Fear and Jobs Drive Liberty Warns Col Fleming at Convention
Col Philip B. Fleming, Wage-Hour Act administrator, tells United Typothetae of America delegates that hysterical fear threatens freedoms. He argues restoring 8 million unemployed to self-respecting work sustains constitutional rights and national unity, praising the Wage and Hour Law for boosting wages and cutting child labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Fleming
United Typothetae of
America
Washington, D. C
ILNS
Philip B. Fleming
Col
Fleming
United Typothetae of America
Job Placements at Record High in August 1940
Private placements by state employment services reached a record 931000 in August, up 7 percent from July, with 280000 placements at private firms. Active job seekers fell to 520000, benefit payments declined to 51700000, and continued claims dropped 19 percent to 690000.
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Washington, D. C
ILNS
Social Security Board
United States Employment Service
Railway Patrolmen Union Gains Ground in Rail Areas
The Railway Patrolmen's Union affiliated with the AFL reports steady organizing across railroads in Cleveland Buffalo Chicago and New York with locals already enrolling a majority of policemen on some lines. A Youngstown charter is sought and contact details for leaders in Buffalo Chicago West New York and Cleveland are provided.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Railway Patrolmen's Union
American Federation of Labor
C. Wenner
Wenner
Buffalo
Chicago
New York
Youngstown
I. E. Liedy
Elmer Avenue
N. Y
E. F. Cramer
S. Park Avenue
Ill
William Buler
Nineteenth Street
West New York
N. J
O. Wenner
Daisy Avenue
Milk Wagon Drivers Seek $371000 Back Pay in Chicago Suit
Chicago Milk Wagon Drivers' Union Local 753 sues Chicago dairies in Superior Court seeking about $371000 back wages for 3500 workers. The suit cites retroactive wage findings from arbitration covering 68 hours weekly versus 54, with a new 81 cent hourly rate and a $7.08 excess weekly wage per driver over 15 weeks.
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Chicago
Dairies
Chicago, Til
LLS
International Brotherhood of Teameters
A. F. of L
Chicago Dairies
David A. Riskind
Charles E. Woodward
Record Defense Jobs Set To Jump Next Year
Secretary of Labor predicts the largest employment increase in U.S. history with 5 to 6 million new jobs next year. Defense orders could directly add 3 to 4 million workers by end of 1941, boosting auto, furniture, textile, clothing industries and retail and service sectors with an additional two million indirect jobs.
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Washington, D. C
ILNS
Perkins
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Steady Rise in Employment Driven by Defense Contracts
Miss Perkins cites rising month by month defense work boosting employment. Navy contracts in June to August reach 1.076 billion dollars with 30,000 to be at work by year end and 150,000 by spring 1942, while building projects employ about 35,000 now and over 40,000 by year end.
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Miss Perkins
Navy
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Smith Called Comrade of Reds by Mexican Labor Group
Witness Hartley Barclay testified before the House committee that Edwin S. Smith a National Labor Relations Board member was elected secretary of the US group of the Confederation of Mexican Workers and called a comrade in 1938. Barclay said Smith spoke in a Mexico City hall adorned with Communist symbols. Ralph Emerson linked Smith to Foster and Browder policy lines.
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Washington, D. C
House
National Labor Relations Board
Edwin S. Smith
Hartley Barclay
Confederation of Mexican Workers
International Congress Against
Smith
United States
Congress
Barclay
Mexico City
Ralph Emerson
National Maritime Union
William Z. Foster
Earl Browder
Coal Industry Urged to Curb Dust to Save Miners
Dr. R. R. Sayers of the Bureau of Mines told the twenty ninth National Safety Congress that dust from mechanized bituminous coal mining causes excessive ill health and death. He urged ventilation, wet methods, improved blasting, masks, and regular medical exams to reduce or eliminate dust exposure.
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Chicago
ILNS
Twenty-Ninth
National Safety Congress
R. R. Sayers
Bureau of Es
Department of the Interior
Safety Congress
Sayers
Congress
United States Public Health Service
United States
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GEO. Kappel
R. R. Police Union
Chicago Market CO
Leslie G. Goudie
Teamsters’ Joint Council No. 25
Drivers’ Union
Pure Milk Association
Associated Milk Dealers
Daniel D. Carmell
Goudie
REDS
Bureau OF Mines
Coal Industry Action
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