Fielding to drop employables who refuse to work from relief rolls; sets up bd to study problem; issues exec order on work habits of Welfare Dept employes; UPWA protests press attacks on Dept workers

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1947Helen Coonan, Australian lawyer and politician, 52nd Australian Minister for Communications^[†]

Helen Lloyd Coonan is a former Australian politician who was a Senator for New South Wales from 1996 to 2011, representing the Liberal Party. She was a minister in the Howard government, serving as Minister for Revenue and Assistant Treasurer from 2001 to 2004 and then as Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts from 2004 to 2007.

1947Richard Dreyfuss, American actor and activist^[†]

Richard Stephen Dreyfuss is an American actor. He emerged from the New Hollywood wave of American cinema, finding fame with a succession of leading man parts in the 1970s. He has received an Academy Award, a BAFTA, and a Golden Globe Award.

Headlines from October 29, 1947

Mediation Averts New Haven Strike

Navy to Try to Make Dry-Ice Rain Over Maine Today to Quench Fires; NAVY FLIERS TO SOW DRY ICE OVER MAINE

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Russia Proposes Korea Send 'Elected' Groups to U.N. Now; RUSSIA PROPOSES ELECTION IN KOREA

FIELDING TO STOP RELIEF FOR ABLE WHO REFUSE JOBS; Welfare Head Sets Up Board to Devise Methods to Put 7,000 Adults to Work FULL TIME NOW REQUIRED State Inquiry, Opening Today, Expected to Be Thorough and to Last 3 Months FIELDING TO STOP RELIEF FOR IDLERS

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