Striking Kenosha Hosiery Workers Seek Probe of Private Detectives
Kenosha hosiery workers locked out for eleven months push for an inquiry into 1928 spending by Prosecutor Powell. They cite $10,000 of $27,000 used on private investigators and allied firms, urging action by state officials and a possible tax-payer suit to recover funds.
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Kenosha
Wis
Allen
Kenosha County
Lewis W. Powell
Powell
Pinkerton
State Federation of Labor
W. J. Burns
Yellow Dog
A. R. MacDonald
Industrial Counsellor
Railway Audit and Inspection Company
Leslie Zales
Zales
Wisconsin
John W. Reynolds
Court weighs legality of railroad company union
In New Orleans the Federal Court of Appeals reviews whether Texas and Pacific Lines may override a Congress labor act by creating a company union for clerical workers. Judge Hutcheson Jr. had barred railroad officials from blocking the regular union. carriers challenge enforceability and constitutionality.
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New Orleans
Fedeal Court of Appeals
Texas & Pacific Lines
Southern Pacific System
Brotherhood of
Railway Clerks
Hutcheson, Jr
Houston
Circuit Court
Congress
Hutcheson
Supreme Court
Brotherhood of Railroad Clerks
Union Carpenters Propose Four Year Apprenticeship Plan
A joint Indianapolis committee of the Building Trades Congress and the Brotherhood of Carpenters with employer representation adopts a four year apprenticeship. It includes six month wage raises, compulsory two evenings weekly school, and age limits from 17 to 22. Graduates obtain journeyman status and a diploma at a graduation exercise. A February start is planned under a new vocational course led by Harry Wood.
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Indianapolis, Ind
Indianapolis Building Trades Congress
Brotherhood of Carpenters
General Contradtors’ Association
Indianapolis Building Congress
Congress
Boori of Education
Harry Wood
Prosperity Plan Emphasizes Social Justice and Labor Harmony
Frances Perkins, newly named state industrial commissioner, advocates short hours and high wages as cures for over production and other ills at a Prosperity Prosperity luncheon. More than 800 attendees include trade unionists and employers. She stresses social justice as foundation of government employer worker relations and cites robots freeing humans for better life, with care to avoid human displacement.
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York
Frances Perkins
Senate urged to reopen Continental Baking case
Senate Judiciary Committee reports a resolution directing the Federal Trade Commission to reopen the Continental Baking Corporation complaint. Organized labor backs the move, with the AFL convention urging reinstate, arguing the 1926 dismissal harmed public interest and allowed monopolistic practices to continue.
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Senate
Continental Baking Co
Ashington
D.C
Senate Judiciary Committee
la Mollette
Pesieral Trade Commission
Continental Baking Company
Bread Trust
Andrew Myrap
International Labor News
Continental
Federal Trade Commission
Department of Justice
Ward Food Products Corporation
General Baking Corporation
District Court
Baltimore
The
Alle; Bread Trust
Continental Baking Corporation
United States
United States District Court of
Ward Food Products Company
Fed
Eral Trade Commission
Ite
Continental Baking Cooporation
Tsault
Gertmental Baking Corporation
Amok Jtcreen
Commission
Tonental Baking Corporation
Contiental Baking Corporation
United States Senate
Committee On the Judiciary
Senate Committee On the Judiciary
Federal
Wade Commission
Gaid Corporation
Organized Labor
American Federation of Labor
New Orleans
Indiana governor forms committee to probe coal field distress
Governor Leslie named a special committee led by the adjutant general to investigate severe hardship in southern Indiana coal areas. Miners have been out of work for years, with widespread charity and bankrupt businesses. The Knox Consolidated Coal Co faced wage disputes and continued operation under the 1917 scale after initially resisting.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Leslie
Indiana
Bicknell
Knox Consolidated Coal Company
Terre Haute
Bat
Save the Union
Edward Logsdon
Superior Court
Marion County
Mer
United Mine Workers
Catholic Bulletin rails at Saturday Evening Post on religion and economics
The National Catholic Welfare Conference weekly bulletin argues religion guides economic life and ethics in commerce, labor, lending, and hiring. It states the bishop’s social reconstruction program places human and Christian ethics above pagan industrial conduct, opposing the Post’s view that faith has no economic role.
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Washington
National Catholic Welfare Conference
Saturday Evening Post
Bulletin
Brother Froud
Labor groups call for reopening of complaint process
More than 400 labor organizations have sent requests urging a reopening of the complaint procedure, signaling widespread pressure for action and accountability in the case.
Airplane to Replace Most Passenger Rail Travel
John J. Lancaster, president of Texas & Pacific, predicts future passenger travel will move to airplanes. He says rail service will be reserved for overnight or multi day trips, while airplanes will carry the public for most journeys, with fewer passenger stations built in states amid these changes.
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Austin
Texas
John J. Lancaster
Texas & Pacific Railroad
Lancaster
Res State
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Miss Perkins
Chicago Market Co
High Street
Kgongks
Topyris
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Great Bread Trust
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