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Newspaper
Labor World
Location
Alton, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1947
Page
3
A continued report on Histadrut the Trade Union Conference and its Palestine programs notes that Histadrut prepares jobs and homes for refugees who manage to enter Palestine. It outlines the cooperative building organization and ownership of facilities supporting this effort.
The text appears as an OCR fragment about cooperative buying, Zionist organizations, and references to the 109 British White Paper and Jewish immigration. It mentions Palestine trade, consumer products, and price advantages, with garbled names and places making precise facts uncertain.
Judge E F Barels of Edwardville Circuit Court issues an injunction against protesting Southwestern Bell Telephone Company workers at Granite City central office. The action aims to prevent disruption of emergency service as labor and company clash over wages and safety in a heated labor dispute heard amid broader industrial tensions. Additional rulings target Granite City Steel machinists, banning interference with Dinols Terminal movements at plant yards.
Wood River district radio rundown lists No 1 Peg of My Heart by the Harmoni Cats. No 2 K Wonder, 1 Wonder by the Vagabonds. No 3 Mamselle by Art Lund.
Boston voters at the Filene’s store approved joining the AFL Retail Clerks Protective Association by a large margin. AFL organizer Frank Fenton went to Boston to persuade clerks to affiliate, noting benefits of national union ties. Supreme Court had blocked CIO injunction to stop the action, affirming the right to affiliate. Willian Green praised the victory and offered congratulations to participants.
Health officials report that about forty percent of counties save funds by not maintaining full-time public health staff. Preventive health tests and services are unevenly offered, with many counties lacking dedicated personnel to oversee routine prevention work.
The piece argues that seniority is a key feature of modern industrial organization, rooted in organized labor and private property. It contends critics misframe seniority as mere elitism, noting its role in governance of enterprise and ties to land ownership as productive property.
Washington reports that last year 14.8 million workers were covered by union contracts, up 4.5 million since 1941. The Labor Department notes wartime growth persists postwar, with unions spanning manufacturing and nonmanufacturing sectors and seniority terms shaping job tenure.
A brief note reports teen age pickets protesting outside a government building. Citizens observe the demonstration as local authorities monitor the scene. No injuries or arrests are mentioned.
A sermon-like reflection argues work as a divine duty and social necessity. It cites Captain John Smith and Paul to support labor as essential, noting Eph. 4 28 that work enables helping those in need, while criticizing self serving frenzies and urging personal responsibility.
Retail Clerks International Association AFL schedules its no twentieth convention to open July 14 in San Francisco at the Hotel Whitcomb. Secretary-Treasurer James A. Sutridge said accommodations expect 1,000 delegates with 1,500 eligible. The gathering marks the first since World War I and may feature AFL leaders William Green and George Meany as tentative attendees.
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