Rally Aims Big Crowd Tonight For Defend Your Union
CIO stewards plan a large turnout for Friday’s Defend Your Union rally at Emery Auditorium Fourteenth and Walnut Streets starting 7 30 p m Congressman John Blatnik the main speaker brings a wartime record and liberal stance Verda Barnes William Lavelle and Rollin Everett will also speak George Grigsby directs the music Walter Grainger chairs the event about 250 stewards attended the Monday meeting at Auto Workers hall
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CIO Stewards
Emery Auditorium
John Blatnik
Minnesota
Fourteenth
Walnut Streets
Blatnik
Europe
Minnesota State Senate
Armed Services
Air Corps
Italy
Yugoslavia
Congress
Verda Barnes
Cio-Pac
William Lavelle
Ohio Cio
Rollin Everett
Jack Kroll
National Pac
Washington
George Grigsby
Walter Grainger
Cf Ethe Legislative Committee
CIO Council
al Jordan
Auto Workers Hall
Vine Street
Jacob Clayman
CIO
Robert Smith
Everett
Elmer Kauffman
Letters From Centralia Miners Reveal Silent Despair
Trapped Centralia IL miners penned farewell letters to wives children, recorded after a deadly blast that killed 111. The notes describe fear love prayers and urging loved ones to seek care and remembrance as rescue attempts continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centralia, IL
Quotes of the Week Sparks Partisan Standoff in Cincinnati
State Senator Kyle Brooks tells UK union reps he won’t support their concerns about labor legislation. Senator Fred Reiners asserts ownership of the bill amid Auto Workers protests over a $28 million unemployment compensation cut with no extra funding for the unemployed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kyle Brooks
Cincinnati
Fred Reiners
Unemployment bill stalls as Ohio Labor backs no amendments
The Ohio Senate blocked amendments to a jobless relief bill, with six Republicans joining four Democrats to pass a measure seen as a $28 million annual boon to employers. Leaders decry the move as worker neglect and urge action at the ballot box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Democrats
Howard Metzenbaum
Cleveland
Allen Corlett
Jack Persky
Hildebrand and
Cramer
Toledo
McCandless
Hamilton
Mason
East Liverpool
Mahoney
Jackson
Bernard
Youngstown
Reiners
Cincinnati
Ohio
C.S
Senate
William Lavelle
Ohio C.I.C
Al Jordan Resigns As CIO Head
Al Jordan, president of the Industrial Union Council in Greater Cincinnati, resigns due to ill health. A replacement election is set for April 16 at 7:30 p.m. in Room 206, 1015 Vine Street. Delegates approve backing the United Paper Workers strike against Gardner Richardson Co. and discuss a NAACP membership drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CIO Industrial Union Council
Vine Street
Council
United Paper Workers, Local 1009
Gardner-Richardson Co
Lockland
Editorial on the Telephone Strike and Monopoly
This week's telephone strike raises broad concerns for all union workers as it highlights key labor issues amid rising living costs and corporate profits. The dispute centers on wage demands and the actions of the American Telephone and Telegraph Co as a symbol of monopoly in a fragile economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CIO
AFL
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cinci i
Centralia
Sweetheart and Sons
Joe
Honey
Dickey
Brcothers
Labor
Artists League of America
Connie Carter
United Electrical Radio & Machine Workers
Pat Randall
United Office Kf Professional Workers
Federated Pictures
Greater Cincinnati
Jordan
National Association For the Advancement of Colored Peoples
Jerry Maxey
National Cio
Harry Truman
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!