Ohio labor league launches nonpartisan political program
The Ohio workers league organized by the State Federation of Labor distributes a candidate quiz for Congress and state offices. It asks about compulsory union incorporation, collective bargaining rights, anti-injunction measures, labor as a commodity, Volstead act changes, child labor rules, and election of federal judges, with added state questions on insurance, antitrust reforms, injunction limits, pensions, and state constabulary.
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Columbus
Ohio
Eal
State Federation of Labor
American Federation of Labor
The
Political League
United States Senate
House of Representatives
Congress
Trade Union Movement
Nonpartisan Political League
Bankers blamed for opposing soldiers bonus in senate remarks
Senator Ladd of North Dakota accused a small group of bankers of wielding power over government policy and opposing the soldiers bonus. He argued war profiteers blocked equitable distribution of profits while soldiers faced hardship after service. In New York, Sinclair Oil reported holding 21 787 500 barrels as of June 1 with implied profit prospects of 50 cents to $1 per barrel.
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Washington
Ladd
North Dakota
Senate
Act of Congress
New York
Sinclair Crude Oil Purchasing Company
Workers Own Coal Mines Cooperative Move Attracts Attention
The Coal River Collieries, a $2,000,000 operation owned by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, operates mines in Boone County West Virginia and near Preston Dure Kentucky as part of a cooperative plan. The move aims to mine cheaper coal with fair wages while delivering returns to shareholders and building model mining villages.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Coal
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Boone County
W Va
Prestondure
Warren 5.Stone
Brotherhood
Mining Corporation
William J. Orr
Kentucky
Paradise
Padiso
Brotherhood of Locus Motive Engineers
Orr
Michigan
White
Operative Nation Bank
United States
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Co-Operative National Bank
Communist Declaration Urges New Labor Union in U S
An anti trade union statement from Cincinnati outlines Moscow instructed aims to form small communist groups within unions and build shop committees to oppose leadership and form a new industrial union. It calls mass mobilization, unity of dissident unions, and cooperation with the WW to unite workers against capitalism.
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Cincinnati
A. F. of L
Third Internationale
Moscow
United States
America
Communist Party
W. W
I. W
Great Labor Organization
Proletariat
State Supreme Court Upholds Hard Coal Tax
The Pennsylvania supreme court affirms the coal tax law passed last year. The levy targets anthracite producers and is projected to raise about 7 million dollars annually, with roughly 80 percent of revenue paid by buyers outside the state.
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Harrisburg
State Supreme Court
Come Out in the Open on Ship Subsidy Bill
Congress urged constituents to learn all facts about the ship subsidy bill as Texas representative Jen Hardy Tennessee's Davis and Alabama's Bankhead defended opposing it. They challenged supporters to cite campaign utterances and warned the bill would grant vast powers to the Shipping Board and subsidize ship building at high cost while exempting owners from federal taxes.
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Washington
Congress
Jen Hardy
Texas
Davis
Tennessee
Bankhead
Alabama
Hovee Merchant Marine Committee
T Mardigg
Bist
Pwwoert
Corgeranses
Simiey Pier
Shipping Board
A F L Convention Calls For New Trial for Sacco and Vanzetti
The American Federation of Labor delegates at Cincinnati urged a fresh trial for Italian workers Sacco and Vanzetti, citing conflicting eyewitness testimony and alibi witnesses. They urged the state to allow proper presentation of new evidence to achieve justice.
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Cincinnati
A. F. of L
Sacco
Vanzetti
Massachusetts
Doherty and
Abraham
Boston Central Labor Union
Vannetti
Coiic
Sacey
Vannetth
Uhey
Boston
Niles Frem
Parons
Vieveotti
Plymouth
Anen
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Action For Labor
Judiciary
U.S. Senate
General Assembly
Sam C. Landis
Enneyt
North Second SI
Hamilton
ANTI
Soviet Russia
Adv
A. F. of
Sacco and Vanzetti
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