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June 14, 1951

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M'ARTHUR CHARGES OUR FOREIGN POLICY IS RULED BY OTHERS; Addressing Texas Legislators, He Asserts Korea 'Appeasers' Are Inciting an Attack CALLS FOR SPEEDY VICTORY Says It Is 'Only Way' to Bar Third World War--Russia Is Viewed as 'Bulldozing' Stronger Measures Urged Joint Chiefs Disagree M'ARTHUR CHARGES FOREIGN INFLUENCE Cites Senate Testimony

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MacArthur s, Austin, to informal gathering of Tex Legis on Capitol steps; charges Adm appeasement in Korea and moral weakness in peace talks; sees 1st line of defense at Yalu River, not Elbe; holds US policy influenced from abroad and by fear of other nations reactions; asks stronger steps against Korean enemy; sees weak policy inciting USSR to war; sees gen war prevention in Korean war end; holds US able to defeat any enemy; predicts adoption of his rejected policies; again urges outlawing war

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$7,500,000,000 RISE IN TAXES CLEARED FOR HOUSE ACTION; Ways and Means Committee Votes Omnibus Bill, Slated for Floor on Tuesday DELAY IN SENATE IS SEEN Measure Asks $2,900,000,000 Gain in Income Levy--Falls Below Truman Figures Big Boost in Income Tax TAX BILL CLEARED FOR HOUSE ACTION Individual Income Taxes Corporation Income Taxes Excise Taxes Miscellaneous

By John D. Morris Special To the New York Times

com decides to repeal tax on elec power; drops tax on smoking articles, razors and blades; exempts elec heating pads from household elec appliances tax; com approves bill; digest of principal provisions

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Notable Births

Paul Boateng

1951Paul Boateng, English lawyer and politician, British High Commissioner to South Africa[†]

Paul Yaw Boateng, Baron Boateng, is a British Labour Party politician, a former civil rights lawyer and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Brent South from 1987 to 2005, becoming the UK's first Black Cabinet Minister in May 2002, when he was appointed as Chief Secretary to the Treasury. Following his departure from the House of Commons, he served as the British High Commissioner to South Africa from March 2005 to May 2009. He was introduced as a member of the House of Lords on 1 July 2010.

1951Danny Edwards, American golfer[†]

Richard Dan "Danny" Edwards is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour, Nationwide Tour and Champions Tour.

Historical Events

UNIVAC I

1951UNIVAC I is dedicated by the U.S. Census Bureau.[†]

The UNIVAC I was the first general-purpose electronic digital computer design for business application produced in the United States. It was designed principally by J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly, the inventors of the ENIAC. Design work was started by their company, Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation (EMCC), and was completed after the company had been acquired by Remington Rand. In the years before successor models of the UNIVAC I appeared, the machine was simply known as "the UNIVAC".

Historical Context for June 14, 1951

In 1951, the world population was approximately 2,543,130,380 people[†]