Editorial Why the PR Fight Now
A Cincinnati editorial argues Ninth Street political bosses push to repeal proportional representation to block labor candidates. It notes past gains under PR, accuses bosses of seating allies and selecting judges, and warns that plurality could give 35 to 40 percent of voters control of all nine council seats. Vote no on the charter amendment.
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Ninth Street Polticians
Ninth Street
Ohio Supreme Court
Cincinnati
Labor
City Hall
Everett unions energize effort for Council race
The Everett campaign for Rollin H. Everett's reelection intensifies with CIO unions mobilizing precinct workers across wards. Key organizers include Jack Methard, Robert Smith, and Jack Kroll, backing a CIO endorsed slate: Proctor Berry Cash Waldvogel Taft Lotspeich Moelder Simpson.
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Jack Methard
PAC
Robert Smith
State Cio
Robert Carnahan
Brewery
Claude Garrett
Ray Sowder
al Jordan
Harold Braun
United Steelworkers
Elmer Kauffman
Cecil Scott
United Electrical Workers
Joseph Sepate
Harry Proctor
Theodore M. Berry
Albert D. Cash
Helen Lotspeich
Leo J. Moeldher
Frank Simpson
Charles P. Taft
Edward N. Waldvogel
Proctor
Charter
AFL
Berry
CIO
Cash
Waldvogel
Everett
Taft
Lotspeich
Moelder
Simpson
Bust The 40 Hour Week Is Next Goal of GM
DETROIT The next goal of the portion of industry which engineered the Taft Hartley Act was revealed this week by C E Wilson president of General Motors Corp when he advocated a 45 hour week. Wilsons solution for inflation is to cut down the purchasing power of workers while getting more production out of them. He did not discuss the record profits being made by industry as a better place to start cutting.
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Detroit
C. E. Wilson
General Motors Corp
Wilson
No vote stated against anti-PR proposal in council race
Voters urged to defeat an anti-PR proposal by marking an X before No on the ballot. The measure aims to hinder labor representation on the City Council.
Labor declares stakes in fight against economic chaos at CIO convention
Boston report says Philip Murray warned that inflation, profits, and limited capacity threaten the economy despite wage gains. He credited organized labor's wage drive with stabilizing purchasing power and urged price controls and a stronger political action committee. Pepper urged New Deal capitalism as antidote to communism while Schwellenbach backed a 75 cent minimum wage. AFL urged unity with PAC rejoin.
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Boston
America
Philip Murray
CIO
Murray
Claude Pepper
Schwellenbach
AFL
PAC
San Francisco
CIO Council Endorses Mrs Lotspeich For City Council
The Greater Cincinnati Industrial Union Council endorsed Helen G. Lotspeich for City Council and approved city tax levies for the University of Cincinnati and a Zoo bond. Lotspeich joined after a committee interview showed favorable views on workers’ welfare. PAC asks volunteers to mail Rollin Everett literature by Oct 22, with 30,000 envelopes to address at 1015 Vine Street.
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Helen G. Lotspeich
Greater Cincinnati Industrial Union Council
University of Cincinnati
Lotspeich
CIO
PAC
Rollin Everett
Jack Methard
Cincinnati
Vine Street
Methard
War on Hunger Aims Aid for Europe and Price Fixing
CIO policy urges U S participation in the drive against hunger in Europe and elsewhere. President Murray calls for all-out aid and argues that if $22 billion is needed but prices rise, the government must lower prices and curb market speculators to ensure relief and universal peace.
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CIO
Europe
Murray
U. S
Political Action Drives CIO Convention Agenda
An ambitious program of political action was outlined before the CIO convention, with calls for broad labor coalition efforts and targeted advocacy to influence policy and mobilize members.
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CIO
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Council
Chase
Rollin H. Everett
Shearer
West End Pac
Jack Kroll
National Cio-Pac
Everett For Council
Robert Black
Robert J. Davidson
Nancy Lay
the Sun
CIO Council
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