Flood Control Work Should Be Pushed Hoosier Governor Says
Indiana Governor Harry G Leslie urges federal repeal of the May 15 1928 flood control funding amendment to free the remaining Geo funds for immediate Mississippi valley flood relief He opposes large wage cuts and defends public employee pay while touting Indiana’s unemployment relief network and debt free status The interview covers labor unions state payroll and efficient use of funds with Col Richard Leiber noting preference for hand labor in park and forest projects
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosier
Joseph A. Wise
Indianapolis
ILNS
Harry G. Leslie
Indiana
International Labor
Statehouse
Mississippi Valley
Congress of the
United States
Richard Leiber
Department of Conservation
State of
Leslie
State
Leiber
British unions push for local unemployed associations
The General Council of the Trades Union Congress backs creating local unemployed associations to unite employed and unemployed workers. The plan, guided by Trades Councils, aims to provide education, recreation, and a voice to influence relief work and living standards, with joint secretaries and cross representation on trade council bodies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
General Council
The
Trades Union Congress
Trades Council
Unemployed Workers’ Association
Edinburgh
Trades Councils
Trades and Labor Council
Unemployed Association
Trades Council Executive
Governor Wilson Names Board To Study Convict Labor
Governor Stanley Wilson announced a commission created by the 1931 Legislature to study convict labor in the State prison and the disposal of prison made goods. The Hawes-Cooper act, effective January 1984, will bar prison-made goods in interstate commerce and subject shipments across state lines to local laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
Stanley
Wilson
Great Victory Certain in Campaign For Million Jobs
United Action for Employment, backed by AFL, American Legion, ANAD and Legion Auxiliary, posts maps and tracks a battle to reduce unemployment. In week two, 70,000 workers moved from unemployed to payrolls, with labor coordinating local committees nationwide and urging action. Quakers and Federal Council of Churches study relief, training, and reconstruction, while calls go out for funds and clothing to aid miners and families. Public figures and industry leaders join the effort to create jobs and curb desperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
ILNS
United Action For Employment
American Federation of Labor
The
American Legion
Association of National Advertisers
the Legion Auxiliary
Legion
United Action
Division of Labor
United Action Movement
Matthew Woll
A. P. of L
United Action Vital
Carl Bycir
American Friends Service Committee
Quakers
Federal Council of Churches
Federal Council
Migs Olive van Horn
Coal Areas Relief
East 22Nd Erteet
American Freinds Service Committee
Cherry Street
Philadelphia
Morgantown
W. Va
Miners' Food Crisis Urges Church Aid Nationwide
New York City report quotes James Myers of the Federal Council of Churches calling the shortage of food among miners in soft coal regions a crisis. He notes Quaker feeding programs are stretched by mid winter, needing funds and supplies as families suffer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
ILNS
James Myers
Federal Council of Churches
Myers
Negroes Press for Ohio relief and reform agenda
The Ohio State Conference of the NAACP demands a special legislative session to craft an unemployment relief program and calls for replacing the penitentiary warden with a competent penologist. They warn that unemployed Negroes face starvation and warn of subversive elements gaining support among the unemployed, urging fair treatment and decent living standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
ILNS
State
Ohio State Conference
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
White
Million Back at Work May Turn Business Tide
New York City report cites Dr. Joseph Jastrow of Wisconsin as saying mass employment can lift public mood. He argues a million workers returning to jobs would energize employers and spark renewed economic action, backed by AFL, American Legion, ANA and Legion Auxiliary, in a February 15 campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Jastrow
United Action Campaign For Employment
New York City
Ilns
University of Wisconsin
United Action For Employment
United States
Jastrow
American Federation of Labor
American Legion
The
Association of National Advertisers
Legion
Jasbrow
Mooney backs Hoffmann pardon effort in Stroudsburg
Alfred Hoffmann of the American Federation of Full Fashioned Hosiery Workers, jailed two years for conspiring to attack strike breakers at Mammoth Hosiery Mills, receives a letter from Thomas Mooney at San Quentin. Petitions circulate across Pennsylvania to urge clemency, with Gov Pinchot and state officials weighing possible pardon or parole. Hoffmann writes a weekly column from jail for The Hosiery Worker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stroudsburg
TLNS
Alfred Hoffmann
American Federation of Full Fashioned Hosiery Workers
Haa
San Quentin
California
Thomas Mooney
Hoffmann
Mooney
Labor Movement of Pennsylvania
Monroe County
Pennsylvania
State Federation of Labor
Samuel S. Shull
Thomas Duncan
Philip la Follette
Wisconsin
Pinchot
Milwaukee
Pinechot
Duncan
State Prison Board
the Hosiery Worker
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Herbert Tracey
T&s Workers Union
Leifheit’s
Boot Shop
High Street
Gov. Wilson Names Board
C. W. Gath CO
Ent
Zeck
Chester M. Wright
Alfred Hoffman
Krebs
Philco
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