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Newspaper
Cincinnati The Sun
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1944
Page
3
Louise L. McLaren national CIO PAC rep addresses women CIO unionists and auxiliaries as a Women’s Division is formed. She urges political action from every home as well as every shop and factory.
Labor and industry back the Infantry as Lt Gen McNair notes shortages never existed and weapons, equipment and supplies arrived. CIO President Murray and AFL President Green pledge full union support to ensure war materials are produced on time for June 15 Infantry Day.
Washington dispatch quotes Admiral Ernest J. King praising American workers for supporting World War II. King says since July 1, 1940 the navy increased warships by 130 percent, built vast supporting vessels, tripled fleet firepower, expanded air power fourteenfold, and expanded personnel nearly fifteen times.
The CIO Economic Outlook notes profits per employee reach $1,000 while the average worker's family has 35 cents left weekly after taxes and living costs in 1941 42. Wartime pay boosts earnings but not real purchasing power. It urges higher wages to avoid postwar hardship and ensure demand for goods.
The Arizona Labor Victory Committee concluded a two day spring convention in the state house voting unanimously to draft Roosevelt for a fourth term and to back pro labor Gov Sidney P Osborn for re election The gathering included 51 AFL delegates 14 CIO members 42 railroad brotherhood reps and Typographical Union and union ladies auxiliaries as part of a national legislative program advocating repeal of the Smith Connally act price controls GI bill and veterans measures.
Several hundred ministers educators businessmen and other leaders welcomed the decision in a statement sponsored by the Southern Conference for Human Welfare. The ruling upholding Negro voters in Texas primaries is praised as a win for freedom across the nation.
Washington warns war workers to conserve tires as the nation faces a critical shortage despite a large synthetic rubber program. Officials urge careful use and avoidance of unnecessary travel to stretch limited tire supplies.
International Fur and Leather Workers Local 214 touts output of 150000 skins weekly for American Oak Leather Co. with 650 employees all CIO. The plant, once cowhide focused, now hires more women including 40 at American Oak, and nears a new contract effective July 1 with management.
Washington report shows munitions output lagging in April with a 3 percent drop below the schedule and 2 percent below March levels, WPB chairman Donald M. Nelson announced in the monthly munitions production review.
A light hearted call to share The SUN with friends encouraging circulation and word of mouth outreach.
In Detroit the Union Bookstore refused police bids to remove the novel Strange Fruit, piling copies in the windows and inviting public support. Other shops caved, but the UAW backed freedom of the press, and Detroit kept selling the book amid a citywide push to ban it.
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