UAW 647 Stewards Pick New Officers After Shift Ruling
After clarifying service length rules, UAW 647 Stewards restart elections. Nominees for first shift include Flowers Carelli Vynegar O'Brien for chair with others. Dodson wins chairman position for second and third shifts, defeating Duerson Reister Trotta. Chester Farmer named vice chair. Robert Virgil secretary. James Hughes treasurer. Edgar Pharr sergeant at arms. Joe Replogle parliamentarian with West alternate.
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Charles Dodson
Stewards’ Council
Dodson
William Duerson
Earl Reister
Anthony Trotta
Dept
Chester Farmer
Robert Virgil
James Hughes
Edgar Pharr
Joe C. Replogle
G. R. West
Phoney Advice Targets Voters In Covington
In Covington Kentucky a person spread phoney guidance urging voters to cross over on the Presidential ballot and mark Bricker while seeming to support Dewey. The note claimed a Roosevelt Bricker vote was possible but noted it is not.
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Kentucky
Dewey
Covington
Gov
Bricker
Roosevelt
Pegler Praises FDR War Leadership Despite Past Attacks
Westbrook Pegler, writing in the Enquirer, recalls his own earlier criticisms of Roosevelt while praising the president’s leadership during the war effort. He credits Roosevelt with recognizing the threat from Hitler and Japan, shaping public resolve, and steering the nation to readiness even as critics attacked him in 1937. The piece asserts Roosevelt stood firm from the Low Countries invasion era through the attack on Pearl Harbor as proof of his courage.
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Pegler
Roosevelt
Poland
Hitler
Japan
Pacific
United States
Low Countries
UE Hero Urges Full Home Front Effort at Conference
Boatswains Mate Second Class Gene E. Oxley, a D day veteran from Indianapolis, urged a complete home front effort to end the war promptly. The remarks came at the United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers District Number 7 Conference held last week. Julius Emspak, general secretary treasurer, spoke on the program.
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Gene E. Oxley
United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers District
Julius Emspak
War survivor nicknamed Lucky Ox gains local honor
Victor De Cavitch of Cleveland was reelected president by am paign and the cost to organized labor if such a campaign were to succeed. Emerson Sonnycalb of UK Local 765 Allis Chalmers won election by a large majority as a representative on the District Executive Board.
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Victor de Cavitch
Cleveland, O
Paign
Emerson Sonnycalb
Allis Chalmers
Tory Coalition Anticonsumer voting record revealed
Washington analysis by liberal groups shows the coalition of anti FDR Democrats and Tory Republicans voted against consumer interests on 5 to 8 major issues. Encompassed measures include price control enforcement subsidies for school lunch aid, margarine tax repeal, grade labeling, and blocking quality protection against hidden price rises.
Negro PAC urges FDR votes in 1944 election
New York a statement from Negro members of the National Citizens Political Action Committee calls for supporting Franklin D. Roosevelt over Thomas E. Dewey. The text frames the choice as moving toward freedom with Roosevelt or returning to slavery with Dewey and his states rights faction. The signed list includes Bethune Brown Hughes Hastie Robeson and Robeson among many others.
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New York
National Citizens Political Action Committee
America
Abraham Lincoln
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Thomas E. Dewey
Mary McLeod Bethune
Charlotte Hawkins Brown
S. L. Carruthers
Roscoe Dunfee
E. Franklin Frazier
William R. R. Granger
William P. Harrison
William Hastie
Langston Hughes
Charles S. Johnson
Canada Lee
Metz T. Lochard
Hugh Malzac
Ira Reid
Paul Robeson
Julian D. Steele
Channing H. Tobias
Willard Townsend
Robert C. Weaver
Carter Wesley
Bishop R. R. Wright Jr
P. B. Young
Barkley and Spence Backed by Kentucky Labor Unions
Kentucky labor unions unite behind Sen. Barkley and Rep. Spence highlighting Barkley as Senate majority leader and Spence as Banking and Currency chair. They cite labor records, WPA wage raises, Ft. Thomas post use, and postwar economic roles, urging workers to vote for these candidates and mobilize neighbors.
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Congress
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Senate
Rep. Spence
House Committee On Banking and Currency
Labor
New Deal
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Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Northern
Cincinnati
Mittee
Bretton Woods
House
Railroad Unions Back Roosevelt Support Amid Labor Show
Chicago report notes the Machinists General Chairmen's Association representing over 50 000 AEL machinists endorses Franklin D Roosevelt. The labor group backs his reform agenda and calls for continued New Deal policies to stabilize industry and wages.
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Chicago
Machinists General Chairmen’s Association
Unanimous Roosevelt Endorsement From IA Machinists Group
The affiliated group to the International Association of Machinists pledged full support for President Roosevelt in a unanimous vote. The move serves as a sweeping rebuttal to Thomas E. Dewey’s Pittsburgh address seeking railroad workers’ backing.
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Intl. Assn. of Machinists
Thomas E. Dewey
Pittsburgh
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