Inside Story on Repeal Effort After Taft Hartley Vote
The CIO and labor seek repeal of the law described as the most unpopular since Prohibition. A detailed letter from Arthur Goldberg to Senate and House labor chiefs outlines housing, clearance, and research programs. Reports note committee votes split on party lines and a housing measure moving toward House action soon.
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CIO News
House of Representatives
CIO
Labor
Arthur Goldberg
Thomas
Lesinski
Senate
House Labor Committee
Spence
D. Ky
House
Labor and housing notes shape postwar policy debate
CIO pushes passage of Thomas-Hartley amendments while opposing taft proposals, warning that weak labor protections could hurt decent labor relations. Housing aid advances with a a $300 million school fund eyed to alleviate shortages. medical and health insurance debates continue as AMA opposes reform. A new CIO presence grows in Mississippi and nationwide, with radio appearances and a Supreme Court brief supporting equal access to higher education facilities.
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Thomas- Lesinski
CIO
Watch For Medical Association
American Medical Association
AMA
Friend of the
Supreme Court
University of Texas Law School
U E Conference Aims at Clean House in CIO UE
At the Dayton UE Conference on May 8, about 250 members from 284,000 of the International attended the two day meeting at Delco Union Hall. James B. Carey urged removing left wing leadership and warned that unity requires cleansing the UE of Fitzgerald Matles and Emspak, calling for a New Deal in the CIO and a broader movement to gain worker confidence.
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Washington
Joe Beirne
Youngish
Communications Workers of America
CIO
CWA
Telephone Workers Organizing Committee
South
Mississippi
Bilbo
Rankin—Cwa
UE International
Dayton
Delco Union Hall
The
International
James B. Carey
Philadelphia
National Cio
Carey
Fitzgerald
Matles
Emspak
Albert Fitzgerald
James Matles
Julius Emspak
Labor Candidate Runs Without Union Backing
The Ninth Street Republican organization fails to recruit a labor candidate after many labor leaders decline. A Times-Star Editorial Employee Association member is briefly touted as a labor candidate but disavows labor ties. The Charter Committee plans two labor reps, Everett and Proctor, while GOP efforts focus on tying the Council race to Sen. Taft’s campaign.
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Ninth Street Republican
GOP
the Times-Star
Jack Hurst
AFL Council
AFL
Labor
Times-Star Editorial Employee’s Association
Cincinnati Newspaper Guild
American Newspaper Guild
CIO
Taft
Hulbert Taft
Rollin H. Everett
Newspaper Guild
Harry Proctor
The
Painters
Everett
Proctor
Council
Robert A. Taft
Charter
Times- Star
Sen. Taft
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Taft-Hartley
Ohio
House Banking Committee
NAM
Chamber of Commerce
Bene
Allan Sr. Haywood
Phone Union
Phil Murray
American Town Meeting
ABC Network
Truman
Agriculture Brannan
Eric Johnston
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
U. E
Hurst
Harry Procter
United
Labor of Charter
Charter Committee
Albert
Work Clothes Union Made
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Government Square
Postoffice
U.S.A
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