Union Busting Planned Across Industry Says Labor Mobilizes
In New York and other areas, labor warns that firms resisting War Labor Board orders will be fought. Fur coat manufacturer groups and Phelps Dodge Copper Products Corp. refuse to abide by regional WLB decisions. CIO unions, led by United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers, take cases to the NWLB amid broader business defiance.
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New York
Sewell Avery
Montgomery Ward
Mohawk Valley
War Labor Board
Associated Fur Coat & Trimming Manufacturers Inc
Ind. Fur & Leather Workers Union
CIO
Arthur Steinberg
WLB
Association of Fur Manufacturers
Gvernment
Roosevelt
Phelps Dodge Copper Products Corp
United Electrical Radio & Machine Workers
NWLB
Security Title & Guarantee Co
Kings County Capital Corp
Brooklyn
United Office & Professional Workers
Cincinnati
American Mining Congress
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Philadelphia
G. Mason Owlett
Pennsylvania Manufacturers Assn
Avery
Board of Education
Helen Edger
Office of Emergency Child Care
Community Chest
Inadequate Use of Child Centers in Cincinnati War Era
A 1942 Cincinnati report finds child care centers underused despite War Manpower aims. 1200 children served in 22 centers with 3 trained teachers per site, fees charged, and meals provided. Yet enrollment runs well below capacity, with nurseries and elementary centers far from full.
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Cincinnati
War Manpower Commission
Detroit
WMC
Margarine Tax Repeal Sought By Consumers
Mrs. Dennis E. Jackson of the Greater Cincinnati Consumer Conference urged the public to write Congress for margarine tax repeal. A new bill may be heard in a Senate committee around June 1. the proposal would remove the 10c per pound tax on colored margarine and the retailer license while leaving some taxes in place.
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Dennis E. Jackson
Greater Cincinnat Consumer Conference
House
Jackson
Senate
Mrs. Jackson
Carl Heidrich
Heidrich
Miners Will Convene Here
The 38th convention of the United Mine Workers unaffiliated will be held in Cincinnati September 12 to 21. The executive board moved the date up from October 3 due to travel and hotel conditions. Two years earlier the 37th convention was in Cincinnati.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
Cincinnati
UMW
Government to Expand Child Care for War-Era Workers
Federal and state agencies report funds for extensive child care will rise in fiscal year 1945 to aid working women with children. Lanham Act allotments increase from 20.89 million to 20 million for the year, with new centers opening where needed.
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Cincinnati
Junior
Mary
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