CIO backs trade proposal before House committee
CIO Secretary Treasurer James B. Carey testified before the House Ways and Means committee in full support of the Reciprocal Trade Agreements act HR 2652. He said the act enables the State Department to negotiate tariff reductions with other nations and warned economic warfare leads to conflict and war.
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CIO
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Sec
Treas
James B. Carey
U. S. State Dept
Carey
Wage cutting halted as War Labor Board vows strict rule
The National War Labor Board pledges Zealous policing of wage reductions after V E Day and demands immediate collective bargaining on wage schedules. Management and labor must agree promptly on pay scales for civilian production resumption, with WLB review to follow.
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Washington
Nati War Labor Board
WLB
George W. Taylor
Taylor
Tennessee voters foresee McKellar defeat in TVA feud
Tennesseans expect an election victory next year against senior senator Kenneth McKellar after his feud with TVA Director David Lilienthal. Lilienthal is anticipated to win Senate confirmation for another term as TVA director amid strong Truman administration backing.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Kenneth McKellar
TVA
David Lilienthal
Lilienthal
Senate
Pres. Truman
Former labor spy exposes Ridge Tool Co break up plan
Maurice J. Banks confesses in a sworn Lorain Labor Leader statement that Ridge Tool Co hired him last year to disrupt AFL union activity and to discredit a union organizer. He says he received 100 dollars biweekly plus a 100 dollar NLRB testimony bonus. United Steelworkers organize Ridge Tool Co amid the disclosure.
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Elsria
Ohio Daily Papers
Ridge Tool Co
Maurice J. Banks
Lorain
CLO
AFL
NLRB
United Steelworkers
CSO
Uncle Sam owns bulk of wartime industrial base say critics
The speaker notes that Uncle Sam controls about 90 percent of synthetic rubber capacity, 90 percent of aircraft facilities, 96 percent of magnesium, 70 percent of aluminum, 50 percent of machine tools, and 10 percent of steel plants, arguing big business seeks to grab the empire at little or no cost after the war.
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Uncle Sam
You and
Plant Theft Prevention Calls Spark Public Debate
The text urges average people to prevent such a theft and to demand that plants be released only for full production. It frames the issue as a broad public concern and calls for action to secure plant releases.
Wage rulings bar wage cuts at Richmond Radiator Co
In Uniontown Pa the 3rd regional War Labor Board orders continuation of wartime wages for Richmond Radiator Co workers who reconverted to peacetime bath tub production. The company sought cuts, but the board rejected the plan, citing likely deflationary pressure on the national economy. The workers are United Auto Workers members.
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Uniontown
3Rd Regional War Labor Board
Richmond Radiator Co
United Auto Workers
CIO
WLB
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