Cutbacks Trigger Ohio Unemployment Claims Jump in June
Ohio unemployment claims surged 142 percent in June led by Youngstown with 2056 new filings. General Fireproofing Co and Truscon Steel Works layoffs driven the rise while overall state totals remained well below pre war levels. Charles H. Jones cited ongoing waiting periods may temper July payments. President Truman quote appears in the source.
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Columbus
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Charles H. Jones
Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Ohio Bureau of
Youngstown
Cleveland
Toledo
Warren
General Fireproofing Co
Truscon Steel Works
Jones
Truman Speech Emphasizes United Nations Unity
President Truman declares the United Nations will remain united and not be divided by propaganda, speaking to supporters about global cooperation and resilience against influence campaigns.
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United Nations
Congress Pressed on Politax Repeal and Missouri Valley Authority
Labor groups urge Senators and their representatives to back or oppose bills in Congress. They push for immediate reporting and cloture votes on Politax Repeal HR 7, while opposing a straitjacket bill they call union busting. They also back the Missouri Valley Authority for flood control and farm aid across nine states.
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Organized Labor
Congress
House
Senate Judiciary Committee
Pat McCarran
D. Nev
Labor
McCarran
Missouri Valley Authority
TVA
Senate Irrigation & Reclamation Committee
Murray Protests Report Spain Is To Get Steel
CIO President Murray protests U S release of steel controls arguing it harms small businesses workers and farmers and would divert rails from U S needs to Spain and France He asks War Mobilization chief Vinson to investigate to prevent excess private profit and protect the civilian economy and postwar stability.
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Murray
Spain
Washington
Philip Murray
CIO
Fred Vinson
Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion
France
Vinson
Rationing to Continue After V J Day Says WPB Report
A confidential WPB report analyzed by Bread and Butter Consumers Union says rationing will extend beyond V J Day for shoes tires refrigerators autos coal and some fuels. The document notes delayed postwar production and ongoing controls to keep prices stable and distribution fair, with varying timelines by item.
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Federated Press
WPB
Fred M. Vinson
Bread and Butter Consumers Union Publication
Congress
NAACP Secretary Warns on Regarded Enemies of the World
Walter White, national secretary of the NAACP, spoke to over 2500 at Eden Park warning that following leaders like Bilbo and Eastland would turn America into an enemy of the world. He called opposition to the Fair Employment Practices Bill vicious and urged democracy in action.
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America
Bilbo
Rankin
Eastland
Walter White
National Association For Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
National Board
Eden Park
Senate
House
White
Amer
NAACP Honors Leaders for Enrolling 150 Members
Theodore M. Berry leads local NAACP efforts as members Sadie Samuel Daisy Lampkin and Nathan Wright are honored for enrolling 150 new members across races and colors.
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Theodore M. Berry
NAACP
Sadie Samuel
Daisy Lampkin
Nathan Wright
Rankin Bill Would Split Unions Vets
Washington report on Rep. John Rankin plan to allow veterans to work without joining unions or paying dues, overriding closed shops and maintenance of membership. The measure aims to cast veterans against workers and would void Wagner Act provisions.
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Washington
John E. Rankin
D. Miss
House Rules Committee
Rankin
House Veterans Committee
Nat War Labor Board
Eden praise for Tory ties hints at American roots
Anthony Eden in a campaign speech for the British Tories praised the United States as operating under Tory principle. He aimed to flatter but inadvertently highlighted an American identity aligned with Tory ideas.
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Anthony Eden
United States
Don’t Throw Away That Tin Can
Seven billion tin cans were discarded in 1944. If salvaged they could have produced over two billion hand grenades and 1 290 destroyers of 540 000 tanks. The WPB reports a critically low tin stockpile increasing the need for can saving nationwide.
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America
WPB
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