Sidney Hillman shifts fund drive method for CIO
Sidney Hillman announces a change in fund raising from large industrial union gifts to contributions from individual workers, a move seen as reducing harassment risk and aligning with Patton’s attack on CIO political activity. The shift follows approval by Attorney General Biddle and a Senate committee, amid broader war news and hearings.
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C.I.0
Biddle
Senate
Sidney
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T. F. Patton
Hillman-Murray
Patton
Frank Graham
University of North Carolina
Hillman
Maintenance of union membership and check off rights
Quoting the WLB decision, Mr Patton stressed two visions that made the CIO numerically powerful and funded its treasury. He argued the first compels employee loyalty to a dominant union, deters withdrawal, and channels dues to Hillman’s revenue men. The lawyer claimed these benefits were intended to stabilize plants and avoid strikes, but the record shows they failed to produce these effects.
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Hillman
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Carter's Little Liver Pills Promise Quick Digestive Aid
An advertisement touts Carter's Little Liver Pills as a fast way to boost bile flow and relieve indigestion. It claims relief can come in as little as 30 minutes and urges readers to buy at any drugstore for 10 cents, noting natural digestion.
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Carter
Dewey Accuses Fund Tunneling For Political Blackmail
The speaker attacks a fund built by Hillman from union collections to back political causes. He claims gifts in Washington were used to press unions, suppress resignations, and pressure for a fourth term. He argues New Deal reforms hinder free enterprise and warns of a looming recession emergency.
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Patton
Sidney
C.so
Manhattan
Winning the War by Albert Leman
New York business leaders fear reconversion problems as policies clash over surplus property and civilian release of aluminum and magnesium. Congress delays action, while private groups push plans from the Truman Committee and Baruch-Hancock report. Boondoggling fears rise as employment slips and shoppers fear cutbacks, influencing vote effects in a tense postwar economy.
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Unemployment Debate Tests Dewey as Convincing Attorney
Bankers speak privately that Dewey must display strong advocacy skills to satisfy labor concerns. The remark highlights expectations of legal deftness and persuasive argument in labor policy matters.
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Dewey
Sweden Seizes Coal Supplies Expropriation Reported
The department of commerce reports that the Swedish government has fed all coal supplies into expropriation across the country, a move that could affect energy availability and imports.
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Department of Commerce
Ration Roundup Weekly OPA news and calendar
Weekly OPA ration roundup outlines price and entitlement updates for July 10 week. Notes include Book 4 value of certain food stamps, sugar stamp validity, canning sugar through February 1945, shoe stamps, fuel and renewal procedures, and gasoline coupon licensing requirements in the Carolinas Georgia and Florida.
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Carolinas
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Florida
Archie Pierce Receives Suspended Sentence in Local Court
In Thomasville on July 12 Archie Pierce, 1 man, was given a suspended 60 day sentence for resisting arrest, conditioned on no similar offense for two years and payment of court costs. Also convicted were Paul Jackson for illegal liquor violations with a four month suspended term and $30 fine, Julian Craver for intoxicated driving with a $50 fine and 12 month no driving, Mose Lewis for assault with a deadly weapon with $10 plus costs.
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Archie Pierce
Paul Jackson
Julian Craver
Mose Lewis
Dewey gains foreign policy backing from ex-Willkie allies
In Albany on July 12, Governor Dewey held quiet talks with Republican delegations from New England and received endorsement of his foreign policy stance from former Willkie backers including Rep. Clare Boothe Luce and Senator Sinclair Weeks. Senator Warren Austin also voiced cooperation views aligning with Willkie.
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N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
New England
Wendell L. Willkie
Dewey
Rep
Clare Boothe Luce
Connecticut
Congress
Willkie
United States
America
Sinclair Weeks
Rmass
Weeks
Warren R. Austin
R-Vi
Austin
Mrs Luce Frames Foreign Policy Phrase as League Power
Mrs Luce, noting her role on the drafting committee, argues the line “By force if necessary” expands the Republican stance. She says the United States would cooperate with Britain, China and Russia to restrain aggression, envisioning a league of nations with greater power for larger states to deploy men and arms.
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League of Nations
Swiss Government Represents U S Interests Abroad
The Department of Commerce states that United States interests abroad are represented by the Swiss government in all enemy countries.
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United States
Switzerland
Department of Commerce
Malaya Diet Relies on Fish and Rice Says Commerce Dept
The department for commerce reports that fish and rice remain the two staple articles of diet for the Asiatic population in Malaya.
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Malaya
Department For Commerce
Smokes Are To Cost More In Montgomery
Montgomery residents will pay two cents more per package of cigarettes after August 15 and an extra half-cent on each five cents in the purchase price of other goods. City finance funds from the tax will be used to build and equip two parks, one for white children and the other for Negroes.
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Ala
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