Grip of Monopoly on Tobacco Business Largely Depends On Defeat of Bills For Fair Tax
George L. Knapp argues that seven tax bills in the House Ways and Means committee would rebalance cigarette taxation and challenge Big Four dominance. He cites farm prices, union contracts, and low wages to claim independent makers and labor groups support fair tax, warning higher taxes could entrench monopolies and harm workers and farmers.
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George L. Knapp
Ways and Means Committee
House
United States
Tobacco Workers’ Union
United States Department, of Agriculture
Busimas
Department of Agriculture
Moody’s Manual of Industrials
Women's Bureau
Department of Labor
Federal Action Held Only Way to Stop Child Labor
New Orleans reports that child labor surged nationwide after a brief NRA era decline. C. Henson told YWCA members that only federal legislation can end the use of children in sweatshops, arguing against state rights as a shield for exporting cheap goods made with child labor.
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New Orleans
ILNS
NRA
Young Women's Christian Association
C. ©. Henson
Committee 70 Seeks Agreement on Labor Plan
President Green names a peace seeking committee to confer with the committee for industrial organization. Members include George Harrison Joseph Weber and G M Bugniazet. The AFL executive council approved by 11 to 6 calls for dissolving the CIO committee while urging cooperation with AFL policies.
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Miami
Fla
ILNSI
Willian Green
AFP
L. Executive Council
Committee For Industrial Organization
Georg. Harrison
Joseph N. Weber
G. M. Bugniazet
Electric Workers
Ihs
Executive Council
American Federation of Labor
Atlantic City
Jehovah Complex of Judges in Child Labor Ruling
A critique of court bungles cites the Hammer vs. Daghenart decision of 1918 overturning a federal law banning interstate commerce in goods produced by underage labor. The piece argues Supreme Court bias and quotes Justice Day and Justice Holmes on the dangers of allowing mills and mines to employ children.
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Congress
Supreme Court
Hammer
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Campaign for Economy in Government Service Resumes in Congress
Washington DC reports that the push for economy in federal service has restarted in Congress. President E Claude Babcock of the American Federation of Government Employers says economy advocates are pressing their views in Congress and oppose boards and commissions. He notes agitation targets agencies like the Federal Trade Commission, the Women's Bureau, and the Children's Bureau.
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Washington, D. C
ILNS
Congress
E. Claude Babcock
American Federation of Government Employer
Babcock
Trady Commission
Woren's Bureau
Children's Bureau
National plebiscite urged on declarations of war
Representative Verner W. Main plans to introduce a resolution to bar Congress from declaring war except for defensive action without prior national plebiscite approval. He argues World War II showed propaganda crafts emotions to force congressional action that does not reflect public opinion.
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Washington, D. C
ILNS
Verner W. Main
Congress
Social Security Act Viewed as State Oriented Plan
Frank Bane, executive director of the Social Security Board, told the Public Charities Association of Pennsylvania that the act does not violate state rights. He explained that old age benefits remain the only federally mandated section and that all other services depend on state choice and funding, with states administering aid and unemployment benefits under federal guidelines.
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Philadelphia
SSNS
Frank Bane
Social Security Board
Public Charities Associaton of
Pennsylvana
Bane
Wagner Act Upheld by Federal Judge ruling
Federal District Judge John D. Martin on January 28 upheld the constitutionality of the Wagner labor relations act. The Benns Tenn Bay Co petition sought to block a federal labor investigation claiming the 1936 act violated the fifth seventh and tenth amendments.
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Mermoh
ILNS
John D. Martin
Benns, Tenn. Bay Co
Textile workers strike Felters plant halts production
More than 200 members of the United Textile Workers of America walked off the job at the Felters Company plant accusing the firm of using non union labor. The factory shut down as negotiations continued.
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Millbury, Maas
United Textile Workers of America
Felters Company
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