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Constabulary attacked claims by Pennsylvania labor leader
James H. Maurer, president of the Pennsylvania State Federation of Labor, testified before the U S Commission on Industrial Relations that Pennsylvania state constabulary are used to break strikes and terrorize workers He urged union members to learn military tactics and self defense saying authorities protect employers not strikers and cited the Westmoreland coal strike as an example Also reports on a Youngstown jitney bus case and resignations at Harper Brothers with assorted local notes
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