Truman urged to invoke law to end steel and coal strikes
The piece condemns President Truman for delaying Taft Hartley action amid a steel and coal crisis now in its 19th day. It argues government intervention is needed to avert mass layoffs and economic paralysis, blaming Truman's political calculus and praising Fairless for not insisting on legal remedies.
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Truman
Cyrus Ching
John L. Lewis
America
White House
Congress
Steel
Benjamin Fairless
U. S. Steel
Phil Murray
John Q
Pros and Cons of a Spain Partnership Debate
The piece weighs pros and cons of closer ties with Franco Spain amid Cold War tensions. It argues for strategic reasons to engage or ostracize Spain, noting Franco’s anti communist stance versus worries about Nazi links and Western unity. It discusses potential unilateral action by the United States and the role of other Western European powers.
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Spain
France
Russia
West
Franco
United States
Tito
Yugoslavia
Kremlin
Europe
Soviet Union
Hitler
Mussolini
Hooliganism By The Warmongers And Other Commentary
A late 1940s critique blends satire by George E. Sokolsky and political letters. It attacks Truman era policy, consumer excess, and dialectical materialism while debating Spain Franco recognition and U S diplomacy amid Cold War tensions.
All In The Name Of Labor By Westbrook Pegler
Pegler argues the collapse of Britain’s civil rights stems from labor unions and Marxian Labour Party influence. He claims Britain’s conscription and policing of labor mirror American union rackets and warns U.S. unions are advancing socialist aims. He draws parallels to Mussolini and Hitler’s democratic rise and names U.S. union leaders.
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Westbrook Pegler
New York
Labor Party
United States
Britain
Germany
Italy
Mussolini
Hitler
David Dubinsky
John Lewis
Dan Tobin
Joe Moreschi
Bill Maloney
Stooges
Labor
Spiv
Henry Wallace
Chester Bowles
Vito Marcantonio
Claude Pepper
Leon Henderson
Minister of Labor
John T. Flynn
Dixon
Department of Agriculture
International Commodity Clearing House
ICCH
Try And Stop Me by Bennett Cerf in I'm a Busybody
Carl Glick recounts poking into others affairs with humor. A heavy rouged woman smashes a champagne bottle on a boarded up house saying she lived there long ago and ends with a sharp quip. The piece also notes Norwalk Connecticut mayor Irving Freese securing a pay raise to forty eight dollars weekly as the payroll arrives.
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Bennett Cerf
Carl Glick
Irving Freese
Norwalk
Connectiut
King Features
Medina anchored in public glare as judge and figure of light
In a portrait of Judge Harold Medina, the piece lauds his nine month sedition trial conduct and restraint under repeated contempt. It compares his resolve to a lone defender and calls him a liberal, capable of broad public appeal, possibly for governor or president. It ends urging congressional leaders to seek recovery away from public strife, inviting them to West Virginia for respite.
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America
New York
Harold Medina
Medina
Messrs
Sacher
Isserman
Gladstein
Crockett
McCabe
Roper
Kuark
Tom Dewey
Joe DiMaggio
Judge Medina
Washington Scene On Nerve And Gpo Pressure Schemes
Washington columnist ridicules pressure campaigns using copies printed by the government printing office with memos urging support for bills. He also notes a UN food plan ICCH misnamed by agriculture officials and mocks lengthy congressional debates and Neely's ornate rhetoric amid a weary session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gear Washington
Government Printing Office
Congress
GPO
Honeymoon For One By Bugs Baer
A humorous column argues a federal bill could criminalize crossing state lines to elope or divorce, turning runaway spouses into federal cases. It mocks federal overreach and the idea of nation spanning love, noting a congressman plans to curb such "distances" with a nationwide meddling mood.
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Mr. Chinstrap
Lonely Hearts Club
Oscar
Uncle Sam
Edgar Hoover
Supreme Court
Oklahoma
Washington
Commonwealths
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Oe Gramada Special Brass
J. Stalin
Trumanites
Wall Street
Hoover-Dulles
FBI
Eisler
Cardinal Spellman
Schnozzle Durante
Eddie Cantor
George E. Sokolsky
Senate
House
West Virginia
Washington Scene
The
Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations
Leland Olds
Matthew M. Neely
List Congress
Bugs’ Baer
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