Murray
Lewis and Green
Congress
Wagner
Truman
Europe
Department of Justice
Labor Relations Board
King Features
Try And Stop Me By Bennett Cerf
A literary agent boasts he knows George Bernard Shaw and defends Shaw’s plays against a rival who loves John Galsworthy. They argue in the Stork Club Cub Room while the client with laryngitis writes his rebuttal, ending with a dramatic show of “NO” and a calm reply about shouting.
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Bennett Cerf
George Bernard Shaw
Shaw
John Galsworthy
Stork Club
Bernard Shaw
Byrnes Advice Seen as Guide to Truman Reform
In Washington June 21 analysis notes President Truman faces a slump and must shift from partisan tactics to truthful, balanced policy. James Byrnes urged a sound economy, reduced expenditures, and avoidance of a welfare state as Congress considers spending cuts to avert statism.
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David Lawrence Washington
Truman
Mr. Truman
United States
James F. Byrnes
Washingington and Lee University
House
Senate
Supreme Court of the United States
Roosevelt
Byrnes
Congress
Harry S. Truman
Washington Scene: Roosevelt Jr listed as Republican mystery
Washington notes describe the House roll call bulletin briefly showing Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr as a Republican in error before restoration to Democratic Roman. Eleanor Roosevelt comments on absences and family history. Secretary Symington is mistakenly reported to marry, but no marriage is planned.
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Evie
Stuart Symington
Stuart
Symington
St. Louis
Janey Studt
Washington
House
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
Fdr
Roosevelt
New York
Four Freedoms
Roll Call Bulletin
Still A Tough World by Bugs Baer
A columnist recalls a lecture on Moral Armament and mocks its soft approach. He notes hypocrisy among committee supporters and warns that utopian ideals clash with harsh reality, recalling his 1919 warning that force can supersede peace.
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Baer
Utopia
King Features
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Texas
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Photog
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Ges
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Rge Vixon
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Mrs. Roosevelt
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W. Stuart Symington
Mr. Symington
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