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Newspaper
Cincinnati The Sun
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1949
Page
7
The Smith Mills Company, maker of machine tools, laid off more than a third of its workers last Monday leaving a skeletal plant flow. Edwin Connolly president of Local 3737 United Steelworkers cited the large layoff as closely tied to the plant shutdown that occurred between Christmas and New Year.
Connolly notes a federal push to block new legislation on excess profits tax as local layoffs proceed. Workers received unemployment pamphlets from the Bureau of Unemployment Compensation outlining benefit steps, with attention drawn to a Jan. 7 SUN article. The layoff is likely indefinite. with a typical staff of sixty, the plant now runs under forty, risking large orders.
The text criticizes local papers for liberal bias toward the Presidents State of the Union and Labor support. It urges building a strong labor press like The SUN to reach working readers. Rumors mention Earl Ogborn turning older, Slib Robard catching an early car, and Lora Nace predicting over half of members attending the next meeting.
Per capita potato consumption fell from 130 pounds in 1940 to 118 pounds in 1948, reflecting a postwar shift in American eating patterns and demand.
After the regular meeting Local 3105 hosted a holiday party for members and their families with refreshments and socializing.
Ray Sowder of Steelworkers spoke to members urging continued backing of the Political Action Committee. Lunch was served and several members signed PAC Blockworkers cards distributed after the speech.
Al Whitehouse director of District 25 United Steelworkers of America and Kentucky CIO Council president attends the Ohio CIO Convention in Cleveland with staff members William Black Al Jordan James Gallagher Ray Sowder Frank Jenson Chester Morgan Glenn Hess Joseph Lester Davis R E Huddleston Dorsie Childers Frank Hardisty Samuel L Stokes Local 25 Ohio delegates and fraternal delegates Peter Wheeler and R B Gaskin Local 22 Newport Ky attend from Local 22.
Donora Pennsylvania sees engineers and nurses arrive to probe the deadly smog disaster that killed 20 and hospitalized hundreds. The United Steelworkers union contributed 10 000 to support the investigation and mourned local deaths including three Local 1758 members.
At the Jan. 3 meeting of Local 3737 United Steelworkers District 25, Ray Sewder urged renewed PAC effort. A PAC was formed with a $1 pledge and four members named Earl Heim Malcolm Campbell J B Kennedy and Edwin Connelly, local president.
Manufacturers report reduced nylon stocking production as demand shifts. They note nylon lasts longer than silk so fewer replacements are needed even as more women wear stockings.
Sun Rather notes Grievance Committee plans a central CIO building in Cincinnati Ohio. Members advocate a large headquarters with a 1000 person ballroom and affordable event space, while suggesting mail addressed to care of the CIO Building.
Local 1861 Steelworkers will meet American Can Co representatives on January 20 to pursue a fourth step grievance over holiday and retirement vacation pay inequities. CIO locals in Cincinnati favor cooperation to create a central union office building with multiple meeting spaces and at least one large ballroom.
Senate sponsors Led by Allen Ellender and Robert Wagner back a long range plan authorizing 1,050,000 low rent public housing units in seven years with annual $445 million funding. Taft opposes citing administration authorship. The bill also envisions slum clearance loans and land purchase subsidies with labor wage protections for federal projects.
Local 1861 shifts its regular meeting to 3 p m on Saturday January 15 from January 22. Miss Louise Nuxonl will speak on Social Security at the gathering. The column opens with condolences to several members for recent family losses.
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