Taft Hartley debate questions authorship amid labor act clash
In a Boston debate Senator Taft and AFL lawyer Herbert Thatcher clash over the Taft Hartley Act. Taft argues the act protects workers while limiting labor leaders power. Thatcher calls it harmful to labor and the economy. Both sides defend Wagner Act gains and campaign implications.
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Herbert S. Thatcher
AFL
Boston
Robert Taft
Mr. Taft
Senator Taft
Thatcher
Taft
CIO
Senate Committee On Labor
Labor
Organized Labor
Congress
Consumer credit rules ease after November first
After the Saturday November 1 end of government consumer credit limits sellers will set terms. Autos may require one third down with 18 to 24 months of payments while appliances could demand 20 percent down and terms up to two or three years. Some warn against repeats of 1929 but barometers suggest solid finances and rising savings.
A More Worthy Expenditure in New York City Affairs
The writer rebukes Grover Whalen’s plan to stage a $2,000,000 Park Avenue circus for the city’s Fiftieth Anniversary. He laments insufficient police, flawed urban growth, and the lack of a World War II memorial, urging funds toward a house of worship memorial rather than costly pageantry. The piece emphasizes social criticism of big-city spending and memorial priority.
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New York
Ballyhoo
Grover Whalen
Jimmy Walker
Park Avenue
New Amsterdam
Brooklyn
Long Island
Queens
Staten Island
Bronx
Manhattan
Midtown
Upper Broadway
Riverside Park
Park Avenue Circus
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Communists and Ford Pension Vote Sparks Clash
Milwaukee Journal notes that the UAW CIO at Ford plants pursued a pension plan, then reversed after a workers vote rejected it. The piece argues the move aimed to create labor unrest and a Communist dictatorship, labeling the tactic as a propaganda failure and urging cautious union leadership.
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Busy Bee
Uaw-Cio
Ford
Milwaukee Journal
Installment buying and new controls eyed by President
The Cincinnati Enquirer notes durable goods such as automobiles radios and refrigerators sold on time payments at 60 to 80 percent. The President is urged to seek new controls on installment buying, with outcomes depending on wisdom shown in the coming months.
Communism and Court Rulings Linked to Public Opinion
In a King Features Syndicate piece, the New York Court of Appeals limits suits over being called a Communist and cites the Supreme Court rule that false charges require proof. The commentary riffs on the Bridges deportation case, criticizing perceived political bias and noting pardons and public attitudes toward Communists.
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Washington
New York Court of Appeals
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Harry Bridges
United States
Bridges
Labor Relations Board
New York Court
Eleanor the Great
First Lady of the Land
George Spelvin
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Fashion ramble on long hems and moral panic
A 1947 King Features column riffs on skirt lengths and fashion trends with playful jabs at critics and Texas girls. It muses on ankles, crinolines, and October mink while debating whether long or short hems suit modern women.
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Girls of
Texas
Lone Star State
King Features
Sympathy and Sly Wit On Phil the Greek in 1947
Robert C. Ruark offers a humorous sympathy column about Prince Philip and his future in law with Queen Elizabeth. He muses on finances, etiquette, and royal life under a socialist era, predicting adjustments for Phil the Greek and his English household. The piece closes noting Taft and Stassen as 1947 Republican presidential hopefuls.
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New York
Phil
England
Lohengrin
Liz
Commons
Marlebone
Prince Consort
House of Lords
Philip
Royal Navy
Stray Lamb Rescued By George Dixon
Washington column describes Quentin Reynolds as a large amiable figure who once mingled freely with Hollywood, now involved in a congressional probe. Reynolds encounters FBI chief J Edgar Hoover and others at Harvey’s restaurant and reacts emotionally to rumors of communism among industry figures.
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Washington
Quentin Reynolds
Reynolds
Quent
Frank Sinatra
Paulette Goddard
Myrna Loy
Katharine Hepburn
Hollywood
Harvey’s
J. Edgar Hoover
Clyde Tolson
FBI
Hollywood Red
James K. McGuinness
M-G-M
Morrie Ryskind
Leila Rogers
Ginger
Leo McCarey
Gary Cooper
Dixon
Mr. McCarey
Leo
Mr. Hoover
Balkans Still Pro American Says Hatch Visit
Senator Carl Hatch reports from a Senate House committee tour behind the iron curtain in Poland Czechoslovakia Finland Hungary Romania and Bulgaria. He says Communist rulers hold power by police force suppressing liberty and human rights and that opposition leaders seek help from the United States.
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Drew Pearson
Carl Hatch
New Mexico
Balkans
Russia
Democrat
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Finland
Hungary
Romania
Bulgaria
Hatch
Congressional Committee
The
Bell Syndicate
Pilot’s Temper Sparks Air Ministry Gaffe
A pilot officer, trying to send an urgent Air Ministry message, was bounced through seven people and finally exclaimed at the seventh recipient. The voice at the end boomed I am Air Marshal Blank The pilot replied Do you know who I am No Praise be for that the officer said and hung up in Montreal Daily Star.
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Air Ministry
Air Marshal Blank
Montreal Daily Star
Quick Recovery Snippet in Private Club Ferocity
In a secluded corner a film actor faces insults from his wife who calls him a “lowdown reptile.” The actor interrupts to force the wife to repeat her remark as friends listen nearby in a Montreal club setting.
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Skunk
Montreal
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Milady
Cincinnati Enquirer
By Westbrook Pegler
Spelvin
Roosevelt
Earl Browder
Atlanta
Browder
Moscow
Arthur “Bugs” Baer
Yesteryear
Chas McGrath
Robert C. Ruark
Royal
George
Edward
Mary
Alexandria
Victoria and
Albert
Soho
Prince Philip
John Edgar
Mr. Reynolds
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Uts
Harold Stassen
Stassen
George Dixon
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