Fight to Establish Principle Life Insurance Is a Trust May Be Issue
Ottawa reports a heated push to define life insurance as a trust benefiting policyholders. The Policy Holders Association seeks to spotlight in Dominion elections how surpluses should be distributed to policyholders, not stockholders, amid Sun Life and related bills.
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Ottawa
ILNS
Canada
Sun Life Assurance Company
Sun Life
Dominion Superintendent of Insurance
the Sun Life
Superintendent of Insurance
Labor Man Barrett Captures Democratic Nomination for State Treasurer
Edward James Barrett, war veteran and Building Laborers and Hod Carriers District Council executive member, won the Democratic nomination for state treasurer in Chicago. He spent $100 on 25,000 cards at $2 per thousand, $25 on photographs, and $25 on postage to win over organizational opposition. Barrett, 30, served in France and spent 37 months in hospitals after being severely wounded.
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Chicago
ILNS
Edward James Barrett
Building Laborers and Hod Carriers’ District Council
Chicago Federation of Labor
Barrett
WCFL
Voice of Labor
France
Organization
Anthracite Group Seeks Russian Coal Exclusion
Washington delegates from the Anthracite Cooperative Association and Rep. William R. Coyle pressed cabinet members to craft a plan under the 1922 tariff act to exclude Soviet coal produced by indentured labor. They noted Russian coal could reach Boston via Port Mariupol at lower cost, intensifying U S competition with Pennsylvania mines.
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Washington, D. C
ILNS
United States
Anthracite Co- Operative Association
William R. Coyle
Pennsylvania
Boston
Anthracite Co-Operative Association
Coyle
Labor Union Seeks Six Day Week At Oil Fields
Louisiana Federation of Labor annual convention urged President Hoover to establish a six day week in oil fields. President Swallow was re elected and Lake Charles chosen as next convention city.
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Baton Rouge
Hoover
Louisiana Federation of Labor
Swallow
Lake Charles
Roll Call of Results in Southern Organizing Campaign
Birmingham based report notes AFL southern organizing showing progress amid unemployment, with emphasis on steady, steady growth. Mississippi sees debate on unemployment office. several states report unions formed among railway workers, textile workers, barbers and machinists. Demonstrations in Danville and ongoing efforts in Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee and North Carolina highlight campaign momentum and need for more organizers.
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Holt C. Ross
Mississippi Federation of Labor
Mississippi
American Federation of Labor
South
Smith
Can’t Force Judges After 70 to Retire
Boston reports the supreme court declares compulsory retirement at age 70 unconstitutional for judges serving during good behavior. The ruling upholds a provision allowing optional retirement after 15 years, noting strength and vigor vary and judges can’t be forced off the bench.
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Boston
Supreme Court
Labor union pledges action against Nazareth officials
Easton Central Labor Union vows to retire local officials tied to the repression of Nazareth hosiery strikers. Strikers enter politics, prompting cautious policemen. A 250-signature petition asks county detectives who barred picketing to leave the borough. A sixty-member citizen committee funds its own attorney for the petition. Four riot related cases against Nazareth strikers were nolle prosequied at spring term while thirty disorderly conduct cases were postponed to June. Previous acquittals with costs noted.
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Nazareth
ILNS
Easton
Mauch
Jobless at Peak in New York White Collar Rise
A local visiting nurse service reports unprecedented unemployment among white collar workers in New York. The affected range includes importers taxi drivers rag dealers and musicians. Some jobless for weeks others for months with about thirty percent from unskilled labor.
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New York
Campaigns to Keep Union Label Drive Alive Through May
April’s strong success prompts many cities to extend the union label campaign into May. John Manning of the AFL label department says they will cooperate with organizations continuing the drive and that literature is supplied in quantity. Canada shows growing interest as towns report unions’ products now sold.
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Washington, D. C
ILNS
Lbbel
Union Label Trades Department
American Federation of Labor
John J. Manning
International Labor News Service
Manning
Canada
Port Alfred
Quebec
Amalgamated Clothing — Workers
United Garment Workers of America
Journeymen Tailors’ Union of America
United Garment Workers
Hoover Proclaims Child Health Day
President Hoover designates May 1 as Child Health Day urging Americans and social agencies to organize efforts for child health. He cites congressional authority and emphasizes that science should serve children to ensure healthy births, sound growth, discipline, and opportunity during schooling and beyond.
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Hoover
Washington
Congress
Unionists pledge labor support for Southern organizing drive
Waycross Ga unionists report Georgia Federation of Labor convention endorses AFL Southern organizing push with a raised per capita tax. Paul J. Smith cites need for more organizers and warns workers reap what they invest. President Perry notes widespread unemployment and urges action for shorter work weeks and opposition to labor injunctions.
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Birmingham
Ala
ILNS
Southern Organization
American Federation of Labor
South
Paul J. Smith
Southern Organization Committee
Smith
Waycross
A. F. of L. Southern
Georgia
Georgia Federation of Labor
A. T. of L
Perry
State Federation of Labor
Bombing Plane Needs No Guide
The army air corps showed cross country air warfare without pilots as a nine ton bomber flew Sacramento to San Francisco guided by a mechanical system installed in the forward cockpit. The device weighs under fifty pounds and steers the aircraft through rough air with precision.
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San Francisco
Army Air Corps
Sacramento
Harry Holton Dies In Alton Glass Union Leader
Harry Holton national treasurer of the Glass Bottle Blowers Association died in Alton Illinois. He served for years in that post and was well known in the glass industry. The funeral drew many union officers and members and other organized labor members.
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Alton
Harry Holton
Glass Bottle Blowers’ Association
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