The Man Behind The Man Who Bosses The Council Majority
Editor Hulbert A. Taft of the Times-Star is described as shaping Cincinnati’s Republican City Council majority. Gradison relies on Taft for a capsule view of reactionary influence from utilities and industrialists, while precinct workers chafe at remote guidance from the ivory tower. The piece suggests potential shifts if labor strength grows or industry changes.
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Hulbert A. Taft
Times- Star
Taft
Willis D. Gradison
Ivory Tower
Times-Star
Eighth and Broadway
Gradison
Cincinnati
Antilabor
Ninth Street
Republican
The
Hulbert Prays No Change Disturbs Cincinnati City Control
In Cincinnati Hulbert Taft sits in his ivory tower hoping current city government control remains undisturbed. GOP candidates push reassurance that the situation will stay stable and without upheaval.
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GOP
Cincinnati
Hulbert Taft
PAC volunteers sought for election day efforts
The PAC office at 206 Railway Brotherhood Building is buzzing as volunteers under Director Jack Methard and Chairman Ben Herman prepare literature for Rollin Everett and other progressive candidates. Call Main 0939 or visit to sign up to help inside and outside polling places on election day.
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PAC
Railway Brotherhood Building
Court and ‘Vine
Jack Methard
Ben Herman
Rollin Everett
Wallace Seeks 65 Percent Wage Floor in Law
Secretary Wallace told the House labor committee that the Fair Labor Standards Act is essential to the economy and urged updating it to 65 cents minimum wage. He argued the increase is sound economics to prevent wage cutting and boost productivity and purchasing power amid changing economic conditions.
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Wallace
Washington
Sec. of Commerce
Henry A. Wallace
House Labor Committee
Secretary proposes flexible wage act to share gains
The secretary said overtime loss drives shift to lower wage industries and urged mechanization profits be split three ways: higher worker wages, lower consumer prices, and greater management profits. He warned a new wage minimum would harm some industries but called those cases special and not policy guides.
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Wallace
Labor Seat Open in Council Amid PAC Appeal
The Hamilton County Political Action Committee urges filling the empty council seat with a Labor candidate and persuading ten supporters to vote No. It promotes voting for progressive figures in order of preference: Albert D. Cash, James S. McCaffrey, Nathan Ransohoff, Mrs. Elizabeth C. Reid, Charles P. Taft, and Edward N. Waldvogel.
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Everett
Albert D. Cash
James S. McCaffrey
Nathan Ransohoff
Elizabeth C. Reid
Charles P. Taft
Edward N. Waldvogel
Labor and political clash over New Deal in Cincinnati
Rollin H. Everett denounces the Republican machine led by Hulbert Taft as hostile to Roosevelt's New Deal. He links labor rights to broader social reforms and urges voting across elections to break the machine, citing Cincinnati issues of jobs, slums, and recreation.
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Everett
Post
Roosevelt
Hamilton County
CIO
Charter
Times-Star and Enquirer
Cincinnati
Murray Twelve Hundred? CIO Leader Attacks War Profits
Philip Murray addressed about 3,000 at the Ohio CIO-PAC Legislative Conference in Columbus. He charged that war profits and corporate reserves threaten the economy and depress union growth, claiming employers seek to suppress wage gains and trigger strikes while hoarding assets.
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Columbus
Philip Murray
Ohio Cio-Pac
Murray
Times-Star Guild May Call a Strike
The Times Star Unit of the Cincinnati Newspaper Guild authorized the Executive Committee to strike if needed to force negotiations. The vote was unanimous among the unit including commercial departments, with international representative Steve Ripley in Cincinnati to handle the situation. Management refuses to negotiate without an election, while the Guild argues the absence of servicemen is being used to weaken the union.
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Times-Star
Cincinnati Newspaper Guild
Steve Ripley
Cincinnati
Guild
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Hamilton County Political Action Committee
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