Labor leaders on World Security Conference staff in San Francisco
Labor movements from many nations are represented on delegation staffs at the World Security Conference in San Francisco. CIO President Philip Murray and AFL International Representative Robert J. Watt serve as consultants to the U. S. delegation with aides James B. Carey and Harry Read assisting. An advisory board for the World Trade Union Conference, formed in London, also convenes in the city, with CIO participation.
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San Francisco
CIO
Philip Murray
AFL Intl
Robert J. Watt
U. S
Murray
CIO Sec
Treas
James B. Carey
Harry Read
Michigan Cio News
New World Trade Union Conference
London
Weirton Steel union ties show 20 percent kickback
In Pittsburgh the NLRB contempt case against Weirton Steel reveals that the Weirton Independent Union received a 20 percent kickback on all Weirton Steel laundry business, highlighting a new financing method for unions.
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Pittsburgh
NLRB
Weirton Steel Co
Weirton Independent
Weirton
Federal FEPC Bill Faces Threat After House Hearing
The FEPC bill HR 2232, proposing a permanent Fair Employment Practices Commission with enforcement powers, is in danger of being defeated by a coalition of southern Democrats and Tory Republicans, as indicated after the second day of hearings before the House Rules Committee.
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Washington
Layoffs Hit Detroit Workers
Thousands of Detroit workers face mass layoffs as reports detail the Willow Run bomber plant shutdown by the army air forces. Ford Motor Co. confirms the August closure with about 20 000 remaining from a peak 67 000 and over 10 000 soldiers at Willow Run facing unemployment unless they hold prior seniority elsewhere.
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Detroit
Willow Run
Ford Motor Co
Army Air Forces
CED Urges Early Control Removals After War Ends
The Committee for Economic Development calls for prompt removal of wartime controls once emergency needs end. Aimed at selective rather than blanket abandonment the plan urges immediate review and within six months after final victory to remove all controls not clearly necessary.
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Washington
Committee For Economic Development
CED
Textile Workers Win Wage Rise for 50,000 Textile Workers
The Office of Economic Stabilization approves a wage increase for 50,000 cotton textile and rayon weaving workers. A five cent direct wage rise raises the minimum from 50 to 55 cents per hour. President Emil Rieve of the CIO Textile Workers Union hails the decision as a landmark in ending substandard pay and living conditions.
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NEW York
Office of Economic Stabilization
Emil Rieve
Textile Workers Union
CIO
Nat War Labor Board
OES
Fair Practices Win At Delco With Union Aid
Union and industry collaboration at Delco Elm street plant led to a strike resolution after workers returned on the job. Local 550 UAW and CIO International, with Greater Cincinnati Industrial Union Council, backed management against the unauthorized strike while defending a Black ex serviceman. FEPC director Harold James notes a related Continental Can case is being reopened due to complaints.
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Delco
Elm Street
United Auto Workers
International
CIO Union
Greater Cincinnati Industrial Union Council
Delco General Motors
Continental Can Co
Norwood
Harold James
FEPC
Rule of The Week Give the other fellow a break
A brief etiquette note urges drivers and pedestrians to show patience and consideration, reducing aggressive behavior on streets and sidewalks. It emphasizes courtesy, safer crossings, and smoother traffic flow through small acts of restraint.
Pa. donations show CIO slush fund claims
The report cites Republican leaders accusing CIO-PAC of raising a large slush fund last summer while noting the GOP collected about 4 million dollars in Pennsylvania and spent 3.3 million on campaigns. Bricker claimed a national figure of 5 million, though unattested. Industrialists in Pennsylvania allegedly matched the scale locally.
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Cio-Pac
GOP
Pennsylvania
John W. Bricker
CIO
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