Truman plan to create council of health and employment
President Truman backs a three man Council of Economic Advisers to chart full employment under the Employment Act of 1946. The plan aims to prevent depressions, guide policy, and link to a joint Congressional committee. A liberal economist and labor representative are sought for two posts.
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Truman
Council OF Health
Washington, D. C
Congress
AFL
Council of Economic Advisers
Senate
J. R. Parton
Houston
NRA
Transportation Division
Interior
Ickes
Council
American Federation of Labor
Senate Education and Labor Committee
Harry J. Becker
Group Health Association
Becker
Children's Bureau
Labor Department
Taft
20 Million Jobs Seen in Britain
London estimates a total of 20,000,000 people at work by year end as domestic demand aims to return to prewar levels. Herbert Morrison cites current 16,500,000 at home and export work, with export labor rising to about 1,600,000. Armed forces, production of supplies, and construction will fill remaining labor demand.
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London
Britain
Herbert Morrison
Trades Unionists
Morrison
Washington, D. C
Ernestine Warshawsky
Income Tax Bison
Internal Revenue
Miss Warshawsky
United States Savings
Bean
Erncatine
Millville to host Mt Healthy in Sunday baseball clash
The Millville baseball team will play Mt Healthy at Millville on the home grounds next Sunday July 1. The matchup pits local squad against visiting opponents in a key early season game.
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Millville
Mt. Healthy
Assured Prompt Service at Nonpareil Printing Co
Assured Prompt Service is announced by Nonpareil Printing Co offering expedited turnaround for local jobs. The notice promises reliable delivery and professional handling of small to medium print orders for businesses and individuals.
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Nonpareil Printing Co
Green Urges President to Veto Anti-Labor Hobbs Bill
AFL President William Green telegrams President Truman urging veto of the Hobbs Bill which would make union activity in interstate commerce a felony with penalties up to 20 years and $10,000. Tobin and other AFL leaders echo the call as Senate action follows House approval.
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Green
Truman
Washington, D. C
AFL
William Green
White House
Daniel J. Tobin
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
House
Senate
Hatch
New Mexico
Congress
Tobin
Chicago
Sant
Unions Help Women Gain In Work Conditions
A Women’s Bureau report from the U S Labor Department highlights that women make up large shares of AFL affiliated unions such as 80 percent of ILGWU membership, 46 percent of Bakery and Confectionery Workers, and 60 percent of United Textile Workers. It outlines benefits like greater bargaining power, higher wages, shorter hours, and paid vacations, while urging active participation to strengthen collective bargaining.
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International Ladies Garment Workers Union
United Textile Workers
AFL
Western Maryland shop unions grow under AFL federation
In Hagerstown Maryland AFL shopcraft unions reported remarkable progress expanding membership on Western Maryland. At a 40 delegate meeting to establish a Federation reports showed 85 percent of shopmen already union members and leaders predicted rapid growth toward 100 percent. Louis Bush was elected president of the Federation with Laven Bankert as secretary treasurer and Samuel Connelly as vice president.
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Hagerstown
AFL
Maryland
Western Maryland
Louis Bush
The
Electrical Workers
Laven Bankert
Carmen
Samuel Connelly
Sheet Metal Workers
Produce Workers Draft Eight-State Agreement
A proposed eight-state contract for uniform wages and conditions for Teamsters and Meat Cutters unionized produce workers was drafted at a Des Moines conference. It covers Minnesota North and South Dakota Iowa Nebraska Wisconsin Missouri and Kansas with 11 cent raise, starting wages of 45 cents for women and 75 cents for men, union shop, eight hour day, overtime time and a half, double time on Sundays and holidays, no morning or afternoon rest periods, one week vacation after one year and two weeks after three years, and sick and accident benefits.
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Des Moines
Teamsters' and Meat Cutters' Unions
AFL
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Iowa
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Missouri
Kansas
Haircut Confusion Lands Soldier In Trouble
A British private returns from a village haircut and helps carry golf clubs for his captain. On meeting the colonel and saluting, the officer suspects insubordination, ordering fourteen days’ confinement for insolence in a humorous mix up.
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Jones
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David Webb & Sons
Ross AT “D
National Labor Relations Act
National Labor Relations Board
Women’s Bureau
U. S. Labor Department
S.savings Bonds
Dala
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