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Newspaper
Cincinnati The Sun
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1948
Page
4
Public notice marks entry as second class matter June 30 1944 at Cincinnati Ohio under act of March 3 1879. It lists Rollin Sh Everett 15 East Eighth St Cincinnati 2 Ohio and MAin 4813.
A reader notes Cincinnati Gas and Electric Co advertising campaigns praising Cincinnati industrials and questions whether rate increases for small electricity users fund national ads. The piece wonders if the ads aim to ingratiate the city while consumers bear the cost via higher rates.
The Enquirer treats the State Labor News with skepticism while quoting its editor’s AFL ties on Taft and labor issues. It argues for fuller attribution of quoted views and notes the paper’s stance on union shop and Taft-Ellen-Wagner housing bills amid labor unrest warnings.
Everett warned that blockworkers face tougher times if action slows as employers rally under the Taft Hartley Act. Ray Sowder introduced a delegation from the Telephone Workers group and Ray Tucker outlined PAC fundraising ideas including Repeal Taft Hartley neckties and scarves sale.
The piece reports CIO attorneys challenging the Taft-Hartley indictment of CIO President Philip Murray as unconstitutional. It notes CIO actions including enjoining enforcement of the political section, involvement of CIO officials at a labor conference with Marshall Plan nations, and threats to longshore hiring halls. It also mentions CIO unions traveling to Latin America and a million-dollar damage suit against struck cable firms.
About 300 Local 310 United Steelworkers members visited the Board of Elections on Wednesday to register or check status on their way to injunction hearings. Some aimed to vote against Taft-Hartley law backers, others sought to confirm 1948 eligibility, and the union council backed the strike against Aluminum Industries.
UAW President Walter Reuther and Secretary-Treasurer Emil Mazey filed in federal court to declare Section 304 of the Taft Hartley act unconstitutional and seek an injunction against its enforcement. The suit follows CIO President Philip Murray’s arraignment on Taft Hartley charges tied to support for Rep. Edward Garmatz in a July election. Reuther says the case will affect the 1948 campaign and would go to a three judge panel with direct appeal to the Supreme Court.
Gilbert Butler of Local 189 and Ray Sowder of United Steelworkers attended a state CIO veterans meeting in Columbus last weekend. The group urged adoption of CIO policy to back the American Veterans Committee and to form active veterans groups in local unions. The Greater Cincinnati CIO Industrial Union Council Veterans Committee elected Tom Raley as temporary chair with Nathaniel Jordan Henry Seibert Joseph Sepate and Ray Sowder as members.
The piece argues Patton v Mississippi critiques race based jury rules, noting Lauderdale County Negro underrepresentation on juries for 30 years. It claims Mississippi Supreme Court excuses discrimination while the U.S. Supreme Court says absence of proof of reform does not refute racial exclusion.
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