Taft backs wartime cotton price strike amid inflation critique
The article argues Sen. Robert Taft supported Bankhead's amendment to raise cotton prices, enabling textile makers to profit while workers face higher costs. It criticizes the strategy as harming affordable workwear and accuses Taft of double messaging and blundering on an Army book ban, linking it to broader wartime policy failures.
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Sen
Robert A. Taft
Daily Press
Roosevelt
Bankhead
Taft
FDR Hater Sabotages War Bonds
Bill Jack of Jack and Heinz Co urged Cleveland plant workers to cash in 20 million dollars in war bonds within 48 hours to buy new Jahico stock for 15 million in working capital. The stock is non voting and the plan drew strong criticism from local papers.
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Cleveland
Bill Jack
Jack & Heintz Co
Jahico
Associates
Jack & Heinz
Cleveland Press
Roosevelt
Washington
Jack
Union Organizing Fight Over Salant Shirt Plants in Tennessee
NLRB hearings expose a hostile local campaign in Tennessee against ACW CIO organizer Ed Blair. Citizens and Salant leadership claim “friendly” talks and mass meetings counter union propaganda, denying threats while detailing efforts to sway workers.
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NLRB
Salant & Salant Inc
Shirt Company
New York
Tennessee
Citizens Industrial Committees
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
CIO
ACW
Ed Blair
Lawrenceburg
Businessmen’s Committee
C. W. Moore Jr
Blair
Lafayette
Paris
Tenn
Union City
Martin
Salant
Aaron B. Salant
Radio gag on unions tests Seattle court action
In Seattle the Ship Sealers and Dry Dock Workers AFL announce a lawsuit against Station KOMO for cancelling a paid broadcast. The union says the station blocked a program supporting Sen Mon C Wallgren for governor and opposing Peace Now while KIRO aired pro Peace Now content. Union leader Del Castle criticizes press and radio for suppressing labor views amid wartime politics.
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Seattle
Ship Sealers & Dry Dock Workers
AFL
KOMO
Washington
Mon C. Wallgren
Northwest
Wallgren
United Labor
Sec. del Castle
KIRO
Peace Now
Castle
Roosevelt
Urges Registration Check by Cincinnati PAC
Ben Herman PAC chairman urged Cincinnati workers to verify voter registration at the Board of Election if in doubt. Cards sent to unregistered residents as of last October remain valid only if registration occurred after that date. October records were the last checked by PAC workers.
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Cincinnati
Board of Election
Ben Herman
PAC
Buyers Resented Avery Rebellion and Ward Decline
CHICAGO FP The fighting Uncle Sam and the union cost Montgomery Ward S L Averys firm over 24 million dollars in business in the first five months of 1944, compared with 1943. Sears Roebuck rose by about 40 million dollars in the same period. Local 20 CIO cites refusal of thousands of customers to do business with a firm defying the government and Army takeover as the reason for Ward's slump.
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Chicago
Union
Montgomery Ward
S. L Avery
Sears Roebuck
Ward
United Retail Wholesale & Dept. Store Employes
CIO
Union activity boosts membership in Tennessee hearings
NLRB hearings move through Tennessee towns and trigger a surge in union applications. ACW officials say workers no longer fear dismissal for union activity as government involvement grows.
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NLRB
Tennessee
ACW
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