Mrs FDR Joins Fight to Aid GM Strikers
Mrs. Franklin D Roosevelt agreed to co chair a National Citizens Committee of 100 to raise funds for striking GM workers and families. Bishop Bernard J Sheil and Bishop William Scarlett also join the effort as unions pledge funds and the wage dispute tests purchasing power for full production. Kaiser-Fraser negotiations draw interest as Kaiser expected to take a more labor friendly stance than GM.
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United Steelworkers of America
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
United Auto Workers
General Motors
Ford Motor Co
Kaiser-Fraser Corp
Kaiser
Six GM executives among nation’s top salaries
General Motors officials are among the 14 highest paid in the United States per a Treasury report. GM employees, currently striking for a living wage, faced a Christmas on the picket line as six executives earned a combined 2,187,579 dollars in one year. Charles E. Wilson, GM president, was the second highest, with 459,041 dollars. Also listed were Ormond E. Hunt 359,519 Albert Bradley 350,432 John T. Smith 306,310 Donaldson Brown 306,160 and Charles F. Kettering 306,117.
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Charles E. Wilson
General Motors
Ormond E. Hunt
Albert Bradley
John T. Smith
Donaldson Brown
Charles F. Kettering
Methard Named Director of Hamilton County PAC
Arthur Hartmann announced the appointment of Jack Methard as director of the Hamilton County Political Action Committee. Methard had served as acting director during Rollin H. Everett’s City Council campaign and returned to United Auto Workers as a general organizer. PAC chairman Ben Herman praised his leadership and confidence for 1946 campaigns.
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Jack Methard
Hamilton County Political Action Committee
Arthur Hartmann
Greater Cincinnati Industrial Union Council
Methard
PAC
Rollin H. Everett
United Auto Workers
Ben Herman
See Here Private Enterprise Shocks NAM Members
Sergeant Marion Hargrove addressed the National Association of Manufacturers at the Waldorf Astoria, criticizing the NAM for its perceived rigidity and poor public standing. He argued the group fails real-world leadership and responsibility, contrasting veterans’ needs with NAM’s stance and rhetoric.
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National Association of Manufacturers
Waldorf-Astoria
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Bowles
OPA
Marion Hargrove
Private Hargrove
Nam
Sergt. Hargrove
GM Spends 96000 On Ads. Union Calls It Scandalous
UAW vice president Walter Reuther labels GM advertising on December 15 as doubly scandalous because funds would have gone to taxes. The union disputes GM claims of wage gains and 40 to 45 hour weeks, arguing longer weeks threaten veterans’ job prospects and consumer prices. It charges ads misstate pay and manifests a baited trap to boost profits while reducing employment.
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Walter Reuther
UAW
General Motors
U. S. Treasury
Charge Steel Industry Hoax On CIO No-Strike Clause
The Wage Policy Committee of United Steelworkers of America labeled widespread steel industry ads a legal hoax claiming CIO would violate the no strike clause. Contracts allow reopening on wages, but do not bar general wage increases from arbitration. The union argues the ads mask efforts to undermine contract obligations and reopen shop practices.
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CIO
United Steelworkers of America
United Steelworkers
Grace
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