Northern Kentucky unions back Barkley and Spence for Congress
Northern Kentucky labor leaders urged voters to re elect Senate Majority Leader Alben Barkley and Rep Brent Spence in the November 7 election citing their pro labor records. CIO PAC leader Al Whitehouse highlighted their roles in labor rights and postwar planning and urged labor families and friends to vote.
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Northern
Kentucky
Barkley and Spence
Friends of Labor
Senate
Alben W. Barkley
Rep
Brent Spence
Congress
Roosevelt
America
Sen
Barkley
Spence
al Whitehouse
Cio-Pac
Washington
Sen. Barkley
Whitehouse
House
Banking and Currency Committee
Labor
Men or Dollars First Wallace Urges Labor Vote
Vice President Henry A. Wallace spoke to 4,000 Cramp shipyard workers in Philadelphia urging organized labor to register and vote for Roosevelt. He framed the choice as a clash between a party prioritizing dollars over men and a party prioritizing men over dollars and warned against accepting widespread unemployment.
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Philadelphia
Cramp
Henry A. Wallace
Pres
Roosevelt
Wallace
War Chest ships aid to Soviet through Russian War Relief
More than two hundred medical supply types were sent to the Soviet by Russian War Relief. The War Chest funding these shipments says the aid has helped Soviet doctors save the lives of millions of wounded soldiers and civilians.
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War Chest
Second Shift Play Period Offered Atl
Second shift workers in this community can join a new recreational program "Nite Owls" at the YWCA Ninth and Walnut starting Friday October 13 from midnight to 5 am. Eleanor Morrison leads opening night with activities including swimming, volleyball, table tennis and more. A doctor will provide a health check for swimmers 1 to 3 am. appointments call Cherry 7090. Wright Aeronautical staff and names Janice Coleman Jinny Kuhn Juanita Williams F J Lucas J S Shackleford organize the event. For more details contact Miss Dorothy Jones at the Central YWCA.
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Ninth
Walnut Streets
Eleanor Morrison
Y.W.C.A
Cherry
Wright Aeronautical Corporation
Janice Coleman
Jinny Kuhn
Juanita Williams
F. J. Lucas
J. S. Shackleford
Dorothy Jones
Central Y.W.C.A
Grim warning on postwar job losses and reconversion
After V Day joy, wartime prosperity may give way to mass layoffs as factories close next week. OPA and CIO data warn of wage cuts, unemployment rising to 20 million by 1947 if hours drop to 1939 levels. The Outlook urges strong unions and forward looking voting to protect livelihoods and ensure recovery.
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OPA
WLB
Business Week
Kaiser Urges Registration Drive for Voters
New York industrialist Henry J. Kaiser, head of the Non partisan Assn for Franchise Education Inc., calls for a massive Nov. 7 turnout and proposes labor management committees arrange time off for workers to register and vote. Kaiser plans to vote for Roosevelt and aims to help workers in war production participate.
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New York
Henry J. Kaiser
Pres. Roosevelt
Kaiser
Nonpartisan Assn. For Franchise Education Inc
Congress of Industrial Organizations Sets Seventh Annual Convention for Chicago
President Philip Murray calls for the CIO to convene on November 20 at the Stevens Hotel in Chicago to focus on safeguarding progress and advancing political action social reform and economic security for workers. He warns against fascist ideas and attacks on racial and minority groups and stresses unity across labor farms business professions and consumers for a world order based on law and human rights.
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Congress of Industrial Organizations
Philip Murray
Stevens Hotel
Chicago
Congress of Industrial Organization
Murray
America
CIO
Stolberg Charges Are Proven False
Washington the statement by Ben Stolberg on the Town Meeting of the Air program claiming 110 of 141 NCPAC members were listed as communists by the U S Civil Service Commission was proved false this week. A letter from Commission President Harry B Mitchell and members Lucille F McMillin and Arthur S Fleming said the agency reviewed 10 listed members as applicants for government positions and found them eligible. The Dies Committee subcommittee charges were answered as unfounded.
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Washington
Ben Stolberg
Air Program
NCPAC
U. S. Civil Service Commission
Stolberg
Commission Pres
Harry B. Mitchell
Lucille F. McMillin
Arthur S. Fleming
Federal
Commission
FBI
Treasury Dept
Federal Works Agency
Dies Committee
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