City CIO Backs FEPC And Smoke Law
The CIO endorses two measures before the Council Law Committee this week. The FEPC ordinance, backed by NAACP and support from local leaders, urges stronger enforcement. the smoke control ordinance favors St. Louis type limits on coal and smokeless equipment, with debate over dealer-backed provisions. Mayor Stewart backs principles. hearings near conclusion.
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CIO
Council Law Committee
St. Louis
al Jordan
Greater Cincinnati Industrial Union Council
FEPC
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Jesse D. Locker
Harold Snell
Ernest J. Waits
Committee For Democratic Action
Richard Bluestein
Albert L. Cash
Stewart
CIO Receives Support for 25 Percent Wage Increase
Robert R. Nathan Associates reported to CIO that a 25 percent wage rise is justified to balance the economy against a potential disaster. Nathan, a former deputy, emphasized the need for immediate action without price increases.
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CIO
Robert R. Nathan
City Hall labor problems debated as wage study urged
Last week’s session saw a motion to place all labor issues under City Manager Kellogg, with Rollin Everett opposing dissolving the committee without input from labor reps. Everett urged an aide skilled in job classifications to study wages and labor matters for council recommendations. A related CIO note warned wages must rise with profits to avoid collapse, citing a 68.19 weekly wage for a family of four versus the current 45.10.
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City Hall
Willis D. Gradison
Locker
Kellogg
Everett
Council
Heller Committee For Economic Research
University of California
CIO
CIO Eying wage hikes amid labor unity push and NAM counterdrive
CIO leaders plan wage increases backed by economists as United Steelworkers and other unions meet to decide the amount. Opposed by Congress and industrial forces, NAM promotes anti labor monopoly rhetoric proposing limited union rights, with strike votes supervised and mass picketing banned.
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CIO
NAM
UC Chooses Big Time Football Over Democracy
American Veterans Committee criticizes the University of Cincinnati for accepting a Sun Bowl bid to play VPI despite Jim Crow policies in the South. The AVC argues democracy matters more than football and questions benching star Willie Stargel, linking the issue to broader anti discrimination concerns.
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Cincinnati
Southern University
University of Cincinnati
VPI
Morse Johnson
AVC
Willard Stargel
Negwend
Raymond Walters
University
Willie Stargel
Europe
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Rollin H. Everett
Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion
Journal of Education and Research
America
United Steelworkers
United Auto Workers
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers
John L. Lewis
Phil Murray
Congress
Federated Press
New York
National Association of Manufacturers
Zatter
Action of the
University of
The
American Veterans Committee
Board of Trustees
Johnson
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