Governor Garvey Faces Williams Land Scandal Fallout
The Citizen urges Gov. Dan Garvey to reveal Attorney General Wilson's report on Land Commissioner O. C. Williams and take decisive action. It argues Williams should answer official allegations, while accusing Garvey of political posturing amid education labor and cattle interests over land rentals and grazing classifications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan E. Garvey
Fred O. Wilson
O. C. Williams
Garvey
Mr. Williams
Gov. Garvey
Wilson
Williams
Arizona Senate
Santa Fe
Congress 81st Session Summaries Tally Votes and Shifts
A retrospective on the first session of the 81st Congress outlines bipartisan cooperation in foreign affairs yet sharp partisan splits on domestic Fair Deal measures. It notes Republicans opposing repeal of Taft Hartley while labor groups push for different reforms, shaping the coming electoral landscape.
Costs of veterans welfare threaten national balance
George E. Sokolsky warns that veteran costs strain national productivity and taxes. He cites a 1946–1950 tally totaling 34.6 billion dollars for compensation, medical care, schools, readjustment, and insurance, with rising hospital costs and a contested 1950 bonus. He argues government generosity must be affordable and warns of future limits.
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United States
Tax Foundation
Washington
Veterans Administration
Great Britain
Spain
Public housing bill passes House and Senate amid party split
The long range housing bill sailed through the House 131 to 34 against GOP opposition and advanced in the Senate 24 to 11 with Republican support. Rent control extension split the parties, with House Republicans opposing and Senate Republicans backing it by more than two to one. The session is described as a high appropriation congress marked by gifts and subsidies and a focus on fiscal policy.
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House
Senate
Congress
Truman
Mr. Morris
United Nations
Mrs. Roosevelt
Youth at the Wheel and the Duty of Driving Education
The Christian Science Monitor argues teens cause more highway accidents due to irresponsibility. It calls for driver training in high schools and a shared social responsibility from teachers, parents, and police to instill respect for others on the road.
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United States
Christian Science Monitor
Victims Of Persecution By Westbrook Pegier
An opinion piece by Westbrook Pegier denounces union racketeering and hostile hearings led by Ed Marciniak of WORK. Pegier cites witnesses and anecdotes against the Garment Workers and the Taft Hartley era, alleging political manipulation and intimidation by union leaders and officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westbrook Pegier
New York
Ed Marciniak
WORK
Catholic Labor Alliance of Chicago
House Committee On Labor
Carpenters’ Union
David Dubinsky
Dubinsky
Mr. Jacobs
Indianapolis
Helen Kulesha
Union
Emil Schlesinger
Small Claims Court
Cerf's Broadway Gag About The Tales Originating Himself
Bennett Cerf, Broadway columnist for Punch, quips that funny stories in England are originated by him and jokes that the tale dogged the way. He notes Charlie Smart in Chillicothe Ohio, a drugstore ant query, and a newlywed memory gag about faces and a shaving mirror.
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Bennet
Cerf
Punch
England
Bennett Cerf
King Features
Morris Crusade Against Sin Draws Veiled City Debate
New York columnist Robert C Ruark muses on Morris’s bid for mayor and a rumored rise of bookmakers in town He mocks the moral panic while noting ongoing bets and police complicity He also recalls a Reno gambler tale and a Labor conference quip about loyalty and gamesmanship.
Wild Bill Langer Uses Flat Raise in Sinister Senate Move
Washington scene recounts North Dakota Senator Langer stacking a 86 million annual cost onto a civil service pay raise bill with a quiet aye vote. The piece also notes a barbershop quartet serenade to Senator Smith and snips at budget director Frank Pace Jr. plus Truman.
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Washington
North Dakota
Wild Bill Langer
Senate
Wild Bill
Langer
Ernest W. McFarland
Arizona
Veep Barkley
Society For the Preservation and Encouragement of
America, Inc
Capitol
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Frank Pace Jr
Bureau of the Budget
President Man
Mr. Big
Mr. Pace
Mr. Truman
Keeping It In The Family In 1950s Republican VP satire
The piece envisions a wife as vice president candidate and mocks the idea of a husband and wife team. It jokes about how voters care more about a candidate's wife than policy and imagines the presidency run as a soap opera with household dynamics and public influence.
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GOP
Washington
Jefferson
Madison
Oscar
White House
V.P
King Features
Cushioning the Jolt
A Zealandia editorial argues politeness is not mere surface courtesy but a life necessity and a cushion to buffer social shocks. It contends politeness preserves harmony and justice by softening disruptions in daily life.
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Zealandia
New Zealand
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George E. Sokolsky
Jacobs
Leonard Irving
Independence
Harry Truman
Irving
Building and Construction Laborers’ Union
Treasury
Construction Co
Stewart
Kulesha
Hugo Ernst
Cincinnati
Hyde Park
Committee On Labor
Hig
Hitler
Eleanor ,the Great
Marciniak
Charlies Allen Smart
Chillicothe
Ohio
Morris
Robert C. Ruark
Newbold Morris
Will O'Dwyer
LaGuardia
Jamaica
Francis Costello
Mulberry
O’dwyer
O'Dwyer
Canasta
Istic
Nevada
American Federation of Labor
St. Paul
Diehard
Reno
George Dixon
George W. Maloney
By ‘Bugs’ Baer
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