Councillor Locker backs Skirvin despite housing rift
The editorial argues Councilman Jesse D. Locker voted for Ray Skirvin's Housing Authority confirmation amid criticism of authority practices. It suggests Locker followed party and local group dictates, ignoring public housing concerns and Ninth Street pressure while Democrats and housing allies urged defeat.
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Ray Skirvin
Housing Authority
Skirvin
Locker
Ninth Street
Willis D. Gradison
Politics Enter Cotton Wage Case
TWU President Emil Rieve charges big cotton manufacturers use political pressure to block a National War Labor Board wage increase for textile workers. He cites officials from the cotton manufacturers group and talks with Vinson and Byrnes, warning substandard wages threaten war production.
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Washington
National War Labor Board
Textile Workers Union
CIC
TWU
Emil Rieve
WLB
Cotton Manufacturers Print Cloth Group
Fred M. Vinson
James F. Byrnes
Labor disputes linger over price ceilings and wage cuts
Rieve told congressmen that lifting all price ceilings from cotton duck and freezing workers at substandard wages threatens workers. The Transportation Workers Association pledges action with Supervisors and Shop Stewards contacted through Director W A Zimmer in Washington. Charge per copy is 25 cents. orders of 100 or more receive a 25 percent discount.
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Rieve
TWA
W. A. Zimmer
Division of Labor Standards
U. S. Labor Dept
Washington
D. C
Labor Laws Guide Now Available From Labor Dept
A 62 page handbook on federal labor laws is issued by the Labor Department. It serves unionists and management representatives by outlining the scope and function of Labor Department bureaus and detailing the wage and hour act, emergency wartime legislation, veterans labor provisions, and related agencies.
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Washington
Labor Dept
Labor Department
Labor History Girls Formed First Factory Union in 1845
The Lowell Female Labor Association led by Sarah G. Bagley emerged in 1845 in the City of Spindles forming the first women’s factory union. It used political action to press for higher wages and shorter hours, influencing unions nationwide with male worker support and auxiliaries guarding strikes.
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Waltham
Lawrence
New England
Lowell Female Labor Association
Sarah G. Bagley
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Massachusetts Legislature
Lowell Girls
America
New Hampshire
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Joint Labor Effort Formed In Minnesota
Minneapolis reports the formation of a United Labor Committee for Political Action spanning the AFL CIO and railroad brotherhoods. George Phillips chairs the new body, which includes six representatives from each labor section and aims to elect liberal candidates pledged to labor platform ideas.
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CIO
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Organized Labor
Labor Committee
Cartel hearings reveal US arms, spies, and wartime profits
Senate testimony highlights German connections of Bausch and Lomb and Carl Zeiss, exposing how royalty reports disclosed submarine numbers and armament details. Justice official notes pre Pearl Harbor info flow from US firms to Japan across oil, aircraft, machinery, and tools.
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United States
Kilgore
Biddle
Carl Ziess
Germany
Mr. Biddle
Bausch and Lamb
Senator Kilgore
James S. Martin
Economic Welfare
Department of Justice
Pearl Harbor
Japan
Boeing
Standard Oil
Enemies in Peace Times Seep Into Public View
The speaker laments that American newspapers fail to publicize revelations about hidden adversaries in peacetime, instead devoting space to attacking American labor unions.
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