National Affairs: National Affairs, Aug. 19, 1946

Last week the President also:

¶ Installed his old Missouri friend, Federal Judge John Caskie Collet, onetime Economic Stabilization Director, as a titleless teammate of OWMR Boss John R. Steelman.

¶ Signed legislation for a 20% increase in disability pensions for about 2,000,000 veterans of World Wars I & II.

¶ Signed a bill to tighten standards for on-the-job training of veterans.

¶ Saw an advance showing of newsreel films of the awesome underwater explosion of Bomb No. 5 at Bikini.

¶ Told a group of high school and college youths that the U.S. democratic...

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