Taft Deception Tactics Attacked By CIO Leader
Ohio CIO Council President Jack Kroll assails Senator Taft for a soft FEPC bill he calls a political gesture. He says Taft uses an empty title to kill real enforceable civil rights legislation and cites past votes on housing and filibusters to support the charge.
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Jack Kroll
Ohio Cio Council
National Cio-Pac
Kroll
Taft
IOP
4K— Publican- Dixiecrat
FEPC
CIO
Ohio
America
North
South
Richard Russell
Dixiecrats
Russell
Truman
School Time and Student Speech Contest Details
A district speech contest featured high school students who drew topics from a hat and prepared five minute talks in thirty minutes. Notes were limited to fifty words, yet the speakers delivered clear precise statements with strong word choice.
Amalgamated Clothing Workers Sign New Vacation Pay Pact
The Cincinnati Joint Board announced updated contracts for Mac Gregor Golf Co. and Sports Products Inc. covering Local 200 and Local 504 members. Vacation pay increases grant 1.5 hours per 40 hours for 12 months, with caps, and higher rates for workers with three or more years. Holidays paid for all with one year of service. hourly rates remain negotiable. Effective September 29, 1949, for one year.
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MacGregor Golf Co
Sports Products, Inc
Cincinnati Joint Board
Arthur Hartmann
Emplo
Hartmann
Henry Seibert
Joseph Lepate
Boy in Wheelchair Completes 2460 Mile Polio Fund Ride
William C. Lebow, crippled by polio at age 8, finished a 2460 mile wheelchair journey to raise funds against polio. He wheels up to City Hall in New York on the final lap. three tire sets worn out during the voyage.
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William C. Lebow
City Hall
New York
William
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Ohio Cio Council News Service
Robert A. Taft
Mr. Taft
Amalgamated
Baca
Federated Pictures
George
Red Feather
Hamilton County Chest
Aufdemkampe
Freeman Avenue
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