10 Dec 1935
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Newspaper
The Peoples Voice
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1935
Page
1
Herbert Bigelow comments imply city leaders may travel less and reflect after losing the Charter vote. The piece cites the Charter Committee's need to reform and win again in two years, with quoted Charterites and a tease of a continuation on page 8.
An audience over two thousand heard Texas congressman Wright Patman accuse big daily papers and bankers of press control and monopoly. He urged equal rights in purchasing from manufacturers and promoted organizing local groups to fight financial bondage and defend independent merchants.
Judge Charles S. Bell ruled on December 4 that the Hamilton Tailoring Co contracts with employees were illegal and the Amalgamated Clothing Workers strike was a legitimate labor dispute. The Ohio Custom Garment Co contracts and the so-called Yellow Dog contract were outlawed, marking a notable labor victory. The suit followed a strike begun October 3, 1985, after wage and union demands. firm attorneys argued employees were under six month contracts and could not bargain.
A letter from Mr and Mrs Maxwell Pruitt appeals to Mr Bigelow, criticizing city officials for ordering twilight killings of sparrows. The couple questions city priorities, cites SPCA and Christianity, and urges protection of sparrows as garden and forest allies.
An antebellum style notice cites Storrs-Schaefer Co Windsor Tailoring Co and P H Davis Tailoring Co as unfair to Organized Labor. It lists on strike Lauer Co Brighton Tailoring Co Hamilton Tailoring Co Robert Tailoring Co Ohio Custom Garment Co and urges union-made garments and Union Label support.
A readers’ letter accuses county officials of siphoning thirty five thousand dollars annually from relief funds into four Cincinnati families. The writer praises Dr. Fred C. Swing for opposing what they call a Pendleton Street relief system and calls for sweeping changes as the county assumes federal relief control.
A six story Hamilton County factory on Pentleton Street yields the Public Welfare Industry producing thirty thousand daily units. The piece mocks a unionless setup where most output is nicked while foremen push production, hinting at labor strife in the urban welfare apparatus.
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