GM balks at profits talk as strike vote looms after union push
Edward Hellkamp and Willis Marrer of Local 674 report UAW-CIO Vice President Walter Reuther presented studies showing a 30 percent wage rise could be afforded by GM without car price increases. GM executives allegedly refuse to bargain on the facts while advertising to sway public opinion. Reuther cites 1945 production gains that would sustain a $648 million pre tax and $400 million after tax profit, $150 million above their best year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Motors Corp
United Auto Workers
Edward Hellkamp
Willis Marrer
Hellkamp
Walter
Reuther
Uaw-Cio
NLRB
Detroit
Motor Corporation
Bricker Seen by Liberals as Possible 1948 GOP Pick
The Sun reports Washington liberals favor former Ohio Governor John W. Bricker as a potential Republican presidential candidate. They argue Bricker is an isolationist throwback and would push Labor to back Truman if Bricker runs. Bricker, who narrowly missed the 1944 nomination, remains aligned with manufacturers and anti-labor stances, raising concerns about cross party support in 1948.
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Washington
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Bricker
Wilson
World Organization of Nations
Truman
Dan Tobin
Teamster
White House
Chicago
United States
Russia
Balkans
Germany
National Association of Manufacturers
Lobbyists swarm Capitol halls lobbying for diverse interests
The piece describes lobbyists from groups across industries and causes from anti saloon league to Chinese American Council of Commerce and Gideons. It notes Washington branch offices of many chambers of commerce and cites John M Costello as an example. It ends with a wry remark on Congress members earning their pay by listening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League of California
Wood Office Furniture Institute
Buck Privates Assa
Anti-Cigaret Alliance
Anti- Defamation League
Anti- Poll Tax Committee
Anti- Saloon League
Assn
China- American Council of Commerce
Intl. Reform Assn
Korean Commission
World Narcotics Research Foundation
Chambers of Commerce
Washington
Los Angeles
John M. Costello
Dies
American Ladder Institute
Veneer Package Assn
Pulp Consumers
Ind
The
Gideons
Hard of Hearing Society
Liquor Dealers
Vegetarian Society
House and Senate
Three Lobbyists Per Congressman In Washington
The piece notes lobbying has become a Washington institution with about three lobbyists per member of Congress totaling roughly 1500. It cites 1300 organizations listed in the Washington telephone directory and another 200 or more living in hotels or barred from private offices by wartime shortages. It highlights organized labor groups and home town delegates as common presences in the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Washington Institution
Congress
Washington Telephone Directory
AFL
CIO
Railroad Brotherhoods
United Mine Workers
Lithographers May Join CIO After AFL Exit
The Amalgamated Lithographers Union announced withdrawal from the AFL after a 30 year jurisdiction dispute and said it would likely seek CIO affiliation. The 15,000 to 20,000 members voted unanimously to secede and authorized officers to keep the union independent or pursue new ties.
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NEW York
Amalgamated Lithographers
AFL
Federation
CIO
Books for Russia drive chaired by Mrs Bettmann in Cincinnati
Mrs Henry W Bettmann will chair the Books for Russia campaign in Cincinnati with Edward Moulinier as chapter chairman. The goal is 1 000 000 English language classics to restock libraries pillaged by Germans. A long list of campaign committee members and planned book collection depots across Hamilton county are announced.
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Henry W. Bettmann
Cincinnati
American Society For Russian Relief, Inc
Edward P. Moulinier
Mary Corre
Board of Education
Simon Kuhn
Procter Thompson
Elizabeth Matthews
Ralph Pappenheimer
James Maxwell
Russian Relief In
A. James Lehman
Etta McGrew
Max Hirsch
G. Barrett Rich
Avondale
Presbyterian Church
Nelson Burroughs
Christ Church
Max Sien
Hamilton County
Bettmann
Adano
Russia
Washington Irving
Walt Whitman
Herman Melviller
Poe
Jack London
Hemingway
Pearl Buck
Upton Sinclair
Longfellow
Chaucer
Shakespeare
Swift
Keats
Shelley
Spencer
Dickens
Burns
Wilde
Calsworthy
Bronte
Hardy
Conrad
Priestley
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Marrer
Norwood
UAW
H. W. Ander
Washington Report
Reaction
Administration
Missouri
Senate
Pres. Truman
Raymond
McKeough
U. S. Maritime Commission
Midwest
CIO Political Action Committee
Federated Pictures
D. C
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American Institute of Laundering
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