Patent Office accused of corrupt practices by inventor
Lester P. Barlow, engineer and inventor, files charges with Congressman Vestal alleging corrupt and criminal actions by patent office officials. He claims secret matter was sent to private parties to copy and block his patent, warns of military patent rights being misused, and cites a wartime gag rule to suppress scientists.
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Washington, D. C
Patent Office
Congressman Vestal
House Patents Committee
Lester P. Barlow
Barlow
Gressman Vestal
War Department
Patent Bureau
Retail Clerks Union No 119 elects officers in annual meeting
Frank Hart was reelected president of Retail Clerks Union No 119 at a large Monday night gathering. Elmer H. Sauer retains secretary-treasurer, James Welsh becomes recording secretary, with Emmet J. Carr as vice president and Henry Fremgen as guide. Five new members joined as routine business and membership readings occurred. June tariff talks with merchants loomed as next major issue.
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Tion
Elmer H. Sauer
Elmer
James Welsh
Emmet J. Carr
Henry Fremgen
Grain tax voided by Supreme Court ruling
The federal grain future tax of 20 cents a bushel, enacted by Congress in 1921 to curb gambling in wheat, was struck down by the United States Supreme Court as a penalty rather than a tax.
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Washington
Congress
United States Supreme Court
Ohio Union Movement Faces Legal and Political Peril
The Ohio State Federation of Labor warns that courts and a growing state constabulary threaten unions. It cites illegal injunctions, pending bills, and open campaigns by business and political groups to curb labor rights, urging renewed nonpartisan political action and legislative vigilance.
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Sion
Courts of Equity
Cleveland
Ohio State Federation of Labor
General Assembly
Chamber of Commerce
Eprene
Benehade
Bor
Its
Central Labor
Illinois fight against sterilization may face New York unions
The Illinois labor victory against state sterilization efforts could face a New York counterpart. Dr Harry M Laughlin proposes a model eugenics law placing doctors appointed by the state in charge of identifying socially inadequate individuals for sterilization. The plan would empower field surveys and use public and private welfare groups as data sources, risking autocratic control over population.
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Illinois
New York
International Labor News Service
New York State
Harry M. Laughlin
Eugenics Record Office
Maine
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