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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1919
Page
6
Senator Kenyon of Iowa calls for immediate Americanization legislation after a Pittsburgh district steel strike inquiry. He notes about half the steel workers are foreign born and illiterate in English, urging Congress to ensure access to language learning and understanding of American institutions.
Pittsburgh reports steady progress toward normal conditions as plants remain operating. No new mills started in the Pittsburgh district, though some outside centers began operations. No large numbers of workers are returning to work at plants already operating.
Washington bulletin reports President Wilson’s condition unchanged for several days. Doctors say he should remain quiet and not handle state affairs, though he could authorize executive action if necessary. his mind remains clear.
Washington reports an imminent round of power tests as the senate debates the German peace treaty. Leaders forecast an early vote on the Shanghai amendments and expect to finish all amendments within ten days, shaping the path of the pact.
Samuel Gompers, AFL president, denounces the New York longshoremen strike as a violation of fundamental AFL principles in a letter to T. V. O’Connor, ILU president. O’Connor has urged workers to return to duty after unauthorized action by the union.
Paris Premier Georges Clemenceau told deputies he plans to leave the cabinet after the forthcoming elections. He warned of new onslaughts aiming to trigger a debate on the cabinet’s overall policy.
News reports discuss the possibility of the vice president gaining full control if President Wilson cannot govern. Doctors say Wilson cannot leave bed for an extended period though slow improvement continues. Legal advisers debate how cabinet or Congress might declare disability under the constitutional framework.
Stockholm reports Lettish forces defend Riga and hold bridgeheads east of the Duna while Esthenian troops fight east of the river. Riga bombarded as German Russian forces advance and Lettish government flees to Rodenpois station.
A Berlin wireless dispatch says Marshal Foch will reply soon to the German note on Baltic evacuation. Newspapers fear German measures will be deemed inadequate and anticipate a hunger policy as punishment for Baltic developments.
Paris report says Montenegrin forces inflicted heavy losses on Serbian detachments in the ongoing Montenegrin insurrection. The Montenegrin ministry of foreign affairs says Montenegro has again asked the great powers to order the Serbians out of Montenegro.
Pittsburgh strike leaders from industrial districts faced lengthy questioning by a senate investigating committee as it examined J. G. Brown's assertion that the steel trust has influenced government to suppress workers' free speech and assembly rights.
Senator Harrison of Mississippi wins senate adoption of amendments to a house postal salary resolution to raise allowances for carriers and fourth class postmasters. The bill goes to a conference committee unless the house concurs. Senator Dial of South Carolina supported the amendments.
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