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Newspaper
Cincinnati The Sun
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1944
Page
5
The Labor Department notes peak efficiency at an eight hour day and forty hour week with a decline beyond. It finds incentive pay boosts output so a five day with incentive equals six days without, effectively adding an extra day of work.
A safety column emphasizes entering intersections only on a green light to prevent collisions. It urges drivers and cyclists to wait for a full green phase and to check for cross traffic before proceeding. It notes that turning on red is allowed where permitted after a full stop.
The Cincinnati Post trimmed Charles Rentrop's bylined piece on Roosevelt and Dewey, deleting passages about Dewey’s image and GOP delegates. The edited column raised questions about editorial interference and the line between a writer’s opinion and the paper’s stance.
The CIO will send delegates to a Dec 4 conference in London to shape the World Labour Congress agenda for Jan 8. CIO President Philip Murray announced the invitation from Sir Walter Citrine and named Sid Hillman, R. J. Thomas, and Emil Rieve to represent the union in planning. The AFL declined participation, informing Citrine it would not send representatives.
In Philadelphia a postwar reconversion conference gathered CIO, management and government spokesmen with more than 25 area companies including SKF, Westinghouse, RCA Victor, American Pulley and others. Executives and personnel leaders discussed postwar employment plans and heard suggestions from union reps and War Manpower Commission and War Production Board officials.
The U S Department of Labor confirms clothing costs have climbed 6.7 percent from a year ago. Reports note widespread shortages in children s wear underwear house dresses work clothing and other cotton items as price hikes reflect the loss of low price lines.
Between August 15, 1939 and September 15, 1944 the Bureau of Labor Statistics index shows overall price increases of 28.3 percent for all items, with food up 46.5 percent and clothing up 41 percent.
Washington report shows shipyard ideas and suggestions from workers have saved over 25 million dollars in man-hours and materials toward ship construction within less than two years, according to the U S Maritime Commission.
The executive board will take up the January agenda at the AFL convention in New Orleans. Leaders and delegates are expected to review policy questions and set priorities for the year ahead.
Lee Pressman of the CIO United Steelworkers told the National War Labor Board that President Roosevelt will uncap wages soon, before victory in Europe. He expected a November settlement on vacations the guaranteed annual wage and related issues.
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