Brown and Birthright Fill Two AFL Executive Council Seats
Washington report notes Harvey W. Brown and William C. Birthright elected to two vacancies on the AFL Executive Council. Brown becomes 14th vice president of the AFL and Birthright the 15th. Green cites opposition to Madden and invites Sir Walter Citrine to address the convention in New Orleans.
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Brown
Birthright
Green
Madden
Walter Citrine
Washington, D. C
American Federation of Labor
Harvey W. Brown
International Association of Machinists
William C. Birthright
Journeymen Barbers’ International Union
New Orleans
The
Machinists
John Coefield
William Green
National Labor Relations Board
Executive Council
Physicians Active in Levy Campaign for For Vote
Butler County doctors joined the tuberculosis tax levy drive this week delivering pamphlets posters and window stickers to offices. Dr Axel Ames announced physicians would inform patients that a quarter mill levy worth 42500 will fund the county TB clinic for three years and cover hospitalization costs.
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Butler County
Butler County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Axel Ames
Medical Society
Ames
Ohio State Fair Reports $10 562 Loss for Year
The Ohio State Fair operated at a preliminary loss of 10562, per a report to state auditor Joseph T. Ferguson by Examiner Paul R. O'Brien. Receipts totaled 197787 with expenditures 208350, not counting 48141 maintenance.
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Columbus
Ohio
Joseph T. Ferguson
Paul R. O'Brien
Coliseu
The Surest Road to Freedom and Its Warnings
William Henry Chamberlain warns that sacrifice of individual American life should occur only for security and not for foreign powers. He cautions that war leads to fascism and communism, urging vigilance against brutality in state power. A note on modern women and the phrase charge echoes societal shifts.
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William Henry Chamberlain
Job Rights During Training or War Are Protected By AFL Agreements
Washington D C In a letter to affiliated unions AFL President Green highlights new war time contract protections. Examples show unions preserving seniority and job rights, with wage reopeners and leave of absence provisions for members called to military service.
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AFL
Washington, D. C
Green
American Federation of Labor
Federal
Jersey City
Briktex Company
Kearny
New Jersey
United States
Labor Union
Birmingham
Alabama
Birmingham Water Works Company
National Guard
Naval Reserve Corps
Citizens
Optical Workers’ Federal Labor Union
Rochester
N. Y
Protection Optics Company of
Flour and Peed Mill Workers’ Union
Beardstown
Schultz, Baujan & Company
Mlinois
Louisville
Kentucky
Shannon Red Manufacturing Company
Pickets Blocked by Court Ruling Over Taft Liner in San Francisco
A temporary restraining order issued by Superior Judge J. L. Fitzpatrick on October 16 bans picketing of the liner President Taft by C.1.0. unionists after a clash with A. F. of L. members. The Waterfront Employers' Association sought the order due to Pacific military cargo and a passenger list en route to the Orient. Seventy police stood by as Harry Lundeberg of the Sailors' Union of the Pacific led sailors through the line. his injuries included a broken jaw and a broken tooth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
SLNS
J. L. Fitzpatrick
Taft
A. F. of
Waterfront Employers’ Association
Pacific
Orient
Harry Lundeberg
A. F. of S. Sailors’ Union of the Pacific
Lundeberg
Rail labor opposes reorganization plan for Minneapolis and St Paul
The Railway Labor Executives' Association urged the Interstate Commerce Commission to reject an amended reorganization plan for the bankrupt Minneapolis & St. Paul Railroad. They argue the proposal is a sugar-coated division that would split the railroad into two parts, with the stronger part freed from supporting the weaker.
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Washington, D. C
ILNL
Railway Labor Executives’ Association
Interstate Commerce Commission
Minneapolis & St. Paul
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T. Warren Madden
Roosevelt
Senate
Citrine
Great Britain
Ditvine
Canadian Trades and Labor Congress
Vancouver
Atlantic
LEVY
GEO. Kappel
Ohio State Fair
Surest
David Webb & Sons
Ross
Main Street
Dandraff
Bar C
Sally
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