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Pres Truman names Repub Sen Lodge and Dem Sen Sparkman US reprs; Amb Austin, J F Dulles and Mrs F D Roosevelt complete delegation; Sec Acheson, J S Cooper and B V Cohen to be alternates
BRT and conductors call nationwide strike for Aug 28 after new conf with Steelman fails; wire to steelman text; seizure of rrs held sure; union and rr reprs statements
Liberte welcomed, NYC; career as former Europa described; illus
4th Deputy Comr Meehan and 7th Deputy Comr Furey reptd filing for retirement; O'Dwyer reptd ready to name his aides 1st Grade Detective J Boyle to succeed Meehan, and 1st Grade Detective B Collins to succeed Furey
Sen com closes hearings; to approve bill; various groups reprs heard
1950Edith Sampson becomes the first black U.S. delegate to the United Nations.[†]
Edith Sampson (1901-1979) was an American lawyer, diplomat and civil rights advocate known for being the first African-American to officially represent the United States at the United Nations, appointed in 1950. She was also the first African-American U.S. delegate to NATO.
In 1950, the world population was approximately 2,499,322,157 people[†]