Labor’s postwar boom promises unprecedented opportunity
Louis F. Post of Washington told 600 listeners at the Old South Meeting House that labor would see the greatest opportunities in history and would never return to prewar days. He said postwar demand would outstrip supply, and labor would enjoy broad gains after the war.
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Labor's Role in War and Peace Fronts
A speaker argues patriotic labor helped win the war and urges workers to stay patriotic in peacetime. He links postwar hardship to lingering slave-era attitudes in the South, predicts vast labor demand in Europe and America, and calls for no strikes and farm colonization to aid returning soldiers. He stresses workers are essential partners in business, equal to senior partners.
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Candidate attacks Good Government Association at Dorchester rally
Senator Edward F. McLaughlin, candidate for City Council, called the Good Government Association a fake five member group with back bay Republicans misrepresenting voters. He accused the Boston Elevated Railway of plotting to defeat him at a Bloomfield Hall rally in Dorchester. A large crowd attended.
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Third week of new session opens with war revenue bill
Washington dispatch notes Congress enters its third week of the current session with pre holiday congestion. The Senate will resume work on key sections of the war revenue bill while the House focuses on appropriation measures. Committees in both chambers plan intensified hearings and investigations.
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