Taft's 54 Million Bucks Talking On Labor Split
The letter accuses Editor Taft of using wealth to sway labor unity and drive a wedge between AFL and CIO. It questions Roosevelt era policies on the Wages and Hours Law Wagner Act relief and Social Security, arguing the editor aims to divide labor to benefit reactionaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Taft
Times-Star
Ferdinand Lundberg
Roosevelt
John L. Lewis
Dewey
Lewis
Willkie
AFL
CIO
Jobs, democracy, and the danger of big business
A public figure cites quotes about Hitler and an American soldier to stress the universal need for jobs. The piece warns that returning to Hoover era policies and unfettered big business could erode faith in democracy and harm employment and wages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Johnson
Hitler
Germany
England
Hoover
Taft Attacks World Bank Criticism at Bretton Woods
The editorial denounces Senator Taft for opposing a world bank at the Bretton Woods conference. It accuses him of backing financier interests and isolationism, warning such stance risks future war. It argues currencies must be government-controlled for peaceful cooperation and economic health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sen
Robert A. Taft
United Nations Monetary Conference
Bretton Woods
Hitler
Sen. Taft
United States
If Dewey Had Led the Nation in 1940
The Philadelphia Record contrasts Governor Dewey's 1940 stance with actual events, arguing his opposition to aid to Britain, lend-lease, and preparedness would have left the United States isolated and underprepared on the eve of Pearl Harbor. It contends Dewey later reversed positions only after Roosevelt proved them right.
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Dewey
Roosevelt
Republican Party
Thomas E. Dewey
White House
GOP
Congress
Great Britain
America
Britain
France
Winston Churchill
United States
Dallas
Tex
Franklin Roosevelt
Kings Mills UK negotiates renewal and WLB hearing briefs
Kings Mills UK negotiates contract renewal and Formica Insulation Co contacts have closed. Briefs for a WLB panel hearing are being prepared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kings Mills
Formica Insulation Co
WLB
Roosevelt backing by New York machinists union workers
The New York State Council of the International Association of Machinists endorsed President Roosevelt for reelection in a unanimous vote. The body represents about 85,000 AFL workers in state war plants shipyards machine and railroad shops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
Roosevelt
New York State Council of the
Intl. Assn
AFL
Law on High Interest Hurts Ohio Workers Says Labor
A labor statement denounces 3 percent monthly rates on chattel loans in Ohio as a moral outrage. It compares workers’ costs to middle and upper classes, calls for repeal and lowering of rates, and urges credit unions, union action, and central labor council committees to identify unfair installment houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Ohio
Central Labor Councils
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Rollin H. Everett
Bell Block
Vine St
Cincinnati
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A. C. Dermer
Max Sien
William Black
Jerry Maxey
Claude K. Sampson
Harry Brumell
Hermon Dickerson
Arthur Hartmann
Russell Quackenbush
Calvin Frech
Ray Tucker
Talmadge Raley
Earl Davis
Clarence Ray
World Bank
Philadelphia Record
House
Congressman Dripp
Yemen
EDR
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