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Marshall says Brit socialism is no bar to US amity, s, Pilgrims dinner, London; cites forces for good relations; Sec Bevin says GB-US want to make their friendship world-wide
Fielding orders survey of eligibility for all pub assistance except veterans relief; asks home relief clients be transferred to other aid categories where possible, outlines certification methods, NYC group forms com to aid pub understanding of relief adm
Schwellenbach offers Adm price controls powers draft bill based on June 11-18, '47, period, House banking com; House to rush Wolcott bill
strike ends as Govt grants additional demands; Chamber assails Christian Dem tactics during strike; P Nenni bids for re-admission of Socialists and Communists into Govt, Assembly; Communist Deputies beaten by police while investigating rept of police maltreatment of war veterans
1947Henry James, American lawyer and author (born 1879)[†]
Henry James III was an American writer who won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography in 1931. James, who was described as "delightful, rather pedantic, crisp, and humorous," was the son of William James and the nephew of novelist Henry James.
1947Nicholas Roerich, Russian archaeologist, painter, and philosopher (born 1874)[†]
Nikolai Konstantinovich Rerikh, better known as Nicholas Roerich, was a Russian painter, writer, archaeologist, theosophist, philosopher, and public figure. In his youth he was influenced by Russian Symbolism, a movement in Russian society centered on the spiritual. He was interested in hypnosis and other spiritual practices and his paintings are said to have hypnotic expression.