Labor Vote Hits Six Reactionaries in Primaries
In New York Missouri and Kansas six reactionaries faced the labor vote. Senator Bennett defeated Hamilton Fish for renomination in New York by a narrow margin. Vito Marcantonio swept the New York City tickets with labor backing. Clark lost the Democratic nomination in Kansas to Roy McKittrick, who ran with CIO Support.
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New York
Missouri
Kansas
Hamilton Fish
Fish
Congress
Augustus A. Bennet
Thomas E. Dewey
Bennet
Roosevelt
Vito Marcantonio
New York City
Martin J. Kennedy
Tammany
FRC
Marcantonio
Labor
Political Action Committee
Workers
CIO
AFL
A. Clayton Powell
Harlem
Charles A. Buckley
John A. Devany Jr
Donald O’toole
James A. McRough
United Nations
Sen
Clark
Roy McKittrick
Girls Pick CIO as Bargaining Agent at Ohio Standard Co
The National Labor Relations Board certified the Utility Workers Organizing Committee as bargaining agent for Ohio Standard Telephone Co. Oxford Exchange employees after a vote. The girls favored CIO over an unaffiliated union in an open debate following failed talks for cooperation. CIO reps said workers earned 30 cents an hour and faced poor conditions.
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Utility Workers Organizing Committee
National Labor Relations Board
Ohio Standard Telephone Co
Oxford Exchange
CIO
Jess Straub
Howard Forkner
WardWorkers Jobs Won Back by CIO
Detroit Montgomery Ward & Co management admitted a mistake reinstating 75 locked out United Retail Wholesale & Dept. Store Employes members with pay and 132 others who quit in sympathy without pay for 1% days lost. Ward fired 75 for Sunday work refusal and still refuses $450,000 owed under a National War Labor Board order.
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Detroit
Montgomery Ward & Co
United Retail Wholesale & Dept. Store
CIO
Ward
National War Labor Board
Grade Labels Drive Consumer Prices in Meat and Canned Goods
Mrs. Dennis E. Jackson of the Consumer Conference urged the Greater Cincinnati Industrial Union Council to back grade labeling on all products with set standards. She noted decades of work for labels, cited meat grading success, and argued price ceilings require grade standards to protect buyers from low quality.
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Greater Cincinnati Industrial Union Council
Dennis E. Jackson
Consumer Conference
Cincinnati
Jackson
Chester Bowles
House Appropriations Committee
FEPC publishes guide on how it operates nationwide
Federal pamphlet “FEPC How it Operates” released this week explains the agency’s origin growth duties and jurisdiction. The 20 page booklet includes the text of Executive Order 9346 and a directory of FEPC offices with contact details and principal officers.
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Washington
FEPC
Constitution Ave
D. C
Fair Employment Agency
Guild-CIO Hero Lieutenant Quietly Aids Normandy Effort
New York dispatches credit Lt. Barney B. Taylor an American Newspaper Guild official with gathering data behind enemy lines in Normandy. He and two enlisted men repeatedly slipped into Nazi territory to map German positions around a strategic Norman town aiding artillery strikes.
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New York
Normandy
Barney B. Taylor
American Newspaper Guild
CIO
Taylor
The SUN readers urged to share the paper with friends
A note invites readers to enjoy The SUN and pass it along to a friend after reading. The simple prompt emphasizes sharing the paper’s content with others.
Cincinnati Race Relations Institute Proposed by NAACP Chapter
Theodore M. Berry urges Mayor Stewart to support a local Race Relation Institute under the Mayor's Friendly Relations Committee. The Cincinnati NAACP chapter executive committee recommends initiating the project to diagnose social tensions and design constructive action programs with broad community support.
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Cincinnati
Stewart
National Association For Advancement of Colored People
Theodore M. Berry
National Citizens Political Action Committee Appeals for Funds
A New York issued campaign appeal calls for donations to back the home front fight for total victory and full employment. Ads describe the Old Guard as backing the Hoover era and ask for support to register, mobilize voters, and back candidates favoring Roosevelt and a progressive Congress for lasting peace and jobs.
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New York
National Citizens Political Action Committee
Old Guard
Stooges
Roosevelt
Progressive Congress
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Ham Fish
N. Y
Federated Press
Bennett Champ Clark
Clyde Reed
Federated Picture
Cotton
Germany
Guild-Cio
Ask Institute For Improving Race Relations
PAC
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