23 Jan 1931
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Newspaper
Butler County Press
Location
Hamilton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1931
Page
1
Washington reports that the Saturday Evening Post advert shows 4,062,504 families hold the nation’s purchasing power while about 25,000,000 other families lack current money to spend. The piece argues for broader distributed buying power as prosperity.
Isidore Nagler of the workers' cloak board warns cloak and suit manufacturers linked with the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union to stop secrecy in trying to lower shop standards. He urges firms to warn members against collusive agreements and notes they will be held responsible for consequences.
The Rev. J. M. Spofford of New York spoke to about 2,000 textile workers on strike for 16 weeks. He presented the Danville union with a $1,000 church donation to relief efforts and urged rights for workers. He cited church support and warned against company unions and welfare schemes. Redwood exports in 1929 reached 62,280,000 board feet, up from 59,815,000 feet in 1928.
President William Green of the American Federation of Labor calls for an immediate five day work week and maintaining wages high enough to buy industry products. He urges all classes to contribute during the national employment crisis and praises labor for aiding relief, public works, and unemployment boards.
The New York state labor department reports the factory employment index fell to 775 in December, down 4 percent from November, the steepest decline since the series began in 1914. Only pulp and paper, printing and paper goods, and chemical oil and paint held November levels. Local declines ranged from nearly 3 percent in New York City to 8 percent in Syracuse and 7 percent in Utica.
The senate approved the maternity act by 56 to 10 to authorize an appropriation of 1 million dollars to aid states in maternal and infant care. Each state receives 15 thousand dollars for maternity needs with the rest distributed by population if states provide similar sums. The act, once the Sheppard-Towner bill, has no time limit though House opposition is anticipated.
Washington reports the house committee on insular affairs passed a bill to establish a labor department in Porto Rico’s government. The measure seeks to create a centralized agency for labor issues under colonial administration.
The American Federation of Labor opens its mid winter meeting in Miami with a resolution urging the federal government to adopt a five day work week to aid unemployment and boost buying power. A labor legislative committee targets modification of the Volstead act to permit beer brewing and sale, arguing it would create jobs and revive farm demand while reducing public unrest.
The Danville mill strike sparks controversy as Southern papers decry 10 to 60 hour workweeks and labor for women and children. The Richmond News-Reader condemns industrialism that feeds on human fatigue, while the Times-Dispatch calls long hours inhumane and bad business for the region.
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