Veteran Printer Recalls AFL Helped ITU 8-Hour Day
In 1906 the International Typographical Union voted to limit work to eight hours a day. A nationwide strike cost ITU over 4 million dollars but secured the eight hour day for printers and all workers. AFL lent 50 thousand dollars to sustain strike benefits, enabling victory as local dues arrived.
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AFL
ITU
Washington, D. C
ILNS
International Typographical Union
Dickman
Indianapolis
American Federation of Labor
APL
OPA Head Warns Deflation Wages Threaten Postwar Nation
Detroit based remarks by Chester Bowles, Administrator of the Office of Price Administration, warn that deflation of wages and prices after the war could bring grave peril. He urged eliminating the business cycle to sustain activity, citing wartime savings, investment backlogs, and potential foreign markets as key to postwar recovery.
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OPA
Detroit
ILNS
Chester Bowles
Office of Price Administration
Economic Club of
Bowles
America
Big Oil Firm Sees Postwar Jobs Surging
New York City based Socony Vacuum Oil Co reports an optimistic postwar outlook for employment. It notes rising demand for gasoline heating oil and industrial fuels and says job availability will match prewar levels, with some areas hiring more. The firm employs 4,895 regular staff in the armed services and expects returning veterans to rejoin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
ILNS
Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. Inc
Armed Services
Union Legion Meeting Set for June in Chicago
The National Conference of Union Labor Legion naires, nearly 100 posts of the American Legion, will hold its annual session June 3 and 4 at the Sherman Hotel in Chicago. Key topics include opposition to Commander Atherton's labor draft bill and postwar programs for service men, education, child welfare, and defense.
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Chicago
ILNL
National Conference of Union Labor Legionnaires
American Legion
Sherman
Atherton
Legionnaires
Legion
AFL Council Rallies Labor To Back Invasion To Limit
The American Federation of Labor Executive Council opened its Spring session urging workers to back the invasion and sustain high production, pledging to support the Fifth War Loan Drive and a Liberty ship named for Samuel Gompers. Leaders expect to push for a broad Social Security program and federal unemployment compensation, while allied unions report no strikes in war production and praise record productivity.
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Philadelphia
Europe
Anerica
Executive Council
American Federation
Hitler
AFL
United Nations
Council
American Federation of Labor
AFT
William Green
Federation
Samuel Gompers
Gompers
Green
International Labor Organization
Swedes Yearn For More Coffee
Stockholm reports a public poll showing coffee and sugar rationing hit Swedes hardest with 17 percent seeking higher rations. Other requests include fats 12 percent bread 8 percent clothes and shoes 8 percent and tobacco 5 percent. 20 percent are content with current rations. Before the war Sweden consumed more coffee per capita than most European nations except Denmark.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Denmark
Tolerance In A Democracy and the Threats to Civil Liberties
A call to defend democratic freedoms against organized campaigns to inflame race and religious prejudices. The piece argues tolerance has limits and that citizenship entails responsibilities, warning against attempts to divide workers through bigotry while urging clearer civil rights understanding during this transitional period.
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America
Rose Schneiderman Resigns Labor Post in New York
Industrial Commissioner Edward Corsi announced the resignation of Rose Schneiderman as secretary of the State Labor Department after seven years. Effective May 1, she will devote time to the New York Women's Trade Union League, which she has led for twenty six years, focusing on labor legislation and enforcement of protections for working women.
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New York City
Edward Corsi
Rose Schneiderman
State Labor Department
Miss Schneiderman
New York Women’s Trade Union League
Pre Tests For Nurse Applicants At Mercy Hospital School
Psychometric tests for applicants to the Mercy Hospital School of Nursing in Hamilton Ohio will be held Sunday June 4 at the school location 225 North Second Street. Prospective students may obtain further information by writing the director of the school.
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Mercy Hospital School of Nursing
Hamilton
Ohio
North Second Street
Medical Miracle From Plasma Aids Paralyzed Soldier
Washington, D. C. ILNS reports Staff Sgt. Arthur E. White from Astoria New York, a Silver Star recipient wounded in Sicily, is regaining leg movement after spinal repair and plasma from blood donors coordinated by labor unions. Doctors say plasma and new techniques are restoring function, highlighting union blood drives and Red Cross campaigns.
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Washington, D. C
ILNS
Arthur E. White
Astoria
L. L
American Red Cross
White
Army
Building Service Employes’ Union
AFL
New York City
Walter Reed General Hospital
Sicily
United States
el Guettay
Catholics Urge Sons In South Labor Action
Memphis Tennessee ILNS The Catholic Committee of the South urged Southerners to intensify labor organization in a resolution wrapping up a three day convention The panel called clergy and laity to advance militant leadership through labor schools and direct aid to union organizing and social legislation It also proposed state and county agents to empower farmers independent of large owners
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Memphis, Tenn
ILNS
Catholic Committee of the South
South
Plastics Era Seen Bright After War Surge
The plastics industry has expanded 100 percent in the last two years with U S produced plastics valued at 250 million dollars in 1948. Ralph Hemphill founder of the Plastics Institute predicts broad civilian use of new materials once the war ends as 85 percent of industry energy remains tied to wartime production.
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Los Angeles
United States
Ralph Hemphill
Plastics Institute of
Chicago
Thendustry
Raleighs ordered for armed forces overseas reach seven million
An order for 440000 Raleigh cigarettes to be sent to military personnel overseas arrived from Teamsters Joint Council 53 of Philadelphia and helped push union Raleigh orders to nearly 7000000 in the latest week. Brown and Williamson Tobacco Corp says Brotherhood of Teamsters members nationwide have been active in the campaign to send Raleighs to fighters abroad.
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Louisville
Teamsters
Joint Council 53
Philadelphia
Brown and Williamson Tobacco Corp
Brotherhood of Teamsters
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Typographical Union
John B. Dickman
Columbia Typographical Union
Big Oil Company
Union Legion
David Webb & Sons
Ross
AFL Council
Labor
Edward Flore
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