Union Men Ought to Smoke Union-Made Cigarettes
Chester M Wright appeals in a labor press column to support tax equalization to keep dime cigarettes affordable. He cites six cent federal tax on packs and four cents left for costs, urging backing for bills H R 6450 6124 6368 and buy union made products from Axton Fisher and Brown & Williamson in Louisville.
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Tobacco and Cigarette
Dime Cigarettes
Tobacco Workers’ International Union
Labor Press of America
Labor
Congress
Senators
Bio
Axton Fisher Tobacco Company
Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation
Louisville
Use of Federal Arms Use of Federal Arms
The Connery resolution, before the house committee on military affairs, would bar United States supplied arms or gear from National Guard use during labor disputes without express approval of the secretary of war. It states no arms or equipment may be used by any National Guard unit on duty in labor disputes unless approved per unit.
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Connery
House Committee On Military Affairs
United States
National Guard
Secretary of War
Senate
House of Representatives
United States of America
Congress
District of Columbia
Butler
Washington
Sucieone
More Pay For Memphis Street Car Workers
Memphis street railway workers gain a wage increase after a contract signing between the company and the street car union. Experienced one man car operators receive a five percent rise from 60 cents to 63 cents an hour. The largest unit, barn and shop employees, had seen pay fall to 52.25 cents and now rises to 63 cents. The typical work week runs about 52.5 hours.
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Memphis, Tenn
ILNS
Memphis Street Railway Company
Butler Blitzes Militia Use in Strikes Urges Federal Checks
Gen Smedley Butler denounces state troops used to break strikes and urges a Connery bill to restrain governors from mobilizing federal equipment without War Secretary approval. He warns lives are sacrificed for property and calls for the president to control deployment of guards in labor disputes.
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Philadelphia
SLNS
Smedley D. Butler
WCAU
Connery
Bill to Bar Interstate Trade in Prison Goods Moves
Rep. Hatton Summers of Texas introduces a bill to bar interstate commerce in prison-made goods, citing the Webb Kenyon act and Hawes Cooper precedent. The measure, supported by the American Federation of Labor, aims to curb prison labor competition amid the national recovery program. Summers explained his motives in an April 8 address to the National Committee on Prisons and Prison Labor broadcast on NBC.
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Washington, D. C
ILNS
Hatton W. Summers
Texas
Judiciary Committee
American Federation of Labor
Hawes-Cooper
Congress
Summers
New York City
National Committee On Prisons and Prison Labor
NBC
Belmont Stamping & Enameling workers strike amid wage dispute
About 360 Belmont Stamping & Enameling Company employees walk out after officials refuse a general pay raise. The report mentions seeking presidential permission to deploy federal guns and bayonets and criticizes acts by hired hoodlums trying to disrupt the strike.
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Philadelphia, Ohio
ILNS
Belmont Stamping & Enameling Company
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Delco Light Parts
Savage Auto Supply Co
Maple Avenue
National Guardsmen
Connery Bill
Thor
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Bill
TMIRS
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