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Moch approved by bare majority after Communist attacks and maneuvers to delay vote fail
Denfeld backs comdrs views; testies Johnson and Joint Chiefs decisions violate law; recommendations; s lauded by Vinson and Repr Dewey; Nimitz statement read; Truman stands on original policy
RC Ch ex-communicates wife for participating in Orthodox Ch wedding following RC ceremony
J L Lewis calls coal and steel strikes 'gigantic lockout'; calls union demands moderate
Stalin hails USSR amity with new E Ger state as step toward Eur peace
1949Damian Lau, Hong Kong actor, director, and producer[†]
Damian Lau Chung-yan is a Hong Kong film and television actor, executive producer and film director. Lau has starred in many television drama series of various genres, produced by Hong Kong's TVB and ATV.
1949Katha Pollitt, American poet and author[†]
Katha Pollitt is an American poet, essayist and critic. She is the author of four essay collections and two books of poetry. Her writing focuses on political and social issues from a left-leaning perspective, including abortion, racism, welfare reform, feminism, and poverty.
1949Dave Schultz, Canadian ice hockey player and referee[†]
David William Schultz is a Canadian businessman and former professional ice hockey coach and player. As a player, he was a two-time Stanley Cup winner with the Philadelphia Flyers.
1949The Smith Act trials of Communist Party leaders in the United States convicts eleven defendants of conspiring to advocate the violent overthrow of the federal government.[†]
The Smith Act trials of Communist Party leaders were a series of trials held from 1949 to 1958 in which leaders of the Communist Party of the United States (CPUSA) were accused of violating the Smith Act, a 1940 statute that set penalties for advocating the violent overthrow of the government. The defendants argued that they advocated a peaceful transition to socialism, and that the First Amendment's guarantee of freedom of speech and of association protected their membership in a political party. Appeals from these trials reached the US Supreme Court, which ruled on issues in Dennis v. United States (1951) and Yates v. United States (1957).