WASHINGTON, April. 19.--A movement designed to frustrate alleged attempts by Communists to work through the Workers Alliance to organize recipients of relief was under consideration today on both sides of the Capitol. The first thrust was planned for early next week.

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1939Peter S. Beagle, American author and screenwriter^[†]

Peter Soyer Beagle is an American novelist and screenwriter, especially of fantasy fiction. His best-known work is The Last Unicorn (1968) which Locus subscribers voted the number five "All-Time Best Fantasy Novel" in 1987. During the last twenty-five years he has won several literary awards, including a World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement in 2011. He was named Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master by SFWA in 2018.

1939Gro Harlem Brundtland, Norwegian physician and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Norway–^[†]

Gro Brundtland is a Norwegian politician in the Labour Party, who served three terms as the prime minister of Norway, as the leader of her party from 1981 to 1992, and as the director-general of the World Health Organization from 1998 to 2003. She is also known for having chaired the Brundtland Commission which presented the Brundtland Report on sustainable development.

Headlines from April 20, 1939

14 Indicted as Heads of Counterfeit Ring After U.S. Drive in Which 287 Were Seized

Barring of Advocates of Subversion From Public Jobs Voted by Assembly; Party Lines Broken in Balloting on Devany Bill, 107 to 27--Anti-Red Ban Shelved-- Inquiry on Public Employes Asked

1938 Taxes in U.S. Put At 22% of All Income

HALIFAX EXPLAINS; Holds the British Seek to 'Live and Let Live,' but Bar Aggression ENVOY TO BE SENT BACK Cabinet Decides to Create a Ministry of Supply in Move to Mobilize Industry

DRIVE TO BAR REDS FROM WPA ACTIVITY FORMS AT CAPITOL; Exposure of Communists Among Workers Alliance Leaders Causes Move to Ban It HARRINGTON TO BE CALLED If He Continues to Recognize Alliance, Next Effort Will Be to Deny Members Relief

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