U.S. President Harry S. Truman delivers a speech in the United States. President Truman speaks about a 20 billion dollar cut in the annual salary in the private industry. This would lead to a decrease in the salaries of workers and further lead to deflation. President Truman warns that such a situation would lead to unemployment.
Industrial production gets underway in the United States after the end of World War II. Men at work in an automobile plant. Men work on machines. Workers assemble cars. Tires being manufactured at a plant. Men and women work on refrigerators, radios and stoves in factories. A cordless iron being used to iron clothes. Refrigerators, cars, stoves and other gadgets on display in a store.
War bonds being sold in the United States during World War II. U.S. President Harry S. Truman opens a bond drive as he buys a war bond from Secretary of Treasury Fred M. Vinson. U.S. Army General Jonathan Wainwright with Governor Edward Martin of Pennsylvania during a ceremony to promote the sale of war bonds in Philadelphia. Wainwright's family at the ceremony. A bond rally at former President Franklin D. Roosevelt's home in Hyde Park. In a drive organized by the War Activities Committee of the Motion Pictures Industry, Hollywood stars sell war bonds. Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt seated in a chair. Hollywood celebrities including Merle Oberon receives applications to register for the Roosevelt bond.
After effects of a sit down strike by General Motors workers in the United States. A man explains the terms of settlement of the strike. He says that the workers demanded the recognition of the Committee of Industrial Organization as the sole bargaining agency. But the demand was refused. He says that the strike has highlighted the importance of solidarity, cooperation and unity among workers.
An enactment about outcome of a sit down strike by General Motors workers in the United States. A man explains the terms of settlement of the strike. He says that the workers demanded the recognition of the Committee of Industrial Organization as the sole bargaining agency. But the demand was refused. He says that the strike has highlighted the importance of solidarity, cooperation and unity among workers.
A golf tournament to help flood victims in the United States. People gathered to watch a women's golf tournament. Participants hit balls and score holes. The crowd walks across the course and the game resumes. Women score holes.
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