Executive Council Approves Appeal for Textile Strike Aid
The American Federation of Labor executive council in Washington endorses an appeal for aid from national and international unions for Elizabethtan textile strikers. They plan to elect delegates to represent AFL at the Pan American Federation of Labor convention in January amid Cuba and Mexican unrest. The council will meet next in Atlantic City in August and will visit the White House for a conference with President Hoover.
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Pan-American Federation of Labor
Havana
Hoover
Washington, D. C
ILNS
Executive Council
American Federation of Labor
Pan- American Federation of Labor
Cuba
Labor Convention Assails Jones Law in Maryland
The 25th annual Maryland State and District of Columbia Federation of Labor convention condemned the Volstead act and the Jones law as threats to temperance and governance. Resolutions urge a permanent AFL representative in Maryland, support old age pensions, naval funding, punitive actions against Roebuck & Co. for canceling a union contract, higher veterans pensions, and a five day week with six hour days.
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Cumberland, Md
ILNS
Maryland
District of Columbia Federation of Labor
William Green
American Federation of Labor
District of Columbia
Congress
United States
Washington Bega
Roebuck & Co
Chicago
Spain
Petitioners ask probes into Fascist League of North America
A committee of prominent Americans asks President Hoover and top officials to investigate Count rey Thaon di Revel head of the Fascist League of North America and the organization itself. The action seeks scrutiny of fascist influence as Americans aid Italian-born citizens opposing fascism.
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New York
American Friends of Italian Freedom
Hoover
Stimson
Thaon di Revel
Fascist League of North America
Mussolini Group Pushes Fascist Influence in U S Italian Communities
The Mussolini faction seeks to Americanize Italians to serve Mussolini and spread Fascism. Count di Revel, not a citizen, leads a league with branches nationwide to exalt the state over the individual. Fascist agents allegedly destroy free Italian press and spy on Italian residents, infringing on citizen rights. American Friends of Italian Freedom warn Americans would object to these conditions if informed.
Food prices fall to near year-low says labor study
Washington report notes retail food prices for the average American family in April run about 52 percent above 1918 levels. Compared with March the drop is about one percent and 2.3 percent since February. The study bases quotes on consumer prices from over 50 cities nationwide.
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Ralph F. Couch
Washington, D. C
U.s.labor Department
Labor Department
Five Day Week Adopted in Brie Region Carpentry
Organized carpenters vote to begin a five day work week on August 1 with a wage increase of 20 cents an hour. The plan benefits more than 400 workers in Brie and surrounding areas.
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Brie
Electricians Galn Cedar Rapids Wage Standstill
Electrical workers in Cedar Rapids Iowa compromised their wage demand of one dollar a day. They accepted a 40 cent increase bringing the rate to nine dollars and forty cents per day.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
National Guardsmen Threaten Life in Elizabethton Strike
George H. Berry, president of the International Printing Pressmen Union, accuses Gov. Horton of using Tennessee troops to coerce Elizabethton residents amid the Elizabethan textile strike. He says the state acts as a strike breaker aiding German interests, cites peaceful predeployment conditions, and warns of possible fatalities due to troop presence.
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Knoxville, Tenn
ILNL
Henry Th. Horton
Elizabethton
George H. Berry
International Prining Pressmen and Assistants’ Union
of Tennessee
Berry
Abethion
Carter County
State of Tennessee
Nwu
Elizabethtan
Mothwurf
Machinists Aim for Large Membership Rise in Year
Washington DC based machinists group reports strong gains in new members since January. About 3500 joined this year, with 1000 in January February 1000 in March and 1400 in April. A new local lodge charter for Lion New York was issued with over 500 members, organized by Grand Lodge Representative J J McEntee.
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Washington, D. C
Usns
International Association of Machinists
Gamne
Machinista
International Heaalquarters Se Mich
Sfort
Lion
N. Y
Grand Lodge
J. J. McEntee
Engineers' Union on the Boom Recruits 3000 Since January
The International Union of Operating Engineers, based in Washington, reports 3000 new members since January 1 and aims for further gains by year end. Three new locals chartered in Chicago, Kenosha, and San Diego total about 500 members, per Dave Evans.
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Washington, D. C
ILNS
International Union of Operating Engineers
Dave Evans
Chicago
Kenosha
Wis
San Diego
Cal
Radio Commission Denies WCFL Pleas for Full Time Power
The Federal Radio Commission rejected WCFL Chicago labor station requests for full-time operation on a cleared channel with 60 000 watts and for experimental work. The commission found it not in the public interest and the Chicago Federation of Labor said it would seek AFL executive council support.
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Radio Commission
Labor
Washington, D. C
ILNS
Federal Radio Commission
WCFL
Chicago
N. Nockela
Chicago Federation of Labor
Youth fills prison and industry in latest report
Sacramento report from San Quentin Warden Noha shows 1846 new convicts over two years. Among them 1127 were under 18, 272 were underage, with peak commitments at age 22. Notably over one eighth of prisoners are Mexican born.
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Sacramento
Cal
Noha
San Quentin Penitentiary
Plumbers End Weeklong Strike with Five Day Pact
New York unions signed a five day week with employers in Greater New York. The agreement takes effect August 1 in Manhattan and the Bronx and June 1 in Brooklyn. Basic daily rate is 19.20 dollars. About 100000 workers are affected, Emerson notes men are respectable only as they respect.
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New York
Greater
Manhattan
Bronx
Brooklyn
Emerson
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