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Newspaper
Cincinnati The Sun
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1947
Page
1
Citizens urged to press the White House with telegrams and air mail letters as the labor bill moves through Congress. The measure would hinder union organizing and collective bargaining by creating delays that could stall or kill unions. Supporters urge immediate action within ten days of receipt.
The Greater Cincinnati CIO Industrial Union Council stressed defeating the Taft Hartley bill and building a political action committee for 1947 and 1948 elections. Special letters urge locals to flood Truman with veto requests while campaigns are described. 51 percent of Hamilton County CIO members are not registered, with over 40 000 eligible voters unregistered. A nine point PAC plan links registration to the anti labor fight and calls for local committees and transport for non registered members to the Board of Elections.
Judge Alfred Mack issued a sweeping injunction that barred picketing at Gardner-Richardson's Lockland plant though workers could protest across the street at a related company. Local 1009 leaders vow the union is not defeated as nearly 500 return to work, while unfair labor practices charges and arbitration demands are planned over wages and reinstatement of chairman Chester Mason.
A Cincinnati welfare official recalls a mother possum and eight offspring found in a hen house, contrasting with a human family of six children living in squalor. The father is a working man, housing at times scarce, and a baby died of tuberculosis last February.
Winston-Salem workers at R J Reynolds cigarettes mark one month on strike demanding 15 cents hourly wage rise. Frank Bender urges unity against divide and conquer tactics. A test case rules tenants facing eviction must post a bond equal to a year’s rent and cover court costs to appeal.
Nearly every item in the Bureau of Labor Statistics consumer price index rose between March 15 and April 15. Meat and dairy prices fell, keeping the index near balance. The April 15 figure stands at 156.1 percent of the prewar average, with food at 188 percent, clothing at 184.6, and house furnishings at 182.4.
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