Word: opm
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Dates: during 1941-1941
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...employes had just been organized by C.I.O. The news of the Currier bid was hardly out when John Michael Carmody, FWA head, got a call from a Detroit official of the A.F. of L. Building Trades Department. Had Mr. Carmody forgotten the stabilization agreement signed last summer by OPM and A.F. of L. Building Trades? In return for certain concessions, which included a promise to end work stoppages, OPM had granted A.F. of L. a virtual monopoly in the building field. Marred by a few wildcat strikes by a few undisciplined workers, the agreement had worked out pretty well...
...contract to Currier would cause "a reign of terror" in the building trades in Michigan. In other words, A.F. of L. would probably strike $50,000,000 worth of building in the Detroit area, to say nothing of what it might do to defense projects elsewhere in the U.S. OPM's Hillman took the responsibility of making the final decision. Although the Currier Co. had already started work, Mr. Hillman ordered its contract withheld. Then came the hurricane...
From C.I.O. came charges that Hillman "with stealthy efforts" was trying to make a deal with A.F. of L., was perpetrating "intolerable conditions that have retarded the progress of this industry." Congressman Howard Worth Smith demanded that A.F. of L. and the labor division of OPM (Mr. Hillman) be indicted for conspiracy to defraud the Government. Justice's trust-busting Thurman Wesley Arnold pawed the ground. The Truman Committee in the Senate, investigating the defense program, got ready to charge...
...OPM made this forecast before the liquor industry stepped up. By making a few quick (and inexpensive) changes in their present stills, the distillers can convert the shortage into a surplus. This will cut whiskey production by only 12-15%, not enough to worry barflies (current liquor stocks could last for five years). The Government meanwhile rids itself of some near-useless, near-rotting corn. The transportation squeeze is helped a bit because most distilleries and powder plants are in the same area-Kentucky, Maryland, Virginia...
Latest victim of priorities on scarce materials: fire-engine bells. Because "an ordinary siren will do the job," OPM last week forbade bells (on new fire engines) for the duration...