Indiana Farm Leader Letters Stir La Follette Campaign
A. F. Bentley La Follette state chairman mails to Clyde Walb Indiana Farm Bureau President William H. Settle’s political stance is criticized. Walb accuses Settle of using the federation. Settle denies partisanship while saying he will back La Follette and Wheeler.
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Old Time Unionist Edward W Oyster Dies at 78
Washington reports the death of Edward W Oyster a longtime Typographical Union member aged 78 An active labor advocate he helped secure the eight hour law and other legislation a decade ago He had arranged to speak in support of La Follette before his death.
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Wheeler
Friends of Workers Oppose Compensation
In Portland and Lawrence Mays several textile workers win a strike against a 12% wage cut at the North Village mills of the Slater Company. Organized labor rejects a state compulsory compensation bill calling it un-American and confiscatory while hospital managers and lumber groups warn it would destroy competition.
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Labor Drive Aims To Mobilize Progressive Vote Nation Wide
Labor in a nationwide push urges full turnout for the La Follette Wheeler campaign and allied reform candidates. AFL leaders Gompers and key senators urge mass meetings, voter registration, and poll watching to defeat Coolidge and Davis. The piece defends labor’s broader aim to reset government toward the people and features La Follette and Wheeler as the chosen leaders of this movement.
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Histore
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Texans Confident Miriam Ferguson Will Be Best Texas Governor
Stef Correspondent reports in Temple Texas that residents express strong confidence Miriam Ferguson, the Democratic nominee, will be an able governor. The piece portrays Ferguson as familiar with duties, outspoken on issues, and unafraid to share opinions, with supporters calling her the likely successor and the “liver governor” candidate.
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Theo Winutes
Miri Ferguson
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Mirkini Ferenson
Anti-Union Sheet Attacks Publicity in Los Angeles
An antiunion paper denounces labor press for revealing unemployment figures in Los Angeles. The editorial complains the story is shared across counties while urging workers to avoid the city, despite unemployment claims remaining acknowledged.
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