June 23, 1939 – The WPA – Rep. Kent Keller: “There Is No Excuse For Starvation”
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Category: Labor
June 19, 1947 – Unions And Strike Votes – Rent Control Legislation – Capitol Hill And Harry Truman.
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March 1941 – Strikes, Sit-downs And Walk-outs. Organized Labor And Ford – Past Daily Reference Room
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March 27, 1957 – The McClellan Hearings – RFK Vs. The Teamsters
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March 17, 1947 – Tight Lips And Empty Pockets – East-West Diplomacy – A Call To End Occupation
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January 6, 1945-State Of The Union In Wartime – President Roosevelt Addresses Congress And The Nation
This January 6th we were still in the midst of a World War. The optimism which followed the Allied invasion of Europe in the Summer of 1944 was interrupted by a surprise German counterattack in Belgium and Luxembourg just before Christmas. It threatened to cut the allied advance in half.
October 1, 1959 – Strikes – The Aftermath Of Gracie – Humiliation For The Dodgers – No Blatz n’ Pabst.
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September 23, 1947 – Robert A. Taft Promotes Taft-Hartley – Past Daily Reference Room
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September 23, 1967 – Vietnam: Saving It By Destroying It – Sniper Fire In Aurora – Fighting Over Mao.
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March 27, 1978 – The Coal Miners Strike – A Ceasefire In Lebanon – Storming The Narita Airport
March 27, 1978 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 27, 1978 – The 16-week old Coal Miners strike was looking to be at an end – for the most part. Most of the Soft Coal Miners went back to work, their nationwide walkout at