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Newspaper
Cincinnati The Sun
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1947
Page
4
The scanned notice from The SUN shows the Greater Cincinnati Industrial Union Council office details and an executive board roster including Al Jordan Ray Tucker Elmer Kauffman Jerry Maxey John Dehner Arthur Hartmann and others. It lists subscription at $2.00 per year and includes mailing address at 606 Vine St Cincinnati Ohio.
CIO President Philip Murray testifies before the Senate Labor Committee, arguing that postwar reconversion favors monopoly, wages lag, and profits rise. He labels the Ball bill as pro business and anti union, urging stronger labor bargaining and full employment.
Robert J. Davidson, regional director, leads talks between Local 1009 United Paper Workers and Gardner-Richardson Co. The contract is extended 15 days to allow continued negotiations.
The passage questions who purchased products and enabled profits while unions push to raise wages, noting most stockholders’ reports claim profits despite labor actions and wage increases.
The United Office and Professional Workers union and the Life Underwriters Agents Union unanimously approved a resolution urging a $50 weekly minimum and a $10 weekly raise for Monumental Life Insurance Co. agents who are currently negotiating with the company.
Minnesota figure Ball, described as a boy senator, is urged to quit smoking large NAM stogies after a dizzy spell while lying on the ground, warning of potential health risks if habits persist.
An analysis argues Senator Taft opposes David Lilienthal for the Atomic Energy Commission not over Russia but to protect private power. It lauds TVA for cheap southern electricity and suggests Taft favors Duponts Morgans owning atomic power, opposing government production to undercut private firms.
Philip Murray, president of the CIO, officially proposed that all CIO groups pull out of the Americans for Democratic Action and the Progressive Citizens of America due to rifts between the two bodies. The proposal goes to the CIO Executive Board on March 13 for action. Murray had been elected PCA vice president at a meeting he did not attend.
Reports say American unions are divided on whether to oppose union busting collectively or separately. The article notes a parallel dispute once seen among American Indians, highlighting shared strategic uncertainty.
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