Federal Employment Service To Be Opened in Each State
United States Employment Service reorganized into 49 state directors and a DC office. The service will open at least one bureau per state and co operate with local authorities. Seven special divisions will handle building trades mining and quarrying manufacturing and metal trades transportation clothing and needle trades office and mercantile trades and marine seamen longshoremen.
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Washington, D. C
ILNS
United States Employment Service
District of Columbia
John J. Alpine
Francis I. Jones
A. D. Lewis
Employment Service
Secretary of Labor
Doak
States
Veterans’ Service
Farm Service
Union barbers in Salisbury offer free shaves to unemployed
Salisbury and Spencer union barbers refuse price cuts amid hard times. Local No 485 of the Journeyman Barbers International Union coordinates free services for unemployed residents through the Salisbury Central Labor Union. Over 300 names are on the list, with services provided after hours at union shops until further notice.
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Salisbury
N. C
ILNS
Salisbury and
Spencer
Journeyman Barbers’ International Union
Central Labor Union
A. B. Holt
Labor Secretary Doak decries wage cut proposals
Washington reports Secretary of Labor Doak attacking ideas of wage reductions as illogical. He notes no properly fixed wage rates exist and says bankers proposed the only serious general cut, while the administration works to block such plans. He argues prosperity requires boosting domestic consumption rather than cutting wages.
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Washington
ILNS
Secretary of Labor
Doak
Mr. Doak
Washington, D. C
Chase National Bank
Roger W. Babson
Lake Wales
Fla
Babson
Department of Labor
Federal Farm Board
Hoover
William Hard
Hard
New York
George C. Roberts
National City Bank
Cigarette Machine to Triple Output in New Design
New York The American Machine and Foundry Company works on a cigarette machine that will produce three times as many cigarettes as current models. Existing machines yield 600 cigarettes a minute, while the new design is expected to output between 1,600 and 2,000 per minute as patents on present machines expire.
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New York
American Machine and Foundry Company
Big Shots Rally Behind Wage Reductions in 1930s Battle
Washington report finds Roger W. Babson backing wage cuts amid a broad push by bankers and industry leaders for lower wages. Sloan and Chester resist cuts at GM and General Foods while Goodyear Goodrich and others trim pay. Col Arthur Woods condemns reductions.
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Business Week
Goodyear
Goodrich
Akron
Republic Steel
Colorado Fuel and Iron
Corrigan & McKinney
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Arthur Woods
Hoover
Woods
Post Office Deficit Linked to Subsidies and Defense Spending
Washington debate surrounds post office losses blamed on subsidies to shipping and airplane industries. Frederic A. Tilton argues subsidies drive the deficit, while postal workers push to separate mail handling costs from defense funding. The department favors higher first class postage to cover the shortfall amid business opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederic A. Tilton
Department
Department of Agriculture
National Defense
Philadelphia Strike Turmoil Sparks Urgent Labor Clash
Hatboro Pennsylvania reports a strike against the Oscar Nebel mill by the American Federation of Full Fashioned Hosiery Workers. A Nebel foreman and two strikebreakers were arrested after window damage and a bloodstained sill linked to an alleged employer push to smash unions.
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Hatboro
American Federation of Full Fashioned
Oscar Nebel
Philadelphia
Nebel
Beverly Clymer
Nobel
Clymer
Kraemer
Arthur Deutrick
Nebel Mill
Lloyd Jensen
Edward McGurk
Schaeffer
Jenkintown
Idle 75,000 aided by sports carnival appeal
St Louis officials report 75,000 idle persons in the city and urge support for a large sports carnival to fund relief. The Citizens' Committee on Relief and Employment has aided 12,000 families 50,000 individuals by supplying essentials and shelter while calls for help rise ahead of large scale work.
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St. Louis
Ciy
Scott R. de Kins
Citizens’ Committee On Relief and Employment
Citizens’ Committee
Mr. de
New York Governor Signs Eight Hour Work Bill for Women
Governor Roosevelt signs a law setting an eight hour day six days a week for women and minors in mercantile establishments. The measure allows six extra hours twice yearly for inventories or a half holiday with limited overtime. Ten hours overtime yearly allowed with time off equal to overtime. The governor praises the half holiday as a social policy aligned with the eight hour standard.
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Roosevelt
Albany, N. Y
ILNS
New York
Mercantile
Family relief costs rise sharply in 1929 30
In 100 cities reporting to the United States Children's Bureau aid to needy families climbed 89 percent from 1929 to 1930. Estimated total relief spending reached about 40 million dollars, with private philanthropy and tax funding varying by city. Detroit led with 94.9 percent public funding, while New Orleans and Washington, D. C. relied entirely on private contributions.
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Washington, D. C
ILNS
United States Children’s Bureau
Detroit
New Orleans
Labor Party Survives Censure Motion in Commons
London reports the Labor government escaped a censure motion as Conservatives failed to win support. Vote stood 306 against to 251 in favor. Tom Johnston defended unemployment policy as Lord Privy Seal amid sharp exchanges with Stanley Baldwin and Lloyd George.
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London
Labor Party
House of Commons
Tom Johnston
Ramsey MacDonald
Stanley Baldwin
Lloyd George
Baldwin
Labor
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Hamilton
High Street
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Mother Earth
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Alfred P. Sloan
General Motors
General Motor
Colby M. Chester
General Foods
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Post Office Department
Post Office
Ironer
Thor
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