What Shall We Do With Germany Forum Topic
Howard Y. Williams, Midwest director of the Union For Democratic Action, discusses Germany at 8 p m Tuesday in the Victory Room Hotel Gibson. Williams, a World War I veteran and active Progressive, helped defeat isolationist senator Gerald Nye. The forum is sponsored by the Progressive Citizens Committee chaired by Mrs Clyde Johnson.
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Germany
Howard Y. Williams
Progressive Citizens Forum
Victory Room
Hotel Gibson
Williams
Midwest
Union For Democratic Action
Gerald Nye
North Dakota
Progressive Citizens Committee
Clyde Johnson
Six Republicans Blamed For FEPC Bill Failure
Hamilton County Republicans face blame as the Ohio Senate Rules Committee voted six to two to bury the FEPC bill. Sen. Lawrence A. Kane of Cincinnati was named in the delegation. NAACP leader Theodore Berry sought help from local officials and party leaders but the bill failed to reach the floor for debate.
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Ohio Senate
FEPC
Lawrence A. Kane
Cincinnati
Columbus
Truman
Congress
Sen. Kane
Theodore M. Berry
NAACP
Hamilton County
Berry
Benjamin A. Tilford
Lincoln-Douglass
Republican Club
Rep
Gordon Renner
House
Senate Taxation Committee
Senate
Washington Report Warns Unemployment Crisis Looms
The article notes rising unemployment as war production winds down. Senator O Mahoney warns of a crisis if the war ends suddenly while WPB chair J A Krug cites nearly three million fewer war jobs in three months. AFL economist Boris Shiskin fears up to 4 million unemployed during the Pacific war. Federal workers lost about 8 000 jobs in April. several plants plan closures.
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O’mahoney
Wyo
Japan
J. A. Krug
WPB
Boris Shiskin
AFL
Robert Raspeck
House Civil Service Committee
Willow Run
Curtiss-Wright
St. Louis
Louisville
Studebaker
Chicago
South Bend
Fort Wayne
Ben Herman III Recovering at Jewish Hospital
Ben Herman III employment manager for the Amalgamated Clothing Workers and director of Hamilton PAC is reported recovering from an illness at the Jewish Hospital. He will return home in about a week to rest for several weeks before resuming work.
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Amalgamated Clothing Workers
Hamilton Pac
Jewish Hospital
Herman
Bitter lesson in Ohio party politics and working people
The piece attacks party machines in both parties and blames the Republican machine led by Boss Ed Schorr for harming workers in Ohio. It cites a trimmed Unemployment Compensation bill, Senator Fred G. Reiners and his income tax proposal, and Hamilton County’s anti progressive actions including Ray Skirvin’s fight against public housing.
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Kansas City
Tom Pendergast
Ed Schorr
Fred G. Reiners
Cincinnati
Reiners
Hamilton County
Ray Skirvin
Columbus
Skirvin
Stewart
Ohio Senate Rejects Democratic Reforms on Unemployment Bill
In Columbus the GOP held firm as the Ohio Senate blocked Democratic amendments to an unemployment bill. The measure keeps a two week waiting period, keeps disqualifications, and sets a $5 minimum, while critics say it favors employers and traps potential beneficiaries. The bill moves to the House amid party tensions.
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