Clothing Workers Support Promised In Drive To Organize
Allan Haywood CIO director of organization assured ACW General Executive Board and joint board representatives in Washington January 28 29 that CIO would back the retail clerks drive. About 100 delegates heard reports from joint boards across the U S and Canada with emphasis on progress in retail board organizing. Cincinnati delegates Ben Herman Walter Grainger and Joseph Le pate reported and a plans for the ACW label promotion campaign were set to run in daily papers magazines trade papers and on radio. The executive board selected Cleveland to host the international convention opening May 15 1950.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CIO
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
Allan Haywood
ACW General Executive Board
Washington
Canada
Cincinnati
Ben Herman
Joint Board
Walter Grainger
Joseph Lepate
Cincinnati Joint Board
Cleveland
Two Credit Unions Meet in Offices of ACW
The Amalgamated Clothing Workers in Cincinnati opened its offices in January for the annual meetings of two credit unions serving clothing plants. The Hyde Park Federal Credit Union with 200 members at Hyde Park Clothes celebrated its ninth anniversary January 29 electing Ora Dies as president and a full 1949 board. Over nine years the union’s loans total 645 for 43 951.50 with assets near 10 000. Refreshments followed with Richard Seibert and Scott Ferguson directing music and Ann Green leading the ticket committee. The Globe Tailoring Co. Federal Credit Union met January 8 with about 100 members attending. Lena Deckert was elected president and Milford Kist vice president along with secretary Andrew Ankenbauer and treasurer William Duffner. Multiple directors to 1949 and committees were chosen, and a music and social followed the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
Cincinnati
Hyde Park Federal Credit Union
Hyde Park Clothes, Inc
Ora Dies
Able Haas
Maude Schultz
Joseph Eiseen
Ann Green
Victoria Cerilla
Angela Carrago
Richard Seibert
Scott Ferguson
Ann Farrell
Lena Deckert
Milford Kist
Andrew Ankenbauer
William Duffner
George Knight
Marie Arnold
Rosella Hoff
North Carolina Professor Wins First Hillman Memorial Award
President Frank P. Graham of the University of North Carolina received the first Sidney Hillman Memorial Foundation award of 1000 dollars from ACW President Jacob S. Potofsky. The event honored Graham for championing Southern workers civil liberties minority rights and opposing poll tax lynching and discrimination. Potofsky outlined the foundation’s plans for scholarships lecture series and broader social understanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillman
Roosevelt
Barkley
Graham
New Foundation
Potofsky
City Council backs low rent housing and transit plan
The council approves assisted housing projects and allows delays in repairing the Adams Incline while buses are funded to cut costs. A March fare increase to 13 cents or two for a quarter is planned, with hope no further rises this year. Milk prices rise in Cincinnati despite declines, as local dairy groups press to keep prices higher amid market and regulatory tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis E. Jackson
Consumer Conference of
Greater Cincinnati
Agriculture Department
Cincinnati
Chicago
Washington
Earl T. Wagner
Detroit Victory Announced Clerks Union Mobilizes 3000
Jacob Potofsky ACW president reports organizing victories in Boston and New York and announces the organizing of about 3000 department store and retail clothing clerks in Detroit. Regional offices for the clerks drive have been set up in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Rochester and Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Victory
Jacob Potofsky
ACW
Boston
New York
Detroit
Philadelphia
Rochester
Chicago
Potofsky
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The
Cincinnati Joint
Robert Seibert
Rita Smith
Walter Becker
Angela Becker
Glove Union Meets
Federal
Globe Tailoring Co
Russell Butler
Mildred Kent
Angela Warwick
George Marwick
Martha Brenner
Mona Surrey
5. Pollack
Dentist Associates
Stephan, Schantz
Palace Hotel
Bidg
Dr.pollack
WRK
WCKY
CRI
Dick Lang
Benson
Reading, Ohio
North Carolina
Council
Health Department
Mann
Fanger & Rampe
Ine
Pearl & Broadway
All the Family
Oakley Building and Loan Co
Madison
Albee Theater
Rubel’s
Heidelberg
Reading Road
Glenway Ave
Madison Road
Seventh St
Covington
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