Emergency Board Rules Against Wage Cuts on Louisiana & Arkansas
Washington reports the Hoover emergency board ruled wage reductions without negotiation are illegal for the Louisiana and Arkansas railway. It found the carrier’s finances are not worse than peers, with dividends paid and interest obligations met, and urged arbitration if the company rejects negotiated terms.
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Washington, D. C
Hoover
Louisiana & Arkansas Railway
Railway Labor Act
Road
Board of Mediation
Mooney Case Criticized by Wickersham Commission
Washington report on criminal procedure denounces California practices that blocked a new trial for Tom Mooney and Warren Billings in the 1916 Preparedness Day bombing case. The commission notes inadequate post verdict remedies for perjury and after discovered evidence and cites the California Supreme Court ruling as a glaring example of legal machinery abuse.
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Washington, D. C
ILNS
California
Tom Mooney
Wickershaut Law Enforcement Commission
Mooney
Commission
W. 5. Kenyon
Warren K. Billings
Supreme Court of
Clemency Exercise Reflected In Justice Sense
The text cites the exercise of executive clemency as a measure of justice. It argues that such a state of the law demonstrates a broader sense of fairness and mercy in governance.
Navy Yards Pay Scales To Stand For Coming Year
The Navy will maintain current wage scales for about 20,000 civilian workers at navy yards in 1982. No local wage boards will meet this year to collect data, as Jahneke cites cost savings. This follows the administration’s 1929 unemployment relief policy and matches last year’s action.
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Navy Yards
Washington, D. C
Ernest Lee Jahneke
Washington
Department
Secretary of the Navy
Jahneke
Navy Department
Navy
Wood Gas Trialed as Bus Fuel in Montevideo
In Montevideo Uruguay a bus line tested wood gas as a gasoline substitute. The company is satisfied and plans to equip all buses with the device. Wood gas costs about 1.80 daily per bus versus 9 to 10 for gasoline and requires lubrication only monthly instead of weekly. The gas is produced in a large rear mounted tank equipment carried on the vehicle.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Pay Scales Are Urged Maintained at Union Meet
Delegates at the International Langsborg men's Association Nee convention heard Copeland urge retention of existing wage scales amid a low mood. He warned against any measure that would raise wages, while others noted mixed business conditions and stressed labor standards.
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New York
LNS
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Longshoremen's International Union
Thermoplae
Robert F. Wagner
America
Mr. Green
Thermopylae
New York City
ILNS
Vicorons
Sensiue Royal S. Conaland
International Langsborgmen’s Association
Nee
Copeland
Russia
Menaen
John J. Bo
Istic
Peter J. Brady
Federation Bank and
Printers Vote On Relief Fund Increase Referendum
Boston Typographical Union No. 18 holds a referendum to raise the past six months’ special assessment from 1 to 2 percent. The fund aids union members fully out of work or with limited weekly work, prioritizing married men with dependents. Many in the Boston printing industry face record hardships with many without work for months.
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Boston
ILNS
Boston Typographical Union No. 18
Cuban Workers Starving To Death Leaders Say
Cuban union letters to the Pan American Federation of Labor allege the Machado dictatorship drives hunger and demand foreign intervention. They accuse government reform promises of failure and cite rising unemployment and industrial stagnation from Havana sources.
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Machado
Washington, D. C
ILNS
Pan-American Federation of Labor
Propaganda by private utilities exposed in FTC briefing
The report details extensive free publicity from utility publicity bureaus used as news and editorial material across the country. It cites the Rocky Mountain committee boasting miles of favorable publicity and notes editors reprinting committee material as editorials, with Nebraska's papers widely using such content in 1921.
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Washington
ILNS
Federal Trade Commission
Rocky Mountain Utility Committee
New England
Texas
Hews
Nebraske
New England Committee
Oil Firms Sack Yugoslavian Workers
Belgrade oil refineries shut by Standard Oil of New York and Royal Dutch Shell after Yugoslav government cancelled a law allowing duty free crude. Large numbers of workers lose their jobs as plants close.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Standard Oil Company of New York
Royal Dutch Shell Company
Yugoslivia
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Chester M. Wright
Cuba
U. S. State Department
Albert F Nufer
Havana
George Norris
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