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October 20, 1938

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REPUBLIC STEEL ORDERED BY NLRB TO REHIRE 5,000; Decision Says 'Unfair Labor Practices' Caused Strikes in Ohio Plants Last Year BACK PAY NOT INVOLVED But Corporation Is Directed to Give Jobs, Preferred Rating or Pay 'Remedial Wages' Remedial Wages" Ordered Board Excepts 11 Workers Previous Order Withdrawn Hits "Crush-the-Union" Plan REPUBLIC ORDERED TO REHIRE 5,000 Hundreds Already Employed

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NLRB excepts from Repub Steel Corp reinstatement order 11 men who pleaded guilty to property destruction

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Notable Births

1938Emidio Greco, Italian director and screenwriter (died 2012)[†]

Emidio Greco was an Italian film director and screenwriter, best known for the 1974 film Morel's Invention.

Dolores Hart

1938Dolores Hart, American actress and nun[†]

Dolores Hart, O.S.B. is an American Roman Catholic Benedictine nun and former actress. Following her movie debut with Elvis Presley in Loving You (1957), she made 10 films in five years, including Wild Is the Wind (1957), King Creole (1958), and Where the Boys Are (1960).

Iain Macmillan

1938Iain Macmillan, Scottish photographer and educator (died 2006)[†]

Iain Stewart Macmillan was the Scottish photographer famous for taking the cover photograph for the Beatles' album Abbey Road in 1969. He grew up in Scotland, then moved to London to become a professional photographer. He used a photo of Yoko Ono in a book that he published in 1966, and Ono invited him to photograph her exhibit at Indica Gallery. She introduced him to John Lennon, and Lennon invited him to photograph the cover for Abbey Road. He worked with Lennon and Ono for several years, staying for a while at their home in New York.