Kennedy seeks public works power amid labor talk
President Kennedy told AFL CIO leaders he would ask Congress for standby authority to launch public works if recession hits. He urged action against employment discrimination and outlined a program linking public works, retraining, and fair hiring. He cited November unemployment at 6.1 percent and payroll gains as support for broader tariff relief and wage policy.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Kennedy
Organized Labor
Congress
Afl-Cio
Labor Federation
America
National Association of Manufacturers
U.S
Public Works Authority
The
NAM
Sen. Josephs. Clark
Tion
A. Philip Randolph
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
Federation
George Meany
Spokesmen Debate CAB Finding in Ozark Airlines Proposals
Washington AP report on Midwest officials arguing before the Civil Aeronautics Board over Ozark Airlines proposed Chicago to Sioux Falls service and North Central Airlines plans. Support varied from extending routes to blocking duplication and demand for single plane Chicago links.
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Ozark Airlines
Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
Chicago
South Dakota
Wyoming
Richard A. Walsh
Sioux Falls
Vavra
Ozark
A. L. Wheeler
North Central Airlines
North Central
Sheridan
Casper
Kennedy Sees Federal Help for Wyoming Link to Chicago
President Kennedy urged federal help for North Central's plan to connect Sheridan Wyoming with Chicago via Madison Wisconsin Rochester Minnesota Worthington Huron Pierre and Rapid City South Dakota He promoted equal opportunity while backing aid for school construction aged care youth employment retraining and tax incentives Kennedy planned to return to Palm Beach after a brief Washington stopover and would join his family for Christmas in Palm Beach Minnesota and South Dakota locations featured in the proposal.
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Marvin W. Stevenson
Cheyenne
North Central
Sheridan
Casper
Chicago
Illinois
Madison
Wis
Rochester
Worthington
Minn
Sioux Falls
Brookings
Huron
Pierre
Rapid City
S.C
Kennedy
Congress
Palm Beach
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C. M. Corbett
Walsh
Harold G. Vavra
North Dakota Aeronautics Commission
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Eugene Mayer
S.D
Minneapolis
L. V. Hanson
Omega Seamaster
Omega
Roger
Austin
Austin Hearing
Sultants
N. Main St
Austin Filmshops, Inc
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Marx
Dolly
Daffy
Campbell’s Soups
Jonathan Apples
Polaroid J
Robin Hood
White
Nash Coffee
Electric
Austin Filmshops
Lane
North Main
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