Fundamental issue in Ford strike on labor and management
The article discusses the core problem of how to integrate human and machine labor in modern industry. It contrasts hourly wages with piecework, notes the need for production norms set by management, and highlights the complexity of costing when multiple workers and machines across scattered plants create a finished product. It frames the Ford strike as a broader question about efficiency, labor relations, and the structure of production.
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Ford Co
Soviet Russia
United States
Russia
Chicago Stockyards
William Knudsen
Ford
Speedup and Stakhanovism in American labor history
The piece argues that machine speed controls worker pace, defines speedup and Stakhanovism, and links featherbedding to high housing costs. It warns against arbitrary production cuts by unions and stresses health risks from excessive speedups, urging sound engineering and policy.
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American Federation of Labor
United States
Across America New York Poor Man's Philosopher on cruelty
Across America weighs whether mankind is growing more cruel. Voices from a steward, a veteran, a businessman, an editor, and a salesgirl frame a mixed view. The piece weighs dual human nature amid famine, war, mass murder, and political gains, ending with a cautious note on progress and misery.
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New York
Boyle
Who Is My Brother’s Keeper in Time Past and Now
Hal Boyle questions modern life’s cruelties and comforts from pensions to siege of war. He contrasts elder security, family roles, and technologies with past eras, weighing moral questions sparked by war and the search for betterment.
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Japan
Adolf Hitler
Selman Wakeman
Rutgers University
Cain
The
Associated Press
Truman and Taft-Hartley Fight Goes On
President Truman remains firm against any compromise on the amended Wagner Act, vowing to veto revisions closer to Taft-Hartley. The piece analyzes 1950 election shifts, Democratic gains in industrial districts, and fragile GOP footing amid farm price concerns and rural gains.
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Washington Wen
White House
Truman
A. F. Whitney
Congress
Rayburn
McCormick
House
Mr. Truman
Whitney
New York
New York City
Buffalo
Utica
Javits
Indiana
Missouri
Minnesota
Kentucky
Colorado
South
North American Newspaper Alliance
Two Area Bands Qualify For State Finals At Kent U
Canal Fulton and East Sparta Sandyville high school bands earned superior ratings in Springfield finals of Ohio State band auditions. Fulton director E W Puffenberger and East Sparta director George Toot led the groups as they advance to the May 9 state finals at Kent State University. The Canal Fulton award banquet occurs Tuesday at 6 30 p.m. in the school auditorium with Baldwin Wallace College instrumental music director Frederick Ebbo slated to speak.
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Canal Fulton
East Sparta - Sandyville
Springfield
E. W. Puffenberger
Fulton
George Toot
East Sparta
Kent State University
Frederick Ebbo
Baldwin-Wallace College
Massillon Man Fined for Exhibiting Gambling Devices
Alvin Zimmer, 35, of 220 Second Street SE Massillon, was fined $50 and costs in Massillon Municipal Court after pleading guilty to exhibiting gambling devices. Police said he was arrested Saturday at Carver's Cigar Store on Lincoln Way where he worked.
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Massillon
Alvin Zimmer
2Nd St SE
Carver
Lincoln Way
Volunteers Paint Home For Handless Veteran
Chicago May 16 AP. Larry Borko 27 and his wife Anna 29 saved 1000 for a down payment on a house but the VA appraisal required painting. Unable to afford it, Borko who lost both hands in Okinawa saw 25 volunteers from an American Legion post arrive with paint and brushes. They applied one coat and planned to return to finish and trim.
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Chicago
Larry Borko
Borko
Anna
Veterans’ Administration
V.A
Borke
Okinawa
American Legion
Legionnaires
Murderer in Nevada Attacks Prison Guard in Vaulted Cell
Laszlo Varga, condemned for killing a minister's wife, stabbed death row guard Jack Parker six times through cell bars yesterday at Nevada Penitentiary in Carson City. Parker, 50, was hospitalized with injuries but expected to recover. Varga, a long-time troublemaker captured in California, had been deemed so dangerous he was moved in a straight jacket.
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Carson City
Nev
Laszlo Varga
Louis Schneider
Nevada Penitentiary
Varga
Jack Parker
California
Nevada
Parker
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