AFL Called On To Intensify Campaign for Housing Bil
Lee F. Johnson of the National Public Housing Conference urged the AFL to renew a drive for passage of the General Housing Bill. He attacked the real estate lobby and constructor profits, insisting labor costs cannot be planned away and that millions of homes must be built for war workers and returning Amelia workers, to aid postwar housing.
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AFL
Ban Francho
Lee F. Jonnson
National Public Housing Conference
Robert F. Wegnerm
Jetson
Theal
Weir
Catry ‘Amelia
America
Sal
Je. Robinson
Alton Students Stir Over Shurtleftil College Riot Echoes
Alton youth recount a chaotic downtown scene before a Shurtleftil Illinois College game with 500 lefties marching, horns blazing, and a stampede along Washington Avenue. The piece notes student figures like Dana and Pug Campbell amid protests for housing, labor rights, and government action, while a coroner’s inquest and local labor groups push for investigations into a county jail.
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Alton
Oma
Washington
Dona
Pug” Campbell
Strikes and Student Demonstration Amid Wage Probe
An unruly street scene unfolds as students march and flood downtown streets near the Stratford Hotel and Vogue shop, while a police officer directs traffic. A wage and hour investigation disclosed that 49 percent of about 40,000 establishments failed to pay back wages, with restitution totals of 164,000 and 574,095 dollars proposed for thousands of workers.
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Johnny Tiss
Bruce
Thele Fend
Dewis and Clark Bridge
Stratford Hotel
Heep West Third Street
Plasa
Dona
Feld
Kresges
Wadow
Third Street
Moss
Profit Sharing With Workers Advocated
A banker argues profit sharing may counter socialism by linking wages to company profits. Wallace Moir of Belmont Investment, Beverly Hills, urges workers share profits. cites Fair Labor Standards Act exemptions and wage rules. He notes disability cost relief via second injury funds in 38 states.
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Wallace Moir
Belmont Investmhent Company
Beverly Hills
Douot
U. S. Department of Labor
Snow Clearing Machine Melts Runways with 2000 Degree Blasts
The American Public Works Association reports a machine that melts a 12 foot swath of snow on runways at one cent per cable yard. In tests last winter the 12 ton device reportedly melts snow and clears runways by focusing blasts of heat at 2000 degrees Fahrenheit on the area to be cleared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ratsouren
American Public Works Association
Label Trades Convention Urged To Organize Purchasing Power
The 1948 Union Adustics Show planned for Milwaukee was outlined to AFL officials as a showcase surpassing the St. Louis 1946 exhibition. AFL President Green praised union labels shop cards and service buttons, urging an educational campaign to persuade consumers. Matthew Woll emphasized directing purchasing power to support labor, noting potential billions directed to unionly identified goods if members buy with the label.
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St. Louis
Ornburn
AFL
Willian Green
Green
Matthew Woll
Jon
Ar. Woll
Closed Shop Debate Shapes Architects Law
The article reports on proposals to outlaw the closed shop for ordinary workers and push a law requiring only architects to prepare building plans. Backers include Washington's corporation unset and the American Institute of Architects, with lobbying planned. It notes concerns about labor unions and mentions the National Employ Physical Handicapped Week coordinated by federal and private agencies.
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Confires
Washington
Department of Labor
U.S. Employment Service
Department of Agriculture
Vet
American Federaton
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Robert Fallen
Francis James
Alfred
Williard
Grand Jury
Urbaniak
Alton-Wood River
Alton American Legion Post
Indiy
David Brazel
William Begley, Jr
Theo Shiard
Alton Tradesland ‘Labor Assembly
Taylor Eliot
Wood River Central Labor Union
Wood River Region
George Grove
Wood River Post
Steek
Out of Black
Bruce Hare
Diane
Bruce Hale
Pug
Nolls Bakery
Shudler
Arso
Han
East’ Broadway
Chevrolet
Finols
Thomas O'Malley
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Divissons
U.S. Department of Labor
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Shoe Department
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