Deweys Force Vote Ban Sparks Merchant Seamen Protest
New York labor groups denounce Gov. Dewey for banning federal and state absentee ballots for merchant seamen overseas. NMU and CIO leaders argue the ruling strips citizenship and voting rights of 42,000 seamen and related war workers, as a 2 to 2 ballot commission deadlock blocks a federal ballot option.
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New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Nathaniel Goldstein
USO
Red Cross
New York State
National Maritime Union
CIO
The
National Lawyers Guild
New York City Council
Citizens Nonpartisan Committee
State
NMU
Joseph Curran
Curran
Republican Machine
Merchant Marine
Gung Ho Message to Union Workers From Raider Carlson
Lt. Col. Evans Carlson, wounded in Saipan, tells Federated Press soldiers and laborers that labor power sustains war production. He praises union disciplined fighters, urges harmony and completion of the war and endorses his Gung Ho slogan advocating teamwork and tolerance.
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Raider Carlson
San Diego
Cal
The SUN A Liberal Weekly
The SUN A Liberal Weekly by the Greater Cincinnati Industrial Union Council CIO office at 306 Bell Block and 606 Vine Street Cincinnati Ohio lists subscription rates of 1 for six months and 2 per year.
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Greater Cincinnati Industrial Union Council
CIO
Bell Block
Vine St
Cincinnati
Ohio
A Study in Contrast From Cincinnati Enquirer Society Items
Dr and Mrs leaving August 11 for Lake Placid in the Adirondacks where they will stay until late September. A large Cincinnati colony is at the resort this season. Pfc John H Garber Jr stationed at Camp Crowder Missouri in Signal Corps training. Their son is in the Army so they will not open their Maine summer home.
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Lake Placid
New York Adirondacks
John H. Garber Jr
Camp Crowder
Signal Corps
Maine
Hess Opposes Union Labor in Second District Race
Democratic candidate J Harry Moore accuses Congressman William E Hess of disorganizing labor and opposing unions. Moore spoke to Price Hill residents at 5030 Belleum Avenue, citing Hess votes for the Smith Connally bill and Harney Amendment as proof of anti labor stance. Moore urges local registration and broad turnout to counter big business influence in Ohio's Second District.
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William E. Hess
J. Harry Moore
Congress
Moore
Belleum Avenue
Price Hill
Hess
Labor
Second
Ohio
Electronics Corp of America backs pro labor radio show
The Electronics Corp of America known for union friendliness will air pro labor commentator William S. Gailmor five nights a week. The United Electrical Radio & Machine Workers CIO already holds a contract with the company.
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NEW York
Electronics Corp. of America
William S. Gailmor
Newspaper Guild of New York
CIO
United Electrical Radio & Machine Workers
Increase Production Army Pleads Cites Serious Lag
Major General Lucius D. Clay warned labor editors that war production lag must be closed the rest of 1944 to meet military needs. He noted only 40 percent of 1944 requirements were met in H1, with key items lagging, and stressed no major cutbacks are expected. He cited 22 percent shortfalls in heavy trucks and 33 percent in heavy gun carriages among other gaps.
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Washington
Lucius D. Clay
Army Service Forces
Clay
France
54-Hour Week In Army Plants
The War Department ordered a 54 hour week for about 877,000 civilian workers in Army Service Forces operations. Plants nationwide will run six days a week at nine hours daily with time and a half after 40 hours. The move affects ordnance plants arsenals depots and other war material sites with civilian and military staff.
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Washington
War Department
Army Service Forces
Army Ordnance
CIO and Kaiser In Best Contract at Fontana Steel Plant
Two thousand United Steelworkers CIO members at Henry J Kaiser Fontana steel plant are covered by what officials call the best contract of its kind in the basic steel industry in the United States. The Fontana plant has a capacity of about 580 million tons per year, matching the output of all other west coast steel plants combined.
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Fontana
Cal
United Steelworkers
CIO
Rockies
Uv. S
Henry J. Kaiser
West Coast
Miss Stardust Rita Daigle Crowned Among 3000 Suitors
Rita Daigle of Lowell Massachusetts won Miss Stardust after being chosen from 3000 sweethearts of servicemen. She receives a $500 war bond and proceeds to on screen tests.
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Rita Daigle
Lowell
Mass
Sweethearts of
Stardust
Paid for Hand Loss Uses Money To Buy War Bonds
Chicago worker Mary Williams who lost a hand saving a fellow worker used two thirds of a $3,201 compensation to buy war bonds. She deposited $1,100 for a house and, with $2,000 left, bought war bonds at a Treasury War Finance Division window.
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Chicago
Mary Williams
Chicago Ordnance Plant
Illinois Industrial Commission
Treasury War Finance Division
Miss Williams
Industrial Commission
Extension Rule By WLB Amended
The War Labor Board amended its rules of procedure to say regional boards and industry commissions cannot suspend orders extending contracts when a petition for review is filed. Regional board orders extending contracts remain in effect unless the WLB in Washington directs otherwise.
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Washington
War Labor Board
WLB
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Deweys
By Herbert A. Klein
Federated Press
Tion
Carlsons
Roosevelt
Earth
Col. Carlson
Cincinnati Enquirer Society
CIO and
Kaiser
Miss Stardust
Federated Picture
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