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...confetti had barely been swept from U.S. streets when Georgia's tax-conscious Senator Walter F. George said a mouthful: taxes should now be substantially reduced-"effective on 1946 incomes, regardless of the status of the war against Japan. Otherwise, we can't make the turn to peace and maintain a high level of production...
...later radio was still repeating the A.P. story-now carefully emphasizing that A.P. was the author. Meantime commentators (with studiously cautious comments) and special newscasters (with no special news) reported from Washington and San Francisco. Sidewalk interviewers buttonholed unofficial celebrants. Extra-special musical numbers flew over the air like confetti (NBC hopefully played Look for the Silver Lining). From London, CBS's Ed Murrow said flatly: Truman and Churchill were ready to make an announcement but "it is now being held up ... [by] Marshal Stalin...
...nation waited. In a few cities, notably Chicago and San Francisco, downtown celebrations had already begun. In a New York nightclub, the manager distributed confetti and streamers. Radio newscasters were tense. If the report were true-and the White House seemed about to confirm it-this would be the biggest Saturday night...
...Broadway, and in Manhattan's garment district, where the crowds were thickest, the ticker tape fell, confetti and torn telephone books swirled down from the windows, pasting the wet streets with wastepaper. The parade had lasted four hours. New York police chiefs estimated the crowd at from...
...deep at the station gate, waving small American flags. Dewey went straight to a press conference at the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel, riding in an open car at the head of a 25-car motorcade. Going down Broad Street, there was a brief shower of ticker tape, no big, organized confetti cascade. In the afternoon, Dewey paid the necessary visit to Independence Hall, required of all political candidates...