University Head Praises Union Mechanics on New Northwestern Buildings
Walter Dill Scott president of Northwestern University praised union labor and the Chicago contracting firm R C Wieboldt for the two additional buildings on the McKinlock Campus. He credited skilled union work for quality and savings and noted a refund of 153,872 to the university, with unions highlighted as essential to efficient, economical construction.
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University Head
International Labor News Service
Chicago
R. C. Wieboldt Company
Northwestern University
Walter Dill Scott
Scott
Charles H. Sand
Carpenters’ District Council of Chicago
Sand
McKinlock
University
Injunction Controversy Over White Printing House Strike
Judge Wilkerson ignored the contract guiding a Delaware firm White Printing House and issued a nationwide shopmen injunction in 1922 at the request of Attorney General Daugherty. Employes protested a 44 hour week becoming 48 hours amid anti union action and were enjoined by the Cook County judge. Several injunction judges exist in the county as the upcoming election looms. The Illinois legislature recently passed an injunction limitation act, largely disregarded by some jurists.
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Chicago
Wilkerson
White Printing House
Daugherty
Cook County
Illinois
Community Chest Appeal Emphasizes Shared Burden and Charity
A civic message urges collective support for the Community Chest highlighting moral duty and communal benefit. It argues how organized giving aids the weak, strengthens civilization, and sustains families and businesses alike through systematic, efficient philanthropy.
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Community Chest
Fall of Communist Cloakmakers Strengthens New York Unions
New York City reports foreclosure against three properties including the joint board building once held by the ousted communist group. Foreclosure for non payment of taxes and mortgages, likely to restore the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union stake, with two smaller properties also under action. A receiver to collect rents, and a revival drive for trade unions amid past losses totaling nearly $3,000,000 in leadership.
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International Labor News Service
New York City
Kremlin
Joint Board
Communist Joint Board
New York
Third International
International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union
Bowery Savings Bank
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Committee For
Joint Board of Fur Workers
Benjamin Stolberg
Remedy for crime sought in vain
New York a conference on crime prevention heard no general panacea. Speakers urged preventive measures and a living wage. Rev William A Courtney blamed crime on overcrowded areas and temptations while Miss Jane Hoey cited housing, crowding, street play, and youth seeking recreation in poolrooms and cinemas.
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New York
Rathbone and Miners Head Attack Freight Rates
Illinois congressman Rathbone argues before WCFL that interstate freight rates discriminate against union coal fields in Illinois, Kentucky, and Virginia. He urges IC to restore equality with non-union fields and cites past coal price investigations and Johnson Act protections.
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Rathbone
Miners
International Labor News Service
Chicago
Interstate Commerce Commission
Henry R. Rathbone
Illinois
WCFL
Chicago Federation of Labor
Congressman Rathbone
House of Representatives
Conogress
Middle West
West Virginia
Kentucky
Virginia
Peoria
Ill
West
Millinois
Harry Fishwick
United Mine Workers of America
Fishwick
Interstate Commerce — Commission
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Brooklyn
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An J Egreement
Manhattan
Johnson
Congress
Wishwick
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