Union Leader Quits Negro Congress Over Communist Ties
A. Philip Randolph resigns as National Negro Congress president amid dismay at Communist funding and Soviet policy. Max Yergan named president. Randolph accuses the Communist party of serving Moscow rather than African American interests.
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Negro Congress
A. Philip Randolph
Max Yergan
New York
Washington, D. C
ILNS
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
A. F. of L
National Negro Congress
C. I.C
Congress
Roosevelt
Randolph
John L. Lewis
The
C. I.0
American Communist Party
America
Soviet Russia
Communist Party
United States
Purchasing Power of Workers Key to Rise in Employment
The American Federation of Labor reports that tight workers income helped sustain and grow employment despite falling production. In March 1940, 1.1 million more people were at work than March 1939, reducing unemployment from 10,802,000 to 10,348,000. Retail payrolls rose 153,000 as factory jobs fell 65,000, and first-quarter buying power rose 4.9 percent to fuel retail and factory demand.
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Washington, D. C
ILNS
American Federation of Labor
Federation
Auto Deaths Up Again In First Quarter 1940
National Safety Council reports 7 200 U S highway deaths in the first three months of 1940 an increase of 450 or 7 percent from a year earlier. March fatalities reached 2 440 up 220 from March 1939 marking the sixth straight month with higher deaths than the prior year.
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Chicago
ILNS
United States
National Safety Council
Mead seeks early hearings on bill to study older workers' job problem
Senator James M. Mead of New York asks for early hearings on S. J. Res. 80 to direct the Secretary of Labor to investigate age related employment discrimination in public and private sectors. He cites a 1938-39 committee and notes the need for remedies and actions to help workers over 45 amid unemployment and economic strain.
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Mead
Bill
James M. Mead
New York
Elbert D. Thomas
Washington, D. C
Senate Education and Labor Committee
Committee On Education and Labor
Secretary of Labor
Congress
Works Progress Administration
Senate
Ten Percent Wage Increase Proposed to Restore Prosperity
T M Ornburn of the AFL Union Label Trades Department urged a nationwide ten percent wage increase to offset government spending cuts. Speaking on WJAS he said higher wages would boost consumer buying power, stabilize the economy, and could allow tax rates to fall. price cuts without wage growth would be the other option.
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Pittsburgh
ILNS
T. M. Ornburn
Union Label Trades Department
American Federation of Labor
Ornburn
Columbia Broadcasting System
WJAS
Milltown cotton mill votes for A F L union local
Workers at Canadian Cottons Company in Milltown N B vote 586 in favor of forming a United Textile Workers local under company auspices after a four week strike. 21 vote non union and 5 ballots spoiled. Foremen and office staff do not vote. The company will recognize the local and bargain for improved wages and shorter hours.
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Milltown
N. B
ILNS
Canadian Cottons Company Cotton and Rayon Mill
United Textile Workers Federal Union
A. F. of L
Montreal
Hatters Strike at Danbury Plant Over Wage Cuts
Three hundred union workers at Mallory Hat Company's Danbury plant walked out after notices of wage cuts. Union spokesmen said reductions ranged from 16 to 65 percent by job type, with average earnings around 20 dollars weekly.
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Danbury, Conn
ILNS
Mallory Hat Company
Ornburn Urges Buy Union Label to Lift Wages
He argues to raise wages and cut hours by boosting mass purchasing power. If private industry fails to act, government spending and taxes will rise and represent ative government could fail, risking a slide toward European economic models. He calls for buying union label products to raise living standards.
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Labor
A. F
Russia
John P. Davis
Washington
Soviet Union
American Federations of Labor
Geo. Kappel
David Webb & Sons
Ross
1. M. Ornburn
Columbia System
Suinbeam
Textile Workers For A.F.L. Union
Danbury Hatters
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