Taxpayer Subsidies Favor Big Business Over Labor
A retrospected analysis highlights how U S subsidies favored business far more than labor and agriculture in 1949 53 with business receiving over four billion dollars in subsidies while labor got about one billion and farmers far less The piece argues against the claim that taxes should burden only working people and cites presidential perspectives and congressional votes as evidence of divergent fiscal priorities.
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Eisenhower
River unions unite for joint organizing drive on waterways
Three CIO AFL unions form Rivers Joint Organizing Committee to recruit river craft workers. Charles Barranco named coordinator. committee to open St Louis office and prepare a leaflet promoting combined union benefits. Campaign kickoff at national conference in Houston on August 4.
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AFL
CIO Nd Afl
R. J. Thomas
CIO Maritime Union
CIO Marine Engineers
Mates & Pilots
St. Louis
Charles Barranco
Thomas
William J. Smith
John V. Riffe
James Hughes
Nmu-Cio
Samuel P. Simons
Meba-Cio
E. A. Adams
Mmp-Afl
Barranco
Baltimore
CIO Steelworkers
Stand Up and Be Counted Union Voting Reminder
A Hamilton County Board of Elections announcement urges union members to register and vote in all elections to protect gains from collective bargaining. The site at 622 Sycamore Street operates 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays and until noon Saturday. voters who missed the last two elections must register, and address changes require re registration. Call GA 6525 for more information.
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Board OF Elections
Sycamore Street
Hamilton County Board of Elections
Burke and Bender Differ on Tax and Unemployment Votes
The piece contrasts Senator Thomas A. Burke and Congressman George Bender in the November Senate race. Burke backed a tax exemption amendment that would save families about 80 dollars yearly, while Bender opposed a boost to unemployment benefits. Burke also supported final Senate passage of the Atomic Energy Bill with amendments aimed at public protection, rural and municipal power use, and anti trust safeguards, arguing the measure serves peacetime development.
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Bender
Ohio
Senate
AEC
Republican George Goes On Revenge Bender
Marine Major Thomas Patrick Young escorted recruits to Washington where photos with Senators Burke and Bender were taken. After sending Burke’s image to Cleveland papers, Young’s Bender photo was not used triggering a Pentagon transfer that was later reversed. Bender opposed unemployment benefit expansion while Burke supported it.
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Thomas Patrick Young
Parris Island
Washington
Capitol
Thomas A. Burke
Ohio
Burke
George Bender
Young
Cleveland
Bender
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Pentagon
Far East
Marine Corps
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