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September 3, 1948

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ELECTRICAL UNION A RUSSIAN FRONT, SAYS CAREY OF CIO; He Asserts Some Companies Cooperate With Communists in Hope of 'Buying Peace'

By Joseph A. Loftus

J B Carey testifies; calls UE a Communist front on many issues; says employers cooperate with union leaders in firing anti-Communists; cites B Enright and S Basmajian discharges; Fitzgerald defends UE policies; testifies he knows nothing of Communist policies; denies knowing whether any UE officers are Communists; Fitzgerald and UE pen counsel D Scribner illus

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Notable Births

Don Brewer

1948Don Brewer, American drummer and singer-songwriter[†]

Donald George Brewer is an American drummer and singer who is a founding member and longtime original drummer of the rock band Grand Funk Railroad.

1948Lyudmila Karachkina, Ukrainian astronomer[†]

Lyudmila Georgievna Karachkina is an astronomer and discoverer of minor planets.

Fotis Kouvelis

1948Fotis Kouvelis, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Justice[†]

Fotis-Fanourios Kouvelis is a Greek lawyer and leftist politician.

Levy Mwanawasa

1948Levy Mwanawasa, Zambian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Zambia (died 2008)[†]

Levy Patrick Mwanawasa was a Zambian politician who served as the third president of Zambia. He served as president from January 2002 until his death in August 2008. Mwanawasa is credited with having initiated a campaign to rid the corruption situation in Zambia during his term. Prior to Mwanawasa's election, he served as the fourth vice-president of Zambia from November 1991 to July 1994, whilst an elected Member of Parliament of Chifubu Constituency.

Notable Deaths

Edvard Beneš

1948Edvard Beneš, Czech academic and politician, 2nd President of Czechoslovakia (born 1884)[†]

Edvard Beneš was a Czech politician and statesman who served as the president of Czechoslovakia from 1935 to 1938, and again from 1939 to 1948. During the first six years of his second stint, he led the Czechoslovak government-in-exile during World War II.