Labor Urges Massive Public Works Fund for U S
Washington awaits a push from the American Federation of Labor led by William Green and Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins for a public works program of four to six billion dollars. Perkins says two to three billion could start quickly, focusing on living standards such as low cost housing and widespread plumbing, including sewerage and bathtubs. She notes ten years of full output by plumbers to equip all homes. Minimum wages are deemed vital, with private revamps of the Black 30-hour bill possible. Public works may give way to forest camps, while the fate of the Bureau of Labor Statistics remains under study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
ILNS
American Federation of Labor
Roosevelt
William Green
Perkins
White House
America
Bureau of Labor Statistics
American Statistical Society
Highbrow Statistical Organization
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Executive Council
Labor
Industry
House Labor Committee
Outrageous Illinois sales tax says Labor Weekly
The Illinois State Federation of Labor Weekly News Letter denounces a three per cent sales tax as outrageous and illegal claiming merchants collect more than three per cent on small purchases. It cites cases of a one cent levy on five cent items and a ten cent loaf costing an extra cent, arguing the extra is criminal and requires swift action by the state administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Illinois
Illinois State Federation of Labor Weeklyy
Ilinois
East Liverpool Relief Kitchen Feeds 300000
East Liverpool Ohio reports that over 300000 meals were served to the destitute during 33 weeks of operation by the East Liverpool Trades and Labor Council. Main kitchen in National Brotherhood of Operative Potters building and an auxiliary in East End. Daily average 1937 meals. Milk and bread supplied in large quantities. City council funds the relief effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Liverpool
Ohio
New Jersey Seeks 8 to 12 Million for Relief Funds
relief director John Colt informed Governor Moore that New Jersey needs 8 to 12 million dollars in addition to remaining bond funds to finance unemployment relief through 1933. In early March, 115000 families comprising 489300 people were on the relief list, with expenditures at about 2.5 million monthly. The per person cost was over 6 dollars monthly, about 17 cents daily, highlighting jobless hardship. Governor Moore plans a legislative conference and hopes to secure a Reconstruction Finance Corporation loan, pending voter approval at the November election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tronon
N. J
New Jersey
John Colt
Moore
Colt
French unions push for 40 hour week amid protests
In France widespread meetings and demonstrations pressed a peace and anti dictatorship campaign led by unions. Major cities including Marseilles Bayonne Nimes Saint Nazaire Lyons Toulouse saw large gatherings. Leon Jouhaux urged that freedom and moral values matter beyond material gain, warning that unrestrained individualism has collapsed society.
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New York City
ILNS
France
Marseilles
Bayonne
1 Nimes
Saint Nazaire
Lyons
Toulouse
Leon Jouhaux
French National Trade Union Center
International Federation of Trade Unions
Pickets Jailed After Quiet West Hazleton Union Action
In West Hazleton twelve members of Local No. 4818 of the Bakery and Confectionery Workers International Union were fined 2.50 each or jailed two days for picketing in front of Diska stores. The peaceful protest, linked to Spaulding Baking Co of Binghamton, N Y, opposed by management, involved sandwich signs and loitering charges. The jailed pickets stood firm as the case drew attention to an anti union campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Hazleton
Burgess Kubitsky
Bakery and
Confectionery Workers International Union
Diska
Spaulding Baking Company
Binghamton
N. Y
Hazleton
Shamokin
Norristown
Scranton
Wilkes Barre
Drastic Labor Measure Offered As Substitute For 30-Hour Bill
Washington reports that a proposed 80 hour workweek bill gains Senate approval and moves toward House action while a Perkins administration backed substitute envisions a federal wage and hours dictatorship. The plan would regulate production and interstate shipments, potentially dissolving collective bargaining and limiting workers rights. Labor and industry reps will testify at House hearings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Perkins
Harold Moulton
Brookings Institution
Frederick A. Delano
Federal Reserve Board
Carnegie Peace Foundation
Meyer Jacobstein
Congress
Roosevelt
Train Trust
Perkins
New York Court Halts Wage Cut at State Hospital
The Cauldwell-Wingate Company building a state hospital in Pinnaire New York is restrained by Supreme Court Justice Glennon from paying bricklayers less than 1.65 dollars per hour and from hiring nonmembers of the Bricklayers Masons and Plasterers International Union. The state Industrial Commission fixed 1.65 as the prevailing wage. Thomas A Murray led the suit alleging violation of a union agreement paying 1.25 and claiming the Mason Builders Association pact, set to expire in April, bound the contractor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
ILNS
Cauldwell-Wingate Company
Pinnaire
N. Y
Supreme Court
Glennon
New York
Thomas A. Murray
Bricklayers
Greater
Long Island
Murray
Mason Builders’ Association
McGrady Seen as Assistant Secretary of Labor
Edward F. McGrady, longtime AFL legislative committeeman and militant labor figure, is slated to become assistant secretary of labor. A veteran of the International Printing Pressmen’s and Assistants’ Union of North America, he helped establish the pressmen tuberculosis sanatorium and the Pressmen’s Home for superannuated members in Tennessee. He led labor in Massachusetts as Boxton Central Labor Union president and state federation vice president, and served in Boston city government, the Massachusetts legislature, and as state superintendent of the U.S. Employment Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
ILNS
Edward F. McGrady
American Federation of Labor
Organized Labor
McGrady
A. F. of L
Washington
International Printing Pressmen’s and Assistants’ Union of North America
Half Billion Relief Bill Backed by House Banking Panel
The 500 million Wagner-Lewis direct relief bill moves toward passage after a 15 to 6 vote in the House Banking Committee. It provides direct loans to states for unemployment relief and has already passed the Senate. The committee kept the bill intact aside from a minor adjustment to the allocation base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D., C
ILNS
House Banking Committee
House
Senate
Banking
Pottery Exhibit By Potters At Woodward Lothrop Store
In cooperation with the United States Potters Association the National Brotherhood of Operative Potters staged a pottery and china exhibition at Woodward & Lothrop. Demonstrations included pugmill jiggerman batter cut thrower forming hollow ware bakers and dishes plus a tunnel kiln feature. Six demonstrators assisted as interest grew. the show will tour other cities through retail stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
ILNS
United States Potters’ Association
National Brotherhood of Operative Potters
Woodward & Lothrop
Dantzig Enacts 40-Hour Week and Machinery Rules
Berlin reports the senate of the free city of Dantzig approved a 40 hour workweek across departments and concerns with arbitration available if talks stall. It also requires government permission before installing machinery likely to reduce staff, the first official European move to curb technological unemployment.
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Berlin
ILNS
International Federation of Trade Unions
Senate
Dantzig
Europe
Jobs and Payrolls Reach Record Low in March
Washington D C ILNS Employment in manufacturing fell 4.2 percent in March from February and payrolls dropped 8.2 percent due to the national banking holiday. The March employment index stood at 65.1 and payrolls at 33.4, both new lows, with declines from last year. Two nonmanufacturing sectors showed gains: building construction and quarrying and non metallic mining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Bureau of Labor Statistics
United States
Department of Labor
Bureau
Wyoming Amended Eight Hour Law for Women Workers
Cheyenne Wyoming activists report an amended eight hour law for women workers is now in force reducing maximum hours from eight and a half per day and fifty six per week to eight per day and forty eight per week. The law applies to women in factories stores laundries hotels and restaurants and other occupations. Overtime is allowed in emergencies at time and one half.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Wyo
ILNS
Wyoming
Railroad Drops Wage Cut Scheme
The U S Board notified railroad officials that the Rock Island railroad has abandoned its plan to voluntarily return one sixth of workers pay. A F Whitney, chairman of the Railway Labor Executives Association, condemned the plan as illegal and in violation of contracts and the Railway Labor Act.
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U. S. Board
Rock Island Railroad
A. F. Whitney
Railway Labor Executives' Association
Government in Industry Called Form of Communism
Oxford report quotes Mr Ramsey a professor and economist condemning extensive government intervention in industry as communism of the right. He warns Britain faces leftist communism too and says either path would be disastrous.
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Oxford
Eng
Organization of
Ramsey
University Liberal Societies
Great Britain
Joint Committee Opens Anti Sweatshop Drive
New York City is the scene of a joint committee for the abolition of sweatshops. Representatives from garment employers foundations the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union and women's organizations have launched a drive for a quality label on women’s garments. The campaign urges public demand for products from shops with fair wages and good working conditions.
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New York City
ILNS
Naminal
Women's Trade Union League
Joint Committee For the
Garment Employers’ Feuudations
International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union
Nations Women's Organizations
RinterS Take Referend On Postponing Convention
Indianapolis union members of the International Typographical Union of North America vote on postponing the annual convention, set for Chicago in the first week of September, by one year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
International Typographical Union of North America
Chicago
Labor Head 8 Appointed to Liquor Control Board
John Sullivan, president of the New York State Federation of Labor, was named a member of the State Liquor Control Board by Gov. Lehman. The five member board is led by Edward P. Mulrooney, former New York City police commissioner.
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Albany
N. Y
ILNS
John Sullivan
New York State Federation of Labor
State Liquor Control Board
Gov
Lehman
Edward P. Mulrooney
New York City
Culture Measures Value by Perception of Relations
The quote reflects that culture is defined not by the size of a field but by the skill to perceive relations within it, whether relations are large or small, attributed to Stevenson.
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Stevenson
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Thomas Jefferson
Secretary of Labor
By B. C. Clarke
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