Unions See Strength in Social Security Push
Charles Livermore of the CIO War Relief Committee spoke at the Labor Conference for Social Services, noting unions now have the resources to provide economic security beyond jobs. He cited Detroit's program where shop stewards for social service link members to city agencies through a central referral system.
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Charles Livermore
CIO War Relief Committee
Labor Conference For Social Services
Livermore
Detroit
Let Congress Know About Inflationary Bills and Labor Probe
The note urges union members and unions to press Congress against price control bills S 1764 and HR 4941 expiring June 30, noting Bankhead amendments would lift textile price limits and House steps would freeze rents and other prices. It reports unions wiring senators to back the bill without poll tax senator amendments and clues toward a veto by Roosevelt if passed with changes.
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Senate
House
Roosevelt
Federal Workers Union challenges Hatch Act in court
Opposing Section 9 a of the Hatch Act, the United Federal Workers CIO plans to open their case in U S District Court on June 29 to stop the Civil Service Commission from enforcing the provision. The UFW argues the section deprives government employees of constitutional rights.
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Washington
United Federal Workers (Cio
U. S. District Court
Civil Service Commission
UFW
Detroit AFL backs Roosevelt for reelection
The Detroit and Wayne County Federation of Labor AFL unanimously endorsed Roosevelt for reelection, following similar actions by numerous Detroit AFL local unions.
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Detroit
Roosevelt
Detroit & Wayne County
CIO PAC Leader Defends Postwar Political Action
Hillman defended the CIO PAC as seeking the largest possible postwar vote and national cooperation. He criticized Dewey and Republican leaders for ignoring nation’s problems while praising AFL cooperation and vowing to discuss postwar employment and international cooperation with voters.
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Hillman
Thomas E. Dewey
Cio-Pac
AFL
Political Action Committee
PAC
CIO
Help Train Soldiers program trains GI Joes with Union Oil
In Los Angeles the Oil Workers International Union CIO and Union Oil Co. launch a program to train GI Joes and officers for rebuilding refineries wrecked by enemy forces. The contract with Army engineers corps ensures union backing and full participation.
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Los Angeles
Oil Workers International Union
CIO
Union Oil Co
Army
Engineers Corps
Oil
Draft rejections tied to schooling lacks and mental disease
Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, Director of Selective Service, said nearly a million draft rejections stem from educational deficiency and mental disease in a speech to the American Association for Health, Physical Education and Recreation in New York.
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New York
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
American Association For Health, Physical Education and Recreation
Aluminum and Steel Unite in CIO Labor Merger
The United Steelworkers of America and Aluminum Workers (CIO) approve a union merger in Hot Springs Arkansas to form a single body in Pittsburgh this week. William Black leads the push to organize unorganized workers with a potential 1 2 million members across U S plants and Canadian aluminum labor facing wage pressure from Canadian workers.
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Jack Parker
U. E. Amalgamated
Harry Hines
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America
King Tool Co
War Labor Board
United Steel and Aluminum Workers of America
Pittsburgh
Aluminum Workers
CIO
United Steelworkers
William Black
Usa-Cio
Hot Springs
Ark
Robert Ester
Paul Klosterman
Ed Smith
Charlies Kaake
United States
Canada
Black
Amalgamated
Aluminum Industries, Inc
N. A. Zonarich
AWA
Douglas Aircraft Workers Praised by General Arnold
Douglas Aircraft Corp. Long Beach workers organized by the United Auto Workers CIO were praised by Gen. H H Arnold for record breaking production aiding invasion preparations. Arnold credited the energy and industry of the men and women at Douglas with boosting current and future operations.
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Los Angeles
Douglas Aircraft Corp
Long Beach
United Auto Workers (Cio
H. H. Arnold
Arnold
Douglas
Equal Pay Efforts Highlighted By Women's Bureau
Washington unions push for equal pay with hundreds of contracts in women employing industries. The Women's Bureau released a progress report detailing these efforts and the spread of equal pay clauses across major unions.
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Washington
Women’s Bureau
Fascist Run International Bank Cuts Appeasement Dividends
The Bank for International Settlements in Basle, a key link in Nazi appeasement finance, faces a May 22 board meeting. Axis proxies shape dividends as the BIS funds Nazi and fascist economies, with Germany controlling operations and policy through shares in overrun nations. The bank emphasizes neutrality while praising Nazi inflation control and endorsing European economic unity centered in Berlin.
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International Bank
New York
Bank For International Settlements
Basle
Switzerland
BIS
Bank
The
Federal Reserve System
First National Bank of
Chicago
J. P. Morgan & Co
Thomas H. McKittrick
National City Bank of
Genoa
Italy
Germany
Netherlands
Greece
Denmark
Czechoslovakia
France
Reichsbank
Axis
United Nations
England
Hitler
Europe
Yugoslavia
Soviet Union
China
United Nations Monetary Stabilization Fund
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Federated Press
FEPC
War Agency
Mittee
Spangler
Harrison E. Spangler
Avery
Pew
Florida
Texas
Alabama
Oregon
California
Aluminum and Steel Unite
BY C. M. Winthrop
Ernst Weber
Swiss National Bank of Zurich
Japan
Belgium
Countries
Berlin
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