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Newspaper
Cincinnati The Sun
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1948
Page
4
The notice records the Sun Editor Office as entered as second class matter on June 30 1944 at the Cincinnati Ohio post office under the act of March 3 1879. It lists Rollin H Everett at 15 East Eighth St Cincinnati 2 Ohio with a main telephone line 4813.
A civic appeal condemns attacks on federal wage hour laws. It warns that weakening the act to 44 or 48 hours would hurt all workers, noting 135 business groups backing changes. Readers urged to contact their congressmen, with a list on Page 1 of The SUN.
Washington report notes all new officers of international and local unions must file Taft-Hartley affidavits to remain eligible for NLRB action. The NLRB distributes non-communist affidavit blanks as locals install new officers, with annual renewal required regardless of term. Reelected officers may defer a second filing.
The National Labor Relations Board states the affidavit deadline is extended by one year from the filing date of the original affidavit. This extension impacts parties seeking timely certification or remedies under related proceedings.
Charlotte NC Jack Kroll national director of CIO PAC urged repeal of anti Labor laws in 30 states. He said repeal of the Taft Hartley Act in Congress is not enough and we must also repeal the "little Taft Hartleys" passed last spring in 30 states.
The Cincinnati Newspaper Guild plans to discuss hiring an executive at 7:45 p.m. Thursday Feb 19 in Parlor I at Netherland Plaza. New local officers will assume duties at this meeting.
Chicago union members of the American Newspaper Guild were laid off after the consolidation of the Chicago Sun and the Times into a single 24 hour paper. The merger, completed after Marshall Field acquired both papers last October, triggered severance pay equal to double the contract terms.
A merger seen as a swing to the right increases authority at Field papers with Richard Finnegan, former Times publisher, gaining greater control as general manager. The move accompanies a policy of paying one week’s wages for each six months of service.
The American Newspaper Guild executive board urges active member participation in political life as 1948 becomes a decisive year. They warn that economic interests of members and publishers could be undone by a Congress that ignores those interests and risks another war if the nation fails to lead globally. They press ANG members to express themselves politically via the CIO Political Action Committee.
The CIO Economic Outlook argues universal military training is wasteful and costly. It proposes alternative peace measures including international education, relief programs, and increased global organizational funding, detailing estimated costs and benefits versus UMT.
The Bailey Co. case ruled that employer statements distributed to workers before an election were protected free speech under Taft Hartley. The Retail Clerks International Association of the AFL faced defeat as the board deemed content about union corruption and mob actions as protected speech.
The executive board voted that it is politically unwise to inject a third party into the political scene in 1948. It urges locals to work through established parties, commending the policy and repeating the prior position on focusing effort within existing political structures.
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