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Newspaper
Winnipeg Citizen
Location
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 14, 1919
Page
3
A reflection compares Rome’s decay to today’s Winnipeg Bolshevism, arguing political power and revenues were restricted to a city freeman class. It contends this gatekeeping fosters parasitism and predicts swift decline and heavy fall for the Winnipeg system.
The Atlantic City AFL convention endorses a balanced, middle ground governance. Delegates applaud restraint on power and warn against concentrating authority in any social extreme, urging a nation fit for heroes and emphasizing merit and shared responsibility.
The American Federation of Labor affirmed its allegiance to American democracy and law at its Atlantic City session. Leaders warned radicals push Bolshevik ideas, pledging to resist revolution while stressing labor’s role in preserving victory and stable hours and wages within a lawful republic.
The convention voices support for preserving capitalist gains and profits, opposing confiscation or seizure of property. Leaders like President Gompers and Secretary Morrison frame aims as militant Americanism compatible with reform, while signaling potential radical action on some issues during the ongoing session.
A conference between employers and workers in Britain averted a strike by agreeing to broad reforms. Key points include a National Industrial Council, a 48 hour work week with exceptions, national minimum wage, overtime pay, recognition of unions, and enhanced unemployment old age and sickness benefits.
A speaker warns that British liberties face harsh repressive measures if violence challenges institutions in Canada. He recalls Magna Charta’s 1215 protection of rights, condemns strike actions as aiming to starve Winnipeg and subdue Canada, and urges Labour to reject Bolshevik influence before disaster.
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