CIO Chief Calls for Wage Policy Change Amid Wartime Deflation
CIO President Philip Murray urged President Roosevelt to revise the Little Steel Formula to permit substantial wage increases. He cited a 30 to 45 percent rise in the cost of living since January 1941 and warned that wage freezes plus ongoing reductions threaten deflationary pressure as productivity and costs shift during the war. Murray argued wage increases could occur without rising prices due to lower premium overtime and abundant wartime profits.
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CIO
Philip Murray
White House
Bureau of Labor Statistics
BLS
Murray
Cost of Living Committee
Pres. Roosevelt
OPA
SEC
Bigelow Sees City Ownership of Electric Plant as Key Issue
Former councilman Herbert S. Bigelow says Cincinnati voters face a defining choice on city ownership of the Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co. He asserts the move could save about 10 million dollars annually and become a bold democratic act, likely dominating campaign discussions as Republicans oppose municipal purchase.
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Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co
Herbert S. Bigelow
Charterites
Cincinnati
Southern Railroad
Bigelow
Political Action Committee
Frances Verne Sends Photo From the Pacific
Frances Verne known as The Shape has received many requests from Pacific fliers for her image. She responds by sending a photo to the boys, wearing a swimsuit fashioned from a captured Nazi parachute.
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Frances
Verne
Pacific
Manpower Shortage Fears Limit Postwar Hiring
A Washington report quotes a General Tire & Rubber Co executive opposing full employment at 60 million postwar jobs. President William O Neil warns such hiring may end the American home and worsen labor shortages after the war.
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Washington
Tire and Rubber Company
William O'Neil
General Tire & Rubber Co
Public Backing for Expanded Social Security Health Care
A large majority of American adults favor amending social security to fund doctor and hospital care. The survey by the National Opinion Research Center shows 68 percent support, 19 percent oppose, and 13 percent undecided. College respondents favor 58 percent with 33 percent opposed.
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Dorsed
Henry B._ Richardson
Physicians Committee On Research, Inc
Physicians Forum
Nati Opinion Research Center
University of Denver
U. S
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