Prominent Leaders to Address Coming W E B Convention
The sixth national Workers Educational Bureau convention will be in Washington on April 5 6 and 7 with talks by William Green AFL president Dr Frank Mann ACE president and possibly James J Davis secretary of labor on education and industry. Delegates from multiple states will attend and a sightseeing outing is planned for Sunday.
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Radium Handlers Granted Workers’ Compensation Protection
Albany Governor Roosevelt signed the Fearon-Miller bill extending workmen's compensation to workers injured in hospitals or laboratories by radium. The move expands coverage, though efforts to broaden the bill failed, and the governor called it a toddling step in the right direction. He noted he would not veto a measure extending compensation to occupational diseases.
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Tennessee Textile Strikers Win and Return to Work
Equitable settlement reached between American Bemberg American Glanzstaff and 5000 workers in Elizabethton Johnson City and Carter County. Wage increases range from five to fifteen percent for CHunzstott workers and eleven percent for female operatives. Union recognition maintained with withdrawal of injunctions and shop committees to handle grievances. Plants to reopen and run at full capacity within ten days.
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JOKER Pittsburgh Voices Against Fisher Industrial Police Plan
The executive committee of the constitutional rights committee of Pittsburgh condemns Governor Fisher’s proposed industrial police bill. They cite insufficient bonds and oversight, limited operation areas, and coal owners’ domination. The group argues towns on company property should not fall under industrial police. They mock anti union rhetoric and note no court has blocked union label demands.
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Accident Toll Rises in Washington Rail Crossing Incident
A rail crossing accident on a Washington highway raised fatalities to six in the latest tally, with another 4 highway grade crossings reported severe incidents at ARON. The previous year recorded fewer accidents and fatalities, according to Read the Press figures.
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Forbes Says Industry Must Embrace Self Government
Industry faces political governance or self rule warned by Forbes Magazine editor B C Forbes. He cites layoffs especially affecting workers over 40 amid rising productivity and consolidations. He warns of harsh political cures if industry drifts and urges self-government to avoid radical government.
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Behind Cossack Plan and Centralized Police Power
The text denounces proposals for a cossack or state police as corporate backed law enforcement window dressing. It warns such moves centralize power away from the people, viewing them as part of a broader trend toward Mussolinize style governance. It argues efficiency rhetoric hides privilege and aims to curb popular control.
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