Editorial: Dewey Bricker clash over reconversion plan
The Sun targets Dewey and Bricker accusing them of attacking Roosevelt’s postwar program. It questions their anti reconversion stance and cites Kilgore Bill opposition while pressing for an orderly demobilization and avoiding political fear mongering before victory.
Cincinnati Comics Showdown and Press Bias Debate
The piece compares three Cincinnati papers the Enquirer Post and Times Star highlighting comic strips and editorials. It notes cross imitation among papers and laments limited labor coverage, urging readers to seek national papers for fuller labor reporting while praising citizen resistance to press control by wealth.
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AFL and CIO face party endorsements amid wartime political clash
William Green AFL president faces scrutiny as AFL state and city groups march to support Roosevelt while Green backed Illinois congressman Day and was denounced by Chicago Sun. The International Teamsters label Day and Nye as friends of fascism. Editors debated Dewey's role at a Churchill Roosevelt Quebec conference. public view on Dewey's absence remains uncertain.
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Dewey Tackled Straw Men in Philadelphia Speech
Chicago Sun notes Gov. Dewey’s Philadelphia address skewers the New Deal as myth making and asks whether he will govern with factual policy or partisan fiction. The piece contrasts Dewey’s rhetoric with Roosevelt’s wartime and economic record and questions his campaign stance.
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Roosevelt to address labor at Statler dinner
President Roosevelt will open his campaign schedule with a Sept. 23 address in Washington at the Statler hotel before a dinner of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters AFL led by Dan Tobin. He said the speech would carry a political note but avoided further discussion of his plan.
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Radio Truth Program Bets San Diego Labor Line
San Diego residents hear a daily labor truth program sponsored by 17 AFL locals and councils. Erry Orcutt, associate editor of The Labor Leader, serves as commentator on the five day a week broadcast.
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Mediation Failure Tied to Anti Union Bias in Cincinnati
The piece argues that local mediation and arbitration fail where employers and press hostility to collective bargaining dominates. It cites Cincinnati industries, especially Metal Trades Association and National Association of Manufacturers, as resisting unions while noting limited success in clothing, printing, and the street railway. It calls for expanding national arbitration bodies and warns local mediation will remain useless amid distrust.
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