Schorr Seeks Ohio Boss Power in Governor Race
Ed Schorr, Republican political boss, would rule Ohio from the governor's office if James G. Stewart is elected, Lausche charges. Lausche accuses Stewart and Schorr of aiming for total state control, while Stewart pushes a conservative platform and labor-baiting rhetoric at a Cincinnati club event.
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Ed Schorr
Ohio
James G. Stewart
Frank
J. Lausche
Cleveland
Lausche
Stewart
Hamilton County
Republican Club
Coney Island
Roosevelts
Hillmans and Browders
Political Action Committee
Republican National
Schorr
Cincinnati
Columbus
Is This Green's Idea of a Good Record for Labor
In Chicago Illinois unionists weigh AFL President William Green's advice to reelect Rep Stephen A Day against his voting history. Green praises Day for a 100 percent labor record while records show votes against federal soldier voting rights UNRRA aid price controls and other AFL favored measures.
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Chicago
Illinois
AFL
William Green
Stephen A. Day
Day
Green
United Nations Relief & Rehabilitation
UNRRA
Wisconsin AFL Endorses Roosevelt for Fourth Term
The Wisconsin Federation of Labor unanimously endorsed a fourth term for President Roosevelt at its annual Milwaukee convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wisconsin Federation of Labor
Pres. Roosevelt
Labor and Chamber Form Postwar Surplus Plan
The St. Louis Chamber of Commerce invites AFL and CIO officials to join a new committee to manage disposal of government owned surplus after the war. Labor leaders Joseph P. Clark and Oscar Ehrhardt will represent workers as the chamber warns of the need to plan to keep facilities available for peacetime use once contracts end.
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ST. Louis
Joseph P. Clark
Central Trades & Labor Union
Sec
Oscar Ehrhardt
Industrial Union Council
C of C
Arthur G. Dress
Co-Ops Celebrate 33 Years in Waukegan
Waukegan co-ops mark 33 years of service with 30 percent of city families as members. They run 10 food stores and markets, a bakery, coffee shop, gas station, sausage plant and dairy with 13 routes. Last year patrons saved $79,000. The cooperative employs 115 workers with a $208,000 payroll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukegan, Ill
Waukegan
Workers urged to school selves for union roles
The Adult Education Council in Cincinnati promotes worker education to boost union effectiveness. A listed program across University of Cincinnati Evening College Xavier University and YMCA offers courses on labor relations, economics, and public relations. Further details available from the Adult Education Council, 629 Vine Street.
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Adult Education Council
Cincinnati
University of Cincinnati Evening College
Xavier University Evening Division
Xavier University Labor School
Institute of Social Order
Salmon P. Chase College
YMCA
The
Young Women’s Christian Association
Board of Education
Y. C. Evening College
United States
Xavier Labor School
Ymca School
YWCA
CIO
Vine Street
Cherry
PAC Speakers Bureau Formed in New York
Local unions and CIO PAC form a Speakers Bureau to mobilize speakers for meetings and rallies during the campaign. Miss Bert Hunt leads the bureau, with Sidney Hillman as CIO PAC chairman. The group aims to place speakers nationwide, especially in key electoral states, and invites union officials and liberals aligned with PAC aims to participate.
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New York
CIO
Sidney Hillman
Cio-Pac
PAC
Bert Hunt
Hillman
Miss Hunt
East 42Nd Street
New York City
N. Y
Heroes in Denim Winners Named for War Effort Pact
In Seattle Aero Mechanics Lodge 751 AFL selects Mr and Mrs Presenteeism to honor Boeing workers Johanna Hiscocks and William R Buckley for zero absence since Pearl Harbor. The note highlights union pledges and merchant marine unions reporting full adherence to the no strikes during wartime pledge.
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Aero Mechanics Lodge 751
Intl. Assn. of Machinists
AFL
Seattle
Boeing
Pearl Harbor
Johanna Hiscocks
William R. Buckley
Buckley
Navy
Miss Hiscocks
CIO
Mariitime
U. S
War Shipping Administration
Wounded Unionist Shoots Down Nazi Plane
Staff Sgt. James W. Dunn of Local 992 Bro. of Railway Clerks AFL shoots down a German Focke-Wulf during a raid over Emden while a 50 caliber shell wounds his leg and hip. Despite 29 operations, doctors expect regained use. In Portland Wiseman and his daughter Elsie Thurston assist in rescuing a seaman and two girls after a canoe capsized on Blue Lake.
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James W. Dunn
AFL
Dunn
Emden
Germany
Sherman Wiseman
Portland
Ore
Elsie Thurston
Blue Lake
Wiseman
Intl Woodworkers
CIO
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GOP
Labor
Chamber
Claude Pepper
Helen Keller
Pepper
Jo Davison
Independent Voters’ Committee of the Arts
Roosevelt
Iiploy
PAC Speakers’ Bureau
Heroes In
Denim
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