Editorial backs unions to boost Cincinnati wages against Taft Hess Elston
The Sun urges Cincinnati voters to oppose Taft Hess and Elston arguing they align with anti labor forces. It praises union growth in the city and warns against driving industries away with substandard wages, urging Republican leaders to support strong unions to prevent wage cutting.
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Cincinnati
Robert A. Taft
William Hess
Charles Elston
General Motors
Taft
Hess
Elston
Double Talk To Labor From Gov Dewey Sought Labor Trust
The piece argues Dewey presents himself as labor friend while backing rich anti labor backers and opposing Roosevelt aligned actions. It notes AFL CIO support for Roosevelt, cites Elston and Hess in defense of Sewell Avery, and accuses Dewey allies of voting against labor aims and endorsing Dies Committee.
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AFL
CIO
New York State
Roosevelt
Dewey
du Pont
Weir
Sewell Avery
Cincinnati
Charles H. Elston
Mongtomery Ward
Elston
William E. Hess
Dies
Why Men Turn In Their Graves Editorial on Scripps-Howard and unions
A reader recalls Scripps-Howard explaining why it criticizes unions and suggests Roy Howard misreads the labor movement. The piece argues Howard uses power to attack liberalism and questions his views on labor solidarity and wages.
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Scripps-Howard
Sewell Avery
Ernst Weir
Roy Howard
Scripps
CIO
AFL
Howard
What Has Roosevelt Done Excerpt from Teamster Text
Excerpts from an International Teamster article praise Social Security under FDR. It profiles John Robert Thompson of Local 218 Cleveland and his widow and children, noting monthly checks of 58.49 and 16.71 for two children. It argues Hooverite ideology would have left families to poverty without the program.
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John Robert Thompson
International Molders and Foundry Workers’ Union
Cleveland
Ohio
Thompson
Hoover
Look Who's Talking Look Who's Talking
John Foster Dulles, adviser to Gov. Dewey on foreign relations, urged the president in 1941 to apply bold leadership to peace, praising Roosevelt for modernizing economic order and reform. He spoke before the Commission to Study the Bases of a Just and Durable Peace.
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Roosevelt
John Foster Dulles
Gov. Dewey
Dewey Train Loses Local Labor Backing in San Francisco
In San Francisco the Dewey campaign faced setback as Pile Drivers Local 34 of United Brotherhood of Carpenters voted to endorse Franklin D. Roosevelt for a fourth term. The union contributed 1300 dollars to AFL and United Labor political action in the region.
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San Francisco
GOP
Thomas E. Dewey
United Bro. of Carpenters
UFL
Ind
William L. Hutcheson
Indorse Pres. Rooseevlt
AFL
United Labor
Victory Liberty Loan Ends With Broad Support
A local push for the Victory Liberty Loan drew varied bidders and supporters from DuBois Smith to Kowalski and Gonzales. Leaders including O'Brien Cejka Hauck and Knutson reported broad community backing as campaign efforts concluded.
Poster urging true Americanism defends foreign born citizens
A government poster, praised for upholding the 14th Amendment, argues against anti foreign born slurs and defends Sidney Hillman and foreign born workers. It recounts historical insults to immigrants, notes labor achievements, and rejects race or birthplace as measure of democracy. It cites Jefferson on equal justice for all.
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U. S
United States
Republican Party
Hillman
Dewey
The
Times- Star
Congress
Gallatin
Mathew Lyon
Sidney Hillman
America
Jefferson
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