New Warnings on Russian Policy and Western Alliances
A 1949 King Features column weighs Russia's cabinet reshuffle and Molotov Vishinsky roles, Norway's shift toward the Atlantic Pact, and U S defense politics. It critiques Communism's discipline, asks whether Truman's choice of A Johnson signals political meddling, and contrasts Soviet control with Western liberty.
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Europe
Norway
Russia
Arctic
State Department
America
World
George E. Sokolsky
Maurice Thorez
Palmiro Togliatti
Harry Pollitt
Thorez
Togliatti
United States
William Z. Foster
Pollitt
Kremlin
Communist Party
Lysenko
Mendel
Shostakovich
King Features
Taft-Hartley Act Protects Labor Rights at GM
The Milwaukee Journal notes the Taft-Hartley act protects bargaining rights for 225,000 GM workers after the National Labor Relations Board ruled GM unfairly tried to introduce a group insurance plan without CIO United Auto Workers consultation. It cites pensions and similar programs as within collective bargaining.
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General Motors
National Labor Relations Board
CIO
United Automobile Workers’ Union
GM Insurance
Milwaukee Journal
Pointed refusal to engage in presidential campaign cited
The passage notes Mr. Forrestal's refusal to be involved as speaker or donor in the campaign and suggests opponents used it to undermine him with Mr. Truman. It condemns treating political debt payment as more crucial than defense planning and urges focus on domestic cabinet matters rather than Molotov or Vishinsky speculation.
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Messrs. Molotov
Vishinsky
America
Truman
Uf A. Johnson
Johnson
Roosevelt
Forrestal
Mr. Truman
Mr. Forrestal
Washington
Europe
David Lawrence
White House
Secretary of Defense
What To Do With Unions
Westbrook Pegler argues against modern union power, proposing repeal of Taft Hartley and government noninterference with unions unless laws are broken. He suggests state-run conflict resolution, harsher policing of strikes, and allowing strikebreakers, warning of riots and coercion from union leadership.
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United States
Wagner
You
New York
Philadelphia
King Features
Try And Stop Me By Bennett Cerf
A 1949 Bennett Cerf gag collection includes a joke about a hungry Russian diplomat at a vegetarian restaurant who learns most patrons are not truly vegetarian. Another bit features a businessman asked for $100000 and replies with a statement that he is optimistic.
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Bennett Cert
United Nations
Bennett Cerf
King Features
Johnson Profile as Secretary Nominee and Power Broker
Washington dispatch profiles Louie Johnson as a top choice for national defense secretary. The piece traces his career from a small-town lawyer in Clarksburg West Virginia to pivotal roles at the War Department including prewar industrial mobilization and allied air production. It notes his feuds with War Secretary Woodring, his liberal instincts abroad, and his field presence as a forceful civilian voice.
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Byre
Washington
Louis A. Johnson
National Defense
U.S.A
Clarksburg
W.va
Louie Johnson
Johnson
War Department
Pearl Harbor
U.S
Europe
Woodring
United Son
Congress
Alaska
Latin America
Harry Woodring
A Woodring
Kansas
George Dern
University of Virginia
W. Va
U. S. Supreme Court
West Virginia
Washington, D. C
New York
Ple
Bell Syndicate
Washington Scene Lashes at Congress and Planes
A Washington radio column mocks the No-Can-Do Congress and Republican Hugh Scott Jr. as it jokes about speeding planes used against filibusters. It notes Magnuson and others imagining time-saving flights and references the Interior Department centennial open house and the atomic energy commission building.
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Hugh Scott Jr
Mr. Scott
Congress
Mr. Truman
Franklin life in brief a child’s tale from Wisconsin
A tongue in cheek summary attributes Franklin’s life to a Boston birth journey to Philadelphia meeting a laughing street lady, marrying her, and discovering electricity. The item shows playful schoolyard lore rather than factual biography.
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Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
Boston
Philadelphia
Wisconsin Telephone News
SIZING UP THE SEASONS
Autumn wheezy sneezy and freezy through to winter slippy drippy and nippy. Spring showery flowery bowery with a playful line from Old Farmer's Almanac referencing seasonal traits.
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AFL
Pearson
India
President Roosevelt
Pandit Nehru
Mahatma Gandhi
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Air Force
Dayton
Ohio
Coeur D'Alene
Idaho
Pacific
Sanena
Moses Lake
Wash
D. C
Warren G. Magnusson
Senate
Seattle
Magnuson
Department of the Interior
Cap Krug
Atomic Energy Commission
Constitution Avenue
United States Public Health Service
Old Farmer's Almagas
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