Holding Company Stocks Show Tremendous Losses
Washington reports figures from the federal power commission showing steep declines in 25 utility holding companies from 1929 peak values to February 1933 lows. Losses averaged about 85 cents on the dollar, with over nineteen billion in value shrinking to around three billion.
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Federal Power Commission
Washington, D. C
ILNS
Sam Reyburn
House
Ways and Means Committee
Reyburn
Congressional
the Power Commission
Rayburn
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Niagara Hudson Power Corporation
Stone & Webster, Inc
United Light& Power Co
Columbia Gas & Electric Co
Consolidated Gas Co
New York
Electric Bond & Share Co
Auto Employers Fear Truth Broadcast to Auto Workers
In Muncie and Anderson Indiana Ford General Motors and Ball Brothers plants faced radio broadcast cancellations while AFL organizer F J Dillon argued managers feared employees hearing union talk. Dillon cited intimidation but predicted auto workers will gain rights and AFL will grant an international union charter.
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Detroit
ILNS
F. J. Dillon
American Federation of Labor General
Automobil
Muncie
Anderson
Ind
General Motors
Dillon
General Motors and
Ball Bros. Glass Company
Chevrolet
New York
American Federation of Labor
Lynn Shoe Makers Fight Wage Cuts Threat to Move Plants
About 6 000 boot and shoe workers in Lynn faced pay cuts of 7 to 12 percent as major manufacturers warned that Haverhill and Boston plants had already reduced wages. They pressed for Lynn workers to match the cuts or see plants relocate to lower wage regions. The piece urges readers to seek union labels and shop cards.
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Lynn
Mas
Haverhill
Boston
Sixteen States Propose Labor Compacts at New Jersey Meeting
A two day Interstate Conference on Labor near Spring Lake New Jersey saw 16 states adopt labor compacts to curb child labor and set minimum wage provisions. Debate focused on opposition from New Jersey and concerns over federal overreach and state sovereignty.
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Spring Lake
N. J
ILNLI
Congress
Isue
Harold G. Hoffman
New Jersey
Hoffman
Massachusetts
New England
Joseph M. Tone
Connecticut
Tone
Supreme Court
NRA
Teachers Union Convention in Cleveland Focuses on Freedom and Funding
The American Federation of Teachers announces its nineteenth annual convention in Cleveland for the week of August 25. Officials say the discussions center on intellectual freedom for teachers and adequate school funding amid loyalty notes and anti dissent campaigns.
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A. F
L. News Service
American Federation of Teachers
Cleveland
Ohio
Chambers of Commerce
Steel Company Employees Granted Paid Vacations
San Francisco Calif Demand surge lowers wages 10 to 15 percent and hours, over 200 seamen refused to work pending action by boat operators. The protest affects 2,000 workers, as the Bargemen’s Union seeks a conference with the ship owners.
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San Franeises
Calif
ATLNS
San Foumisen
Labor leader calls for arbitration over war in Atlanta
A. Steve Nance president of the Georgia Federation of Labor told the Institute of International Relations in Atlanta that both organized and unorganized labor must press for settling international misunderstandings without war. He warned that war harms workers and living standards and urged courts of conciliation and arbitration. The Atlanta event is one of nine Institute programs nationwide by the American Friends Service Committee.
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Atlanta
ILNS
Steve Nance
Georgia Federation of Labor
Institute of International Relations
Labor
Workers of
Nance
American Friends Service Committee
Milwaukee Sewer Workers Seek Paid Vacations Plan
Milwaukee sewer workers seek paid vacations backed by Federal Labor Union 17710 affiliated with AFL. Alderman Paul Gauer introduced the resolution noting a 1 day paid vacation for new city service was approved in 1988 but never granted due to funds. The measure asks $4,508 from the council contingent fund to authorize vacations this year.
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A. S of Ly News Service
Milwaukee
Wis
Milwaukee Bureau of Sewers
Federal
American Federation of Labor
Lie Conmon Counsell Ny
Paul Gauer
Council
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Pennsylvania
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Hales Mit
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Thane
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Marence Chtip Mangan
Feeration
Teachers’ Union
Steel Company
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