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Newspaper
Cincinnati The Sun
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1944
Page
5
The CIO and AFL pledge united support for the war effort on D Day. Murray and Green urge no strike disruptions and full production to speed victory, honoring the fighting men and ensuring uninterrupted supply lines.
Springfield dispatch reports delegates claiming 100 locals of Illinois District 12 United Mine Workers unaffiliated will hold a national conference of UMW provisional districts in Cincinnati on July 2 to push autonomy across midwestern and eastern coalfields.
In Elizabeth New Jersey on D-Day an employer, Wylie Brown of Phelps Dodge Copper Products, declined to join a union-backed production pledge. Across northern New Jersey and New York, UE CIO workers and managers attended demonstrations urging uninterrupted output until Allied victory. Brown’s long-standing anti union stance fueled unrest as UE urged a joint meeting at the plant.
In the name of 700000 war workers President Albert J Fitzgerald and Julius Emspak of United Electrical Radio & Machine Workers CIO wired Eisenhower and FDR pledging to place victory above all else as the UN launch the great offensive. They vow uninterrupted production, no restraint on guns and materials for the invasion front and to support home front unity under the commander in chief to ensure speed and completeness of victory and postwar peace and employment.
Detroit union leader Pres. R. J. Thomas declares in a speech that Eisenhower is the United Nations chief spokesman and the UAW rank and file must push for a collective contract. He calls for total elimination of nazism and fascism and urges shop workers to join uniformed troops to make invasion day the day of freedom.
A wartime call urges no rest for troops and minimal work stoppages. It praises Labor and Industry for sustaining production and asks councils to urge fair labor practices and unity in Cincinnati to set a national example.
Unions greet the D-Day invasion with strong support for Roosevelt and Eisenhower, pledging no strikes and increased production. AFL CIO locals rally workers in New York City and other plants with parades, blood drives, and bond campaigns while seamen pledge to keep ships sailing.
A casual prompt encouraging readers to share The SUN with friends. It emphasizes passing along the newspaper to broaden its reach and readership. The tone is upbeat and community oriented.
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