Union Boycott Ruling: NLRB Backs Legality in 4-0 Vote
The NLRB ruled the Hoover Co boycott led by Local 709 of the United Electrical Workers was legal under the Taft Hartley Act. The board found the company unfairly fired its 12 executive board members and ordered restoration of their jobs and back wages.
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Ashington
National Labor Relations
NLRB
Sion
Boycatt
Canton
Hoover Co
Makea Vacuum Cleaners
North Canton
Ohio
Writ Banning Rail Strike Extended
Buffalo August 4 The restraining order gagging the A F L Switchmen of North America from renewing strikes against Rock Island was extended to August 14 after a federal court hearing on the motion for a permanent injunction Judge John Knight reserved ruling The order issued July 8 would have expired tonight The union had refused Rock Island work under government seizure July 6 while strikes on four other western railroads were called off on President Truman’s appeal The union seeks a 40 hour week with pay bonuses equal to a 48 hour week.
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Buffalo
A. F. L. Switchmen’s Union of North America
Rock Island Railroad
U. & District
John Knight
Rock Island
Western
Truman
IVA Holding Up in Disposal of Birmingham Sites
The Veterans Administration delays plans to clear the abandoned Birmingham General Hospital in Van Nuys California waiting to see if the Army will need the buildings. The site is slated for a new 1000‑bed neuropsychiatric hospital, and construction plans remain in preliminary stages.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Birmingham General Hospital
van Nuys
Calif
Novel
Long Beach
Veterans Agency
Alamitos Bay Pierhead and Bulkhead Map Drafted
City Engineer J A Gilkerson filed a map showing about three miles of tentative pierhead and bulkhead lines for Alamitos Bay. City Manager Samuel E Vickers will review it next week, with possible council input before submission to the U S Army Engineers in Los Angeles. A public hearing by the engineers will be held, likely in the fall, to establish the lines. Property owners along Alamitos Bay are urged to submit names and addresses to the city engineer to aid notification for the hearing.
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Alamitos Bay
J. AD. Gilkerson
Samuel E. Vickers
U. S. Army Engineers
Los Angeles
Army Engineers
Protests Meet Jailed Man as Communist Ordinance Passes
In Keeseport Pennsylvania two men protested a city ordinance requiring Communist registration. Steve Nelson of Pittsburgh, leader of the Western Pennsylvania Communist party, was arrested for disorderly conduct and resisting arrest and later released on $35 bail. Dave Grant of Pittsburgh was escorted to the city limits but not arrested, arguing as a veteran for civil liberties during the council’s final reading.
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Ckeesport
Pennsylvania
Steve Nelson
Pittsburgh
Communist Party
Pennsyllvania
Dave Grant
Bltceburgh
Grant
Witness Names Five Assemblymen in Trial of Evans
Sacramento Aug 4 Five assemblymen were asked to introduce McLain sponsored bills at the urging of George H McLain and his lieutenants a witness testified in the Evans bribery trial Cartwright former assistant director of social welfare said Assemblyman John W Evans of Los Angeles was to steer all McLains program through the Legislature He and others asked Speaker Sam Collins Edward Gaffney Richard McCalister Vernon Kilpatrick and Everett Burkhalter to introduce the bills
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Sacramento
George H. McLain
Evans
Jack Cartwright
Social Welfare
Cartwright
John W. Evans
Los Angeles
McLain
Sam Collins
R.fullerton
Edward Gaffney
San Francisco
Richard McCalister
Mill Valley
Vernon Kilpatrick
Everett Burkhalter
North Hollywood
Europe Slashes Dollar Deficit in Early 1950
The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe reported that Western Europe’s dollar deficit for the first quarter 1950 was about 40 percent lower than in 1949, mainly due to a one third drop in imports of American foods. The deficit ran at an annualized rate of 2.1 billion dollars, with total first quarter imports from the United States at 4.006 billion and 147 million from Canada.
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Geneva
Switzerland
United Nations Economic Commission For Europe
Western
Europe
U. S
Canada
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IVA
Birmingham
Red
W. B. Scott CO
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Aletal
L. A. Nevada
Walker's
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Walker's Street
James
Sportswear
Mens Clothing
Walker
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