Farm Labor Wages and War Mobility Slipping
Senate dialogue reveals Maine figures pressing for farm labor to harvest Aroostook potatoes as shipyard workers resist returning to lower paying farm jobs. Moran notes a $12 day guaranteed wage for farm labor, while broader labor roles shift to the War Labor Board and War Manpower Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ralph Brewster
Maine
Carl Moran
Portland
Brewster
Moran
Aroostook County
Miss Perkins
Labor Department
War Labor Board
U.S. Employment Service
War Manpower Commission
U. S. Employment Service
Aroostook
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tokyo
Imperial Palace
Army
Pacific
Okinawa
Manila
Palaus
Equator
SAPAN
Guam
Caroline IS
Aanwas
ARAVA
Australia
Pacific Ocean
Marcus
Mariana
ROTA
Truk
Eniwetok
Ponape
Midway
Kusaie
Gilbert IS
Solomons
Nauru
Guadalcanal
Espiritu Santo
Noumea
Jaluit
Wotje
Ellice
Efate
Johnston
Maloelap
Kwajalein
Majuro
Samoa
Honolulu
Henry H. Arnold
Congress
Pearl Harbor
Saipan
Manus
Mactan Island
Philippines
United States
House
Marshall
Florida Keys
Richmond Navy
South
Florida
Keys
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
Akron
Ohio
Paul V. McNutt
The
Harold N. Gilbert
USA
Tokyo-Chicago
Congressional
Alben W. Barkley
Dem
Walter F. George
Scott Lucas
Ill
Homer Ferguson
Rep
Mich
Jere Cooper
Tenn
J. Bayard Clark
N. C
John W. Murphy
Frank B. Keefe
Wis
Bertrand Gearhart
Calif
Philippine Islands
RSM
Eugene Bernard
Val D’or
Quebec
Patterson
Stimson
Robert P. Patterson
Truman
New York National Guard
Eric Johnston
Upper
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Will H. Hays
Edgar L. Warren
Chicago
WLEB
Burton
Senate
Harold Hitz Burton
U. S. Supreme Court
Massachusetts
Cleveland
G.1
Shirley Temple
Sgt
John G. Agar Jr
Tokyo Taxi
Bob Oromie
Ed Pauley
U. S
Moscow
Democratic National Committee
Russia
Pauley
State Department
Germany
Japan
Europe
Frankfurt
Potsdam
Byrnes
U S
Office of War Information
R. A. McClure
General McClure
OWI
Paris
White House
Los Angeles
Chet Holifield
Karl Mundt
South Dakota
Old Dies Committee
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!