CIO AFL Conference on Social Services at Hotel Gibson
The CIO AFL conference meets at the Hotel Gibson at 2:30 p.m. Sunday June 5 to brief union leaders on social services for members facing unemployment and other difficulties. Co sponsored by the Community Chest of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, the event features three expert panels and discusses welfare changes and layoffs shaping the economy. Delegations from CIO and AFL list numerous officers and organizers. Andre Carson named director of the conference.
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The
Community Chest
Cincinnati
Hamilton County
UAW organizing drive prompts multiple NLRB elections
UAW organizers report upcoming NLRB elections at Fisher Body Plant Hamilton Ohio Homan Co Cincinnati John Douglas Plant Elmwood Briggs Detroit contract G.M. Dayton plant Dayton with dates May 24 May 27 and a conference next week to arrange the Elmwood vote. Miley cites expected contract parity with Briggs employees as the result.
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NLRB
Miley
UAW
Fisher Body
Hamilton
Ohio
Homan & Co., Inc
Cincinnati
John Douglas
Elmwood
Briggs Company
Detroit
Douglas
Briggs
G.M. Dayton
Housing bill clears House Banking Committee on party vote
Senate approved administration housing measure includes slum clearance farm buildings and public housing. The House Banking Committee backed it 14 to 7 on a straight party line vote. Rep Wolcott Republicans criticise as socialistic. Landlords seek higher rent ceilings while private home building and farm construction fall about 20 percent from a year earlier.
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House Banking Committee
Rep
Wolcott
R. Mich
Commerce Department
Relief crisis hits Cincinnati as relief funds dwindle
Hamilton County Welfare Director Fred erick A. Breyer warns that relief cases rise from 1,700 in 1945 to 5,400 in need while state funds drop to 29 percent, with rural areas flush while industrial centers exhaust funds in weeks. Welfare grants average 65 to 70 dollars per case monthly as Breyer urges action at a Labor Conference.
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Hamilton County
Frederick A. Breyer
Breyer
Cincinnati
Ohio House Emphatically Defeats FEPC Bill Substitute
In Columbus on May 17 the House rejected the Senate amended FEPC measure by a 63 to 65 vote, failing to reach the 68 needed for concurrence. Democrats backed FEPC. Republicans opposed. Senate then sent the bill to a joint Conference Committee hoping to craft a stronger replacement.
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Columbus
House of Representatives
Senate
FEPC
Joint Conference Committee
Battle lines tighten over Taft-Hartley repeal efforts
After the House rejected the DixieGOP move to reenact Taft-Hartley under another name, President Truman urged full repeal. Democratic Chair McGrath vowed to deploy all resources to achieve outright repeal. AFL's Green signaled openness to amendments, while CIO General Counsel Goldberg defended support for the Thomas-Lesinski bill and criticized Taft amendments as problematic. Senate debate is eyed for June 13 with the House planning a return bout in early June and a 75 cent minimum wage bill to be acted on first.
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Truman
J. Howard McGrath
National Committee
AFL
William Green
Green
CIO
Arthur J. Goldberg
Senate
House Labor Committees
Thomas-Lesinski
Goldberg
Taft
Thomas
Utah
Senate Labor Committee
House
CIO PACs Value Proved In New York and New Jersey
CIO PAC backed Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. won New York’s 20th District seat on an independent ticket with major union support. In New Jersey, Frank Hague fell in Jersey City as John V. Kenny and Stephan J. Moran gained power in Newark, with Moran and Leo P. Carlin winning seats amid large turnout and active CIO campaigns. Newark registration hit a record 78 percent turnout on election day.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
New York
Roosevelt
CIO & Afl
New Jersey
Frank
I Am the Law
Hague
Jersey City
John V. Kenny
Kenny
Frank Eggers
Newark
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William Beckham
William H. Black
Robert J. Davidson
McKinley Davis
John Dehner
Rollin Everett
Emma _ Ferrara
Dan
Yaimage Raley
Walter Schellenberg
Joseph Lepate
James E. Sigafoos
John Link Jr
Ray Sowder
Frank A. Twernes
al Whitehowse
Luke Craig
Everett Eckert
Lester S. French
al Hebers
John J. Hurst
George Palmer
George Forcaro
Harry Proctor
Earl Quigley
Fred Rasser
Robert Roulston
Walter Schulz
David M. Snider
George Starling
Phil E. Ziegler
Andre Carson
United Autoworkers of
Paul B&b Miley
UAWC10
Milton Tobin
William Hart
D. Cuyahoga
A. G. Lancione
Belmont
Morton Neipp
Lucas
Ed Witmer
Stark
Michael Damas
Lowell Fess
Greene
Rence
Mittee
PAC
N.Y
N. J
Cio-Pac
Newark Cio
Pres. Truman
White House
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