ASNE backs world parley on free news
Favors meeting in Australia when possible
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Gracie Allen Reporting
By Gracie Allen
Our troops in Europe are scooping up all those people who betrayed their own countries to broadcast for the Axis. The latest is “Sally,” whose glamorous voice had our boys listening as faithfully as American housewives listen to a soap opera.
But Sally in the flesh turned out to be not so glamorous as Sally on the radio. The boys had her pictured as a hep chick in her teens sitting at the microphone with her legs crossed. But when they captured her, they found a sad sack in her thirties with nothing crossed but her eyes.
Well, television will do away with this type of deceit. Incidentally, George and I are getting ready for television. I’ve bought a complete set of beauty aids – chin strap, tissue cream, wrinkle remover, etc., and by the time television gets here, George should look wonderful.
Gossip against Russians threatens European peace
By L. S. B. Shapiro, North American Newspaper Alliance
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Kärntner Nachrichten (June 12, 1945)
Englands Freundschaft für Frankreich
Erste Rede Eduard Herriots nach seiner Befreiung
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Madrid affirme –
Hitler n’est pas en Espagne
Londres, 11 juin – En réponse aux déclarations du général Berzarine, gouverneur de Berlin, le ministère des Affaires étrangères espagnol dément officiellement que Hitler se trouve en Espagne. Cet organisme assure que si Hitler s’était trouve en Espagne, les Alliés en auraient été immédiatement avisés.
M. Harry Hopkins présentera aujourd’hui son rapport au président Truman
M. Ross secrétaire du président Truman, a annonce hier, au cours de sa conférence de presse, que M. Harry Hopkins rentrera à Washington aujourd’hui et qu’il présentera son rapport au président Truman ce jour même, dans l’après-midi ou dans la soirée.
Letter from President Truman to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House of Representatives on the Salaries of Members of Congress
June 12, 1945
The salaries of the Members of the House of Representatives and of the Senate should be commensurate with the nature and volume of their work and with their responsibilities. Equality between their pay and their job may never be achieved, but certainly there should be less inequity than at present. Under any measuring rod, the members of the federal legislature are underpaid.
The members of Congress are called upon to exercise seasoned judgment in every field of national interest. They must establish the policies that will advance the welfare of our people. They must draft and weigh the statutes to carry out these policies. They must review the administration of the law in order to determine whether the policies and the statutes should be changed. Day in and day out this work must be done in countless fields. Proposals now before Congress exemplify the broad scope of work. Among pending proposals are the international monetary structure, foreign trade policy, economic stabilization, appropriations for war, tax policy, unemployment compensation and full employment.
No business concern or private organization would even attempt to hire top-flight executives or advisors at the level of salaries which presently prevails in the American Congress.
Therefore, the salaries of members of Congress should be increased to a level more in line with the job they are called upon to do. It will not be possible or wise to do this all at once. The adjustment of Congressional salaries at present should be in the full amount consistent with the Little Steel formula and other stabilization criteria by which the government controls salaries and wages in private industry. When these wage and salary controls are lifted, Congressional salaries should be increased to at least $15,000.
Sincerely yours,
HARRY S. TRUMAN