Polio cases and wage dispute details from state report
The article lists polio cases including Phillip Keeney and Charles Morgan, notes one infantile paralysis death in Alabama, and reports on a steel wage dispute. It mentions a one billion dollar steel industry impact, current wage rate of 1.65 per hour, prior increases in 1946 1947 and 1948, and a fact finding board chaired by Truman to hear wage, pension, and social insurance issues over 16 days.
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Phillip Keeney
Kyle B. Keeney
Charleston
D. H. Small
Winona
Fayette County
William Mason Mayfield
James Jefferson Mayfield
Tuscaloosa
Alabama
Fact Moding Board
CIO Steel
U.s.steel
Truman
Outlooks Plan Seeks Expanded Social Security Coverage
The piece outlines steps to broaden social security reach to about 7 million farm operators and workers and proposes staged tax increases. It calls for raising insurance benefits toward 100 percent at some levels and gradual tax hikes starting January 1, 1950 with 11 percent for employers and payrolls, then 2 percent in 1952, 2 percent in 1960, and 3 percent in 1965.
Witness Describes Accidental Shooting On Lake Michigan Beach
Joyce testified for about two hours that the fatal shot in April last year occurred during a struggle over a gun in Reeder’s car on the Lake Michigan beach. She admitted finger on the trigger and said Reeder pursued her despite her attempts to end the affair after learning he was married.
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Joyce
Reeder
Lake Michigan
Labor sign the oath to empower union with NLRB backing
A labor figure signs the oath to place the union in a position to utilize the National Labor Relations Board. The move signals formal readiness for collective action and recognition under NLRB processes.
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LABOR
NLRB
Wage-Pension Clash Hovers Over Steel Industry Talks
Federal experts say Murray may be signaling readiness for trouble in the wage and pension dispute with steelmakers. The key issue is whether pensions must be bargained, with industry insisting on a prior pledge, while Murray cites an NLRB ruling forcing bargaining on pensions but blocked from enforcement due to the non-Communist oath matter. John L. Lewis remains a major holdout against the law, leveraging mine union power to resist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isbor
Murray
NLRB
John L. Lewis
Unified Mine Workers
Lewis
Acheson Warns Against Western Turmoil Risks
In remarks continued from earlier, Secretary of State Acheson argues that totalitarian regimes may turn to military action if aggression fails in Western Europe. He asserts that clear and unified resistance is needed to deter such moves and forestall war.
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Achéson
Acheson
Thasa
Railroads argue ICC leeway cited over five years of proved failure
The commission hears that the applicant has been given ample chance to prove operation capability but has failed over five years Protestants claim no other applicant before the ICC received such leeway and urge withholding the final operating certificate amid ongoing disputes over eligibility and safety.
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ICC
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