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printers strike against 6 dailies after preparing early eds; Pilch calls token picket line; Tribune, Sun and Times get police guard; mailers union pres L Bannerman silent; Pilch warns mailers to back strike; pubs plan varitype eds; Pilch statement to publishers; they reply; Newspaper Guild continues work
H L Matthews articles on post-war status of GB
conf set; linked to ERP; council to map own agenda
Vandenberg holds self-interest justifies stop-gap relief, Sen debate
1947Jonathan Kaplan, French-American director and producer (died 2025)[†]
Jonathan Kaplan was an American film producer and director. His film The Accused (1988) earned actress Jodie Foster the Oscar for Best Actress and was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 39th Berlin International Film Festival. His film Love Field (1992) earned actress Michelle Pfeiffer an Oscar nomination for Best Actress and was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 43rd Berlin International Film Festival. Kaplan received five Emmy nominations for his roles directing and producing the television series ER.
1947John Larroquette, American actor[†]
John Bernard Larroquette is an American actor. He is known for his starring roles in the NBC military drama series Baa Baa Black Sheep (1976–1978), the NBC sitcom Night Court for which he received four consecutive Primetime Emmy Awards wins for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series during the earlier incarnation, the NBC sitcom The John Larroquette Show (1993–1996), the David E. Kelley legal drama series The Practice (1997–2002), the ABC legal comedy-drama series Boston Legal (2004–2008), and the TNT series The Librarians (2014–2018).
1947Red Scare: The "Hollywood Ten" are blacklisted by Hollywood movie studios.[†]
McCarthyism is a political practice defined by the political repression and persecution of left-wing individuals and a campaign spreading fear of communist and Soviet influence on American institutions and of Soviet espionage in the United States during the late 1940s through the 1950s, heavily associated with the Second Red Scare, also known as the McCarthy Era. After the mid-1950s, U.S. senator Joseph McCarthy, who had spearheaded the campaign, gradually lost his public popularity and credibility after several of his accusations were found to be false. The U.S. Supreme Court under Chief Justice Earl Warren made a series of rulings on civil and political rights that overturned several key laws and legislative directives, and helped bring an end to the Second Red Scare.
1947New Zealand ratifies the Statute of Westminster and thus becomes independent of legislative control by the United Kingdom.[†]
The Statute of Westminster 1931 is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that significantly increased the autonomy of the Dominions of the British Commonwealth.