Capper Urges Federal Old Age Compensation Bill
Senator Arthur Capper of Kansas introduced a senate bill for federal old age compensation. It mirrors a House bill by Representative Disney of Oklahoma. hearings are under way. The plan offers $30 a month for citizens 65 and older with income under $360 annually, funded by a 0.5% tax on salaries for ages 21 to 45.
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Washington
Arthur Capper
Kansas
Senate
House of Representatives
Disney
Oklahoma
House Labor Committee
Congress
Twelve Anniston workers sue nine firms for 1.2 million
Twelve Anniston chemical plant workers file damage suits totaling 1.2 million against nine corporations including Swann Chemical Federal Phosphorous Federal Carbide Southern Manganese and related entities. Each seeks 100000 claiming exposure to poisonous gases with no medical hope.
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Anniston
Ala
ILNS
Anniston Chemical Plant
Swann Chemical Company
Allied Corporations
Federal Phosphorous Company, Inc
Federal Carbide Com
President Tells Press to Clean House in Sixty Days
President Roosevelt rebukes daily newspaper publishers over a proposed freedom of the press clause in the NRA code. He orders a cleanup within 60 days, targeting chiseling and starved wages, and demands a report on hours and minors in delivery by then. The President stresses constitutionally protected expression but rejects unsafe labor and constitutional rights waiver through the code.
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Washington, D. C
ILNS
Roosevelt
NRA
Gen. Johnson
Code Authority
Providence Window Washers Union Chartered
A Providence based window washers union was chartered by the International Building Service Employes Union. The organization was formed by William R. Guest and seeks affiliation with the Providence Central Federated Union and the Rhode Island State Federation of Labor.
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Providence, R. 1
International Building Service Employes Union
William R. Guest
Providence Barbers
Providence Central Federated Union
Rhode Island State Federation of Labor
Burlington unions elect editor of Iowa Labor News
In Burlington Iowa the Trades and Labor Assembly chose L P Lavine as editor of the Iowa Labor News. The publication is governed by a policy board of the Assembly. President George T Sharp said the aim is a clean conservative paper where labor shall have a voice.
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Burlington
Iowa
Burlington Trades and Labor Assembly
L. P. Lavine
Iowa Labor News
Assembly
George T. Sharp
Arizona Labor Editor Appointed to State Compliance Board
General Hugh B Johnson, National Recovery Administrator, appoints L. W. Phillips of Phoenix as State labor compliance officer for the NRA’s state setup. Phillips edits the Arizona Labor Journal and will help oversee the state NRA compliance board in Phoenix.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Hugh
Johnson
Washinton
L. W. Phillips
Natonal Emergency Council
Phillips
Arizona Labor Journal
NRA
Labor Board Upholds Auto Workers Actions in St Louis
The St Louis Regional Labor Board recommends Chevrolet Motor Company and Fisher Body Company re employ all workers laid off for union activity without discrimination. The panel cites the National Recovery Act as forbidding employer interference with workers' right to organize.
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St. Louis
Ilns
New Locals Chartered By Metal Miners Union
Secret ary Robinson announced three new locals of the International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers were chartered in one week. The locals are Superior Arizona Medeanmine Washington Hopper Minnesota. Union strength promises higher wages and shorter hours for miners tunnelmen and smeltermen.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter
Robinson
Superior
Arizona
Medeanmine
Washington
Hopper
Minnesota
NRA Aim Seen by Richberg at Inland Daily Press
NRA general counsel Donald Richberg defined NRA aims as emergency unemployment relief and coordinated industrial planning to serve national needs. He urged publishers to lift confidence in NRA and warned against confusing rising prices with economic recovery while urging exposure of unfair pricing.
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Chicago
ILNS
Donald R. Richberg
NRA
Inland Daily Press Association
Providence Unionist Chosen For Regional Labor Board
Providence. R J Fallon secretary of the Providence Central Federated Union was notified by Senator Robert F Wagner chairman of the National Labor Board that he had been chosen as a member of the New England Regional Labor Board. Judge John J Burns of the Massachusetts Superior Court is chairman. Fallon is a charter member of the Street Railway Men's Union a member for 20 years. He has been secretary of the Central Federated Union 14 years and a delegate to the Rhode Island State Federation of Labor for eight years.
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Providence
R. J
William J. Fallon
Providence Central Federated Union
Robert F. Wagner
National Labor Board
Washington, D. C
New England
Rhode Island State Federation of Labor
Teamsters Organize In Douglass Arizona
A Douglas local of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters affiliated with the A F L organized here by Pete Puzzie as chairman with help from the Douglas Central Labor Council. Unions are active in southern Arizona and donating work for the cause.
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Douglas, Ariz
International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs
Helpere of America
A. F. of L
Pete Puzzie
Douglas Central Labor Council
Arizona
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Market Street
Hamilton, Ohio
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