Editorial page Bias and the little fellow in 1940s politics
The Enquirer Sunday editorial page contrasts Louis Bromfield supporting Hoover and Dewey with Roosevelt and Morgenthau opponents of social security. A Kansas draft anecdote rails against foreign ideas, praising regimentation and Uncle Sam’s safety nets while lamenting the end of the black list and rail labor strikes.
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Enquirer
Louis Bromfield
Hoover
Bricker
Byrd
Dewey
Roosevelt
Wallace
Morgenthau
Philip Murray
Sidney Hillman
Kansas
Bromfield
Cincinnati
National Labor Relations Act
Wage-Hour Division Reports Broad Compliance in Southern Ohio
The Wage-Hour division collected 102481 dollars in back pay for 4036 workers at 77 firms, but most firms complied with minimum wage and overtime rules. The piece notes union‑employer cooperation keeps standards, recalls the hard-won 40‑hour week, and warns that postwar job adjustments will require continued liberal administration and Congress support.
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Ohio
Congress
Who Is For Better Housing Rebuilds Cincinnati Slums
An editorial argues postwar Cincinnati must eradicate disease ridden slums. It notes extreme climate conditions, overcrowding, and decay worsened by wartime population shifts and calls for public housing reform. It questions tax rulings and political inaction while urging votes for pro public housing candidates.
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Cincinnati
Ohio Supreme Court
Bricker
Friends of Public Housing
Taft Evasions Exclude Willkie Labor Plan At 1940 GOP
Willkie’s concrete labor program was rejected by Taft Hoover forces at the convention. Excerpts show his plan for repeal of the Smith Connally Act wage hour laws and federal role in directing capital, plus a labor rights bill and a real labor representative in the Cabinet.
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Wendell L. Willkie
Robert A. Taft
GOP
Taft-Hoover
Willkie
UAW Wins Big at Milwaukee Allis Chalmers Plant
In Wisconsin wartime election the United Auto Workers CIO secured representation for 4000 workers at the Allis Chalmers supercharger plant with 1897 votes to 419 for the International Association of Machinists and 639 for no union. Most workers are women. The main plant’s 12,000 workers already have UAW representation.
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Milwaukee
NLRB
Wisconsin
United Auto Workers
CIO
Allis Chalmers
UAW
International Assn. of Machinists
AFL
Court Orders Reliance Dress Plant to Publicly Back Unions
Seventh Circuit rebukes Reliance Dress Manufacturing for anti union actions at an NLRB election in Huntington West Virginia. Foremen publicly urged employees to vote no, assaulted a union organizer, and circulated hostile racial messages. Court fines and requires a public retraction ad, plant PA system notice, and individual employee notices while ordering contempt officers to appear in Chicago.
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National Labor Relations Board
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
Chicago
Reliance Dress Manufacturing Company
NLRB
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
AFL
Huntington
W. Va
A. F. of L
Reliance
Dubinsky
New York
Federal Circuit Court
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Greater Cincinnati Industrial Union Council
Rollin H. Everett
Bell Block
Vine St
Jack Xroll
Robert Davidson
Ben Herman
al Whitehouse
Robert Spitzmiller
Waldo Stager
Julius Holzberg
A. C. Dermer
Dale Zysman
Hugo Klug
Earl Davis
Taft
Congressman Dripp
Federated Press
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