CIO Sets Up Ward and Block Organization
William Hopper, CIO Political Action organizer, led initial steps to organize the city into 26 wards with ward captains and block workers. Ray Tucker, of United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America, was named 10th ward captain and Meyer Klein, Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America delegate, 13th ward captain.
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CIO
William Hopper
Ray Tucker
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America
Meyer Klein
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
Precinct Executives Plan Labor Voter Outreach
The plan shifts focus beyond two major parties to organize wards via precinct executives. CIO members will supply block workers as Hopper says ward captains will be named weekly to build Cincinnati and neighboring wards. Unregistered labor members will be canvassed and reminded by mail and in person from Room 214 in the Railway Clerks Building.
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CIO
Bill Hopper
Cio-Pac
Vine St
Cincinnati 2
Ohio
Hopper
Cincinnati
Norwood, St. Bernard and Elmwood
Labor
Railway Clerks
Company Offers Two Hours' Pay To Blood Donors
Cincinnati Industries offers two hours pay to employees who donate blood to boost Red Cross drives. The move is supported by Local 210 Textile Workers of America with high union participation in voting. CIO textile workers in Cincinnati respond enthusiastically to political action, though labor management coordination is cited as a factor in overall slack.
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Textile Workers of America
Red Cross
Cincinnati Industries, Inc
Russell Quackenbush
Cincinnati Industries
CIO
Cincinnati
Quackenbush
Local Leaders Attend Chicago Negro Political Action Conference
Jerry Maxey treasurer of Industrial Union Council will represent the group at a CIO called Negro Political Action conference in Chicago. Also attending are William Beckham chairman of the UAW bargaining committee at the Wright plant where Maxey serves as local secretary.
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Jerry Maxey
Industrial Union Council
CIO
Chicago
William Beckham
United Auto Workers of America
Wright Plant
Maxey
Cemetery Workers Seek Three Cent Raise in Negotiations
Spring Grove Cemetery workers press for a retroactive three cent per hour raise to June 1 as the present contract nears its September expiry. Union Local 1334 will be notified of managements decision this week. Local leaders include Gus Heitkamp as president and officers Reihle Kelsh Zipperer Lankst Maschmeyer. Local 1334 has headquarters at the Junior Order Hall Knowlton's Corner.
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Spring Grove Cemetery
Local 1334
Gus Heitkamp
Heitkamp
J. Reihle
M. Kelsh
T. Zipperer
L. Lankst
E. Maschmeyer
Spring Grove Avenue
Knowlton’s Corner
City pools funding criticized and idle facilities noted
City officials under 25 discussed private party access to pools for 100 dollars weekly. Mrs. Feder criticizes a fragmented recreation budget and urges a single funded plan. Four pools at Bloom Stowe Guilford and Walnut Hills remain idle this summer. Walnut Hills pool never operated by the Commission. The Jewish Community had run Walnut Hills pool previously.
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Deering
Commission
Council
Recreation Commission
Mark G. Feder
Hamilton County Good Government League
League of Women Voters
Cincinnati
Bloom School
Stowe School
Guilford
Walnut Hills High School
Walnut Hills
The
Iron Age finds veterans favor unions in survey
Cleveland report notes 90 percent of returning World War II veterans in civilian jobs favor labor unions while 10 percent oppose. The magazine also says 73 percent expect jobs for veterans as their right.
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Cleveland
Iron Age
Government bid to save Andrews steel plant rejected
USA and WPB officials discuss resuming production at the Andrews shell making plant and a neighboring $5 million shell plant. CIO director Whitehouse says Army Ordnance and WPB assure reactivation soon, with possible government takeover to run the facilities. Newport Riling Mill shutdown cited as cost to military of 1000 tons daily.
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WPB
al Whitehouse
District Usacio
Army Ordnance
Andrews
I1.s'p Murray
CIO
USA
Newport Riling
War Production Board
Reserve Metals Corporation
Newport Steel
WLB
Andrews Steel
Whitehouse
Washington Wpb
District Steel
Pledge Cards Must Be In By July 4th
The Roosevelt pledge drive gains traction with unions urging timely card submissions to the CIO Political Action Committee. Ohio CIO Council official George De Nucci urges cards be sent by July 4, noting enthusiastic local shipments and a symbolic finish date. Anna Vandeval reports fifty cards turned in by a meeting of the Women's Price Hill Democratic Club, including twelve Republican signers.
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United Auto Workers of America
Roosevelt
State Cio Council
Wright Plant
George de Nucci
Ohio
CIO
CIO Political Action Committee
House Rejects Two OPA Amendment Changes
The House defeated a cotton textile amendment similar to the Bankhead plan 191 to 87 but approved two other provisions. One would allow any of the 318 federal district judges to hear protests against OPA rulings and review them. The second would require OPA to prove willful violation before punishment, reversing the common law idea that ignorance is no excuse.
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House
OPA
Bestsellers at Union Bookstore Detroit
Nonfiction titles include That Man In The White House Under Cover Facts and Fascism Sabotage Here Is Your War. Fiction listings feature Strange Fruit A Tree Grows in Brooklyn A Bell for Adano While Still We Live The Robe and more boosted by mail and counter sales.
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Union
Woodward
Detroit 2
White House
Brooklyn
Adano
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