Senate votes down tax exemption plan for big business
Washington. Senate rejected a revenue bill provision allowing American corporations doing 80 percent of their business abroad to escape U.S. taxes. Debate highlighted fears of cheap-labor exploitation, loss of export trade profits, and distortion of competition with foreign rivals. Critics accused supporters of trickery and warned of diminished tax revenue.
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Senate
House
United States
Simmons
Senate Committee
Great Britain
China
Wage slash plot at unemployment conference in Washington
In Washington the unemployment conference debated drastic wage cuts repeal of the Adamson act and a $500 million to railroads. Local relief proposed through employer employee cooperation with price reductions, led by mayors and communities. Labor endorses the constructive unemployment relief program while Standard Oil of New Jersey cuts wages 10 percent in New York.
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Washington
Gompers
American Labor Movement
New York
Standard Oil Company
New Jersey
Citizens to urge less arm plans for Armistice Day protests
Nation wide Armistice Day demonstrations are planned in more than 1500 cities to press for armament limitation and world peace. The armament reduction push is backed by a national disarmament advisory committee and a new general committee for limitation of armament.
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National Disarmament Advisory Committee
General Committee For Limitation of
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United States
Wen Lil Hae Marian
Mass Meeting Shows Unity of Chicago Meat Workers
More than eight thousand organized meat cutters and butcher workmen gathered in Chicago to protest the anti union stance of meat barons who push company unions called the American plan. Workers denounce the company union as a farce and condemn the so called industrial democracy.
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Chicago
Wage figures of railroad executives clash with Lane commission report
Washington reports wage figures for 1917 from the association of railway executives clash with the Lane commission's findings. The commission, led by Franklin K. Lane, cites that most railroad workers earned under 270 a month, with wide disparities among job classes, noting prewar conditions and wartime price pressures. The piece emphasizes the commission's view that railroad wages were too high for some roles and too low for others, highlighting broader cost-of-living concerns.
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Franklin K. Lane
Washington
Association of Railway Executives
Railroad Wage Commission
Railroads
McAdoo
Secretary of the Interior
Charles C. McChord
J. Harry Covington
District of Columbia
William Ro Wilcox
New York City
Eliavior
Minin
Devenilion
Mennions
Ieee
Winong
Heuli
den Walt
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