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March 21, 1950

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JESSUP DENOUNCES M'CARTHY CHARGES AS DANGER TO U.S.; Foreign Relations Are Harmed by 'False and Irresponsible' Accusations, He Asserts FOUGHT REDS, ENVOY SAYS Marshall, Eisenhower Letters Strongly Supporting Him Are Read at Senate Hearing Both Strongly Back Jessup Eisenhower Decries Charges M'CARTHY CHARGES SCORED BY JESSUP Defends Testifying for Hiss Jessup Stands by Principle Row Over Files Continues

By William S. White Special To the New York Times

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HOUSE GROUP CUTS E.C.A. CASH BILLION, SUBSTITUTING FOOD; Committee Votes to Replace Part of $3,100,000,000 for a Year With Surplus Crops VORYS SEES A BIG SAVING But Hoffman Protests Plan Is 'Strait-Jacket' and Kee Says Cost Would Bar Economy HOUSE GROUP CUTS E.C.A. BY BILLION

By C.p. Trussell Special To the New York Times

House com approves Vorys amendment to cut $1 billion of cash and substitute US agr surpluses for it; Repr Kee comments; repts other cuts rejected; Hoffman comments

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Notable Births

Roger Hodgson

1950Roger Hodgson, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player[†]

Charles Roger Pomfret Hodgson is an English singer, musician and songwriter. He is best known as the founding member and former co-frontman of the rock band Supertramp. He wrote or co-wrote and sang the majority of the band’s hits including "Dreamer", "Give a Little Bit", "Take the Long Way Home", "The Logical Song", "It's Raining Again", and "Breakfast in America".

Sergey Lavrov

1950Sergey Lavrov, Russian politician and diplomat, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs[†]

Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov is a Russian diplomat who has served as Minister of Foreign Affairs since 2004. He is the country's longest-serving foreign minister since the Soviet era.

Ron Oden

1950Ron Oden, American minister and politician, 19th Mayor of Palm Springs[†]

Ron Oden is an American politician. In November 2003, he was elected the first gay African-American mayor of Palm Springs, California, after serving eight years on the city council. He became the first Black openly gay man to be a mayor of a U.S. city. He was also "the first gay African-American elected to lead a California city." In December 2017, Palm Springs elected "America's first all-LGBTQ city council."

Historical Context for March 21, 1950

In 1950, the world population was approximately 2,499,322,157 people[†]