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April 6, 1949

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CURB ON ECA DEBATE DROPPED IN SENATE; Langer Blocks Consent and Holds Floor Until 10 P. M., When Lucas Capitulates LIMIT TO DEBATE ON ECA BLOCKED

By Felix Belair Jr.special To the New York Times

US Sen rejects Baldwin amendment to ECA bill on Amer business interests in Morocco; Sen Connally reveals ECA inquiry

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Hope Diamond, Other Gems Sold To City Jeweler by McLean Estate; HOPE DIAMOND SOLD TO A JEWELER HERE

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The jewel collection of the late Evalyn Walsh McLean, including the famed Hope Diamond, passed yesterday from the executors of the Washington social leader's estate to the New York gem dealer, Harry Winston.

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LABOR BILL BACKED BY HOUSE COALITION TIGHTENS TAFT LAW; Would Require Non-Red Oath of All Employer and Union Agents in Pact Bargaining OTHER PARTS SHARPENED North - South Group to Move for Wood Measure's Passage Instead of Truman Bill TIGHTER LABOR LAW GOAL OF WOOD BILL

By Joseph A. Loftusspecial To the New York Times

WASHINGTON, April 5--The Wood bill, choice of a North-South coalition to succeed the Taft-Hartley Act, would extend the non-Communist affidavit provision to employer representatives and also to influential union figures who are not necessarily "officers," as the term is commonly used.

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TREATY FAR DOWN IN SENATE PROGRAM; Final Action on Atlantic Pact May Be Delayed for Months Unless Truman Intervenes TREATY FAR DOWN IN SENATE AGENDA

By William S. Whitespecial To the New York Times

Sen delay despite Pres Truman pressure seen

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1949Alyson Bailes, English academic and diplomat (died 2016)^[†]

Alyson Judith Kirtley Bailes CMG was a British diplomat, political scientist, academic and polymath.

1949Patrick Hernandez, French singer-songwriter^[†]

Patrick Pierre Hernandez is a French singer who had a worldwide hit with "Born to Be Alive" in 1979.

1949Ng Ser Miang, Singaporean athlete, entrepreneur and diplomat^[†]

Ng Ser Miang, is a Singaporean entrepreneur, diplomat, and retired sailor. He founded Trans-Island Bus Services in 1982 and is a board member of Singapore Press Holdings. Since 1990, he has been the vice-president of the Singapore National Olympic Council, and since 2009, has served as a vice-president of the International Olympic Committee. In 2013, he was a candidate for the presidency of the International Olympic Committee, but eventually lost to Thomas Bach.

1949Horst Ludwig Störmer, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate^[†]

Horst Ludwig Störmer is a German physicist, Nobel laureate and emeritus professor at Columbia University. He was awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize in Physics jointly with Daniel Tsui and Robert Laughlin "for their discovery of a new form of quantum fluid with fractionally charged excitations". He and Tsui were working at Bell Labs at the time of the experiment cited by the Nobel committee.

Headlines from April 6, 1949

Front Page 3 -- No Title

CURB ON ECA DEBATE DROPPED IN SENATE; Langer Blocks Consent and Holds Floor Until 10 P. M., When Lucas Capitulates LIMIT TO DEBATE ON ECA BLOCKED

Hope Diamond, Other Gems Sold To City Jeweler by McLean Estate; HOPE DIAMOND SOLD TO A JEWELER HERE

LABOR BILL BACKED BY HOUSE COALITION TIGHTENS TAFT LAW; Would Require Non-Red Oath of All Employer and Union Agents in Pact Bargaining OTHER PARTS SHARPENED North - South Group to Move for Wood Measure's Passage Instead of Truman Bill TIGHTER LABOR LAW GOAL OF WOOD BILL

TREATY FAR DOWN IN SENATE PROGRAM; Final Action on Atlantic Pact May Be Delayed for Months Unless Truman Intervenes TREATY FAR DOWN IN SENATE AGENDA

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