Congress Reacts to Labor Unrest and Anti-Strike Efforts
Congress moves to pass an anti-violence act with a 20 year maximum for forcible interference with interstate commerce. President Truman backs anti-strike legislation and fact finding boards while labor leaders oppose. UAW negotiates with Ford and GM amid wage disputes and unprecedented strike penalties. Production at the Big Three falls short of year-end goals as strikes and shortages bite.
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AF International Teamster Union
ITU
Truman
UAW
CIO
United Automobile Workers
Ford
Chim
G.M
Chrysler
Packard
Nash
Hudson
Studebaker
Wallys-Overland
Truman Plans Broad Housing Program To Ease Shortage
President Truman proposes a comprehensive housing package to speed materials to lower cost construction, impose price ceilings on new and old homes, and repurpose wartime shelters. Snyder notes a million families doubling up, with 500,000 dwellings targeted next year and priority for homes under 10 000. The plan includes using army and navy barracks for temporary shelter and disposing of surplus building materials 70 percent for low cost housing. Wilson Wyatt named housing expediter to aid Snyder.
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Truman
Snyder
Fio
Wilson Wyatt
Louisville
Farm price trends echo World War I patterns
The agriculture department index shows farm product prices dropped from 200 in July to 197 in September after World War II, then rose to 205 in November. Analysts from the Alexander Jamillan institute say the trend mirrors postwar WWI dynamics with a potential rise early, then normalization.
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Department of Agriculture
Alexander Jamillan Institute
Highest earnings show Mayer top 1948 salaries list
Treasury report ranks Louis B. Mayer with the highest income in 1948 and fiscal year ending 1944 at 908,070. Charles F. Wilson and IBM’s Thomas J. Watson follow in the top brackets, with film stars such as Fred MacMurray, Deanna Durbin, Barbara Stanwyck, Bing Crosby, and William Powell also among the highest earners. General Motors executives, including Ormond Hunt and Albert Bradley, appear in the upper salaries.
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Louis B. Mayer
U. S
Treasury
Mayer
Charles EB. Wilson
General Motors
Thomas J. Watson
International Business Machines Corporation
Fred MacMurray
John Thomas Smith
Donaldson Brown
Charles F. Kettering
Nuernberg Tribunal Faces Test of Witness Subpoenas
The Nuernberg tribunal set to try top Nazis faces its stiffest test as defendants seek to compel testimony from prominent U S and British figures. The panel may subpoena witnesses abroad, risking appeals to national courts and challenging the tribunal's validity.
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Nuernberg
Germany
U. S
Britain
Russia
France
Louis Conn bout push to June camp and form
Boxing veteran Joe Louis discusses his training edge over challenger Conn, highlighting fitness, boxing sharpness, and the long road ahead to their June meeting. He notes returning baseball stars like Hank Greenberg and Red Ruffing show form, and stresses Conn must train hard, including road work, to avoid overconfidence and reach peak for summer title clash.
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Jrilly Gonn
Joe Louis
Hank Greenberg
Hank
Bob Feller
Charlie Keller
Louis
Greenberg
Lewis
Red Ruffing
Conn
Billy
Colin
Pittsburgh
Handy Door Pocket And Laundry Bag Project
Handy door pocket and laundry bag patterns from Bool 8 offer a chintz fabric option with matching tape. Instructions cover cutting, binding, stitching pockets, and assembling a full width laundry bag with pockets, plus notes on fabric yardage and mailing for the 32-page booklet.
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