Meet Your Neighbor Taft Phrase Sparks Ohio CIO Convention Song
A catch phrase about Senator Robert A. Taft from the Ohio CIO Convention in Cleveland fuels a union song effort. Lyman Sexton of Cincinnati and Amelia writes parodies between jobs, drawing on his dancing band past and farm life. The Sextons’ nine acre farm hosts raspberries and multi state picking. This song joins his prior union rally piece This is our union This is our song May it never be wrong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert A. Taft
Ohio Cio
Cleveland
Ohio
Jack Kroll
Ohio Cio Council
Lyman Sexton
Cincinnati
Mrs. Sexton
Amelia
Cook
Ohio labor song writer linked to Taft defeat talk
The piece highlights a labor column’s spread about a composer who may gain nationwide popularity before November 1950. Lyman, employed at P. H. Davis Tailoring Co. in Cincinnati, serves as coat department shop chairman and union delegate to multiple bodies, including Coatmakers Local 113 and the Cincinnati Joint Board. He chairs the Davis Credit Union and has been active in ACW since 1936.
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Taft
Ohio
SUN
P. H. Davis Tailoring Co
Lyman
Marcella
Coatmakers Local 113
Clothing Workers Cincinnati Joint Board
Cincinnati Industrial Union Council
Ohio Cio Council
Cincinnati Council
Cincinnati Joint Board
Davis Shop
Davis Credit Union
ACW
P. H. Davis Co
PAC Victory Echoes in Chorus Across Ohio
The verse cheers Brother Kroll and PAC and CIO for victory and a 1948 date, pledging to keep 1950 on schedule. It names Robert Alonzo Alphonso, promises river raft jokes, and predicts Congress tireless of opponents, framing Ohio as a happy state to serve PAC.
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Jack Kroll
PAC
Kroll
Cio
Robert Alonzo
Alphonso
Congress
Ohio
Thomas Bill to repeal Taft Hartley faces Senate fight
The piece notes the Senate Labor Committee reported out the Thomas Bill and forecasts amendments to resemble Taft Hartley. It urges readers to contact Senators Taft Bricker and Elbert D. Thomas with support for the measure and warns of political consequences if workers do not respond. Also mentions a tent for sale and George Kirchner expanding poultry operations in Amelia offering fresh eggs.
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Thomas
Senate Labor Committee
Senate
Taft
Bricker
Elbert D. Thomas
c/o
Washington, D. C
Local 674 Fun Exchange Between Whitey and Reporter
Local 674 column notes ongoing friendly banter between Whitey and a longtime reporter. The piece hints at territory humor and personal ties as part of the ongoing column. Dolan is mentioned as an employment man in the text.
Dorothy Shapiro Rhumba Rumor Spreads at Plant
The note jokes about Dorothy Shapiro walking with a loose hip and taking up the rhumba on Monday evenings. It mentions Dick Lang's critique of a wage cut and a claim of misquote, while praising Mr. Dolan and questioning corrective coverage in papers.
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Dorothy Shapiro
Dorothy
Union meetings listed for multiple locals this March
Amalgamated Clothing Workers announces union meetings with dates and venues across multiple locals including Local 113 at 7 30 p m March 15 Local 164 on March 17 Local 175 March 15 and Local 200 March 18 at various times. Meetings take place at Union Headquarters 1015 Vine Street and Oddfellows Hall 5129 Montgomery Road among others.
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Amalgamated Clothing Workers
Vine Street
Joint Board
Whetsel Avenue
Oddfellows Hall
Montgomery Road
Plum Streets
Walnut Street
Walnut Streets
West Central Parkway
Junior Order
Spring Grove Avenue
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Eighth St
Premier Press
Cincinnati, Ohio
Pari
Union Headquarters
Union
ACWA
Tom Wrigley
USA
Richard
George Kirchner
Whitey
Reporter
Dolan
Dick Lang
Dick de
ST. Stephen’s Episcopal Church
J. Albert Dalton
Winton Road
Epworth Avenue
Neighborhood Buyers Guide
the Sun
Camp
Washington
Johnny Walker
Colerain
Marshall
John M. Walker
Wood
Colerain Ave
Elmwood
Kirby
Valley Hardware CO
Vine St
Madisonville
Plainville Rd
Norwood
A&n
Main Ave
Furniture
Prici
Oakley
Brotherton & Madison Rd
G. Koehl, Inc
Reading Food Shop
Josephine Busch
Jefferson Ave
Reading Dept. Store
Reading
Benson Cor
Jefferson
St. Bernard
Heller Radio & Appliance
Capitol
Walnut Hills
A. & N. Furniture and Appliance CO
Fricidaires Stoves
McMil Yedburn
Atlas Motors Inc
DODGE
Plymouth
Dodge Trucks
Montgomery Rd
Melrose
Auto Workers
Knowlton’s Corner
Metropole
Novelty Workers Local 256
Junior Order Hall
Weyer Avenue
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