Four Million Unemployed Vets Warned By Bradley
Gen Omar N Bradley veterans administrator warned Kiwanis delegates in Atlantic City that four million veterans could be unemployed next fall unless new jobs are created. He cited 12 million discharged, 9 million employed, 1 million on vacation, 750 thousand in school and training, 1.75 million on readjustment allowances. He noted 250 thousand student veterans may be unable to enter first choice schools.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Omar N. Bradley
Veterans
Kiwanis International
Bradley
Women Control Spending Hold Inflation Key
The article argues consumer spending drives inflation and highlights women’s dominant role in household purchases. It cites Department of Commerce data: 1946 spending at 123 billion dollars annually, up from 104.9 in 1945, with women buying most groceries, household supplies, autos, and influencing many other goods and services.
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U. S. Department of Commerce
Department of Commerce
Official Sees Six Months Of Labor Calm
A Labor Department official, speaking on condition of anonymity, forecast a six month period of calm and steady output in basic industries. Howard T. Colvin, assistant director of the conciliation service, said the situation looks better and that there are not more than a dozen strikes of national importance. The maritime strike was averted after 200,000 dock workers and CIO aligned with a settlement boosting wages 20 to 30 percent, though other tensions remain and postwar strikes and lockouts are at a low level.
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Washington
Labor Department
Howard T. Colvin
United States Conciliation Service
Committee For Maritime Unit
West Coast longshoremen seek heftier raise as September pact nears
Under Harry Bridges the West Coast longshoremen received 22 cents an hour a 35 cent demand had been set by the union for a contract expiring September 30. Bridges warned of possible action after that date as a campaign to raise 3 million dollars for the September bargaining drive gets underway.
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Harry Bridges
Bridges
Mane
United Drive
Committee For Maritime Unity
Northern Pacifics Chain-Train On Main Street Conveyor
The No. 603 sections pull westward from the Twin Cities along Main Street Of The Northwest while the No. 602 eastbound twin continues on 24 hours faster schedules. The fast freight trains act as a dependable conveyor belt carrying food timber fuel minerals machinery and merchandise over 1900 miles to keep industry thriving.
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No. 603
Twin Cities
Northwest
Northern Pacific
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