Bricklayers Charge U S Slashes Workers Pay
Congress criticizes government wage policy with a list of projects where workers faced pay cuts up to 50 percent. Bricklayers union report cites Fort Monroe Virginia Langley Field Maxwell Field Fort Bragg Richmond Northport Knoxville Augusta Coatesville and other sites with reduced wages and alleged use of Mexican and cheaper labor.
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Hoover
Union
House
Washington, D. C
ILNL
Paul J. Kvale
Labor
Minnesota
Congressional
Bricklayers, Masons and Plasterers — International Union of America
Kvale
Gleeson
War Department
Interior Department
Vicksburg
Miss
Chilocco
Oklo
Frederick H. Payne
Fort Monroe
Heath
Treasury
Comptroller
Comptroller General
Langley Field
Virginia
J. A. Jones Instruction Company
Maxwell Field
Alabama
Fort Bragg
N. C
Federal Reserve Bank
Richmond
J. A. Jones Construction Company
Veterans’ Bureau Hospital
Northport
District of Columbia
Veterans’ Bureau
Knoxville
Augusta
Fort Sam Houston
Tex
Coatesville
Veterans’ Hospital
South
Libel suits reach Colorado Supreme Court on appeal
Denver reports that three libel actions filed by chauffeurs from Chauffeurs Union No. 200 against the Colorado Labor Advocate are to be appealed to the state Supreme Court. The cases, each for 17000 dollars, were dismissed in three Denver courts after the paper exposed union interference by Laundrymen's Association backing. The chauffeurs’ attorney plans to pursue one case to the high court.
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Denver, Colo
SLNS
Colorado Labor Advocate
Denver
Colorado Supreme Court
R. T. Jackson
Lee Mellon
B. W. Bereman
Laundrymen's Association
State Supreme Court
Salisbury Labor Fights Out In Pay Of State Workers
The Salisbury Central Labor Union leads opposition to a 10 percent pay cut for all state employees urged by Governor Gardner. The union proposes cutting hours and raising wages instead, and opposes a sales tax, arguing shorter hours create demand and jobs.
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Salisbury
N. C
SLNS
Salisbury Central Labor Union
O. Max Gardner
General Assembly
Salisbury Labor Organization
North Carolina
Cornelius
Governor Douglass Seeks Delaware Labor on Public Projects
Governor Douglass urged the Delaware General Assembly to require that all labor on public buildings be bona fide Delaware residents. He supported state operation of gasoline filling stations to curb discrimination against Delaware motorists. He opposes state involvement in business except as a remedy for owners. He noted a global car-to-population ratio and rapid growth.
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Dover
Del
Douglass
General Assembly
Delaware
Labor Union Plans Dual Campaigns Amid Danville Strike
The American Federation of Labor unveils extended organizing drives after Boston talks, backing the Dan River Cotton Company strike in Danville Virginia now in its 18th week. AFL calls for arbitration with Governor Byrd and Admiral Byrd, seeks Volstead act modification, and urges support for unemployed relief and wage-law enforcement on federal projects.
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Miami
Fla
SLNS
American Federation of Labor Executive Council
Green
Boston
Danville
Executive Council
American Federation of Labor
Admiral Byrd
Byrd
Virginia
Dan River Cotton Company
Organized Labor
Matthew Woll
Ira M. Ornburn
Cigar Makers’ Union
Albert Kugler
Brewery Workers
James Maloney
Glass Blowers
J. J. Doyle
Coopers’ International
Wickersham Commission
Woll
Capitalism Must Clean House Says Representative Fish
Washington capital is urged to remove abuses in capitalism as Representative Hamilton Fish calls for eight hour workdays and a 44 hour week, arguing the system must reform to stand against communism. He lauds the AFL for opposing communist influence and stresses the need for both systems to be tested.
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Representative Fish
House
United States
Washington, D. C
ILNS
Hiamlton Pish
House Committee
National Patriotic Council
Army and Navy Club
Fish
South
American Federation of Labor
A. F. of L
America
Welsh Mine Strike Ends With Shortened Day
In Lonmton England a South Wales mining strike affecting 150000 workers ended as officials credited persistent labor. The seven and a half hour day was restored replacing the previous eight hour standard, and the spread-out system allowing owners to enforce long hours was eliminated.
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Lonmton
England
South Wales
Planter Accused of Peonage in Louisiana Case
In Shreveport, W H Robinson of the DOJ, on authority from U S Attorney Philip H Mecom, files against J M McLemore a Coushatta planter in Red River parish for holding five Black sharecroppers in peonage over debts from this year’s crop. McLemore allegedly forbids leaving until debts ranging from 125 to 700 dollars are paid, and reportedly carries a pistol to threaten escapees. An expedition to Mongolia announced fossil findings of animals with oversized jaws.
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Shreveport
ILNS
W. ©. Robinson
United States Department of Justice
United States
Philip H. Mecom
J. M. McLemore
Coushatta
Red River Parish
McLemore
J. Fair Hardin
Mongolia
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John J. Gleeson
Bricklayers Union
Ferry K. Heath
Richman
Richman Bros. Co
Hamilton
Ohio
High Street
Court House
Gardner
Washington
Congress
Federal Building
The
Building Trades Department
Federation
Treasury Department
William J. Spencer
Department
New York
Chicago
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