Workers Plan Big Blood Gift on Labor Day
Cincinnati CIO leaders call Labor Day Blood Donor's Day urging union members to work at plants and donate blood for soldiers. Ben Herman and Max Sien urge appointments with the American Red Cross Blood Donors Center UN 2150 to help save lives amid new invasions.
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Cincinnati
Red Cross
Ben Herman
CIO Industrial Union Council
Herman
CIO
Max Sien
Council
Labor Organization
American Red Cross Blood Donors Center
CIO Labor Day PAC Funds Drive Aims for $1 Per Member
The CIO launches a nationwide four week campaign on Labor Day to collect one dollar from each member to back President Roosevelt, Vice President Truman, and a progressive Congress. The plan emerged from the CIO Executive Board meeting noting the critical issues and election outcomes require vigorous ongoing effort by all unions and officials.
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Washington
CIO
Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Congress
News of Particular Interest to Women Highlights
Feature notes topics of concern for women, with tips on home life health fashion and community events. Observations emphasize practical advice and profiles of local women contributing to the neighborhood.
Pegler Leaves Scripps Howard Amid Publicized Rift
The Scripps-Howard chain ends its contract with Westbrook Pegler amid claims he wrote columns beyond the editor’s line. Hearst papers may carry Pegler via King Features while Cincinnati dailies could pick up his service. Roy Howard says the move preserves editorial voice without stridency.
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Pegler
Cincinnati
Hearst
King Features
Scripps-Howard
Post
Roy Howard
S-H
Paul Scott Mowrer
Chicago Daily News
Mowrer
Howard
Ohio Unionists Rally Behind Kilgore Bill Demands
Ohio labor groups led by CIO and AFL unions urge Congress to include Kilgore bill provisions in reconversion laws. They push for job guarantees and strong unemployment support while liberals seek a strong version, amid opposition from reactionary lawmakers and proposed surplus property control by William L. Clayton.
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United Ohio
Washington
Congress
AFL
William L. Clayton
Clayton
Ohio
Labor
CIO
Reconversion Debate Spurs Voter Awakening and Action
The Sun argues that postwar reconversion plans affect every citizen from labor to professionals, urging readers to understand Kilgore and Cellar bills, influence Congress, and register to vote for full employment and prosperity after the war.
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Kroll Reports Ohio Citizens Indignant At Taft Actions
State CIO head Jack Kroll says anger spreads across Ohio over Senator Tafts stance on soldier voting and postwar reconversion. He criticizes Tafts attacks on the Army and the Kilgore reconversion bill as hindering full employment and national income recovery.
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Robert A. Taft
Jack Kroll
CIO
Kroll
Taft
Senate
NLRB Sets Gas Company Election Dates
The NLRB set Sept 13 14 as the election dates to determine the bargaining agent for about 1000 employees at Cincinnati Gas and Electric Co and Union Light Heat and Power Co Covington. Polling places to be decided in a follow up meeting with UWOC CIO and IBEW representatives. If needed the election may extend to Sept 15. Harold Straub traveled from Pittsburgh for the conference.
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Union Light, Heat & Power Co
Covington
Martin Wagner
National Labor Relations Board
Utility Workers Organizing Committee
CIO
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
AFL
Harold Straub
Pittsburgh
Jess Straub
UWOC
Howard Forkner
Julius Holzberg
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