GOP Slope Deepens Split Over Foreign Policy Platform
Chicago reports show the ultra-conservative GOP faction led by Sen. Taft dominates as Dewey Bricker and Willkie clash with the platform’s foreign policy. Willkie calls the plan phony and dangerous, while isolationists and labor leaders react with mixed approval and discontent.
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Chicago
Robert A. Taft
Cincinnati
Govs, Dewey
New York
Bricker
Ohio
Wendell Willkie
Willkie
Roosevelt
1100 Back to Making Vital War Material
Eleven hundred workers returned to production at the Andrews Steel plant in Newport after a government takeover ended a management strike cited by United Steelworkers of America leaders. The plant now outputs about 1,000 tons daily of shell steel as war needs rise, amid protests over forced shutdowns and morale concerns.
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Andrews Steel
Newport
United Steelworkers of America
al Whitehouse
Usa-Cio
War Production Board
Northern Kentucky
Whitehouse
The
Andrews
Feel Overworked Meet Mrs Ceil Engelke
War worker and mother of three, Mrs Ceil Engelke is a shop steward who has given full effort to the union her plant and her family.
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Ceil Engelke
UE Council
Red Cross
Advertisers Tied To War Bond Drive By Radio
Report cites WKRC and Taft station using patriotic pitch to lure customers in the Fifth War Loan drive. A out of town sales syndicate offers $1000 in bonds to customers of participating firms over three months for a $37.50 package that lists firms, slogans, and gets one page in the Times Star.
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WKRC
Taft
the Sun
Times Star
SUN
UAW-CIO Purchases $25,000 in War Bonds
United Auto Workers Wright Local No 647 authorizes a $25,000 purchase of war bonds as part of the Fifth War Loan drive. Robert Spitzmiller, president, announced the union’s contribution alongside members buying bonds individually as the campaign proceeds.
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United Auto Workers of America
Wright
Robert Spitzmiller
Labor-Management Committee
Shutdown Angers Sailors Who Say They Need Steel
A letter from George M. Ackman, a former Andrews Steel Co. worker now in the Navy, complains the company’s shutdown harms morale at the Naval Receiving Barracks in Newport. Ackman recalls quitting a $60 weekly job for Navy pay and urges the firm to send steel to aid in defense against Japan.
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Andrews Steel Co
Newport
Naval Receiving
Shoemaker
Cal
al Whitehouse
Usa-Cio
George M. Ackman
Andrews
Navy
Ackman
Editorial Register Squelch The Profiteers
An editorial warns profiteers will seek to end price controls after the war as in the prior conflict. Chester A Bowles price administrator cautioned this week while lawmakers debate postwar controls. The piece urges workers small business owners and farmers to vote for candidates who protect public interests this fall.
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Chester A. Bowles
Service Ballot Forms Available for Service Members
Applications can be picked up at the Board of Elections 622 Sycamore Street for service absentee ballots. Any relative may request by letter with an affidavit of relationship. ballots are mailed to military addresses. Some ballots may be issued without an affidavit if home and military addresses are provided. CIOPAC urges union members to obtain absentee ballots for service relatives.
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Board of Elections
Sycamore Street
Carl Wenzel
Wenzel
CIO Political Action Committee
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Madeline Quitter
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Formica
Uaw-Cio
Patriotic Workers
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