Under Cover Deal Stirs Labor Dispute War Effort Rift
The piece analyzes a covert December agreement between six union leaders from AFL and CIO aiming to arbitrate jurisdictional fights, its hidden clause shielding legal rights under the Wagner Act, and its use to justify continued CIO raids on Kaiser shipyard unions in Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pater Edeon
NEA Service.Inc
Washington
Pacific West Chinwards
Henry J. Kaiser Company
United States
CIO
A. F. of
A. F. of L
Wie Megalaivas
AS Ep Ee. L
Philip Murray
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
R. J. Thomas
United Auto Workers
Julius Emspack
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers
William L. Hutcheson
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
Portland, Oregon
Henry J. Kaiser
Kaiser Yards
National Labor Relations Board
Peti
Yicht
Kaiser
James F. Byrnes
Kaiser Shipyards
Byrnes
Joan Green
Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuildisc Workers
CHO
Greens
L. Ecommerees
Charies J. McGowan
Boileemakers
Harver W Brown
Machinists
George Masterson
Plumbers and Steamfitters
Guemm
Big A. F
Conflicting unions clash over wartime labor peace pact
The discussion centers on AFL and CIO leverage in shipyards during wartime, with CIO leader Green resisting a no raiding pact after executive committee dissent. A hidden fourth paragraph about legal rights fuels confusion at AFL headquarters as vice presidents defend the move amid a pointed rebuke from metal trades chief Frey.
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U. S. Shipbuilding and Associated Industries
A. F. of L
CIO
West
California
Green
A. F. of L. Metal Trade
John P. Frey
A. F. of S. Metal Trades Council
Pen Mar Park Cleared as Last Remains Fade Away
Waynesboro Pennsylvania reports Pen Mar Park dismantled with only a wrought iron pump remaining as a sentinel over the site. Workmen demolished park buildings after several days of debris fires. rides and attractions including the merry-go-round figures, penny show house, dance pavilion pillars, shooting gallery, dining room, miniature railway, and summer cottages were removed leaving an isolated grounds section once owned by Western Maryland Railway Co.
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Waynesboro
Pen- Mart
Western Maryland Railway Co
Army boot styles for service shoes and cold weather wear
Fragmented list shows various Army footwear including black service shoes, tan white parade shoes, 14 inch waterproof boots for extreme cold, arctic rubber boots, and parachute jumper boots. Describes rubber, canvas, and leather uppers, with emphasis on durability for soldiers in varied climates.
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Botte
Texas Pvt Cecil Inducted December 11 In Service
Pvt Cecil, inducted December 11, is stationed at Camp Hawze Tex. He is the son of Mrs. J. P. Stilling of Buckeystown and formerly worked for Price Brothers Inc. in Frederick.
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Pvt
Cecil
Camp Hawze Tex
J. P. Stilling
Buckeystown
Price Brothers Inc
Frederick
Absenteeism In Plane Plants To Be Taken Up
Federal representatives will meet this week with a sub committee of the Aircraft War Production Council on the campaign against absenteeism. L. L. Benson, C. S. Mattoon, and Avery McBee will represent major firms. Clyde Vandeburg spoke on interagency efforts to curb absences, with five outlined steps including employee records, cause studies, housing and transportation reviews, and worker education.
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New York
Aircraft War Production Council
East Coast, Inc
L. L. Benson
Bell Aircraft Corp
C. S. Mattoon
Curtiss-Wright Corp
Avery McBee
Glenn L. Martin Co
Clyde M. Vandeburg
Office of War Information
Council
Inas
Army, Navy, Maritime Commission
War Manpower Commission
Inter-Agency
Favorable Report on Cutting State Tax
Annapolis March 9 A favorable report was made to the Ways and Means committee on an administration bill permitting Maryland earners to deduct one third from their state income tax after computing the total. The amendment limited the deduction to incomes in 1942 1943 and 1944. The deduction had been urged by the Governor in his inaugural address. The first quarterly installment of the state income tax is due April 14.
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Annapolis
Wasa
War Secretary urges industry to top wartime efficiency
In a major address Secretary Stimson demands that industry and agriculture be raised to top efficiency before shrinking the Army. He criticizes reliance on voluntary effort and calls for compulsory manpower and stronger civilian mobilization to support total war. He notes the Army size at 8,200,000 by end of 1943 and links civilian productivity to war success.
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Washington
Stimson
Fadi
Tunisia
Southwest Pacific
General Staff
War College
Navy
Maritime Commission
Army
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
England
Ufe
U. S. Army
America
Germany
Europe
Russia
Britain
Asia
Italy
European
Japan
Army policy sparks division over war plan
Secretary of War Stimson defends a 100 division buildup to reach 8.2 million as Allied forces assess enemy strength and American leaders clash over wartime reorganizations. The Kiwanis Club heard two wartime films, Air Raid Wardens and Wartime Washington, at the Francis Scott Key Hotel luncheon.
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Kiwanians
Automobile Club of Maryland
Ralph W. Bower
Kiwanis Club
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Washington
Mr. Boyer
James H. Grove, Jr
Clarence C. Carly
Russia Tells People About Aid Of U S
London dispatch reports the Kremlin read a full Lend Lease statement by Ed Stettinius Jr to reassure Russians after Admiral Standley complained Russians were not told the full extent of aid. The broadcast listed planes tanks and trucks sent under Lend Lease and cited amounts of many other items.
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London
Edward R. Stettinius
Acd
Russia
Britain
Reuter
William H. Standley
Stetina
Kremlin
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Hutchinson
Bill
Pen Mar Park
Americcan
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Bion FE
U.S Army
Edward T. Griffith
Alicia Patricia Griffith
Griffith
U.S
ST. Allen’s
Delphey’s
West Patrick St
Burall
Berger’s
Berger
C.C. Carty, Inc
E. Patrick St
Mastercraft
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