Sidney Hillman Faces Greater Ambition In CIOPA Rise
The piece profiles Sidney Hillman, head of CIOs political action committee, and his bid for national influence through a personal New York Labor Party and CIOPA. It weighs his leadership, past roles, and the 1944 electoral landscape as Gallup pins Roosevelt and Dewey at parity, hinting at a future power shift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Hillman
Political Action Committee
Congress of Industrial Organizations
CIO
American Federation of Labor
New Deal
Hillman
Philip Murray
Murray
CIOPA
New York
American Labor Party
Communist Party
U. S
Roosevelt
Russia
William Knudsen
America
Zugare
Baltic
United States
Gallup
Dewey
Macbeth
Thane
Cawdor
Congress
AFL
South
Democratic Party
Alabama
Ah Lendereilip-Perenatie Amie
King Features Syndicate
Labor unions slow tire output for military trucks
Restrictions by rubber workers and union leaders impede tire production for war use. War Production Board seeks cooperation from CIO and AFL to boost output while automation shifts and piece work incentives distort daily earnings. Absenteeism rises and transfers of skilled labor blocked. companies consider reassigning older experienced truck tire workers from the Army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wash Angton
War Manpower Commission
War Production Board
Joseph Keenan
A. F. of L
Akron
Army
Navy
Neighbors: People You Never Notice Until You Do
Quote reflects on how attention shifts when actions draw scrutiny. anonymous insight underscores social presence and subtle observer effect in community life.
Farmer Buyer Penalty Case Highlights OPA Price Rules
Donald Day of Edgerton Ohio faces a $3559 penalty for selling three used tractors at $1186 over the ceiling. He argues the farmer, not the auctioneer, should pay. Day notes other cases and urges Congress to revise price restrictions. He cites hardships on widows and typical families facing auctions and bankruptcy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westbrook Fogler
New York
Donald Day
Edgerton
Ohio
OPA
Little Guy
Mr. Day
Twin Falls
Idaho
Hillsdale
Mich
Culver
Ind
Myerstown
Congress
Day
United States
Bubble Gum Dialogue and Wartime Rationing Reflections
A 1944 King Features column jokes about bubble gum during OPA rationing. The piece riffs on gum as social glue and wartime restraint, noting loyal readers may stash gum and discuss etiquette, while promising adherence to rationing rules until the armistice and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bugs Baer
OPA
Emily Post
King Features
First appearance of Rose Coghlan in Goatville
A morning New York paper misprinted Rose Coghlan debuting in Goatville, meant as vaudeville. The same issue altered Ballyhoo Bey's to wind, shifting the meaning of horse wind mental state due to a single letter error.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Rose Coghlan
Goatville
Ballyhoo Bey
Hurley Pushes Near East Plan Strains White House Ties
Maj. Gen. Patrick J. Hurley backs a U S plan to send economic advisers to Iran Iraq Arabia and other Near East states to spread the Four Freedoms. Roosevelt asks further study while Hurley clashes with State Department officials and challenges Rostow Acheson and Hull amid a tense White House scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Patrick J. Hurley
Hoover
Teheran
Hurley
Near East
Churchill
Stalin
Pat
Near and
Middle East
Russia
United States
Iran
Iraq
Arabia
Syria
Econ
Roosevelt
U. S
Arabian Desert
State Department
A Berle
Wallace Murray
Acheson
General Hurley
Rostow
United States Army
White House
Patrick
Berle
United Features
Who Killed Dies in Texas? A Political Portrait
Washington reports a mixed read on the Dies investigation, with CIOPAC, Communists, and liberal critics showing only tempered relief at his retirement. The Texas delegation doubts a decisive defeat for Dies, while CIOPA faces ongoing pushback from Senate moderates and stronger unions like the Big Four Brotherhoods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Congress
Lyndon Johnson
CIO
Beaumont
CIOPA
Dies
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Limoges
France
China
Detroit News
Buffalo Evening News
President Raps. Hurley-Berle
Drew Pearson
Hull
Dean Acheson
Stettinius
Loboloney
Eugene Rostow
Division of Supply and Resources
Cock Robin
Paul Mallon
Port Arthur
Orange
O’daniel
Senate
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