Electrical Workers Face Graft Charges in New York Local
The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers accuses 17 officers and members of a New York local of bribery and conspiracy to block entry of qualified mechanics. affidavits detail two way shops, non union crews, graft on powerhouse jobs, and sale of membership cards. Judge Crain weighs jurisdiction as the fight to oust the officers continues.
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Electrical Workers
New York
International Labor News Service
New York City
Electrical Workers’ Union
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers of America
Supreme Court
International Vice
H. H. Broac
International
The
Washington
Fourteenth Street
New York Edison Company
Richard L. O'Hara
William O'Toole
George Donnellan
Crain
International Organization
Broach
Justice Crain
Union Labor Life Leases Offices in Washington DC
Union Labor Life Insurance Company leases permanent offices on Connecticut Avenue in a triangular glass building with ample light and space. The firm will begin actual business in January, stock sales near completion with final book closings imminent. those still wishing to buy stock are urged to act promptly.
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International Labor News Service
Washington, D. C
Union Labor Life Insurance Company
Connecticut Avenue
Bribery and Fraud Underlie National Apathy Says Smith
Pred B. Smith, chairman of the Citizens' Committee of One Thousand, warns that bribery in public life and vote fraud undermine social order. He cites Fall and Doheny acquittal as fueling belief that wealth buys access in Washington. He points to Pennsylvania and Illinois elections as open scandals.
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New Yorker
Pred B. Smith
Citizens’ Committee of One Thousand
Washington
Mr. Smith
Senate probes big bakery merger in bread trust case
Senate judiciary subcommittee to investigate Continental Baking Corporation merger claims. It reviews a Baltimore court dismissal tied to a FTC prosecution later dropped, with Justice notified hours before the case. Proposal by Senator La Follette.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Bread Trust
Federal District Court
Baltimore
Continental Baking Corporation
Federal Trade Commission
Continental
Commission
Department of Justice
la Follette
Cloakmakers Win First Victory In Labor Clash
The cloakmakers gain a key arbitration victory over the ousted communist leadership as 20,000 locked out workers return to the shops. The American Federation of Labor pledges aid to restore the International Ladies' Garment Workers Union and funds to cover debts over 1.5 million dollars.
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Star
International Labor News Service
New York City
International Ladies‘ Garment Workers’ Union
International
Morris Sigman
The
Eee
American Federation of Labor
New York
Communist Party
William Green
Federation
Matthew Woll
Federatio
Hugh Frayne
John Sullivan
New York State Federation of Labor
Joseph Ryan
Central Trades and Labor Council
John J. O'Hanlon
Woll
Cloakmakers’ Finance Committee
Mr. Frayne
the International
Madison Square Garden
Union Leader Committee Expands Fight Against Unions
Local union leaders broaden anti communist drive noting national activity centered in Chicago. Labor groups in Chicago Boston and Philadelphia urged to cooperate to stop raids on workers' economic organizations. A launch from New York to Edgewater sinks in icy Hudson River. 30 drowned 80 saved. captain arrested for homicide.
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Chicago
Boston
Philadelphia
Launch
New York City
Edgewater
N. J
Hudson River
Uproar Against Smith Seen As Plot Of Big Interests
Chicago reports describe the fight to seat Col. Frank L. Smith as a bid by powerful interests to thwart labor gains. Organized labor and veterans backed Smith while finance, oil, and manufacturing interests funded opposition. Magill, backed by Rockefeller money, aimed to split the vote to install Brennar.
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Smith
Chicago
Frank L. Smith
United States
William B. McKin
Ijlinois
Colonel Smith
United States Senate
White House
Capitol Hill
Illinois
Ilinois
Senate
Sam Insull
Insull
World Court
Hugh S. Magill
George E. Brennar
Magill
John D. Rockefeller
Oil King
Standard Oil
Fis
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Union Labor Life
Fall and Doheny
BIG Bakery
American Labor Movement
Red Guards
Moscow
Joseph A, Wise
Krebs
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