Divide Labor Used in Plot to Split AFL CIO, AFL Says
An AFL editorial in the California Labor Review and 10 West Coast papers accuses Republicans and Hearst press of sowing division in labor to undermine Roosevelt. It argues the CIO backs Roosevelt while the AFL supports him, praising California AFL unions for mobilizing voter registration and backing progressive candidates. The piece warns only unity among AFL CIO and allied unions can defeat Hoover Dewey efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Calif
California Labor Review
AFL
Republican
Hearst Press
CIO
Roosevelt
House of Labor
Hoover
Dewey
California
Congress
Dewey Fund Receives Anti-Labor Donations
Two major backers of the Dewey campaign are Berkshhire Knitting Mills executives Ferdinand Thun and Henry Janssen from Reading Pennsylvania. Thun donated 2750 dollars and Janssen 2500 dollars as part of Pennsylvania GOP finance totals totaling 214,288 dollars for the period January 1 to September 7.
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Washington
Dewey
Berkshire Knitting Mills
Reading
Ferdinand Thun
Sec
Treas
Henry Janssen
South Trimble
House of Representatives
Republican Finance Committee of
Pennsylvania
Anti union laws spread reach Athens Tenn ordinance
Athens Tennessee adopts ordinance requiring one year residency and a $5000 annual license for a labor representative to enter town for union business as part of a broader southern anti union trend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens, Tenn
South
Labor Hater Avery Gets Elston Vote
Washington reports Congressman Charles H. Elston of Cincinnati sided with Sewell Avery against the Ramspeck Committee majority in a War Labor Board case involving United Retail Wholesale and Department Store Employes CIO. Samuel Wolcott, union leader, condemned Dewey and three Republicans for backing labor resistance at Montgomery Ward & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Elston
Cincinnati
Sewell Avery
Ramspeck
Washington
Avery and Montgomery, Ward & Co
War Labor Board
United Retail Wholesale & Dept. Store Employes
CIO
Dewey
Samuel Wolchok
Marine Veteran Challenges Labor Smears On Leave
Pfc. Robert Jones, Guadalcanal veteran on furlough from Bloomington, says labor news at the front mostly was negative. He praises the union fight by Local 193 of the IATSE AFL to uphold wartime conditions, arguing it will ensure jobs for servicemen upon their return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Ill
Robert Jones
Guadalcanal
Jones
Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes and
AFL
Guild Calls For A Buck Recalls Gains Under FDR
The Cincinnati Newspaper Guild PAC urges members to remember a decade of gains under Roosevelt. The leaflet notes wages rising from 35 to 55 dollars, a five day forty hour week, and protections from NLRB aided union support. It credits AFL CIO allies and steady government for workers’ benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Cincinnati Newspaper Guild
Cincinnati
PAC
Paul Cunningham
Roosevelt
NLRB
FDR Electors Win In Texas
In Dallas pro Roosevelt factions overthrow 15 electors who opposed a fourth term and replace them with 15 pro Roosevelt electors to cast Texas 23 electoral votes. The ousted group said it would appeal to the state Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
Texas
Jesse Jones
George Butler
W. Lee O’daniel
Martin Dies
State Supreme Court
World Peace Talks Open Series With Dr George De Huszar
Citizens for World Cooperation presents the first in a speaker series titled A Symposium on World Organization. Dr George De Huszar of Chicago University will discuss Essentials for Preserving the Peace at 7 45 p m on October 4. Registration at the Keith Building headquarters via telephone MA in 1959.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens For World Cooperation
World Organization
George de Huszar
Chicago University
Keith Building
Telephone
Card Party Benefits Children at St Xavier Free Day
The St Xavier Free Day Nursery hosts a card party at 8 15 p m October 6 in the Hall of Minors at Netherland Plaza Hotel. Tickets are fifty cents each and all may attend. Miss Genevieve Dyer says children of all nationalities and religions are represented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Xavier Free Day Nursery
Hall of Minors
Netherland Plaza Hotel
Genevieve Dyer
Entertainers Set For Steelworkers District Conference
Al Whitehouse director of District 25 United Steelworkers organizes the second annual local unions conference to be held Saturday and Sunday October 28 29 at the Roof Garden Hotel Gibson with Charlie Bishop's Scotties jazz group Joy Gilbert and Andy Moder the Amateaur Hour champions a black quartet and a magic act plus a film Lest We Forget. Prominent speakers including Phil Murray and other officers are expected along with government agency officials to explain rules.
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al Whitehouse
District 25
United Steelworkers of America
Gibson
Charlie Bishop
Scotties
Othe
United Steelworkers
Joy Gilbert
Andy Moder
Dr. Pollak
Phil Murray
Boyd Wilson
Food costs rise 47.3 percent from 1939 levels
The BLS reports food costs for the average family are 47.3 percent higher than Aug 15 1939, and total prices of goods for moderate income families have risen 28 percent in five wartime years. The report notes no claim on overall cost of living or quality changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U. S. Dept. of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics
BLS
Europe
19 Million Dollar Raise Won By CIO
About 170000 workers in four Atlantic shipyards won wage increases totaling 19 million dollars under a National War Labor Board ruling. Increases average 2 to 4 cents per hour establishing a uniform wage schedule in the Eastern yards, pursued for months by the Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers CIO.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Atlantic
Nati War Labor Board
Industrial Union of Marine & Shipbuilding Workers
CIO
WLB Allows Christmas Year End Bonuses Under Directive
The National War Labor Board amended its general directive on September 19 to permit Christmas or year end bonus payments of 25 dollars or less without incurring penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nati War Labor Board
WLB
Also Mentioned on This Page
American Federation of Labor
AFL International
Dewey Fund
Avery
Elston
Guild
Eleanor Bell
Post
Guild Pac
National Political Action Committee
FDR
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