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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1919
Page
3
The American Federation of Labor committee on reconstruction recommends federal control of public and semi public utilities. The report urges government ownership of all wharves and docks, federal anti child labor laws, and pay equality for men and women workers.
The committee rejects forming a labor political party citing past labor party failures. It backs nonpartisan policy and urges laws on union rights eight hour workday limits, public employee organizing rights, federal water power projects, land taxation for homesteads, and broader labor protections.
Washington reports Vance McCormick resigns from the DNC chair position with a February 26 meeting planned to elect a successor Homer Cummings is expected to become the new chairman. Rumors of McCormick becoming ambassador to France are denied as premature. Ambassador Sharp plans to return to Paris soon and shows no intention to resign.
The International Federation of Seafarers executive committee proposes a London conference for February 24 to press the peace delegates to secure compensation for submarine victims dependents. British and other national delegates may push a resolution to bar ships to or from enemy lands until compensation is agreed. Leaders including J Havelock Wilson and Andrew Furusets anticipate a universal wage scale and aim to keep wages out of the peace treaty. After four days the seamen will be joined by engineers stewards and officers for broader discussions.
Concord reports the Legislature re-elected Secretary of State Edwin C. Bean State Treasurer J Wesley Plummer and Commissary General Charles W Howard.
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