Our Town Inflation and War-Era Labor Struggles
The writer discusses a broad surge of inflation and labor strain in postwar America. Small businesses struggle to hire, keep hours, and maintain safe product quality while prices rise and shoppers tolerate long lines and limited goods. The piece critiques wage policy and calls for timing wage increases with production slack after victory in Europe, warning against a recurring, hidden inflation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S.A
Washington
Roosevelt
Germany
Boston
White House
Cabinet shakeup rumors sweep Washington in wartime
The article outlines possible replacements for key Roosevelt cabinet posts. Names include Marriner Eccles Leon Henderson Chester Bowles Beardsley Ruml Dan Tobin John Winant Harold Ickes and Francis Biddle with Hull Byrnes Wallace and Sumner Welles as potential State picks and notes on the Kaiser merchant fleet idea and Navy reshuffle plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Cordell Hull
Jesse Jones
Commerce
Marriner Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Leon Henderson
Chester Bowles
OPA
Beardsley Ruml
Dan Tobin
Teamsters’ Union
John Winant
London
International Labor Office
Winant
Tobin
AFL
CIO
Robert Hannegan
Frank Walker
Walker
Henry Wallace
Wallace
Moscow
International Food Organization
Hull
Senate
Jimmy Byrnes
Ambassador Winant
Byrnes
Sumner Welles
Senate Foreign Relations
Tom Connally
Harold Ickes
Francis Biddle
Biddle
Ickes
Fdr
Willkie
Miss Perkins
Toy Chest With Folding Table Top Pattern 252
Folding toy chest made from plywood scraps features rope handles wooden wheels and a fold down lid creating a child sized table. Includes stenciling guidance color guide and illustrated directions pattern 252 with 15 cents and name for receipt. Patterns show decoration steps suitable for mothers and children.
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Western Newspaper Union
Pacific
Carrier
Navy
Hornet
Wasp
Lexington
The
Philippines
Pennsylvania
Ethel Esterly
Allentown
Earl Wallace Esterly
Timothy
Stella Dorothy Welsh
Allison Pari
Red Cross
Robert J. Welsh
Holland
Breda
United Nations
Europe
Konrade
Sergt. de Sales A. Glover
Pittsburgh
Axis
Richard I. Bong
Poplar
Wis
Thomas B. McGuire
Ridgewood
N. J
Layte
Kaiser
Henry Kaiser
Orient
Far East
Navy Dept
Forrestal
Wall Street
Struve Hensel
Wall
Sullivan
Ralph Bard
Dewey
Bard
Hensel
Benjamin Franklin
France
Franklin
U. S
Little Miss Muffit
Feathers
Wahlert & Guntzler
Saint Louis
A. G. Brauer Supply CO
ST. Louis 3
St. Louis
Ruth Wyeth Spears
Bedford Hills
New York
Mother Gray
Bangs
T. B
Joethel Farms
Davenport
Iowa
Zkil-Rats
Seo Herware Stores
Pean Pome Co
Anmanen, Mo
WNU
Doan
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