Japan Exclusion Debate Highlights Immigration Hearing
Witnesses urge absolute exclusion of Japanese laborers in the United States citing the GentlemAn's agreement as breached. U.S. officials call for legislation and deportation of Asiatics. discuss Pacific coast impact and economic motives. Also prints greetings from France’s Federation of Teachers to the American Federation, and notes on union-labeled goods.
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United States
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U. S
Sacramento
Cal
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Seattle
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Pacific
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Melarchy
Tours
France
William S. Heller
Federation of Teachers Unions of France
American Federation ‘of Teachers
America
Federation of Teachers Union of France
American Federation of Teachers
Wise accuses Gary of Bolshevism and coercion of steel workers
Rev Dr Stephen Wise denounces Elbert H Gary and U S Steel leaders as Bolshevists in a Carnegie Hall sermon. He claims Gary terrorized mill workers by coercion and violence while praising workers' wartime loyalty and urging fair labor standards postwar. He warns of industry leaders undoing these gains amid calls for action and a pending industrial conference.
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New York
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United States Steel Corporation
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Free Synaporite
Carnegie Hall
Dr. Wise
Steel and Iron Workers
Rabbi Wise
American Federation of Labor
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Anill
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Red Cross
Thas
Wise attacks Gary and Steel Corp in power clash
Dr Wise denounces United States Steel Corporation as stock jobbing and Wall Street controlled. He says workers must organize and argues Judge Gary represents an archaic autocracy while predicting a future decline of Gary power within a decade. He urges justice over fear.
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Dr Wise
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German delegates gain entry to Washington labor conference
A Paris dispatch says the General Labor Federation reports the council of five has allowed German representatives to attend the international labor conference in Washington this October. The move follows a meeting between Premier Clemenceau and the federation secretary general, seen as a victory for the federation.
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Paris
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Council of Five
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Picketing Prohibited in Indianapolis City Ordinance
Indianapolis passes an anti picketing ordinance after a councilman with a moving picture house advocates action. Penalties include a fine of 310 to 300 or 60 days in jail. Organized labor vows to challenge the measure in court amid mayoral support for the proposal.
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