California Leads Health Security Drive for Workers
California and national leaders push toward compulsory health insurance funded by payroll taxes on workers and employers. The plan, backed by Gov. Earl Warren and CMA, would cover workers and dependents under 18, allow free doctor choice, and target about 2.3 million workers with total enrollment near 6 million. Estimated annual income reaches 250 million dollars.
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Los Angeles
California
California Medical Assn
Earl Warren
Warren
Ludlow Urges Repeal of Smith Connally Act
Rep. Louis Ludlow of Indiana tells the new House that the Smith Connally labor disputes act, passed last session amid anti labor sentiment, is a festering cause of ill feeling. He calls it a bundle of prejudices and a cruel injustice to organized labor and urges repeal.
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Washington
Louis Ludlow
Ind
Ludlow
Cooperative path to fair attribution for labor
A historical reflection argues that cooperatives offer solutions to unemployment and social evils arising from racial and class discrimination. It frames the cooperative model as essential to a fair system of attribution as society enters a new century.
Texas Progressives Battle Pappy O Daniel Forces
A Texas legislative session opening January 9 faces a red baiting push against the University of Texas and efforts to enforce a right to work amendment while protecting Black voters rights. Labor civic groups Catholic Jewish and Protestant bodies demand Rainey reinstated and regents aligned with the people. Support comes from W Lee O Danial and Lt. Gov John Lee Smith to push the amendment and limit minority voting access. The U S Supreme Court ruling on inclusive party nominating rules remains a central issue.
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Austin
Tex
University of Texas
Arkansas
Florida
U. S. Supreme Court
Texas
Homer P. Rainey
University Board of Regents
W. Lee
Pappy) O'Daniel
Martin
John Lee Smith
State Senate
Smith
O’daniel
Christian American Assa
Senate group urges health insurance and broader care
After a yearlong inquiry the Senate subcommittee on wartime health and education urges action on medical needs. It cites group financing or compulsory insurance as options and backs health centers, mental hygiene clinics, and improved school and rural programs to ensure care for the entire population.
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Washington
Senate
Claude Pepper
Fla
Steel Workers Enlarge Office For Regional Activities
The United Steel Workers regional office at 806 Keith Building has acquired a large adjacent room with a conference table to seat 50 to 75. Director Al Whitehouse says the space will serve staff needs and host committee meetings, small locals, executive and negotiating committees linked to more than 20 city locals and 11 outside the city.
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United Steel Workers
Keith Bldg
al Whitehouse
Co ops Show Way Says Sen Aiken at 100th Rockdale Anniversary
Senator George D. Aiken praised the cooperative method at a New York dinner honoring Rockdale co op’s 100th anniversary. He said cooperatives could shift Americans from tenancy to ownership and responsibility amid widening economic disparity. The event drew New York coop leaders and supporters at the Hotel Shelton.
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Sen. Aiken
New York
CLNS
George D. Aiken
Shelton
Rockdale
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