Chamber of Commerce weighs affiliation with international labor office
Washington The United States Chamber of Commerce explores affiliating with the Versailles created international labor office at Geneva. AFL president Samuel Gompers says the move could bring labor and employers into the office even if the U S does not become a full member. AFL executives stress that participation by American workers and employers is possible through official and unofficial channels and could begin at Geneva's next annual meeting.
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Washington
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
International Labor Office
Julius H. Barnes
Chamber
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Barnes
Executive Council
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International Labor Organization
Paris
Wilson
Trade boards face government plan to limit minimum wage role
London unionists vow to resist a government proposal to amend the trade board acts. Since 1918 amendments created 65 boards serving over 3 million workers, 70 percent of whom are women. Boards set wages for many low paid workers, while the plan would limit boards to curb only worst sweating cases, not all scheduled trades.
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London
England
Trade Board
Fall program privatizes naval oil reserve profits
A reprint of Mr. Bell's second article critiques Secretary Albert Fall’s 1922 leasing plan for naval reserve No. 3 to Mammoth Oil. It argues the deal exchanges royalty oil for fuel and crude at rigged prices, undermines competition, and risks national defense by draining public oil and empowering Standard Oil interests in Salt Creek and Mid-Continent fields.
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Mr. Bell
Secretary of the Interior
Albert B. Fall
International Labor News Service
Naval Reserve No. 3
Mammoth Oil Company
Naval Reserve
Mammothil Company
Salt Creek
Mid-continent
Sinclair Crude Oil Purchasing Company
Prairie Oil and Gaa Company
Midwest Refining Company
Wyoming
Interior Department
Ohinoi and Gas
Grass Creek
Midwest Refining Co
Men
Roth
Teapot
S. C
Standard Oil
Ion
United States
Diomali
Armenieny Navy
Pollay Wermeeviye
Ship subsidy lobbyists push House pressure to pass bill
International Labor News Service reports intense lobbying by shipping interests to force House support for the ship subsidy bill. lawmakers who voted against it face pressure and possible retaliation after March 4, amid letters from chambers of commerce and bankers. Representative Lineberger of California defied anti labor calls, signaling brinkmanship in the subsidy debate.
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International Labor News Service
Washington
United States
House
Lasker
Shipping Board
Senate
Conference Committee
Chambers of Commerce
Rotarian Clubs
Manufacturers’ Association
Bankers
Representative Lineberger
Ninth
California
Los Angeles
Long Beach
Pasadena
Lineberger
Congress
Michigan Finger Printing Bill Aims for Universal ID
Detroit State Representative Corliss introduces a bill requiring all Michigan residents to present themselves for annual fingerprinting and provide personal details. The measure bars firms employing noncompliant individuals and envisions funding to enforce the law with a large network of inspectors.
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Mich
Corliss
Detroit
Michigan
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