Dewey Campaign Funds Questioned by AFL CIO Ledger
The piece notes donors to the United Republican Finance Committee for Metropolitan New York including Winthrop Aldrich and the Rockefellers, Alfred P. Sloan, John Foster Dulles, and others, suggesting large family and corporate contributions evade caps. It questions Taft funding paths and criticizes campaign finance evasion through relatives and corporate perks while urging CIO members to consider postwar goals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Republican Finance Committee
Metropolitan
New York
Winthrop Aldrich
Chase Bank
Rockefeller
Alfred P. Sloan
General Motors
Mrs. Sloan
John Foster Dulles
Wall Street
Dewey
Walter Gifford
ILGU Wins Important NLRB Case Against Reliance Co
The Seventh Circuit ruled against Reliance Manufacturing Co in Huntington West Virginia for anti union ads and activities during an NLRB election. The International Ladies Gar ment Workers Union represented by Julius Holzberg argued the actions interfered with employees votes. The company must post notices, run newspaper ads, and use the PA system to inform workers of rights and appear in court in 90 days to prove compliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reliance Manufacturing Co
Huntington
W. Va
Washington
Reliance Co
NLRB
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
If You Like The Sun Read It Then Pass It On
A brief reading prompt urges enjoying The Sun and sharing it with a friend, encouraging circulation. The playful note emphasizes spreading the paper’s content to others.
Chest Offers Radio Drama Stars in War Town Series
The Community and War Chest present a fourteen week radio drama series War Town on WSAI Sundays at 10 15 a m featuring Ralph Bellamy Conrad Nagel Anna May Wong Celeste Holm and Victor Jory The first episode Larry Finds a Dad follows foster parents who cared for a dependent child Other titles include Sergeant Joe Escape Mollie Malone Falling Stone Pint Size War Bad Girl Precious Gold and Ex Soldier A second series debuts on WKRC Saturdays at 11 15 a m with Community Clinic exploring civilian reintegration of ex service members and community problems judged by a panel of experts
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Bellamy
Conrad Nagel
Anna May Wong
Celeste Holm
Victor Jory
War Chest
WSAI
Larry
Joe
Mollie Malone
the Chest
WKRC
Judson McKim
Navy Vet Urges Labor Truth For Service Men
Electrician's Mate Third Class Clarence Wood details the need to inform servicemen about unions and labor news. A UE district seven resolution directs letters and newspapers to servicemen, detailing Wood's career with Allis-Chalmers and his Navy repair assignments in Seattle and the South Pacific. He and his wife Ruth Wood, with children Charles Allen and Barbara Ann, live in Norwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Wood
The
SUN
United Electrical Radio & Machine Workers
Prae
Wood
Allis-Chalmers
UE District Seven Council
Ohio
Kentucky
Seattle
Norwood
Hunter Avenue
Reconversion Start Urged in Wartime Industry Shift
Washington report cites idle materials plant facilities and labor ready to shift to civilian output. AFL CIO leaders Keenan and Golden back Nelson on reconversion while some Pentagon aides warn it could threaten wartime hiring controls and military production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
WPB
Joseph B. Keenan
AFL
Clinton Golden
CIO
Donald M. Nelson
Nelson
Army and Navy
Missouri Lawyers Closed Shop Policy Ordered
In Jefferson City Missouri the state supreme court ordered that all lawyers licensed in Missouri must join the State Bar Association. The plan, previously approved in a statewide lawyers referendum, enforces a closed shop for practice in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Missouri
State Supreme Court
State Bar Association
Hunger Strikes and Food Crisis Hit Germany as War Looms
Refugee German union leaders in Mexico City report a wave of strikes and peace demonstrations in Germany on the eve of the invasion. Thirty thousand workers struck at Schwarz kopf factories near Berlin, with seven shot, while Munich saw riots and a state of siege. The food shortage is dire, with sausage of blood and potatoes, bread mixed with potato and turnip flour, and rationed clothing. Rural areas show even harsher conditions as 300,000 peasant families, mostly women, toil up to 80 hours weekly with scarce supplies.
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New York
Germany
Mexico City
Schwarzkopf
Berlin
Wildau
France
Free German Committee
ALN
Owen Roche
Munich
Zurich
Switzerland
Alabama Seizes Back Control Over Labor Rules
In Montgomery Alabama rejects federal wartime orders declaring War Labor Board powers non binding within the state The state labor director W Emmett Brooks says Alabama will stop Ingalls Iron Works Birmingham from firing workers for not maintaining union membership The Bradford labor control act limits such firings and state law stands against federal override
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Montgomery
Ala
War Labor Board
Alabama
State Department of Labor
W. Emmett Brooks
WLB
Ingalls Iron Works
Birmingham
Christian American Association
Many Husbands Serve in the Armed Forces Census
The February Census Bureau survey reports 2 700 000 women have husbands serving in the armed forces.
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Washington
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Financial Directory
Political Action Committee
Philadelphia Record
Dun & Bradstreet
Social Register
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Hulbert Taft
Times-Star
Taft
Semple
Pew
duPont
South
World Cooperation For Peace
R. E
ILGU
Ment Workers Union
Julius Holzberg
Cincinnati
Chest
Navy
Seattle, Wash
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