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Newspaper
Cincinnati The Sun
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1944
Page
8
The Senate hurried through a contracts bill wiping pork rationing and enabling billions in payments to contractors for cancelled deals. Aimed at postwar layoffs the Kilgore measure for worker retraining and unemployment safeguards was blocked as not sufficiently studied.
Labor leaders said Avery's flat rejection of government authority would spur other industrialists to defy the war workplace board. The employee vote stood 2440 for CIO and 1593 against despite limited preparation time as congressional committees pressed ahead with investigations.
The article notes Lausche leading with about 175000 votes in the governorship race over Sweeney and Stewart, aided by strong labor support with districts reporting six to one for Lausche. It mentions CIO endorsements for Pickrel and Harrison in the U S Senate race and for state posts, with local counts showing Hamilton County results: Lausche 7375 of 12,743 Democratic votes and Stewart leading Republicans there with 40,687 of 46,565 votes.
In Los Angeles 2500 attendees at the Philharmonic auditorium repeated a pledge after actress Jennifer Jones to refrain from any thought speech or action based on prejudice or discrimination against race creed or class during a United We Stand mass meeting.
Labor groups led by AFL CIO and Railway Brotherhoods organize a Labor Advisory Committee to aid price control and rationing efforts with the OPA. Ben Herman of the Cincinnati Industrial Union Council chairs the executive board with Fred Rasser Bertram Brelsford and Arthur Fix. Union reps to be named, women’s auxiliaries included, a mass meeting and a Cincinnati Price Control Week planned.
A brief household note urges readers to pass along their copy of The Sun to a neighbor, promoting sharing and wider readership. This simple exchange encourages circulation within the community.
Executive officers of the Board of Directors of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America will remain in office after elections. Harry Eilers of Local 187 is reelected president and Joseph Eisen is again secretary. Eisen also serves as secretary of the Joint Board. Two members from each local union sit on the Joint Board. A Board of Trustees and a Finance Committee were chosen for two years. Finance Committee members are Ida Stopher Ethel Beinkamp and Louis Maio. Trustees are Harry Eilers Ida Stopher and John Cracolici.
United Steelworkers of America Local 647 backs the War Labor Board demands with a unanimous UAW endorsement. The Wright local calls Congress to stop price control sabotage and pass measures to curb rising food rent and clothing costs. Blanche Miller unveils X ray program for workers with UAW support from Robert Spitzmiller. Steward's Council had urged postcards to Sen Taft disapproving federal interference with Roosevelt seizure of Montgomery Ward plant and urged support for the President's actions.
An all labor institute on social problems and city facilities will be held Sunday June 11 at the Gibson Hotel under the Industrial Public Relations Council of the Community Chest. CIO AFL and Railroad Brotherhood locals are urged to send reps. Noted labor speakers will keynote the sessions and group discussions will shape the program. The council aims to inform workers about social services, distribute educational material, advise social planning, and bolster War Chest support. Council members include Ben Herman James McLendon Martha Jackson and CIO rep Sepate notes.
Philadelphia based AFL leader Daniel J. Tobin denounces President William Green's support for Nye Dies and Day. Tobin says Nye will never receive his endorsement, citing Nye as an isolationist.
WSAI will broadcast Labor Labor for Victory from 8 15 to 8 30 p m Sundays sponsored by CIO and AFL. James Leonard, station program director, says prominent labor figures will discuss war participation.
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