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major portion of it's legislative pro-
gram was ignored by the General AS
sembly.
Two decisions of the Ohio Supreme
Court which were favorable to labor
made it possible to have enacted leg
islation constituting progressive i'm
provements to the 26year-old work
mems compensation law.
One act included all occupational
diseases in the compensate list and
the other firmly established the Reg
ional Claims Boards as necessary ad-
tuncts to the Industrial Commission
TO expedite the hearing Of claims for
Workmen's compensation.
Legislation improving the prevailing
tate of wages law was also supported
successfully. Although unable to halt
passage of bill reorganizing the
Unemployment Compensation Com
mission, organized labor was success
full in having deleted number Of un-
satisfactory provisions contained in
the original measure.
Although winning two important de-
eisions in the Supreme Court, labor
lost another when legislation Gre
ating an Institutional Building Au-
thority, with power to issue bonds for
construction of needed state institu-
tional buildings, was declared uncon-
Stitutional.
labor after long and bitter fight
when Franklin County Common Pleas
Judge Charles Leach upheld the argu-
ments of labor in support of the "full-
time" wage concept of the benefit
section of the Ohio unemployment
compensation law, and enjoined the
Unemployment Compensation Com
mission from applying rule which
employed actual earnings as base
for computing unemployment benefits.
This decision was rendered on Janu-
ary 16, only two weeks before first
payment checks were sent to unem-
ployed workers in the State by the
Unemployment Compensation Com
mission.
Labor again opposed employers
arguments against a rule embodying
the "full-time" weekly wage principle
in computing benefits at public hear
ings conducted on April l3 and ii by
the seven-member Advisory Council
of the reorganized Bureau Of Unem-
ployment Compensation.
The largest convention in the 55-
year history of the Ohio State Fed
Grafton of Labor was held in Akron
July II to 21, 5l8 delegates attend
ing the sessions which were high
lighted by an address by President
William Green, of the American Fed
eration of Labor.
Michael j. Lyden, Youngstown, was
reelected President for his second
three-year term. Thomas j. Donnelly,
Columbus, who completed 26 years as
Secretary Treasurer and Legislative
Agent of the Federation on March s,
was also reelected for another three
year term.
Vice Presidents Stanley Ogg, Ham
ilton; Albert Dalton, Cleveland; John
j.. Breidenbach, Dayton, and George
Suder, Cincinnati, were reelected for
three-year terms.
Elected vice presidents to succeed
James Malley, Cleveland; Arnold Bill,
North Olmstead, and Otto Brach, To-
ledo, who were not candidates, were
John Rohrich, Cleveland; William
Finegan, Cleveland, and Harry Jones,
Akron.
BY action of the Executive Council
the 59th annual convention of the
American Federation of Labor was
held in Cincinnati instead Of San
Francisco, from October to l3.
1t was marked by the retirement
of Frank Morrison as Secretary
Treasurer, after az years of service,
and the election of George Meany,
as his successor
President William Green and all
Vice Presidents were reelected, with
the exception Of Frank Duffy, who
was not candidate and who was sue
ceeded by William Hutcheson as First
Vice President.
Efforts to extend application of the
Ohio minimum wage law to additional
industries were successfully launched
when Industrial Relations Director
George A. Strain, on the petition of
Beauticians Local 1O5-A, Akron, or
dered statewide survey of wages
paid III the beauty parlor industry
the preliminary step in establishing a
minimum fair wage for women and
minors employed in beauty shops.
Office Workers Local 21427, Colum.
bus, petitioned Director Strain to con-
duct survey of wages paid women
and minor office workers in the state
on the completion of the beauty par.
lor survey.
On October 26, the Executive Boarc
of the Ohio State Federation of La
Dor and representatives Of Centra
Labor bodies in Cleveland, Toledo