Southern Labor Sees Mirror of Unionism in the South
Southern labor leaders report a shift toward union sentiment across Dixie after Labor Day celebrations. The American Federation of Labor policy gains more attention as workers demand a living wage, better conditions, and shorter hours. Textile and tobacco workers show gains despite threats, with employers like Riverside and Dan River reducing welfare expenditures to curb costs.
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Birmingham
Ala
ILNS
South
Paul J. Smith
Southern Organizing Committee
Dixie
American Federation of Labor
B. Lewis Evans
Tobacco Workers’ Union
Riverside
Dan River
Danville
Smith
Labor Union Sees Injunction Reform as Top Priority
Atlantic City reports AFL President William Green asserting injunction relief from equity court powers as vital for labor. The non partisan committee will back Norris Walsh Blaine anti‑injunction legislation, oppose Parker supporters, and push candidates on relief from injunctions in labor cases.
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Atlantic City
N. J
NLNS
Equity
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Federation
Organized Labor
Green
Judge Parker
Boston
Senate Judiciary Committee
Labor
Sad Plight in Puerto Rico Governor Reports Health Crisis
The first annual report of Theodone Roosevelt, governor of Puerto Rico, details dire public health and economic problems. Tuberculosis deaths are highest in the region, with malaria and hookworm afflictions widespread. Wages are extremely low while large fruit, banana, and sugar corporations evade taxes and drain wealth to the mainland and Europe.
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San Juan
Rien
Firsr
Theodote Roosevelt
Paris
Rico
Hemisphere
United States
Petur Rico
Europe
Labor Mass Denounces Federal Injunction At Philadelphia Rally
Several thousand citizens gathered at National League ballpark under the Central Labor Union to denounce a federal injunction against smelter miners. Speakers included Wm. Green A F of L Senator Copeland Thomas J Kennedy and John A Phillips. They urged shorter hours and job growth through industrial reform.
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Philadelphia
National League
Central Labor Tnion
Wm. Green
A. F. of
Senator Copeland
New York
Thomas J. Kennedy
United Mine Workers of America
John A. Phillips
State Federation of Labor
Scott
Iowa
Green
Copeland
Parker
Labor Fights Leave Senators Beaten in Southern Primaries
Organized labor scored heavily in the Southern primaries, defeating Senators Blease of South Carolina and Randall of Louisiana. Blease backed Parker, blocked Wheelers’ probe of textiles, and urged workers to form state authorized unions, while national papers note labor’s decisive impact on the results. A light postscript narrates a joke about a motor cop chasing fast girls.
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Blease
South Carolina
Ransdell
Louisiana
Simmons
North Carolina
Shipstead
Parker
Supreme Court
Washington
Judge Parker
Wheeler
United Textile Workers
A. P. of L
Columbia Herald
Organized Labor
Notic
New York World
Colombia
S. C
Cole L. Blease
United States Senate
Byrnes
Congress
New Orleans
Baltimore Sun
Long
Wm. Green
A. F
Immigration tightening urged by Hull on radio
Washington. Immigration commissioner Harry E Hull urged stricter limits reflecting Hoover era views. He argued to reduce entry of workers from many trades including miners musicians textile workers carpenters bricklayers and waiters citing unemployment as a reason for refused admission.
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Washington
Harry E. Hull
Hoover
Sheldon Demonstrates Colorscope at New York Electrical Society
Prof H H Sheldon of New York University and assistant Dr W A Schneider unveiled a colorscope that automatically matches two colors with greater precision than the eye. The device relies on the photo electric cell known as the electric eye, used in controlling sensitive equipment.
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H. H. Sheldon
New York University
New York Electrical Society
Sheldon
W. A. Schneider
Printers Union to Vote On Moving National HQ
Sessions of the seventy fifth annual International Typographical Union convention in Houston discussed moving the national headquarters from Indianapolis to a friendlier location with Washington DC favored by President Howard. A referendum was set for 90 days after January 1 1981. The plan to let local unions decide on a five day week was endorsed in principle. Morrison urged for a cabinet role in labor affairs was approved. Average earnings rose to 2872.86 per member with total local union cash near 3.19 million and 76000 members in good standing.
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Houston
Tex
ILNS
International Typographical Union
Charles P. Howard
Boston
Indianapolis
Howard
Woodruff Randolph
Washington, D. C
First
Theodore Perry
Iwal
Etelkes
Mother Jones Very Ill at 100 in Silver Springs
Militant labor activist Mother Jones, who marked her 100th birthday May 1, is reported growing weaker at her home in Silver Springs. Doctors and friends fear the end may come soon as her voice fades and she is kept alive by small doses of brandy and drugs. She expresses readiness to die and desires burial near her miners’ sons at Mount Olive.
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Mother Jones
Walter E. Burgess
Silver Springs
Mount Olive, Uy
Hhe
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