Editor Plea for Labor Press Shaped at A F L Convention
Thomas R. Downie editor of the Galesburg Labor News urged the AFL to back the labor press and expand its reach. The International Labor Press of America proposed a six month survey to improve or reform labor journalism and the convention endorsed broader study and cooperation.
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AFL Acknowledges End to Racial Discrimination Aim
In Denver the AFL president William Green telegraphs to the NAACP promising to end wage and regional differentials and to eliminate race based discrimination. He says the union seeks equity for all workers and will continue efforts toward this goal.
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Green
AFL
A F L Moves to Expel CIO Unions at Denver Convention
The American Federation of Labor authorized its executive council by 25 616 to 1 227 to expel CIO unions that refuse to return to the AFL fold. The convention kept a door open for reaffiliate unions and urged peace talks with CIO leadership while warning of a wide political push against CIO allies.
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Denver
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Committee For Industrial Organization
American Federation of Labor
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CIO
Resolutions Committee
Executive Committee
Shorter Hours Victory Backed By A F L
Denver reports the American Federation of Labor convention adopting a plan to shorten the work week and work day and to raise purchasing power in line with rising productivity. It urged an unemployment census at least every ten years and a study of reliable data from the Social Security Board.
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American Federation of Labor
A. F. of L
Social Security Board
Sebald Improves in Middletown Hospital Report
Postmaster George H. Sebald, hospitalized in Middletown for a leg infection, shows marked improvement. The piece notes his return home planned after pardon petitions for Mooney and Billings and criticizes propaganda uses of the case. The convention also backs committee action to study changes in the social security act.
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