Dangers Of Beryllium In Fluorescent Tubes Stir Controversy
Reports from New York and New Jersey detail beryllium poisoning linked to smashed fluorescent tubes. A six year old in Guttenberg was harmed by a broken tube, while an Elizabeth employee died with poisoning listed as cause. The piece accuses major lamp makers of concealing risks and notes warnings to industrial users but not to consumers.
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New York
Guttenberg
N. J
Elizabeth
Clorescent Laboratory
Federated Press
New York State Labor Dept
Leonard Greenberg
Journal of the American Medical Assn
Labor Herald
CIO
Southern California Edison Co
Pacific Gas & Electric Co
Harold Rossman
Sylvania Co
Big Business
Division of Industrial Hygiene
Federated Pictures
Substitutes Tested as Beryllium Dangers Highlighted by Labor Leaders
Labor leaders from Local 410 in Bloomfield New Jersey assert beryllium is a killer noting two worker deaths in two years amid calls for public warnings. Sylvania and Westinghouse deny details while promising a joint announcement if a substitute is found.
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Federated Press
Labor Herald
Sylvania
Westinghouse
Dick Lynch
United Electrical Radio & Machine Workers
CIO
Bloomfield
N. J
Lynch
CIO Leaders Oppose Spain Joining UN
Philip Murray and William Green joined 49 Americans in urging President Truman to oppose Franco Spain’s admission to the UN. The Nation Associates sponsored the protest, criticizing moves to admit Spain and grant Western benefits indirectly. Other signers included Jacob Potofsky of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers and Walter Reuther of the United Auto Workers.
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New York
CIO Pres
Philip Murray
AFL
William Green
Pres
Truman
Spain
United Nations
Nation Associates
Jacob S. Potofsky
The
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
Walter P. Reyther
United Auto
Protests Cite U S Plan on Madrid Ambassadors and Franco Spain
The protest challenges the General Assembly push to lift the ban on ambassadors to Madrid and to open UN subsidiary agencies to Franco Spain. The speakers say peace cannot rest on alliances with the last Nazism remnants and warn such moves add to threats to peace.
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Treas
James
General Assembly
Madrid
Spain
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