Canadian Firm Accused of Disrupting Miners Union
United Mine Workers leaders testified before Nova Scotia coal industry investigators alleging that British Empire Steel Corp sought to disrupt the United Mine Workers in Pictou county by backing the One Big Union. They cited a Besco letter offering separate pacts during a strike and criticized immigration driven over manning to push unwelcome conditions.
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International Labor News Service
Montreal
British Empire Steel Corporation
Nova Scotia
United Mine Workers of America
Pictou County
Thomas J. Scott
United Mine Workers
Public Commission
Scott
J. E. McLurg
Besco
Pictou
O. B. U. Sentiments
McLurg
Cross-Examiner
Wm. Hayes
Springhill
N. S
Capital Comment on DC Welfare Bills and Politics
Senator Wadsworth and Representative Mills push identical DC destitute mother bills while Keller’s died last congress. King seeks misdemeanor for false district statements. Jones backs constitutional DC representation. Labor seeks tracing bureau for charity beggary. Navy yard workers gain wage raises. Bankers forecast prosperity. Congress adjournment dispute over holiday recess persists.
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Washington, D. C
Coolidge
District of Columbia
Wadsworth
Representative Mills
Keller
Minnesota
Norris Would Abolish Lame Duck Congress
Senate judiciary committee favors constitutional amendment by Senator Norris to end the lame duck period and inaugurate presidents in January. The amendment would shift sworn-in sessions earlier, preventing delayed accountability as lawmakers risk losing elections while still in office.
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Wesley L. Jones
Washington State
District of Columbia
Congress
Washington
Norris
Senate Judiciary Committee
Green Warns Against Labor Mission to Russia and Fascism
President William Green of the American Federation of Labor warns unions against a proposed labor delegation to Russia funded by dissident communist groups. He condemns the plan as anti labor and urges unity against fascism, linking Mussolini’s regime to global threats and warning Italian members to resist threats that could threaten their properties.
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Green
Russia
A. F. of
International Labor News Service
Washington, D. C
William Green
A. F. of L
Great Britain
American Federation of Labor
Atlantic City
United States
Labor Movement
American Labor Movement
Ity
Executive Council
Red
Fascismo
Rnin
Italy
Senate row looms over Woodlock and Taylor appointments
Washington reports opposition from senators claiming the interstate commerce commission is being packed. Thomas F. Woodlock of New York and Richard V. Taylor of Alabama, both with railroad ties, face resistance. Woodlock was recess appointed after a senate rejection.
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Washington
Thomas F. Woodlock
New York
Richard V. Taylor
Alabama
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate
Milk wagon drivers aid city’s kiddies
Organized milk wagon drivers affiliated to the Brotherhood of Teamsters voted 8,000 dollars to children overlooked by Santa Claus. Unionists, active in defending wage standards, reported cases along their routes and sent checks of ten dollars each to help their own families.
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Chicago
Brotherhood of Teamsters
Santa Claus
Riches and Freedom for Beneficiaries of Teapot Dome Scandal
A Washington analysis flags the Teapot Dome and Elk Hills oil affair as the era's hot political issue. It argues indictments against Fall and others may fail, oil pumped from the reserve continues, and government funds remain tied in bookkeeping rather than cash in the treasury.
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Fall
Uncle Sam
International Labor News Service
Washington, D. C
Washington
Teapot Dome
Elk Hills
Sinclair
United States
Doheny
Harry Sinclair
Lubbock,t Texas
Mammoth Oil Company
State Debts Rise Across United States in Census Survey
The 1924 census bureau survey shows state debts in the four states total and per capita debt rising since 1918. By 1924 the average debt was 10.63 dollars per person, up from 1923 to 1924, with road construction and veterans' bonuses driving much borrowing. Tax-free bonds ease interest but complicate federal taxation. The figures cover state debts only, excluding subdivisions.
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International Labor News Service
Washington, D. C
United States Census Bureau
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Miners’ Union
Fred S. Capital
King
Utah
Secretary of Labor
Davis
Navy Yard
General Wage Board of Review
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Census Bureau
Davenport
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