Reconversion bills seek federal direction over postwar jobs
The Kilgore and Cellar measures push for an Office of War Mobilization and Adjustment to plan civilian production, set unemployment benefits up to 75 percent of prior earnings, fund worker moves, and support education and veteran training, aiming to prevent wage cutting and ensure full employment after the war.
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Office OF War Mobilization and Adjustment
OWMA
Labor, Industry and Agriculture
U. S. Employment Service
Warns Wage Cuts Mean Deflation
Price Administrator Chester Bowles says deflation must be avoided during the transition to a peacetime economy. He emphasizes maintaining low prices while protecting purchasing power by safeguarding wage standards.
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Washington
Chester Bowles
Bowles
White Collar Union Wage Survey Highlights Gaps
The AFL notes wage differences up to 39 a week between organized and unorganized white collar workers. In shipbuilding and aircraft sectors pay reaches 63 weekly, while file clerks and typists earn 24 to 28 weekly. The survey urges unionization to raise wages and cites 20 million workers lacking income gains aligned with living costs.
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Chicago Cio
A’s Joe Hill
United Rubber Workers
Akron
S. Kaplan
Industrial Union of Marine & Shipbuilding Workers
Baltimore
Evelyn Fargo
United Auto Workers
Chicago
Rita Mulcahy
United Office & Professional Workers
Wilfred Solomon
Lodge 727
Intl. Assn. of Machinists
AFL
Los Angeles
Joseph Russo
United Electrical Radio & Machine Workers
New York
Washington
Senate
Scouts Sponsor Rickenbacker Pamphlet Attack on Roosevelt
The Boy Scouts distribute Eddie Rickenbacker’s pamphlet Am I My Brother's Keeper? under their sponsorship, though critics say adult leaders push political propaganda. Rickenbacker reprinted a May 17 speech accusing U S policy of waste and misguidance while Eastern Airlines profits remain undisclosed.
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Eddie Rickenbacker
Rickenbacker
America
Pres. Roosevelt
Eastern Airlines Inc
Eddie
Exec
Elbert K. Fretwell
Column Staid Upholds National Citizens PAC Aims
Washington columnist Ralph Page of the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin endorses the National Citizens Political Action Committee. He defenses its goal to register and vote, present issues, and back worthy candidates, calling charges of un Americanism unfounded.
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Washington, D. C
Ralph Page
Washington
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
Philadelphia
National Citizens Political Action Committee
National Citizens Pac
Page
Poll Shows Roosevelt Strength Grows in Fortune Survey
Fortune magazine surveys between July 8 and August 5 show Roosevelt’s lead increasing to 8.6 points with 52.5 percent backing a fourth term and 72.4 percent expecting a Roosevelt win. Dewey draws 43.9 percent with strongest support among the 21 to 34 age group.
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New York
Fortune Magazine
Roosevelt
Dewey
Fortune
Chicago to Host CIO Seventh Constitutional Convention
The CIO will hold its seventh constitutional convention starting Tuesday November 21 in Chicago. Sessions will take place at the Stevens hotel after the election, as decided by the CIO executive board last week.
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Washington
Chicago
CIO
Stevens Hotel
National War Labor Board Expedites Salary Rise Rules
The National War Labor Board amends rules to speed voluntary wage and salary increase cases. Wage Stabilization Director Darrell R. Daugherty will decide most applications, leaving only unusual or novel cases to the national board for presentation.
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Washington
National War Labor Board
Darrell R. Daugherty
Daugherty
National Board
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