CIO President Renews Call for White House Job Conference
Walter P. Reuther argues June employment data show stagnation with 3.347 million unemployed and 132 labor market areas in surplus. He urges a broad presidential conference of industry agriculture labor and government to keep America at work as auto and steel operate below capacity.
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Labor and economic expansion urged by Reuther
Reuther argues that unemployment figures miss short weeks and temporary layoffs. He says the labor force grows about 900,000 annually, requiring economic expansion to create new jobs. He adds productivity gains demand further growth to prevent displacing up to two million workers.
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Jobless Aid Hike Denied by Congress
Democrats pressed to raise unemployment insurance and ensure 26 week coverage but faced GOP and Dixiecrat opposition. The House defeated 241 to 109 on expanding the program and then passed 309 to 86 to extend coverage to federal workers and firms with four or more employees.
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Ohio cities show ready labor pool for new plants
A Bureau of Unemployment Compensation report details Ohio cities with ample local labor supplies. Canton has about 12 000 workers available, Mount Vernon 1700, Springfield 3500, Steubenville 3100, and Warren 4500, with most under 45. Population figures from 1950 are cited for context.
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Unemployment Benefits Deemed Inadequate, Says Reuther
CIO President Walter P. Reuther denounced June unemployment figures as misleading. He argued that declines in insured unemployment mainly reflect exhausted benefits and not improvements in jobs. He noted Michigan shows a sharp drop while thousands exhausted benefits or paused claims under new state extensions.
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Michigan
Sun Brings Short Four-Page Labor Mews Edition
The Sun publishes a compact four page edition this week due to vacations. It remains packed with labor news and insights you won’t find elsewhere.
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Sun
Next Year Washington Eyes Unemployment Law Reforms
Presidential Assistant Sherman Adams told CIO head Walter Reuther that next spring the administration expects states to adopt improved unemployment compensation laws. He said legislatures will consider measures to expand weekly benefits and payment duration when they reconvene next year.
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Eisenhower
Sherman Adams
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No Way to Run a Business in Washington Decline
The piece argues that business leaders have controlled policy for 18 months and workers' income has fallen by over $1 billion monthly since last August. It claims the consumer base drives the economy and calls for tax relief to reach workers and for a larger share of wealth to be passed to consumers.
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Department of Commerce
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