Wage Hour Hearings Highlight GOP Split On Living Wages
At the Wage Hour hearings CIO worker Gertrude Jury from Hagerstown Md pushed for a 75 cent minimum wage while Rep Gwinn of Westchester County warned against compulsory measures. The piece notes NLRB reshuffle, Denham’s bath demand, CIO Railway layoffs protest, and Hartley’s lobbying role with the Tool Owners Union as part of broader labor debates.
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Washington
Gertrude Jury
Hagerstown
CIO
Rep. Gwinn
Westchester County
New York
United States
Gwinn
NAM Living Cost Headline Hoopla Exposed By CIO Research Director
CIO director of education Stanley Ruttenberg challenges NAM claims that living costs skyrocket. He notes only a 1.8 percent drop since last August in overall prices, with food lower but rents still rising and costs 2.9 percent above a year ago. He argues the postwar market is softening as production tightens and prices struggle to fall.
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NAM
CIO
Stanley Ruttenberg
Bureau of Labor Statistics
OPA
Concert to Benefit YWCA Featuring Polish Pianist Helena
The YWCA sponsors a benefit concert by Polish American pianist Helena at Emery Auditorium on February 26 1949 at 8 30 PM. Proceeds support delegates to the National YWCA Convention and join music lovers in honoring Chopin, with tickets via YWCA CH 7090 or Emma Ferrara Amalgamated PA 2450.
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Helena
Morsztyn
Emery Auditorium
The
Young Women’s Christian Association
YWCA
9Th and
Walnut Sts
Emma _ Ferrara
Amalgamated Office
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Paul Herzog
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PBA
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Federal Trade Commission
Fred Hartley
Tool Owners’ Union
Tom Dewey
Tool Owners
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Uni
CIO Housing Committee
Reuther
H. V. Keltenborn
Raido
Harry Truman
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Kaltenborn
GOP
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WSAI
Cincinnati
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Henry Moscow
N. Y
Reporters’ Association of
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Papal University
Edna Berger
Klerr
Moscow
Termae
Julius Caesar
Federated Pictures
Chopin
ST. Stephen’s Episcopal Church
J. Albert Dalton
Winton Road
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Zipper
Kathman
Goodyear
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E. Eighth St
Cherry
Premier Press Company
Ohio
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