Washington Labor Leader Denies Resignation Rumor
Washington Daily News sparked a dispute with a report that AFL President William Green planned to resign. Green and AFL Vice President Matthew Woll issued joint denials, calling the story baseless and based on premeditated assumption and misrepresentation.
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Washington News
Green
Washington, D. C
ILNS
Washington Daily News
Scripps-Howard
American Federation of Labor
Matthew Woll
Woll
Scripps- Howard
A. F. of L
Toronto
William Green
Matthew Wolf Clubs
Philadelphia
Miserable pay for large class of railway labor
The Chil dren's Bureau reports 60 to 70 percent of railway maintenance workers' families live below the minimum standard for health and decency. Surveyed 550 families in 10 states, with 1,674 children, from Oct 1928 to July 1929. Fath ers earned under 1,250 dollars, many under 750, with wages as low as 16 cents per hour in Georgia. Foremen fared slightly better. Few had steady year-round work. many supplement with other income.
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Washington, D. C
ILNS
Children's Bureau
United States Department of Labor
Georgia
Kentucky
Business Makes Some Headway Toward Recovery From Slump
The American Federation of Labor reports a rise in business activity for two months, after a low 25.5 percent below normal in January. Employment shows slight improvement through February to April, but wage cuts persist. The survey argues wage reductions harm worker morale and demand, urging production, buying efficiency, and rational policies to restore growth.
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Washington, D. C
ILNS
American Federation of Labor
Indus
New Commerce Chamber Head Bankers Man
Silas Hardy Strawn of Chicago was elected president of the United States Chamber of Commerce. At 64 he is seen as aligned with bankers and traders, likely to pursue tariff revision downward. Strawn began as a small town lawyer in Ottawa Illinois and has a notable history.
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American Bar Association
Chicago
Ilinois
Commercial Club
Industrial Club of
United States
International Chamber of Commerce
Strawn
Peking
Montgomery, Ward & Co
Vl Pantic
R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company
Organized Inter
Union Stock Yards and ‘Transit Company
theMichigan Central Railroad
la Salle Street
Wall Street
New York
Joseph A. Wise
ILNS
Silas Hardy Strawn
United States Chamber of Commerce
Workers Decry State Labor Law At Denver Meeting
Prof J M Bram hall of University of Colorado urged social workers that the state industrial commission law denies a square deal to workers by granting the panel power to judge legality of strikes and wage demands before action. He warned antipicketing statute also disadvantages labor and called for reexamination of the law’s justice.
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Denver
J. M. Bramhall
University of Colorado
Help Free These Our People War On Volsteadism Call
Washington DC ILNS says secretary treasurer I M Ornburn of labor’s national committee for modification of the Volstead act published the conference call for funds. The appeal urges unions and individuals to give generously to back the movement against prohibition and restore temperance and liberty nationwide.
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Washington, D. C
ILNS
I. M. Ornburn
Labor
National Committee For Modification
Univn
Freuen
Valstead
Eabue
Legaties
Trade Unionists of America
American Federation of Tahoe
America
Maey
Sheriffs Reluctant to Block Pickets in State Dispute
Hartisbuti, Pa officials clash over pickets at Menonjoth Hosiery Mills in Biraudsharg after protests to Governor Binehet. Attorney General Behnader says sheriffs act beyond authority.
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Ihiy
Rullyr
Genereal Behnader
Binehet
Sheviking
Menonjoth
Biraudsharg
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Bankers’ Man
Silas Strawn
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