City Mill Probe Targets Furnished Room Rent Gouging
Cincinnati residents accuse landlords of converting unfurnished units to furnished rooms and hiking rents. A mother of seven and her family, living in two cramped rooms with outside toilet and cockroaches, pays 74 dollars monthly while the family earns 40 dollars weekly. The issue prompts a city and federal probe into health and safety in low rent housing and calls for relief efforts for Christmas needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Housing Committee
Housing Bureau
Real Estate Board
Welfare Department
CIO Releases Booklet on Vanishing American Savings
Washington bureau reports the CIO Publicity Dept has issued a 20 page illustrated booklet titled Whats Happening To Savings. Based on Federal Reserve Board figures it graphically explains the decline of American consumer savings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
CIO
Federal Reserve Board
Ohio Ranked 47th in Public Health Aid
In Columbus Dr. W. Palmer Dearing told the Ohio Tuberculosis Association the state ranks 47th among 48 states in public health effort. He said Ohio spends about 10 cents per capita on public health versus a national average near 40 cents, noting federal aid sustains core services. He questioned what could be bought for nearly 7,000,000 residents with only $300,000 in state funds.
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Columbus
Ohio
United States
W. Palmer Dearing
Ohio Tuberculosis Association
Victory Banquet Celebrates CIO-PAC Support
The CIO banquet drew about 1000 attendees to honor election victory and urge daily PAC action. Jack Kroll, national PAC director, keynoted urging renewal of efforts and loyalty to the Democratic ticket and President Truman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CIO
Ers
PAC
Jack Kroll
National Pac
Three High Court Decisions Uphold Rights of Individual
The U S Supreme Court issued three rulings this week strengthening individual protections against overzealous law enforcement. Two decisions were 6-3 and one 5-4, with dissenters Burton Reed Jackson Vinson and Frankfurter arguing against expanded individual rights. One case found Pennsylvania improperly jailed a 17-year-old for a 20 to 40 year term after two weeks incommunicado and without counsel or family contact.
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Washington
U. S. Supreme Court
Harold Burton
Stanly Reed
Robert Jackson
Fred
Vinson
Felix Frankfurter
Pennsylvania
Reform School
Race Attitude Hurts Democracy In Washington Note
A National Committee report financed by the Rosenwald Fund condemns segregation in the capital. It details overcrowded black belts, poor housing and sanitation, higher infant mortality, and job discrimination in federal and private sectors. The piece calls for moral courage and equal opportunity, noting Washington’s division by color hampers liberty and justice.
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CIO News
Ulysses S. Grant
Washington, D. C
Grant
National Committee
U. S
Rosenwald Fund
Roosevelt
Walter White
CIO
Murray
Carey
Denmark
Washington
State Department
CIO PAC Rally Hails Labor Victory and Political Action Drive
William Black presided at a CIO PAC banquet praising labor gains and urging continued civic involvement. Earl Wagner pledged repeal of Taft Hartley, and speakers urged turning votes into policy with an ongoing program of knowing the issues and contributing time and money.
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Wagner
Cio-Pac
Robert A. Farr
Ohio
al Whitehouse
Kentucky Cio Council
District 25
United Steelworkers of America
Robert J. Davidson
CIO
Everett
Black
Jack Methard
Hamilton County
James McLendon
West End
Cincinnati
Gerard A. Evers
Albert Dalton
Joseph Lepate
al Jordan
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City Mill
By Rollin H. Everett
Plain People of America
Harry Truman
Santa
CSO
Santa Claus
Clothing Workers
Patty Ann DeCorredont
Marie Kroeger
Alma Kroeger
Tony Bonomini
William Bonmini
Capital
Kroll
Sten
Rollin Everett
Robert A. Taft
America
William Black
Greater Cincinnati Industrial Council
Earl T. Wagner
Charles L. Bartlett
George Luedeke
Maurice Niehaus
Herbert S. Bigelow
Philip Collins
Madison Perkins
Milton Tobin
Ray McIntosh
Frank Simpson
Robert Roulston
Benstoner
John W. Barrett
Wallace Espy
Raymond J. Wilson
William Lavelle
Ohio Cio Council
George DeNucci
Franklin County
Ohio Council
Whitehouse, Davidson
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