Auto Workers New Fans Reward Efforts Of Shop Committee
Jim Clark, acting chairman of the Chevrolet Shop Committee, reports fans are now being installed in the shop to improve air circulation. Archie West suggests low attendance at meetings indicates silent support for the committee. Tom Burke recovers to attend, and members are urged to register to vote to support labor efforts.
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Jim Clark
Chevrolet
Jim
Smithey
Archie West
Fisher
Archie
Tom Burke
Blood Donor Policy Ruling At Trail mobile
Local 392 United Auto Workers faction demands blood donations during work hours. Management overruled foreman Cornell keeping the prior policy allowing blood bank visits. Becker remains hospitalized at Bethesda awaiting more transfusions. John Gant left Trail mobile Aug 15 for Ford in St. Louis and is praised as a fair foreman.
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United Auto Workers
Cornell
Becker
Bethesda Hospital
John Gant
Trailmobile
Ford Motor Co
St. Louis
St. Rita Street
Bridgeton Terrace
Taft Dollars vs Chips Highlight Political Irony
Unclear clipping notes a contrast between Taft dollars and potato chips. The fragment hints at a political or economic debate using a humorous metaphor, but lacks concrete facts or names to anchor a fuller summary.
Brewery Workers Elect Dehner and Brenner as Delegates
John Dehner and William Brenner were chosen Aug 10 by Local 12 Brewery Workers to represent the unit at the state CIO convention Sept 12-15. Rollin Everett spoke on proportional representation as a councilmanic election loomed. Local 12 members increasingly registered to vote and committed to PAC activities. Raymond Roth to represent Local 70 at the state CIO convention. A 1947 two-child worker earning 55 weekly had 33.73 purchasing power, down from 40 in 1941.
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John Dehner
William Brenner
CIO
Rollin Everett
Local 12
Everett
Raymond Roth
Everett Presses Rent Control to Shield Cincinnati Families
Councilman Rollin H. Everett urged continuation of rent control at rallies in Cumminsville and Avondale. He asked letters to Taft Bricker Elston and Hess to restore federal rent control or enable state control if needed. He noted 100 percent hotel rent hikes since controls ended and introduced an ordinance to regulate hotel housing rents.
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Cincinnati
Rollin H. Everett
Cumminsville
Avondale
Progressive Citizens Committee
Everett
Taft
Bricker
Elston and
Hess
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Auto Workers
Shop Committee
Paul Fichter
Tom
Fisher Body
É Sa
Gireworm
Ava
Clyde Trask
Johnny Long
John Schwarz
E. McMillan
Coney
Coney Island
Aus
California
Dehner and Brenner
Union Newspapers
Union Stationery
Western Printing Co
Sycamore
Foxy
Rollman’s
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