Greater Cincinnati Delegates Head to USA CIO Convention
Twenty seven Greater Cincinnati delegates led by Al Whitehouse will attend the USA CIO convention in Cleveland opening Tuesday. President Philip Murray may outline 1944-45 wage and contract changes while politics and War Labor Board issues loom large. local delegates include P P Haubner James Gallagher Albert Jordan and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greater Cincinnati
United Steelworkers of America
Cleveland
Philip Murray
Usa-Cio
al Whitehouse
District 25
CIO
Kentucky
USA
War Labor Board
Murray
P. P. Haubner
James P. Gallagher
Albert Jordan
Ed. Sensel
John LaMaur
Steve Dunlap
Chester Morgan
Kreimer
Robert Mulvey
Galen Northcutt
Oliver W. Kuhn
A.L. Whitehouse
Joe Weber
Norbert Letchfield
Oscar Karhoff
Kelly Lawson
R. J. Davidson
Charles Mahoney
Arthur Bishop
Sylvester Cole
Herb Prost
Charles Smith
Walter Skidmore
Babe Shelton
Glen Hess
Ruby Huddleston
Poll Tax Repeal Moves Toward Senate Vote
A April 27 agreement sets HR 7 for a May 9 Senate vote after a Barkley Mead McCarren meeting. Southern leaders plan to block via filibuster unless cloture passes, risking delay of tax bills and war funding.
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Washington
Senate
Alben Barkley
D. Ky
James Mead
Pat McCarren
D. Nev
Barkley
Kenneth McKellar
D. Tenn
James Eastland
D. Miss
Harry F. Byrd
D. Va
Lunkenheimer Co. Strike Charged in War Effort Row
USA-CIO leader Al Whitehouse accused Lunkenheimer Company management of provoking an unauthorized strike at the Fairmount plant by reinstating a harassing supervisor. He reports a sharp recovery in production after union and War Labor Board intervention, noting workers were limited to forty hours weekly for months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lunkenheimer Co
Fairmount
Usa-Cio
War Labor Board
al Whitehouse
Regional War Labor Board
Lun«kenheimer
Ohio labor seeks military ballot rights amid legislative debate
The Ohio Joint Labor Legislative Committee pushes an eight point plan granting armed services members federal and state ballots, direct mailing, no registration for soldiers, and extended voting hours. Lawmakers accept most points except allow only relatives to submit names, and reject points seven and eight.
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Board of Elections
Rest Earned by Gunner Hero and ACWA Member
Tc Sgt Forest G Seaver a former Sports Product employee and ACWA Local 200 member returns to the States after 25 missions as turret gunner on a Flying Fortress. He served 10 years in the Navy 1927 to 1937, re-enlisted at Pearl Harbor in the RAF, and took part in attacks on Schweinfurt Oscherleben Hamburg Bremen Gelsenkirchen Frankfurt and French coast targets. He holds the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters.
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Forest G. Seaver
Sports Product, Inc
ACWA
States
Seaver
Schweinfurt
Oscherleben
Hamburg
Bremen
Gelsenkirchen
Frankfurt
Ada Seaver
Selim Avenue
Fairmount
Seven Sons Serve in Armed Forces From Danville Family
G W Davis a local union official and newspaper secretary has seven sons serving in the armed forces. Four of the Davis boys volunteered with five in the navy. Two Davis brothers recently met in the South Pacific.
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Danville, Ill
G. W. Davis
United Bro. of Carpenters
AFL
Vermilion County Star
Afl-Cio
United Mine Workers Paper
Davis
Navy
South Pacific
Catholic Group Revives Fight Against Bigotry in War Time
New York reports Supreme Court Justice Frank Murphy will be honorary chairman of the revived Committee of Catholics for Human Rights. Emmanuel Chapman announced the group, now over 300 Catholics, resumes its anti bigotry work and will take a forthright stand on wartime and postwar issues to dispel myths about Catholics.
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New York
Supreme Court
Frank Murphy
Committee of Catholics For Human Rights
Emmanuel Chapman
Chapman
Unity Theme of Sorority Forum at Wilson Auditorium
Alpha Kappa Alpha sponsors a 8 15 Friday night forum in Wilson Auditorium titled Women on the March. Three nationally prominent women will speak: Mrs Thomsina Johnson Negro lobbyist in Washington, Mrs Pauline Redman Coggs Washington Urban League executive secretary, and Mrs Jeannetta Welch Brown National Council of Negro Women secretary. The event highlights Negro women contributions to war effort and community life and promotes cooperation among women of all races.
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Wilson Auditorium
Alpha Kappa Alpha
Thomsina Johnson
Washington
Nonpartisan
Council On Public Affairs
Pauline Redman Coggs
Washington Urban League
Jeannetta Welch Brown
National Council of Negro Women
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati
Esther Tice
WEW
CIO
UAW
Wright Plant
Mary Bartlett
Ruth Brooks
Arthur Hartmann Receives Well Wishes for Recovery
Arthur Hartmann associate manager of the Cincinnati joint board of the ACW and members of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America wish him a speedy recovery from an illness that has kept him from work for three months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
Arthur Hartmann
Cincinnati Joint Board
ACW
Nomination Meeting for Local 1334 Cemetery Workers
Members of Local No 1334 Cemetery Workers Spring Grove will nominate officers for the coming year at a meeting at the UE auditorium Spring Grove avenue and Hoffner street Monday night according to Gus Heitskamp president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spring Grove
UE Auditorium
Spring Grove Avenue
Hoffner Street
Gus Heitskamp
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Newusa
Ohio Daily
Columbus
Ohio
Enquirer
James G. Stewart
Edward D. Schorr
The
Times- Star
Labor
the Post
Ohio State Council of Defense
Armed Services
Boards of Elections
Merchant Marine
Red Cross
USO
Ohio Joint Labor Legislative Committee
Gunner
Pearl Harbor
RAF
Beverly Seaver
Merchant Marine Officer Candidate School
Ft. Trumbill
New London
Conn
Dorothy Seaver
Eastern Avenue
Sgt
Swilson
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