Labor Stands Put On Taft Hartley Repeal Demands
Washington reports liberal lawmakers sent the Taft Hartley repeal issue back to committee after clashes over the Lesinski and Wood bills. CIO backs Lesinski while labor housing criticisms highlight gaps in 1949 policy. Senate cuts the Labor Department appropriations bill by 5 percent as part of budget economy moves.
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Washington
Lesinski
House
Bent Philip Murray
CIO
Capitol Hill
Senate
Labor Department
Federal Security Administration
Robert Taft
R. O
Thousand gather to greet Tobin at Democratic banquet
Nearly 1000 people are expected to hear Secretary of Labor Maurice Tobin speak at a Democratic dinner and rally Tuesday May 10 at the Hotel Gibson Roof Garden. Speakers include Jack Kroll George Harrison and labor leaders from CIO and AFL unions.
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Tobin
Labor
Maurice Tobin
Hotel Gibson Roof Garden
Raymond Wilson
Jack Kroll
CIO- Pac
Cincinnati Joint Board
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
George Harrison
The
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Ohio FEPC bill faces House reversal amid education plan shift
In Columbus the Fair Employment Practices measure weakened as a Senate panel backed replacing mandatory action with an education program. The House previously rejected the education approach. Voters may later decide on a colored oleo issue as well. Unemployment compensation and workers’ compensation bills loom with active lobbying by the CIO and business groups.
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House
FEPC
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Ohio Association of Manufacturers
Blood Bank Studied and Moore Wins Auto
Efforts to establish a CIO blood bank in the Cincinnati area are underway via the Cincinnati Industrial Union Council community services committee led by Joseph Sepate. Beauford G. Moore of Auto Local 674 won a 1949 Oldsmobile after the meeting, with cash awards to several other members and a $15 minute wage note for Kathy Rommeihs.
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Charles Ginnochio
Duckworth Club
Ohio
Hamilton County
William H. Black
Greater Cincinnati
CIO
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Industrial Union Council
Community Services Committee
Joseph Sepate
Clothing Workers Business
Beauford G. Moore
Chevrolet Co
Norwood
Auto Local
Oldsmobile
Edward B. Hellkamp
Victor Kellar
Otis Evans
E. H. Lohr
Harry Eilers
Edward Schneider
W. A. Tewart
Edward Schock
Barbara Frank
South Pacific
Kathy Rommeihs
Helen Rommeihs
District 25 Steelworkers
Kathy
Council
Speedup Sparks Major Singer Strike in Elizabeth NJ
About 5000 Local 401 CIO members picketed Singer Sewing Machine Co in Elizabeth New Jersey last week after company negotiators rejected wage, shorter workweek, and end to speedup demands. The core issue is the standards system of speedup cited by a UK spokesman as behind rapid output and meager incentives.
Kroll Denounces Bricker Over Housing Hopes
Ohio CIO Council executive board blasted Senator Bricker for claiming 800 Columbus vacant housing units. Kroll cited 14,650 active public housing applications and widespread despair from families in barns, shacks, and trailers. He accused Bricker of fabricating data for political gain and demanded addresses from the senator.
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Columbus
Ohio Cio Council Executive Board
Jack Kroll
John W. Bricker
Senate
Kroll
Bricker
George Tifft
Columbus Real Estate Board
Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority
Post Office Department
Senator Brickser
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Leo Goodman
CIO National Housing Committee
House Banking Committee
Chaim Weizmann
State of
Israel
Blair House
Pres. Truman
Truman
Federated Pictures
Duckworth Democratic Club
Hamilton County Women’s Democratic Club
Ben Herman
Cincinnati Clothing Workers, Cio
Robert Roulston
AFL
Herman
State
Judiciary Committee
Nathan Cowan
Cowan
Huber
Moore
Cincinnati Cio
Singer
Political Action Committee
James C. Connell
Fawick Aidflex
People of
Senator
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