National and Emergency Labor Disputes
National and Emergency Labor Disputes

Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. Subcommittee on Labor and Labor-Management Relations

Publisher:

Published: 1952

Total Pages: 788

ISBN-13:

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Considers legislation to establish arbitration procedures to settle labor disputes in industries which affect national security, and to authorize Commerce Dept relinquishment of Government-seized plants. Also considers Wage Stabilization Board policies impact on steel industry and U.S. economy.

Truman and the Steel Seizure Case
Truman and the Steel Seizure Case

Author: Maeva Marcus

Publisher: Duke University Press

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 422

ISBN-13: 9780822314172

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"Although there have been some other articles and books on the "Youngstown" case, this book remains definitive. The author handles a variety of materials exceedingly well, and shows great sensitivity not only to the legal issues involved, but to the political ones as well. It is a model case study."--Melvin I. Urofsky, Virginia Commonwealth University

Hearings
Hearings

Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare

Publisher:

Published: 1953

Total Pages: 1964

ISBN-13:

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The Voice of Business
The Voice of Business

Author: Karen S. Miller

Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press

Published: 2000-11-09

Total Pages: 278

ISBN-13: 0807866946

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In 1933, John W. Hill opened the New York office of what would become the most important public relations agency in history: Hill & Knowlton, Inc. By 1959, the combined sales of its clients--which included Procter & Gamble, Texaco, Gillette, and Avco Manufacturing as well as the steel, tobacco, and aviation industries' trade associations--amounted to 10 percent of the gross national product. The Voice of Business chronicles Hill & Knowlton's influence on American public discourse in the years following World War II. Guided by its founder's conservative ideals, Hill & Knowlton developed a twofold mission: to influence public discussion about issues important to its clients and to educate Americans about big business. Karen Miller shows how the agency tried to manipulate public opinion, political debate, and news media content about such issues as postwar military aircraft procurement, the deregulation of margarine production, President Truman's seizure of steel mills in 1952, and the cigarette health scare of 1953-54. Though its campaigns did not change many opinions, she says, Hill & Knowlton affected the public indirectly by reinforcing the ideas of its clients and other conservatives.