GE Plans Breakup of Large Plants to Cut Costs in Seven Cities
The CIO and IUE denounce a GE ten year plan to break up major plants into many small operations primarily in the South. They cite moves from Schenectady and Syracuse to smaller towns to cut labor costs by up to a dollar an hour and speed production with automatic equipment, risking job losses in seven cities including Schenectady Syracuse Lynn Pittsfield Fort Wayne Bridgeport and Erie.
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General Electric Co
CIO Electrical
Iuegio Pres
James B. Carey
Carey
CIO Secre
Schenectady
Syracuse
N. Y
Lynn
Pittsfield
Mass
Fort Wayne, Ind
Bridgeport, Conn
Erie, Pa
Ivue Cio
Education Group Names CO Leader
The Adult Education Council appoints Harold Braun and Sherwood R. Gordon to its Board. Braun, UAW CIO member and Cincinnati union veteran, chairs his Local Community Services Committee and serves as vice president of a local credit union board. Gordon, Buffalo native and former radio announcer, bought WSAI in 1953 and supports several civic charities in Cincinnati.
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The
Adult Education Council
Harold Braun
United Auto Workers Cio
Sherwood R. Gordon
Wsai Radio
Mr. Braun
Chicago
Denver
Los Angeles
Cincinnati
Steelworkers
Cincinnati Industrial Union Council
United Auto Workers
Community Services Committee
St. Mary’s Hospital
Friar’s Boys’ Club
Glendale School For Boys
Braun
G. E. Evendale Federal Credit Union
General Electric
Me. Gordon
Buffalo
Midwest
New York
Gordon
WSAI
Cancer Fund
Smoke Abatement League
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Magnetic Springs Foundation
Acting Mayor Al Jordan Presides Full Employment Commission
The Full Employment Commission held its first meeting in the Mayor's office with acting mayor Al Jordan representing the CIO and United Steelworkers. Members discussed being a fact finding board on employment trends, with aims to suggest community and government actions, address stability of work and discrimination issues.
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al Jordan
Full Employment Commission
CIO
Cincinnati
United Steelworkers
Dorothy Dolbey
Edward Helikamp
Theodore Berry
Albert Poetker
Xavier University
C. A. Harrell
Marcus Levy
Jewish Vocational Service
Annette Wright
Hamilton County Welfare Department
Jack Dudley
Enquirer
Robert McManus
AFL
Joseph Hall
Urban
Retirees Move Meeting To August 9 In Cincinnati
Special notice announces the regular retiree meeting rescheduled from Thursday July 29 to Monday August 9 at the Junior Order Hall 3938 Spring Grove Avenue Cincinnati. Attendees should plan to participate as the pension plan and insurance negotiations will be discussed. Paula Schuff, Chairman.
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Junior
Spring Grove Avenue
Cincinnati
Willoughby urges use of nuclear bombs in Asia confrontation
Maj. Gen. Charles A. Willoughby, General MacArthur's intelligence chief, urges the U S to employ A bombs and H bombs to blast a belt of scorched earth across the communists path in Asia. The aged saying suggests the outcome depends on whose earth is scorched.
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Charles A. Willoughby
MacArthur
United States
Asia
GOP Cash Means Votes in Ohio
The Ohio Republican Finance Committee raises funds for the 1954 campaign. Chairman Courtney Burton tells Columbus businessmen that administration favors to business justify contributions. Pamphlet cites past donors like the Pews Mellon Rockefellers and DuPonts and links higher giving to stronger GOP vote returns.
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Ohio
Ohio Republican Finance Committee
Courtney Burton
Cleveland
GOP
Columbus
Finance Committee
Eisenhower Eyes More Democrats in Congress
President Eisenhower needs more Democrats in Congress to pass his program. House minority leader Sam Rayburn noted this after the House approved a $3.36 billion foreign aid bill by 260 to 125. Of the final vote 141 Democrats and 118 Republicans supported, while 78 Republicans and 47 Democrats opposed.
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Eisenhower
Congress
Sam Raysburn
D. Tex
House
Questioning Acheson Over Indochina Policy Link
A critic claims Vice President withholds blame for Indochina losses by denouncing Acheson and alleges the same Acheson is the Lincoln shooter. The remark links policy critique to a controversial, unfounded accusation.
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Acheson
Indochina
Lincoln
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American Can Co
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DuPonts
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