U. S. Corporation Licensing Urged to Ban Oil War Deals
Senator Joseph O Mahoney urges a federal charter and licensing system for corporations engaged in foreign and interstate commerce after citing a Standard Oil Italy deal. He argues state charters enable vast firms to influence federal commerce power and advocates a federal corporation law to curb such power.
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U. S. Corporation Licensing
Washington, D. C
LINS
Rome
Standard Oil Company
Italy
Joseph O'Mahoney
Wyoming
Congress
United States
World
Union
Rossville women protest wage discrimination against Rossville sewing relief workers
Women workers in Rossville Georgia accuse employers and government of double standards with Chattanooga workers. In letters to Works Progress Administrator Hopkins they cite 140 hours monthly for 19 dollars, lower pay than Chattanooga, supply own machines and pay for fuel rent and utilities, while housing and relief practices hinder relief benefits. Union member Frank Lynch urges Hopkins to reclassify Rossville to end inequities.
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Roseville
Rossville
Works Progress
Hopkins
Washington
Richmond Fushery
General Textile
Chattanooga
Lynch Sertain
Job Gains Highlight 1935 Road Building Program
Washington report says 19,480 miles of highways built in fiscal year 1935 created 2,000,000,000 man-months of direct employment with indirect employment exceeding 8,000,000 man-months, Bureau of Public Roads chief Thomas H. McDonald notes increased employment as the dominant theme.
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Washington, D. C
ILNS
Bureau of Public Roads
Thomas H. McDonald
Green Asks Punishment In Tampa Beating Case
President William Green of the American Federation of Labor calls for a full Tampa investigation into the abduction and flogging of three Florida Workers' Alliance members. One victim died, police complicity is alleged, and the 1926 AFL convention threat prompts action.
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Washington, D. C
ILNS
Tampa
Florida
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Green
Wandell Heaton
Florida State Federation of Labor
Florida Workers’ Alliance
Joseph Shoemaker
Central Trades and Labor Council
Chamber of Commerce
Jnso
Labor and Socialist Defense Committee
James Myers
Federal Council of Churches
Akron plant strike ends as closing order rescinded
Sheriff James Flower rescinds his November 26 order closing the Ohio Insulator Company plant in Barberton. Negotiations are under way for a settlement of the strike that prompted the action.
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Akron, Ohio
ILNS
James Flower
Ohio Insulator Company
Barberton
Better Farm Prices Help All Industry Declares Roosevelt
President Roosevelt told the American Farm Bureau that farm buying power rose from under 50 percent of normal in 1982 to over 90 percent in 1986 due to the AAA. He argued the program aided both farmers and city workers, despite some higher consumer prices and profiteering. The court considered the AAA's constitutionality as he spoke. A push for Union-made goods and an embargo on unfair foreign products was urged.
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Chicago
ILNS
American Farm Bureau
Roosevelt
AAA
Green urges industry to aid in employment crisis
President William Green of the American Federation of Labor calls on business to cooperate with labor to solve the unemployment crisis. He cites revised statistics showing 11,647,000 jobless in October and 8,000,000 employed under the works program, urging action to provide work and restore livelihoods.
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Washington, D. C
ILNS
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Green
Idustry
Leaders in industry seek plan to aid 11,647,000 unemployed
The passage questions what industry will do to restore livelihoods for 11,647,000 unemployed and whether industry, labor representatives, and government will jointly attempt to solve the problem. It notes responsible leaders and mobilizing action.
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Labor
Judge Finds Strike Leader Guilty on Contempt Charge
Joe Morris a labor leader active in organizing a strike of tiff miners last summer was found guilty of contempt of court by Circuit Judge Frank Kelly in Cape Girardeau. Morris was fined 50 dollars and released on a 300 dollar bond after admitting he urged Judge Dearing be impeached during a strike meeting. The case pivots on Morris’s public speech against the injunction issued by Judge Dearing. The matter began with a November 12 hearing before Judge Dearing, who recused himself after defense counsel objection.
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Potos
ILNS
Joe Morris
Missouri Supreme Court
Frank Kelly
Cape Girardeau
E. Dearing
Morris
Judge Dearing
FHA predicts housing boom and large federal spending next year
Washington reports about 176000 new homes planned for next year per Steward McDonald of the FHA. FHA outlays total about 500 million this year, plus more than double that again for modernization. Resettlement plans a 10 million model green belt near Cincinnati for 1500 families with 7400 workers at peak, managed by a non profit after completion.
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Washington, D. C
NLNS
United States
Steward McDonald
FHA
McDonald
Resettlement Administration
Mount Healthy
Cinccinnati
Tragedy on Tracks Captures Local Hero and Victim
In a deadly collision, William Ward drove to warn others and was killed as a truck emerged from a side road. Richard Slosson also perished in the crash near the crossing, prompting calls to subscribe to The Press for full details.
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