Canadians Resent Blame for U S Dry Law Failures at Border
Montreal Star cartoon highlights Canadian resentment as Washington presses to place armed forces on the border to curb liquor shipments. The piece notes Canadians fear damage to tourism and rumrunning shifts underground, with U S enforcement blamed for dry law failures and border tensions.
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Bureau of Statistics
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Harvard fires 20 cleaning women over wage rise doubt
Boston report shows Harvard University with a $90 million endowment discharged 20 cleaning women from 35 to 37 cents an hour after the state minimum wage board demanded the increase. Men were hired in their place, with no minimum wage rules, in dismissals noted around November 1 and December 21 and confirmed by President Lowell in a letter to Rev. William H. Duvall.
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Harvard University
America
Lowell
University
William H. Duvall
Wage Board Cites Low Pay At East Cambridge College
A Methodist Episcopal clergyman reports President Lowell says the state minimum wage board criticized employing women for certain tasks at under 37 cents an hour, leading the university to replace them with men. The 1912 wage law for women allows publication of offending employers. The board set an 87 cent rate on December 30, 1920, to take effect February next.
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East Cambriige
Lowell
Movie Operators Gain Wage Increase Pact in Chicago
Chicago theatre owners and the Moving Picture Machine Operators Union signed a wage agreement raising rates by 2.50 dollars per week with a matching increase planned for January 31, 2031. The accord covers operating staff across movie houses in the city.
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Chicago
Moving Picture Machine Operators’ Union
Hours of Labor and Night Work Rise Across States
William English Walling reports to the A F L executive council that hours of labor and night work have increased in most states since 1920, with railroads cited as emblematic. He blames mechanization, plant closures, and wage stagnation for unemployment and urges a universal eight hour day and five day week to expand employment and sustain prosperity. President Green tours multiple cities promoting the union agenda.
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Executive Council
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Booth
Toronto
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Great Reception for A F L Chief in Birmingham
Wm Green president of the American Federation of Labor received a rousing welcome during his keynote at a mass meeting in Municipal auditorium Birmingham. James M Jones Jr city commission chairman spoke, and the crowd represented local life as Green's ovation countered any belief the South is hostile to unions. The executive outlined labor aims and work.
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Southland
No city can be built on saleamaneship talk say McEwen
Duluth Labor World editor McEwen criticizes Barnes speech as ignoring key causes of poor prosperity. He cites unemployment, low wages, long hours, and worker displacement by machinery, arguing lasting growth requires higher wages and broad employment rather than favoring a few.
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Saleamaneship
William FE. McEwen
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Duluth
McEwen
Rox
New York Printers Oppose Five Day Work Week
New York City publishers stand firm against a five day week for New York Typographical Union No. 6 arguing it is uneconomical under current business. Negotiations with the photo-engravers union are stymied and engineers are also resisting a five day week.
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ILNS
New York
Schlesinger Re-Elected ILGWU President in Referendum
In New York Benjamin Schlesinger was re-elected president of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union in the first referendum held by the organization. The vote totaled 20,353 for Schlesinger to 677 against. General Secretary-Treasurer Dubin Sky won 19,739 votes with 706 opposed.
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Benjamin Schlesinger
International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union
Dubinsky
Prospects for Labor Revival in Birmingham District
General headquarters opened to direct the Southern campaign of organized labor from Birmingham with Paul J. Smith heading a three man committee. Alabama labor leaders pledged cooperation as Smith noted strong reader interest and a growing organizer force in the South. Open shop tendencies prevail in metal trades and coal mines. cotton mill owners resist but fear communist influence. mint workers are largely colored and considered less organizing-ready.
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Hurst
Griffin
Feder Tion
Barsett Sind
Thiemonge
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International Labor News Service
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Tennessee Gon, Iron and Railroad Company
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Sloss Companies
Tennessee Company
Exploiters Cause of Wrongs Here in Porto Rico
Trade unionists in San Juan appeal to U S citizens as they condemn poverty and hunger among Puerto Rican children. They blame absentee landlords for land seizures and mass poverty, with American corporations controlling most land and dodging taxes. Internal improvements stalled, workers unpaid, and rights ignored after decades under American rule.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
United States
Porto Rico Island Debates Over Population and Feeding Policy
Debates allege a divotite factory of underpaid workers and underfed peons. Men argue for meals to schoolchildren and deporting islanders, claiming Porto Rico is overpopulated. Critics say neither plan remedies the deep economic ills caused by the few.
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Divonite
Porto Rivo
Unemployed in Germany Tops 1 750 000 Amid Strikes
Press cables from Berlin report Germany’s unemployed exceed 1 750 000, 70 000 more than last year, with destitution triggering widespread protests and clashes with police. British unemployment grows amid government efforts, as laborers push for rationing and reduced employment.
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New York
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