The Connecticut labor news., 1923-09-01
AS THE WORKER
 SEES HIS WORLD Summary and Digest of Important Events of the Week, Here and Abroad.

World naval treaty and Pacific pact become effective at meeting of am bassadors with Secretary of State Hughes.
 President Gompers of the Amer ican Federation of Labor declares at Cricago that when an injunction which encroaches upon the personal liberty guaranteed by the United States Constitution is granted the in junction should be disregarded
 Campaign to Eberallze the Volstead law to permit light wines and beer to be launched in 10 states this fall
 Union coal miners in Utah file brief declaring the operators were responsible for the strike in Utah last year and charging that they re- sorted to the use of armed force i'll efforts to nonopolize coal production, cntrol prices, plunder the public and pauperize labor
 Operation of the Government war time Grain Corporation during the two and one-half years of it's exist ence netted a profit of -58ooo,ooo, Secretary Hoover says
 Los Angeles Central Labor Council plans to establish first labor bank on the Pacific Coast
 American Legion suggests world conference to limit aerial armament Prof. Irving Fisher tells churches United States must choose between League of Nations or building biggest army and navy.
 Nationwide survey of the employ ment situation for July indicates that a "healthy undertone and a splendid spirit of optimism prevails practically throughout the entire industrial field" Director-Genera1 Jones of the Labor Department Employment Serv- ice announces. In I4 basic industries nine showed increased employment, some of them as high as 72 per cent Prosecuting Attorney Gillis of Wa1la Walla, Wash, holds that 1t is no crime to belong to the I. w. w and orders return of 1. w. w. lit erature to four alleged members of the organization.
 People of Bilbao, Spain, show sym pathy with striking miners by throw ing money to them as they parade. William C. Robinson, member of the Britisr parliament who arrives in the United States to attend Ameri- can Federation of Labor convention in October, reports that labor condi- tions in England are very bad.
 Detroit street railway, owned by the city, grants wage increases to platform men. Fares will be increased from five to six cents.
 John H. Walker, president of the Illinois Federation of Labor, urges striking smelt workers of the Ameri- can Zinc Co., Hillsboro, H., to care fully observe the law and declares that any manifestation of violence would injure their cause
 Thousands of American farmers will go bankrupt with wheat selling at less than the cost of production, Secretary of Agriculture Wallace de- ciares.
 Retail cost of food averaged 2 per cent higher in July than in June, while in the year ending July I5 ire general advance amounted to four per cent, United States Department of Labor reports.
 President Coolidge gives hint he will consider amnesty for prisoners accused of violating wartime laws.
 Dispatches from Athens report that the Greek government has ordered the dissolution of all workmen's unions and the seizure of their pa pers. The union funds will be placed in the national bank and used o found workmen's provident fund.
 British railwaymen to propose six, hour day for all workers at British trade union congress, which meets at Plymouth, September 3.
 National Association of Attorney Generals announces 1t will make plans for sweeping investigation of gaso- line prices.