Navy War Strikes Hit Pacific Northwest Pulp and Lumber
Nearly 40 000 lumber workers in the Pacific Northwest walk out halting more than 100 sawmills and cutting daily lumber output to about 14 million board feet. Army officials warn the bottleneck endangers artillery supplies while other labor actions ripple across the nation including a two day sit in at Brewster Aeronautical in Long Island City and protests by Detroit and Baltimore workers.
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Associated Presa All Army
Pacific Northwest
Brewster Aeronautical Corp
Long Island City
Navy
Detroit
Washington
Bethlehem-Sparrows Point
Baltimore
Northwest
Martin McDonnell
Army Headquarters
Forest Products
Seattle
AFL CIO clash deepens as walkouts threaten war materiel output
The Northwestern Council of the AFL Lumber and Sawmill Workers calls 26 000 idle members back to work amid expected wage action by the WLB. CIO’s Woodworkers oppose, seeking Roosevelt intervention. Parke Davis strikers head to a WLB hearing challenging penalties as the Smith Connally Act governs strikes. The dispute disrupts medical supply production for Army and civilian use.
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Northwestern Council
AFL Lumber and Sawmill Work
Ers
WLB
CIO
International Woodworkers of America
Roosevelt
Parke, Davis & Co
Washington
Smith-Connally
Bricker urges early balanced federal budget plan
Ohio Governor John W. Bricker, as a Republican presidential hopeful, calls for a balanced federal budget at the earliest date with a federal tax cut soon after victory. He warns that deficit financing weakens a nation’s standing in world affairs.
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Harrisburg
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Bricker
Historic principle shapes modern steel girder strength
Metal gave it strength and rigidity without adding weight, a principle used today with corrugated iron and steel girders.
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