The people's voice., 1940-02-14
LABOR'S NEWS
In BRIEF
Federated Press)

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WASHINGTON.-Adoption of a s1O
100000 program to save lives and
improve health in those parts of the
nation which need this most and can
afford it least" was asked of congress
by President Roosevelt in a special
message.
WASHINGTON. = While industrial
activity during December reached the
highest level on record-even above
that in the prosperity" period of 1929
there was no corresponding abate-
ment in the unemployment problem,
WPA Administrator F. c. Harrington
announced.
WASHINGTON = An attempt to
smear its accusers was launched here
by the Dies committee at it's first
meeting since the house voted to con-
tinue it for another year.
WASHINGTON in the
U. S. Chamber of Commerce are still
trying to get the wage-hour law re-
pealed, a report published by the
chambers committee on manufactures
diScloSes.
WASHINGTON.-Defense of the ma
tional labor relations act and its ad-
ministration was begun by NLRB
Chairman ]. Warren Madden before
the house committee investigating the
act and board
CHICAGO.-After a 21a year fight
against union jim-crowism and en-
ployer sniping, 229 negro employees
at the Palmer House have won the
first contract in a major Chicago
hotel for negro restaurant workers.
The pact was signed by the Federated
Hotel Walters Union, Local No. 356
(AFL).
NEW YORK-Labor's right to fight
the introduction of Notwithstanding
devices was upheld January 26 by the
appellate division of the supreme
court The court voided an injunc-
tion restraining the American Fedora
blOl VI doiSiouo anu tuc lllLl. ALL
ance of Theatrical Stage Employees
(both AFL) from interfering with the
production of Opera on Tour, Inc,
which has used canned music.
PITTSBURGH.-After more than a
year of renewing an expired agree
ment from day to day, the Crucible
Steel Co. has finally tumbled off the
fence and signed a contract with the
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
(CIO), covering $4,000 workers in
nine plants.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. = Dixie has a
new paper-one which may be des-
lined to become "our paper" to the
'ill-fed, ill-housed and ill-clothed" who
make up a large part of the southern
population. The paper is The South
srn News Almanac, standard-size
weekly, which appeared January 25.
CHICAGO-Officials of the Ameri- |
,an Newspaper Guild (CIO) are ex-
,ected to meet with international Of |
icers of the printing trades unions |
lere to find method of ending the |
4-month-old guild strike against
Iearst's Herald-American.
CHICAGO.-An offer to resign by |
'res. George Scalise of the Building I
service Employees Init. Union (AFL)
vas rejected by the unions executive
oard January 16, it was disclosed
Iere Scalise's offer was the result of
ttacks by Westbrook Pegler, Scripps-
Toward columnist, who declared that
white slavery conviction some 27 !
wears ago made Scalise unfit for Of
ice.
NEW YORK.-The New York State
'ederation of Labor has opened the
arrage on congress which is expected
D save the hundreds of millions in
RACES for building tradesmen and fac
Dry workers at stake in the federal
ousing bill. The vote is due in the
ouse soon.
PITTSBURGH. - The first perma-
ent union council in the newspaper
ldustry began to function here when
representatives. of Is AFL unions and
ne CLIO local ratified revised con-
tuition and elected officers.
NEW YORK.-The Consumers Book
which began business as
lie Cooperative Book Club with a
proved office, volunteer staff, and
IS in November 1887, now has LAO
embers from New York to India and !
d business of $61,599 in 1899, the
rectors reported January 81.
NEW YORK.-On the ground that r
ganized labor is expressly ex- G
npted and immune" from violating 4
ction 1 of the Sherman antitrust Il
W, demurrer was filed February 4
to dismiss indictments against Pres. n
seph P. Ryan of the init. Longshore- 4
ems Assn. (AFL) and nine other e
lion officials.