Civil Disobedience Debate at UTSE Convention in Chicago
The sixth UTSE biennial convention opened June 15 in Chicago with Willard S. Townsend opposing civil disobedience plans urged by A. Philip Randolph. Townsend backs the Marshall Plan for national security while dismissing disobedience as a solution. Delegates and officials including Dean Pickens and Verna Bell addressed the gathering, with greetings from notable leaders and officials. Several officers were reelected by acclamation, and local 809 members from Cincinnati joined the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Transport Service
Chicago
Willard S. Townsend
Brother Townsend
A. Philip Randolph
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car
Porters
AFL
Townsend
America
Dean Pickens
U.S. Treasury Dept
James T. Carey
National Cio
Allan Heywood
Organization of Cio
Verna FE
Bell
Women’s Auxiliary
UTSE
Truman
Philip Murray
Wagner
Crosser
Paul Douglas
Roosevelt
Lewis Schnellenbach
GM Smear Kills Labor Education
Washington report says Adam Stricker a GM economist, claimed to have attended Michigan classes and found Communist literature used in the classroom. He admitted only two classes, that the material originated from UAW CIO and was cited, and objected mainly to a cartoon of GM president C E Wilson. The tactic supposedly led Congress to kill the labor education extension bill in committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Adam Stricker
General Motors
Stricker
University of Michigan
Uaw-Cio
C. E. Wilson
Congress
Local 809 Auxiliary Leaders At UTSE Convention
The Local 809 Women's Auxiliary, at the sixth UTSE biennial convention, sent six members including Tessie Doe and Rosalie Mann. International president Willard S. Townsend spoke on careful politics and women’s roles in labor and politics. Guest speaker Faye Stevenson urged unity to tackle finance as a key issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Auxiliary
Utse
809
Tessie Doe
Ellie Balkcom
Rosalie Mann
Myself
Elizabeth Foster
Alberta Calloway
Willard S. Townsend
Faye Stevenson
Congress of Women’s Auxiliaries, Cio
Auxiliary 809
Lalitha Jordan
Postpone Aleoa Strike A Week Postpone Aleoa Strike A Week
Uncle Sam secured an 11 week postponement of a strike by 18 000 United Steelworkers against Aluminum Co of America. Federal Mediation Director Cyrus S Ching arranged the delay after a 2 hour talks with Alcoa. Negotiations resume next week on wage contract terms as unions seek higher pay, better insurance and pension plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Uncle Sam
United Steelworker
CSO
Aluminum Co. of America
Federal
Cyrus S. Ching
Union Pres
Philip Murray
Alcoa
Phone Workers Vote Set for Union Shop Election
Petition signatures meet Taft Hartley thresholds with 50 percent in Local 28 for an NLRB union shop election. AUTW plans wage review for Cincinnati clerks amid stalled NLRB funding, while ballots for a new contract will be distributed after the July 16 meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NLRB
American Union of Telephone Workers
Cincinnati
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Nathaniel Jordan
Bill Townsend
UTSB
Eugene Frazier
John Yancey
Earl Davis
Local 809
Southern Drive
CIO
William Jones
Ernest Cromwell
Ernest Vaughn
Emmett Williams
Pullman
William Stanton
Southern Dining
Jock Mann
Nelson Chisho
Local 809’S Auxiliary
Lalitha Jordana
R. W. Schellenberg
Thamesg
Doris Bennett
The
Plant Dept
T. J. Durkin
Melbourne
Joe Beirne
Communication Workers of America, Independent
Norma F. Naughton
AUTW
New York
Twoc-Cio
CWA
NFTW
Bell System
Joe
Montfort
C.C
Ain
North Bend
Montana
CLUB
Flamingo
Greater
Hemlock
York Street
Newport, KY
Meadowbrook
Venice
Phillvys
Nalwnut Hills
Western Hills
Taft Rd
Glenway Ave
Kemper Lane
Ferguson Rd
Bern's
Cheviot & North Bend
Middlewest
Spring Grove Ave
Anna and Hillside Ave
Lockland, C. Valley
Coney Island
Anderson Ferry Road
Price Hill Westwood
Pressler’s Cafeteria
East Sixth Street
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