Labor Unites for Johnson Wagner Campaign Drive
United Labor Committees from Johnson First District and Wagner Second District merged Aug. 12 under co chs William Black and Robert Roulston to back Morse Johnson and Earl Wagner. CIO AFL Railway Brotherhood and independents join with plans for union meeting speakers in September and October. Call Ben Herman PA 2450 to arrange talks for September meetings.
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United Labor
United Labor Committee
Morse Johnson
Earl Wagner
William Black
Robert Roulston
Johnson
Wagner
CIO
AFL
Railway Brotherhood
Ray Sowder
Ben Herman
Andre Carron
Johnson and Wagner
Inside Story on Prices Productivity and Union Gains
The CIO News staff notes prices keep climbing while living costs hit new highs. It cites rising productivity 12% to 18% and soaring corporate profits led by General Motors and Standard Oil. It highlights CIO politics in south primaries and wage gains for oil workers, with a Toledo convention showing hourly boosts since 1941 totaling $1,778 a year for long-term members.
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CIO News
U. S
O. A
Jack” Knight
CIO Oil Workers International Union
Toledo
Knight
Productivity rises in shirts shoes and cement
Labor Department studies show larger output per worker in the shirt shoe and cement industries from 1939 to 1947. Shirt production time dropped 16 percent while shoe output per worker rose 14 percent and cement output increased 21 percent.
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Washington
Labor Dept
Prices Rise to New Postwar High, BLS Reports
The Bureau of Labor Statistics announced another record high in wholesale prices. The index reached 169 for the week ending Aug. 7, up 70 percent from 1926 and 11 percent above the previous year.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Standard Oil Profits Rise as Workers Strike in Ohio
In Cleveland the Standard Oil Co of Ohio reports first half 1948 net profits of 13.83 million dollars and 123.09 million in sales, while CIO workers at refineries and factories strike for a 17 percent hourly raise. The company says it refused retroactivity to February 2 and paid retroactive gains only to non union staff, and it faced union demands over holiday pay and employee discounts. Oil Workers Intl Union claims the Lake Erie area wage benchmark is higher than the company’s offer.
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Cleveland, O
CIO
Standard Oil Co
Ohio
Standard Oil
Oil Workers Intl. Union
Lake Erie
Committees Named for Steering Radio and Speakers Groups
Steering Committee includes Robert Roulston William Black Phil Ziegler Andre Carson Walter Grainger Robert Davidson George Starling Charles Freeman Earl Quidley. Radio Committee members are Al Jordan Lester French. The Speakers Committee lists Charles Grethal Ed Hell kamp Robert Roulston Phil Ziegler George Porcaro Ray Sowder Walter Smith Carl Tegtmeier Robert Davidson Al Jordan Rollin Everett Walter Grainger Harry Tuttle James Gallagher Harry Proctor Cecil Hale Hershel White Sam Stokes Pete Noll Everett Eckert Bill Montague.
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Robert Roulston
William Black
Phil Ziegler
Andre Carson
Walter Grainger
Robert Davidson
George Starling
Charles Freeman
Earl Quidley
al Jordan
Lester French
Charles Grethal
Ed Hellkamp
George Porcaro
Ray Sowder
Walter Smith
Carl Tegtmeier
Rollin Everett
Harry Tuttle
James Gallagher
Harry Proctor
Cecil Hale
Hershel White
Sam Stokes
Pete Noll
Everett Eckert
Bill Montague
Crump Defeat Signals Labor Push in Tennessee Primaries
In Tennessee, Boss Crump loses ground as labor unions mobilize for Estes Kefauver in a hard fought primary. Kefauver secures over 150 000 votes while Crump's choice John A Mitchell trails. Browning wins the gubernatorial race as unions back Kefauver’s coalition.
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Tennessee
Crump
Memphis
Estes Kefauver
CIO
AFL
Kefauver
U.S
Cramp
John A. Mitchell
Tom Stewart
Estes Fefauver
Polk County
Gordon Browning
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Vol
General Motors
Standard Oil of
New Jersey
Rep. Tabor
House Appropriations Committee
Washington “Times-Herald
South
Cio-Pac
South Carolina
John Riley
Hugo Sims, Jr
Sims
Congress
Kentucky
John Young Brown
Brown
Virgil Chapman
Louisville
City
Courier-Journal
Clements
Chapman
Labor
Maurice J. Tobin
Massachusetts
Pres. Truman
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
Federated Pictures
By Richard Sasaly
Federated Press
Lincoln Steffens
Boss Crump
Edward H. Crump
AFL, Cio
Railroad
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