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Newspaper
Cincinnati The Sun
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1948
Page
1
The payroll tax edged into Columbus in a special election with about 35,000 voting for and 25,000 against. Ohio CIO argues the tax burdens workers and calls for court challenge on constitutionality. State leaders press for relief from sales tax surpluses to curb payroll tax spread.
William Lavelle, CIO secretary treasurer, told Gov. Herbert that the 1947 Ohio budget relied on 95 million in sales tax but brought in 125,815,837. The 1948 plan projects 91 million yet the CIO expects around 140 million. The CIO invites the Ohio Association of Cities to seek a fall referendum if the governor does not act. Cincinnati is seen as needing more funds in 1948, especially if living costs rise and pay raises for city workers are required. Cities with payroll taxes have used city and school employee needs to win support for such laws.
Members of Local 17 walk out at Ilsco Copper Tube Co after management refuses 13 cent raise with cost of living adjustment, six holidays, and improved seniority and vacation. All 113 workers quit in three minutes. strike seen as 100 percent effective with morale high and committees active.
Chairman Alfred P. Sloan told stockholders General Motors profits are more emotional than economic. He cited first quarter net profits of 96.5 million in 1948 versus 60.8 million in 1947, with a 60 percent rise year over year.
Cincinnati attorney Cornelius J. Petzhold, speaking in Washington, urged Congress to strengthen the Taft Hartley Act to limit labor’s right to strike. Theodore R. Iserman, a Taft Hartley adviser, claimed welfare and pension funds bind workers to unions, arguing such funds push collective bargaining too far.
Seventy members of Griffin Wheel Local 647 strike in support of an 18 cent wage rise six paid holidays and a union shop. The strike board led by Irvin Rachel and John Thacker cites ongoing negotiations since mid April with a May 6 expiration and a 5 cent final offer from Griffin.
General Electric Co. offered an 8 percent wage increase to the United Electrical Radio & Machine Workers on June 8. GE estimated the raise would add about 9 to 15 cents an hour for about 125,000 employees, a proposal UE officers will study with no immediate comment. GE had previously refused to offer a wage rise despite UE claims that workers faced a $13 weekly loss in purchasing power since January 1945 due to rising prices.
Hearings on the unfair labor charge against the Gardner Richardson Co. began Monday and will be continued to the next session as workers press for a resolution. The dispute centers on labor practices at the Parleys plant with involvement from local union leaders and company officials.
The Amalgamated Clothing Workers CIO gave 10000 dollars to Memorial Hospital to endow two beds for children in memory of ACW vice president Dorothy J. Bellanca who died at the hospital August 16 1946. Exec vice president Hyman Blumberg cited her lifelong devotion to children and her labor activism. Bellanca rose from a Baltimore sweatshop worker to a national and international figure.
The National Labor Relations Board trial examiner ruled this week that the company and Local 1009 United Paperworkers can resume collective bargaining.
The League of Women Voters will host a Salute to the Freedom Train at 8 p.m. Monday June 14 at the Taft Museum Garden. The event kicks off the league’s drive to publicize the Freedom Train and the historical documents arriving in August. Peter Grant will conduct an evening with an historical quiz and experts including Gov. Herbert Judge Stewart Father Steiner Judge Morrow and league officers. Admission is free and the public is invited.
CIO organizing drive in the South shows gains after two years of opposition. Membership doubles from 400,000 to 800,000 and 800 new locals are chartered. Leaders credit progress toward closing the North South pay differential and improved regional wages, aided by ministers and anti prejudice efforts.
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