Unemployment Not Reduced By War Except In U S And Canada
International Labor Office findings show war conditions did not cut unemployment in most belligerent and neutral nations during the first four months of conflict. In Britain, France, Belgium and Denmark unemployment rose then partly fell. in Germany short time increases apparent. Canada and the United States saw reductions. Causes include transition to war economies, factory closures, women entering labor, and trade restrictions.
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Geneva
ILNS
International Labor Office
Great Britain
France
Belgium
Denmark
Netherlands
Norway
Greece
Germany
Switzerland
China
Canada
United States
Minister of Labor
Italian Anti Fascist Committee targets Mussolini propaganda
In Washington D C a group of Italo Americans formed the Italian Anti Fascist Committee says Mussolini propaganda is spread through women's clubs similar to the German American Bund and by agents in New York City schools. They accuse Dies of ignoring hearings and claim high officials protect Italian Fascist agents. They cite the magazine Fair Play and the Italian American Nationalists as conduits amid anti Semitic content.
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Washington, D. C
ILNS
Congress
Mussolini
Washington
Bund
New York City
Dies! Committee On UN
United States
Lyden Headlines Springfield Labor Dinner
M. J. Lyden of Youngstown, president of the Ohio State Federation of Labor, was the principal speaker at Springfield’s second annual Trades and Labor Assembly dinner. Other speakers included Will T. Blake, Thomas J. Donnelly, Francis J. Dillon, C. W. Rich, Senator Horace S. Keifer, and Mayor John H. Voller.
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Springfield
Ohio
OLNS
M. J. Lyden
Youngstown
Ohio State Federation of Labor
Springfield Trades and Labor Assembly
Lyden
Will T. Blake
State Industrial Commission
Thomas J. Donnelly
Francis J. Dillon
Toledo
A. F. of L
C. W. Rich
Springfield Tribune
Horace S. Keifer
John H. Voller
Federal Workers Unions Back National Poliomyelitis Fight
Washington unions align with the Infantile Paralysis drive led by AF of L President William Green. Lodge 421 of AFGE hosts a Pre Birthday President's Ball January 20 at the National Press Club to raise funds, with labor boxes and a joint circular urging donations to the White House for Roosevelt's birthday health appeal.
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Washington, D. C
ILNS
A. F. of L
William Green
United States
Green
Sam
American Federation of Government
National Press Club
Washington
Federal Power Commission
Earl F. Sechrest
A. F. G. E. Lodge No
War National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis Fund
Sechrest
Organized Labor
White House
President Roosevelt
Social Security Board
Securities and Exchange Commission
Power Commission
Lodge
Earl Sechrest
A.F.G.E. Lodge No. 421
National Committee
Planes After Tasks Of War Relief Hoover Says
Herbert Hoover, chairman of the Finnish Relief Fund, argues that war changes demand for aid. Air power has driven populations from cities, as in Finland where over 70 percent of some city populations were evacuated, creating massive needs for food shelter clothing and transport.
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New York City
ILNS
Herbert Hoover
Finnish Relief Fund
Finland
Strike to Bar Cake Shipments Is Legal
In Washington DC Judge Jesse C. Adkins ruled that the International Bakery Workers Union Local 118 and International Teamsters Local 88 acted lawfully in striking to block cake shipments from Gundersheimer Inc. The decision holds unions to a permissible aim of securing local bakery production and repudiates DOJ views on Sherman Act violations by labor activity.
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Washington, D. C
ILNS
International Bakery Workers’ Union
International Teamsters’ Union
United States District Court For
District of Columbia
Jesse C. Adkins
Adkins
Thurman Arnold
American Federation of Labor
Department of Justice
A. F. of L
Gundersheimer, Inc
Washington
Philadelphia
Joseph A. Padway
Workers on Strike Across Seven Sash and Door Mills
Two hundred forty members of Mill Men's Local Union No. 1812 AF of L strike in seven sash and door factories for a 40 hour week and 70 cents an hour. Factories closed pending settlement in New Orleans.
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New Orleans
ILNS
Mill Men's Local Union No. 1812
A. F. of L
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