Railway Labor Board Award Sparks New Wages Fight
The author denounces the 600 million dollar rail wage award as a sop that will not meet living costs. Section men earn under 25 weekly while engineers top near 70, with hundreds of skilled workers trapped in poverty wages. Government threats against strikers and double pay to scabs are seen as propping up corporate aims. The piece predicts renewed solidarity and broader demands as living costs rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Department of Justice
A Humane Protest Over Debs Clemency Plea by Christensen
Parley P. Christensen of the Farmer Labor Party calls for presidential candidates to back clemency for Eugene V. Debs. He urges campaigns to join a memorandum to President Wilson for Debs release, praising the move as honorable and potentially forcing older parties to take a stand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parley P. Christensen
Farmer-Labor Party
Eugene V. Debs
Hin
Wilson
Debs
Mr. Christensen
Editorial on American Woolen Company and unemployment in Lawrence
Massachusetts editorial criticizes William M. Wood and the American Woolen Company for closing mills and abandoning thousands of workers. It contends profits were hidden in 1917, profits funded by workers, and accuses capitalists of shifting unemployment burdens to municipalities while offering token “free” outings.
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William M. Wood
American Woolen Company
William P. White
Mr. Wood
Basil M. Manly
Treasury
United States
Treasury Department
Polish S O S signals shift as Soviet advance nears Warsaw
The Polish crisis sparks debate on Allied motives as the Red Army closes on Warsaw. Allies urge ceasefire to protect capitalist interests, fearing Bolshevik influence and a broader spread of Sovietism across Europe. Soviet Russia asserts no empire aims and promises non exploitation.
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Budenney
Moscow
Red Army
Warsaw
Poland
Great Britain
Russia
Germany
Europe
Rusia
Soviet
Eye View 0 OA continues critique of racial hatreds
The excerpt condemns the toll of 1918 and a 30 year period ending in 1919, accusing a parasitic ruling class of nurturing race hatred within a class society, and ends with a provocative line about a bird as a symbol.
Moral support and capital ethics in war policy report
A sweeping critique argues that state backed aid to Poland and the loan of 75 million dollars reveal capitalist motives behind moral rhetoric. It contrasts workers abroad resisting munitions shipments with elites orchestrating conflict, using a parable of two villages to illustrate the senseless price of war.
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Mi G
Washington
State Department
Russia
Lovak
Poland
Polanff
Slovakia
London
Ola Bam
Uncle Sam
Seattle
Clash of Interests in Industrial Battle Fields
From the thousand industrial battle fields arise the clash of interests of the exploited and the exploiters. Amid the conflict of economic interests we hear forced violence, jailings, and persecution of workers like IWW members and socialist leaders. The text condemns capitalist state power, calls for liberation of labor, and questions true liberty amid factory rule.
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Department of Justice
Chicago
Book Department Offers Soviet Russia Works and More
A bookstore advertises a wide selection on Russia and socialism including Bolshevik works, Lenin, Ransome, Reed, Bryant, and Bullitt reports. Prices range from 75 cents to over $2.00, with discounts on volume orders and many classic and modern political texts.
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Soviet
Russia
William T. Goode
Reneeege
Lenin
Albert Rhys Williams
Arthur Ransome
John Reed
Raymond Robins
William Hart
Louise Bryant
Bullitt
Wilson
Paris
Bullit
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