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...public is especially incensed at anthracite miners and operators because their breach at the present time is caused not by wages or hours of work, but by "a mere question of book-keeping"-the checkoff, by which operators would automatically collect dues for the union out of workers' pay. But the check-off really looms large to the union and operators. The argument of the United Mine Workers is that already the operators deduct money for store bills, rent and tools from the workers' wages. Why should they object to adding one dollar a month dues (also union...
...check-off" is a system by which the mine operators take union dues and union assessments from the pay envelopes of the members of the mine union. This system is in use in bituminous coal mines. The operators do not like it because they are obliged to collect funds which may be later used against them. The union miners demand it because it is a sure way of collecting dues. The operators object to it, asserting that it is illegal, un-American and that in effect it forces a closed shop, giving the United Mine Workers a labor monopoly...
...miners most of the bargaining was done. Samuel D. Warriner led the operators; John L. Lewis the miners. Rinaldo Cappelini, radical President-elect of the United Mine Workers, District 1, was not a member of this body. The chief discussion was over the " checkoff" system whereby the coal companies collect dues for the unions out of miners' pay. The operators did not openly deny the demand of the miners for the checkoff, but asked a great many questions indicating their opposition to the idea...
Matters political in Peking are said to have come to an impasse, It is impossible to collect a majority to elect a new President or to complete the Constitution, which is to replace the Provisional Constitution of Nanking (1911), owing to the Senate (Tsan Yi Yuan) and the House of Representatives (Chung Yi Yuan) not functioning and the desertions from the Cabinet, which normally contains ten portfolios...
Statutes are now required to place some responsibilities on the aviator. If he falls, through his negligence, he must pay for the damages caused by his plane, including even that brought about by the crowd of the curious that may collect...