Bankers push for 40 hour week despite 30 hour plan
New York bankers reportedly favor a 40-hour week to curb unemployment, contradicting a 30-hour week proposal. The New York Times notes some unemployment relief but warns prices may falter without broader employment gains. The piece argues bankers seek to perpetuate low wages and halt any real change for workers.
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New York City
ILNS
New York Times
United States Steel
Times
Wall Street
Revelations of United Cigar Stores receivership unfold
International Labor News Service reports that after August 29 receivership the United Cigar Stores Company cancelled all store leases, later renewing at about 50 percent of original prices. The stock fluctuated wildly, with massive trading and claims of fortunes made by insiders. Leases face landlord opposition as trusteeship nears. A $2,000,000 cash transfer to a Delaware corporation before bankruptcy prompts creditor accusations of asset shifting.
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New York City
ILNS
United Cigar Stores Company
International Labor News Service
United
Delaware Corporation
Pennsylvania
Power Demand Registers Gain
Demand for electrical power is rising and hints at a fall upturn in manufacturing. Reports from the National Electric Light Association show production climbing in three straight weeks, reaching 1,465,000,000 kilowatt hours for the week ended September 3, up from 1,437,000,000 the prior week.
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National Electric Light Association
Hotel workers wage bold anti dry candidates campaign
Buffalo N Y ILNS report says hotel and restaurant employes union is directing a national campaign against all dry congressional candidates and state legislators. The effort, coordinated by President Edward Flore and Secretary-Treasurer Robert Hesketh, aligns with the American Hotel Association on prohibition.
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Buffalo
N. Y
ILNS
American Hotel Association
Edward Flore
Robert Hesketh
Safety gasoline offer described as non inflammable
A safety gasoline is offered described as not inflammable with claims that matches can be lighted and immersed in the fluid without ignition and engines must be adjusted to its use.
Green attacks wage cutting and cost of living findings
William Green head of the American Federation of Labor blasts three years of wage cuts by employers. He argues reduced wages lowered buying power, increased unemployment, and damaged multiple industries while urging a return to higher wages to restore prosperity.
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Green
A. F. of L
Washington
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Organized Labor
Brush Plant Controversy Hits Leavenworth Factory
New York official H M Rinehart of the American Brush Manufacturers Association petitions Congress to curb automatic machinery at the Leavenworth prison brush plant. He argues large output harms American labor as government departments buy from prisons. Lawmakers urge preferring honest workers over criminals and restricting prison hand labor.
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New York
H. M. Rinehart
American Brush Manufacturers’ Association
Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary
Shannon Congressional Committee
Leavenworth Brush
Textile Mill Strikers Maintain Solid Front
In Rockingham North Carolina Hannah Pickett Mills workers enter the third week of a strike demanding higher wages union recognition and reemployment of deemed undesirables. Mill president W B Cole and colleagues departed for extended vacations as management closed the mills for an indefinite period. In High Point Stehli Silk Mills also face a wage cut dispute with no settlement in sight as workers refuse reductions.
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Charlotte
N. C
Hannah-Pickett Mills
Rockingham
W. B. Cole
Robert Cole
M. B. Heath
High Point
Stehli Silk Mills
Labor Bureau Doubts U S Business Revival Reports
The Labor Bureau disputes claims of an upturn in the U S business cycle noting June July and August data show continued declines in production and employment after seasonal adjustment. Price rises in stocks influence sentiment but do not prove a real recovery. A push to lengthen work hours and fund unemployment measures is discussed by labor leaders.
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New York
United States
the Labor Bureau, Inc
Washington Merry-Go-Round authors clash with papers over editor drops
Washington Merry-Go-Round co authors Robert S Allen and Drew Pearson face controversy as Pearson is discharged by the Baltimore Sun amid claims War Secretary Hurley demanded it over a Hurley chapter. Hurley denies it. Publisher Paul Patterson and Henry Mencken deny charges. Sun executives cite a series of incidents. La Guardia Costigan and Henkel Van Loon condemn the Sun.
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Washington, D. C
Washington
Robert S. Allen
Drew Pearson
Allen
The
Christian Science Monitor
Baltimore Sun
Pearson
Pat Hurley
Sun
Hurley
Paul Patterson
Henry L. Mencken
Mencken
Clarence True Wilson
the Sun
Preas
Gentry
la Guardia
Costigan
Henelk’ van Loon
Unions Push for Compulsory Unemployment Insurance
Thomas F. McMahon, president of the United Textile Workers of America, urged the biennial convention to back compulsory unemployment insurance under federal or state control. He argued jobless workers have little relief and called for a better method of aid.
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New York
Thomas F. McMahon
United Textile Workers of America
Plumber Union Leader John Bradley Fatally Injured
John Bradley, president of Local 245, Journeyman Plumbers, Gas Fitters and Steamfitters, died at Elizabeth General Hospital after being fatally struck crossing a state highway. Identity confirmed a day after the accident. He oversaw plumbing in the public school system and led the union for ten years.
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Elizabeth
M. J
ILNS
John Bradley
Elizabeth General Hospital
Bradley
Paterson Silk Workers Vote Strike in Wage Fight
In Paterson New Jersey the Amalgamated United Textile Workers began preparations for a strike by about 10 000 silk workers after talks with the Broad Silk Manufacturers Association and the mayor's conciliation committee failed to settle wages and hours. Workers demand an eight hour day and a piece work wage of at least twenty dollars per week. Manufacturers offered a forty eight hour week while wage terms remained under discussion and the strike move was initiated by union officials.
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Paterson, N
Amalgamated Foculs
United Textile Workers
Broad Silk Manufacturers’ Association
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Robert F. Rich
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