Boston movie operators set $5,000 per member group policy
Washington dispatch reports Local No. 182 of Boston securing the largest per capita group life policy to date from Union Labor Life Insurance Company. The $5,000 per member plan aims to spur other unions to larger protections as Francis B. Mahoney is named Boston general agent. President Woll cites amended laws aiding operators in Massachusetts and notes rapid growth at the Detroit general agency.
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Boston
Washington, D. C
ILNS
Union Labor Life Insurance Company
Woll
Francis B. Mahoney
Mahoney
Old
Bay State
Detroit General Agency
Senate votes to end lame ducks in five-year pattern
Washington reports the Senate for the fifth time in six years approved Norris' lame duck resolution opposing a constitutional amendment to bar defeated Senators and House members from participating in legislation and to alter the Presidential inauguration date. The measure has never passed.
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Washington
Senate
Norris
House
Firemen Union Charters Issued Across Several Cities
The International Brotherhood of Wiremen and Oiler unions issued charters to chapters in Nahant Iowa Jackson Michigan Springfield Massachusetts Plara Alabama Depew New York Broadview Saskatchewan Canada Nakina and Lynice Ontario Canada as leaders in the House face sidetracked proposals.
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Omaha
Neb
International Brotherhood of Wiremen and Oiler
Richmond
Vai
Nahant
Iowa
Jackson
Mich
Springfield
Mass
Plara
Depew
N.Y
Broadview
Saskatchewan
Canada
Nakina
Lynice
Ontario
Boot and Shoe Workers Convention Marks 34th Anniversary
Rochester hosts the International Boot and Shoe Workers Union convention for the first time in four years as Boston sessions begin. Collis Lovely is international secretary treasurer and Gad Martindale of Rochester serves as vice president. About 250 delegates attend the sessions.
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Rochester
N. Y
LNS
International Boot and Shoe Workers’ Union
Collis Lovely
Bainess
Gad Martindale
International
Boston
Power Propaganda Charge Evidence From Utilities Files
Federal Trade Commission release shows utility interests fought Boulder Dam and Muscle Shoals. Memo from Josiah T. Newcomb outlines plans to defeat the Boulder Dam bill and discredit opponents. Corroborating letters and memoranda reveal pressure tactics and proposed alliances to block dam projects.
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Washington
DB. C
Usns
Nator Hiro Johnson
Senate
Boulder Dam
Masele Shoals
Federal Trade Commission
Muscle Shoals
Machiavelli
Josiah T. Newcomb
Taint Committee of National Utility Associations
Thememorandum
Newcomb
Muscle Shoale
Joint Committee
Walsh
Congress Ignores Old Age Data
The Bulletin of the American Association for Old Age Security criticizes the House for not amending the census bill to gather nationwide old age dependency data. Rev Francis J McConnell, Methodist bishop and member of Governor Roosevelt’s old age commission, calls the issue a leading national question for the coming decade.
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New York
House of Representatives
Bulletin
The
American Association For
Francis J. McConnell
Bishop
Methodist Episcopal Church
Roosevelt
Commission On
Protection of Home Market Declared at Tariff Hearing
Matthew Woll president of America's Wage Earners' Protective Conference urged tariff protection for the American market at a Senate Finance Committee hearing. He warned foreign valuation undercuts U S labor and supports low paid workers abroad, urging first consideration for American industry and employment.
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Woll
Washington, D. C
ILNS
Matthew Woll
America
Bryn Mawr Summer School Opens for Women Workers
The Bryn Mawr program joins four affiliated summer schools using unused college buildings to educate industrial workers. The Bryn Mawr class has 110 women, including 17 from the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, the largest A F L affiliate representation. Scholarships of 250 dollars cover two months of study in economics English literature and related subjects.
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Bryn Mawr
Barnard College
New York
University of Wisconsin
Burnsville
North Carolina
International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union
A. F. of L
A. PF. of L
Canada
England
Germany
Denmark
Misa Ethel M. Smith
National Women’s Trade Union League
Westminster
British Columbia
Brotherhood
Carpenters
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Boot and Shoe Workers’ Convention
the Holbrock Bros. Co
Queensware House
Vost-Holbrock
Strauss
Palm Beach
Dublin
Arizona
Utah
Colorado
Wyoming
New Mexico
California
Imperial Valley i
Eugene Greenhut
Hahn Department Stores, Inc
South
Middle West
New England
Atllantic States
Herman J. Schwartz
Greenhut's
Congress
Carpenters Unite
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