Congress Back To Face Big Issues Including Beer
Washington sees a new session face watershed bills with a beer legalization prospect and a sales tax push. Roosevelt reportedly orders enactment, labor opposes, while R F C reforms and a 30 hour week for federal workers emerge as driving clashes. The drive to repeal Prohibition and federal corporate licensing is noted amid broader reform aims.
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Congress
Washington, D. C
ILNS
Senate
White House
Roosevelt
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
U. S
Wagner
New York
R. F. C. Joon
Missouri Life Insurance Company
Taxed trucks spark rail revenue push in 1930s policy
Washington based piece argues rail and traction interests push higher motor vehicle taxes to reclaim revenues, claiming trucks threaten their business while noting farmers rely on trucks and citizens rely on cars. it asserts rail freight growth and reduced loading times due to trucks changed logistics and depots.
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B. C. Clarke
Washington, D. C
ILNS
Use the Old Bean as a Call to Action in Crisis
The piece laments national stagnation and urges collective action to escape economic gridlock. It recalls past fixes like free land and the Klondike rush, then argues for courage, unity, and rational policy led by organized labor, ending with a call to “use the old bean.”
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California
Klondike
Organized Labor
Kick Back Protests Hit State Construction Wages
In Harrisburg complaints allege building trades workers on state projects are forced to kick back nearly half the prevailing wage. The Department of Labor and Industry may prosecute. conviction could bring a $500 fine and jail time.
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Harrisburg
ILNS
Department of Labor and Industry
J A McKnight Brooklyn Labor Leader Dies at 66
Joseph A McKnight a Brooklyn labor leader and initiator of new work methods at the Brooklyn navy yard died here December 23 at age 66 He led the Metal Trades Council and also served as president of the Pattern Makers Association He attended many Washington conferences with government officials
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Joseph A. McKnight
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Labor Demands Steady Rise in Workers' Buying Power
The Monthly Survey of the American Federation of Labor argues labor’s buying power has lagged as unemployment rises. It urges raising wages and shortening hours to restore purchasing power, noting 11 million unemployed and a need to expand production by boosting living standards.
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Federation
Washington, D. C
ILNS
Survey of Business
American Federation of Labor
United States
Interborough receivers impose large wage cuts on workers
Street Railway news reports that Victor J. Dowling and Thomas F. E. Murray Jr. as receivers for the Interborough Rapid Transit Company cut wages by 10 to 80 percent for most employees, saving the company about 3.5 million annually while bondholders press for payments after years of bond sales totaling around 250 million. Federal Judge Martin T. Manton then ordered the receivers to pay due amounts.
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Manton
Mrust
New York
Victor J. Dowling
Thomas FE. Murray, Jr
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Martin T. Manton
Turning Up for Labor Unity and Union Growth
Carlyle urges turning up effort in the union movement amid unemployment. He champions increasing membership and buying only union made goods to strengthen unions, stressing collective action to rebuild conditions and organize purchase power. The piece frames unions as relief creators and potent economic force.
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Union Label Trades Department
A. F
L. Carlyle
Senator Norris Opens Hearings on 30 Hour Week Black Bill
Senator George Norris of Nebraska announced this week that unlimited hearings will be held on the Black bill which would close interstate commerce to products from plants employing workers more than 30 hours weekly. Enactment is not likely now but hearings aim to elevate support for the shorter week to boost employment and moral prestige. Skoff is an African word for food.
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Washington, D. C
ILNS
George Norris
Nebraska
Wage Volume Shown Less Than Half That of 1926
Washington reports from the U S Department of Labor show November employment fell less than 1 percent from October, with manufacturing workers down from 599 to 594 per 599 employed. The July to October gain exceeded 8 percent, while October compared to July rose from 562 to 599 per 599 at work.
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Washington, D. C
ILNS
U. S. Department of Labor
Labor Department
Germany launches 500 million mark relief program
Berlin announces a 500 million mark emergency jobless relief plan. Dr. Guenther Gereke says the program will implement a forty hour week with union wages, favor small businesses, and employ German workers with priority to fathers of families. Projects focus on public utilities and reconstruction.
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Berlin
Germany
Guenther Gereke
Gereke
von Hindenberg
Five Day Week Boosts Colgate-Palmolive Employment by Seven Percent
New York officials of Colgate Palmolive Peet Company report the firm now employs about seven percent more workers than a year ago. The gain is largely due to adopting the five day week last June. Over the prior three years the workforce stayed nearly flat through June of last year.
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New York
Colgate-Palmolive-Peet Company
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Gilbert E. Hyatt
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U.S
Ralph F. Couch
Gereket
Joana
Krebs
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Atwater
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