Bolshevists Fail to Shift Building Trades Unions
Chester M. Wright editor of International Labor News Service asserts American building trades unions largely resist bolshevik influence due to strong internal discipline and higher wage standards. He cites AFL building trades leaders' denunciations of communist agitators and notes the unions’ unity against internal subversion.
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Bolshevists
Chester M. Wright
International Labor News Service
Washington, D. C
Labor Movement
Miller Builder-Economist
G. L. Miller & C
Wright
Mr Wright
Building Trades Department
American Federation of Labor
America
United Mine Workers
United States
Organized Labor
The Two Sides Of War Poem Fragments
A reflective poem notes wars are planned by older men in councils while young soldiers die on shattered fields. It contrasts gray haired elders voting for war with sightless youths who perished, few were mature enough for life.
Prosperity Seen in Printing Trade Says Lynch
International Labor News Service reports James M. Lynch says prosperity lingers in the printing trades with high wages supporting steady demand. He notes two dollar values, the cost-of-living and wholesale dollars, and warns the gap exploits workers while urging real wage growth tied to productivity.
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International Labor News Service
Indianapolis
Ind
International Typographical Union
James M. Lynch
America
Lynch
American Federation of Labor
Atlantic City
Labor Banks Boom in New York and Newark
The Federation Bank of New York reports resources over 17.25 million as it nears three years' age. Newark’s Cooperative National Bank, under Essex Trades Council and New Jersey Federation of Labor, nears 1.7 million in resources with Arthur A. Quinn as president and Henry F. Hilfers as director.
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International Labor News Service
York City
Federation Bank of New York
Newark
New York
Cooperative National Bank
Essex Trades Council
New Jersey State Federation of Labor
Arthur A. Quinn
New Jersey Federation of Labor
Henry F. Hilfers
American Federation of Labor
Long Fight Ends as Utah Board Paroles Four Miners
The Utah board of pardons freed Kukis Pagialakis Krais and Kambourakis after a long struggle over 1922 strike violence in Carbon Emery and Salt Lake counties. After trials and appeals collapsed, the four were released on parole March 20, with Zulakis still on appeal and outstanding pardons expected to complete within a year.
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Utah Board
International Labor News Service
Salt Lake City
Utah
Kukis
Pag‘idakis
Krakis
Kambourakis
Utah State Board of Pardons
Zulakis
Board of Pardons J
Spring Canyon
Carbon County
United Mine Workers
Seo‘ield
Standardville
Jacobs Switch
Charles R. Mabey
Pagialakis
Emery
Castle Dale
Emery County
Salt Lake County
Sault Lake County
Supreme Court
Pagialikis
Board of Pardons
Farr
Pete Kakis
Kraiis
Judges Warn Democracy Depends on Action not Books
Judge Frederick E. Crane warns at a dinner that democracy suffers not from widespread ignorance but from educated people who remain indifferent to practical politics. He blames apathy among lawyers and calls for citizens with learning to actively elect and support the right officials and judges.
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Frederick E. Crane
Court of Appeals
Clergyman condemns U S China policy in Paterson
Reverend James F. Yard, longtime Far East resident, denounced U S policy toward China to the Women's Foreign Missionary Society. He cited gunboats on the Yangtze, legation guards in Peking, and troops in Tientsin, urging their removal at once.
Eye injury prevention urged for workers industry wide
Syracuse. Joshua Eyre Hannum urged an organized industry effort to prevent eye injuries among workers, citing 250000 yearly in the nation. A survey showed 3.3 percent of accidents in 17 states involve eye injuries, with 7.1 percent of all accidents affecting sight. Emphasizing comfort and fit of goggles, he urged management foremen and workers to cooperate, viewing eye protection as economic and humanitarian.
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International Labor News Service
Syracuse
N. Y
Syracuse Safety Council
Joshua Eyre Hannum
New York
Eyesight Conservation Council of America
Mr. Hannum
Council
Hannum
Google
Non-Voting Stock Outlawed by Court
The Interstate Commerce Commission refused the Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway permission to secure 150000 of pon valle stock. Public purchasers buy stock believing they gain management voice while insiders issue voting stock to themselves and sell non voting stock to the public. Professor Ripley of Harvard attacked the system.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commissin
Pittsburgh & West Virginia Railway
Ripley
Harvard University
Utica Women Oppose 48-Hour Week Survey
A Fortyeight hour questionnaire sent to four thousand five hundred Utica working women surprised business leaders. The survey aimed to counter the National Woman's Party claim that women relish long hours and suggested possible wage reductions amid fuel concerns.
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New York
Utica Associate Industries
Women’s Joint Legislative Committee
Upstate
Women's Legislative Committee
National Woman's Party
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