Big Bugs of Chicago vie for a place on World Fair board
Chicago leaders Dawes and Insull dominate the World's Fair board and Opera Company conflicts threaten reorganization. Labor is excluded, with rivals pushing to oust the Dawes Insull bloc. A rival Englishfully sung opera company is proposed as a counter.
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Row of
Chicago
Labor Place
Joseph A. Wise
Charles G. Dawes
Great Britain
Sam Insull
Dawes
Insull
World’s Fair Board of Directors
Civic Opera House
Chicago Civic Opera Company
Chicago Civic Opera House
Market
Madison Streets
Lockout at Clinchfield Mills Ties Up Marion Workers
A lockout was declared today at Clinchfield Manufacturing in Marion North Carolina affecting about 1 000 workers after 150 union employees were discharged for United Textile Workers membership. Eviction suits loom as talks fail and unions appeal for aid for 750 affected families while observers link this to nearby East Marion action.
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Marion Mills
Marion
N. C
ILNS
Clinchfiield Manufacturing Company
Clinchfield Manufacturing Company
United Textile Workers
American Federation of Labor
Clinchfield Mill
Robert Loudermilk
East Marion
Clinchfield
Marion Mfg. Co
Alfred Hoffffman
Clinchfield Mills
North Carolina
Finland seeks union label guidance from A F L
Washington dispatch reports Finnish trade unionists ask the American Federation of Labor headquarters how the union label in the United States is controlled and supervised.
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Finland
John J. Manning
Union Label Trades Department, A. P. of L
Washington
A. F. of
White Collar Ideal Is Hit By Educator
New York expert Dr. Harry Dexter Kitson, professor of education at Columbia University, denounces the white collar ideal as one of the most vicious aspects of modern civilization. He argues many mothers push children toward bank clerks so they may stand behind a wicket and hand out money, believing tellership is the path to the bank presidency.
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New York
Harry Dexter Kitson
Columbia University
Prof. Kitson
New Orleans Strike Prolonged by Public Service Inc Officials
Francis Williams of the Louisiana Public Service Commission denounces Public Service Inc for refusing concessions in the New Orleans carmen strike. He urges civic sacrifice and mediation to end the unrest, urging the public to demand peace and a halt to industrial conflict.
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New Orleans
ILNS
Francis Williams
Louisiana Public Service Commission
Public Service, Inc
Carmen
New
Funder Burk Retires as IUU President After 16 Years
Cincinnati figure W. L. Funder Burk retires after sixteen years as president of the International Union. He declines re election at the convention in Cincinnati. Edward Kaiser, former vice president for the past nine years, succeeds him.
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Cincinnati
W. L. Funder Burk
Steve Mounters
International Union
Edward Kaiser
Bryn Mawr unionism talks mark end of summer school
The Bryn Mawr summer school for women workers closed with unionist addresses by Edward F. McGrady of the A F L and M H Hedges of the Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. A Philip Randolph of the Pullman porters spoke on worker struggles for a guaranteed living wage. During eight weeks 105 women from 30 trades studied economics English history science and psychology. Attending from across the U S and Europe, the program featured Ethel M. Smith as labor representative.
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Bryn Mawr
Penn
Edward F. McGrady
A. F. of L
M. H. Hedges
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
A. Philip Randolph
Pullman Porters
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Chicago Federation of Labor
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Butler County
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Hamilton, Ohio
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W. L. Morris
Morris
Condi
Arctic Ocean
Wsisa Hohere
Graf’s Grocery
Journal Square
UNION
W. F. Cahill & Sons
Dayton St
New Orleans Traction Co
Funder Burk
Dargue
Ohio
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