No. 1 Red Cap Has Seen Many Changes
Leo Elliott profiles Benjamin Laws long serving Red Cap at Cincinnati Union Terminal a charter Local 809 member with forty three years on the job from 1906 at Grand Central Station through early taxi era recounting notable travelers and his status as a father Red Cap. Earl Davis former Local 809 president has won another CIO election and now works in Martinsville Virginia visiting Cincinnati.
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Leo Elliott
Utse
Cincinnati Union Terminal
Benjamin T. Laws
Cincinnati
Grand Central Station
Brother Laws
Albert
Belgium
Mary
Romania
Cardinal Mecier
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Madame Schuman Heink
Austria
Local 809
Father Red
Earl Davis
CIO
Southern Drive
Martinsville
Virginia
Public Health Units Need Federal Aid for Local Services
The article argues that public health departments expanded life expectancy by immunization sanitation and maternal care. It highlights new aims like cancer heart disease and mental health prevention plus medical care and urges federal aid to extend coverage to 40 million people in counties lacking full local health services. It names organizations supporting federal aid and calls for union backing from CIO and AFL.
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Congress
United States
U.S
Partments
Nati. Congress of Parents and Teachers
Natl. Grange
Natl. Council of Negro Women
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
CIO
AFL
Local 1861 Contest, Hospital News, and Tragic Deaths
Local 1861 hosts a Match Box Contest with prizes for couples and two boys. Oscar Schroet wins Fat Man's Race with Eddie Branch challenging him. Gordon Tebelman is in Bethesda Hospital after rupture surgery. George Backhus recovering at home. Frank Rouzier Jr., 31, dies from a training accident at Arlington Park after a horse bolted on track. Local 1861 meets Saturday July 16 at 3 pm. Al Jones to report on national wage policy.
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Donald
David
Oscar Schroet
Eddie Branch
Oscar
Eddie
Gordon Tebelman
Bethesda Hospital
Gordon
George Backhus
Frank Rouzier, Jr
Frank Rouzier
Tool Room
Arlington Park
Chicago
Elgin Hospital
Rouzier
al Jones
National Wage Policy Committee
Local Men Attend Steel Wage Board Meeting in Pittsburgh
The Wage Policy Committee of USWA meets in Pittsburgh this week to decide current steel negotiation policy. District 25 representatives attend including Directors Al Whitehouse and Al Jones, and Local 1861 President Dave Hall, plus Local 310 President.
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Steel Wage Board
The
United Steelworkers of America
Pittsburgh
al Whitehouse
al Jones
Dave Hall
USA
Congress Passes Major Fair Deal Public Housing Bill
Washington report says the 81st Congress cleared a conference report on the public housing bill. It authorizes building 810,000 units in six years, slum clearance and rural housing aid. Labor leaders supported it but say it still falls short of national need.
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Washington
White House
Census Bureau Reports Unemployment Rise to 3 778 000
The Census Bureau shows unemployment increasing by 489 000 to 3 778 000, marking a higher jobless total than in May. The data highlights ongoing labor market strain as the nation faces persistent layoffs and slow hiring.
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Washington
Census Bureau
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By Nat Schachner
National Labor Service
Condors
Sammy Epstein
Killer Martin
Sammy
Killer
Council
Oakley Building and Loan
Madison
CIO International
Union Water
United Paperworkers of America - Cio
Western Printing CO
Commercial Square
Main
George FP. Bocklet
Mer
Union Headquarters
Brotherhood Bldg
Vine St
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