Friction in North Carolina State Team Across Agencies
The editorial laments public spats between state officials led by highway chairman A H Graham and budget chief R G Deyton, urging governor action to restore teamwork. It also scrutinizes secret wage top-up practices and a covert kickback scheme involving AFL CIO, Red Cross, and wartime drives, calling for transparency and accountability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Highway Commission
A. H. Graham
R. G. Deyton
Graham
Budget Bureau
Commission
Deyton
Bureau
North Carolina
Gregg Cherry
Frank R. Kent
Red Cross
National War Fund
AFL
CIO
Kent
Labor League of Human Rights
Leo Perils
CIO Relief Committee
War Chest
Oak Ridge Engineers Call For Bomb Understanding Before Legislation
Atomic engineers from Oak Ridge Tennessee urge tests to determine the bomb’s capabilities and limits before Congress drafts laws. They propose trials on captured ships and modern fortifications to inform policy, arguing the cost of study is small next to the gained knowledge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atomic Engineers
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Congress
High Point Bond Funds Back Transports Plane In City Pride
An Army private from Assam writes to Mayor Phillips praising the City of High Point North Carolina for bonds funding a transport plane. He notes the aircraft still serves well after other aircraft are retired and asks citizens about its current status in Egypt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
N. C
Assam
Pteph Shuler
Earl N. Phillips
Egypt
Sife
Shuler
Supply Shortages Hit City Clothing Stores
Local shoppers and merchants report dire clothing shortages as service members outnumber civilians. Buyers say stores cannot stock full lines due to limited merchandise from government releases and disrupted supply chains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jahugh Hays
Con
CIO Ambition and CIOs Role in Industry Control
The CIO is described as a political organization allied to Democratic and Communist parties. It aims to alter economic policy and curb feather-bedding and stoppages while influencing wages and hours. The text argues CIO attempts to fix prices and returns on capital, expanding its authority beyond traditional labor concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
IWW
CIO
AFL
Democratic
Wisden
George Sokolsky on CIO influence in postwar policy
The author argues the CIO, aided by government, could set wages and production and even fix prices, driving socialization of American industry by attrition. He warns this would erode management authority and suggests high politics will hinge on Democratic loyalty to CIO-backed influence and veterans' return in 1945 elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CIO
Congress
Democratic Party
Communist Party
Baruch Letter Probes Root Causes of Inflation and Production
The piece outlines Baruch’s arguments that production delays from strikes fuel inflation, warn against giving goods to foreign nations, and favor reduced government spending over tax cuts. It critiques domestic and international pressures shaping economic policy, noting Attlee’s visit and broader wartime spending debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Labor Management Conference
New York
Detroit
England
Czechoslovakia
France
Russia
Truman
Ickes
Anderson
Baruch
Peiteeny
Mr. Attlee
Political and economic critique of socialism and Britain aid
The speaker condemns funding socialist policies and industrial aid as political manipulation. He argues the money should not finance reconstruction or expansion for ideological ends. He warns against misusing atomic capability and inflation to undermine national strength, insisting the nation must stay influential through realism in economics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Socialist Party
Britain
National whirlgig rages over Truman wage price policy
A fierce liberal conservative clash in the Truman administration over wage and price controls risks widening from labor vs management to foreign affairs. Key figures include Henry Wallace and John W. Snyder. Critics accuse Snyder of withholding data while Truman seeks a middle course through bargaining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dominion of Foreign Affairs
Henry A. Wallace
Mr. Truman
Chicago
St. Louis
John W. Snyder
Henry
Jesse H. Jones
Wallace
Chester Bowles
Snyder
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
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Far
Amos
Lucy Harper
Harry Jacobs
American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
George Sokolsky
Tammany Hall
American Labor Party
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Phil Murray
Theth Party
Paul Mallon
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