Leon Henderson to Address Progressive Citizens Committee
Leon Henderson will speak at the Progressive Citizens Committee annual meeting and dinner at the Hotel Gibson on Wednesday January 30. The event also marks Franklin Delano Roosevelt's birthday and features nominees for three year board seats.
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Leon Henderson
Progressive Citizens Committee
Gibson
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
H. Frederick Schaefer
Rollin H. Everett
Max Hirsch
Clyde Johnson
Ann Kroger
Simon Kuhn
Leonard Sive
Ben Stoner
John Weis
Xavier To Open New Labor School
Xavier University announces a Labor School session from February 1 to May 24 at the Downtown College 520 Sycamore St. Classes run at night with tuition $1 per course and $3 maximum allows unlimited attendance. Open to workers with topics including Cost of Living and a Living Wage and Grievance Clinic.
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Xavier
New Labor School
University Labor School
Sycamore St
Coops Do Billion Dollar Business
New York reports 1945 saw consumer cooperatives reach a record billion dollar business as wartime gains shift to postwar expansion. Co-ops bought two petroleum refineries in Levelland Texas and Louisville, added 164 oil wells, leased 35 000 acres, and built a Portland fertilizer factory and a Klamath Falls feed mill. They planned Green Bay fertilizer and Twin Cities seed plant, plus facilities in Minnesota Wisconsin Canada and Arkansas. A October survey lists 158 mills factories and refineries owned by cooperatives affiliated with National Cooperatives and the Cooperative League.
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CLNS
Levelland
Tex
Louisville
Portland
Ore
Klamath Falls
Alberta
Canada
Idaho
Superior
Wis
Green Bay
Twin Cities
Albert Lea
Minn
Canoe
British Columbia
Benton, Ark
National Cooperatives
The
Cooperative League
FEPC to Meet January 23 Over Congress Inaction
Washington report notes an emergency meeting of the National Council for a Permanent FEPC set for January 23 to address the crisis stemming from Congress failing to act on the civil rights bill.
Taft faulted by Morse as liberal voters urged to back reform
Oregon Senator Wayne Morse criticizes Taft in a radio tirade against bipartisanship and liberalism. Morse urges middle of the road Republicans and independent voters to back a progressive Congress in 1946, arguing GOP must defend common people and private enterprise.
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Wayne Morse
Sen. Morse
Taft
Cincinnatian
Cio-Pac
Truman
Oregon
Ohio
Republican Party
America
Aiden
Rent That Room Says OPA Chief Encourages Veteran Housing
OPA urges homeowners to rent spare rooms to veterans with open windows and a welcoming atmosphere. John E. Robinson, OPA District Director, says assistance is available and rents should align with comparable rooms. Preliminary OPA figures assist when rent is uncertain.
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OPA
John E. Robinson
School of Housework Classes Offered by Cincinnati Board
The Evening School of the Cincinnati Board of Education sponsors homemaker and houseworker classes to improve cleaning and cooking methods. Classes start at Stowe School on January 21 at 7 30 p m and at Hughes High School on January 22 at 7 30 p m. Information from the Adult Education Council, Cherry 0762.
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Cincinnati Board of Education
Stowe School
Hughes High School
Adult Education Council
Cherry
Sentinels Would Kill Sentinels Under New Deal Legislation
Detroit bankers and industrialists form the Society of Sentinels to urge Congress to repeal the Social Security Act Wagner Act and Wages Hours law arguing for isolationism and an island of freedom. Leaders include L C Allman Robert G Waldron Wayne Stettbacher Noble Travis with GM and Detroit business ties. The group seeks $2 memberships to recruit, prompting criticism of fascist links and potential upheaval if goals were reached.
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Detroit
America
Society of Sentinels
Truman
Congress
Sentinels
Stephen du Brul
General Motors Corporation
C. E. Wilson
R. J. Thomas
UAW
du Brul
Detroit Employers Association
Noble Travis
Pearl Harbor probe called a smear by CIO leader
The CIO Legislative Director Nathan Cowan urged Senate Majority Leader Barkley to stop the Pearl Harbor investigation. He argued the probe is political jockeying delaying key legislation such as poll tax repeal and the 65 to 75 cent minimum wage bill and serves as Republican campaign strategy for the November 1946 elections.
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Senate
CIO
Alben Barkley
D. Ky
Harbor
Barkley
Nathan Cowan
Cowan
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Premier Press
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