Reuther Opposes Third Party in CIO Convention Clash
At the national CIO meeting, Walter P. Reuther rebuffed calls for a labor third party while urging a basic political realignment in America. He countered claims CIO is Democratic-controlled and warned against forcing American politics into European style class lines.
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CIO
Walter P. Reuther
Reuther
America
Vice Pres
Michael J. Quill
Quill
New York City
CIO Council
Tammany
Averell Harriman
Rep
Roosevelt
New York
Europe
Question on government aims and welfare for all people
The statement asks whether people favor a government that uses power to meet everyone’s welfare or prefer a regime that believes helping the few is the way to help the many. It frames a debate on inclusive governance versus targeted aid.
Convention Speakers Urge Labor Support for Massive Retaliation
Sen Morse of Indiana and Oregon warns winter unemployment will rise and government must act. He criticizes the executive and Republican leadership for inaction and calls for Democratic resolve. Eleanor Roosevelt urges sane, fearless responses to war and peace in an atomic era and emphasizes labor’s growing responsibility.
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Morse
Ind. Ore
CIO
Eleanor Roosevelt
Right to scale laws opposed by Labor Secretary at CIO convention
Labor Secretary Mitchell opposed state scale laws calling them harmful to job creation and collective bargaining. He urged that unions representing a majority should have the right to a union shop, arguing such laws curb freedom and undermine labor strength. James Patton praised farmers union influence and quipped about Benson as bargaining agent for four to five million farm families.
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Sec. of
Labor
Mitchell
National Cio Convention
U.S
Dept. of Agriculture
Washington
James G. Patton
National Farmers Union
National Cio
Patton
Sec. of Agriculture
Ezra Taft Benson
Congress
Secretary of Agriculture
Ethics Program Adopted To Keep Funds Clean
The CIO convention unanimously adopts an eight point ethics program to oversee health welfare and pension funds. Committee led by Jacob S Potofsky includes Joseph N Curran and James G Thimmel with Arthur J Goldberg as director.
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CIO
Jacob S. Potofsky
Clothing Workers
Pres
Joseph N. Curran
Maritime Union
James G. Thimmel
The
Steelworkers
Arthur J. Goldberg
Potofsky Receives Get-Well Wire From CIO Officers
CIO President Jacob S Potofsky was greeted by top CIO officers as absent at the convention. A wire wished him a speedy recovery from a minor illness sent by Walter P Reuther John V Riffe and James B Carey.
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Jacob S. Potofsky
CIO Clothing
CIO
ACWA
Walter P. Reuther
John V. Riffe
Sec
Treas
James B. Carey
Bill Black's Son Returns to Duty
Melvin Black, son of Steel staff member Bill Black, has returned to San Diego after full recovery from a four month illness at sea with the Navy. He was flown by helicopter to Japan and spent 242 months in a hospital, partially paralyzed. He served 14 years as an electrician’s chief and was in the Sea of Japan during the submarine mission.
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Melvin Black
Steel
Bill Black
San Diego
Navy
Japan
States
Sea of Japan
Educational TV Stations Urged by CIG Convention
The CIG convention urged the FCC to reserve all 251 channels for educational television and called on CIG councils and local unions to participate in developing educational TV.
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Federal Communications Commission
CIG
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Carthage Ave
Norwood, Ohio
Oakley Building and Loan Co
Madison Road
Vine Street
Palace Hotel
Coca-Cola Company
Coca-Cola Bottling Works Company
Coke
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