Free Mooney Calls Grow Over Gov Stevens Action
The Mooney case dominates discussion as supporters press for a gubernatorial pardon. District Attorney Brady updates the file with new confessions and testimony. a writ of audita querela was heard but later dismissed. Mooney’s fate hinges on executive mercy and potential retrial if pardoned is refused.
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William H. Stevens
Tom Mooney
Tom
United States
Mooney
Brady
Billings
Stevens
Louderback
Parker W
Revolutionary Tactics in Trade Unions Asserted
A discussion of radical tactics within labor movements. It notes that many capable leaders in the AFL do not yet embrace the program, but are honest, practical, and skilled in union mechanics. The piece argues to support and work with them until they align with the program, warning against replacing them in crises.
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A. F. of L
AFB
Carolina
George Tindaley
Senator France Sails For Russia
Senator Joseph I. France of Maryland sails for Russia May 25 with passport and State Department credentials. He aims to interview Soviet leaders and the Russian trade commission in London and Moscow to push for a new policy of broader trade and exchanges of ideas. He believes no obstacle will prevent entry and expects to be away several weeks.
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State Department
Joseph I
France
Maryland
Russia
England
U. S
Russian Trade Commission
Leonid Krassin
London
Berlin
Rigayor Reval
Moscow
Senate
Liberator Reinstated to Second Class Postal Rates
The Liberator edited by Max Eastman and once barred under 1917 ruling, has been granted second class mail privileges by Postmaster General Will Hays on May 25. Refund of excess charges totaling $14,321.96 will be paid to the Liberator publishers, acknowledging previous Burleson era penalties.
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the Liberator
Max Eastman
John Reed
United States Post Office
Will H. Hays
Wilson- Burleson-Palmer
Liberator
Mavses
Rogers
Post Office
Hays
Burleson
Bullets and Babies in Matewan Home Attack
Helen Augur reports from Matewan West Virginia on a family hit by a machine gun bullet that pierced a white iron bed, wrecked the home, and left a baby and siblings sleeping in terror. She details miners facing brutal conflict with coal operators, families sheltering in cellars, and a child killed in the Matewan strike months earlier.
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Matewan
W. Va
Blackberry City
Kentucky
Tug River
John Ward
Mate- Wan
Mingo County
Stafford
Sulphur Hollow
Rob Moore
Jong
Clarence
Baldwin-Felts
Auburn
Seab Con
Green Kentucky
How Industry Is Picking Up in Wilmington
Dear Comrade, workers are told by the kept press that industry is improving, yet tangible signs are scarce. The Pullman Cargo Hall reports a 60 percent drop in workers between 00 and 1:00, and the streetcar company plans a wage walkout, signaling larger labor tensions in Wilmington, Delaware.
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Wilshington
Delaware
Pullman
Hall
Mrect
Quotations and Figures on Labor Wealth and War-Era Economics
The piece aggregates quotes from Mill and Wilson on labor as the source of all wealth, notes rising U S wealth from 1915 to 1918, and cites industrial and financial figures. It mentions wage cuts at Topkins Ginna Co, Dupont Motors plant closure planned for May 28, unemployment near 20,000 in Wilmington, and calls for workers to unite while listing suspect statistics on labor, rents, profits, and dividends from 1918 1948.
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Amerela
U. S
Topkins, Ginna Co
Mike
Dupont Motors Co
Dupont Automobile
New York
Europe
America
Florida
United States
American Sugar Refining Company
George Hardy Back From Europe In Labor Outlook Speech
George Hardy, secretary of the Industrial of the World, returns from six months abroad where he attended a conference of industrial unions in Berlin. At Chicago's thirteenth annual convention he urges affiliation with the Industrial International and closer unity with Latin American labor groups. He cites I W W influence, promotes industrial education, and notes Soviet conditions. Hardy was briefly jailed for passport issues, later meeting Lenin and factory workers in Russia. He warns that those who control economic organizations may steer revolution, contrasts Communist dominance on factory committees with I W W positions, and highlights Soviet-German-Scandinavian perspectives on revolutionary movements.
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Chicago
George Hardy
Industrial of the World
Eee
Berlin
Latin-America
Colored Workers of America
Hardy
Russia
Lenin
Soviet Republic
Miners Resolution from May Day Rally 1921 in Dilton Vale
A May Day 1921 rally in Dilton Vale gathers coal miners and organized labor groups from Local Unions of the UMWA to denounce capitalism as cancer, protest persecution of labor, and pledge resistance to what they call barbaric actions and modern slavery.
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U. S
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Helen Augur
Federated Press
Wilmington
Del
John L. Jones
British Labor Party
John Stuart Mill
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Gray
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