Annual ReportU.S. Government Printing Office, 1919 - Children |
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... eight - hour day and a minimum wage of $ 4 . In effect they asked that the con- ditions prevailing at the Standard ... eight - hour basis since January 1 , 1917 , and according to the experience of the Standard Oil Co. no loss in ...
... eight - hour day and a minimum wage of $ 4 . In effect they asked that the con- ditions prevailing at the Standard ... eight - hour basis since January 1 , 1917 , and according to the experience of the Standard Oil Co. no loss in ...
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United States. Children's Bureau. day . It was the intention of some of the independents voluntarily to go on the eight - hour basis . Therefore , in providing for an eight- hour day effective January 1 , 1918 , the commission merely ...
United States. Children's Bureau. day . It was the intention of some of the independents voluntarily to go on the eight - hour basis . Therefore , in providing for an eight- hour day effective January 1 , 1918 , the commission merely ...
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... eight - hour day . It is almost the only large industry on the coast in which the basic eight - hour day does not prevail . The operators doggedly opposed the eight - hour day on the ground that they are unable to meet southern ...
... eight - hour day . It is almost the only large industry on the coast in which the basic eight - hour day does not prevail . The operators doggedly opposed the eight - hour day on the ground that they are unable to meet southern ...
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... eight - hour day in the place of the present ten - hour day had all the momentum furnished by the Nation - wide movement in the direction of the eight - hour day . The companies , in fact , conceded the principle of the eight - hour day ...
... eight - hour day in the place of the present ten - hour day had all the momentum furnished by the Nation - wide movement in the direction of the eight - hour day . The companies , in fact , conceded the principle of the eight - hour day ...
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... eight - hour day is Nationwide , for the workers regard it as expressive of an accepted national policy . 6. Repressive dealing with manifestations of labor unrest is the source of much bitterness , turns radical labor leaders into ...
... eight - hour day is Nationwide , for the workers regard it as expressive of an accepted national policy . 6. Repressive dealing with manifestations of labor unrest is the source of much bitterness , turns radical labor leaders into ...
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A. L. Faulkner administration admitted American Bendheim C. T. Connell cent Chicago Chinese City clerks commissioners of conciliation committee conciliation from July conference Controversy cooperation courts D. W. Benjamin Department of Labor district Division of Information E. E. Greenawalt effect eight-hour day Ellis Island employees Employment Service ended June 30 F. G. Davis F. L. Feick farm Federal fiscal year ended Government Includes activities increase industry Islands Italian north J. A. Smyth J. V. Cunningham June 30 Labor Board labor disputes handled Lockout machinists Magyar ment Montenegrin National War Labor number of labor O. F. Nelson officers Ohio organization P. F. Gill Pacific Pacific Islander pending ports Purcell R. M. McWade rectly residence result Russniak seamen Secretary of Labor Statement showing number Street Threatened strike tion Total Unable to adjust union United States Employment vessels war labor administration War Labor Board Workmen affected
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Page 129 - Agriculture, the general designs and duties of which shall be to acquire and diffuse among the people of the United States useful information on subjects connected with agriculture in the most general and comprehensive sense of that word, and to procure, propagate, and distribute among the people new and valuable seeds and plants.
Page 222 - Labor shall be to foster, promote, and develop the welfare of the wage earners of the United States, to improve their working conditions, and to advance their opportunities for profitable employment.
Page 230 - That all duties performed and all power and authority now possessed or exercised by the head of any executive department in and over any bureau, office, officer, board, branch, or division of the public service by this Act transferred to the Department of Commerce and Labor...
Page 465 - It shall be the duty of said division to promote a beneficial distribution of aliens admitted into the United States among the several States and Territories desiring immigration. Correspondence shall be had with the proper officials of the States and Territories, and said division shall gather from all available sources useful information regarding the resources, products, and physical characteristics of each State and Territory...
Page 277 - States or attempt to return to or to enter the United States shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of not more than five years...
Page 230 - Congress and to the President stating in detail the cases it has heard, the decisions it has rendered, the names, salaries, and duties of all employees and...
Page 230 - He has power under the law to act as mediator and to appoint commissioners of conciliation in labor disputes whenever in his judgment the interests of industrial peace may require it to be done.
Page 277 - ... overthrow by force or violence of the Government of the United States or of all forms of law...
Page 277 - ... the duty, necessity, or propriety of the unlawful assaulting or killing of any officer or officers, either of specific individuals or of officers generally, of the Government of the United States...
Page 179 - The notion that prohibition is any less prohibition when applied to things now thought evil I do not understand. But if there is any matter upon which civilized countries have agreed-— far more unanimously than they have with regard to intoxicants and some other matters over which this country is now emotionally aroused — it is the evil of premature and excessive child labor.