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Newspaper
The Cincinnati Sun
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1954
Page
6
Weekly issue record for the Greater Cincinnati Industrial Union Council CIO published in Cincinnati Ohio with 1944 registration details and address Garfield 2550 616 Keith Building supporting office.
Ohio would have received over 340 million dollars for its public schools if Senator Hill’s amendment to the offshore oil bill had passed. The National Education Association warns of a 1947 style school fund needs five billion for new buildings and 150000 teachers as enrollments rise to about 29 million in 1953 54. Teachers’ average pay is 3725 a year with many earning under 2500 or up to 4500. Voters’ choices on election day could alter policy.
In Columbus a busy barbershop witnesses a wheel chair bound father and his son receiving haircuts. The boy pays the bill from his father’s money and donates the change to the March of Dimes, prompting an emotional moment. The piece ends with a political note about electoral skirmishes and battles.
Swift and Company reported a six year high for the 52 weeks ending October 31 with net income of 33,903,294 and 5.72 per common share to stockholders, up from last year’s 21,698,417 and 3.66. The article notes meat prices and cites interior secretary McKay defending private land development as vital to national resources.
Ezra Benson chairman of the ACWA Education Committee argued for economizing and cut Agriculture Department spending. The department incurred a loss in a government seed sale where advisory committee bidders largely matched across two rounds. Total seeds on hand and bids produced a loss around 4.5 million dollars, implicating policy favored big business over farmers and cattlemen.
The Bureau of National Affairs reports that 98 percent of union contracts offer paid vacations, up from 90 percent in 1950, based on a survey of 400 contracts across all fields. The construction industry remains the only sector where vacations are not nearly universal.
Washington professor and labor relations expert Philip Taft told the Industrial Relations Research Association that anti union employers bear much blame for communist influence in unions. He argued industries resisting unionization created fertile ground for communist efforts and suggested some employers cultivate split worker loyalties to weaken unions. He credited unions with reducing red influence and urged a strong labor movement to continue fighting communism.
After two years of urging by IVE Local 707 members 392 GE plant workers in Cleveland donated 359 pints to the Blood Bank. Management had previously resisted a joint donor drive, but relented and organized the appeal.
The CIO Auto Workers begin a course titled How to write Local Union Newspapers to inform area members. The four hour sessions ran on November 14 and 15 and will continue on Tuesday evenings from November 24 through January 12.
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