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Newspaper
Cincinnati The Sun
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1948
Page
7
United Electrical Workers Local 757 approves a December 19 Christmas party. Helen Ferguson reports plans for children’s activities from 2 to 5 PM, Sur Trave gifts, films, refreshments, buffet supper, and dancing for members and wives. Clarence Moses named new steward in the Plate Department.
The Entertain ment Committee seeks member details on children to arrange suitable gifts for a December 19 party at 7 p.m. Local 757 officers and stewards from three shifts coordinate the event with Minnie Royer Carl Flach Milton Lybrook Helen Ferguson Amelia Hart Ray Massers Bob Baumer McKinley Davis Mae Rist Elmer Kauffman aiding. Nominations for 1949 offices were held. elections set for January 13, 1949 from 6 a.m. to midnight. polling place to be announced.
Tool room employees at the Ternstedt General Motors plant in Columbus voted 131 to 53 for the UAW CIO in a National Labor Relations Board election. The entire plant now falls under UAW jurisdiction as part of Local 969. Contract negotiations began immediately.
Virginia Tauchter to marry on December 4. Lola Searcy injured in auto crash. Local 757 wishes her a speedy recovery. Sick Committee members listed by shift: Pearl Jamieson, Helen Ferguson, Earl Hessler. Ray Butch returns to Law Department. Pearl Kuhn returns after illness leave.
Washington reports a drop in employment in consumer goods sectors as the Christmas buying season nears. Textile clothing and leather industries shed 22 000 workers from mid September to mid October this year after a gain of 66 000 the prior year. Overall nonagricultural employment rose to nearly 46 million, up 1.2 million from October 1947, while electrical machinery and rubber products show year over year declines.
General Electric pays off 25 million of a 50 million loan ahead of time citing strong cash position. Through nine months, GE shows 83.9 million in profits and Wall Street Journal projects 1948 profits to exceed 95.3 million, while CIO wage talks press workers to save earnings.
Rain Queen hosts a Yuletide season dance at the Marie Antoinette Ballroom Hotel Alms on December 29 from nine to one with Smitty's Orchestra providing music.
Roy Cozart president and Bud Hoffman vice president lead Local 98 arrangements for a December 18 meeting with tickets at 1.50 each. The note congratulates Clarence Thacker and Frank Brown on December 7 birthdays and offers sympathy to Stuart Douglas and Harry Bachman on family losses. The text mentions standings and departments in the Western Division.
J. W. Jones of Local 768 United Public Workers has not been rehired by the Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority maintenance department since his Sept. 7 dismissal for alleged home related matters. UPW reps Herbert S. Seins and William Snow appealed, arguing personal reasons and presenting evidence. Seins lettered Ram sey Findlater requesting reinstatement with back pay after investigation.
Washington reports the new Handbook of Labor Statistics issued November 29 offers 220 pages of Bureau of Labor Statistics data plus other government figures. It covers employment, unemployment, wages by industry, strike records, productivity, injuries, construction, housing, coops, and taxes. Copies cost 75 cents at the Government Printing Office in Washington.
Gert Woeste of Western Division topped the three game series with 530 and a 220 single game for high score last Friday at U S Printing. Her sister Del Woeste of Cutting Room carded 196 to take third while Lorraine Gates stood in second place.
President James Patton of the National Farmers Union urged continued farmer labor cooperation after a White House conference with President Truman. He praised the 1948 coalition for Democratic victory, pressed for separating Farm Bureau from Extension Service, backed Hatch Act control, and called for cuts to military spending to fund social welfare. He sought White House support for federal aid to storage and processing cooperatives.
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