Summer School Plans Complete
Plans for a Labor Summer School sponsored by the Ohio CIO Council run August 12 to 18 at Antioch College Yellow Springs Ohio. Attendees include labor leaders from across the state with speakers such as J Donald Kingsley deputy director of the National War Manpower Commission Kermit Eby national director of the CIO Educational Department and Jack Kroll president of the Ohio CIO Council.
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Columbus
Ohio Cio Council
Antioch College
Yellow Springs
J. Donald Kingsley
National War Manpower Commission
Kermit Eby
CIO Educational Department
Jack Kroll
Joseph Fichter
Ohio Grange
Harry Cullerth
Ohio Farm Bureau
M. C. Dickey
The
George L. Weaver
CIO
Labor Press
Radio Libel Law Sparks Censorship Debate
Springfield reports Gov. Dwight Green signed the radio libel bill amid CIO protests. The measure, amended to ease censorship fears, passed with AFL support after opposition from CIO. CIO leaders warn scripts to be reviewed could force stations to suppress controversial topics.
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Springfield
Dwight Green
Robert R. McCormick
Chicago Tribune
CIO
AFL
Robert C. Travis
Stop Smith Rally Draws 12500 in Los Angeles
Organized labor AFL and CIO mobilized a crowd of about 12 500 at the Olympic arena in Los Angeles applauding and shouting as the rally aimed to outdraw Smith and show support for the labor movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Calif
AFL
CIO
Olympic Arena
Five in Ad Outside Shrine Auditorium Hear Smith Rally
A reported crowd estimated at 5000 gathered near the Shrine auditorium in Los Angeles for a controversial event by Gerald L. Smith. The audience was described as invitation only and reflected hostility toward professional fascist rhetoric.
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Gerald JL. K. Smith
Los Angeles
Can Sram
Shrine Auditorium
Fepc demands urged to parties across nation
The National Citizens Political Action Committee urged the Democratic and Republican parties to honor their platform pledges for a permanent FEPC. Elmer A. Denson wrote to party chiefs Robert Hannegan and Herbert Brownell demanding special meetings and public support, citing crisis in race and religious relations. He accused both parties of indifference to equal job opportunity and copied governors, state chairs, national committeemen, and Congress members on the appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Nati Citizens
Elmer A. Denson
FEPC
Benson
Congress
Rejected CIO Board Order Sparks Democratic Clash
The United Farm Equipment and Metal Workers executive board denounces a CIO Executive Board order to dissolve its charter and merge with the United Auto Workers as undemocratic. FE accuses the jurisdiction committee of overstepping authority while focusing on a UAW raid on FE locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago, Ill
United Farm Equipment & Metal Workers
CIO Executive Board
United Auto Workers
CIO
UAW
FE Board
Jurisdiction Committee
Hail MVA Plan As Great Boon To Workers Farms
A 2 day conference of labor business and professional leaders from nine of ten Missouri valley states formed a committee to spread support for the Missouri Valley Authority. Vice President William Sentner urged senators like John Overton to back cheap hydroelectric power and end the region’s industrial backwardness. Delegates heard from State Sen. Claude B. Ricketts who led the official Missouri valley program.
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Mva
Mittee
Missouri Valley Authority
Labor
Cime
Missouri Valley
William Sentner
United Electrical Radio & Machine Workers
CIO
John Overton
D. la
San Francisco
Claude B. Ricketts
Missouri
Postwar Woes Highlighted in Congressional Resolution
A congressional resolution warns returning servicemen face mass unemployment and farmers fear postwar deflation and foreclosures as it cites persistent floods and ongoing economic distress across the nation.
Reservationists Fire Later in Washington Peace Debate
Washington report notes Senate minority aims to curb UN troop use. Wheeler signals a later fight over reservations to limit American troops and divide executive Congress powers. Articles cover troop use limits, wartime mobilization, and postwar economic and labor tensions.
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Washington
Peace With Reservations
Senate
U.S
New World Peace Organization
Wheeler
Montana
New World League
Hemisphere
Congress
World Organization
TVA Probed Over Its Role in Tennessee Valley Recreation
Ricketts argues TVA reshaped the Tennessee River into inland lakes, boosting fishing boating and recreation opportunities and affecting the regional economy as TVA investigates its operations and impact.
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TVA
Tennessee Valley
Congressmen press wage reform on Little Steel formula
Seventy lawmakers back an amended petition for a 20 percent rise in the Little Steel wage formula, arguing living costs have climbed about 45 percent since Jan 1 1941 while the current rule caps wages at 15 percent above that date. CIO supports the demand with cited figures to show the disparity.
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D., Cal
CIO
Weirton Steel Denies Small Retroactive Pay
Weirton Steel Co denies a $4.32 retroactive shift differential owed to Dorothy Melching, wife of a soldier overseas, saying the amount is too small to pay. United Steelworkers claim the National War Labor Board should compel payment, noting the company admitted the debt but refused on legal advice.
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Natl. Steel Corp
Weirton Steel
United Steelworkers
CSO
Robert J. Davidson
Weirton
Dorothy Melching
Nati War Labor Board
Utility Workers In New Interns In CIO Growth
New York report says the Utility Workers Organizing Committee CIO will become a new international union within the CIO. General Chairman Harold J. Straub announced the expansion after affiliating former unaffiliated unions and consolidating members.
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NEW York
Utility Workers Organizing Committee
CIO
Harold J. Straub
Straub
Bro
Consolidated Edison Employes
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Connie Russell
American Federation of Radio Artists
Knitgoods Local 190
Ladies Garment Workers Union
Federated Pictures
Stop Smith
Smith
Robert Hannegan and
Herbert Brownell
NCPAC
CIO Board
Omaha
Neb
Washington Report
America
Buddy
Ickies
DDT
J. Monroe Johnson
Mishawaka
Ind
Selective Service
United Rubber Workers, Cio
WLB
Attorney General
OPA
Donald Montgomery
Chester Bowles
Little Steel
Etition of
Brotherhood
CIO Pres
Philip Murray
Pres
Joseph A. Fisher
Joint Council
Tharge Weir Steel
W. Va
Weirton Steel Co
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