Dewey Presses Labor Split Against Roosevelt In Radio Talk
Gov Thomas E Dewey on a national radio hookup urged labor to back his bid for the presidency while pressing a line against Roosevelt. He ignored labor gains under Roosevelt and offered anti-labor arguments backed by business. Labor leaders and Tobin were not swayed and signs pointed to a failed AFL CIO split efforts as hinted by missing AFL leaders on his train.
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AFL
CIO
Cincinnati
Thomas E. Dewey
Labor
The
United States
Roosevelt
Hoover
Dewey
Daniel Tobin
Teamsters
Pearl Harbor
Pacific
Taft
McCormick
Gen
MacArthur
Lewis Bites the Hands That Fed Him
A feature on Lewis profiles a controversial moment where a figure bites the very hands that helped him, highlighting public reaction and historical context. The piece traces reactions from supporters and critics, noting broader implications for reputation and community response.
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Lewis
An Editorial On Dewey And Roosevelt In The 1944 Race
The piece portrays Thomas E. Dewey as the man without an issue while praising Franklin D. Roosevelt as the humanitarian leader whose policies improved ordinary citizens lives. It argues Dewey misrepresents wartime progress and misreads public sentiment, while noting Dewey’s lack of military knowledge and his attacks on Roosevelt’s war effort.
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Thomas E. Dewey
Abraham Lincoln
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States
Republicans Spurn CIO-PAC Platform in Ohio Convention
CIO-PAC head Jack Kroll blasts the Ohio GOP for ignoring the CIO-PAC platform and refusing a meeting. He cites a letter from CIO-PAC to open discussion and accuses party leaders of arrogance while a Democratic gathering welcomed the platform and pledged to consider it.
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Ohio
Jack Kroll
GOP
Ed Schorr
Cio-Pac
CIO
Kroll
Republi
Taft- Bricker-Schorr
Little Steel Formula Break Urged to Reach Full Employment
Washington officials warn that current wage controls threaten postwar production and jobs. Labor and public members press for rapid hearings and price data reforms to avoid unemployment, breadlines, and factory closures after the war.
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Washington
America
Wage panel urges 17 cent steel wage rise
Labor members of the National War Labor Board steel panel backed the public members report and urged the President to use October 1942 price control authority to direct a general wage adjustment of 17 cents an hour for steel workers. The public members faulted the cost of living index as inadequate and called for action to reflect higher rents medical care and transportation costs. The hearings on the report were set to begin September 25 with a likely upturn in the Little Steel formula.
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Nati
War Labor Board
WLB
U. S
Congress
78Th Congress
Roosevelt
House Rejects War Worker Travel Pay and Social Security Inclusion
The House voted 239 to 90 against travel pay home for war workers and rejected including federal employees in Social Security. After Doughton’s report from the conference, members split on the federal workers issue amid election considerations, while travel pay received solid backing.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Robert Doughton
D. N.C
Senate House
House
Doughton
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