Farm unemployment rise tied to farm tech changes
Washington predicts ten year outlook shows 400,000 farm workers displaced by mechanization with higher tenancy and lower incomes for many farmers. The report calls for rural conservation, loan programs, marketing controls, and expanded aid to cushion impacts while noting a 30 percent tractor surge and new harvesting machines could reshape production and land use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
ILNS
Department of Agriculture
Department
Patman charge against Byoir cleared by Justice Dept
Carl Byoir, New York public relations council leader and Army Reserve colonel, was fully cleared by the Justice Department after FBI inquiry into charges by Congressman Wright Patman. The FBI found no evidence of un American activity and the case is closed, with Byoir praising the quick, thorough inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
ILNS
Carl Byoir
New York Public Relations Council
United State Army Reserve
F.B.S
Wright Patman
Texas
Byoir
United States Department of Justice
Patman
Department of Justice
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Carl Bycir
F.B. I
F.B. L
Fur union officials jailed for witness tampering
Six officers and members of the International Fur and Leather Workers' Union, a C1 affiliate, were sentenced in federal court for conspiring to obstruct justice and influence government witnesses in the Sherman anti trust case. Vice president Irving Potash and others received prison terms ranging from one year and a day to two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
ILNS
International Fur and Leather Workers’ Union
Irving Potash
William Karpouzas
Aseratos Vafiades
Joseph Winogradsky
Max Kochinsky
Louis Hallos
Needle Trades Workers’ Industrial Union
Ben Gold
Irving Postash
New York
President Retains Short Work Week As An Efficiency Aid
Roosevelt opposes lengthening the defense work week citing wartime experience. A Fleming letter supports keeping overtime rules while urging industry to report any overtime hindrance. Historical documents emphasize 66 to 45 hour shifts boosting output, arguing modern production demands high worker efficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
TLNS
Roosevelt
Philip B. Fleming
British Munitions Commission
United State Army
Col. Pleming
Fleming
Woodworkers Union Head Cannot Reenter U S as Visitor
Harold Pritchett president of the International Woodworkers of America will not be allowed to return to the United States as a visitor. He has been in the country since 1936 on a Canadian visitor permit which has been renewed 24 times in four years. His latest permit expired July 12 and immigration authorities will decide on his renewal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Patman
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Chief of Ordnance
United States Army
United States
Washington, D. C
ILNS
Harold Pritchett
International Woodworkers of America
U. S
Canada
Department of Justice
Pritchett
Relief From Public Funds On Decrease
Telegraphic reports from 33 states for 106 urban areas show in June 1940 a 4 percent drop in general relief funded by public funds and a 6 percent fall in obligations incurred since May. General relief covers cash and in kind aid to the needy excluding aged, blind, and dependent children under the Social Security Act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
ILNS
Social Security Board
W.P.A
Farm Security Administration
Milwaukee man elected president of Brotherhood of Electric Workers
E. J. Brown of Milwaukee was elected president by the union council to succeed Daniel T. Tracy who resigned to join the Department of Labor as Second Assistant Secretary. Tracy had led the union for seven years and will serve as liaison on national defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
ILNS
Brotherhood of Electric Workers
E. J. Brown
Milwaukee
International Executive Council
Daniel T. Tracy
Tracy
Department of Labor
Electrical Workers
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dept. OF Justice
Geo. Kappel
Chicago Market CO
Ove
France
C.S
Union Head
U.S
Krebs
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!