Inside Labor Dashes To Avert Steel Strike In Washington
In Washington a month of tense talks unfolds as Cy Ching médiates between Phil Murray and steel executives from 40 companies. Murray drops wage demands but insists welfare and pensions be fully funded by the companies. Negotiations loop between labor and management, with time running short and no full agreement on who pays for welfare and pensions, leaving the prospect of strikes in several plants.
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Truman
White House
Cy Ching
Phil Murray
Ching
Pete Seitz
Bill Margolis
CIO
Murray
John Lewis
Babylon
Long Island
Tower of Babel
Art Goldberg
Lee Pressman
Goldberg
Lewis
Pittsburgh
Town Hall
E.D.W. A
Congress
Joint Committee On the Economic Report
Jimmy Roosevelt
Helen Douglas
Sheridan Downey
California
Douglas
Downey
Senate
Leland Olds
Federal Power Commission
Olds
Private Power Trust
Senate Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
Bell Syndicate, Inc
PITCHING HORSESHOES Each Goes His Way and Each Is Happy
Uncle Charlie and Aunt Frieda, long married and living in a four room East Side flat, argue daily about work and hobbies. Charlie resists Frieda joining his pinochle sessions and cooking duties, while Frieda pursues new crafts and nights out. They strike a terse agreement to pursue separate pursuits and have “fought happily ever since.”
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Charlie
Frieda Charlie
Frieda
Allen Street
Nickelodeon
Nazimova
Hymie Ibsen
Ibsen
Shmibsen
Columbus
Fuzarri’s
Avenue A
Theda Bara
Theda
Loew’s
Billy Rose
Burnet Experiment Gives Veterans Community Hope
The American Legion’s Burnet pilot project is praised as a model for veteran job creation and civic improvement. A national Legion study team, including Ray Pitkin and Bertram E. Giesecke, reviews local business growth, new residents, and expanded enterprise, with UT planning support and plans for further research and expansion nationwide.
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Burnet
American Legion
National Magazine
Legion
C. H. Broce
Ray Pitkin
Dr. Brownlee
National Employment Committee
Herschiel Hunt
Department of Texas
Texas
Austin Legionnaire
Bertram E. Giesecke
National Economic Commission
Veterans’ Organization
Daniel
American Legion National Convention
Veterans of
University of Texas
April Fool tales and old Q and A from a magazine
Questions and answers cover a range of topics from an April Fool tale about Garson Inconnu to duck stamp prices, constitutional origin of appropriation bills, reservist warrants, sea lamprey threats, horseshoe stakes, washing machine time guidelines, and President Cleveland delivering his second inaugural without notes.
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Cleveland
Amateur Photography booklet offer from Wedderburn
Readers can obtain a booklet on amateur photography by Alexander J. Wedderburn, noted authority, illustrated with prize pictures. It promises to tell all about photography, a popular American hobby. Send 25 cents to the Austin American Information Bureau at 316 Eve Street NE, Washington, D. C.
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Alexander J. Wedderburn
America
Austin
American Information Bureau
Eve Street
Washington, D. GC
Washington Mamy Go Round Both Sides in Steel Fuss
The steel dispute is hampered by opposing forces including John L. Lewis and US Steel backers led by J. P. Morgan. The piece notes pension funding battles, bank and director interests, and prior welfare fund patterns affecting labor contributions. It also covers Senate defense bills, Truman talks with Jim Patton, and rural telephone legislation prospects.
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Drew Pearson Washington
Phil Murray
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Murray
US Steel
J. P. Morgan
Truman
Russia
Jim Patton
National Farmers Union
House
Patton
Jim
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Broadway Lights and Backstage Buzz
Winchell surveys Broadway as Blackouts promises long run while Touch and Go gets new life and South Pacific dazzles backstage. Highlights include Berthays and Munsel gossip, Ken tuckian cinema notes, and World War II era political quips in the Press Box and Headlines & Footnotes.
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Variety
New Haven
George Abbott
South Pacific
Hope Williams
Benny Goodman
Roxy
Chicago
Kate
Gertrude Lawrence
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American Telegraph and Telephone Company
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Montgomery Ward
Avery
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Pullman Company
Pure Oil, Armour
Peoples Gas, Light and Coke
James Black
Pacific Gas and Electric
Southern Pacific Railway
John L. Lewig
United Mine Workers Journal
Steel
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Mississippi
Forrest Jackson
Jackson
John Stennis
Rules
Curley Brooks
Illinois
Stennis
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Arizona
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Israel
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