Railroads Move To Block New Pension Law In Supreme Court
A coalition of 187 railroads filed in the district of Columbia seeking an injunction to block the railroad pension act from taking effect. They argue Congress exceeded its powers and that the act imposes 2 percent payroll assessments on workers and 4 percent on railroads to fund pensions, affecting over a million rail workers. Federal lawyers will defend the act.
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Washington, D. C
ILNS
Peti*tion
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Retirement Board
Sidney R. Prince
Southern Railway
Congress
Solicitor General's Office
Hatch Hosiery Drops Blue Eagle After NLRB Findings
Belmont North Carolina firm Hatch Hosiery Co withdraws right to display the Blue Eagle after failing to ratify an agreement signed by its attorney Pred M Morrison. NLRB findings ordered reinstatement of eight workers fired for union activity and restitution steps, with deadlines extended before withdrawal.
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Washington, D. C
ILNS
Hatch Hosiery Co
Belmont
N. C
NRA
National Labor Relations Board
M. Morrison
National Labor Board
Blue Eagle
Police under scrutiny after Brooklyn picket clash
Mayor LaGuardia ordered an investigation into police brutality during a Brooklyn strike picket at Commodore Knitting Mills. Forty two pickets faced arrest amid union charges of police assault and unlawful force.
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New York
ILNS
Brooklyn
LaGuardia
United Textile Workers
International Ladies’ Garment Workers
Knit Goods Workers
Commodore Knitting Mills
Police Brutality Allegations Highlight Picket Arrests
The article reports brutality by police against pickets, with most lacking bail funds and jailed. Witnesses testified before a police board ordered by the mayor, naming shield numbers of arresting officers. A 16 year old described being struck on the head while seeking to speak to his father. The mayor learned police favored the strikers and used unusual force against participants including women and girls.
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Police Board of Inquiry
Seven Million Seek Jobs in June Unemployment Figures
Washington reports for the first time the Labor Department reveals that on June 30 a total of 7,066,000 men and women were listed as job applicants with the Federal Employment Service. Secretary Perkins notes this does not reflect all idle job seekers and private estimates suggest 14 million or more unemployed when unregistered workers are counted.
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Washington, D. C
ILNS
Department of Labor
Federal Employment Service
Secretary of Labor
Perkins
Ziegler Fills Late George S Levi's Post
Following the death of George S. Levi grand secretary treasurer of the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks the grand executive council and board of trustees named Phil E Ziegler to the post Ziegler will serve until the next convention in May 1935 and will continue as editor of The Railway Clerk official organ of the brotherhood
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Cincinnati, Ohio
ILNS
George S. Levi
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Board of Trustees
Phil E. Ziegler
Ziegler
Brotherhood
AFL Executive Council Urges CWA Program and Higher Wages
Atlantic City N J The AFL executive council voted to urge a broad CWA program this winter and seek President Roosevelt’s help to raise wages for private industry workers to offset living costs. President William Green opposed NRA reorganization that would hand power to private industry and urged government retention of administration. The council warned drought and higher prices may raise living costs and wage standards, and pressed for increased Labor Department funding and code revisions to avoid strikes.
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Green
Federation
NRA
Atlantic City
N. J
Executive Council
American Federation of Labor
Roosevelt
William Green
A. F. of 1
A. F. of L
Elks Leader Launches Nationwide Anti-Communism Drive
Michael Y. Shannon newly elected grand exalted ruler of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks says the organization will lead a nationwide campaign against communism. He spoke during a conference in Atlantic City with district deputies, urging action to confront radicals and defend American institutions.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Michael Y. Shannon
Los Angeles
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Shannon
the Elks
United States
America
Union Affiliations Asserted by Postal Workers
Charles A. Sentilles, national VP of the National Federation of Post Office Clerks, says claims by the Postal Workers of America to be recruiting from bona fide unions are unfounded. He notes the NFPOC, Railway Mail Association, NALC, and Rural Letter Carriers are AFL affiliated and share offices in Washington D C.
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Association of Railway Labor Executives
Frank Mulholland
Cleveland
New Orleans
SSNS
Charles A. Sentilles
National Federation of Post Office Clerks
Postal Workers of America
Railway Mail Association
National Association of Letter Carriers
National Federation of Rural Letter Carriers
American Federation of Labor
Washington, D. C
A. F. of L
Woman Says Straw Boss Struck Her in Mississippi Mill
Mrs. Margarie McBride, 60, a union member, accused straw boss Melton Higginbotham of assault and cursing after her discharge from Aponang Manufacturing Co. spinning room. Higginbotham, a non union employee, was arrested. charges backed by other workers. McBride had long worked at the mill.
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Kosciusko
ILNS
Melton Higginbotham
Aponang Manufacturing Co
Margarie McBride
McBride
Higginbotham
Harriman Hosiery Mills Wins NRA Settlement Blue Eagle
The Harriman Hosiery Mills of Tennessee will retain its Blue Eagle under an NRA agreement reached with Gen. Johnson. Labor representatives and William Green supported the deal, marking a policy shift to consult labor spokesmen before settlements. The plant had lost its Blue Eagle after a National Labor Board dispute.
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Washington, D. C
ILNS
Harriman Hosiery Mills
Tennessee
Blue Eagle
Gen. Johnson
NRA
William Green
Harriman
National Labor Board
Glancy
Distilling Plant Strike Settled in Pekin Illinois
Operations resumed at the American Distilling Co plant after a four day strike. John Booth the discharged fireman will be rehired under a mediation agreement led by State's Attorney Nathan Ellis. The dispute began over Booths firing with violence as about 200 non union workers tried to break a picket line injuring nearly twenty.
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Pekin, Il
ILNS
American Distilling Co
Nathan Ellis
Tazewell County
John Booth
Booth
Friends' Notes Seal to Bankruptcy Petition
New Orleans filing shows assets almost nothing and liabilities of 2209.09. The debts stem from endorsements of notes for friends held by alleged loan sharks.
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New Orleans
ILNS
Oscar E. Laux
New Orleans Item
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