GM Party Plans Blocked by AFL Motion Operators
General Motors funded a Cincinnati party with lavish ads and guest dining to spread CIO propaganda but AFL Local 327 refused to operate the film projectors at the Roof Garden event when anti UAW films were planned. CIO officials Hartmann and Herman were informed by AFL agent Krebs. UAW Local 674 negotiator Hellkamp said friendly merchants were invited and will counter GM propaganda.
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United Auto Workers
CIO
AFL
Gibson
United Auto Worker
Arthur Hartmann
Ben Herman
John A. Krebs
Herman
Ed Hellkamp
GM Norwood
General Motors
Hellkamp
United Auto Workers (Cio
Wages Fall After V J Day as Living Costs Stay High
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports average weekly earnings in all manufacturing fell from 45.45 dollars in July to 41.02 dollars in October. Durable goods saw steeper drops with fears of layoffs during the civilian production shift. Prices rose in 1945 with clothing up 4 percent, food 2 percent, house furnishings 3 percent, and fuel, electricity and ice 1 percent.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
U. S. Dept. of Labor
BLS
Editorials Weigh UAW GM Pact Anew In Cincinnati Press
Three Cincinnati papers judged the UAW’s acceptance and GM’s rejection of the Fact-Finding Board’s report. The Post urged compromise and reconversion, while the Enquirer skewered labor theatrics and the Times Star defended GM. None urged broader unrest over Congress and big industry.
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Cincinnati
United Auto Workers
General Motors
Ency
Kaiser-Frazier Corp
Times-Star
Front
Congress
Labor Unity Grows In Its Wage Fight
The piece reports rising labor solidarity in wage disputes across the nation with delays in steel and telephone strikes aiding talks. In Cincinnati AFL workers at Westinghouse clashed with CIO picketing at GE, while both CIO and AFL target six major packing firms.
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Labor Unity
CIO
AFL
Cincinnati
General Electric
Westinghouse
General Motors Electrical Division
United Electrical Radio & Machine Workers
City Council OKs Emergency Housing Bureau for Veterans
The City Council authorizes immediate creation of a Better Housing Bureau housed at the Mercantile Library Building with support from the Veterans Referral Center. The effort, spearheaded by a citizen housing committee, seeks housing for returning veterans and others using campaigns via Navy League media.
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Eau
Bureau
Mercantile Library
Veterans Referral Center
Council
Citizen's Committee On Housing
Erwin G. Downing
The
Real Estate Board
Navy League
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Pres. Truman
United Steelworkers
CSO
Robert S. McDonough
Nathan P. Feisinger
James M. Douglas
Truman
Federated Pictures
Matt March of Dimes
the National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Corregidor
War Labor Board
Enquirer
UAW
Third and Elm Streets
United Electrical, Machine & Radio Workers
Federated Press
Benjamin Fairless
U. S. Steel Corp
Murray
Fairless
SUN
AUTO
Detroit
Ford
United Packing House Workers
Amalgamated Meat Cutters & Butcher Workmen
Pres
Joseph Beirne
Rollin Everett
George Garties
Metropolitan Housing Authority
Everett. Garties
Everett
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