Dunne Demands Reform Bills as Legislature Meets
Governor Dunne and Speaker McKinley press rapid passage of reform laws including initiative and referendum, public utilities, anti corruption measures, and nine priority items. They list supporters and oppose telecommunication prying while urging action on woman suffrage and related reform bills.
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Dunne
McKinley
State Board of Equalizy
Chicago
Rules Committee
Senate
Mayor Harrison Replies to Attacks by Reformers in Chicago
Mayor Harrison replies to the Chicago Bureau of Public Efficiency and other reformers about alleged hostility to investigations. He cites correspondence with Julius Rosenwald and Harris Keeler and defends the city hall while criticizing reforms. The piece also covers licensing bills, water concerns, and postal service critiques amid broader political fights.
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Harrison
Bureau of Public Efficiency
Senate
Washington Dispatch
Burleson
Hitchcock
Wilson
McAdoo
Congress
Post Office Department
Meutenants
Chicago Bureau of Public Efficiency
Bureau
Julius Rosenwald
Board of Trustees
Harris Keeler
City Hall
Rosenwald
Civil Service Commission
Civil Service Board
Chicago council notes pension plan adoption by Bell firms
May 12 1913 council Proceedings record that Chicago Bell Company joined with other Bell systems in March 1913 to adopt an employes pension disability and insurance plan costing about 120000 a year. The Bell system annual report cites five year profits and a large surplus after funding an employee benefit fund.
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The
Telephone Trust
Chico Company
Bell Companies
Council
United States
Bell Telephone System
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Ira Nelson Morris
Italy
Spain
Belgium
Switzerland
Harry J. Furber, Jr
P. J. H. Farrell
Philippines
George Drewery
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Charles J. Vopicka
Roumania
Morton A. Mergentheim
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W. W. Banton
South Elgin
W. H. Sage
Wheaton
Michael Fahey
M. F. Dunlap
Jacksonville
George Wilson
Canton
Rivers McNeill
Walter W. Goralski
A. T. Watkins
E. A. Perry
Springfield
George W. McIntyre
Democratic Party
Phone Trust
Saloon League
Anti-Saloon League
Harlin
Supreme Court
Gorman
Ettelson
Forst
Jones
New York
Panama Canal
Reer
Chicago Board of Education
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Aledo
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