Fear, Courage, and Regulatory Reform in McFarland Talk
The Citizen quotes Senator Ernest W. McFarland arguing fear drives extension of price controls, while praising his independence. The piece urges repeal of burdensome regulations and calls for action to curb bureaucrats, the Wagner Act, and a shift toward honest collective bargaining, warning Congress must act or risk stagnation.
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Ernest W. McFarland
The
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Congress
White House
Congressional
Chester Bowles
John L. Lewis
McFarland
Senate
Senator McFarland
Liberty
America
Mr. Bowles
Truman
Bowles
Democratic Future Unsettled By CIO Influence
The piece argues CIO gains faded in primaries with limited campaign spending and weakened hold on the Democratic party beyond the White House. It notes Truman’s CIO alignment criticisms, internal CIO rifts, and a potential shift toward reform or a third-party approach, foreseeing an unsettled Democratic future in November elections.
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Paul Mallon
Ciopac
Congress
CIO
Alabama
California
Nebraska
Pat Cannon
Miami
Pepper
Birmingham
Luther Patrick
Folger
North Carolina
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Sidney
Hillman
Chicago
Russia
John L. Lewis
AFL
Railroad Brotherhood
Steel and Auto Workers
Dubinsky
England
Gompers
Lewis
City Hall Suspense Over City Finances Near Year End
Suspense over city finances as 1945 46 year ends. The general and water funds show a net hike of $2 980 30 despite spending approvals and undeducted cash balances. Read details of fund balances totaling amounts including 174 037 91 50 032 01 102 900 21 192 866 81.
Treatment of 'Common Man' By Westbrook Pegler
Pegler continues examining Henry Morgenthau's use of a Coast Guard plane for weekend trips to Beacon New York while rationing affected the public. He cites Navy and White House sources to claim personal transport, a semi private field, and fuel perks were provided at public expense, contrasting with Criticism of Harold Ickes. He links Morgenthau's wartime privilege to political action and profiles Joseph Gaer and Harry D White, arguing the propaganda machine and monetary policy push a world-state agenda.
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New York
Henry Morgenthau
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Beacon
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James Forrestal
Secretary of the Navy
Navy
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Harold Ickes
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Canada
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Federal Writers’ Project
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War Finance Division
Fishman
Russia
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Bretton Woods
International Fund
Merwin K. Hart
National Economic Council
Senate Committee On Banking
Fund
International Bank of Reconstruction
White
PAC
Mr. White
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Writer Dobson Responds To Critic About Second Editions
British writer Austin Dobson thanks a sympathetic reader for a list of mistakes in his book. He notes his works never go into second editions and asks the critic not to point out defects again.
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Austin Dobson
Christian Science Monitor
Grant discovers golf lessons in Scotland humorously
The account describes General Ulysses S. Grant learning golf in Scotland with a host swinging hard at the ball. After several failed attempts the ball stayed on the tee, prompting Grant to remark that golf provides exercise but not a use for the ball.
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Ulysses S. Grant
Scotland
Grant
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Index Numbers and the Illusion of Economic Truth
A column critiques index numbers used by statisticians and government agencies, arguing base-date manipulation skews results and hides real prices. It cites Leon Henderson and Chester Bowles, compares to prohibition era myths, and warns that black market dynamics distort observed costs and supply.
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Leon Henderson
Fulton Lewis, Jr
Lewis
Henderson
Conn
Louis
Chester Bowles
Sokolsky
OPA
FBI
Statisticians
Bureau of Labor Statistics
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Washington Scene adds humor to campus and diplomacy chatter
Ken Washington reports on misattributed Harvard commencement speaker and rumors about Gromyko’s fate. The piece riffs on political conjecture, the Conn Louis fight, and the role of senator wives, noting a long habit that wives stay unseen in public forums.
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Ken Washington
Association of Names
Harvard
Byron Price
Office of Price Administration
Washington
Gromyko
Moscow
Striped Panthers
Stork Club
Bernard Baruch
Herbert Bayard Swope
Sir Alexander Cadogan
Leogan
Claude Pepper
Florida
Pepper’s Wife Speech Becomes Record Printing Feat
Senator Pepper secured publication of his wife Mrs. Pepper’s remarks in the Congressional Record after a 54 day effort. The speech delivered before the Highland Park Women’s Club in Richmond, Virginia argued for traditional American home values and was printed June 19 after cost concerns were raised.
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Dixon
Congress
Congressional Record
Pepper
Highland Park
Fool question on horse feed costs mocks customs test
A Western state temporary employee faced a salary exam asking hay cost for a horse. Hay at 10.50 per ton and 1500 pounds monthly would cost far less than expected, but the man quipped that they don’t use horses, they use Fords, highlighting the humorous misfit between the problem and modern practice.
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Christian Science Monitor
Texan congressman trips over lone feet on streetcar
On a Washington streetcar morning the late Representative Lanham of Texas stumbled over a young woman's feet. She burst into a tirade, and Lanham calmly replied that her feet were so small he did not see them. The moment captured in a Christian Science Monitor item.
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London Sunday People
Gerald Kersh
Rome
Europe
England
London
Washington
Lanham
Texas
Christian Science Monitor
Height Rule Sparks Chilean Rail Fare Debate
A WSJ report notes a fixed beam set 1.4 meters above the floor in Chilean railway ticket offices. Children taller than the beam must pay full fare, while shorter riders ride free, prompting a dispute over the policy.
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Seno
Wall Street Journal
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