Federal Arbitration Is the Answer
A dated plea for nationwide federal arbitration to resolve labor-management disputes. The piece argues strikes cripple coal steel auto and transport sectors, create shortages and risk public health and safety, and asserts Congress and labor oppose arbitration despite benefits to miners and the nation. It urges districts regional courts and a Supreme Court of Arbitration to replace strikes with impartial decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Supreme Court OF Arbitration
The Doctor Bowed and the Rise of Dramatic Criticism
Walter Winchell style vignette on theatergoing critics and the birth of dramatic criticism. Anecdotes recount editors resisting scandalous coverage, Floyd Gibbons China dispatches, and early 20th century press battles with the Ku Klux Klan. It recalls George Dale’s 1922 confrontation with Klansmen and a New York paper’s first ever prostitute interview, concluding with Henry Clay railing against restrictive access for reporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mase
Theo
Apo
America
New York
On Broadway Editorials From an 1847 New York Herald
A fragmentary editorial discusses Russia and the United States as fixed forms of governance, contrasting pure democracy with despotism and predicting Europe’s future geopolitical shift. The excerpt notes Horace Greeley’s clashes with rivals and recounts James Watson Webb’s Civil War era quip to Lincoln declining a major general rank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Russia
United States
Europe
New York Herald
James Watson Webb
Lincoln
Webb
J. W. Webb
Dermatitis From Petroleum Oils Affects Workers
Doctor Samuel M. Peek notes skin inflammation from direct contact with oils in industry. Soluble sulfonated petroleum oil cools tools while insoluble oils cause oil acne. To prevent outbreaks, limit skin contact, keep machines clean, and change oil weekly with proper washing facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel M. Peek
New York City
Hygiene and Safety Provisions for Worker Welfare
Dr H N Bundesen recommends facilities for hygiene including cold water and showers, clean towels, waste disposal at the machine, skin cleansers, daily clean work clothes, protective sleeves and aprons, with preventives like protective ointments for areas not shielded. Copyt 1948 King Feas Symti Inc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King Feas, Symti., Inc
Mistrial Declared In Fortydifta Damage Suit
A Fortydifta District court jury was discharged and a mistrial declared after a spectator was found in the jury box instead of a juryman. Also noted are brief items from 1928 about bandits attacking a Turpentine company payroll in Coyotes Durango and a San Antonio health report urging steps to cut tuberculosis mortality and add sanitary sewers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atten
Silay
Fortydifta
Met
Dumango Turpentines Company
Coyotes
Durango
Mex
San Antonio
United States
St. Clair Drake
National Public Health Association
Board of Health
Westbrook Pegler on unions in baseball and theater
Westbrook Pegler argues actors and baseball players could form unions to protect against ruthless owners. He outlines past attempts, the 1919 White Sox scandal, and the reserve clause debates, comparing theater labor history to baseball bargaining while noting unionism could alter game artistry and spectacle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dream World
Savator
Brotherhood
White Sox
Chariie Comiskey
Cinginnalieds
Reds
Arnold Rothstein
New York
Milwaukee
Castuion
Cannon
Congress
Dick Kerr
Sox
Dallas
K. M. Landis
Federal
Benedict Arnold
el Cients
George M. Cohan
Mesa
Dizzy Dean
King Features Syndicate
Inns
Hillman PAC list sparks congress debate at Atlantic City
Washington reports 33 Hillman convention officers released a blacklist of CIO PAC opponents. Hillman denied endorsement of the list while AFL leaders in Asheville countered with warnings against Hillman-Blumsberg. Congress weighs loan terms, with Case bill and labor filibuster risks ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hillman Pac
Mr. Hillman
Hillman
Harold Tekes
PAC
Cio-Pac
Congress
AFL
Virginia
Senator Byrd
Tennessee
McKellar
CIO
Senator McKellar
Crump
Green
Meany
Land of the Sky
Asheville
Communist Party
APL
Hillman-Blumsberg
Filibuster Tactics and Legislative Friction Across Congress
Critics warn a poll tax issue and fair employment practice delays may be used to stall. The Senate aims to strengthen legislation and overhaul the weak measure from the labor committee while debates on OPA and draft extension provoke division. Leaders seek to place items before campaigns, splitting Democratic and Republican positions against Truman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Palen
PAC
Labor Committee
Congress
Mr. Truman
Truman
King Features Syndicate
Listen World by Elsie Robinson Praise of risk over safety
A nostalgic essay argues that seeking security dulls life and signals social death. The author contends danger fuels growth and that living fully requires risk and challenge, warning that safety breeds soul sickness and complacency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie Robinson
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ASA
Walter Winchell
Calumns
Floyd Gibbons
China
Gibbons
Floyd
Cathay Hotel
Shanghai
Charles Dana
Dana
Porters
Amvoriva
George Dale
Muncie- Post Democrat
Dale
State Supreme Court
Henry Clay
Broadway
Horace Greeley
Greeley
Horace
Dr. H. N
L.A
Gay
Magnolia Tree
Westbrook Pegler
Cory
State Department
Tease
Britain
Paul Mallen
Texas
Hanee and
Pandey
Lownée
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