Inside story on Congress starving statistical departments
The CIO News staff reports budget cuts to the Bureau of Labor Statistics Census Bureau and FTC threaten economic data on wages profits prices and employment. It notes big business benefit and urges readers to contact their congressman. It also cites Roosevelt's stance via his son and Elmo Roper's poll showing union support at 52 percent.
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CIO News
Congress
Bureau of Labor Statistics
House of Representatives
Census Bureau
Federal Trade Commission
CIO
Finish Meat Strike Probe
A Presidential fact finding board closed its study of the 10 day 100000 worker strike by United Packinghouse Workers in Chicago. A union spokesman said the walkout targeted the meat packing trust, not health and safety, as the board prepares to report to President Truman. The strike could seek an injunction under Taft Hartley national emergency provisions. UPWA attorney Eugene Cotton urged the board to separate health and safety from corporate profits.
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Chicago
United Packinghouse Workers
CSO
Meat Packing Trust
Pres. Truman
Paper Workers Win In Hamilton
The United Paperworkers won an election at Sal Mountain Paper Co near Hamilton with 46 votes for the union and 25 against. Logan Goff, international representative, announced the result this week.
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United Paperworkers
Sal Mountain Paper Co
Hamilton
UPA
Logan Goff
Government budgets push for farmers and workers under fire
The U S Agriculture Department near a billion dollar annual appropriation faces criticism for farmer per head subsidies while the Labor Department receives 16.6 million for the next year and 27 cents per wage earner. CIO urges restoring a four million dollar cut in Labor and notes prior cuts. Fur traders in New York suspend operations as a Taft Hartley dead letter notice appears and Union seeks injunction over lockouts and notice rules.
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Congress
U. S. Labor Department
America
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Labor Department
CIO
Senate Appropriations Committee
House
Senate
New York
CIO Fur & Leather Workers
Union
Lee Pressman
Federal Mediation Board
CIO backs European Recovery Plan in labor council push
CIO allies in national policy backing a European Recovery Plan face broad support from CIO state and city councils. The strategy centers on public investment and coordinated relief efforts.
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Coun
Political letter flow and committee funding debate in Washington
Mailman delivered a flood of letters to John Brophy as state councils swing to a double policy while California and Iowa lag. New York Newark and Los Angeles dissent among cities. Alfred Friendly reveals Hoover letter faking in a committee report tied to the Parnell Thomas inquiry. Congress adds 200000 dollars to the panel.
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Iowa
New York
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New York City
Newark
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American Activities Committee
Alfred Friendly
Washington Post
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FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
Committee
Shoe Workers Elect New President
The United Shoe Workers CIO elects Rocco Franscescini as president over Raymond Swansen. He will be installed May 1 and has already filed a noncommunist affidavit with the NLRB.
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United Shoe Workers (Cio
Rocco Franscescini
Raymond Swansen
NLRB
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