Press Freedom Fight Seen Ebbing In Cincinnati
The piece notes hopeful signs that a fierce attack on press and speech freedoms in Cincinnati is waning. It argues the public may see through anti CIO campaign rhetoric, compares editorials from Times-Star and Enquirer, and questions the cost and impact of anti CIO drives amid political spending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Cincinnati
CIO
The
Times-Star
Political Action Committee
Supreme Court
Enquirer
Calls For Sailors Posters Urge Rejoining Merchant Marine
The Greater New York Industrial Union Council printed 20 000 posters urging former seamen to rejoin the merchant marine. Posters will be displayed in union halls and on bulletin boards in shops and factories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
Greater New
Adult Education Aids For Unionists Cited
Mrs. Edward S. Parsons outlines the Adult Education Council as a coordinating body for community education groups. It prepares a fall class bulletin for union members and offers a speakers service and collaboration with the Cincinnati Public Library. The council links with the Hamilton County National Defense Council and the Veterans and Servicemen's Information Center to aid returning soldiers and civilian defense education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adult Education Council
Edward S. Parsons
Cincinnati Public Library
Hamilton County National Defense Council
Veterans and Servicemen’s Information Center
Duluth union drives rapid registration across plants
In Duluth Minnesota a plant by plant drive boosted union registration from near zero to almost complete in under four months. United Steelworkers organizers used shop stewards to interview workers, report data, and arrange staggered deputy registrar visits to plants, with peer pressure urging remaining unregistered members to sign up before the June 19 deadline. The effort has signed up over 3,000 of 4,000 CIO members and spurred AFL registration in local shipyards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth
Minn
United Steelworkers
CSO
CIO
AFL
Diamond Calk
Butler-Duluth
Fires 3000 And Still Wants to Hire
Philadelphia report notes Edward G Budd Mfg Co has fired over 3,000 workers for union activity in eight weeks while continuing to place help wanted ads. Budd faces organizing by UAW CIO for 12,500 production workers and awaits an NLRB election for 1,500 white collar employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Edward G. Budd Mfg. Co
Budd
Henry Ford
United Auto Workers
CIO
United Office & Professional Workers
NLRB
Cottons Soar Prompt Housewife Shopping Search
SUN reporter Madeline Quitter details a shopping expedition on rising cotton prices. With washable cotton dresses in mind she argues price relief for housewives is essential, accusing textile makers and opposing price controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SUN
Bankhead
Taft
Stockholders vote against cartel ban at Standard Oil of New Jersey
Standard Oil of New Jersey shareholders narrowly defeated a minority proposal to bar cartel pacts that limit production or fix prices. The vote stood 19,407,627 to 289,142. President Gallagher predicted dividends of 2.50 for six months and net income around 70 million for the period. Readers note rising dress prices across stores and departments as wartime costs spike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flemington, N. J
Standard Oil Co. of
New Jersey
William Floyd II
Floyd
Standard Ojil
L G. Farbenindustrie
Gerard
France
Oil Workers Intrl Union
OIO
R. W. Gallagher
Boaming
Labor Threatened In Louisiana By Union Bills
A CIO led delegation, including Robert W. Starnes and multiple unions, protests two proposed bills in Baton Rouge that would abolish the closed shop and impose strict controls on union finances, linking the measures to the Christian American Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Robert W. Starnes
CIO
Christian American Association
Manford
Texas
Bradford
Alabama
Employers May Award War Bond Prizes To Workers
The National War Labor Board and the Commissioner of Internal Revenue said employers can give prizes in war bonds to workers for selling war bonds during the 5th War Loan drive. Prizes must be specified in a filed regional WLB statement and cannot exceed 250 dollars face value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National War Labor Board
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
WLB
Cooperatives Win Boost From Unions Say AFL Endorses
The AFL endorsed organizing consumers cooperatives by unions in Labor's Monthly Survey. It argues unions protect income but members must also protect spending by forming consumer cooperatives that own and control stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Consumers Cooperatives
AFL
Labor
Also Mentioned on This Page
Democracy
Bricker
Mien
Council
KID
Madeline Quitter
James W Gerard
Germany
OPA
San Francisco
CIO Political Action Committee
United Sugar Workers, Textile Workers Union
Ind Fur & Leather Workers Union
United Brewery Workers
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!