Editorial Rally Behind Wallace and Full Employment Plan
An editorial defends Henry Wallace against critics who claim his vision is unAmerican. It labels opponents as big business and anti labor, praises Kaiser Higgins Reynolds and the Wallace committee, and urges readers to urge senators to support Wallace and his jobs program with government backing for private expansion and guaranteed labor gains. It outlines the plan to create more jobs, protect wartime labor gains, and raise wages as hours drop in peacetime.
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Henry Wallace
America
Wallace
Roosevelt
Henry J. Kaiser
Andrew J. Higgins
Higgins Industries
J. Louis Reynolds
Reynolds Metals
National Businessmen’s Committee For
Senate Commerce Committee
Cincinnati Supports Wallace for Commerce Post
Cincinnatians joined a nationwide drive backing Henry Wallace for secretary of commerce. A 139‑signatory wire urged Senate and House confirmation and warned against the George Bill stripping lending powers from the department. Wallace pledged to accept the post’s lending powers only with nonpartisan control of RFC.
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Cincinnatians
Wallace
Commerce Post
America
Low Strike Loss Deflates Ballyhoo Against Unions
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports 1944 strike activity minimal, with only one-tenth of one percent of hours lost. 5000 strikes or lockouts involved 2.1 million workers, totaling 8.5 million man-days lost, most strikes unauthorized and quickly ended by union leaders.
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United States
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Montgomery Ward
War Labor Board
Shorter Hours and Leisure From Productivity Gains
The article argues wages alone are not enough. workers should gain shorter hours and more leisure as productivity rises. It notes editorials and petitions, with columnist Tom Stokes siding with Wallace, and mentions efforts in the Washington office addressing rising Cincinnati cases.
Cincinnati Papers Unite Against Wallace Commerce Appointment
Cincinnati's three daily papers publish a united editorial opposing President Roosevelt's choice of Henry Wallace as secretary of commerce. Pro Wallace leaders wired senators seeking an explanation for the unusual near unanimity and the editors' stance.
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Cincinnati
Roosevelt
Henry Wallace
FEPC opens sub regional office in Kentucky and Ohio
Harold James to head the new FEPC sub regional office at 713 Keith Bldg serving southern Ohio and all Kentucky. He is joined by examiners Olcott R Abbott and Miss Letha Clore from Cleveland. The office follows a presidential executive order promoting war production and equal employment rights.
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Fair Employment Practice Committee
Ohio
Kentucky
Harold James
Keith
James
U. S. Department of Agriculture
The
War Relocation Authority
Cleveland
Olcott R. Abbott
Miss Letha Clore
United States
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Commerce
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Post
Malcolm Ross
Washington
Robert A. Taft
Harold Burton
Charles Elston
William Hess
George
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