Religious Leaders Oppose Labor Conscription Bill Nationwide
More than 1100 clergymen from Protestant Catholic and Jewish faiths across states condemn the Austin Wadsworth labor conscription proposal. They call it unnecessary unjust and a danger to the home arguing it expands presidential power and could undermine religious freedom and liberation by voluntary labor and fair allocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
ILNL
Congress
Austin-Wadsworth
Workers’ Defense League
Sam B. Eubanks
American Newspaper Guild
Sal B. Hoffman
Austin Wadsworth
Pledge of U S Support Reaffirmed for Italian Labor
President William Green of the American Federation of Labor sent greetings to the Italian Confederation of Labor at Naples, affirming AFL support for a reconstituted free trade union movement in Italy. He urged that only genuinely free unions serve working people and combat totalitarian influence, pledging moral and material aid to Italian workers rebuilding their labor movement.
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Washingt
D.C
ILNS
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Italian Confederation of Labor
Naples
Labor Movement of
Italy
Green
APL
Faeign
Beast
Haly
AFL
Tvaly
Labbor Council
Luigi Antonini
Lake Wipes Out Tax Sources on Lake Erie Shore
Lake Erie has removed about $2,000,000 from the Lake County tax list in recent years. In Painesville-on-the-Lake, lakefront parcels once valued at $1,000 now appraise at $10. Erosion has swallowed land and washed buildings into the lake or forced moves to save structures.
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Cleveland
Lake Erie
Lake County
Painesville-on-the- Lake
AFL Forum Sets Broad Postwar Plan for Jobs and Peace
York City delegates of the AFL outline a postwar program aimed at full employment, economic development, and global security. Leaders including Breckenridge Long and Paul V. McNutt pledge unity of parties and nations to support the Atlantic Charter and establish an international organization with police powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York City
Athacter
Peverarian of Labor
Yar
Devs
Forin
Pube Breckenridge
United States
Paul V. McNutt
War Manpower Commission
America
William Green
AFL
Needless drain on manpower pool
The National Safety Council reports wartime accidents since Pearl Harbor have reduced 850,000 active workers and killed 102,000 with 9,500,000 injured. The toll includes 61,000 traffic deaths and 2,100,000 road injuries, with a total war casualty figure of 17,268 killed, wounded, missing, or POWs.
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Pearl Harbor
Industrial 4P
Safety Council
Chicago
United States
National Safety Council
Council
America
OWL
John Stilwell
Our Decision: Americans Must Act for Peace and Prosperity
A call to self evaluation as elections approach urging citizens to choose actions over rhetoric. It asks whether to pursue isolation or engagement, reform policy, and share burden for global stability, defense, and reconstruction. It stresses personal responsibility and collective security as key to peace.
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America
Deadlock in UMW reaffiliation talks reported
The American Federation of Labor and the United Mine Workers Union face a stalemate over jurisdiction before a new charter. John L Lewis cites no suggestions, while AFL Tobin committee plans to report at the May 1 Philadelphia Executive Council session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waehinzton, D. Co
Ameriederation of Labor
United Mine Workers Union
John Ty Lewis
UMW
Lewis
Daniel J. Tobin
APL
Tobin
United Mine Workers
AIL Executive Council
Philadelphia
Executive Council
Brewer To Assist Fifth War Loan
Joseph Obergfall leader of the International Union of United Brewery Workers informs the War Finance Division the union will support the Fifth War Loan from June 12 to July 8. The union bought $200000 in War Bonds during the Fourth War Loan and estimates affiliated locals have purchased nearly $2000000 across the U.S. and Canada.
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Hington
Joseph Obergfall
War Finance Division
The
Treasury
International Union
Obergfall
United States
Canada
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