Organized Labor Ends Long Split
MIAMI BEACH Feb 9 AFL and CIO leaders agreed to end the 20 year split and merge into a single 15 million member federation. Meany and Reuther predicted ratifications by year end and said the new federation would launch an aggressive organizing drive to recruit millions of workers. The merger pact signed by committees sets top posts for Meany and Schaitzler, with CIO unions entering as a Council of Industrial Organizations and naming their leader, likely Reuther.
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Miami Beach
Frs
AFL
CIO
George Meany
American Federation of Labor
Walter Reuther
Congress of Industrial Organizations
America
Reuther
Meany
United Labor Movement
United States
APL
William Schaitzler
Council of Industrial Organizations
CIO Auto Workers Union
AFL Executive Council
Washington
Afl-Cio
Meany and Reuther
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Bond posted on perjury charge in county case
Harold Grove of Williamsville posted a bond of $500 on a perjury charge after a warrant was issued by State's Attorney Samuel Barrick. The perjury allegation concerns discrepancies in Grove's testimony before the grand jury and Circuit Court in a prior trial. Barrick said the information came from files of the former state’s attorney. Earlier, three defendants received suspended sentences for intoxication and drunkenness in separate hearings. A Detroit case reports a tax fraud defendant paying a $10,000 fine and two years probation for failing to file tax returns.
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Harold Grove
Liamsville
People’s Night Court
Elmer LeRoy Rhoderick
New Market
Edward J. Smith
Grove
Tr. I
Harold Leasore
Samuel W. Barrick
Barrick
Grand Jury
Jas
Delenaatt
Charles A. Price
Price
Tai
Ithel S Gillam
West Middlesex
Andrey J Leonard
Newton
John Woodring
Norman Trump
S$ Tregening
C I Bender
Nathan Dorsey
Bender and Dorsey
Claude Henry Gardner
Frederick County
Detroit
PA Hamtramck Insurance
Joseph M. Kaminski
Kaminski
Theodore Levin
Cybernetics Puzzle and Ford Automation Impact
An article surveys automation in U.S. industry, focusing on Ford's engine plant. It contrasts human labor with machines on conveyors and cutting tools, notes reduced worker counts, and cites examples from Chevrolet, radio lines, foundries, refineries, and food plants. It reflects optimism about productivity and concerns about unemployment and costs. Figures mention Ford reducing engine line workers from 11 to 25, and forecasts of expanding automation across sectors with industry-wide labor savings and quality gains.
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Douglas Larsenner
Detroit
Ford
Studebaker
General Motors
W. C. Newberg
Dodge
Chevrolet
Cross Wampans
Cross
Electronicsusiness
Rcent
Gallathia
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co
St. Paul
Minn
L. T. Rader
Formosa Pact Ratified 64-6 by Senate
The Senate approved the Formosa defense treaty 64 to 6, pledging U S defense of Formosa Chiang Kai shek’s regime and the Pescadores. The vote underscored broad support for backing Nationalist forces amid Red China threats and followed prior resolutions authorizing potential military action. Morse offered failed amendments challenging recognition of a Chinese government and the Formosan positions.
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Formosa
United States
Japan
Morse
Sen. Langer
R-Nd
China
Chiang
Pescadores
George
Committee On Assistances
Washington
Senate
Chiang Kaishek
Eisenhower
7Th Fleet
Tachen Islands
Chavez
D-Nm
Jore
D-Tenn
Kefauver
Dtenn
Lehman
D-Lib
Langer
Sen
D-Ga
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Tis Morse
No Reason To Abandon Cut In Manpower
Secretary of Defense Wilson testified to the Senate Armed Services Committee that there is no reason to abandon planned manpower cuts despite Korea and Indochina. He cited defense goals for 1956 and noted shifts in Russian leadership as a factor in reappraisal, while Ridgway questioned the timing and warned against premature conclusions.
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Washington
Febr
Wilson
Russia
Senate Armed Services Committee
den Dathsun Ue Nast
dLller
Wuilsen
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Russelll D-Gas
Korea
Indochina
Russell
Matthew B Ridgway
Army
Air Force
United States
Rideway
House
Armed Services
Marshal Zhukov
Red Defense
Five Years Hard Labor For Airman In Fort Worth
A general court martial sentenced AZC Don Luidwell twenty one from Hot Springs Arkansas to five years hard labor plus dishonorable discharge and forfeiture of pay for refusing to salute an officer. Gene D Matt from Glen Was was given the same term on the same charge. Both said their Jehovah’s Witness beliefs prevented saluting any person or object.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Don Luidwell
Hot Springs
Ark
USC
Gene D Matt
Glen
Jehovah's Witnesses
B.C
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Martha “McChenny Berry
Georgia
the News
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