Guaranteed Wages to Spark Next Big Labor Issue
The Associated Press reports guaranteed wages as a rising labor focus with CIO Packing House Workers seeking a guaranteed annual wage, CIO Steelworkers backing it, and Congress funding a major study led by Murray Latimer. The study, sponsored by the Office of War Mobilization, defines guaranteed wage as three months wage or employment, with ongoing debate over annual scope and practical use.
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Max Hall
Associated Press
Washington
CIO
Congress
Murray Latimer
Johnson
Eric Johnston
Motion Picture Association
The
Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion
Johnston
Latimer
Second Marine Group Heads For States
Units of the Second Marine Division, veterans of Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Saipan, Tinian and Okinawa, arrived at Pearl Harbor en route to Norfolk with Maj. Gen. Leroy P. Hunt and 1,030 Marines. The Rutland carried 1,030, Olmstead 700 Marines, and four more ships head from Japan with Second Division personnel. about 2,500 officers and men remain eligible for discharge.
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Pearl Harbor
Second Marine Division
Guadalucanal
Tarawa
Saipan
Tinian
Okinawa
Norfolk, Va
Rutland
Leroy P. Hunt
Olmstead
Japan
United States
Guaranteed wages debated to stabilize jobs and production
A report outlines steps toward guaranteed wages with focus on stabilizing employment and regularizing production. Latimer plans 79 researchers to analyze current plans, costs, and effects, but no legislation. Similar schemes exist at Procter and Gamble Hormel and Nunn-Bush, with unions slow to adopt.
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Johnston
Congress
Latimer
Procter and Gamble
George A. Hormel
Nunn-Bush
Proctor and Gamble
Hormel
Mackenzie State Park Opens Adult Party House After Renovation
A redesigned party house in Mackenzie State Park, rebuilt by the CCC and used by WPA, is ready for adult use. The facility hosts up to 100 people and offers dancing space, a piano, games, and picnic amenities with free access for individuals and clubs. Reservations require $10 and can be made through the City Recreation Department at 9346.
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Recreation Department
City Recreation Department
Mackenzie State Park
Mackenzie’ State Park
CCC
Recreation Division
WPA
A. C
Stumpy) Hamilton
Hamilton
Haynes Strange and Kirby Form New Partnership
Announcement that L H Kirby joins Haynes and Strange as partner, changing the firm name to Haynes Strange and Kirby. Offices move from 415 Myrick to the Anthony building on Nineteenth Street, with a new second floor suite and a lower floor leased to an appliance store. Kirby, a 1934 staff member and Texas Tech architecture graduate, resides at 2301 Twenty Ninth.
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Haynes and Strange
Myrick Building
Nineteenth and
Dixie Drive
L. B. Haynes
L. H. Kirby
Haynes, Strange and Kirby
Kirby
Texas Tech
Twentyninth
Anthony Company
Calcutta Shellac Market Hits Postwar High
A new high for shellac prices in Calcutta, the world’s only exporting port, with Friday’s price at 61 dollars per mound or 8227 pounds, as dealers anticipated further gains.
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Calcutta
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