Industry Urges Joint Postwar Economic Planning Leaders
Fortune magazine poll shows 64.8 percent of executives favor a cooperative postwar program among business, labor, and farmers to seek full employment. Many warn that current leaders may hinder agreement though most support government involvement. 62.7 percent fear politicians would dominate without cross‑group talks. Organized labor backs a strong government role.
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Union Seeks Radio Rights in Columbus
Labor's bid to win FCC approval for fair air broadcasts centers on UAW CIO Local 927 in Columbus and WHKC. The union accuses censorship of speeches and demands fair access, aiming to set a nationwide precedent for workers’ radio rights. Local groups back the petition drive and urge support for fair play on the air.
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New Labor Editor Proud Of Tribune Smear Award
Elizabeth Swadesh, new Harbor Labor Sentinel editor, accepts Chicago Tribune Common Man award for liberal pro labor stance. She defends the paper against a Tribune smear and notes the wage debate for steelworkers. She jokes about enlisting when women serve in combat.
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Wartime Window Displays Urge Woman Vote on Fifth Avenue
New York shoppers pause before a Lord & Taylor window showing four scenes linking voting to family life. Scenes include pie making, childcare, shopping and education with signs urging women to vote. The display notes 60 percent of this year’s electorate will be women and promotes registration and election days.
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Lord & Taylor
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Transportation quotas cut as auto production stalls
The August auto quota dropped to 5,000, over 25 percent below July and half of May. No passenger cars have been built since February 1942, and OPA warns quotas will shrink until production restarts. The August national bicycle quota rose to 19,500, up 2,000 from July.
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OPA
HOLC Success Reported To Congress On Mortgage Liquidation
Washington report notes HOLC saved over 1 million homeowners during the Depression with less than 1 in 5 facing foreclosure. By Dec 31 1943 HOLC held 13 504 houses about 1.3 percent of refinanced properties and had liquidated 60 percent of its loans and investments.
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Foundry workers argue wage raises fix manpower need
Representatives of 15 000 foundry workers in the United Auto Workers CIO meeting in Chicago declare wage increases and better working conditions will solve the manpower shortage, not importing Mexican labor.
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United Auto Workers (Cio
Labor foes flag alleged CIO political fund
Critics allege a CIO slush fund for politics, but the claim is disputed with officials saying no such fund exists. The confrontation centers on funding and influence in labor organizations.
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CIO
If you like The SUN read it then pass it along
A short reader note urges sharing The SUN with friends preserving the habit of passing along the newspaper. It frames the suggestion as a friendly civic ritual and highlights communal reading.
WPB Issues Textile Order to Ease Clothing Shortages
The War Production Board issues a new textile order to channel about 50 million yards of cotton fabrics each quarter into moderately and low priced civilian clothing. It sets aside fabric for certified manufacturers to produce clothes within prescribed price lines. First effects will appear in fall and winter apparel including dresses slips blouses nightgowns pajamas shirts shorts and children's wear. The order also pushes increased civilian work clothing production with over four million dozen outfits in the next three months.
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