Taft Opposes Army Ban on Soldier Reading Movies
Congress voted to modify a broad ban on soldier reading and viewing. The Army had barred books Yankee from Olympus and Our Nation and the film Wilson under Taft's law taft criticized Army officials as eager to sway soldier votes while sponsors Green and Lucas pushed the lift.
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Robert A. Taft
Cincinnati
Army
Olympus
Theodore F. Green
R. L
Scott W. Lucas
D. NL
Sen
Taft
Saturday Review of Literature
Sen. Taft
Kilgore Bill Killed with Aid Of Taft Labor Warns
Labor leaders warn the Kilgore Murray full employment bill was killed with Taft aid. They claim a reactionary Congress this fall would back a program of low wages and job scarcity. Taft says a large drop in national income is expected as millions more must be employed when veterans return.
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Congress
Labor
Senate
Robert A. Taft
Sen. Taft
Washington
Lewis Local Rejects Him in Mine Workers Vote
Springfield Local 764 sides with Ray Edmundson over President John L. Lewis in an unaffiliated United Mine Workers split. Local also declines to name Lewis as a delegate to the September Cincinnati convention, naming Edmundson instead.
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Springfield
Inl
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Ray Edmundson
Dist. 12
Lewis
Cincinnati
Edmundson
Dewey Snubs AFL Labor Day Request
Washington governor Thomas E. Dewey declines an AFL Labor Day message request, saying he is too busy to draft a nonpartisan Labor Day message while Roosevelt plans to issue one too. AFL editor Philip Pearl notes the aim to present both messages side by side.
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Washington
Thomas E. Dewey
American Federation of Labor
AFL
Dewey
Roosevelt
Philip Pearl
Gov
Pearl
Local Government Day Set in Ohio by CIO-PAC Leader
Jack Kroll head of CIO-PAC in Region V designates Sunday September 17 as Local Government Day in Ohio. He urges county and city CIO Council PACs to hold conventions to draft platforms discuss registration campaigns hear reports from local unions review national and state programs adopt local resolutions and push financial campaigns to completion.
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Jack Kroll
Cio-Pac
Region V
Ohio
CIO Council
Industrial Union Council Pac
PAC
Local Guild Girl First Into France
Elizabeth Ann Chatfield of Cincinnati and two other American Newspaper Guild members were among the first 300 Red Cross workers to reach the Cherbourg peninsula to aid invasion troops. Chatfield, former Enquirer assistant society editor and Enquirer Guild Unit charter member, joined Red Cross in June 1943 and is known as a War Mother to the troops. Also named were Charles Whipple ANG international representative and Ben Irwin formerly of Friday magazine staff.
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Elizabeth Ann Chatfield
Cincinnati
American Newspaper Guild
American Red Cross
Cherbourg Peninsula
Federated Press
Chatfield
William H. Chatfield
Salem Avenue
Hyde Park
Enquirer
Miss Chatfield
Red Cross Workers
Charles Whipple
ANG International
Ben Irwin
Friday Magazine
PWOC Wins Plant Election at Fairbanks Fiber Box
The Workers Organizing Committee won a labor election this week at Fairbanks Fiber Box Company in Middletown by a 25 to 23 majority. No other union was present in the plant.
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Middletown Paper Workers Organizing Committee
Fairbanks Fiber Box Company
Chicago Industrial Union Council backs Roosevelt Truman ticket
The Chicago Industrial Union Council voted unanimously in support of the Roosevelt Truman ticket signaling strong local labor backing for the presidential pairing. The endorsement highlights unity within Chicago unions and aligns with broader party alignment ahead of the election.
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Chicago
Chicago Industrial Union Council
Launch Drive For PAC Fund
Ben Herman of the Industrial Union Council fronts a plan to raise voluntary contributions from all CIO unions in Greater Cincinnati. He says funds are needed to sustain PAC activity to defeat Taft era opponents and to support local and state actions amid postwar policy votes. Contributions allocate 50 cents to NCPAC, 25 to state, 25 to local PAC.
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Greater
Cincinnati
Ben Herman
Industrial Union Council
Herman
PAC
Taft
Elston
Hess
National Citizens Political Action Committee
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
Cincinnati Joint Board
Seek To Increase Wire Workers Pay
The American Communication Association and Western Union negotiate parity wages for former Postal Telegraph Co. employees merged into Western Union. Raises retroactive to last October. ACA field organizer Bernard Woolis says the move impacts the upcoming bargaining agent election and highlights union contrast with the AFL.
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American Communication Association
Western Union
The
Postal Telegraph Co
Bernard Woolis
ACA
AFL
Labor leaders back Kilgore bill amid opposition claim
Ben Herman of the Greater Cincinnati Industrial Council along with Phil Ziegler secretary of the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks and John J. Hurst president of the Central Labor Council AFL declared all labor united to support the Kilgore bill CI100 despite Sen Tafts label of the measure as a CIO bill.
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Taft
Kilgore
Ben Herman
Greater Cincinnati
Herman
CI100
Railroad Brotherhoods
AFL
Dewey Comments on Reconversion and War’s End
Dewey warned of a very substantial reduction in production after the war ends, noting differences by state and item. He had not studied the Kilgore reconversion bill and urged two steps to shift industry to peacetime: ensuring companies are paid promptly and orderly adjustment of employment.
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Kilgore
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