Sixty CIO Delegates Press Washington for Labor Bills
Sixty CIO delegates from Cincinnati traveled to Washington this week to back the Murray-Patman Employment Bill and Kilgore Unemployment Compensation Act along with other worker measures. Led by Arthur Hartmann of the Greater Cincinnati Industrial Union Council, the group joined delegations from United Auto Workers Amalgamated Clothing Workers United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers United Steelworkers and other CIO unions. Hartmann called the legislation vital to organized labor and noted continued delegations through Oct. 8.
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Cincinnati
Washington
Cio-Pac
Arthur Hartmann
Greater Cincinnati Industrial Union Council
United Auto Workers
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
United Electrical Radio & Machine Workers of America
United Steelworkers of America
United Fur and Leather Workers
CIO Council
Hartman
War Chest campaign call urges broad wartime relief support
The appeal invites working people to fund the War Chest, supporting local Community Chest agencies USO services for servicemen and aid to war-ravaged regions. It stresses relief for adults and children, hospital care, and rebuilding democratic life, noting troops in Europe and Asia and the need to prevent a repeat of past devastation.
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Community Chest
Germany
Japan
Europe
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Most Important Election City Has Held, Kroll Says
Cincinnati faces what PAC calls its most important council election with votes on November 6. The Hamilton County PAC drives registration through ward clubs led by Ben Herman and Jack Methard as CIO unions rally plants. Jack Kroll returns to lead Rollin Everett’s labor ticket campaign amid calls for progress.
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Cincinnati
Political Action Committee
Hamilton County Pollitical Action Committee
Ben Herman
Jack Methard
Jack Kroll
PAC
New York
Rollin H. Everett
The
SUN
Labor
Council On the Charter
Truman Faces Test as Congress Delays Jobless Pay
Washington commentary warns that on September 25 1945 the House Ways and Means Committee rejected the jobless pay bill. The piece links the action to the Battle of Wages, warns of political risk for Truman and the 1946 elections, and notes potential impacts on national income and postwar prosperity.
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Truman
House Ways & Means Committee
Congress
House Committee
United States
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