CIO Urges Protest Against Peacetime Draft
Washington CIO leaders urged all affiliates to write and wire Congress opposing peacetime compulsory military training. The letter, signed by Nathan Cowan and John Brophy, targets HR 4278 and cites four reasons against conscription including cost, health, and UN backed world peace.
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CIO
Congress
Europe
Nathan Cowan
Councils
John Brophy
House Armed Services Committee
U.S
Steel Strike Continues Amid Unresolved NLRB Ruling
USA based company rejects NLRB order as IAM members cross the picket line. IAM petitions for a new election while strikers file hundreds of unfair labor practice charges. Bomar is bailed into federal court on civil rights violation charges.
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USA
NLRB
Ints Association of Machinists
T H
Bomar
Price Curb Urges Change in Incomes and Prices
The article notes that changes in incomes and prices differ from earlier recommendations, with business men passing added costs to consumers. Workers end the year pressing for wage gains, while profits in 1947 stay well above 1946 as costs rise and prices increase.
Commodity prices rise after OPA demise chart shows index surge
The annotated chart tracks basic commodities since the end of OPA, noting the index climbing from 200 to a record 308. The image caption credits Federated Pictures and emphasizes the sharp price movement as the index reaches new highs.
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Opa
Federated Pictures
Truman 1948 economic goals outline inflation and growth plan
President Truman set goals for 1948 to halt inflation and push his 10-point program. He urged maintaining maximum employment and production while stabilizing prices, predicting 700,000 more jobs to reach about 59 million. A long-range plan aims to raise annual national output 35 percent over 10 years to raise real income 27 percent above 1947.
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Congress
U. S
Truman
TWA Employes Choose CIO Union
Communication employees of Trans-World Airlines voted for the Air lines Dept. of the American Communications Assn. as their bargaining agent. The CIO union was chosen over three other unions on the ballot, with ACA officials highlighting expanded representation across major domestic airlines.
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New York
Trans-World Airlines
Airlines Dept
American Communications Assn
CIO
ACA
Mil
Treasury says 824 dollars buys what 500 did in 1939
The U S Treasury states that modern purchasing power equates 824 dollars to the 1939 value of 500 dollars. This reflects inflation adjusted figures showing how much money has eroded in value since 1939.
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U. S. Treasury
Charter Majority Promotes Master Plan Rollout In City Council
In a heated session the Charter majority advanced a community gathering to back the Master Plan, while GOP minority led by Carl Rich cried politics. The council also marked progress on inclusive hiring by naming Nora Fulton the first colored assistant clerk in the Clerk's office.
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Rollin H. Everett
Carl Rich
Charter
Gordon Scherer
Nora Fulton
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