Union Finagling Slows Military Tire Output
Labor unions restricting rubber tire production threaten supply for military trucks. War Production Board officials plan talks with AFL CIO leaders to persuade faster output. Absenteeism and staged changes in piece work, along with resistance to female workers, worsen shortages amid synthetic rubber use.
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Ashington
War Manpower Commission
War Production Board
Labor Section
Joseph Keenan
AFL
Akron
CIO
Suckers Never Learn Postwar Trims Warns Quillen
Robert Quillen criticizes public mood about taxes and the wealthy, arguing costs spread to all. He warns postwar economic strains from big corporations, banks, and government actions hurt every household, echoing fears of renewed hard times and political manipulation.
Envy of the plowman and the spring earth
George Matthew Adams reflects on turning the earth as a sacred act of growth and renewal. He likens plowing, planting, and reaping to life’s early beginnings, noting the poetry in soil, seeds, and the field’s shaping of youth, dreams, and courage.
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Burns
Out of the Past Quote on Fortune and Self Control
The line posits that a person’s character is tested not in hardship but when luck favors them. Lew Wallace suggests excess fortune reveals true restraint or lack thereof in individuals.
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Cassino
Europe
They Say A Push to Progress Henry J Kaiser Quote
Henry J Kaiser states the automobile sparked progress as a test of material advance and industrial life. Lord Halifax notes that agreeing on a future peace pattern is possible only if both sides cooperate to form a shared framework.
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Henry J. Kaiser
Nce
Lord Halifax
Use of Darkness To Conceal Attack On El Alamein
The article discusses General Alexander’s night surprise attack at El Alamein, detailing his covert artillery prep and mine clearance tactics. It explains the Liri river valley thrust near Cassino as decisive, notes German air weakness and strength, and contrasts Russian and German casualty claims amid broader fronts.
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Alexander
Gustav Line
el Alamein
Egypt
Lang
United Nations
Liri River
Cassino
Crimea
G O P Publicity Corps and War Plant Tour Note
Drew Pearson reports on a high publicity unit at Republican headquarters ready for action after the Chicago convention. He lists several staffers and monthly taxes deducted salaries. The piece also notes Congressman Albert Engel’s tour of a war plant and a bag-kissing incident involving shell powder bags and lipstick.
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Chicago
Tashington
Steve
James P. Selvage
G.O.P
Robert Pritchard
W. J. Donald
Republican
Donald
Congressional Record
Carlisle Bargeron
Herbert Hoover
Percy L. Graves, Jr
Floyd E. McCaffree
Roosevelt
Walter F. Brittar
Republican Party
Albert Engel
Michigan
Capitol Hill
Alabama
Engel
Teten
Sam Ploves
Labor Politics Clash with Smith Connally Law in Chicago
The CIO Political Action committee and Amalgamated Clothing Workers meet in Chicago to back Roosevelt and Wallace while claiming to fund only education and organization. Attorney General Bid to indict and Senate panel found no violations yet. The piece notes risk of labor spending while under Smith Connally limits loom over unions.
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Smith-Connally
CIO Political Action Committee
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
Chicago
Roosevelt
Clothing Workers
Henry A. Wallace
Sidney Hillman
CIO Action Committee
Political Action Committee
CIO
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Philip Murray
Congress
Senate
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
United Mine Workers’ Journal
West Virginia Mine Workers
Daniel B. Dawson
Clarence W. Meadows
UMW
Dawson
Funkhouser
Meadows
Rush Holt
Lewis
Mr. Hillman
Hillman
Soldiers Resent Civilian Economic Privileges Amid War Strain
Marquis W. Childs reports on a Washington meeting where top military leaders discussed the Detroit foremen strike and disrupted P-51 and bomber part production. He notes bitterness among servicemen toward civilian gains and proposes possible remedies to ease wage and benefit inequities while suggesting age based compensation ideas.
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A’ashington
Washington
Detroit
Chicago
Discouraging St. Louis Po Grating Act Ends
A singer performed a troubling routine that left the audience fully conscious and unharmed. The event closed with no injuries or further incidents reported.
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St. Lewis Po Grat
Tolerance and Intolerance in Human History
Dr. A E Wiggam explores whether tolerance or intolerance shaped history. He cites four great intolerances religious racial national and class conflict, but argues a golden stream of tolerance slowly widens. He links tolerance to UN unity and peace and notes scientific limits on absolute statements.
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Arryerstreet
United Nations
Pearl Harbor Memory Escapes Simple Victory Label
In wartime rhetoric the speaker asserts that Pearl Harbor cannot be treated as a defeat. The discourse condemns treachery in war and condemns hostage killings hospital bombings and child starvation as not victors. It argues Pearl Harbor belongs among memory rather than glory.
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