13 Mar 1931
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Newspaper
Butler County Press
Location
Hamilton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1931
Page
1
Washington reports four pro labor measures cleared both houses before adjournment. Among them postal workers gain a 44 hour week and other government staff receive a Saturday half holiday. A third measure sets local prevailing wages for government contracts, while a Wagner bill creates a national unemployment agency system with state cooperation.
John J. Leary Jr. reports editorial staff losses after the World sale to Scripps Howard. Desperate cases include a copy reader with four children and poor health, and a long-time photographer paralyzed and on half pay. Leary notes scarce aid from other papers and looming welfare island worry for many.
The Senate approved Mr. Wagner's resolution for a special committee to investigate unemployment insurance. The committee must report next December on American and foreign experiences with public and private systems and the results achieved by each.
The California State Chamber of Commerce declared against wage reductions in San Francisco. The Associated General Contractors convention approved similar action. The Chamber deplores any lowering of wages or exploitation of labor in this period of unemployment and pledges support to maintain a living wage for construction labor.
An expansive critique of President Hoover's veto on veterans bonus loans describes thousands of World War II veterans queuing at regional Veterans Bureau offices and more in need of aid. The piece argues that charity data is misleading and that many veterans endure work loss, depleted savings, and housing hardship while awaiting loan access and wage support. It warns wage cuts would harm recovery and underscores unemployment figures and relief needs through February.
Washington reports on January and February wages and employment from the American Federation of Labor show discouragement and danger. President William Green notes unemployment growth appears halted in February while the Labor Department records wage cuts in January nearly triple prior months, affecting about 42,000 workers from 885 firms.
Indianapolis report states the state senate defeated a proposal to substitute the all-time political convention for the primary election system, preserving existing methods and avoiding a shift to a convention based process.
President William Green of the AFL condemns Cleveland hotel tactics against locked out union waiters and waitresses fueling communist sentiment. He cites yellow dog contracts and arbitration failures, warns such methods echo old Russian aristocracy, and discusses unemployment and textile organizing in the South amid communist activity. Miss Matilda Linday and Miss Elizabeth Christman attend a Greensboro conference on Southern labor conditions.
Provident Pritchett of the First National Bank of Danville was elected president of Riverside and Dan River Cotton Mills by the board. Malcolm K. Harris, mill lawyer, becomes assistant to the president. He succeeds the late Harrison R. Fitzgerald. No labor policy changes announced.
German trade unionists urged a 40 hour week during talks with President von Hindenburg on unemployment and high living costs, aiming to ease labor strain and price pressures amid postwar conditions.
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