New York Bars Tool Owners Union as Fascistic Organization
The New York Board of Standards and Appeals rejected the Tool Owners Union TOU as a permitted business in New York state calling it the most fascistic organization encountered. AFL and CLO opposed the TOU’s bid after hearings in October and November. The board noted its duty to approve groups with union in their title and warned against undemocratic dangers to public life.
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Press Behavior and Pittsburgh Conference Sparks Newspaper Debate
The Times-Star alarmed readers with a hostile editorial on the Federal Council of Churches conference in Pittsburgh, claiming labor and leftist groups used the meeting to spread ideas. Reports from Edwin A. Lahey and Charley Taft countered that labor delegates outnumbered business reps and argued for human-centered values over wealth. The Catholic Telegraph Register noted church critics face pushback from big business when addressing economic injustices.
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Times-Star
Pittsburgh
Federal Council of Churches
Hulbert Taft
Edwin A. Lahey
Chicago Daily News
Charley Taft
Catholic Telegraph Register
Pittsburg
Telegraph Register
Strike 56 000 Voters Off Election Books
Fifty six thousand names were removed from registration files by the Board of Elections for failure to vote in the last two years. Ben Herman, Hamilton County PAC chairman, urged action before fall municipal elections noting the impact of nonvoting citizens and connecting the issue to broader political debates.
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Board of Elections
Ben Herman
Hamilton County Pac
Herman
National CIO School Set for Columbus Conference
A National Educational Conference sponsored by the CIO education and research department will meet in Columbus March 13 to 16. About 500 delegates from CIO unions across the country are expected as President Philip Murray addresses a March 16 luncheon. The four day program covers practical labor education topics and a basic training course for labor teachers.
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Columbus
Kermit Eby
Philip Murray
Eby
Warns Recession Ahead From 1947 Outlook
The Production Outlook 1947 warns prices must fall and purchasing power stay high to avoid recession in 1947. Unemployment could hit six million in Q4 if demand weakens. the report favors price decreases and steady production to keep consumer spending near income, else a 15 percent drop by year end.
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Ers
Ball Urges Edge Retained Against Labor Pressure
U S senator Joseph H Ball told the American Retail Federation that equal justice under law should apply in labor relations and warned that government must not align with labor against employers as in the New Deal. He argued that employers must retain advantages to keep a fair bargaining balance.
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Joseph H. Ball
American Retail Federation
Sonnycalb Leaves Jail Determined to Aid Unionism
Emerson Sonnycalb praised his 30 day jail stay as a boost to his unionist mission. He credited Judge Thomas Morrow for the sentence linked to a pic k et line assault charge and vowed to organize the unorganized and bolster UK at the Allis Chalmers plant. He thanked supporters who sent telegrams and visited during confinement.
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Thomas Morrow
Allis-Chalmers
Judge Deliberates in Reno Destruction Case
Judge Charles S. Bell has taken under advisement the case of Walter Reno vice president of Local 765 United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers charged with malicious destruction of property in the Allis Chalmers strike. Reno pleaded not guilty before Judge Bell Tuesday and denied throwing a brick through the windshield of an auto driven by strike breaker Edward Arinsmeier who claimed 17.50 in damages.
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Charles S. Bell
Walter Reno
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Bell
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