Contract binds Iron Workers union in contract repudiation dispute
President P. J. Morrin of the International Association of Bridge Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers charges the Structural Steel Board of Trade Inc. with repudiating a 1930 agreement that ended a 25 year steel trade dispute. Morrin claims the union fully performed and seeks legal enforcement, noting Green’s AFL arbitration and multiple letters and meetings leading to the July 1 repudiation notice.
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St. Louis, Mo
ILNL
P. J. Morrin
International Association of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers
Structural Steel Board of Trade, Inc
New York City
International Union
Steel Board
Morrin
W. J. McCain
Gener
Charles L. Eidlitz
Employers’ Board
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Starrett Brothers & Eken, Inc
Eidlitz
Green
Messrs
Kidlita
Structural Steel Board of Trade
Hidlitz
R. B. Thomas
Kansas court upholds Sunday sale ban on theatre tickets
Washington reports Congress passed corrective salary legislation affecting lower paid government workers shown by Welch act 1928 as a fix but limited in scope. Kansas Supreme Court in Topeka declares Sunday sale statute applies to theatre tickets and upholds ban on unnecessary work Sunday, rejecting religious freedom challenge.
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Kansas
Congress
Washington
House
Topeka. Kans
Kansas Supreme Court
Radio monopoly defends against government dissolution plea
Washington units of the radio trust acknowledge interlocking stock and patent licenses but den y any conspiracy in restraint of trade. Defendants include Radio Corporation of America General Electric American Telephone and Telegraph and Westinghouse Electric.
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Washington
Radio Trust
Radio Corporation of America
General Electric
American Telephone and Telegraph
Westinghouse Electric
Farmers Go to Cities Blamed on Machinery
Prof A Hatton of Northwestern University rejected the idea that farmers move to cities out of vice or laziness. He said economic pressure from modern machinery reducing labor needs drives the rural shift, at a Town University educators conference in Towa City Iowa.
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Towa City
Iowa
A. Hatton
Northwestern University
Hatton
University of Town
Labor Department Refuses Deportation of Strikebreaker
Edward Singher, a noted alien strikebreaker tied to Nazareth, is allowed voluntary leave instead of deportation after a Labor Department hearing. Labor and AFL leaders argue he is illegal and harmful to union workers, while Kansas City area politics and mill owners push to keep him out. Singher’s status as a Frevel citizen and marriage to an American complicates the case amid exhausted 1940 immigration quotas.
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Washington, D
ILNS
Edward Singher
Nagareth
Canada
Department of Labor
Win
Simphor
Newfoundland
Nazareth
Inbor
Siswher
Quebec
Gome
Kraemer
American Federation of Labor
American Federation of Wall Fashioned
Singher
McGrady
Pennsylvania
Coyle
International Labor News Service
Hosiery Workers’ Convention
Kenemer Company
Ab Nazar- Lun
Billy
Mi Wits
Singhe
Ilegally
Davis
Wheat price sag forces new farm relief push
Washington reports a $15,000,000 loss from the administration's farm relief plan as wheat prices fall to the lowest since World War I. The Farm Board bought 10,000,000 bushels to steady prices while rejecting Capper's proposal for 100,000,000 more. Officials urge Southwestern farmers to plant less as storage stocks rise, contrary to Southern and Northwestern warnings.
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Washington
Federal Farm Board
Capper
Anti union attack targets Alabama textile workers
Anti unionists in Huntsville attempt to terrify textile workers from joining the union. The workers and public realize employers push lurid claims to defend their pauper wages and prosperous poverty amid labor tensions.
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Iural
Huntsville
Ponr
Antiunion
Corponters
Ala
Rail Mergers stir Congress on railroad consolidation
Washington reports a shift in stance as lawmakers debate holding companies and giant railroad systems. Critics warn consolidations threaten towns and jobs while supporters seek ICC oversight mirroring railroads. Senate backs a fixed-date restraint. House favors labor protections. The coming session may push holding firms under ICC similar to rail carriers.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Holsing Companies
Interstate Commerce
Senate
Couzens
House
Congress
Gompers High School to Open in New York
Plans for the Samuel Gompers industrial high school for boys are nearing completion with construction expected in the fall. The $1,660,000 building will seat 1,700 students and house radio, press, linotype, composing rooms, numerous shops, telephone and power facilities, and architectural drawing rooms.
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New York
Samuel Gompers
Strike Leader Budenz Arrested Then Freed In Nazareth
Nazareth, Pa. July 14 Louis F. Budenz led a picket line calling for ignoring the yellow dog contract amid a labor dispute with Kraemer Hosiery. Burly deputies detained him, he was questioned by District Attorney Russell Mauch and released. The case may be presented to Judge Stewart. Budenz praised the result and predicted broader tolerance for anti yellow dog rhetoric.
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Nazareth
SLNS
Louis F. Budenz
Kraemer
American Federation of Full Fashioned
American Federation of Labor
Budenz
Russell C. Stewart
Yellow Dog
Budeny
Bethlehem
Russell Mauch
Mitted
Stewart
Northampton County
Pennsylvania
An Oink
Gifford Minchot
Republian
Old Feud Over Naval Conference Papers Sparks Senate Clash
Washington reports a renewed senate protest over requesting all correspondence tied to the London naval conference. Minority senators argue papers may reveal secret understandings that could affect treaty ratification, while the president refuses to reveal such confidences. A compromise proposal seeks a reservation that there be no secret understandings or agreements, with administration openness if amended.
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Washington
Senate
Phivf
Ragine
Markes
Terrators
Clai They
Senate Nurvis
Tie Sielnet
Anderssualing
Tunnyway
Norrie
Five Day Work Week Implemented by Providerow Steamfit
Five day week adopted for steamfit workers with increased wages to 1.87 percent an hour. Read the press for further details on the new schedule and pay rise for organized labor.
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Steel Board Iron Workers’ Union
Warne
Unio
Labor Committee
Struem Steel Board of Trade
Radio Monopoly
Richman
Richman Brothers
U.S
THE
Richman Bros. CO
High St
Court House
Labor Department
United States
Mlegally
Nired
Wazhington
Congre UN
Gompers High School
Wen
Strauss
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