Uncle Sam Hounds Booties As Bank Looters Go Scot Free
Chicago readers see a clash between federal law and high finance as a defunct firm’s assets sell for 187 500 while creditors claim 14 500 000 and bank looting by La Salle Street bankers goes unprosecuted amid sensational events. Tex Guinan raid and broader law enforcement critique underline the era’s trust issues.
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Uncle Sam
Joseph A. Wise
Chicago
ILNS
Charles E.woodward
H.O. Stone & Co
Husky Federal
Texas Guinan
Little Girls
Rialto
la Guinan
Hoover
Tex Guinan
Tex
Ilinois
la Salle Street
LaSalle Street
Illinois
Underworld
Pay Cuts: New Jersey Labor Commissioner Warns of Economic Harm
Commissioner Charles R. Blunt argues against public employee salary reductions. He contends pay cuts would lower purchasing power, extend the depression, and slow price stabilization, noting many workers earn near minimums and contribute to relief funds. He stresses morale and lasting damage to public service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles R. Blunt
Labor
New Jersey
Aluminum Co of America builds aluminum rail hopper car
A new aluminum hopper car weighing 21,200 pounds and rated at 70 tons is built for the Aluminum Company of America. It uses aluminum alloy for the body and underframe, offering lower maintenance costs due to non corrosion properties versus steel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aluminum Co. of America
Church groups unite to urge public works and wage policy
Protestant Catholic and Jewish bodies in New York call for heroic measures to fight unemployment. They press immediate national and local public works funding, oppose indiscriminate wage cuts, endorse shorter work weeks, and advocate economic planning with labor participation to relieve the winter crisis. They warn relief alone is not enough and urge comprehensive action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
ILNS
Social Service Commission
Federal Councils of the Churches of Christ In America
Department of Social Action
National Catholic Welfare Conference
Social Justice Commission
Central Conference of American Rabbis
James Myers
R. A. McGowan
Edward L. Israel
Commission On the Church and Special Service
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In America
Social Action Department
Gerard Swope
States expand labor laws and old age pensions in 1931
A summary by the American Association for Labor Legislation notes over 600 laws benefiting wage earners were enacted in 1931.States moved to abolish the poorhouse in 17 states while others advanced pension schemes and reorganized labor departments. Wisconsin passed a broad labor code, with yellow dog contracts banned and injunctive limits set, echoed by several other states.
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New York City
ILNL
American Association For Labor
Wisconsin
Arizona
Colorado
Ohio
Oregon
Pennsylvania
New Mexico
Georgia
North Carolina
Pressmen's Union Heads Re-Elected
Headquarters of the International Printing Pressmen and Assistants' Union of North America reports four year terms for President George L. Berry and all officers. Vice presidents re-elected are William H. McHugh, Shu ford B. Marks, P. J. O'Donnell, and George R. Brunet. Joseph C. Orr is secretary treasurer. trustees include Berger, Huber, Brooks, White, de la Rosa, and Dickson.
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Pressmen’s Home
Tenn
ILNS
International Printing Pressmen and Assistants’ Union of North America
George L. Berry
William H. McHugh
Kansas City
Shuford B. Marks
Chicago
P. J. O'Donnell
Detroit
Mich
George R. Brunet
Montreal
Canada
Joseph C. Orr
Pressmen's Home
Norbert Berger
Buffalo
N. Y
Otto Huber
Denver
James H. Brooks
Portland
Oregon
E. Curtis White
Indianapolis
J. Herbert de la Rosa
San Francisco
R. A. Dickson
Washington, D.C
Idleness Rises Among Unions to New High in December
The American Federation of Labor reports 80 percent idle among trade unionists in December, the highest of four years of monthly unemployment records. It notes 530,000 laid off from November to December, with 21.8 percent of union members unemployed, and widespread declines across building, musicians, clothing, manufacturing, and railroads.
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American Federation of Labor Monthly
American Federation of Labor
A. BP. of L
Federation
Short Mill Week Sparks Textile Industry Tension
George A. Sloan, president of the Cotton Textile Institute, warns that a few mills still running night shifts for women and minors threaten the ongoing shift toward a shorter work week. He notes 54 percent of the industry avoids night labor and predicts unrest if such practices spread.
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New York City
Ilns
George A. Sloan
The
Cotton Textile Institute
Walter 8. Gifford
Sloan
Gifford
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Edgar K. Wagner
Congress
Pressmen’s Union
Unem
Europe
Krebs
Bigelow
Sanford
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