Retailers face postwar hiring woes and need to rebuild sales forces
A chief executive of a major chain retailing group told the U S Chamber of Commerce that postwar labor shifts have disrupted regular sales staff with 6000 of 12000 employees entering armed services. He urged rapid retraining of new workers to restore courteous service and customer confidence, arguing that healthy competition remains.
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United States Chamber of Commerce
Armed Services
Chain Stors
Soapboxers Fight Over Bulwinkle Bill on Rail Rates
A column denounces supporters of the Bulwinkle Bill seeking ICC power over railroad rate approval. DOJ suit claims railroads conspired to fix rates to monopolize trade under the Sherman Act. The bill would exempt rate making from anti trust laws while keeping others under scrutiny, arguing such exemptions harm public convenience and national transportation policy. It emphasizes coordinated rate structures as part of a nationwide system.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Fate Bureaus
Department of Justice
Bulwinkle
Behind Your Bonds Lies the Might of America
The Campbell Soup Co plant at Camden covers five city blocks and employs 4,500, among New Jersey’s vital food processing firms investing in the nation’s wealth behind Savings Bonds. Other major firms include Coca Cola Maxwell House Kraft Phoenix Lipton and National Sugar Refining. Treasury orders will keep them busy for years.
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Campbell Soup Co
Camden
New Jersey
Coca Cola
Maxwell House Coffee
Kraft-Phoenix Cheese Corp
National Sugar Refining Co
Thomas J. Lipton, Inc
Treasury de
Interrelated rates debate under public regulators scrutiny
A discussion argues that rates form a single system rather than independent charges. It questions the Sherman Antitrust Act's original purpose, opposing the view that it blocks cooperation in the public interest under Interstate Commerce Commission oversight. A traveling preacher planned a sermon at a Western church. The church sign teased an organist topic: Do you know what Hell is.
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