Miners Move to Stabilize Coal Prices and Wages
Indiana report notes no new agreements yet on the Jacksonville scale shift but predicts new contracts at about six dollars per day. Miners praise their wage policy as stabilizing the industry while operators and the public must meet them halfway. Indiana operators revive the coal association, appoints scale committee, and eyes joint talks after Illinois settlements. Homer Talley named president. W. H. Spears secretary. negotiations expected by August 15 or sooner.
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Indianapolis
Ind
United Mine Workers
Jacksonville
Indiana
Coal Association
District Union
Illinois
Homer Talley
Talley
Europe
W. H. Spears
Philip Penna
Association
Labor Leader Blocks Closed Iowa Inquiry Over Prison Contracts
John C. Lewis of the Iowa Federation of Labor declines to testify before a star chamber Board of Control meeting over prison labor practices. He objects to a private trial and demands proper tribunal oversight, citing lack of due process and the secrecy of proceedings.
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Des Moines
Iowa
John C. Lewis
Iowa Federation of Labor
Board of Control
Organized Labor
Lewis
Star Chamber
Ameris Des
Doubts On Public Respect For Lawyers Say Judge Atwell
New York federal judge William H. Atwell of Texas challenged the belief that laypeople revere lawyers. At a Federal Bar Association luncheon he stated that the public is disgusted with the administration of law and attributes it to unethical conduct by lawyers.
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New York
William H. Atwell
Texas
Federal Bar Association
Blanton Loses Senate Fight Amid Antiunion Attacks
Washington report notes Congressman Blanton failed to win a U.S. Senate seat, ending his two year hold on the present Congress. The piece recalls his antiunion stance, later shift in policy, and a notable graft exposure against a District of Columbia official tied to war veterans hospital abuses.
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Washington
Blanton
United States Senate
Texas
Congress
Senate
Montana
Allen
Kansas
District of Columbia
Favor Police Pensions Push Seeks 1948 Style Referendum
Missouri unionists back a police pension bill to be put to a November referendum. Voters approved a constitutional amendment enabling the law by 246,184 in 1948, but the legislature did not act.
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St. Louis
Illinois Open Shop Gang Muddles Drive Against Constabulary
A long piece on Illinois Open Shop tactics, criticizing the Illinois Association for Criminal Justice and the move toward a state constabulary. It names Rush C. Butler and various corporate leaders, portraying the open shoppers as ineffective after Glenn M. Glenn’s death. The column mocks stealth tactics and portrays labor opposition as firm against the plan.
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Illinois
Tabor
Alinois Association For
Frank Penetein
Is Association For Criminal Jushut Five
Organized Labor
Constabulary
Manufacturers' Association
Tweedledee
Tweedledum
Illinois Association For Criminal Justice
Atute Constabulary
Rush C. Butler
Nation
Rnational Labor News
Hingis Association For Criminal Justice
Board of Trade
Chicago
Buying Power of Hourly Pay in 1920s U.S. Workers
Government findings show hourly wages rose from 1922 to 1926, reaching 129 percent above 1913 in 1926 while living costs were 75 percent higher than 1913. The report notes real income for workers increased, with organized trades faring even better, and cites 1926 as a peak in wage gains relative to 1913.
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Washington, D. C
Bureau of Labor Statistics
United States Department of Labor
Bureau
United States
Labor clash at Tuens Chamber of Commerce in Elmira
Fire fighters report protests by the Central Prades labor assembly against the Tuens Chamber of Commerce and the American La France Pine Engine Company. Machinists union claims company hired strike breakers and refuses to deal with union representatives, urging citizens to question public funds spent on anti union actions and fire protection equipment built by laborers.
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Rlmira
Nv Y
Central Prades
Labor Assembly
Tuens Chamber of Commerce
la France Pine
Machinists
Aftelliren
Atteck
International Association of Machiniats
Antiunion
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Garrison
Spottes
Chering
Grry
Interna
Joseph A. Wise
Neweterview
Ilinois
Organized Inbor
Ddl M. Glen
Mlinuis Manufacturers’ Association
Glenn
Glentz
Corporation
Thrift Shoe Basement
Oxfords
ALL Children’s
Thrift Shoe
Dow
Bl Jmirt
Fone
Uylon
Hawa
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