City Employes Fight Wage Cut
Indignant Seattle city workers prepare data for an early hearing to contest a 10 percent salary reduction aimed at lowering taxes. J A Buck notes cost of living now 78 percent higher than 1914 while wages rose 68 percent, argues the cut hurts families and local business more than it saves taxes.
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Lorraine Frankenfield
College of Business Administration
University of Washington
J. A. Buck
Seattle Municipal Employes’ District Council
Seattle
City council reaches wage compromise for two men and team
City officials had disputed a cut from 16.25 to 13.25 per day for two men and a team. A compromise sets 14.00 per day starting January 1, 1922. The council also trimmed 8040 from a 48330 utilities estimate by merging inspector roles and eliminating positions. It approved 11000 for a delinquent women hospital and 3445 to cover service costs this year.
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Public Utilities Department
Ask $200,000,000 More for Railroads
Director General Davis told the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee that Congress will be asked to appropriate 200 million dollars to complete settlements between the government and the railroads. He said liquidation of federal control is near, with most matters settled by December 31, 1923, except some remaining issues.
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Washington
Congress
Davis
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Davin
Aged Woman Falls From 400-Foot Cliff in Idaho
Mrs. Mattie Soards, 60, missing from her Salmon River district home since Friday, was found dead the next day at the base of a 400-foot cliff after she reportedly left to check cattle. Her husband of 1919 near White Bird is mentioned without clear context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattie Soarda
Salmon River District
Legion Stresses Neutral Stance in Labor Disputes
George T. Salzman chair of the American Legion employment committee in Be atty states the Legion remains neutral in conflicts between capital and labor. Members are told they may choose jobs as mine guards during the coal strike entirely on their own initiative.
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American Legion
George T. Salzman
Legion
Beatty
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