Employers Pay Back Wages in Beet Sugar Field Labor
Agents of the AAA circulate through sugar beet regions to adjust back wages for 1934 and enforce child labor bans under the Costigan-Jones sugar act. Workers, mostly Mexican laborers, face low annual wages despite seasonal work and housing promises, with relief dependence rising after the Depression.
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AAA
Washington, D. C
ILNS
Congress
E. P. Costigan
Colorado
Children's Bureau
Department of Labor
Molders Union Member Named U S Judge in California
Michael J. Roche, an honorary member of Local Union 164 International Molders Union, is appointed to the district federal court of northern California. Born in Ireland in 1878, he immigrated in the 1890s, studied law while a molder in Indiana, was admitted to the bar, moved to California in 1909, served as assistant district attorney, then as superior court judge before his federal judgeship.
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San Francisco
JUNS
Union Molders
Superior Court
Michael J. Roche
District Federal Court of
Northern California
Roche
Local Union No. 164
International Molders’ Union of North America
Ireland
Indiana
Payrolls Up as Manufacturing Gains Outpace Losses
Washington reports manufacturing firms added 180 000 workers and $8 900 000 weekly in wages mid July to mid August while non manufacturing sectors shed 25 000 jobs and about $900 000 weekly. Net gain 155 000 workers and $8 000 000.
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Washington, D. C
ILNS
United States
Perkins
Federal Advisory Council
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Advisory Council
Reserve Board
Council
Liberty League picks 58 lawyers to attack labor act
Washington reports that a Liberty League panel of 68 lawyers, 58 signing, targets the labor relations act as unconstitutional. The list is dominated by corporate lawyers from utilities, steel, and oil firms, with high-profile names tied to Edison Electric Institute and Cities Service, drawing public protest from labor groups.
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Washington, D. C
ILNL
Washington
Liberty League
Corporation
Utility
Steel
James M. Beck
Congress
Newton D. Baker
John W. Davis
House of Morgan
Cities Service
Davis
Forney Johnston
Birmingham
Ala
Charles R. Fowler
Minneapolis
J. J. Heard
Pittsburgh
Mellon
Francis J. Gorman
United Textile Workers of America
Liberty League Committee
Former Head of Ohio Labor Movement Dead
William M. Morgan of Newark Ohio former president of the State Federation of Labor died September 17 during hospital treatment for a heart ailment Funeral services were held at his Newark home Morgan served on the Ohio State Federation of Labor executive board and led the Newark Magicians Union and Central Labor Union He represented the Seventeenth Ohio district in Congress from 1921 to 1931 prior to Charles West of Granville becoming interior assistant secretary.
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Columbus
Ohio
SLNL
Organized Labor
William M. Morgan
Newark
State Federation of Labor
Ohio Industrial Commission
Morgan
Ohio State Federation of Labor
Holds Business Favors New Era
Secretary of Labor Perkins cites the August 155000 rise in employment per the Bureau of Labor Statistics and notes substantial business opinion favors resuscitation of the NRA. She cautions that multiple factors drive gains and cites regret over the NRA’s passing balanced by calls for a replacement program.
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Washington, D. C
ILNS
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Perkins
NRA
Mike Perkins
Miss Perkins
Mrs Roosevelt urges women to push for peace at fall press conference
Mrs Franklin D. Roosevelt cautioned that no ocean or weapons can shield a nation from modern war. She urged women to wield influence for peace, warning that war reaches beyond fronts and endangers civilization itself.
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Washington, D. C
Ilns
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Wyoming
Montana
Molders’ Union
U.S
Chicago Market CO
Delco
Savage Auto Supply Co
Maple Avenue
Ohio Labor Movement
Mrs. Roosevelt
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