Taft stance on soldier voting sparks editorials clash
The Sun Editorial Page argues Taft would bar soldiers from voting arguing they lack political knowledge and would back Roosevelt. It cites Saturday Review of Literature and accuses Taft of seeking one vote for his camp. The piece defends democracy and warns workers to vote for Roosevelt over Taft aligned interests.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Saturday Review of Literature
Taft
Cio-Pac
Roosevelt
Tafts
Hoovers
MecCormicks
Unemployment Ahead Says Dewey and Taft
Gov. Dewey warns unemployment is inevitable after the war under new leadership. Sen. Taft predicts a national income near 120 billion dollars, implying widespread job losses and lower living standards. The piece criticizes policy aims to depress wages via unemployment and urges voters to oppose such plans.
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Thomas Dewey
Roosevelt
Robert A. Taft
Taft
Dewey
Senate
CIO-PAC Platform Promotes Progressive Ohio Reforms
The CIO-PAC releases a broad Ohio platform covering employment education recreation taxation safety and hygiene farm aid housing and small business. Proponents say critics fear a progressive labor agenda while opponents push a red scare narrative.
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Cio-Pac
Ohio
Willontinue
National Citizens Political Action Committee
CIO
Columbus
Fair Play on the Air urged to expose bias on radio
Local 927 UAW in Columbus Ohio calls for a statewide petition drive to protest censoring labor views on WHKC. The bid seeks FCC openness and asks unions to circulate the Fair Play on the Air petition and return lists of signers.
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Federal Communications Commission
927
UAW
Columbus
WHKC
North High Street
Fair Play
Guild Told Newspapers Strangle Freedom of Press
At a Milwaukee CIO convention, Morris L. Ernst warned that press freedom is endangered as a few owners control most outlets. He cited newspaper, radio, and film industry concentration and urged subsidies and tax reforms to preserve diverse views and public trust.
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Guild
Milwaukee
American Press
Roosevelt
American Newspaper Guild
Morris L. Ernst
CIO Union
Ernst
United States
Deep South
Franklin D. Roosevelt
CIO Union Shares Back Pay With Its Men In The Service
In San Diego Local 64 of the CIO reports $56,000 in retroactive back pay for more than 500 workers at the Van Camp Sea Food Co. plant. Each service member will receive $5 as the award is issued by the 10th regional War Labor Board. Local Secretary Robert Galvan states the payment shows support for returning soldiers and potential future wage gains.
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San Diego
Cal
van Camp Sea
Sec
Robert Galvan
If you like The Sun read it then pass it along
A brief note encourages readers to share The Sun with friends after enjoying the issue. It emphasizes word of mouth and circulation by distributing copies to others. The message reflects a simple promotional prompt common in periodicals.
Law Times-Star tirade over PAC politics in Cincinnati Times-Star
The Times-Star accuses the CIO Political Action Committee of illegality, argues the Corrupt Practices Act limits apply only to regular elections, and defends PAC support for primaries. It condemns Dies, Starnes, and Costello for calls to investigate PAC, labeling the stance anti democratic.
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CIO
Cincinnati Times-Star
Political Action Committee
Times-Star
Times- Star
Liberty League
Dies
The
Starnes
Costello
Laval
Dies Committee
PAC
Wage dispute sent back for adjustment at Minneapolis-Moline
The War Labor Board referred the wage dispute at Minneapolis Moline Power Implement Co to the firm and Locals 1138 and 1146 of the United Electrical Radio & Machine Workers CIO for adjustment. War workers earn 90 cents base hourly while farm implement workers in the same plant earn 85 cents.
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Minneapolis
Regional
War Labor Board
Minneapolis-Moline Power Implement Co
United Electrical Radio & Machine Workers
CIO
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