Five Day Week Planned for Boston City Workers
Mayor James Curley announced a January start for a five day week covering 7,000 municipal employees in Boston, excluding fire police schools and hospitals. He linked the plan to reduced unemployment, urged national adoption, and cited labor leaders praising the move.
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Labor Meeting
Boston
Mass
ILNS
Central Labor Union
America
American Federation of Labor
United States
Matthew Wail
Wagner Urges Two Billion for Jobs and Reform
Syracuse reports Senator Robert F. Wagner urged a $2 billion federal bond issue to fund a nationwide construction program creating at least one million jobs. He called for child labor curbs, Volstead act modification, and a nationwide employment office system, viewing the plan as an emergency measure in dire times.
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Congress
Syracuse
N. Y
ILNS
Robert F. Wagner
Wagner
German minister rejects wage-cut cure for economy
Adam Stegerwald, German labor minister, told the General Trades Union Congress that wage cuts are not a remedy for Germany’s slump. He warned against ending compulsory arbitration and noted the social insurance fund is dwindling while unemployment relief costs loom. He projected 2 billion marks needed by March for relief, with most for food and rent, and proposed winter measures like shorter hours and kitchens, as well as in kind payments. The congress, claiming capitalism’s flaws, closes with a scathing verdict and notes its 5 million members.
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Frankfort-on-Main
Germany
Adam Stegerwald
General ‘Trades Union Congress
Congress
Stegerwald
Brandes
Unions and relief shield Europe from unrest says economist
Professor Pribram of the University of Frankfurt and Karl political science at the University of Frankfort argues at a Norman Waite Harris Foundation session that unemployment during the current depression has reached unprecedented levels with 19 to 22 million jobless by 1930. He cites unemployment relief and trade unions as main stabilizers behind the existing order. The remark concludes with a harsh quip about punishing noisy birds in a boiler factory.
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Europe
Pribram
Karl Political Science
University of Frankfort
Germany
Norman Waite Harris
New York City Emergency Wages Reported for Jobless
The investigation of New York Citys emergency employment fund shows wages from 5.50 to 14 per day for various skilled labor in Richmond borough. Borough President Lynch defends two day a week schedules to conserve funds and curb dependency while noting complaints over wage cuts.
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New York
Richmond
Emergency Employment Fund
New York City
Lynch
Rival Argued Ownership Sparks Tense Exchange in Dump
A terse exchange erupts as one man claims ownership of a dump, insisting his wife gave him the property. The other counters, prompting a sharp, confrontational moment in a likely local dispute.
Canadian liquor system could yield 750 million yearly
Ottawa reports if the United States adopted a Canadian style liquor control, public revenues might reach about 750 million annually. Eight of nine provinces run liquor boards contributing 30 million to provincial revenues, with 80 million more from federal taxes. Population differences suggest similar drinking habits could generate large sums, though local option remains governing in each province.
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Ottawa
United States
Dominion
Canada
Jobless at Princeton Discuss Jobless at Princeton
Representatives from thirty national corporations and educational institutions will discuss employment stabilization unemployment relief industrial pensions and employee representation at the Princeton Graduate School conference September 21 to 26. The event, under Princeton Universitys industrial relations section, will not be open to the public and includes U S Steel General Electric Eastman Kodak Westinghouse Standard Oil companies International Harvester Pennsylvania Railroad and others.
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Princeton
N. J
Princeton Graduate School
Princeton University
U. S. Steel Corporator
General Electric Company
Eastman Kodak Company
Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey
Standard Oil Company
New York
Standard O7
Pennsylvania
International Harvester Company
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Ford Policy Seen Harsh on Truck Growers
Louisiana agricultural commissioner Harry D. Wilson denounces Henry Ford policy denying jobs to men without a garden. He warns the plan would drive truck farmers out of business if practiced broadly, in a public letter to Ford.
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Shreveport
Ilns
Henry Ford
Harry D. Wilson
Louisiana State Agricultural Commissioner
Wilson
Ford
He's Living Proof Age Ably Serves Industry
American industry stood rebuked today in the record of William Rother, pilot of Big Four Engine No. 6401, who resigned under pension rules after 41 continuous years as railroad engineer. At 70, he remains alert, mentally keen, physically efficient, showing younger workers can stay active in the life’s tasks. Rother began railroading in 1880 for Big Four in Cincinnati and spent the last decade on the Cincinnati-Indianapolis run. His father Edward Rother was engineer for Maryland-Cincinnati for 45 years.
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Cincinnati, O
William Rother
Rother
Big Pour
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Edward Rother
New York Printers Extend Unemployment Relief
New York Typographical Union No 6 will continue jobless relief after Christmas after a referendum passed 4069 to 2208. The union, with over 11 000 members, has about 1800 on unemployment benefits and has paid out 1 423 653 dollars since September 1930.
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New York
Typographical Union No. 6
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Alexander Hewson
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