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Newspaper
The Labor Argus
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1908
Page
3
A speech argues that labeling extends beyond unions to inner character. It cites government rule on food and drug labeling and warns that a person’s deeds reveal true identity more than outward insignia. It stresses integrity of heart as the essential label guiding actions and life.
AFL secretary Frank Morrison states the American Federation of Labor will not endorse the Cleveland formed independent labor party. He says no official Gompers input exists and the AFL will not merge or aid a new party while it stands. Morrison notes no intention to assist in perfecting such an organization.
The International Association of Machinists and railway workers fail to settle wage and condition reductions on major Southern trunk lines. Railroads and unions plan to petition the Interstate Commerce Commission to review the dispute and seek resolution. machinists and locomotive engineers oppose wage cuts while readers are urged to remit subscriptions.
Representative Overstreet of Indiana, chairing the legislative committee, declined to hear the labor groups petition before the Sixtieth Congress for a public hearing on Cary of Wisconsin’s bill for government ownership of telegraph lines. President Beaty of the Commercial Telegraphers Labor Union urged renewal of the request.
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