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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...strong law to fight labor racketeering, Agriculture Secretary Ezra Taft Benson last week marched into Gettysburg, returned with a promise that Ike would plow into the multi-billion-dollar farm-subsidy scandal. Before Congress reconvenes next January, Benson said, the President will go on television with a direct appeal for public support of Benson's proposals to end the wheat surplus for which taxpayers pay dearly...
Tragic & Dangerous. It was fitting that Jimmy Hoffa should be worried about the labor bill: he is the No. 1 reason for legislation aimed at reforming labor. The public demand for Congress to vote tough curbs on labor unions is a direct result of the revelations piled up over the past three years by the Senate's Select Committee on Improper Activities in the Labor or Management Field, headed by Arkansas Democrat John McClellan. The McClellan committee uncovered plenty of corruption in other unions, notably the Bakery and Confectionery Workers and the Operating Engineers. But among U.S. labor unions...
...first look, many political observers interpreted the lawmakers' rebellion as another direct hit on the scabrous House of Long. But a second look may have been more meaningful. There had been hardly any effort to block the adjournment; in fact, the motions for adjournment were made and roared through by many of Long's own legislative leaders and henchmen. Ole Earl's own reaction was another clue. Rushing half-shaved from his barber's chair to the skyscraper state capitol, he arrived just as the adjournment vote was being tallied, made a speech which...
Last week, facing Washington newsmen after the announcement of his appointment as commandant, Shoup was asked to name his favorite pastime. His answer came swiftly-and in the best Marine tradition. "Shooting," said Dave Shoup. "It has a pretty direct relationship to my profession...
...than at home), the young King's comeback was spectacular. Ironically, he owes much of his new popularity to the fact that he has established friendlier relations with his old adversary, Gamal Abdel Nasser, who remains the hero of Arab nationalism, even if the enthusiasm of Jordanians for direct union with Egypt has waned. The border between Syria and Jordan, closed for weeks by Nasser's United Arab Republic, was ordered reopened by Cairo, and last week Hussein announced: "Diplomatic relations with the U.A.R. will be resumed." The recent disorders in neighboring Iraq have also roused respect...