The Pottery Case Portal to Portal Ruling Questioned
The Mt. Clemens pottery case examines what constitutes work time under the Fair Labor Standards Act. It traces rulings from the district court to the Supreme Court, which held clock-punching time may be excluded while in-plant prep time may be compensable, sparking broad industry impact and potential damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Clemens
Michigan
Pottery
Picard
District Court of Michigan
Court of Appeals
District Court
United States Supreme Court
Jackson
Burton
Frankfurter
Supreme Court
Tennessee Coal
Jewel Ridge
America
Congress
Prayer And Probe Urged On Wartime Loans And UNRRA
George E. Sokolsky urges Congress to thoroughly investigate the RFC, export import bank, lend lease, Bretton Woods commitments, UNRRA, and related wartime programs. He calls for subpoenas to reveal how loans were issued and repaid, criticizes UNRRA arguments, and asks for revival of the Pearl Harbor inquiry with access to diaries and Roosevelt era correspondence to establish the truth.
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George E. Sokolsky
Joe Martin
Truman Committee
Mead Committee
Garssons
Bilbo
RFC
Bretton Woods
UNRRA
Jesse Jones
Pearl Harbor
Roosevelt
Joseph P. Kennedy
Winston Churchill
Kennedy
Churchill
King Features Syndicate, Inc
FDR Promoter By Westbrook Pegler
Elliott Roosevelt faced a strong denial of charges that Franklin D. Roosevelt used the presidency to back shady finance schemes. The piece recounts alleged schemes involving John Hartford of A and P, David G. Baird, Charles Harwood, Hill Blackett, Victor Emanuel, and others, plus Treasury and Justice involvement and claims of political pressure and coercion.
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Westbrook Pegler
New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Elliott Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Treasury Department
Henry Morgenthau
Democratic Ways and Means Committee
House of Representatives
John Hartford
Elliott
David G. Baird
Hartford
Charles Harwood
Jesse Jones
Harwood
Texas
Hill Blackett
Chicago
White House
Blackett
Victor Emanuel
Emanuel
Tom Girdler
Republic Steel
Department of Justice
Mr. Emanuel
James A. Farley
United States
Baird
Treasury
Sonny Faces Rising Soap Prices and Household Struggles
A satirical note from Milwaukee Journal highlights Sonny skipping baths as soap prices nearly double. The Arkansas Gazette quips about uncertain war timings, reflecting public frustration with inflation and domestic coping.
Labor law ruling complicates wage disputes and injures industry
The text argues that feather bedding and exact notice periods in contracts or wage labor acts create imponderables. It questions whether the court ruling will help labor, insisting it will instead tangle labor–industry negotiations further and be hard to interpret.
Weight of Worth in a Village Parable
A small town lawyer berates a courthouse caretaker for humility while the helper answers by comparing people to a wheat field. He notes that stalks standing too straight bear no grain, illustrating virtue in balance between pride and practicality.
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Charlie
Tucker
Christian Science Monitor
Be It Ever So Humble In-Law Garage Song Referenced
A brief Detroit News item notes a poet’s line about humble living in a relative’s garage. The quip links literary sentiment to domestic space, reflecting lighthearted regional humor.
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Detroit News
Liberal labels shift to Progressive atop a polarized debate
In Washington a politics column mocks Liberals renamed Progressives after the 1946 election, arguing the shift is branding not policy change. The piece critiques the term Progressives as reactionary, likening them to utopians and praising La Follette’s era while warning Russia and associated groups push backward progress. It also notes social and economic contrasts with Venezuela and local cultural observations.
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Washington
Russia
American Labor Party
New York
New Republic
Henry Wallace
Utopia
Earth
Messrs
Morgenthau
Ickes
Phil Murray
Conference of
Progressives
Paul Mallon
Robert LaFollette
LaFollette
la Follette
Britain
United States
King Features Service, Inc
Washington Scene From Venezuela Uplifted Revelry and Travel
Washington Scene describes Mr Dixon and Col Andrews touring Venezuela from Caracas to Maracay. They note quiet in fighting yet observe local customs bells fireworks and road blocks with hostile handbills urging surrender as insurrection persists.
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Washington
Gaorge Dixon
Dixon
Andes
Caracas
Maracay
Venezuela
Insurrecto
Penguins As Pop Icons In Humanlike Noise And Gait
Field magazine notes penguins imitate human gait and gestures, appearing more human than apes in movement and manner. The observation compares penguin walk to a drunken sailor and to a politician about to speak, highlighting uncanny resemblance to people. Milwaukee Journal adds a cheeky aside about landlords and long views.
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Doodlewick
Field Magazine
London
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Fiorello LaGuardia
LaGuardia
Tito
Miami
James M. Cox
Miami Daily News
Warren G. Harding
Cox
Dayton
Ohio
Eliott
Ellett
Sonny
Milwaukee Journal
The
Arkansas Gazette
You the
Téu
Goofy Gomez
Juan Vicente Gomez
P.O. M
Ministry of Public Works
la Victoria
Valencia
Oklahoma
Simon Bolivar
King Features Synd
Col
Robert C. Andrews
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