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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1944
Page
23
Twenty one youths of the Order of DeMolay simulated city governance to study how city halls operate. They elected a mayor and council, appointed aides, and observed adult officials guiding daily administration. The piece cautions youths to turn civic learning into practical public service and stresses balancing idealism with method.
Washington perspectives split on Roosevelt versus Dewey as September approaches. The piece analyzes party strategies, leadership lines, and the influence of New Deal factions, CIO ties, and postwar policy debates shaping the looming campaign.
The text notes the American Communist party’s dissolution and reformation as a non-partisan Communist Political Association with Earl Browder as president. It questions the plausibility of non-partisanship and mocks deception, suggesting Communists would not back the Republican candidate in 1944.
A department notes a truce in a pamphlet size word study dispute between Prof. Foley and Mr. Pooley. Editors report cross-hatched margins and ongoing sharp exchanges over usage such as but yet then too and prepositional finalities. The piece frames these linguistic skirmishes as distant from martial warfare.
An opinion column argues for a Roosevelt pair as running mates, suggesting Eleanor Roosevelt or James Roosevelt as possible vicepresidential choices. It warns that a Wallace ticket could risk party aims and notes letters by Charles Michelson could influence the campaign. The piece recalls historical resignations and weighs the political implications for an eventual fourth term.
Comic essay lampoons the idea of a simple tax plan. It jokes that genuine simplicity remains elusive, comparing tax forms to a Great Salt Lake and noting experts shield the public from their own numbers while politicians trade barbs in a 1944 King Features panel.
The Kellems letters push the mail censorship question into backstage agency debates as Chief Censor Byron Price weighs continuing intercepts. A 9-to-9 split among 21 agencies leaves three noncommittal while openings and copies of foreign mail aim to curb enemy information and safeguard neutrality pipelines a chief concern for Portugal and Argentina. The piece notes Price’s caution on sharing economic data with agencies like the Foreign Economic Administration, contrasts British censorship prep, and cites Dravo Plant barges production and a workforce rally.
After a strong first half Josef Hofmann returned to a silent hall not realizing programs were not distributed. Audiences believed the concert had ended or that less music remained and left, thinking their money’s worth had been spent.
Washington May 29 report by the Senate judiciary subcommittee rebuts Attorney General Biddle on the Montgomery Ward case. It cites Sears Roebuck as not in war production April 15, 1944 and questions executive order authority and War Labor Disputes Act interpretations. The panel urges explicit constitutional citations in presidential orders and notes limits on seizure powers.
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