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May 1, 1948

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Headlines from May 1, 1948

REPUBLICANS OFFER ATOM BILL TO AVOID TEST ON EXTENSION; Party Chiefs Reply to Truman With a Measure to Revise Tenure to June 30, 1950 FOR CHANGE IN BASIC ACT Hickenlooper Denies a Charge of Politics, but Democrats Prepare for Struggle REPUBLICANS' BILL BARS ATOMIC TEST

By William S. Whitespecial To the New York Times

Sen Repubs seek to by-pass confirmation of Truman renomination of D E Lilienthal and 4 assocs; Sen Hickenlooper and Repr W S Cole offer bills to extend current term to June, '50

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LEWIS PAVES WAY FOR POSSIBLE STRIKE BY CONTRACT MOVE; Calls Operators to Talks May 18, Thus Meeting Law for Step 60 Days Before Pact Dies TO DISCUSS NEW TERMS If Agreement Is Not Reached by June 30, Mine Union Head Can Order Walkout Legally J.L. LEWIS CALLS CONTRACT PARLEYS

By Charles Hurdspecial To the New York Times

J L Lewis paves way for legally calling strike on contract expiration, June 30, by filing notice with soft coal operators for May 18 negotiations; Southern Coal Producers Assn also sends UMWA formal parley request

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Notable Births

Patricia Hill Collins

1948Patricia Hill Collins, American sociologist and scholar[†]

Patricia Hill Collins is an American academic specializing in race, class, and gender. She is a distinguished university professor of sociology emerita at the University of Maryland, College Park. She is also the former head of the Department of African-American Studies at the University of Cincinnati. Collins was elected president of the American Sociological Association (ASA), and served in 2009 as the 100th president of the association – the first African-American woman to hold this position.