10/29-11/5/49

Oct. 29, 1949 (cont.) Jefferson Military College failed to get the $50,000,000 when it refused to change its policy to teach white supremacy. A motion to take Ben Davis off the ballot was denied by Supreme Court Justice (N.Y.) Dineen.

This entry was continued from Book 5; Dad switched to naming (Oct) instead of numbering (10) the dates in this book. 

Oct. 30 Sunday We were in all day on a rainy Sunday doing puzzles and listening to the radio.

Oct. 31 Sylvia hinted that if she had a cow girl suit she would wear it to the Halloween party in school today. A Junior Marshall Plan is being prepared for Asia to combat Communism. Murray has OK'd a 'red' purge in the C.I.O.

Nov. 1 Sylvia said she was hot (although it is a cold day) and would not wear her sweater. "Then you won't go to school" said Lillian. That was the end of the protest. Right-wing Socialists quit de Gasperi's cabinet in an effort to unify Italy's Socialists. Bethlehem split the Steel industry when it settled the strike with the Union giving a pension of $100 a month minimum at the age of 65 after 25 years service. The C.I.O. convention opened with a constitutional Amendment in the offing to expel left wing unions. Edward Stettinius Jr is dead at 49. 

Nov. 2 Sylvia brought home a plant bulb today in the absorbent cotton container she had gotten from the medicine chest. Both kids love the 'trimz' which Lillian is putting on the foyer. The Court of Appeals reserved decision on bail for the '11' and also stayed jail sentences for the attornies imposed for contempt. 55 dead as a P-38 hit an airliner. The only survivor was the pilot of the Bolivian P38. Rep Bates Helen Hokinson and Tammany leader Michael Kennedy were among the dead. The U.E. delegates walked out of the C.I.O. Convention. They and the F.E. Union are slated to be expelled. The President signed the bill raising minimum wages fro 40¢ to 75¢ per hour but eliminating hundreds of thousands of workers.

Nov. 3 The C.I.O. expelled the U.E. and set up a dual union - the Intern'l Electrical Workers Union led by right wingers. F.E. was also expelled. Bridges led the left wing defense at the convention. Quill Curran Ruether & Murray did the smearing for the administration.

Nov. 4 Eugene has a gold star in his book but cannot remember why he got it. The '11' C.P. leaders have been released in $260,000 bail. Thousands cheered Ben Davis in Harlem and cops clubbed six and arrested four in an attempt to halt the demonstration. The C.I.O. climaxed its red purge by giving a blank check to the Truman foreign policy. The delegates also endorsed the move to leave the W.F.T.U.

Nov. 5 The UN condemned Albania and Bulgaria for aid to the Greek guerillas. Murhena [sic] Zolyak, Bulgaria-born American UN Aide stabbed Wei Huan Kuo, Chinese girl employed as a. Two UN aides are dead in a murder suicide act. Three Greek seamen climbed down from the yardarm of their ship where they had been two days having won their battle to escape deportation to Greece. The C.I.O. elected several leftists to its Executive board but will not seat them in accordance with the new constitutional amendment against Communists and supporters.

Don't know why Dad crossed out the more detailed description of what happened.