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Roosevelt names board on textile strike and labor actions
President Roosevelt appoints a board of inquiry to study complaints in cotton textile and allied industries with members Gov. John G. Wigant of New Hampshire Marion Smith of Atlanta and Raymond V. Ingersoll of Brooklyn. The strike spreads nationwide, riots occur, and the National Guard is mobilized in several states as leaders demand recognition of unions and harsher wage and hour terms.
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