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...continued failure of the Federal Railway Labor Board to take decisive action on the alleged grievances of railway workers has produced a situation that may at any time develop into another and far more serious strike. More than seven months ago the Administration promised relief to the switchmen and can shopmen through the immediate reduction of the cost of living. But the cost of living has steadily advanced, and the restless discontent of the men has increased as they have watched the garment workers, coal miners and other classes receive substantial increases in wages. The Federal Board, provided...
...conciliate labor and capital...
...hoped and expected that Mr. J. Stitt Wilson, a labor leader, will give a series of talks on Christianity as the practical solution of the present Labor and Capital disputes. Time is also allowed for consideration of Christianity as applied to all professions, including Medicine, Law, Teaching, and Engineering. Every morning there is a large auditorium meeting addressed by some such prominent man as Mott, Eddy, Cotton, MacKenzie-King, Dean Brown, Fosdick, Fitch, or Bishop Brent. The best speakers available are secured, and it is hoped this year in particular to, have some of the leading American statesmen and industrial...
...must have honesty on the part of the government, honesty on the part of labor, an honest day's work for an honest day's pay. You have the problem of agriculture, the problem of keeping the arid lands occupied. If there were one thing that I could do, I would keep as many men as possible on the land. The better for the farmers by such means as to the cities. We must make condition better for the farmers by such means building good roads and improving their living conditions and giving them good schools. And there are scores...
Earl Dean Howard, Labor-Employment Manager for Hart. Schaffner and Marx, will address a meeting of the students of the Business School in the Union at 10 o'clock this morning. Mr. Howard had been one of the foremost men in the United States in promoting satisfactory working agreements between labor and management...