Taft and Randall Attack Guaranteed Jobs Plan in Dinner Debate
The debate at the Waldorf Astoria featured Sen. Robert Taft and Inland Steel VP Clarence Randall opposing a 60 million guaranteed annual wages concept as unAmerican and impractical. CIO Chief Philip Murray defended it citing postwar needs and rising living costs, arguing increased wages would unlock demand and reduce unemployment.
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New York
Robert A. Taft
United States
Taft
Senate
Randall
Murray
Hillman outlines PAC focus on world peace organ and wartime policy
Sidney Hillman, CIO Political Action Committee chairman, says the PAC will push for an international organization to preserve enduring peace after World War II. He announced plans to mobilize voters in 1945 and 1946, and endorsed candidates who back victory, oppose isolationism, and support ongoing war effort.
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Los Angeles
CIO Political Action Committee
Sidney Hillman
Ambassador Hotel
PAC
Hillman
London
U. S
World Organization
CIO
KORG Pursues Full Production and Full Employment
Brief notes indicate KORG aiming for full production capacity and full employment. The statement suggests corporate goals amid broader economic recovery efforts and labor market improvements.
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KORG
State Dept urged to aid democratic forces in Argentina
The CIO Committee on Latin American Affairs asked the State Department on January 18 to provide active material support to democratic groups in Argentina, jailed by the pro fascist and pro Nazi Farrell Peron dictatorship.
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New York
State Dept
CIO Committee On
Argentina
Farrell- Peron
Unions Call 6000 Workers to War Production Drive
In New Haven Connecticut AFL CIO and railroad unions issued a joint appeal urging 6000 skilled and unskilled workers to join wartime production. The call targets those not employed or not engaged in war industries to contribute to the Axis fight before March 31.
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New Haven
Conn
AFL
CIO
Railroad
Rule of the Week Yield right of way to emergency vehicles
An instruction note emphasizes yielding to emergency vehicles. Drivers should slow, pull to the right, and stop as needed to allow ambulances police cars and fire engines to pass safely.
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