Invasion of Federal Workers Sparks Labor Ordeal
John L. Lewis rapidly pushes federal unionism as the CIO forms United Federal Workers of America with about 4,000 members. The move follows postwar labor unrest, echoes Boston police strike tensions, and raises legal questions about Postmaster General power to regulate or suspend mail.
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John L. Lewin
A. F
Kins
Public Works Administration
United Federal Workers of America
John Lewis
Boston
Calvin Coolidge
White House
Democratic National Committee
Farley
Senate Committee
Co. LC
Warren and Niles
Republic Steel Corp
Republic Corp
Post Office Department
Townsend Club To Elect Officers On July 12th
A meeting of Elyria Towns end Club members was held with favorable reports on the picnic and activities. C E B Waltz thanks contributors. The next meeting is Monday July 12 to elect officers for six months. No meeting July 5 due to holiday. Thursday July Lat a weekly party at 136 Middle Avenue with Arthur Mackins Townsend Orchestra. Public invited. large attendance expected as socials pause after July 8 until Fall.
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Elyria
C. EB. Waltz
Beause
Middle Avenue
Arthur Mackins’ Townsend
Trial Of Four On Election Fraud Charges Continues
Defense counsel in the Lawrence County election fraud trial argued that County Auditor Pearl Pratt was not in the courthouse on November 8 when ballots were allegedly altered. Co-defendants include William Dickens, a lumberman and former Republican candidate for county commissioner, and Elizabeth Griffith, former county official.
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Ironton
Lawrence County
Pearl Pratt
Pratt
William Dickens
Elizabeth Griffith
Four Defendants Accused of Ballot Conspiracy
Defense sought to place Pratt at multiple locations on November 8. Nineteen defense witnesses testified, including Dickens, as prosecutors said the four conspired to alter ballots to aid Dickens in a recount.
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Wade Webb
Baillie
Pratt
Chesapeake
Huntington
W. Va
Dickens’ Testi
Fied
Dickens
Organized minorities shape roiling postwar politics
A late New Deal era analysis notes Democrats, farmers, organized labor, Norris La Follette Progressives, and Harry Hopkins allies as long-standing minority blocs aside from 1892 1912 and 1932. It highlights Senate fights over relief bills publicity lists, decentralization plans, and the political maneuvering of figures like Davis Earle and Kennedy amid intra party tensions and media strategies.
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Roosevelt
Messrs. Lewis and Green
Norris-La Follette
Jim Davis
Pennsylvania
Works Progress
Joe Guffey
George Earle
Davis
Senate
House
Hopkins
Holt
Right Bower
Carrington Bill, Co
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Sweden
the Nation News
Beli
Washington
James McMullin
New York
Ray Tucker
Tennessee Valley Authority
T. V. A. Board
Hughes
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporati
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THE
Elyria Savings & Trust CO
Dhe Gus Company
I Townsend Club
Vandenberg
New Deal
Joe
Robinson
F. D. Ru
Treasury
Department
Earle
Boltera
Cain
American Federation of Labor
Joe Kennedy
C.h.merthe & Co
Dimity
Madras
Kim
St. James
Yvan Raalte
YAN Baalte Coolies
Stepins
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