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November 7, 1946

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20% Income Tax Cut Pledged by Knutson

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Repr Knutson, slated to head House Ways and Means Com in new Cong, says he will offer bill for 20% individual income tax cut and another measure to cut excise taxes

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U.S. PROPOSES THAT IT RULE PACIFIC ISLES; DRAFT SUBMITTED Trusteeship Would Be Accepted Under Our Sole Control STRATEGIC AREAS AN ISSUE Security Council Must Accept Plan as Well as Senate-- Contest Is Expected

By Bertram D. Hulen Special To the New York Times

Truman announces US policy on Japmandated Pacific islands and Jap,, islands under US control as result of World War II; announcement text; draft trusteeship proposal transmitted to UN Security Council members, NZ and PI

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ELECTIONS CHANGE U.N. SITE SENTIMENT; Fear of American Isolationism Now Causes Russia, Others to Cling to U.S. Headquarters

By Thomas J. Hamilton Special To the New York Times

US Repub party victory in election causes USSR and other nations to cling to US as permanent hdqrs fearing return to US isolation

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Democrats Shy at Leftists But Won't Go Conservative; May Avoid ALP Alliances

By Warren Moscow

lauds ALP role in election; attacks Repub and Liberal parties alleged efforts to link communism to ALP

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HOUSE LABOR BLOC NEARLY DESTROYED; Leading Advocates Riddled at Polls, With Few Surviving, and Senate Loss Is Heavy

By Joseph A. Loftus Special To the New York Times

Comment on his probable leadership of Sen Labor and Pub Welfare com

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Notable Births

1946Chrystos, American writer and activist^[†]

Chrystos is a two-spirit writer and activist whose work explores Native American civil rights, social justice, and feminism. They are of mixed Menominee–Lithuanian/Alsace–Lorraine heritage. Chrystos is also a lecturer, writing teacher, and artist.