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Newspaper
Cincinnati The Sun
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1948
Page
7
West End voters went to the polls as PAC workers and Democrats promoted candidates. The article credits labor activists for distributing literature and touring the district with a soundtrack to educate voters and influence the outcome. It notes Republicans struggled to sway residents.
West End residents were informed on the issues but polls closed too late this year. A group of 52 young men helped distribute literature on streets while CIO members and Democrats cooperated for a victorious campaign.
About 8,000 oil workers remain on strike in California as settlements shrink the original 15,000. Shell Oil, Shell Chemical, Texas Co and part of Tide Water associated and Standard Oil of California have reached accords, but Union Oil, Richfield, Tide Water Associated, and Standard Oil of California still face picketing. The OWIU predicts a hard fight, with Union Oil seeking to fire about 55 alleged violators and dismiss 200 displaced workers while allowing contractors to replace roughly 700 members.
Some 130 Shell Oil Co. employees at the Martinez refinery join five other Shell locals in a new contract offering a 12 percent hourly raise. The deal keeps strikebreakers in current posts, gives the company authority to select rehiring, with an NLRB appeal option, and includes a one year irrevocable check-off renewals. Probationary workers gain retroactive increases after probation. Road and shop rate differentials are specified.
Federal grand jury charges Representative J Parnell Thomas of New Jersey with conspiracy to defraud the government. He allegedly accepted kickbacks and filed fraudulent payroll claims during 1940 to 1945. The indictment, spanning 34 violations, includes putting two women on his payroll who did not work for him. Thomas and his secretary Helen Campbell face conspiracy counts. Thomas refused to testify. Trial expected early 1949.
The August 1948 manufacturing hiring rate dropped to a nine year low per the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Increased layoffs between July and August raised the layoff rate to 12 workers per 1000 jobs, the highest for any summer month since the war. Through 1948 the monthly layoff rate ran about 30 percent above 1947 levels.
CIO President Murray invites President Truman to address the CIO convention in Portland Oregon and cites his reelection campaign. Scheduled speakers include Justice William O Douglas Labor Secretary Maurice Tobin Senator Wayne Morse and NAACP leader Walter White.
Local 766 union members and the King Machine Tool Co a division of American Steel Foundries reached a 1949 contract. The deal includes three weeks vacation for 25 year employees, stronger seniority rules and length of service as a key factor, plus a three day layoff notice with three days pay.
Chicago Tribune and Cincinnati Times-Star argue Dewey lost the election by not adopting a sufficiently reactionary stance. Trib says the third GOP convention produced a me too candidate and failed again. Times-Star says Dewey’s words and omissions signaled support for reviving the New Deal with tweaks, a doomed approach for Republicans.
The article notes a two year agreement with wage and vacation clause reopeners after one year. Negotiating members include Elmer Eismann shop chairman Richard Nichols chief steward Harley Henson and Charles Gilbert. Talmadge Raley local representative and Jake Staas district representative assisted the committee.
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