Trade Commission to Target Unfair Price Rebates
FTC to enforce new Patman measure stopping discriminatory rebates by manufacturers and large buyers. The piece notes Sears Roebuck and A P chain faces schemes like advertising allowances and private label schemes to conceal discounts. It cites the Patman hearings and lists rebates from Eagle Chocolate to Standard Brands and General Foods, totaling about eight million yearly for A P, as the Commission prepares to act despite industry opposition.
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Washington, D. C
ILNS
Federal Trade Commission
Patman
Wright Pattman
Texas
William T. Kelly
FTC
Eagle
Patman Committee
Zion Independent Baked Goods
Standard
House of Morgan
Congressional Committee
General Foods Corporation
Trade Commission
Leon H. Rouse Dies at 68 in Jersey City
Leon H. Rouse a longtime trade unionist and for 41 years in the International Typographical Union led New York Typographical Union No. 6 Big 6 from 1915 through sixteen years over eight terms died of pneumonia on July 7 at his Jersey City home. Born in Detroit he learned printing, worked twelve years as a compositor, then thirty three years at the New York World.
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New York City
ILNS
Leon H. Rouse
New York
Mr. Rouse
Detroit
New York World
International Typographical Union
Rouse
Union Affai
Big 6
Remington Rand Declared in Open War on Labor Rights
Washington, D. C. ILNS reports John P. Frey of the Metal Trades Department AFL says 6,500 Remington Rand workers in six cities will back the strike to the limit. He accuses the company of goading workers, buying land to keep strikers distant, and pursuing a policy to smash unionism, while promising full labor support and coordinated AFL action.
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John P. Frey
Washington, D. C
ILNS
Remington Rand, Inc
Metal Trades Department
American Federation of Labor
Remington Rand
Middletown
Conn
Organized Labor
A. F. of L
Ohio motorists pay 40 million in state gas tax
Youngstown Ohio state gasoline taxes cost motorists 39 169 000 in 1935 up from 37 618 000 in 1934 The 4 cent per gallon tax includes liquid fuel The Petroleum Industry Committee of Ohio cites total state plus federal gas taxes at 49 079 000 for 1935 and a national tax bill of 789 114 000 The report urges lowering tax rates to a reasonable level.
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Youngstown
Ohio
John L. Marsh
Petroleum Industry Committee of
Marsh
U. S. Bureau of Public Roads
Hhe
M. Marsh
Commission Drafts Bill For Compensating Idle
The North Carolina Unemployment Insurance Commission reports amendments to four proposed unemployment insurance laws. The changes aim to meet Federal Social Security Board requirements. The bill, with amendments, will be submitted to the 1907 General Assembly.
End of State Relief in New Jersey Report Warns of Harm
The American Association of Social Work reports from New Jersey towns show state relief ending and burden shifting to localities. Stanley Davies of the Family Welfare Association of America warns of disastrous damage to family life if this de moralization of public relief continues, citing 41 communities surveyed.
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New Jersey
New York City
Ilns
American Association of Social Warkere
Stanley Davies
Family Welfare Association of America
Big Shoe Factory Cuts Salaried Workers Pay
Endicott New York 10 percent pay cut for salaried employees at Endicott Johnson Shoe Corporation effective August 1 blamed on NRA closure. George F Johnson chairman says higher brackets can bear it while shop workers keep jobs if possible.
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Endicott
N.Y
LLS
NRA
George F. Johnson
Endicott-Johnson Shoe Corporation
Johnson
Panthere
Juluvson
Laborig
Business Groups Fight Unemployment Insurance in Senate Hearing
Representatives from numerous business associations opposed a state unemployment insurance bill at a Senate hearing in Harrishurch Pa. The measure aims to align with the Federal Social Security Act and is sponsored by Governor Earle.
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Harrishurch
APLII
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Federal Agency
Eliot Harris
Sears Roebuck
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Sears
Goodyear
Washington
Goodyear Concern
PTC
Eagle Chocolate
Burnham & Morrill Co
Chappel Dog Food
Arbuckle Brothers
Brilla Manufacturing Co
Prescott Polishes
Carl W. Sanor
High Street
Hamilton
Savage Auto Supply CO
Maple Ave
Low AE
Commission
Union
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