Second Bill of Rights Aims at Universal Medical Care
An editor notes the Wagner-Murray-Dingell bill would extend social security to about 15 million, adding medical care and hospitalization insurance. It would require 4 percent payroll deductions, with 1.5 percent for medical care, up to $3600 yearly wages, giving comprehensive benefits to workers and families including dental and home nursing. The piece argues this would ease postwar reconversion fears and provide secure access to care.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
America
Wallace
U.S
U. S
Wallace's Sixty Million Jobs Outlines Prosperity Plan
Wallace argues that full employment is affordable and achievable with national planning and tax relief. He estimates 60 million jobs could be created, mainly by private initiative, through a national full employment budget, expanded federal aid, and coordinated city state programs.
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Henry Wallace
Federated Pictures
Wallace
Wall Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
Congress
U. S
America
Nays Win First Round On Jobs Debate
A national debate on wages and prices continues as factions split over high prices to support profits vs high wages due to technology. The article notes wage and price disputes, U.S. food policy shifts toward surplus relief for Europe, and pressure on price control led by OPA amid calls to lift rationing.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
Europe
U. S
OPA
Congress
Washington
National group to mobilize small business against PAC
Akron Ohio based National Small Business Men's Assn launches a nationwide effort to train workers to support employer views and oppose labor's political action program. President DeWitt Emery sends a letter enclosing a 12 page indictment titled PAC Spearhead for Dictatorship prepared for Better Government Assn Chicago.
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Washington
National
Small Business Men’s Assn
Akron
Ohio
DeWitt Emery
CIO
PAC
Better Government
S. Dearborn St
Chicago
Emery
City Will Seek New Industries for Veterans Jobs
Meyer urged a concerted civic action to attract Curtiss-Wright Kaiser and other manufacturers to locate divisions in Cincinnati. He said cities already take such steps and proposed including Chamber of Commerce Merchants Association civic clubs labor unions religious groups and other community representatives in the effort.
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Cincinnati
Meyer
Curtiss-Wright, Kaiser
CIO
Council
Chamber of Commerce
Merchants Association
Unemployment Near Hundred Thousand in Southern California
Los Angeles reports about 100000 jobless in Southern California as layoffs persist in numerous war plants. The FP note highlights sustained unemployment levels in the wartime industrial region amid ongoing plant closures.
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Los Angeles
California
Heeg Heads 1292 Industrial Union Elects Officers
Members of Local 1292 employed at Delco Copper Tube Co elected new officers Louis Heeg Jr president Omar Ellis vice president Robert Nolan financial secretary and Arthur Wagner recording secretary. Wagner said reconversion changes limited to hours cut from 60 to 55 per week with Saturday afternoons off. Executive Board to meet to draft new contract proposals.
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Industrial Union
Delco Copper Tube Co
Louis Heeg, Jr
Omar Ellis
Robert Nolan
Arthur Wagner
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Heeg
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