City Officials Puzzled Over Waste Dept Absenteeism
The editorial scolds Cincinnati officials for perplexing absenteeism in waste collection, police, and fire departments. It argues morale woes trace to past leadership under City Manager Sherrill, urges a concrete fix, and warns citizens will demand answers on unemptied garbage, undermanned police, and fire forces.
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Sarvis
Greater Cincinnati
Kellogg
Sherrill
Council
Norwood
Frank Ward
Cincinnati
Manpower Commission
CIO
Fire Department
Labor's Political Action Began in Early America
Dr. Foner traces labor political action to the 1820s, showing how workers extended beyond strikes to push for schools, debt imprisonment repeal, wage protection, and taxation fairness. The 1828 Philadelphia Mechanics Union formed the first American labor party, with broader independent labor parties arising by 1834. Political action aided court rulings legalizing unions and reinforced union strength through progressive legislation.
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Labor Party
Philadelphia
Mechanics Union of Trades Associations
City
UnAmerican Committee dubbed by critics as Gestapo tactics
Rep Havenner accuses the new permanent House Committee on UnAmerican Activities of political Gestapo tactics. He says Dies Committee testimony was used in campaigns against him without right to defense, labeling the charges as communist accusations and urging scrutiny of the process.
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Permanent
House Committee
UnAmerican
Dies Committee
Havenner
Cal
Dies
Labor Council Opposes Auxiliary Locals for Negroes
The New Haven Central Labor Council unanimously opposed auxiliary locals for Negroes and urged President George M. Harrison to allow direct representation for their own and the grand lodge's problems, saying it conflicts with American democracy.
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New Haven, Conn
New Haven Central Labor Council
George M. Harrison
Grand Lodge
Harrison
Douglas Lays Many Off at Los Angeles Warehouses
Douglas Aircraft halted operations at its largest Los Angeles area facility in South Gate on January 1, affecting 1,400 office and technical workers. A sharp cutback at the Santa Monica plant reduced staffing to about one third of last year, driving the shutdown.
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Los Angeles
Douglas Aircraft
South Gate
Santa Monica
Rule of the Week Cross Streets at Intersections
A guidance item instructs pedestrians to cross streets only at intersections or marked crosswalks. It emphasizes using controlled crossings for safety and reducing risk near traffic. The note implies adherence to traffic laws and personal caution for all city walkers.
Supreme Court Rules Texas Labor Licensing Violates Free Speech
The 5 to 4 decision written by Justice Wiley Rutledge invalidates Texas anti labor law requiring licensing of union organizers. The ruling says licensing chills speech and assembly, hindering organizers like R. J. Thomas of the United Auto Workers CIO who urged oil workers to join.
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Texas
United States Supreme Court
R. J. Thomas
United Auto Workers (Cio
Houston
Wiley Rutledge
Justice Rutledge
Republic
British Co operative leaders meet at Rochdale anniversary
In Rochdale England on December 19 leaders of the co operative movement met two days before the Toad Lane birth anniversary. A V Alexander First Lord of the Admiralty urged applying cooperation to the internal market, saying it could boost consumer purchasing power by three hundred million pounds yearly and cut unemployment by raising demand for goods and services.
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Rochdale
England
Toad Lane
A. V. Alexander
the Admiralty
Postwar Jobs for Women Focus of Miller Remarks
Washington (FP) Frieda S. Miller, head of the Women's Bureau, says meeting pent up consumer demands will heavily influence securing postwar jobs for women. She notes full employment for women hinges on this demand-driven shift.
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Washington
Women’s Bureau
Frieda S. Miller
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Labor
Philip Foner
Federated Press
the Sun
Foner
Jefferson School of Social Science
New York
Douglas
Congressman Dripp
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