Postwar Housing Fight Seen as Harmful to Veterans
Susan Alexander argues the House version of the Patman Emergency Housing Bill strips price ceilings and production subsidies, risking 2.7 million homes by 1947. The piece warns against lifting rent controls and cites Sarasota Florida rent hikes as proof price controls protect veterans and tenants. It calls for pro housing amendments to extend subsidies and ceilings through 1948 and urges civic pressure on senators.
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Patman
Senate
House
OPA
Sarasota
Fla
Congress
Hartley House Committee
Ad Campaign Presses Against Labor in Pathfinder Ad
Washington report notes Pathfinder Magazine run by Joseph Pew publishes a double page attack signed by the Conference of American Small Organizations. The piece claims Big Labor aims to debase American business and that many CIO AFL members are not voluntary unionists, ignoring NLRB strike vote larger majorities.
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Washington
Smail
Joseph Pew
Pathfinder Magazine
Pathfinder
Conference of American Small Organizations
W. Jackson Blvd
Chicago 4
CIO
AFL
National Labor Relations Board
Elston Vote Hurts Vets Housing Debate
The Ohio delegation including Charles Elston and others cast a not to be recorded vote on the Patman Housing Bill aimed at a large veterans housing program. Elston plus Smith Brown Vorys and Jenkins faced criticism for two previous votes and mixed positions on related labor and state issues.
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Ohio
Elston
Smith
Brown
Vorys
Jenkins
Job Seekers in Cincinnati Rise to 34 200 in March
Job seekers in Cincinnati climbed to 34 200 by March 1 up 6000 from February totals. John M. Baker, manager of the United States Employment Center, reported that one third of the count are women and that three of five men are veterans.
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Cincinnati
John M. Baker
United States Employment Center
CIO Seeks Florida Political Alliance With Diverse Groups
In Tampa the CIO outlined a political action program seeking an alliance with farmers small business owners church groups and civic organizations across Florida as part of its state convention agenda.
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Tampa
Fla
CIO
Florida
House Dress Pattern No 8857 for sizes 14 to 42
This crisp house dress is useful and easy to make Pattern No 8857 offered in sizes 14 16 18 20 40 and 42 Send 20c with name address pattern number and size to Federated Press Pattern Service 1150 Ave of the Americas New York 19 NY
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Federated Press Pattern Service
Ave. of the Americas
New York
N.Y
Truth About Unions a Clear View from Huberman
Federated Press reviews Leo Huberman’s The Truth About Unions, praising its clear, illustrated 87 pages. The book explains unions and rights under Wagner Act, covers AFL CIO railroad unions and issues like feather-bedding and racketeering, and includes a directory of American unions with 1944 figures.
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Leo Huberman
Pamphlet Press
New York
Westbrook Pegicre
William Randolph Hearst
Pegler
Joe Worker
AFL
CIO
Huberman
Tobacco profits back 65 cent minimum wage claim
Sen. Glen H. Taylor argues high tobacco profits would absorb a 65 cent minimum wage. He notes 58 percent of tobacco workers earned under 65 cents and says raising wages to 65 cents would cost the industry about 14 million dollars from its 1944 154 million dollar profit.
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Washington
Glen H. Taylor
Idaho
Taylor
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