The Connecticut labor news., 1923-07-27
AS THE WORKER
 SEES HIS WORLD
Summary and Digest of Important a Events of the Week, Here
 and Abroad.

Department ot Labor reports |slight decrease in employment in the country in June.
 Simultaneously with Judge Wilker- sons decision making permanent the injunction against the shopmen, the United States Court of Appeals at Chicago held that shopmen who were cited for contempt for violation of the injunction may not have the benefit of, a jury trial
 Oregon not to invite the Rotarians to hold their 1924 convention in Mex ico City unanimously approved by the Mexican Labor Council. Representa- tives of S labor unions roared ap- proval of the resolutions. Men who now work I2 hours in the hard coal mines will suffer no reduc- ton in wages when the eight-hour day is put into effect, 1t was agreed by operators and miners meeting at Atlantic City
 Foes of convict leasing defeated when Alabama House of Representa- tlves votes two to one against con sidering convict leasing legislation.
 Carl C. Magee, New Mexico edi- tor, foe of political machine, held guilty of contempt and sentenced to 300 days for protesting against his earlier sentence of I8 months for libel. Governor Hinkle pardons Ma gee and calls him victim of per secu-, ton.
 General crop insurance is feasible and an urgent need for the protec- ton of the farmer officials of the United States Department of Agri- culture declare.
 Ninety per cent. of the work on the national headquarters of the Cham Der of Commerce of the United States at Washington, D. C., is being done by union men; the chamber planned to have the building non-union from |top to bottom but contractors cannot |get competent non-unionists.
 Federal Judge Erskine issues an injunction restraining the Arizona minimum wage commission from en- forcing the Arizona minimum wage law.
 British House of Commons by a vote of 362 to I2I defeats Philip Snowden's resolution for gradual substitution of public ownership and democratic control of the instru- ments of production and distribution" for the present capitalist system.
 Rock Island Arsenal management refuses union men right to elect their own committeeman to deal with em- lployers in matters of wage rates and working conditions; War Department chiefs support management.
 Twenty thousand shopmen em- ployed by the New York Central lines are given wage increase of three cents an hour.
 . George Kennan, writer on Russian affairs, declares new Soviet consti- tuition IS mere camouhage
 President Lewis of United Mine Workers revokes charter of District 26, covering the Maritime Provinces of Canada and notifies local unions in that territory to return to work under penalty of having their char ters cancelled.
 Judge Gary of the United States Steel Corporation says change from I2-hour to eight-hour shift will begin within six months"
 Superior Judge Busick of Sacra- mento, Cal, issues statewide tenn porary injunction under which mere ownership in the l. w w or afil- lated bodies, will be construed as contempt of court punishable by six monts imprisonment without jury trial
 The Philippine cabinet and council of state resigns, charging Governor General Wood with violation of the fundamental law of the land" and the "curtailment of Filipino autonomy guaranteed by the organic act"
 Dockers' strike stops loading of ali transatlantic liners at Liverpool, England.
 Brooklyn a nd Manhattan Transit Company charged with requiring all employees to take an oath not to join a union.
 Alabama foes of convict leasing system open second fight before sen ate committee.
 Mexican Commissioner Ramon Ross announces settlement of all vital between Mexico and the United States, leaving the way clear to recognition
 Four thousand Nova Scotia union miners vote to continue the unauth- orized strike alleged to have been de- clared to force the Canadian govern ment to withdraw troops and provin- cial police, despite the action of Presi- dent Lewis of the United Mine Work CTS ordering them back to work and revoking the charter of District 26. A IL DI