Baker Promises Probe on Manpower Wastage in Cincinnati
John M. Baker director of the War Manpower Commission pledged a written inquiry into CIO charges that manpower is being wasted in Cincinnati. CIO leaders protested imports of soldiers for local plants but Baker said the Army Ordnance Department bypassed WMC and he would raise the issue with state WMC officials.
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CIO
Cincinnati
John M. Baker
War Manpower Commission
Baker
Army Ordnance Department
WMC
Washington
Harley Kilgore
D. W. Va
Taft Supports Wage Increases and Price Controls Debate
Cincinnati CIO leaders report Sen. Robert A. Taft told them he opposes the wage formula yet favors higher prices in some sectors. The group cites support from Rep. Brent Spence and notes soldiers used in plants with organized labor. They also urge action to curb manpower waste at large war plants.
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Robert A. Taft
Cincinnati
Wallace
Charles Elston
Brent Spence
Kentucky
Harold Burton
Ohio
Roosevelt
Justice in American Hearing of Aubrey Williams Nomination
The article notes partisan hearings over Aubrey Williams as rural electrification administrator nominee. It cites Senators bushfield mckellar shipstead and Lucas accusing Williams via Dies Committee records while Williams defends his limited affiliations and an FBI finding of no subversive activity.
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Washington
Aubrey Williams
Dies
Williams
Harlan Bushfield
S. D
Kenneth McKellar
Tenn
The
American Youth Congress
Bushfield
McKellar
Joseph Kamp
Constitution Educational League
U. S
George Norris
Mary Anderson
Women’s Bureau
Labor Department
Shipstead
Miss Anderson
Apology for Misattribution in State Appointing News
The article clarifies that J. Harry Moore was not the beer quaffer tied to a misprint. It states Moore was appointed state industrial relations director, and asserts another person drank beer, with a typesetting error causing the confusion.
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J. Harry Moore
SUN
Moore
AFL Survey Records 47 Percent Rise in Munitions Output
The AFL Monthly Survey reports productivity in munitions industries rose 47 percent from January 1943 to September 1944. The gain increased output per millpower and freed more men for other urgent war jobs, the survey states.
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AFL
UAW Local 647 News Featured in The Sun Cyclone
The Sun expands coverage of United Auto Workers Local 647 at the Wright plant beyond the Cyclone edition. CIO members want more Wright local news, with educational material prepared under William Kircher’s direction. Cyclone pages 1 2 are for Local 647 members. pages 7 8 go to other Sun subscribers.
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SUN
United Auto Workers
Support Wallace for Commerce Secretary Confirmation Fight
Campaign urging letters to congressmen to speed passage of the George Bill and clear the path to Henry Wallace as secretary of commerce, framed as a postwar full employment principle.
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Henry Wallace
George Bill
Senators urged to confirm rural electrification chief
Wallace and others urge senators to mail confirmation at once of Aubrey Williams as rural electrification administrator. They target Senators Taft and Burton with appeals for swift action on the nomination.
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