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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1949
Page
7
In New York, Franco opponents fear U S and Britain may ease pressure on Franco. They warn a Western loan or restored missions could revive Spain's faltering economy and threaten the republican monarchist and leftist coalition seeking change.
A Franco criticism piece argues the US should reject aid to Franco and favor a coalition government, warning aid would embolden corruption and Russia. In Cedar Rapids, street lights were approved at two intersections to improve safety for children. Patrolman Keith Concannon received a six month medical leave, and Anthony J Melichar surrendered a beer permit.
Washington AP says the National Bureau of Standards reports new precise calculations on the proton magnetic moment and the electron charge to mass ratio. The work is pure science, not an immediate path to weapons or aircraft, but provides fundamental knowledge for atomic physics and future research.
Three AFL unions plan a nationwide drive to organize about one million department store workers. Dave Beck of the Teamsters met with William McFetridge and James Suffridge, leaders of the Building Service Employees International and Retail Clerks International, to form three union councils in Chicago, St Louis, and New York with a Minneapolis council planned, and ongoing cooperation in St Louis and New York.
A publicity campaign will begin on April 7 in New York as organizers push a union drive across three unions. The effort aims to recruit department store workers under union jurisdiction, though organizers say the workgroups have not been council based.
Deliverymen and warehouse workers join Teamsters while building service workers enter Building Service Employees International and clerks join Retail Clerks International. The Teamsters had announced plans to triple its membership to about one million. A dozen officials and attorneys from the three unions attended the meeting.
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