Community Newsletter Executive Board Listing
Entry shows postal registration details and subscription rate from June 30 1944 with Garfield 2550 616 Keith Building. It lists an executive board including Ed Hellkamp Ed McDonald Steve Chevalier Ernestine Locknane James Grace Harold R Zimmerman Joseph Scherra James Pearson George Jent Walter T Grainger Marco Meccia Oleta Durham John Dehner Henry Kraemer William Black Al Jordan Chester Mason Herman Rau Clarence Heitzman Jesse Schmides Fred Sommerfeld Eddie Eilers Charlie Miller Bill Martin Archie Tewart Willie Snow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Hellkamp
Ed McDonald
Steve Chevalier
Ernestine Locknane
James Grace
Harold R. Zimmerman
Joseph Scherra
James Pearson
George Jent
Walter T. Grainger
Marco Meccia
Oleta Durham
John Dehner
Henry Kraemer
William Black
al Jordan
Chester Mason
Herman Rau
Clarence Heitzman
Jesse Schmides
Fred Sommerfeld
Eddie Eilers
Charlie Miller
Bill Martin
Archie Tewart
Willie Snow
TVA Fight Spurs Call for Wage Reform Across the South
A recent House setback to the Dixon-Yates contract sparked a critic’s view that TVA is unfairly blamed for attracting industry. The piece argues runaway industry comes from cheap labor and tax incentives, not TVA, and urges higher minimum wages, broader coverage, and repeal of right to work laws to strengthen TVA and curb GOP attacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TVA
AFL
CIO
GOP
Democrats Push Social Security Reforms Amid GOP Hearings Fight
Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee push a plan to liberalize social security while Republicans attack, opposing open hearings. The plan covers permanently disabled workers and lowers age limits for women, with CIO President Walter Reuther accusing Republicans of blocking action through filibuster type hearings after multiple testimonies in years past.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Ways and Means
Ways and Means Committee
Cooper
CIO
Walter P. Reuther
Reuther
House panel trims housing units to 70,000 cap
The House Banking and Currency Committee voted to reduce the Senate 70,000 unit housing program. Democrats in the Senate aimed to finance a broader plan but faced House Rules Committee resistance. Defense spend boosts for the Marine Corps followed an anti-cutback stance by Democrats. Benedict urged support for the President’s mutual security plan and Asia program, seeking more UN funds for technical aid and capital development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House Banking and Currency Committee
Senate
House Rules Committee
Marine Corps
Defense Department
Daniel Benedict
CIO
House Foreign Affairs Committee
House Appropriations Committee
Benedict
Asia
U.N
House defeats bid to cut Dixon Yates transmission funds
Lawmakers rejected Democratic efforts to block appropriations for the Dixon Yates power line. The vote aimed to authorize continued construction linking the Dixon Yates plant to TVA alternative. Memphis mayors threaten a municipal plant to avoid reliance on the Arkansas based Dixon Yates line serving Paducah AEC plant at higher rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixon-Yates
AEC
Paducah
TVA
Memphis
Dixon- Yates
Arkansas
Local 674 UAW CIO Strike Memo Praises Vote and Morale
A local union note commends its recent strike and weeklong action as major morale boosters. It praises unity during the walkout, adherence to Taft-Hartley, and a favorable contract, hoping wages and grievances will be addressed and that international leadership will push for further improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uaw-Cio
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